The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-10
RICHEST YOUNG MAN.
MARCELLCS HARTLEY DODGE
 OF NEW FORK,
Worth s6O,OOO, ,OOO-He is studIous, Economical and Possessed of High Inspirations and Ideals.

Inspirations and Ideals.
 So far as his enormous wealth is con cerned Marcellus Hartley Dodge, by many millions the richest youth i'll the United States, probably attracts less attention among those who do not know him than any other student interested in the commencement exercises at Co- lubia university this year.
 He is still under 20, tall and slender Tn appearance, with dark eyes and pal lid complexion that shows his devotion to his books. Alfred Gwynne Wander bilt received under his fathers Will after all other bequeaths had been pald' about s54000000. Marcellus Dodge re- ceived upward of $60,OO0,O0O under his grandfather's will a few months ago.
 His riches have not changed his man. ner of life one iota. He still lives Ill one room at the lower part Of Madlsoh avenue, just as he has done since he first began to prepare for college. II Is too far for him to walk to Columpla' but wherever he has to go. within two or three miles of his home, ne Walks' simply to save car fare.
 He is economical almost to the polnt of penury. He dresses well, as oents an undergraduate, but never shoWily. About the only extravaganza that he has are clothes and books. Among other possessions that came to him from his grandfather. were a dozen or more blooded horses. He sold them because he considered it useless expense 10 keep them, although they were one ot the old mans hobbies.
 Not even Marcellus Hartley's fairly intimate friends in the many business enterprises with which he was con- nected believed that he was worth tenth part of the money and securities that his will showed he possessed. Among the pallbearers at his funeral were Andrew Carnegie and Chauncey M. Depew. It is said that MT. Depew remarked at the time that the contents of the will were likely to prove sur prise, but not much attention was paid to it at the time.
 To the great majority of persons who knew anything about MT. Hartley In New York he was the proprietor of large and popular sporting goods store in lower Broadway, not far from Cham bers street It was as well known as any place of it's kind in the country. Very few persons knew that MT. Hart lev took any personal interest what ever in industrial enterprises.
 Nevertheless he was president of the International Banking company, which was formed to handle the Chinese in- demnity for the United States; direc- tor in the Remington Arms, the United Metallic and Cartridge company, the Bridgeport Gun Implement company and the M. Hartley company. He was also vice-president of the Western Ma tional bank, director in the German American and the Lincoln National banks. in the Manhattan railway, the Mercantile Trust, the Equitable Life Assurance society besides several other important institutions. Everything he had, with the exception of a small be- quest to Mrs. George W. Jenkins of Morristown, N. J., went to his grandson and namesake, Marcellus Dodge The old mans life was bound up in that boy.
 Young Dodge's grandfather was great believer in college education for a young man. even if he was not in- tended for a mercantile career. Inter- viewed about the matter not long be- fore his death Marcellus Hartley said: ''The great chances in life are not se cured by young men who lack mental alertness and the ability to grasp op- portunities that are overlooked by the multitude. A college education makes the right sort of a man self-centered and progressive. It knocks all the con- nf h capable and likely to compel recogni- ton, no matter what line of life he is in. Employers are on the lookout for such men. It is hard to find the man who can do original thinking, but when he is found he is the man for big salaries.
 That is why Marcellus Dodge had a college career mapped out for him. For tunately he is studious youth--a trait he inherited from his mother, who was a daughter of Marcellus Hartley. She is dead At college and elsewhere the boy millionaire is usually seen with a nbig bundle of books under his arm. He Is devoted to his studies and cares lit- tie for society. For years. so it is said, young Dodge has known that he would. come into possession his grand fathers fortune, although he had no idea of the extent of it. Habits of economy have been drilled into him.
 Not long ago somebody asked young Dodge what he would do when he left Columbia. "That will not be until 1903," he said, when I have attained my majority. intend then to get right down to the serious problems of life. While not so rich as MT Carnegie I do not intend to let worthy demands on my charity go unheeded. I shall go into busness-precisely what it will be have not determined-but I shall keep out of Wall street
 Tt shall be my earnest effort to make my name synonym for the highest honor and business integrity. I am willing to say also that am not going to forget my fellow man because a great fortune has come to me. Sports I care little for. My recreatio are vet to be developed. I want to see the world and I do not care for the usual extravagancies of the very rich. ."-New York Special Philadelphia Press.