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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01

The traditions of thu ancient Chinese
empire have suffered a severe shock
through the reception accorded the
wives of the foreign ambassadors by
the dowager empress. This mightiest
and most autocratic of female poten-
tates has been hitherto pictured as
the cruelest of tryants, who sitting
screened from even her servants by u
thick curtain, gave orders in muffled
tones for heads to fall by the sword If
the public eXecutioner Were needed
Improvement ordered by the emperor
or his advisers the dowager empress
was declared to have vetoed them. Had
the emperor been taken suddenly i'll,
the dOwager empress had his tea pois-
oned. All evil deeds were ascribed to
her, and the world outside the Chin
csc wall wondered what manner of wo-
man this was who SO heartlessly Killed
off her subjects and so sternly repress-
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Millions led Up
For a Century

That truth is stranger than fiction Is
undoubtedly true, and the fact that the
American heirs of Chief Justice Holt,
who lived and died before the close of
the first quarter Of the eighteenth CEN
tury, are about presenting, through the
medium of the government at Washing
ton. the most remarkable and gigantic
monetary claim ever presented by one
country against another in time of
peace, will prove interesting reading
to the friends of the chief Justices
heirs.
In 1928 Lord Chief Justice Holt died
in London possessed of an estate, the
value of which was then approximate
ly e20, 900 900, consisting almost entirely
of large tracts of land both in London
and the surrounding cities and towns.
The estate proper was located near the
town of Red Grave. about ST miles from
London, and was known as Red Grave
Manor where the lord chief justice is
buried in a vault beneath the manor
house. He had four sons. John. Will
lam, Henry and Thomas, the latter, the
youngest, dying while very young.
Several wears before his death Lord
Chief Justice Holt had a violent quarrel
with his three eldest sons, and as a re-
suit threatened to cut them off without
a cent if they dared disobey any of his
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and Ireland and empress of India. Ac-
cording to the official budgets CT Eng
land, the queen is annually voted
90o,O00 This in our money would
amount to over 100000 each year.
The civil list of the queen consists of
fixed parliamentary grant, and it must
be said, to the credit of the reigning
house, that it amounts to much less
than the incomes of previous sover-
eigns. Under George I. this sum was
| about S5,o0o,000 of our money. In 1777,
when the pigheadness of King George
led him into the historical controversy
with our own George, and cost him
the loss of all the American colonies,
the parliamentary grant was reduced
by S1,000,000. Victoria. at the present
| time, has paid to her, for the benefit
of the royal household, an annual al
lowance of e3S5.000, of which the lords
of the treasury are directed to pay
yearly $4,000 into her majesty's privy
purse, to set aside G232,Oo0 TO the sal
aries of the royal household, 944.G00
for retiring allowances and pensions to
servants +, and G13,000 for the royal
bounty, aims and special services.
There is an unappropriated surplus Of
G36,000, which goes for miscellaneous
purposes, probably for sealskin sacks,
spring bonnets and other feminine ex-
travasances. The queen also has paid
to her the revenues of the Duchy of
Lancaster, which. in 1896, amounted to
more than GS2,00O
The parliament includes in each of
the annual estimates the consolidated
fund In this are the following sums
to members of the royal family: G1O,060
to the Duke of Edinburgh, reduced from
1000 on the accession of the duke to
the dukedom of Sake Coburg Gotha, in
1888: $4,000 to the Duke of Connaught:
$4,000 to the Empress Victoria of Ger
many: 10000 to the Princess of Schles-
wig-Holstein: $4,000 to Princess Louise.
Narchioness of Lorne; $4,000 to the
Princess Beatrice of Battenburg; $4,000
to the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-
Strelitx. $4,000 to the Princess of Teck<
formerly Princess Mary of Cambridge;
e12oo0 10 George, Duke of Cambridge;
10000 to Princess Helena of Waldeek.
Duchess of Albany. The Prince of
Wales, the patron saint of American
dudes, who is now engaged in nursing a
broken leg, receives an annual grant of
$1,000, and by an act of parliament
passed in 1889, he receives $1,000 in
addition for the support and mainte-
nance of his children. In addition to
this the prince has revenues from the
duchy of Cornwall, which in 1896 was
valued at over 100000 per annum. The
Princess of Wales has set on her the
annual sum of 10000. to be increased
to $50, coo in case of widowhood.
Altogether S1000O,000 in our money
would be an inadequate estimate of
what it costs the people of England to
enjoy the luxury of royalty. Imagine
for moment the congress of the United
States voting these vast sums of money
to the brothers, sisters. aunts. uneles
and first, second and third cousins of
President Mckinley and the absurdity
of the whole thing, from an American
standpoint, of course, would be appar-
ent.
Leaving England and going to the
continent, the results are quite as in
teresting. The Emperor Franz Joseph.
king of Austria-Hungary, has civil
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history of the world during the past
six months, receives annually gum
equivalent to 81 125, 900 in our money.
This immense sum. of course, is award
ed in lump form for the benefit of the
royal family; $2s0,000 goes for the ex-
elusive use of the child monarch, and
no doubt keeps him in an abundant al
lowance Of painted candy. rocking
horses and spending money. The queen
regent, who has charge of the eXpend-
iture of all this money until the king
becomes of age, receives herself grant
of 10000 per anlum. The relatives Of
the late king of Spain, the husband
of the present queen regent, receive
pensions amounting to 900 per
year.
Abdul Hamid H.. sultan of Turkey
receives a grant variously reported to
be from five to tenn illions Of dollars
per annum. III
These facts and figures regarding the
rulers and their incomes furnish very
interesting study. The figures are as
accurate as it is possible to give after
estimating the value of foreign moneys
as compared with our own, but even
in the rough they present comparisons
that must be regarded not only with
interest but with pleasure by the peo-
pie of the United States.
municipal government III fAilelicd Is
still In the experimental stage. The
rapid growth of. population and the cost
of living among individuals seems ten
fold greater on the part of the local
organizat tons. The very crudeness of
the system permits waste, extravaganza,
and sometimes corruption, but the ma
tional government and policy are more
definitely and securely defined, and the
result must be evident to all reasonable
persons. Salaries are moderate and the
immense machinery of the general gov
eminent Is conducted on frugal and al
most economical lines.
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The educational system of Cuba las
not heretofore been a model one. AT
first 1t followed the lines laid down by
the Spanish. but gradually changed TO
sui. local conditions. The Royal and
Pontiflcal university of Havana was es
tabllsaed ~ Innocent XIII. in 1TI2. the
only means of education prior TO that
having been the teaching OF the Fra.i-
ciscans in the converts. The university
was taken from the domination Of the
Dominican friars in 1912, ard became
national institution. For some little time
higher education improved in Cuba, but
in 1858, when General Ccncha was in
authority, the system of instruction was
assrnilated to that of Spain and philo-
sophical studies began tc wane.
There are two colleges for the clergy,
one at Havana and one at Santiago In
1889 there were 100 public and $50 pri-
vate schools with an average atttnd-
ance of 40,352 children. Even in those
days the better class of people sent their
children to the United States to be edu-
Gated and until. with development,
there comes the establishing OF regular
colleges in Cuba, the plan of General
Wheeler is the best possible means of
bringing enlightenment to the people of
the island
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injuncticns. TIE sons, however pos
sessing much OF their fathers irasci-
bility of temper, ignored their fathers
threat to dispossess them if they dared
to leave England and come to the
American colonies in search of fortunes
in the then sparsely settled community.
They came TO America in spite of his
warnings and settled down, helping to
develop the new country. John. the
oldest. settled in Virginia, William in
Georgia and Henry in Kentucky. In
stead of carrying out his harsh threat
the lonely old man proceeded immedi-
ately upon the departure of his three
sons to entail his vast estates up TO the
third generation. at which time they
were to revert to the heirs. the eldest
son inheriting everything. To do this
he had the estate placed in the hands
of the court of chancery for the male
descendants in the direct line for three
generations. Then he died without
knowing that he had laid the founda-
tons for one of the biggest and great
est legal controversies that has ever
engrossed the attention of a court of
law.
IT. T. Killers of Port Conway, Va,
the husband of Mrs. Floried Holt Mont
gomery Killers, went to Washington the
early part of September for the purpose
of perfecting some preliminary details
prior 10 his departure with his wife for
England, where he intends to assert her
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his subjects. The whole of the reve-
nues. without question, have been at
the service of the shahs, and most of
them, it Is only fair to say, have ta-
ken advantage of their opportunities
and have amassed monster fortunes.
The present shah has more diamonds
than he knows what to do with. His
private fortune is estimated at $50. 000.-
900, most of it represented by brilliant
and costly stones. The largest of these
is called the Derya-i- Muir and is of 1856
karats, and the next to this Is the Tai
i-Mah, of las karats. The crown jewels
are SO valuable as to make figures en-
tirely unintelligible in discussing them.
History does not state whether pawn
shops flourish in Persia or not.
Carlos I, or Portugal has an income
of 100000 per annum, and mis- royal
consort, the queen, receives each year
100000. Since the conquest of Portu-
gal by the Moors the monarchs of that
country receive altogether about ST.
100000 per annum.
Nicholas II. emperor of all the Rus
sias, has no limit whatever to his in
come. He is in possession of the reve-
nue. from the crown domains, which
include millions and millions of square
miles of cultivated land and forests,
besides countless gold mines in Siberia
The actual value of these mines has
never been known. The crown do
mains are considered the private prop
erty of the imperial family.
Chulalong I. of Siam has an estimat-
ed revenue of 100000 a year. Part
of this is the tax on fruit trees opium
and eatable birds nests. When we con-
slider the immense cost of maintaining
the Sacred White Elephant, with its
large retinue of priests and musicians
this does not seem to be an extrava-
CANT revenue for the Siamese monarch
Alfonso XIII, the boy king of Spain,
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AsAcoNnA sTANDARD SUNDAY MORNINGS JANUARY l. 1897

were being exercised to prejudice those
people against us. but ] was convinced
that the effect ~ such influences could
be very easily orercoma. The CuDana
have been treated unkindly and unfair
ly. We must be kind and generous and
take serupulous care that our assoc a.
lions with them are fair in every re-
spect.
1T occurred to me that if each college
In the United States would consent to
give one Cuban free tuition it would re-
suit benenctally in many ways. For
this offer to be published in Cuban pa
pers would impress them with the gem
erous disposition of our people. Cubans
educated at our colleges would return
to Cuba with correct ideas regarding
our people and our institutions, and the
whole tendency of the arrangement
would be TO increase mutua, confidence
and respect. 1t would not cost the col
leges much, and they would receive
some return in the colleges becoming
known to the people of that island. The
people of Cuba are poor now, but with
their wonderful resources and a good,
honest government they will become
rich and prosperous.
JOSEPH WHEELER,
Major General"
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Salaries Of the
Worlds Rulers

The announcement that each Of the
not members of the United States SEN
ate are to be paid fee of $4,000 Tor
their services during their brief stay in
Paris, has caused quite storm of crit
icism from that portion of the people
who do not so very deeply into affairs
brings up the whole question OF the cost
of government in the United States and
the salaries paid to public officials in
this country, as compared with the
same things in the republics and mon
arches of the old world. It is needless
to say that careful comparison Of
facts and figures gives a result that is
decidedly in favor of our own coun-
try.
The president of the United States re-
ceives a salary Of $4,000 a year. At
first blush this seems so tremendous as
to take our breath away. 1t appears to
be far and away ahead of the earning
capacity OF any individual. no matter
how great his ability, and no matter
what the energy or hard work involv-
ed. But second sober thought must
convince us that the salary OF the pres
ident of this republic. who rules over
600 of people at the present time
and who is likely to be the ruler of
much greater number of citizens in
the near future, if measured by mental
strain and responsibility and the
amount and character of labor invoIv-
ed. is but mere pittance. This view
of the matter was undoubtedly in the
minds of the members of congress a
number of years, when they successful
ly advocated legislation by which the
presidents salary was increased from
$4,000 to $4,000 per annum.
In this country there is absolutely
no limit to the earning capacity Of
men of genius and energy. There are
several railroad presidents at the pres
ent day who make as much, if not more.
every year in their existence. than the
president of the United States. There
are at least half dozen lawyers in
each of the great cities of the United
States whose income is double that of
the president of the United States and
there are numerous instances of men
in the learned professions, physicians,
lawyers and others, whose salaries and
fees exceed 100000 per annum.
But I am diyerting slightly from my
subject. What I started out to say was
that the salary of the president of the
United States, as compared with the in
comes of the rulers of the Old World,
Is ridieulously small, and this applies
equally as well to the republics as TO
the monarchies on the other side of the
Atlantic. Indeed. the presidents of
some of the opera bonffe governments
or republics of South America have
state incomes almost as great as that
of the president of the United States
But 1t is particularly when we look
abroad that we discover the startling
differences that are made by what
might be termed "odious" COMPARE
sons.
To begin with, take her royal ma
jesty, Victoria, queen of Great Britain
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i4 ~ y
ed. they have entered into a written
agreement that their shares Of the es-
tate are tn be turned over to them
without additional litigation on this
side of the Atlantic
On the death of the lord chief justice
II was over two years before his sons
in America learned of his decease. BY
tf!s time the court of chancery had se-
cured possession of the estates. The
sons endeavored to secure the estates
from the American end of the line, but
tailed. For some reason they never re-
turned to England. but continued their
negotiations with the mother country
from the colonies. Meanwhile, the es-
tate was rapidly falling into decay, ard
the trustees appointed by the chancery
court recommended that it be repaired.
Early in the present century it vas
decided TO use the accrued interest and
revenues of the estate to put it in thor
ough repair. One per cent. of its then
present value was expended in repair
ing the estate. and this sum, in Itself
a fortune, judiciously expended resulted
in a remarkable increase in the value
of the property. The latest valuation
placed upon the estate at very con-
sentative estimate made the value $685.
100000, and it is safe TO say with the
prudence and care exercised in the
handling of this property to-day it
of 5000, 600, 600
The granddaughter of Henry Holt
who died in Kentucky, who returned to
England after her fathers death in 1888,
married a man named Wilson. In 1854
she and her husband brought suit to
regain possession of the immense es-
tate. 1t was pending for five years, and
In 1858 advertisements were placed in a
number of newspapers published in
New York and elsewhere. AS the heirs
were all living in the south and the
papers did not circulate there. however,
they received no word Of this search
their claims. Failing to hear from the
heirs the court was compelled to be
lieve they were probably extinct. AS
the estate was entailed. however, the
court refused to grant title to the Will N
sons, but simply appointed the husband
of the granddaughter of Henry Holt as
a trustee for the court. He and his
family We're granted an allowance, but
were not permitted to sell or spend any
part of the estate. A son of this Will
son, Richard Wilson, is at present in
possession of the immense property, his
father having died. The mother, the
only member of the original Holt fam
lily, is now dead. The Wilson's, it will
be seen, claim the estate by marriage
only. The American heirs show direct
descent. and their claims will be pre-
sented in a convincing manner. They
will probably obtain possession after a
hot legal fight, but in the meantime
the English courts of law will be treat
ed to legal fight for such stakes as
may never again be brought in con-
troversy. and the best legal talent will
doubtless be employed to fight to the
bitter end -7srr
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IN THE
CHINESE WALL

ed any attempt to improve the back
ward empire
Now, however, this feeling has been
changed to a great extent. the dowaser
empress has shown herself to be right
in line with the most advanced civli-
cation by giving an afternoon tea to
the ladies of the foreign legations.
Sitting in state. wearing all the mag
nificient robes. jewels and orders Of
Chinese royalty, the much maligned
doWager empress received her guests
graciously and charmed them with the
unexpected cordially of her reception.
The first international afternoon tea
given to ladies at the Pekin palace is
really a very significant event, mas
much as it marks the rending of the
veil of irnnclad tradition in China.
When the doWager empress receives
the ladies of the ambassadorial corps
in her private apart4a9 and con-
verses with them as her guests, China
may well wonder what is going to hap
pen next
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GENERAL WEYLER'S
PLAN FOR CUBA

they would return home to spread
good work that would knit the island
closer to the country to which 1t owes
its benefaction. In following out this
design General Wheeler empowered
Treasurer C. K yarround of the Union
college to communicate with the Amer
lean institutes of learning and ask how
many would grant the privilege of free
education to any two or three young
Cubans who might be des.rous of avail
ing themselves OF the privilege.
In over hundred instances favorable
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replies have been received, SO that the
scheme born in the kindly mind of Gem
eral Wheeler is likely to bear splendid
fruit. The general writes to this news
paper as follows regarding the plan:
Wnlle in Cuba | took some pains to
study the situation and learn the senti-
ments of the people. Our relations with
Cuba are now such that it is very i'm
portant to the Cubans and also to our.
selves that there should exist the kind
standing. readily saw that Influences
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Written for the Sunday Standard.

Written for the Sunday Standard
New York, Dec. 2S.-The anxiety to
educate the people of the Soudan that
Mr.. Kipling has made the subject of his
latest poem has its duplicate in the de-
sire of General Joseph Wheeler to es-
tablish educational institutions in this
country where the young men of Cuba
could acquire the knowledge that leads
to an advanced grade of civilization
General Wheelers idea is that if some
of the young men of Cuba could be
brought here and thoroughly tutored.
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The Struggling Young Author.

II some times wonder" said the strug-
Cling young author, eff I shall be com
PEELED to wait until I have achieved fame
before my contributions will be accepted.
and it always makes me think of what
neighbor said about the lady next door,
who was always practicing. that she
never ought to be permitted to touch pi-
ano until she had learned how to play