Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-04
The millionaire Publishers.

THE CON POSITION AND WEALTH OF TIE
FIRM OF HARPER AND BKoTHERs.
IN an article on FLETCHER Harper. the New
YORK World says, Upon the death OF Wesley
Harper. IN 1870. a new organization OF the
nrm was inevitable. Each OF the brothers
had one son or more, now grown 10 mans e.
eao one specially In some particular de-
partment Of 10. but each with a general
know edge OF the whole. Zach OF these hal
fn,me- r6cse ss .ae ss.,, assistant Of the
bers OF the firm, soon no longer 70 be H~rpsr
a Brothers, though still retaining tho ola
9esispstiGn: The present members are
born In iSE; Philip. A, son OF James, born
In is24, John Wesley, born In lisa, ana
Joseph Abner, born In 1893, son Of Wesley.
There are Also srsndsons Of the original
members who have important places IN ne
OF the wealth Of the rrm no one but them
selves can speak with any certainty OF being
even approximately correct There Il no
sesson 70 suppose that IL approaches In
sh mat len by Astor or Stewart, OF
nst neld oy anderbtlt, and ~ a., undoubt-
edly, surpassed by that OF several m aanates
OF the commercial aud financial world. HIT
~ Il me accumulation OF 50 years OF marked
ard uninterrupted success Probably thar
has not been for half a century a single year.
except that OF their great IRE, when they
were not considerably richer At the close
than they bad been 81 the com nlencement
The establishment I'm Franklin square in
Guiding buildings, machinery. and stereO-
type plates. must be worth AZ least a. 0lO-
ono or =, ooo,oeo, and very probably consider
ably more. The annual profits OF the fhre>
periodicals. for the last ten years can harllv
he less than si0oooo, and this by no means
the main source OF income. for every one OF
the thousands OF volumes on their list is pre-
Sumed Ia afford considerable. and not q
Few OF them a very large rront year by year.
MAKING allowance for a liberal, though by
20 means lavish personal aud household ex-
pendlture, the annual aggregate of capital
lEed profits must be very large; and there
can be 10 room for DOUBT that the drm OF
which Fletcher Harper is the senior mem
Der must stand high up IN the list OF Ameri-
can milliOnaires.
ANoTHER PENNsYLvANTA I.rarsIAroR
ENPELLFD.-T TIE Pennsylvania house OF
representatives on Tuesday expelled Reprs-
sentative Lynott. OF Luzerne county. for
having received money in connection with
his vote upon the boom bill. He was repre-
scented by counsel before the house, and en-
deavoTed 10 eVade the expulsion by tender
ing his resignation. This the house refused
and accomplished the formal expulsion.
Journal Clerk Skinner, who had been i'm
plic~ ted In the operations OF the boom lobby,
handed in his resignation TO the chief clerk
by whom ne had been appointed.
AssAssINATIoNs IN LoUIsTANA.-Th The
white lesguers OF Baton Rouge. La, nave
cemarded the resignation OF the parish ON
GERS. Senator NJ. II T gitchelI, OF f,ouisiana.
and his brother law. George King. were
murdered by some unknown party while
crossing the river at COushatta. II is re-
the resignation OF the parish officials 81
Baton Rouge.
THE NEW ORLEANS Mint PROPERTY
In the New Orleans city council a resolution
has been offered for steps 10 recover a square
OF ground donated by the city TO the govern
ment In lS}5 for the location of a United
states mint. A condition of the beQ uegt was
that in case the government should at any
time lease and keep mp a branch mint the
property would revert 10 the city. The mint
has not been re established since the war.
hS-He is lucky, who dying, leaves little
property and only one wife Rochester Dea-
OcTdf.
nF-In q Derbyshire, England, cave has
been found skin dressing tool, similar to
that used by the Shoshone Indiaps for Dress
ing hides.
RsWhen we see men OF sense aud mature
minds sneering al cold pancakes virtuous
appreciation seems 10 Us like a phautasmsl
nOthingness.-l Fulton Times.
EFThe new fast mail train has been
dubbed the Widow" by some OF the postal
service 0ft0cheS-because 40 fetches the mails
much quicker than any other trsin.-l Nes0-
ark RegiStor
n[Susan Anthony undertakes. I'm a single
lecture, To eEumerate WHAT Woman
Wants.' She could save nine tenths of the
time by simply stating what she doesn't
want Chicago Post.