The morning call., 1893-10-08
HORNBLO WER.

| by judicious investments let them accumu-
late is no persons business but their own.
| A number of Justices have died worth
| much less than they were supposed TO have
| had. Justice Miller received between $780,
! 900 and $4,000 from the Government and
! died comparatively poor. Justice Bradley
was making from $4,000 20 $50, coo year
at the law for some time before he was
appointed to the Supreme bench and he
brought a fortune with him to Washing
ton. He lived very simply and left good
estate. Chief Justice Waite made great
deal at the law, but he was not a money
saver and though be got fees Is high as
$4,000 at a time, when he died he
left but little. His most valuable
ses pisee Of property was his house. house.
hood of $4,000. Salmon P. Chase left a
house in Washin gton and place in the
country near here to Kate Chase Sprague.
but she is now comparatively poor, and
though her land has risen in value it is by
DO means large enough property to en-
able her to entertain in anything like the
style she displayed when her father was
alive and she was trying TO elevate him to
the Presidency. / don't know what Justice
Stephen j. Field is worth. He could have
made fortune at the law had he stuck to
the practice. He has entertained great
deal since he has been on the bench, and [
doubt whether he has large fortune. He
lives. you know. just opposite the Capitol,
in the building that was used as prison
during the war. He has comfortable
home. which is we'll furnished, and
his library is one OF ths finest in
the country. Judge Brown is said to
be wealthy. He made great income for
years IN Detroit, and Justice Shiras should
be rich, for it was reported at the time OF
his appointment that he had given up a
law practice worth from $50, 900 to $4,000
year to take his place upon the bench.
Il icc tnh ho tFrntx
up practice worth $4,000 year. and the
luckiest man of the judicial nine to-day Is
Howell Jackson, who was elevated from a
lower salary in judicial life TO the $4,000.
the private secretary and the great honor
of the Supreme Court. Justice Lamar
died poor. He owned an estate of thou
sands of acres in Mississippi, but the land
was worth little and it brought him 20 in
come TO speak of. Stanley Matthews
household furniture was sold at auction
nere about week ago. and the wife OF
Justice Woods, though she has cOmpe-
tency. is not rich.
| wish some of the Supreme Court JUS
tices would write their autobiographies.
would like to know just how Justice Brown
shot that robber who was attempting to
rob him. You know the story? The burglar
stood beside Browns bed when he awoke
in the night and covered him with pistol.
Il want your watch and key. Give them
to me and III make 10 noise, and your life is
safe" "All right" said the future Justice,
and putting his hand under the pillow ne
pulled out revolver, got the drop on the
burglar and killed him before he had time
to say Jack Robinson. This is the, outline
of the story and il may not be exactly cor
rect. There is no doubt. however, that
Judge Brown killed the burglar. and In
something like this way. Take the life OF
Justice Stephen j. Field. What stories he
could write. His whole career has been
filled with interesting episodes. One L have
heard occurred while the cholera was raging
in Asia Minor. The missionaries worked
among the people and Judge Field. then
boy, acted as a nurse for cholera patients.
One night he was at dinner and he saw
one of the servants who were waiting on
the table fall dead. There was cry OF
''the plague" and in moment the house
was empty. Think of his early struggles
in California. He landed in San Fran
cisco with $40 in his pocket, and the next
morning. after paying his bills. he found
he had just 81 left. He had. however.
sxty-four old newspapers which be had
brought from New York. He got boy
to sell these, Offering him half. They sold
for S64-S1 apiece-and the S32 thus gotten
started him on the road 10 fortune. I
doubt not the other Judges could give some-
thing almost as romantic. but there is little
probability that they will be heard from
just now. FRANK u. CARPENTER.