Evening star., 1900-10-20
SOME ROYAL INCOMES
THE MILLIONS ENJOYED By THE
CZAR EVERY YEAR,
While Samoa's King Has to Get Along
With $3.50 Month-Had to
Strike for That.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
Seventy-four men and two women divide
among themselves the governments Of the
world.
In other words, there are seventy-sfN
rulers. OF these twenty-five govern as
presidents, fifteen as kings, eleven as dukes
and grand dukes, six emperors. hve as
princes and five as sultans. There are two
khans. of Baluchistan and of khiva; two
ameers, IF Afghanistan and of Bokhara
two queens, Queen Victoria and Queen Will
helmina; one khedive, of Egypt: one shah,
of Persia: one hey, of Tunis: one mikado.
of Japan; one maharaja, of Nepaul, and
one raja, of Sarawak.
OF these august potentates Queen Vic
toria and her grandson, William III of Ger
many, are the only ones who sport Nv"
ttles-the one queen and empress. the othtr
emperor and king.
The most venerable of these rulers Is Sidl
Ali Pasha, hey of Tunis. born in 1917 Tn
youngest head of a nation is Wiiheimina ~
Holland, born in 1880 the young king of
Spain not yet being seated on his ancestral
throne. In the spring and summer seasons
one third of the birthdays of these poten-
tates occur. April, May and August being
the particularly favored months.
When IT comes TO civil lists the emperor
of Russia. who is said to be the riches
man in the world can show the largest
bank account, SI2 OO0. 900 being his yearly
income. This is no more. however, than
some good citizens of our republic have as
their incomei
Seven other sovereigns have incomes
reaching the million figure-the sultan Of
Turkey, who has S1o.o00GO0: the emperor
of Austria. who has S3.SI5.0o0; Emperor
William of Germany. S3S52.itO; king OF
Italy, 81, ,S5S .OGO; the queen of England, 81
925 900: king of Bavaria, 81 ,412. 900. and the
king of Spain. Sl,4Oo,S The king of Spain.
however, has additional 5000 .Oon for his
family. and the king of Italy must deduct
from his millions S1s0.c00 for his family.
The one who obtains the bulk Of his In
come in the most original manner is the
sultan of Suu, who raises il by fines. He
has men whose business it is to watch his
subjects who are making money, and as
soon as a man gets something ahead he ~
charged with some crime, and the result IL
a fine. If a man has amassed $500, for ex-
ample, he is accused of some crime, and
to save himself from prison or death must
pay a fine of LOCO The crown prince II
often sent out to collect the fines. From
the rent of lands he receives 5000 year,
and the United States adds $1,000 in silver
| to the royal treasury yearly.
The monarch VINO stands last on the list
as regards his income is King Malietoa
Tanu of Samoa. He ekes out an existence
on the patry sum of $50 a month, or less
than $1,000 a year. The salary paid to his
predeces Sor for upholdng the d dgnity Of the
Samoan throne $50 a month. and with
this sum he was well satisfied. When the
new king, year ago came to draw mis-
first months salary he struck for $3.50, ami
got u-aft>r gong to law about It, lhe
cashier OF the treasury. which is now CON
tro.led by the consuls of the United States.
Great Br- tain and Germany. at first refused
to pay The amount demanded.
The fact that the king il drawing such u
large salary is a source of gratltication to
his adherentS, who expect him to wear II
clean calico shirt every day at least or
account of his new accumulate OF wealth.