The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-16
MILLIoNAIREs BUY FAME.
How the Kings of the Pacific Coast
Will Live in History.

VIII Live IN alBLOry.
SAN Francisco, CAL, June ia suit
in the superior court here, brought by W.
c. Boyne against the History Company for
salary due, develops some of the richest tes-
timony ever brought TO the surface by
civil suit in the community. The ErdBl-
1ner prints the names OF several
dozen wealthy and celebrated men
anxious to have their names and
biographies enrolled in the work on
which Mr.. Boynes was engaged in
writing and which was styled at first
CHRONICLES of the Kings" However, be-
coming dissatisfied with this unique title the
name of the book was changed into ''Chron-
icles Of the Builders of the Commonwealth"
Aclrcuiar was always sent out to the parties
with money to exchange for fame, calling
his or her attention to the prospective book,
and the number who responded with gusto
and dusto ran into the hundreds.
The main reason why future generations
should not be deprived OF the biographies
of these builders of the commonwealth was
set forth in a supplemental prospectus in
which it was stated that the publication
was not to be restricted to a certain year.
1t was to be continuous, a sort of biographi-
cal perpetual motion, new biographies be-
ing inserted as those entitled to a place
shall come forward and take it" And thus
the book was to live forever. This, the
proprietor claimed, was "a feature never
| employed in any similar work, and gives to
this western world a book of heraldry, a
registry Of true nobility, such as no
European aristocracy ever enjoyed"
After all this had been thrown before the
builders of the common wealth, Boynes'
work commenced 1t was his duty to talk
these men of prominence into the pages of
the never ending book of biography. Of
course, it was expensive, but prospective
builders were told that monuments of mar
BILE would crumble into dust, but that the
printed history would live forever. Boynes
says that one of the principal stories with
which agents gave force to this part of
their argument was that little nara
tive of the poet Pindar. who, when
requested by Pythias Algenia to write
an ode on an Isthmian game at which the
latter had been victor, named as his price
one talent, about s., 900 of American money.
Pythias thought this rather high, and said
that for that sum he could have his statue in
bronze placed in the temple. To this Pindar
responded that his poem would outlive both
statue and people. The poem was written
and paid for and remains to this day, but
the temples of Algeria have long since
crumbled into dust.
There were various prices for which
man could live on forever in this "Chroni-
cles of the Kings" Here is the price list
The price of undying fame, portrait on
steel, as per exhibit d, with pages print,
81 600; portrait on STEEL as per exhibit E,
with pages print, 800; portrait on steel,
as per exhibit E, with s pages print, 50, 900;
portrait on steel. as per exhibit E, with 10
pages print, $500; portrait on steel, as
per exhibit E, with IL to Is pages print,
$1,000; portrait on steel, as per exhibit F,
with % TO so pages print, $40, 800.
Following will be found some printed in
structions which Mr.. Boynes was armed
with:
In some instances, in the case of arrogant
officials. capitalists, or railway other monopo-
lists, it may be well tc state that their life and
doing are being written up for this work; that
the same is bound to be published M some
form; therefore, is it not better to have it right
than wrong? Complete than incomplste2 In
the case of objections to price, cost and excu-
siveness must be the answer. We are GROWING
only kings.
Fac SMILES of contracts signed by ex-
Senator Tabor of Colorado for $4,000
worth of undying fame, and exGov. George
G. Perkins of California for $1,000 worth
are printed in the Examiner also, and
among the other crowned heads might be
mentioned j. d. Freeman of Los Angeles,
IL pages, S., 600 worth; ex-Gov. Downer, 16
pages. for only $1,000; M. j. Church of
Fresno, $4,000; George H. Season. of New
York. $4,000; II. w. Corbett of Oregon,
$4,000. Mrs. B. L. Bensley, who beat her
husband and his creditors out of over
100000 ere she departed from this life,
only contracted for 81, 900 space.
William Gilpin of Denver secured &c.,
900 fame plat in the work. and so on through
a maze of names, representing not less than
| 81 200 each. The work prospered wonder
fully.
The publication of these names and the
| manner in which the thousands few into
| the History Company's hands by, this means
| has created a sensation throughout the Pa
cific coast, owing to the great prominence
| of the parties mentioned.