The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-09-03
THE DEAD ROTHScHILD.
Jewish Chronicle

lsNWA1A
The death of Baron Anselm de Roths-
child has produced a deep impression
throughout Vienna. The Baron died at
Dobling, near that town, at the age of n.
He was born on the Goth of January,
1908, at Frankfort-On-the-Main He was
the son of Baron Solomon de Rothschild,
who was a grandson of the founder of
this commercial dynasty, Anselm Mayer.
He spent his youth at Frankfort, and
passed some time during his young man
hood at Berlin, where he attended the
University. He was attached to scien-
tifc pursuits, and held communion with
scientific men throughout his whole life.
In 1855 he took up his residence in vi
emma, and rarely quilted it excepting
| during the hot weather, when he usually
went to his estate in Silesia. He married
Charlotte, daughter of his uncle, Baron
Nathan Mayer de Rothschild, the head
oft London branch.
In 1861 Baron Anselm de Rothschild
was appointed a member of the House OF
Lords of the Austrian Imperial Parlia-
ment, in which he always voted with the
Liberal party. He did not shine as a
speaker. 1t is difficult in Austria for a
political parsonage to acquire a reputa-
| ton for consistency, but this reputation
he deservedly obtained. Baron Anselm
de Rothschild invariably evinced a
strongly pious adherence TO the orthodox
principles of the religion of his fathers
In 1856 the war broke out between Aus
tria and Prussia. At that time Count
Belcredi was at the head OF the Austrian
Government. He was a man of ultra
montane Catholic principles, and he had
very little sympathy with the Jews
Under an assertion OF patriotism he put
forth the notion of requiring the Jewish
congregations to organize several battal'
ions Of volunteers at their own expense
Now, as the Jews necessarily undertook
the obligations of military service in com
mon with other citizens, Count Belcredi't
| plan was neither more nor less than an
extraordinary tax levied on the Jews
Baron Anselm de Rothschild wrote L
the Imperial Minister that he would
close his offices, break off all fnaneia
negotiations with the Government, anC
leave Austria, if the Minister persisted
in carrying out a project which would bI
so injurious to the Jews His letter haC
the desired effect, and the Minister aban
doned the tax. He spent his last days a
villa at Dobling, a village near Vienna
He had suffered much, and was obliged
to submit to q painful operation. Fo
some days before his death this Catastro
phe was regarded as inevitable. Accord
ing to the last wishes of the deceased, hi
body was taken, with the greatest sim
plicity, to Frankfort. With the excep
ton of the two preachers of the Syna
gogue, the functionaries of the burial 80
ciety, and his most intimate friends, very
few persons were at the ceremony. I'm
mediately on hearing of the death Of thI
Baron the Emperor sent his adjutant t
offer his coincidence to the family, az die
also the German Emperor, the Gar o
Russia, and the King Of Italy.
The interment of the late Baron An
selm de Rothschild took place in tn
family vault of the Rothschilds at tn,
Jewish cemetery in Frankfort-on-the
Main on July 81. According to the lat,
Baron's desire, his body was laid by III,
side of his deceased wife. The funera
was as unpretending ifithad been tina
OF poor Jew. The corpse was removed
from the railway station in u mere Car
rier's van. Tho cortege was followed b,
the sons Of the Baron, sndby representa-
tives Of the London, Paris, and Frankfor
branches of the family. The funeral ser
vice was strictly in accordance with OIL
thodpK customs and at the grave amin
pressive Oration was delivered by d.
HirsCh, Rabbi of the Orthodox commu
nifty in Frankfort. AS the hour Of tn
funeral had been kept secret, comparu
lively few persons were present at tn
interment. Several prominent bankin
HOUSES, however, sent representatives.