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THURSDAY. JANUARY 15, l!k:J.
EIGHT PAGES.
Established 1858.
ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY.
SYDNEY T. PRATT, Editor.
FORMER EDITORS.
Jere Crowley. Ten Eyck G. Olmsted,
JOHN NAGLE.
WM. F. OHDE. Business Hanager
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express money order or registered
letter and to address THE PILOI
CO.. MANITOWOC. WIS
THE GOVERNOR’S AMBITIONS.
Rumor is current that Gov. La Toi
lette is casting out lines to succeed
Senator (Quarles in the 1 nited States
senate, that he means to don the toga,
and it is furthermore said that his
friends are aiding him in his aspirations.
Gov. La Follette. of course, cannot In
elected to the senate without the aid of
the people The people will elect the
legislature and its character will deter
mine who shall succeed Mr. Quarles.
Tim first thing the governor must do
is to see that the pledges made to the
people in the preelection campaign
are kept Two years ago the governor
before election made ceitain pledges to
the jw-ople which were not fulfilled
The reason he assigned for failure was
lack of working harmony between the
executive and legislative branches of
the government. The people condoned
the failure, accepting the excuse, r
charging the governor with the duty of
bringing into law the reforms he guar
antees.
In common parlance “it is up to the
governor" to redeem hi-* pledges before
coquetting with further political pre
ferment. If he should perforce, again
fail to give the [teoplo a more equitable
'basis of taxation and a primary election
law that will w irk, his senatorial am
bitious will t* nipped in the bud. The
voters certainly will not broaden his
political horizon if, in narrower environ
ment. be shows himself unequal to con
tiugencies which may face him The
execution of his pledges will give him
prestige, the non fulfillment of them
will show that he has been ''weighed in
the balance anil ls-en found wanting.'
Let the governor now bend his ener
gies toward taxation reform. The in
equalities existing are a menace to the
majority of taxpayers. He levs mater
ialto go on prepared by acompetent tax
ation commission and there is an over
whelming majority of Republican legis
lators. The governor cannot carp at
the conditions, they are to his liking
therefore let him show his ability at
constructive statesmanship. The tax
payers do not exjiect an ideal system of
taxation a system of scientific accuracy.
Such an achievement in a fallible com
mnnify is inqsissible Hut there can b
given to the jieople a system upon
which to base taxation which will be
satixfactoty and stop f irever the outcry
which glaring inequality provokes.
MORMON FOR SI NATL-
The president is taking a hand to pre
vent the election of Reed Smoot to tin
senate from Utah Reed Smoot is a
Mormon ami an ajiosfle in his chut h
who takes a ham] at politics Hi* can
•lidacy has aroused the Gentiles into ac
tive hostility, pressure being brought
to ls-ar to make President R smevelt di
avow the Mormon's candidacy N t- 1
withstanding the fact of administration I
hostility the ajsisth- boasts of having
47 of the t;.i members of the legislature
pledged to him. lb-is holding firm to
his |Kjsition It is predicted his election
is certain. He is a Republican. Thr*-
candidates oppose him. The president
says: Tam deeply interested in tin
future of Utah, in its material upbuild
iug, as vdl as the future and is-t inter
ests of the Republican party. The eh -
lion to the the United States senate < f
an a(ioßtle would work great harm to
the state. It would Is- unwise. It
would certainly lead to contentions ami
strife ami bitterness here, if not in
Utah, and would unquestionably 1- a
misfortune to those win, an* bit*- esied j
in all that g's-s to make tin* state o) j
Utah prosperous and great
1 have every confidence in the mu
jority members of the Utah legislature
and 1 feel sure if they understand tie
gravity of the situation as i’ ap|s-ars t
me, and as 1 have beard expressed b*
members of Urn senate they will refrain
from any action which will not rtsull in
good for the future of Utah and h* i
people. I desire you to place me on
record a* kindly but firmly advising
against tbe election of any ajxunle to the
United States senate.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
This j an age of scientific discover*
and so rapidly die-- one discovery tread
upon the heels of another that the aver
age man hardly realizes the splendor of
the achievements. Indeed one almost is
tempted to say that the age in magic
working scientific devices, is the reali
zation of Arabian Nights' dreams. The
latest of the g r eat labors of scientific
men is the wireless telegraphy, which
in the course of a week or two, will Ire
ready for commercial uses. By wireless
telegraphy, communications may be
flashed to all portions of the habitable
globe at small cost. Marconi, the in
ventor, alleges that messages can Ire
transmitted over the Atlantic ocean
for a cent a word. Think of this as a
revolution, how it will draw the nations
of the earth into closer relations, and
say not the days of wonder tire past
and over.
And yet scientific men tell us that we
have only touched the fringes of scien
tific discovery. It almost seems that
there will be no impossible in the future-
CO/V (CORNERS IN HOMES.
Most sane persons are agreed that of
all earthly places home should be made
attractive, pleasant, good, beautiful
But curious it is to note, that a woman’s
club in Chicago, is out vigorously de
nouncing this almost universal belief,
centering its opposition against cozy
corners. A Mrs. George Watkins, pre
sident of the club had the temerity to
aver;
“I saw so many cozy corners and sofa pil
lows in a house once that truly I doubp-d that
the mistress of that home was a moral woman.’
Such an allegation as the above ((no
tation implies the conclusion that Mrs.
Watkins is irrational if not laboring
under an hallucination. It would take
more than the mental dexterity of tin
average logical mind to form a relation
ship between morals and cozy corners.
The mistress of tin- home referred to, is
evidently a woman of refinement,
whose chief delight is in her home, in
which she lavishes feminine taste to
make it attractive to the eye through
the sense of sight to the other senses,
for the definite purpose of making her
immediate environment charming for
her family and friends. But Mrs. Wat
kins sees in these nooks of repose the
fangs of vice, hidden in drapery and
furnishings, stirring her imagination
into mental contortions that witnesses
the citidal of morals undermined. No
one need be alarmed at the vagaries of
this particular person. It would be
well for her to remember the well
known Latin adage: Haiti tail mu
ni.ily {icnsc. “Evil to him who evil
thinks.”
Cozy corners are no more dangerous
than arm chairs or lounges or pictures
or any other adornment which coutri
bnto to Tie beauty of the home. One
prominent cause of marital infelicity,
the chief reason of divorce, if statistics
can be relied upon, is the absence of
attractiveness in the home. Men re
main away from it, and from lack of
interest in the chief factors of the home
comes dislike of each others company
until the inevitable divorce brings sepa
ration and frequently re-marriage.
L’erliaps Mrs. Watkin will agree that
divorce and re marriage are not forces
for establishing morals in the com
inanity.
The home should Is- made beautiful
even with the aid of cozy corners
Notwithstanding the onslaught against
them by the < diicago woman s i Inh.
Loss of Flesh
When you can’t cat break
fast, take Scott’s Emulsion.
When you can’t cat bread
and butter, take Scott’s
Emulsion. When you have
been living on a milk diet and
want something a little more
nourishing, take Scott’s
Emulsion.
To get fat you must eat
fat. Scott’s Emulsion is a
great fattener, a great
strength giver.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all body
(issues, not only fat. Scott’s
Emulsion increases them all,
hone, flesh, blood and
nerve.
lor invalids, for con
valescents, for consumptives,
(or weak children, for all
who need flesh, Scott’s
Emulsion is a rich and com
fortable food, and a natural
tonic.
Scott’s Emulsion for bone,
flesh, blood and nerve.
|~ W<- will send you
i Jure that thij picture
| JcflpEl® In the lorm o( a label it on
I ,t e wra l’P* r nf very bottle
ii ' \ JijSb r.muijion you buy.
SCOn&BOWNE.
YzCfomk CHEMISTS,
. V m Pearl St., N. Y.
IT —sot. and $1 i all druggitti.
A WEALTHY GOVERNMENT
In commenting upon the unparalleled
wealth of the government, the Spring
field (Mase) Republican has something
to say. Asa matter of fact a govern
ment should not be overburdened with
wealth. It can only be so by unjustly
taxing the people. It is as follows:
“The finance of the national govern
ment closes the year in fully as marked
a state of prosperity as distinguishes the
private undertakings of the people. In
deed, the public treasury suffers from
an embarrassment of riches which neith
er the extravagent appropriations of the
last session of congress nor its heavy
reductions of internal taxation have
availed greatly to relieve.
“The repeal of the remaining war
taxes, which took effect on July 1 last,
calculated to cut down the public reven
ues by over $70,000.000. It has served
for the six months to date to reduce
internal revenue by about $22.090,000,
but gains from customs duties more than
offset the reduction and leaves the
revenues as redundant as ever, as will
appear from the following statement
covering the last six months:
Iflns. nn.
Customs 1150.139.833 9135,888,584
Internal Revenue 119,237,014 143.583,079
Miscellaneous 19,358,Wl 10,337,080
Total 9388.833. H 8 9181,759.583
Thus in spite of the tax reduction
aggregate revenue for the first half of
the government’s fiscal year is larger by
nearly $1,000,000 than for the same
period of the previous fiscal year.
“But meantime the costs of govern
ment are increasing and this alone re
lieves the treasury of the necessity
of handling as large a surplus as was
coming in a year ago. The expan
sion of expense is observable in nearly
all directions, the record for the past
six months compared with that of* the
same period of last year being as
follows:
1902 1901.
( i vit ami misoallanuorts $63 kis.osi $55,381,743
War 66,388,740 69,388.059
Navy :HMM1.39l 34.059,838
Indians .... 7.396.858 5.478.m3
Pensions . , 71,070.478 7i1.()1)8,.'>13
Interest 18.800.780 18.011,533
Total 9803,098,385 1342,137,686
“Army and navy take up the larger
part of the increase of over s2l 000,000,
and this in spite of the reduction in the
numerical strength of the army. Im
perialism has launched the government
on a course of permanently rising ex
penditnre of military purposes, and thin
is tiie distinguishing mark of that
“world power" which we are said to
have become in the past four years, as
contrasted with the world power we
used to lx*.
“The surplus revenue for the past
half vear amounts to $24.715-,221,
against $42,022,017 during the same
time in 1001. It will doubtless con
siderably exceed this sum during the
last half of the fiscal year, owing to the
con tinned unusual import of merchan
dise paying customs duties. The prob
lem of the surplus is less aggravated
than it was six months ago, but with
the contiimence of prosperous trade con
ditions, and in spite of tin- growing ex
penditnres of government, it is a prob
lem which still taxes the ingenuity
of the treasury management to deal
with."
Farm For Sale
The Krueger estate 100 acres of land,
all under cultivation one mile and a half
north-west of Zander 1’ < >.
VV.M KUVECiKX
I’uh. Jan. 10, 'j;j, jo, Feb. 5.
A Nervous Invention.
Wonders never cease. A machine has
Ix-fii invented that will cut, paste and
hang wall paper. The field of inven
tions and discoveries seems to bo unlim
ited Notable among great discoveries
;-l>r. Kings New Discovery for t'un
mmption. 11 has done a world of good
for weak lungs and saved many a 1 if*
I hon ands have used it and conquered
• rip, Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Con
uimption. The general verdict is:
It's the best and most reliable medicine
•ir throat and lung troubles. Every
'.He and SI.OO bottle is guaranteed by
Henry Heinrichs, Druggist. Trial bot
tle free.
Many of the ills from which women
suffer can l>e completely cured with
KK- y Mountain Tea. liich, red blood,
good digestion and health follow its
ns'. :t‘i cents. F. C. Buekhtktte.
Oil-Fattened Mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes are still buzzing around
in New Jersey. It is thought, says
the Chicago Hecord-llerald, that the
oil with which the scientists attempt
ed tu kill the insects off last summer
has mads them so fat and hearty that
they will Vie able to keep up and
around all winter.
Woman's Hlatit to Talk.
A New Jersey justice of the peace
has decided that there is no law to
keep a woman from talking in her
own home. Now, says the Chicago
lb-curd Herald, will the man of the
hou e ever he able to get another
word in edgewise?
■aII 1 r.mrr ourlati,
To show the ignorance of many tour
isU regarding the dangers of Alpine
climbing, a dispatch from Zermatt
states that a gentleman was recently
•net start ing by himself for a ‘‘stroll"
up the Matterhorn with an umbrella
ki bis bandl
en )uu hear a man *y be is no re
|i'“ler of persona, the chances sru he ii
i great respeaUir of the liist pel on, siugis
lar,—-Puck.
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost erverybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
ii i] I cures made by Dr,
— ~!' Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
t I the great kidney, liver
S ii bladder remedy.
- jl \r It is the great medi
- Lit N/ cal triumph of the nine
iU.l I flfj% teenth century; dis
,
,t 1 [f — FJ , lIH scientific research by
V r Dr. Kilmer, the emi
fl. * nent kidney and blad
’’ der specialist, and is
wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
bles and Bright's Disease, which Is the worst
form of kidney trouble
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for everything but if you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. It has been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur
chase relief and has proved so succes~'ul in
every case that a special arr’%-ment has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer & Co.,Bing
regular fifty cent and Home of Bwamp-Kooc
dollar sizes are sold by ail good druggists.
Don’t make any mistake but remem
ber the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kil
mer’s Swamp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle
UNDER THE LIBRARY LAMP. £
Pierpont Morgan is undoubtedly the
most fascinating figure before the world
to-day. “Mr. Morgan, His Advisers and
His Organization are discussed at
length in the January Cosmopolitan by
John Brisben Walker, who spent ten
days between Mr. Morgan's and Mr
John Mitchell’s offices, in September, in
the attempt to settle the coal-strike.
* *
*
Several years ago a suggestion was
made to President Eli it of Harvard
that, inasmuch as the first thing a young
man ordinarily did on graduating from
college was to choose his life-work, if
was important that each student should
have presented to him a thorough dis
cussion as to the advantages, disadvan
tages and temptations of each of the
leading professions, so that in determin
ing his life-work he might act with the
fullest knowledge attainable. The Cos
mopolitan has begun this discussion in
its January issue by taking up the legal
profession. Besides pointing out what
the young man has to encounter in
entering upon a lawyer’s career, The
Cosmopolitan considers at length the
revolution which has taken place in the
profession be a use of the recognizalion
of business in great aggregations like
the U. S, Steel corporation, and modern
business instruments, such as trust
companies, title and guarantee compan
ies. ami fidelity insurance companies.
AN OPTIMISTIC OBSERVER
Ur. Jlntaon'* Opialom of Mechanical
lunovnliunai and 111* Cheer
ful Cunelulun.
In machinery Uuskiu saw only un
loveliness. Much may be said in de
fense of bi.s point of view, but some
thing also may be conceded to the
point of view of the plain person who
believes that the world is pretty well
ordered, after all. Such a plain per
son is Joshua Jimson, whose large,
if not very closely reasoned, views
were recently set forth in the col
umns of the Chicago Kecord-Heruld.
“I used to tremble,” said Mr. dilu
tion, “everj time 1 heard of another
invention. First there was the mow
ing-machine. Thinks I: ‘(Jood-by to
the poor boys that have been making
a living working on the farms.’ But
1 can’t see ’s it ever made any differ
ence so far as needing help is con
cerned.
“Then we got the reapers and
binders and these thrashing-ma
chines that do the whole thing at
ome. Well, when they began to
come along 1 says:
‘“This is the end of it for the
farmhand. He may as well go away
somewhere and lie down and die.
There isn’t any use for him any
more.’ But farmhands seem about
ns scarce us ever, and inebbe a lit
tle more so. So I’ve just made up my
mind that I am not going to worry
any more about it. Let the inventors
keep on inventing all they please. 1
gne.-s there’ll be smithing for the
rest of ns to do, no matter how
many patent rights they keep get
ting out.
"Why, look at those automobiles!
When they first got to racing round.
Judd Hawkins says to me: ‘Josh,’
siiv he, H guess this is going to
end it.’
“ ‘How so?’ says I.
“‘When they get to running wag
ons without horses, they won t need
hay or oats’ nays he, ‘and those
are the things where the farmer
piakts most of bis money, because
they’re the easiest to raise.’
‘“Don’t you worry,* says I. ‘You
just wait and see what happens.’
“And now look at it!” continued
Mr. Jimson. “Here they’ve got so
many automobiles and electric things
kiting round you wouldn’t hardly
think the horses could keep from
feeling lonesome, ’specially in the
WILL I SEND $4.00 FREE.
Franklin Miles. M D., LL. B . the Celebrat
ed Specialist, Will Send a Course of
Mis New Special Treatment Free.
When an experienced physician offers
to give away $40,000 worth of a New
Treatment for diseases of the heart,
nerves, stomach or dropsy, it is conclu
sive evidence that he has great faith in
it. And when hundreds of prominent
men and women freely testify to hn
unusual skin and the superiority of his
New Special Treatment, his liberality
is certainly worthy of serious consider
ation.
That Dr. Miles is one o. the world's
most successful physicians is proved by
hundreds of testimonials from well
known people. One patient cured after
failure of eleven Grand Rapids physi
cians, two after being given up by six
and seven Chicago physicians, one after
nine of the leading doctors in New York
City, Philadelphia and Chicago failed.
K. E Baldwin. merchant, Glendale, Wis.,
after taking special treatment for a lingering
ailment, reports: *'l now feel 1 fetter than for
many years. Am well." C. J. Coon, Trout
Lake. Wis., writes: 'lf it had not been for
your Special Treatment my mother would be
in her grave.” Miss Jennie Hatch, Richland
Center. Wis., st/s; "I thought my case hope
less, hut your treatment has made mo anew
woman.”
The eminent Rev. \V. Bell, D. I) , of Dayton,
Ohio, General Secretary of Foreign Missions,
writes editorially in Tuk Static Sunday School
Dnion: "We desire to state that from pcrsonaf*
oe<iuaintauce we know Dr. Miles to lie a most
skillful specialist, a man who has spared
neither labor nor money to keep himself
abreast of the great advancement of medical
science."
A thousand references to and testi
monials from Bishops, Clergymen,
Bankers, Farmers and their wives, will
be sent free on request.
This new system of Special Treat
ment is thoroughly scientific and im
mensely superior to the ordinary
methods.
As all afflicted readers may have
$4.00 worth of treatment especially pre
pared for their case, Fri;e, as a trial,
we would advise them to send for it at
once. Address, Dr Franklin Miles,
"01 to 209 State St., Chicago. Mention
this paper.
One Hundred Dollars s Box
is the value H, A. Tisdale, Summerton,
S. C., places on Do Witt’s Witch Hazel
Salve. He says: ‘‘l had the piles for
20 years. 1 tried many doctors and
medicines, but all failed except De-
Witts Witch Hazel Salve. It cured
me.” It is a combination of the healing
properties of Witch Hazel with antisep
tics and emollients; relieves and per
manently cures blind, bleeding, itching
and protruding piles, sores, cuts, bruises
eczema, salt rheum and all skin die
eases. At Schmidt Bros, or C. A.
Groff man.
A Scientific Discovery.
Kodol does for the stomach that
which it is unable to do for itself, even
when but slightly disordered or over
loaded. Kodol supplies the natural
juices of digestion and does the work
of the stomach, relaxing the nervow
tension, while the inflamed muscles of
that organ are allowed to rest and heal
Kodol divests what you eat and enables
the stomach and digestive oigans to
transform all food into rich, red blood.
At Schmidt Bios., or C. A. Groffmau.
_
It's pretty hard to define real beauty.
Hare and beautiful women everywhere
owe their loveliness to Rocky Mountain
Tea. 25 cents.
F. C. Bukrstette.
Nothing has ever equalled it.
Nothing can ever surpass it.
d7. Kings
New Discovery
P n - fONCMPTIO p.jce
tor Lßi!S" B “ n, ‘ 50c 4 SI.OO
A Perfect For All Throat and
Cure: Lung Troubles.
Money back if it fail*. Trial Bottle* free
cities, but oats are Tiigher’n t ever
liearcl of ’em being before.
“You can’t make me believe that
Ooil Almighty is going to let a few
inventors down here upset His whole
calculations, and leave a lot o’ stuff
lying round useless to spoil, so I’m
not going to worry about it again.”
Family Po-lnun Hook.
“It would be on excellent idea for
every family to have a little book giv
ing briefly prompt antidotes for vari
ous poisons,” said a prominent New
York doctor. “Physicians know that
there are scores of cases of accidental
poisoning never heard outside of the
family concerned. I’ve bad several
cases of poisoning by an accidental
dose of chloroform and aconite lini
ment that almost everyone keeps and
one woman gave her child muriatic
acid that was kept for cleaning the
marbles. Prompt action is the great
thing in cases of poisoning,” contin
ued the doctor. “lsy the time one can
get help from a doctor or druggist it
la often too late to save the patient.
A few antidotes for the common poi
sons would be easy to learn. Still, if
there was such a book 1 suppose most
(mmsoub would be too much excited to
use it in time of emergency.”—N. Y.
Times.
MARRIAGE MAKES DIFFERENCE
Tta* Timid Wife la Cherlikei, Bel
the Timid Old Meld la
Leashed Ad.
Marriage, indeed, does make s dif
ference to women, and we who are
the old maids might just as well llearn,
writes Miss Lillie Hamilton French,
in “My Old Maid's Corner,” in
Century. My own first awakening
came when I saw my married
sisters calling to their stalwart
y.ung husbands to help them over
some puddles in the road. And what
a fuss they made! When they had
been helped over, they went on and
left me, the youngest, behind. I
called for assistance, too, it seemed
so agreeable to command it. One of
my sisters, her hand still in that of
her husband’s, looked back and said:
“It’s easy. Step on a stone and jump.”
Then cuddling closer to her husband,
she walked on, not turning again.
I can remember, too, the wife of
some college professor who had been
asked to meet me when I was perhaps
28. “Why, I thought you were mar
ried,” she said to me as we shook
hands. “If I had known you were
single, I never would have worn a long
dress.” It was her only long dress, I
learned afterward—that was why she
said “a” and not “my”—a black silk
dress, by the way, which she had worn
for years, and which she made “low
neck” for dinner parties by unfasten
ing the few top buttons. These early
experiences, and my having married
sisters, taught me much. Probably
every other old maid has learned, too,
that timidity and helplessness, for in
stance, so engaging in wives, are con
sidered ridiculous in spinsters. Is not
a timid old maid laughed at the world
over, and is not a timid wife cher
ished?
THE BEGGARS OF PARIS.
Deputy Playa Detective anil Makes
Extraordinary Dlacoveirlea
Among Them.
M. Paulian, one of the permanent
secretaries of the chamber of depu
ties, has carefully studied the word
“paupericulture,” Invented by Abra
ham Dreyfus, and has, in various
disguises, followed the profession of
beggar all over Paris, says a Paris
letter to the New York Times.
According to M. Paulian. the beg
gars of that city make an average of
nearly 20 francs a day. They are di
vided into district guilds, their cen
tral authority being represented by
two lithographed sheets entitled “Le
Grand Jeu” and “Le Petit Jeu,”
which gives lists and special coun
sels to subscribers.
Home of these are humorous and
instructive. One rich patron can only
be softened by the plea of no rent
and threatened expulsion. Another
gives no money, but never refuses
clothes. The clergy and pious peo
ple can be got at with babies await
ing baptism, and young people re
quiring Uie clothes to make their
first communion. A wealthy repub
lican, on the other hand, only gives
to those who are sharp enough to
explain that they are the victims of
the cures.
The acknowledged patriarch of the
beggars is a Populo, whose auxiliary
is the former proprietor of aci an
archist paper. His chief task is to
write clever begging letters or sham
recommendations to influential per
sonages.
0. Torrison Cos.
Annual
Linen
Sale
COMHENCES
THURSDAY,
JANUARY 15
This is a yearly eveno with
us, customers who who are wait
ing for this sale, will find linen
values equally as good.
0. Torrison Cos.
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CHINESE MILLIONAIRES. I
Members of • SocLai Club Formed bjr
American Consul in tbe
Lend of Queaa. | (
The fame of the Five O’clock club
has extended to China and in that fui
off land a sort of junior organization
has sprung upt which in some respects
eclipses the parent organization.
For instance: Doubtless several
millions of dollars are represented by
the members and guests who congre
gate around the tables, at theßellevue.
Dut the Chinese offspring gathers its
elans and at each sititng hundreds of
millions are represented, says an ex
change.
Consul Robert McWade, just re-j
turned from Canton, is responsible for
the introduction of the Five O’Clock
club ideas into the far east. He saw,
when he first assumed the position off
consul, that the Europeans stationed
there paid very little attention to the I
natives in a social way-. In fact the rep
resentatives of the European powers
seemed to be on their dignity, so the
Chinamen naturally became as distant 1
as possible. I
But, according to Consul McWade,,
these same Chinamen were as well if!
not better educated than their foreign 1
visitors and when it came to family*'
there were dozens who could trace
their ancestry back to the time when
Adam’ played whiptop or some game,
like it. I
Then Consul McWade conceived the,)
idea of organizing a Five O'clock club.|j
He was one of the founders of the,
original organization here and hej
thought that such diversion would ap-'
|>eal to his Chinese friends. So well
did the plan succeed that after the
first dinner a permanent organization’
was decided on and Consul McWade
was unanimously elected president.
Mrs. McWade, incidentally, enjoys the
honor of being the only woman who
ever participated at one of the ban
quets and the other day she said that
the parent organization would have to
be careful of its laurels if a compari
son of menus were attempted.
For official helpers Consul McWade
had as secretary Poon Pu Lun, literary
chancellor of China, for treasurer the
ini|>erial banker of Canton, Chao Tit
Shi, and his executive committee was
made up of Lee Chee, a brother of Wu
Ting-fang, Chao Tit Sang, the richest
man in China, who has the entree to
the celestial court at all times',, and
Foon. Tchi King, the richest jade mer
chant in the world.
With such an executive staff, dinners
of surpassing magnificence were ar
ranged and the orientals quickly ap
preciated the spirit of the occasion by
becoming as ready of wit and. as de
monstrative as their brethern of the
Bellevue.
It is not in evidence how much the
Chinese Five O’clock club helped, but
Consnil McWade, with a district em
bracing 120,000 square miles and 80,000,-
000 of people, had no bother when it
came to collecting the claims of Ameri
cans arising from the Boxer outbreak.
Asking for Information.
Stout Old Traveler—What was the
name of the insolent young black
guard who stood behind this counter
last summer ?
Hotel Clerk—l was here last sum
mer. My name’s Jones.
“Jones? Ah, thank you.”—lndian
apolis News. , ,