Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-17
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
Baron Edmond xothschiIa and Count
de rurenne.

From the S. +. Chronicle, November llth.
San Francisco received two very dis
tinguished guests last evening by the
overland train. These were Baron
Edmond Rothschild, eldest son of
Baron James Rothschild, the head of
the Paris branch of that celebrated
house, and Count de Turenne. the
chief representative of one of the most
ancient families of France. The title
of our moneyed visitors has embar-
rassed many, who were led to suppose
that we were really to have among us
the chief of the great French banking
house, which has in times of peril
bolstered tottering thrones. The per-
pleXity will disappear when it is re-
membered that all the sons of German
noblemen inherit the paternal title;
therefore all the junior Rothschilds
are Barons.
COUNT DE TURENNE
Is of princely lineage, and his escutch-
con is without stain. Besides the two
mentioned, the party comprises Nj. de
Dovesne, who travels in the capacity
of tutor and Secretary, and two serv-
ants. They were met at San Leandro
by Albert Gomsl, the representative
of the Rothschilds in San Francisco.
Since Baron Edmond Rothschild will
be the head of the Turin banking
house in due time, and may possibly
aid in bringing back Bonaparte, re-
storing the ancient regime with its
fiuttering fears &c lis, or tiding the
Republic over bloody revolution, he
has public importance, and our read
ers may like to know how he looks and
whether he is equal to grand crises.
NJ. Rothschild isa thin and somewhat
tall man of thirty, of the most de-
cidedly Flemish cast of features. His
mustache is darkish in color and not
of vigorous growth, and his face is
fringed with full beard similar to
this in its characteristics.
HIS TRANSCoNTINENTA APPAREL
Was of brown melton, not very sty-
lishly cut; his hat was Of the common
stiff rOund-tOpped variety, and, pre-
suming on his vast wealth, he even
ventured to enter San Francisco with
out gloves. Add to these eXternals a
slight but not especially ungraceful
steop. His walking stick was of COM
mon bamboo. No jewelry was visible
about his person, though he might
have worn all the famous diamonds of
the world for buttons on his PLAIN bus
iness-like coat, and had his simple
CATERS carved out of emeralds il he
had chosen. Never has q man of such
immense wealth made so unostenta-
tious an entry into our city. In COM
mon with the Count and his Secre-
tary he wore steel-rimmed quiZzing
glasses that, perhaps, cost three francs
at the shop of some Paris Optician.
The Count was attired in a checked
suit that must have cost even less than
the BarOn's. He was fine-looking
specimen of Gallo manhood, with full
face, ruddy cheeks, unshaven beard
and regular features. The party
viewed the scenery from the platform
of the car as they were approaching
the city, and commented vivaciously
OH all that they saw, either in French
or halting English.
THE WHOLE JOURNEY OVERLAND
Was simple, sensible and without dis
play. An American gentleman of
equal wealth would have travelled by
special train or extra car. Our aristo-
cratic visitors were content with three
sections of sleeping coach, in which
they ate their canned meats and other
provisions and drank their French
coffee prepared by their own servants,
and were probably thankful that in
the deserts of the Western continent
they found no worse. Their gratuities
were distributed with similar regard
to economy, the colored waiter who
catered for them from Ogden receiy-
ing an aggregate of SIS forhis services.
Baron Rothschild and the Count de
Turenne will spend about a month
in making the tour of the State, after
which they will turn their faces East
ward.
The wealth of the distinguished fam
lily whose representative is now in our
midst is variously estimated at from
SlOO,OOO,OOO to $340,OOO,OOO.