Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-07-08


Ter purposes are estimated at be.
tween eighty and ninety million
dollars. His principal gifts are:
G . u'eral Educational F t
fund ...... ...... $4,000, 900
Chicago University -. 21,416,921
Rush Medical College 5000, 900
Barnard College ....,. 1,375,00O
Southern Educational
funu 1,1Z5,VOO
Harvard University -. 100000
Baptist Missionary fund 100000
CLEVELAND. O., July S.-John
d. Rockefeller, Millionaire, monarch
of all the smaller Standard Oil po-
tentates and president of the most
powerful and resourceful corpora
ton in the worlds history. is cele-
brating his birthday today. He en-
tiers upon the SEVENTEEN year, the
biblical "three score and ten" ap-
parently sounder and in better
health than ten years ago, with a
fair prospect of reaching the Gen.
fury mark Mr.. Rockefeller is not
given to sentimentalism, nor is he
in the habit of feasting and revell-
ing on his birthday or other festive
occasions. He invariably spends the
anniversary of his birth in quiet
way, preferably on the golf links,
the weather permitting and he
made no exception this year.
Ten or twelve years ago Mr..
Rockefeller declared his ambition
in life had ceased to be the accumu-
lat.on of the greatest hu'"np for
tune. Still, In constantly in
creasing ratio the dollars in the
Rockefeller strong box have piled
up. Even If Mr.. Rockefeller's
worldwide reputation flor benevo-
lence to educational institutions.
his beneficience to the Baptist
church. his keen insigb, into the
underlying reasons for human en-
deavor, his mastery of men, do not
make for him place in the gallery
OF great characters of the world, he
will go down into the record as the
first Millionaire since it's creation.
The original Rockefellers came
from the German Rhine province.
From a settlement near Plainfield,
N. j., four brothers, immigrants in
the middle of the eighteenth CEN
fury, separated and the branch
from which John D. sprang. went
IN Nou Enu1ord Ute fo+bo. ,,,o.
physician, who was born in Con-
necticut, and who moved to Oswe-
60. Tioga county, New York, where
the worlds first Millionaire was
born in 1889. His parents moved
tc Cleveland, O.. while he was very
young. Here he received a good
common school education. ,..-
1t is a fact that Mr.. Rockefeller
stands at the head of six or seven
men In the United States who have
showered their wealth on charita-
BILE and philanthropic undertakings
The University of Chicago stands at
the head of the institutions which
have received large individual gifts
from Mr.. Rockefeller. 1t has al
ways been a favorite with the Stan
dard OIL king and the magnificent
endowments by him have, enabled
that institution to develop, within
comparatively short time. from a
poor and rather inefficient institu-
ton Of learning into one of the fine
universities Of the country. modern
In its methods progressive and
highly efficient as to results.
1t has been estimated that Mr.,
Rockefeller. in addition to being the
head OF the OIL trust, is the control
ling influence in more than SO
banks and trust companies Of the
United States. and in so per cent OF
the railroad corporations of the ma
ton: that the control OF the steel
Industry is practically within his
grasp. In addition to all that Mr..
Rockefeller is reputed to be inter-,
ested in about 500 other corpora.
lions. 1t is. Of course, extremely
difficult to obtain even an approx.
mately correct estimate of his
wealth. In 1905 It was estimated
at $550,000.0O0, while at present
his wealth is probably 500 or 900
millions. During the last few
years the annual increase of his
wealth was estimated at about $685.
100000. At this rate the Rookie
Teller fortune would reach, on his
Tooth birthday, in 1899, the fabu-
lous total Of nearly $26,OOO,OO
900. drawing an income Of, about
$4,000 second. This is more than
many millions of men ever accumu-
lated in lifetime. Even in 1904,
when Mr.. Rockefeller did not have
more than half billion of dollars.
his income was a trifle more than
" for every second. The average
man. earning 81 a day day, can ap-
preciate the difference there is be-
tween ~ day for six days a week
and 81 second for seven days q
week.