Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-07-07
RICHEST OF ALL CHINAMEN.
s'Sir Whampoa," Merchant of Pc.
nang, Is Reputed to BE Worth
5000, zoo, 900.

Stories of the ia BILIOUS wealth o
Cinnamon are not uncommon and may
usually be taken with grains of allow
ance. An American who spent some
years in the orient writes of one of tht
richest of these. His name is "Sil
Whampoa," and he is said to handle al
the trade of the Penang peninsula:
"Astute, quick-witted and far-sight
ed" says the writer, The has all the
shrewdness of his race, combined witt
breadth of view and generosity rart
in Monaghan. We had many talks to
gether, wandering around his superb
home just outside the city, which is 6
palace set in the midst of the mos
glorious gardens. Only in the tropic.
is such garden possible. It is miles ir
extent and filled with botanical anc
horticultural treasures of the world
Nowhere are there such orchids as his
or such superb Victoria Regias. Lawns
too, as smooth and soft as English turf
In its midst is the palace, picturesque
structure filled with the choicest treas
ures of oriental art.
lone passes from splendor to splen.
dor, retaining a vague impression of su
perb carving, ebony furniture, uniqu.
worries and jades, and matches:
lacquers and bronzes. Yet with all the
abundance of treasure the general eff
feet is rich rather than vulgar. The
gorgeousness is all in perfect har.
mony, and Whampoa's collections ar,
the finest in the east, because of his in,
innate knowledge of bronzes, porce
lains and stones,
1T is said this Chinaman is worth a,
least 5000, OOO, 900, and of all his race h,
alone lives in state to which his wealth
entities him. [ remember discussing
this point with Whampoa one evening
after a superb dinner. at which we lac
Chateau Yquem ga and "a Chateau
MargauX. Some time before had beer
privileged to call on Ii Hung Chang al
mis- great barracks outside of Shanghai
and 1 could not but contrast the cole
dreariness of the statesman's estab.
lishment with the enchanting luxury O.
the merchants palace. Yet Ii is enor.
mously rich.
"'He dare not, if he would. live rs
DO Whampoa explained. 1T is because
l am under English rule and protection
that l can have all this that you see. Let
any Chinaman possess such treasures
as 1 do and he will quickly be made tc
disgorge. His viceroy will come down
on him for contributions and confisca.
ton follow refusal
''Sir Whampoa told me strange stories
of the wealth of the orient, enumerat
ing the possessions of Ii Hung Chang
whose income is greater than that OF
Rockefeller, of the empress dowager
who. through her long regency, han
died the rev\nues of the celestial
empire. 1t is said she is to-day far
richer than either the queen of Eng.
land or the emperor of Russia. whs
rank as the richest of European mou
archs."-San Francisco Wave
The Last Mammoth i'm Indiana.
In the possession of Capt. James Van
book are the papers of Samue! Morrison
pioneer of Jeffersonville. Mr. Nor
rison settled at Utica in the beginning
of the century, and died at indianapolis
about 20 years ago. Among the papers
the following remarkable story was
found: I'm 1888 John McClintock and
eight companions brought a pirogue
loaded with -four from Redstone. AS
they neared the mouth of Fourteen
mile creek. just above Utica, they heard
tremendous noise in the woods along
the river, and few moments later
beheld an enormous animal plunge out
of the woods into the stream. 1t threw
the water SO high that they could not
exactly. make out its shape or form
but they believed it to have the like
ness of an elephant. So great was the
disturbance of the river that the men
were compelled to look to their YES
sci to keep it from sinking. Immedi-
ately upon the landing of the animal
on the other side Indian yells were
heard and the captain refused to allow
his men to go on shore to investigate
the tracks of the huge brute, which Mr.
McClintock believes to have been the
last mammoth ever seen alive."-Indi
annapolis News
Outside the Pale of Humanity.
ut is estimated" said the ca1culative
boarder, that since the outbreak Of
the Cuban war 10000 human beings
have perished.'
and how many Spariards?" asked
the star.-Philadelphia North As~s