, 1875-12-27
The Story Of the Rlso AMI Fail OF tho
Great European Contractor.
Ctr+tsfondtft-e .Snp York TRIBUNE.

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"noeo eonemos Hon'a Lave ooeh ou'y 1ns'ueu'H'.
u Of public benefit. Ill., Faitrs5' were poorly
ends his ea1oor; TOO not will tho dr.m.tlo effect
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sian lalA "ni'e Ps"npfohof' as0 ePce"'saoR
theso t}bints Of jisssml!arity, the two meu aud
their two Careers muat suvRost co,uparlaou to
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htroosoefg ~ : foEsa 10" ~ oT'a' l lime
tho patornal signature was strausberg. but
wilt NOT add with poeitIyeucss tho er'no Of falso
,,ol,,,, n tha mora s.r,ou. orens.a of which
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sn. srS S.,ss aa % 1so, ~. 49, r:.s,.o
In London. whors tho simplest way Of
writing nateouFmtce ID looked On with disiayor.
ia h.1 IN rrc,. IN Ioo,1on no.,n..ino
-. ". In o. u. hv,,,ss, .,r.,sa - ~ ,.s,ras
some 'hnaeaco !" oue'neSa o'i''e9' rno no'poo
In many ways and doubtless assisted him IN
winning bis English wife. About twenty YoAfa
.oo gtro,abcrp vns sent In 1acrn A. .oont of tl,o
AIhsrt Insnrance Company. ard there Jovhtleas
lcarned eo1no Of thu financial devices thst have
ruzglad NOV. conser vatirn nbHeryefs. Ia those
jays NJ houeat toit
m WAN yEHY poon,
NaIther In nor hin w,fa had ai,y fortune AMI
Tho iucone tsosn tho iuaurauco busincaa seems
nn3Jnnlv fo,tuuo boa,,,o,l unop tbeIn, Soma
now RAILWAYS wore TO bo built 10 prussia,
snd ths coutrscts for them wase awardoI
to Thomas Dtassoy .ho grnnt En-
shii,y sS.i rntern,islna rnI,it Tia conadencn nt
UrsssoY. and NAT made It's cL,ef reprcseutstiyo
snd bunlneua agent ln Prussia. From TINT tiuo
initiated him into railroad epterprlses, aud on
T sb]od him to master Tho ut Of securing inyoet-
n,nnta.
1ha ap,nuslas,,c confidence ebavn by somo
mnn and aome institutiong In Strousbaru's an
torpyIses is tn cuxious contrast to tho resoyyo
and skeuticiem Of tho Dsuk OF Prussia, Up TO
about p.o yeas ago thj,, institution would not
tAko his pAper, eyon tudorsod by tho two uat,ss
class OF capitalists hare always distrussod
lin, ID ,hnwn il tho aaunarntlyaIy gnusil
iossos now made known. WITH sho Discount
Horiotv uf,;eh wus for aeseral yen1r l,{x c},tnf
nsncI, snsnort 10 an sn,oyad ,,n1;m,tod eradit
snd Tho authoritg az thst iuatitution NAV haYo
holncl hin, shroad. vhoro tho prndonco OF (Inr-
man bnektuu Wa proyc,blal,
In tho vario,,a IocaIitias WHARF hts entornriso.
vor. cooJuctcd ta aeema Ia have itnnrcs.ed
usoolo "a An '
f3SF' uss,rr,au prn1,, nr.rr.oron.
[ Ia Roumsuia hu stood next iu houus sud dicnttr
| to tic prInca hitnsolf. Al Duhna. near praauo.
lila varv nnns,nts vrara rcadv in to ths mnn1ant
Of the erash1 to pnt ti1oir snail sayiuss A. his
o,,nm.nn fn No.cnw nm ~ tho m5at n,oa.
neron. md nr,dont cnnocrnss tha Commercial
Eank at Laans. ssenas nracttcally to have
eboct s or % saoarty whatoyor. 4 speeies Of fanst,
icisn, took nv Tia reason of iii ,vbn rYara hnn
orod % by ola promissory notea, Tic man could
borroS ,uiiliona Vbilo h.a notca for hundrn.ia
short' stout Il smsn. active aud deciled ir, liz
I .nsnnar ~i,inT m imnrosafnn ~ tstant
ancrrv sni nosyer No dne conld 1noet lin
with6ut bainv Htruck hy lila annoarance.
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mapn;Sesnss Of hs 1 sahotnns. sarT,sa aTsry,bipSs
h"so1a M, a. a. Moscnw ~l;ln H. etooli,niia-s
pf tns t:omraerc,ai Pank wero iust decit,apr Ia
throw him oyorbo.ri In waikoa ioto lbs room.
and an % Iemsndsd as @ oneo ~ a nav Ioan Of s1.sco o0o
IN IN wsa Hv,nu ~ U1 ,t III liz 'o noioS ns.snSr
| Win n n,tte 81 retainefe, Il q cost o{
sioa pur dsx' Wien arrested sua sakou to thu
in hIs racket. '>0'' Wv "'~S'0 N''~A''
gtrounbe1v vas vhot tho French would ca,, m
entrepreneul. The Gos,nana Al unteruehmar.
nnd what va would cal! ~ ssundertako1," il ws
hsd not ,cryartrI that word intn . 1in,;ted and
wLo}IT rrotssono snnsa. H. WA "''A
cnyrnAcr,n
uo built railvaye. bouuht md worked 1nine,.
founded vast induetfisl estau1,sLments. and
no. for @ hi. e;sdtors snd aSsooatos, s s Juss INV
inrps a private fo1tune ho ina ncon;reti il tnt
Auown. for ho vns alvaya aubmufaed Ia mort-
| rAsea and notea, But.he mauAuoI 10 otrnnizo
| and Btiur1uft 1 nnat1Y eHtabfIHhinnnt at Nar1tn
Whcrs III l,o,ne nominaliy in and evervtnin,,
tnst could bo transfsrssd appcaru 10 baTo boe.,,
msdo oyer In his Wife. ths nnvsn.nora bo
correot sno has sotoa iiko : true Wonan md
wiIo. mine Which sho ownDd in hor own
name and which was worth al. ian. 0Go
shn so,d SONS tins ago. md mt tho nrocoatss
tnto her husbaoI'e euterpriyes. Nor va ills ali.
Wnsn VIII the crash csno she wss At ths'i
eounsfy-sea.. ZIiIow. nos, prssuo. sna she
prompi1y sold her iewels aud othyr treasures. n
xxaiue ncerIy a76 odd. and eent shat fnaney t.
btm. After b1s srfsst. sta sssrtcd a. % oucs 70,
Moscow to offect h,a rc,ssse, Thp poor woman
Nho hid juss boen living ID = castle ike = prjn.
cess @ VA wss Obliged to borrow re % money to nav ,o be-,
railway f.re. Il is stnted that At tho xtstion
wh,rn hnndred. NJ man ttrovn ant nj
work' and rnnny Of tham rnned b1 Ier hunbsnd',
cat.a,eonhe. wers ssaambled. aho waa tsasta1
viii raspcot and aIjant symnathy Tia ,ne1oni
dosaryes uotice. @ Tbe deyotIon of thu III poor xop,
Al 10 hor husband Is lbs ono plnrie Lrisht las.
tn,s ~ ri. c.rcsr ~ .retensc nf sv,nJiinc snI
~ sh.ms sns Il il vra,;tvnu In Law, tIaf .Sn,
tha Tomrh ncs.anss ~ iI,hcmis r.n .nnrsc,.t.
tha y.ct |s"A ~''' ~-A "fp'
Aftcr tho affair M Tim nonm.njan railway,
vhinh tnrew = tomnorary nloutl oysr tha
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