Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-02
A D[AD LIST lOF Wealth.
"A Chicago Papers Characteristic
Inaccuracy in Discussing
Iowa Affairs.
Record.Iierald's List Of Iowa
Millionaires Ten Years
Old.-Some Dead.
Millions Have Been Made and
Lost Since Then.-Notable
Omissions.

legged Iowa millionaires which some of
the papers have been printing appears
to be somewhat stale. In fact it is list |
which the New oYrk Herald complied I
about ten years ago and which has NOT
suffered greatly from revision. 1t was
printed last Sunday in the Chicago
Record Herald In the Des Moines list
there is James Callahan, F. NJ. Hubbelll
and jefferson S. Polk, all very rich and
rated in the order named. Probably all
are millionaires but the assessors
books Will hardly show it. Then there is
p NJ. Cassidy, who doesn't claim to be
La millionaire; j. c. Newton, who only
llived here temporarily and has been
gone some years; Conrad Youngerman,
who owns the finest blocks in the city,
but is not believed to be worth mil
i lion, and E. j. lngersol. who was in the
insurance business before he died a
decade ago In the list is Richards, of
Ottumwa; the Lambs. Of Clinton; Stout,
of Dubuque: Perkins, of Burlington,
I and Young. of Clinton. The Sioux City
lsiist is the most remarkable A. S. Car
retson went down in the crash of 1898
land has lived quietly almost in power
ny. ever since, but has now been made
cashier of bank. ID. I. Hedges left
Sioux City suddenly when the crash
lcame, and his sons established them
selves in business in California. A short
time ago Hedges ventured as near Sioux
City aa he Nebraska side of the Mis-
souri. K. ID. Hubbard is not rich. c. c..
sOrr lives in Omaha. altho he did live
1 With his mother in Sioux City ten years
ago 7. j. Stone was long considered thu
safest of the Sioux City financiers, but
4 his bank Vert down six or seyen Wears
ago He Was left wealthy, but has no
i million. The listSis remarkable for the
a rich men of Iowa who are passed over.
There is f. S. Ellsworth of Iowa Falls.
Il. Who is known to be very rich. Abraham
s. Simmer. of Waverly. is not in the list
s. and might we'll be Included. T.. +. Lew
4 is. of Sioux City. has no reputation for
A riches, but he had more ready ca s,1 than
4 any Of them during the hard tines
I James F. Toy. who lived in Storm LAX :
I'm panic times but has since gone to
Sioux City. is head of a trust company,
owns national bank and fifteen small.
Ter banks. He is making more money
|snow than any Iowan. w u. Brioe, of
Mason City, might be in he list. Capt.
lC. G. Prouty, of Des Moines. might be
i property in the list, as also w, Il. War
field. Moses Strauss. FL. S. Butler, James
&c. Berryfiil. Robert Fullerton. the
lsChamberlains the Lang brothers and
+ the F'inkbinea all of Des Moines. Al
4 Fort Dodge there ia John Deeuling.
Webb Vincent and S r. Merserve5', all
i rich enough to go in a listAof the kind
mentioned. Ex- Governor William Lar
rabee. might easily be added also. even
tho he lives in u small town, George
Farburn of Fonda is another who
counts his riches in large figures Mich
olas Brewer of Bancroft is anothe.
4 who has got rich in lands. S. H. Mall
lory, of Charlton. is millionaire Spen-
Ger. of Oskaloosa. ought TO so in the list.
3 Since the Texas oil find perhaps Cow
= crnor Shaw ought to be- included in the
list Gen. l.. Blandn. of Manson, is un-
known TO fame. but is very rich. Ex- :
Governor Drake of centerville iss known
Z to have few dollars saved from his
salary as governor. But the list Nigh:
: be extended TO great length. In fact,
Iowa has done pretty wellin the matter
of millionaires.
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