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Portuguese and with his family has lived
in this country now for twelve years.
He turned from a sea life to art three years
ago, at the recommendation of friends,
after having ignored similar solicitation
for several years. and the Academicians
now pronounce him a promising artist.
1t is his hope this summer for the first time
not to be obliged to go to sea at all.
Sandreczi's family have been rovers,
with intellectual inclinations, and whom
he. as a boy. determined that he wanted
to 20 to sea, his father made no objections,
although Otto was tho first OF the family
who had desired the sea life
II don't believe that any two Of our family
were born in the same place. OF have lived
in the same place. said the youthful artist
in mentioning their wanderinRs. "One
Of my uncles was architect to the King
of Siam and another was a physic an in
Jerusalem. Their brother, nv father. was
pastor of the German Evangelical Church
at Blumenau in Brazil, where was born"
Bumenau is a small settlement in the
province of Santa Catharina, in the south
ern part of Brazil. made I'D chiefly of Ger
man and Swiss immigrants. Sandreczki
said. The climate there is so moderate
that in the coolest season. which is July.
there sometimes forms only a very thin
layer of ice On II pail OF water left standing
out of doors over night. From there his
father sent him, when ten years old. to
Switzerland to school His father had
come from Munich. so they call themselves
Germans; his mother was a Swiss.
As boy Otto was always drawing pict
ures. although lie never had any instruc-
ton. In Switzerland he had such ele-
mentary teaching in drawing, as is given
in the common schools OF this country,
but received no. instruction in art. His
particular fancy. when amusing himself
with his pencil was to draw pictures of
soldiers
to fight for Poland in the thirties. and after
the revolution he was not allowed to return
to his studies, so the family left Poland
and have not since made it their home.
Before that, Otto's great-great- grand
Of August the Strong of Poland, So there
was ancestral suggestion in the boys liking
for things military.
His interest in soldiers later led him. as he
learned to read. 10 study all the books he
he says tina, he learned TO- know so as to
be able to draw almost all the army un
forms of the world, and some of the navy
uniforms, too. After he had been five
years az school his parents went to live in
Switzerland, and then the family m wed
TO this country. His father became pastor
"f German Evangelical church at Ben
nington. \. l.. near Buffalo where he still
lives.
The boy, scarcely able to speak any
to take up a sea life, and he became pupil
on the scioolship ST. Mary's. His knowledge
of English he has picked up without special
instruction. but he speaks with little accent.
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WASHINGTON. May le.--That there il
so,ne, nag in a name is demonstrated by
.ho fac, that the most fashionable, popular
and prosperous country club ever organized
IN Washington is that known as tho Chevy
chase, lust across the District line IN Mary
land about six miles north OF the centre Of
the city
There il another country club out on
the Loughborough road beyond George
town. II is a beautiful place and nearer
10 town. William G. Whitney owned Il
when member of the first Cleveland Cabinet
and /, was known as Grasslands. 1t is in
the neighborhood of Red Top, once famous
a. the home of President Grover Cleveland
and the centre of profitable real estate
.pecuIation--p profitable. that is, for those
who did not make the mistake OF holding
On TOO long. for the property adjoining
Red Top is just as barren of houses now as
II vas then
There is also the Washington Golf Club,
The oldest in the city, across the Potomac
River on the Virginia hills, and the Colum-
Tia Golf Club, which was the old Marshall
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for hotel in ST n Diego, while he worked
for 81 q day uron the construction Of new
smeiter ~ Needles. on the Rio Colorado,
across tho Moiavc desert. in Californa,
Whenever he could he went out prospect =
ing, Finally in October, 1900, no and his as
aocia,e. George Hnrscl, cane upon cvi-
olenccs Of gold ledge that Hayos named
tho Mary Belle IN honor Of his wife. After
working limo ON tho miHe larson TO-
camo discouraged ard sold hit share Of
the claim to MIS-, Hayes, taking $500 in lash
and her note for $1,000.
From November. 1901. HAYES did all
the work of sinking shaft in the m!re.
and getting on. enough ore to paw for the
tools and his camp expenses. Last fall
he declined 100000 for the property. He
borrowed 50 900 on the claim, set several
Yaqui Indians at work eXcavating diiits
and laterals in the Mary Belle, and two
months ago ran into BODY OF ore that as.
sayed 81 n ton In ore week he got out
eleven tors Of the ore.
For weeks lately the mine has been Weld
ing ore that has averaged sea ton. ar d there
seems to Ike a quantity OF rock Of this value.
He steadfastly refused to consider any
of the offers for the Mary Belle. but last
week he suddenly sold. Now Hayes is once
more on the top. HI says that he's through
with speculation. and that If he loses his
fortune he'll never find another one.
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and many wool dealer and grower went
into bankruptcy.
Hayes believed that the duty on wool
would be restored. He lcaSed storehouses
in half dozen little railroad towns through
out the Territory and filled them with woo!
at bedrock prices. Then he waited. The
Dinglev tariff of 1897 restored tho duty on
wool, and by January, 1893, Hayes's in
vestment in wool had risen three, four and
fvefold in value.
White Bill Hayes was again millionaire.
With his newly-acquired fortune he trav-
elled abroad, built beautiful home in FL
Psso. married young woman there and
settled down to live in luxury all the rest
of his days.
But he could not be idle very long II is
a long chapter how he bought the Capis-
trano mine in the State of Jalisco and sank
all his money in trying to develop it. In
one day eleven suits were filed gainst him.
Everything attachable was seized Hayes
gave up the fight. and with less than $40
saved out of his fortune went to San
4 third time White Bill Hayes was in
poverty. Still undaunted, he set about
making another fortune He was then
about a. His wife became housckeepcr
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Of the place.
Dinners, luncheons and afternoon teas
form the greater part Of the diversions Of
the Chevy Chase Club, and but for the
would be altogether social club, instead
of one whore the membe rs can crafty their
love OF athletic sport. The tennis courts
are practically deserted when the bellies
and beauy make their appearance on the
lawn and the squash court Il popular with
very few. To see and be seen and not to
do is the modern motto The steeple-
numbers of fashionable people who rendez-
vous at the club and on Saturday nights
remain for the table dhote dinner and the
mueic and informal dancing that follow.
Among the most prominent among the
golf players whose names are known to the
public are Justices Harlan and McKenna
of the Supreme Court, Attorney General
Justice Harlan is probably the best golfer.
alt ough Mr.. Knox plays a good, even
game. Justice McKenna has the most
correct orm Of any man on the links, but
having said that there is little more to be
said OF his game.
As for Gen, Miles it is always thought
hat his next game will be his last. bu, he
fame in his profession. and when he retires
from active service next August he will
probably spend more time than ever on the
links. The General has a laudable ambition
to learn to drive the ball. and although he
has been under the nstruction of some Of
the best professionals for several years, he
has not yet met with shining success He
dresses the part to perfection, but he does
not play it, and he and Justice McKenna
have more or less genuine fun out of their
attempts to ct over the bunkers and make
a score.
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A THIRD TIME A MILLIONAIRE.
WHITE BILL HAYES HAD LOST
TWO PREVIOUS FORTUNES.
He Began life rs Founding in New York
and Doesn't Know What the Middle
Initial OF Hts Name Stands For-One
Fortune Made In Wool and Two In Mines

Los ANGELES Cal. May l2.-William T
Hayes of San Diego. known throughout
the Snuhwee, as White Bill Hayes, is again
millionaire He has just sold the Mary
H lie mine across the boundary line III
Sonora Mexico. for $75O.OOO and the water
rights and adjacent property have brought
him $4,000 more.
This Is the third time in thirty-two years
that he has been millionaire. He started
Ar coal HEAVIER on the docks Of Phila-
delphia in 1899
One reason why he Is called White Bill
HAYES il that he invariably wears white
''ouch hal. He went to Europe during
on" of his palmy periods, and to make
sure that he would always have white
tlouch ha, of his own standard he carried
several along with him. He orders two or
three dozen hats at time.
i never knew my parents. said MT.
HAYES the other day. Il was born In
tenement house somewhere on Bleecker
erect New York, and was picked up In
basket where some one had left me one
night in the fall OF 1854
A policeman carried me TO a station
house Mrs Julia Saverty, sister OF a
foundsnan. happened to be calline>nt the
station when ! was brought there. She
took me home and kept me until ! was
about years old.
Then she was too i'll to look after me.
! went to a sisters orphan asylum In New
ark \ j for four years Father Reilly
Of Jersey City got me Job as tally boy
on the coal docks In Philadelphia. and since
then I've been making my own way.
! believe, nearly as ] can reckon, that
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Wyndhams pedigree has made even the
most vehement Of his Irish opponents in
the House of Commons more generously
disposed toward him then they ever will
be to Mr.. Balfour, the present Premier and
former Irish Secretary; and this. combined
with Wyndham's initial experience in the
very heart of Irish disafiection. has helped
him and will help him in carrying out his
programme FOR Ireland.
This experience is often referred TO as
Mr.. Wyndhans rovitiate. for he went
through it as Mr. Balfour's private score
tary during the four years when the Prime
Minister held tho same post as Secretary
of State for Ireland, which Mr. Wyndham
fills to-day.
II was Will, he was in this office that he
made his second bid for fame. He was only
% at the time, but then. when only 81, "a
an officer of the Foot Guards. he had gone
through the Soudan campaign and come
out OF il with distinction.
1t was rat her an unusual thing that n
young man who had so lately laid aside
the sword should score his next success
| AZ a particularly effective letter writer.
but that was Wyndham's destiny. He had
hardly gone to Dublin with his new CHIEF
than there began determined Irish attack
uron Mr.. Ralfour. of which Parncll himself
was leader by open speech and by innuendo,
but mainly by letters TO the newspapers
The mos, important Of these AIr. Wyndham
unterto ok TO answer. and answer them he
did with such vigor, Wit and telling argu
ment that in nine cases out Of ten he com
pletely discounted their writers.
Politicians of every stripe began TO- ask
themselves who this George Wyndham
might be who was defending Arthur Bal
four's policy so trcnchnntly, and there
was suspicion in some quarters that be-
hind the nam. was concealed Mr.. Balfonr
himself. In fact. when Wyndham finally
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as the women do the little tea room and
the broad porch and the reetfui lawn, and
while all the attributes Of the club are of
the most modest character. it's members
and guests. its patrons and habitues ar"
the most conspicuous OF washlngtons
smart set.
While every day in the week is reception
day at Chevy Chase nowadays, Sunday
afternoon Is the time when the fashionable
gathering reaches it's high tide. On that
pssufu lawns s and broad % po2ches ' Shorty Sn y
after 1 o'clock the beaux and bellies and the
rnatrons begin to arrive by trolley, auto
mobile. victoria and saddle. until the his
toric old house Is alive with the style" Of
the capital.
The membership of the club includes
everybody who is anybody in Washington.
Cabinet officers, leading Senators and
Representatives. public officials, army and
navy officers, and nearly all OF the Ambas-
matte Corps are in tie list. Many Of them
take no part in the athletics, but nearly
all are members Of the colony which meets
on these fine spring afternoons beneath
the shade of the elms and horse chestnuts
that surround the house; Women are as
Chase and scores have taken advantage
OF the fact.
One drawback to general suburban life
in Washington, besides the summer heat,
Is the almost utter lack OF cultivated shade
trees and the sterility Of the soil. which
makes it almost impossible to grow good
lawns. But at Chevy Chase there are both
leafy trees and good lawns, for the sod
in the immediate vicinity Of the charming
house has not been turned over for more
than half century. 1t is literally as soft
as velvet. and the feet of the countless fair
women who daily gather for chat and tea,
make no impression upon it's luxuriance
There ara Towering shrubs in profuson
at Chevy Chase and rose bushes and climb
ing vines older than any member of the
club. There are lilacs and all sorts Of old
fashioned plants and flowers that are not
found as a rule in the cultivated gardens
OF to-day. and this is another attraction
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estate holdings over s45O, 900.
He invested 500 900 Of that in the Amar-
Gosa silver mine, In northern New Mexico,
! and two years later sold for little less than
half million dollars. His real estate had
advanced still further in value, and he was
easily millionaire, He had at one time
over 100000 on deposit in the First National
Bank OF Denver
Up to the summer of 1886 il seemed as
II he could not 60 wrong in any investment
He became interested in n scheme for rri-
eating millions of acres Of land in south
eastern Colorado and western Kansas from
the Arkansas River.
The system was about two-thirds finished
when the Kansas and Colorado land boom
burst in 1880. The drought Of 1900 and
1891 put the finishing touches on the failure
Of the scheme. The Arkansas. always a
shallow stream in any summer became a
bed of scorching sand and many Kansas
and Colorado farming community shriveled
to nothing.
Hayes paid as far as he could, and then
quit without dollars worth OF property.
He was then 80 poor that he walked from
Trinidad, Col. to Las Vegas, n. NJ, in the
fall Of 1891 over the Santa Fd trail. For a
year he worked a. a coal miner at Cerilos,
" NJ
Then he became interested in the old
turquoise mines in the vicinity Of Cerllos
He got an option on q aun-baked foothill
for a mere song. beat his way to Kansas
City on a freight train with pocketful Of
specimen stones from his mno and con-
WINGED Kansas City man that there wero
valuable turquoises in the hill
A corporation was formed for mining
the precious stones, and in few months
operations began. In another year the
Aguilar was paying monthly dividends
amounting TO $1,000 Two-thirds Of this
was Hsyess share. His partners bought
him out for Si75 600 in 1895.
Wool was selling in New Mexico at three
and four cents a pound at that time. and
had sold for "A and 10 cents a pound. The
Wilson tariff had put wool on the free list,
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CALLED THE ENGLISH APOLLO
CAREER or THE AUTHOR or THE
IRISH LAND DILL.
George Wyntham Has \ Figure OF Classic
PrOpOrttOns---lias Won Distinction as -
Writer and Soldier as Wen rs q P0liti.
cian-Grcat.i;r nndsOn OF an Irish Nebel.

"Wyrdham used TO be too beautiful +"
said London sculptor recently. "but I
have noticed lately that the big work he is
doing has strengthened the lines in his face
and given il the last touch il needed to
make it we'll nigh ideal. | don't mean that
il was ever a weak face--only that it was
almost too perfect"
His classic outlines constitute one Of the
remarkable things about George Wynd
ham, who a. Great Britain's Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland has drawn the attention Of
the world to himself by his Irish Land
bill. Even men admire his six-foot figure
of perfect proportions, his finely cut face,
his brilliant eyes, his darl; hair and mus
tache; and he is variously described as "thc
handsomest man in the House of Com
mons, "the English Apollo" and n man
with Just a suspicion of Italian opera"
Another remarkable thing about Mr..
Wyndham is that he Is n direct descendant
of one of the most famous OF the old Irish
rebels who fought England to the last.
Lord Edward Fitzgerald, whose only daugh-
ter, Lady Campbell, was George Wynd-
hams grandmother, died Of wound which
he received when leading his Irish fol-
lowers agains, British troops.
On more than one occasion. when Mr..
Wyndham. a. Irish Secretary, has been
called upon TO uphold the Government
policy aga INST attacks made upon it by the
Irish leade =, shouts have come from that
direction to the effect that the speaker
should keep we'll in mind the salutary ex-
ample act him by his great grandfather.
In the opinion Of many OF England's
public men. this little circumstance in Mr.
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will be 10 next summer. ] ought to add
that seventeen years ago I hired de-
tective in New York. who hunted up old
Mrs Saverty for me. She was then living
in extreme poverty and helplessness at
Albany. I made myself known. and for
weeks We went travelling about, living
on the fat OF the land. From that time on
till her death she always had good home.
a servant and full larder.
II named myself. was known simply
as Billy until was in the orphan asylum
There l knew a boy named William T.
Hayes, and adopted his name when he
died VIA. T means never knew.
With 3315 that he had saved by pinching
economy and hard work as coal HEAVIER.
young Hayes went to Denver in 1879. Luck
seemed TO be with him at every turn.
He bought a stock Of suspenders and
calico shirts, and went with pack on his
back peddling among the silver mining
camps that were spnnging up all over
Colorado He built UP profitable bust
ness almost Immediately.
He enlarged his stock and added new
lines to it, In few months he had wagon
and a team Of mules. In two years he
was worth $1,000.
He hired peddlers and opened general
headquarters at Denver. He prospered
every month
He bought Denver lots for few hundred
dollars and sold them for few thousand
dollars in a year or two. He was at one
lime the largest dealer in overalls in COL
orado. and his sales Of overalls alone among
the miners at Leadville and the smelters
at Pueblo amounted to several thousand
dollars a month.
Everything that White Bill Hayes touched
turned to gold. He invested heavily in
the Little Pittsburg at Leadvtlle when it
was doubtful property and for months
he had enormous dividends. He cold
when the mine was at the height OF it's glory
as q silver producer. He sold all his mar
camille interests at the same time. So IL
came about that at the age Of about 30
Billy Hayes had in cash and available real
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D,,,.. ,,.e, u ,I
OF the Birmingham chief ALLEGIANCE ana
oil bringing nm INTO the Sabinet.
The disappointment was severe one,
and many men would have sulked under IT,
Wyndhnm, however. did nothing OF the
sort. To occupy himself he took up the
study OF the South African situation as IL
was then. and for. some time made the
southern part of the Dark Continent his
specially
Finally changes came in Lord Salisbury's
Cabinet, with the result That Wyndham
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he IS SAILOR And ARTIST, TOO
4 PLUCKY STUDENT WHO GOES
no SEA no EARN SCHOOL, FEES.
Winner Of Cash Prize and . Bronze Medal
In Academy OF Design Competitions
and Likely 10 do We'll in Articles .
Picturts0ue Personality In School.

An art student in the schools of the Ma
iona. Academy of Design who has attracted
some attention among his teachers, both
by his personality and his work. won two
prizes in the list OF awards made by the Coun-
eli last Friday evening. The composition was
The frs; he had ever entered, because while
studying art he has had to make his own
living. which he has done by going to sea;
and to earn enough in summer TO live on
during the winter he has had to take ship.
too early In the season to enter the COMPETE
ions which close the school year,
The interesting young. man is Otto w.
Sandreczki, a German With Polish name.
who was born in Brazil, and looks like
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birds abound. A huntsman was 'fre-hunt-
ing when a swan. making for the light.
few straight at his head. He put up his
arm to shield his face, and the powerful
wing OF the big white bird struck him like
club. Both bones in the forearm were broken.
it was q compound fracture.
II swan. accidentally. can break in
this way man 8 arm, there is. in my opinion.
no room to doubt that it could, if IT desired
break with a wcll-dirccted blow, . mans
Leg"
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From, The Philadelphia Record.


swans" said John Lover OF the Zoo.
have great strength OF wing. II is said
that with a blow OF It's wing = swan can
break man g leg. and have no doubt this
is 30. 4 doctor told me one day. Gs we stood
together by the Too lake. that one of his
first cases had been that OF . man whose
arm a swan had broken with its wing.
The accident occurred In Arkansas. on
Swan Lake. a body Of water where these
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A SURE THING.

1t is said that nothing is sure
except death aud taxes, but that is
not altogether true. DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption
10 q sure cure for all lung and
throat troubles. Thousands can
testify to that, Mrs. G. B. .VanMe-
tire of Shepherdtown, W. Va, says
II had a severe case of Bronchitis
and for a year tried everything /
heard of, but got no relief. One
bottle of DIR. Kings New Dissolve
~ then cured me absolutely" It's
ipfallible for Group, Whoopine
Cough, Grip, Pneumonia and Con.
sumption. Try it. It's guaran.
teed by T. J. Liable druggist
Trial bottles free. Regular sizet
6Oc, S1,O0.
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GREATLY ALARMED

BY A PERSISTENT COUGH, BUT PERMA.
GENTLY CURED BY CRAMBERLAIN's
COUGH REMEDY.
Mr.. H. P. Burbage, a student at law
in Greenville. S. c., has been troubled fol
four or five years with a continuous
cough which he saws, greatly alarmed
me, causing me to fear that was in the
first stage of consumption Mr. Bur-
bage. having seen Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy advertised, concluded to try it
Now read what he says, Of it: Il soon
felt a remarkable change and afte.
using two bottles of the twenty-five cent
size, was permanently cured" Sold by
I. j. Liable.
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of the bride ct the foot or the main
alter, in company of his best man,
Mr.. Joe Dautruel. The bride,
who was elegant and pretty enter
tered the church leaning upon the
arm of her father and WAS prece-
ded by Miss Annie Resweber, Sis
ter of the bride, her maid of hon.
or.
Miss Lille Hebert was second
maid of honor escorted by Mr.
Edward Bienvenu. Messrs Claud
Thomas and Robert Guirard were
the ushers.
After the marriage ceremony q
reception was held at the home OF
the bride, where cakes andrefresh.
ments were served to the invited
guests.
The Messenger joins the many
friends of both couples in wishing
health and prosperity.