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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

tendency to select only rich men is
growing, II at all.
How Many Are There7
In the first place. now many mil.
lionaires" are there in the United
States Senate today? That is, how
many Senators are there who have one
or more millions of actual wealth con.
vertible into cash and whose incomes
are on the millionaire basis? Public
opinion seems to have placed the Sen.
ate as a body in the millionaire class
but are one.half of the Senators mil
lionaires, or one.quarter, or onc.fifth!
Let us see.
Two vacancies exist in the Senate
today because OF the inability of Ad.
dicks of Delaware to bend the Legis'
lature of that State to his will, not
withstandng the popular belief that he
is one of the all.powerful millionaires.
The full membership of the body al
present. therefore. is lightweight, two
for each State in the Union except
Delaware.
One.ffth of lightweight is eighteen,
allowing nothing for fractions of a Sen
ator. and II the statements of those
who know in a general way about the
circumstances OF individual Senators
are to be believed there are not eight
cen Senators out OF the total of eighty
eight who are worth even $1,000, 900. ia
say nothing OF the fabulous wealth in
excess of that figure that is attributed
to them.
There are not half a dozen men II
the Senate who would be regarded a.
rich men in New York or whose for
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

Nelson W. Aldrich has been in Con.
gress for twenty.four years and for
twenty.one years has been a Senator
lie was formerly a wholesale grocer
He Is a business man OF abilities as
gteat as those he displays as politician
and statesman. and in bis management
- the Senate Republicans.
He would have been a rich man If ha
rad never entered public life and all
his money has been made outside Of IT,
ITS present fortune such as II is. IL
The result Of his labors in Consolidat
Ing and perfecting the electric street
railroad system of Providence and its
suburbs, a task that he has been en-
gagged in for several years. which Ia
inst now fully completed.
Mr.. Hanna made his money by hon
o. able methods in the iron producine
al d iron transporting business IN
Cleveland and on the Great Lakes
Chauncey NJ. Depew derived his wealth
from attending to the business Of the
New York Central Railroad and the
Vanderbilt family generally.
Eugene Hale's wife fell heir to tho
modest fortune Of hor father, the late
Zachariah Chandler OF Michigan. whd
was an honest merchant prince Of De
troit before he became United
States Senator and Secretary of the
| Interior.
Three Glasses Of Senators.
The Senate. taken as a whole, is 9
| body Of poor men. The Senators CoulC
properly be divided into three classes
as follows: Rich. comfortable ant
poor.
In the first class should be placed
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

1t is evident from the widespread
discussion of the proposition to elect
United States Senators by the direct
vote of the people instead OF by the
State Legislatures that popular be.
lief exists that there is a strong ten.
dency to select only very rich men for
the Senate and that this distinguished
legislative body deserves the name by
which 1t is so often satirically called,
"the Millionaires' Club"
The House has passed joint resolu.
ton to submit to the people the ques.
ton OF so amending the Constitution
that Senators shall hereafter be elect.
ed by popular vote and the Senate has
put II to sleep. Only one Republican
member of the Committee on Privi.
leges and Elections voted for 1t. One
Democrat, perhaps the soundest law.
yer of his party on the committee, vot.
ed against it.
Aside from the question whether
any good would come out of change
in the present mode of choosing mem.
bers of the upper branch Of our Ma.
tional Legislature and whether II the
people should vote directly for Sena.
tors instead OF through members OF the
Legislatures chosen by themselves the
number Of rich candidates, successful
and unsuccessful, would decrease, II Is
interesting to study the personnel OF
the United States Senate of today to
see what the proportion of million
aires is TO the whole number of Sena
tors and by comparison with Senates
of the past to determine how fast the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

Quite a group of mining veterans sat
around table at Sherry's,, New York
telling stories of hunting and mining
in the great West. They were all Cal.
ifornia and Nevada men OF wide eXpe.
rience and reputation, with mining
knowledge at their fingers ends and
big money in their pockets.
They recalled the days when Mark
Twain was one OF them, until he be-
came a reporter on the Virginia City
Enterprise and took up his residence
in lonely cabin on the slope of the
great mountains. His stories made
him famous because they were true,
they said. No man could live in Ma
vada. tell lies and survive. 1t was the
cold truth or lynching out there.
Tell the same stories in New York
and no one would believe them" said
Captain Burbridge, the engineer and
mining expert. For instance, when
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
Million x Dollar X Dinner


spccifcd in the bill of fare, a pretty
good idea can be had Of what big
banquet this coronation feast was from
the total quantities Of all the edibles.
They consisted as follows:
Beef. 7422 pounds; veal, 1888; NUT.
ton. 2474. house lamb, 20 quarters;
legs of lamb. 90: lamb. saddles; grass
lamb, So quarters; lamb ,sweetbreads,
100: COW heels. $50; calves feet, 400;
suet. $50 pounds geese, r6O; pullets
and capons. 100; chickens. 1910: fowls
for stock. 500: bacon. 1880 pounds;
lard. $50 pounds, butter. 9l2 pounds;
eggs. 500.
This grand feast and the other coro'
nation incidcntals cost sl,34O.O00. A
good estimate OF what the banquet
alone cost can be made by considering
that the cost Of the coronation oil vii.
liam ". nine years aftcrward. when
there was no banquet, was only
$500
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

planned that he could not require his
men to salute any one except the Min
lister. The marines, he said, had salu'
ted Mrs. Conger, not as right due her
position, but purely as courtesy be-
cause OF her consideration for the
men. She had been exceedingly kind
to them, looking after their comfort in
many ways while in the legation com
pound.
This explanation did not satisfy
Mrs. Squiers. She and other women
with like grievances are said to have
begun a campaign OF petty persecu'
ton against marines. When the siege
of the legations began. the British
Minister, Sir Claude Macdonald, as
sumed command of the defenses, and
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

times able to find other occupations
that enable them TO earn a living. One
conspicuous instance OF this is the
case OF woman who found that the
hardship OF nursing was too great She
gave ii up, made a reputation as a mas.
seuse OF the scalp and is now able to
occupy all her time very profitably at
this work. Not all nurses find such
acceptable lines OF work after they
have been compelled to give up nurs.
ing. II they were able to practice
their profession all their lives nursing
might be an oyerpaid occupation. But
in view of the duration OF their work
their compensation is not too large.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

dishes OF mutton and veal.
ACCompaniments-O hundred and
sixty dishes of vegetables. $50 silver
boats of sauce. 24O Holsters 20 boats
of butter and 100 of mint.
Cold Dishes.
Eighty dishes of praised ham. so Of
savory pies. 50 OF geese a la daubc, two
in each dish; 50 Of savory cakes. so Of
braiscd beef. 80 Of praised capons. two
in each dish; 1850 side dishes, 50 Of
Holsters. so of crayhsh. 16l of roast
fowls so OF house lamb.
Champagne 100 dozen quarts; Bur
gundy. 90 dozen: claret. $50 dozen:
hook. 80 dozen: Moselle 80 dozen {:
sherry and port. 800 dozen; iced punch
100 gallons.
Dessert.
Three hundred and twenty dishes Of
mounted pastry. 400 OF jellies and
creams. 260 pineapples. 40 pines.
As the size of the dishes" is not
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
Few Rich Senators in Millionaires' Gu

the twelve Senators above mentioned
as millIonaires. and in the second Clasi
the following: Allison. Bard, Burnham,
Burrows. Burton, Carmack, Clark o!
wyoming. Clapp, Dietrich. Dillingham;,
Foster of Louisiana, Foster Of Wash
ington Fairbanks. Foraker, Gamble
Gibson Hansbrough, Harris, Jones OF
Arkansas. Kittredge. Lodge, Millard.
Mitchell, Nelson Perkins, Plat OF
Sew York. Quarles, Quay, Scott,
spooner. Teller. Warren and yelling
ton.
The Comfortable Men,
This designation Of comfortable, II
should be explained, means that the
Senators so listed have some sort OF
fixed income beyond their Senatorial
salary and professional or business
earnings sufficient for a comfortable
maintenance. but not so large as to en-
title them to be placed in the class
with those worth sl,O0O,000.
The other Senators. that u.s. those
who have nothing beyond their salary
or what they make from such services
as they may be able to render as law.
yers. doctors. writer's or what not, are
said to be these: Bailey. Bacon, Bate,
/ Berry. Bcvcridge. Blackburn, Clay,
Cockrell Cullom, Daniel, Deboe. Dolli.
yer. Dubois. Frye, Gallinger, Hawley,
Heitfeldt. Hoar Jones of Nevada. Nc
Laurin of Mississippi. McLaurin Of
South Carolina. McEnery, McComas
McCumber, Mallory Martin, Mason
Money Morgan Patterson. Penrose,
Pettus. Plat Of Connecticut, Pritchard,
Rawlins simmons, Simon, Stewart
Ialiiaferro. Tillman, Turner and Vest.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

seemed suffocatinG and we hauled him
up. There must have been two hun
bred snakes hanging to the brute by
their hooked teeth. He was already
dead and swelling up. We killed most
OF the snakes and prepared for ven.
geance.
81 sent my colored man Bog to the
wagon for ammunition. We put forty
pounds Of giant powder into a gunny
sack dropped in couple of sticks OF
dynamite. with cartridge attached to
hand battery, tied the sack firmly
and lowered II into the cave with the
pole When touched the button
there was a muffled explosion that
shook the earth. yet no sign of snakes
But the odor was worse than a
thousand chemical factories. Having
some mines to prospect ten miles over
the mountains, We left, to return Hay
or two later. We couldn't stand the
odor of the place. when we came
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

back. and dropped In a few pine knots
to light up the cave. It was one mass
Of dead rattlesnakes. The pile was as
big as hay loft. and by blowing out a
section OF the lodge we found that tee
cave extended under the ground Tor a
quarter OF mile, and It was full OF
snakes all the way.
by careful measurements we csti.
mated that there were between fifty
and sixty thousand dead rattlers. Al.
ter pulling them out with hooks for an
hour the smallest we saw was eight
feet long and had nineteen rattles. |
very seldom tell this story this side oil
Chicago, because It Is true and | don't
want to be called a liar even in New
York"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

tant as bearing on the question wheth'
err they are Senators because they
are rich or rich because they are Sen
ators. or whether the matter Of money
has anything to do with the case.
The Copper King.
Everybody knows how Clark Of
Montana made his money as a Coppet
King and how he used 1t to further his
political fortunes. The printed testt
mony of the Senate committee that in
vestigated his right to his seat told
that story and he is now a Senator with
a clear title.
Kearns of Utah Is a bonanza mine
owner also and a railroad builder and
he is moreover a young man who will
be heard of later. John Kearns is the
present head Of family whose wealth
is an Inheritance. 1t has never been
divided and Is increased by business
sagacity.
James Mcmillan started in life as a
car builder and Is now interested In
many great business concerns. al
though he has retired from active
work. and turned his interests over to
his sons. Stephen d. Elkins is a spec
ulator in lands. coal, railroads. and he
Is still making money.
Source Of Their Wealth.
Dryden is the head of a powerful life
insurance corporation. business that
has always made money and probably
always will. Redheld Proctor owns
valuable marble quaFries in his native
State and every time a man dies he
sells a tombstone, so how can he helI
being rich? George Peabody Wet
more's money is inherited.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
DYED Coffee Beans
Not AdulteratiOn

In Germany 1t is not permissible to
adulterate coffee. A wholesale grocer
was recently tried in Hamburg, the
charge against him being that he had
changed the original color of the cot
fee, but pointed out that he had made
the change before the coffee was roast
ed, and, as the experts who had keen
summoned expressed the opinion that
It was perfectly lawful to adulterate
beans, though entirely unlawful to
adulterate roasted coffee, the Court
promptly ordered a verdict of not gull,
ty.
In this case the adulteration consist,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
Cause for Worry.

Mrs. O'Brien-Good mOrnin'. Mrs.
McCabe. An phwat makes yez look
so sad?
Mrs. McCabe-Shure. Dennis was
stint to tn penitentiary for six months
Mrs. O'Rrien-Well. Shure. dem
worry. SIX months will soon pass.
Mrs. McCabe-Shurc. that's phwai
worries me.-Leslie's Weekly.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
A Hard Task.

Foote Iighte-T see by Boston pa.
per that General Funston is going on
the stage.
Sue Brette-Well, If he succeeds in
capturing Boston audience. he is Ger.
tainly all right.-Yonkers Statesman.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
Knew When He RAD Enough.

Elderly gentleman las Freshman
jumps on rapidly moving carl-Haye
o care!
Freshman brea'hlessly) 80 No,
thanks; I've got troubles OF my own,
Harvard Lampoop.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
The Bank Teller.

Mrs. Noozy-I think it's the most RI.
diculous thing TO call that man in tho
bank teller"
Mrs. Chumm-Why?
Mrs. Noozy-Because they simply
won't tell at all. | asked one today
how much my husband had on deposit
there, and he just laughed:-Philadel
pha Press.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
MINISTER IS OPPOSED

Mr.. SQuiers was designated as second
in command. In that capacity Mr..
SQuicrs assumed direction Of the
movements OF the marines and he or.
dcred Captain Hall to hold certain
position on the wall. In this position
the men were exposed to the fire of
the Boxers and Captain Hall assumed
responsibility for changing their posi-
tiDa to one NOR" protected and mDrC
capable Of defensive warfare.
For this Secretary Squiers preferred
charges OF cowardice against him, and
the court of inquiry found that Captain
Hall had done his full duty meriting
reward rather than censurc. The
court also found that unworthy mo-
tives had been behind the charges OF
Cowardice. The court sat in Picking,
but Mr.. SquIers did not appear against
Captain Hall. The incident caused
much feeling against the secretary in
army and navy circles.
There have been other criticisms Of
Mr.. SQuiers conduct in Picking. and il
is said that charges will be preferred
against him and laid before the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations
These relate to the alleged looting OF
the Chinese palaces in Picking. Mr.
Squlers brought home with him a
large collection of valuable art works
which he has presented to the Metro
pOlitan Museum in New York. This
collection was denied free admission
at the custom house in San Francisco
and the controversy has not been set
tied. Mr.. Squiers explanation is tina
he purchased these things in Picking.
100 o>o~o>o>o>o>o>
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
Last Weeks Weather.

what is the most foolish enterprise
that a man can undertaken"
well did think 1t was looking for
the north pole, but changed my mind
this summer"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

tors as ]. b. Foraker of Ohio, Charles
W. Fairbanks of indiana, Thomas Il
Bard of California, A. G. Foster OF
Washington and j. II. Willard OF Ne
braska.
The investigation into their financial
status shows that they cannot rightful
ly be put into the millionaire class, but
even II they should be the number
would be ouly seventeen. less than
one.ffth of the total membership Of
the Senate even with the two vacan
cies. and the aggregate of the wealth
possessed by the millionaire Senators
as body would not be largely ncreas
cd.
Wealth Much Exaggerated.
But whether the amount set opposite
these Senators names Is or Is not ap
proximately correct, It is a safe state.
mcnt to make that there are not eight
I cen Senators out of a total of eighty
eight who can rlghttully be said to be
millionalres, and that the wealth oil
these eighteen has been grossly exag
gerated in the public mind.
The wealth of Clark and Kearns and
Elkins moreover. is speculative. owing
to the nature of the businks in which
they are engaged. Money that Is here
today may be gone tomorrow. and this
Is so in some measure with regard to
the other Senators named. The mum
Der OF Senators who possess actual
tangible. convertible. wealth beyonC
the $1,000. 900 mark is not large
Then again the manner in which
these Senators gained what wealth
they have is interesting and impor
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
How'd You Like to Be the leeman.

| lOnged to ask her TO be mine,
thought her very nice.
But she froze me out completely
And dared not break the nice.
Cornell Widow.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
Widening London Brldqe.

London bridge. when widened. will
be lighted from the center and moi
from the sides.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
Useful to Know,

All spots Of mud on dresses may be
emOyed by rubbing with a raw potato.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

tunes compare with those of the great
Captains of Industry In the CONNER
cial centers Of the United States,
There is only one immensely wealthy
man in the Senate, Clark OF Montana,
and much Of his richness Is specula
tive
Only Twelve Millionaires.
The following table gives a list OF
the Senators whose wealth reaches OF
goes above the million mark, with the
estimate of their fortunes somewhat
loosely made, Of course, because no
body knows a mans private affairs but
himself, and he wont tell:
William A. Clark, Mon.
Jana .....,.. ',,,, NEO,OVVUVV
Thomas Kcarns, Utah go. 10000 600
John Kean, New Jersey. 1000, 900
James Mcmillan. Michigan. 5.OOO,0J1
S. b. Elkins. West Virginia. 10000
John Dryden. New jersey. 5000 900
Redfeld Proctor, Vermont. 5000, 00O
George Peabody Wetmore.
Rhode Island ........ 1000 OC
Nelson w. Aldrich Rhode
Island .............. 1000. OOC
Marcus A. Hanna. Ohio. 1000, 1000
! Chauncey NJ. Depew, New
York ............... 1000. OOO
| Eugene Hale, Maine ..... 100000
Now that is not very formidable
list. 1t numbers only twelve and the
aggregate of the estimated fortunes /:
only sG5.OOO,OOO There are FIVE or 81,
names that perhaps should be added
Of Senators who, il the facts were
known. might be able 20 squeeze jus
within the s1.OOO.OOO mark, such Scna
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08

ed in making the beans of a greenish
blue color, and In pressing fine -four
between the clefts. The rosy hue
which characterizes Brazilian coffee
was thus obllterated.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-27
GREENSBORO
NURSERIES.
John A. Young, Prop,
Greensboro, N. G.

For first class fruit. shade and orra-
mental trees, vines and plants. Intro
Queer of Greensboro and Connects
Southern Early Peaches and the Black
Alderman Strawberry.
Represented in Wake county by NJ.
J. Reitzel and S. M. Hornaday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-27
The Way to Begin.
(The Scotsman


At the conclusion of a wedding in
village church the bridegroom signed the
register with his "X mark" The pretty
bride did the same and then, turning to
a young lady who had known her as the
best scholar in the school, whispered to
her. while tears of honest love and ad-
miration stood in her bright eyes. Hes
a dear fellow, Miss, but he cannot write;
he Is going to learn from me, and
would not shame him for the world.
This was the right way to begin married
life, for husband and wife ought to be
always ready to help and make the most
OF each other.
To those about to marry 1 should say
spend the first year Of your married Lille
in this way and at it's close you Will
have an experience resembling that or
the good and wise woman who made in
her journal, on the first anniversary or
her marriage with Archdeacon Hare. the
following record: I'VE have reached the
end OF this happy year. 1t has given to
each of US. l believe, that which is more
precious than any other gift of God, and
not one anticipation of the happiness at
tending our union has been in vain. Not
one cloud has come between us; each day
seems only to draw us more closely to-
gether and to unite our thoughts and
feelings more intimately"
A sad contrast to this was the ex-
perience of lady, who lately said in
my hearing, in order to account for the
unhappinesS she had suffered in married
life, "Oh, we began all wrong
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-27
Badge of Citizenship.
brooklyn Eagle.)


Soon after our troops took possession
of Manila a certain toll bridge which
connected the city with one OF It's
suburbs was declared free to all passen-
gers. Subsequently, however, the toll
system was restored, but, as the bridge
was largely used by soldiers who de-
clined to recognize the bridge keeper
right to tax them, the tax law was more
honored in the breach than in the obser-
vance. Among the civilians in Manila
at the time was Congressman Hull,
chairman of the House Committee on
Military Affairs. One evening he started
to walk across this bridge. The keeper
stopped him and demanded toll. Mr.
Hull, who thought the bridge was tree'
refused to pay.
ST am an American citizen" he pro-
tested, land / won't pay toll"
mo-" returned the bridge guard. You
are not Americana"
But I am"
mo, no. If you were Americana you
would have said Go to hell!' when l
asked for money"
Mr.. Hull says that he paid the toll, but
when he came that way again he estab-
lished his claim to his citizenship by imi-
tating the soldiers. He did it merely for
the sake of the experiment. as he is not
naturally a profane man. The bridge
keeper at once recognized the convincing
force Of his argument, and, bowling pro-
foundry, permitted him to pass.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-27
In the Matter of angels.
New York SUM-

The kind of angel like to see weighs
not less than 1870 pounds-The Rev. John
l.. Scudder, of New Jersey
'Tis convenient size and we shall
quarrel with no mans specifications in
the matter of angels. Everybody to his
taste; and as the wings are not needed
here considerations of gravity and avoir-
dupois may be dismissed The kind of
human angel man likes is the kind he
likes, be she airy, fairy, featherweight,
middleweight, heavyweight. The female
living skeleton is the model of becoming
plumpness to her rapt adorer, and doubt
less the bearded lady gets sonnets by
the ream of celebration of her Parian
smoothness and alabaster charm. Angels
come in assorted weights and measures
Pick out one to your liking and take her
III you can.