Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-02

al mis- list tells tho story and gives a
good idea OF the composition OF Uncle
Sans royal family: a.
Theodore A. Havemeycr. sugar kihs'
100000. ..,o,oooo
Philip ID. Armour, beef king. Sio,cyovOo
Cornelius Vanderbilt. railroad kinS'
sOO.Ooo.cO. ..o,,n,oo
Jobn w. Mackay, silver king, 100000.
Andrew Carnegie, steel king, s0'oooVV.
]. Pierpont Morgan, money King W.
10000 ....ooo
John D. Rockefeller, oil king. $4,000
Henry Miller. cattle king. Sa5.OO0ooo.
w s Stratton. gold king, 100000.
Mrs. Richard King, land queen, 40
100000.
This list. OF course, does not cover
all of the kings and queens. but II
includes the great leaders and the most
august powers. And the powers OK
these men are not small. 1t Is the power
of money. and the kings and queens
OF Europe have had TO bow their
naughty heads in acknowledgment OK
it's potent influence moro than once. inc
Rothschilds could tell some Interesting
stories. II they would, about that. Even
Bismarck, the man of iron, In the days
of his strongest power. had TO knuckle
down when one of the Rothschilds
threatened TO break every bank In Ber-
lin unless he relinquished cherlshcl
plsn. Bismarck preserved the iinancial
integrity OF the empire by doing as nc
was bid. SO the power OF money 49, IN
times OF emergency, greater IMAM the
power of kings.
With three exceptions. the CONNER
cial kings above named created their own
Kingdoms.
In one or two instances. bare-faced,
bald-headed luck aided in the building OF
the fortresses OF wealth. But, In the
majority of cases. treless work and
ceaseless industry were the potent fac
tors. These men are living illustrations
Of the stories told in Sunday-school
books and In literature prepared for good
little boys.
AN EX-SAUSAGE PEDDLER.
Take the case of Henry Miller, the
Cattle King, for instance. Very little
Is known of him. except on the Pacific
slope. East OF the Mississippi few have
ever heard OF him. Yet, he owns
% 900 square miles Of grazing-land. and
hogs and cattle by the tens OF thou
sands. How much he is worth IL is hard
10 say. He never has much ready money
AS fast as money comes in he buys more
] u.
and cattle are mania with him. He
buys more land TO raise more cattle. and
| he raises more cattle to buy more land
Forty years ago he was a sausage
peddler. Miller Is not exactly fitting
character for Sunday-schooi teacher
| He swears prodgiously, and fight al
the time. But the hundreds of rough
men In his employ have a sort of admira-
ton for him visitor to one or the
Miller ranches gives this explanation
of It:
'.The cowboys were yelling and the
smoking brands were soaring the hail
| from the TANKS OF the Miller stock. anc
there was all the noise and dirt anc
heat and evil smell of a branding-rodeo
Active among the men. swearing more
/ than any OF them and dirtier than most
was thick-set chap, whose oaths came
with a strong German accent This wa'
Henry Miller, owner OF all the cattle
and all the land In sight. and a hundred
times more land.
Another working. sweating swearing
man was Croker. manager OF the ranch
Croker had a branding-iron In his hand
and he was about TO apply II 10 th'
flank of a believing calf. At him rushes
Miller. and grabbed him roughly by tn
shoulder: You don't know how 10 us
brand. I'll show you
Around swung the big fist OF IN
ranch manager. catching Miller full II
the face. Miller responded with a kick
and then they clinched and rolled aroun'
IN the ruck Of the corral. upsettinI
branding furnaces. stampedlng the stock
and interrupting proceedings generally