New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-30

COLON 2. J)i'.. q. ~lf"JNl.it
educational advantages as The public schools =
Cleveland could afford. After arriving in CALI
fornia, De pushed NJ into one ~ the Interior
Counties and was subsequently member Of t..a
state Senate. IT, attractions Of Nevada l.d h.n
to locate at Cold Hi in l>G7. and since -t.-
time he has been actively occupied in d.E.lop.r-
the mineral resources Of that Stat. Iu l>73 ..
succeeded J. W Nye a United states senate.
Four times a reelection has been accorded h..
and the term on which p. mas just entered v.
not expire until 1893
Mr. Jones was several times a milli"taIr. 800 .
he first went % Washington Afterward t. .-
most Of his wealth. But now fortune smiles .l
him again, and he is reputod % %. very 3. .h
lie has always been very popular ar me cap....
both inside and outside Of Congress For man.
year. be- ard Roscoe C1nkliLg We're warm
friends and they both belonged To- the "S-l.-
Tart' wing ~ In" Republican party. as d.s-tr-
suiShed from the "Halc- Breeds" His hostility
10 the gold standard however bed him % witf-
draw from the political organization win Wr.eh
he had formerly been Identified. and las y,ar l.
heartily supported Mr.. Bryan for h. P,.
Senator Jones has devoted a great deal .t
TO the study Of currency questions AMI r.r...
has made more speeches on such subjects P.
al! If the other Senators put togeth.t Ii...
delegate To tn Brussels mou.tar. ..r..
ence which met during the Admiuistra,..
President Harrison. fore that body h. -.
for three days. the printed report NJ h.. sl.
containing over two hundred thousand w...-
y representative OF the Rothschds made -..
remark that if there We're many more m.. r
America with senator Jones's capacity f.r -....
ing the advocates Of the gold standa.l u.-
do well 10 surrender at once.
An allusion has already been made 20 tho u-.
2"d downs in Mr.. JoneS'S fortunes Th.Sa .I.
really been more extreme. if not more numerous
than with the majority Of men. 1t has been .-,-
mated by some guessers that out of the Ct.H,
Point mine he made $1,000 900: oth.~ people.
have put the amount at >l9o000oo bur ol..
he came 10 tho Senate it is doubtful ~ BE- t..
over S5,ooo.ooo: perhaps not that This Hl-
nearly or wholly lost IN certain specuiat ...
shortly afterward. Then h. made a lot ~ nl.i-.
in mines in Nevada and Idaho. only % Jose F.
again. And SO it has gone. H. has been ...
five times and gone - the other eNtreu- t.a"
times.
He still has investments in Nevada and "a
but his chief income now j. said 70 com. '.
gold mines on Douglass Island, Alaska.
PHILErUs SAWYER
one Of the ways in which men have acIat..
great wealth in this country has been b.; ~
tensiyely purchasing pine land and se..in-
timber from IT, or else 10y dispHsiug 1t -..
land itself uncleared. Phletus Sawyer. ~ p-...
kosh, Wis, made millions in these ways. ami
few weeks ago said 10 a newspaper man iE Wl-..-
ington that II he were poor. ana We're 70 bes..
life over again. he would put al, the monel a'
could scrlpa together INTO The lumber regions
oregon, Washington ma California the pine de-.
tricts of Georgia and ,hc cypress swamp, ..
louisiana In other words. he would repeat 3D.
programme of his own earlier days. Athous
born in Vermont. Mr.. SaWy WAS taken go New
York when scarcely year Did. Al the age ~
seventeen ne struck out for himself BY ta-
year 1917 he had saved up $1,000. aud with th.s
sum he began operations in Wisconsin. IL b..
vested in the lumber business all that De- htI