Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-11-20
ABOUT MONTE CARLO.
SOME LOSERS AT THE GAMING
TABLES RECEIVE PENSIONS.
Huge Sums Paid to Bribe Journah-De-
NAL That There Are Many Suicides
A Roseate view.

Some remarkable facts {" not generally
J known to quote lambs pattern para
graphist) were disclosed yesterday at the
balf.yearly meeting Of the shareholders OF
| the Socie.e Anonyne des Bains dc mer CT
du Cercle des strangers de Monaco, says
the Poll Nal Gazette. The total revenue
from the tables during the past year mas
/ been a little over $4,000, O00f.. or about
fs20 900. which Is 1.O00,0 O0f. more than the
receipts of the previous year. o,
/ The capital of the society Is 30Oo0.OODf..
| in 80 600 shares of 500f Each share carries
| an interest coupon of Of. per annum; or
| s per cent. upon the original value. me
dividend " Is distributed early IN MAY:
| This varies according to the "takings at
| tha fables last Nav it amounted to 1851,
making a total revenue of 1907. per share.
/ 3s per cent. upon the original value and
/ gi% 'per cent. upon the existing vaine
/ which was then 2.000f. per share. Inc
+ total revenue IN 1891 was 1901. and IN 1851
1901. Monte Carlo stock may theretore ot
considered paving investment Tor those
( who NAV be willing to take its risks. IN
/ ioIa the society will be able TO reimburse
| its shareholders IN full. During the, past
/ six wears !, 200, O00f have been placed ai-
/ nualIy IN reserve fund for ehis purpose,
/ so that. with interest. this. in 1913. Will
( amount TO quite 80 900, 00Of., which repre-
/ sents the capital of the society.
SPENT IN IMPROVEMENT.
Since his marriage the present Prince
/ has never touched the $50, 0O0f, which the
I gambling society contracted to pay an:
/ nually for the concession TO the ruler Oh
/ Monaco. This $50, 900 per year has been
/ spent in improvements to the palace,
| building the fue cathedral, erecting new
schools. and the like. When 1908 ar
YES the prIncipality will have some
| stately edihces 20 call its own, and the
| Prince and Princess will rule over domain
as magnificent in its outward semolance as
! il il beautiful in its natural position. IN
addition TO the $4,000 paid out as the
/ Princes share of the profits the society
| bears all the expenses OF governing the
principality.
No less than 300, 000f., or E32OOO. are
spent annually in bribing newspapers ana
! newspaper correspondents. One Parls
| newspaper alone gets $4,000 and several
/ Others in the capital receive El.OO0, Wnlle
the smaller provincial papers receive from
$500 down to $50 per annum. Many news
| paper correspondents are also on tnls
"reptIle" list. and regret to say that the
representatives of some English news
| papers accept their yearly dOiIceitrs not Tor
ANYTHING they do for Monte Carlo, but TOR
their policy of ldissez fare. All that the
society asks of these men in return for Its
money is simply this: Do nothing; say
nothing; let US alone"
TIE PENSIONERS.
Another item of expenditure is the pen
| sionralres- those who have lost all their
! fortunes at the tables and who are now
being kept by the society. These poor
unfortunates receive sums proportionate
! to the amount lost. One Engllshman who
/ lett 2, 0O0, 0OOf at the tables gets louis per
day. Some get 20f. per day, some lof., aud
! others as much per week. This is the gen
erous portion of the debit side OF the bal
ance-sheet. A considerable sum Is also
given annually in railroad fares to those
who, having lost oil their ready cash. are de-
sirous Of getting home without letting their
friends know of their foollshness. In
these cases the manager will paw the motel
bill, purchase second-class railway
ticket, and give the victim 20 or 40 francs
I for his expenses en- route, according TO the
length of the journey. Several English
people had to avail themselves OF this fund
I during the last season. One young gentle
man from Oxford was too sharp for Nj.
Tbezillat. He had already paid MS hotel
bill. but persuaded the cashier to give 1t
to him unreceipted. In this way he man
aged TO get $50 more out or the Casino,
but he had left over e. 900 behind him.
All the plungers have an infalllble sys-
tenn. hut they are "infallible" only so
long as their luck lasts. The total number
of suicides during the past year Is iiye.
The reports of suicides are greatly eXag-
gerated. At Monte Carlo the gambling Is
concentrated in one building, and here
many characters who have grown despe-
rate congregate. They make their hnal
coup aud lose 1t, but gamblers are less given
to suicide than is supposed.