The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-24
rl1AortNormrR r,ILEoAD mING.
Baruch iiir~ch Strou-berg. the Wonder Doc
tor His Cnrcer ana biz Origin.

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signed when Intelligent '"'7efVers p'ed''teu '''t
with all its rlories. victories. and treas ut-
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thneu ny 'he W''' '''" wy """'" I'VE "'"'''
| the loser Four year haze scarcely elapsed
| and the prediction proves t. be more than cor
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government than IL ever had while the German
! Eupire is overt txed oyerruled. with a furiui-
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"a"'e reI.'"us S'ruKRio oh manu- wa" '"",''
| standing army, and with "A perfect staguatioh Va
| evcr, br.,rh ~ hus,pass panira in Nrriin
n,n,cy ~, Vienna n,nics IN ,er,n,,for, n, money
| to be had on first-class securities even at the
rate of six and seven ner cont Der aunuui. and
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commercial failures on All sides Ihis T. the
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| excess "i revenues an unheard 81 WINE CROP
| and large surplus Of income IN every depart.
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contrast has alarmed bismarck and the lmpe-
| rial Government IL too well known t. need
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| mentioning mere ye' .'e curious "'''"."' VI
Illustrations bettar than ANYTHING elsp the renl .t.,t
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"' hhnts w the NJ" bllp'r' crea'eu ny VIZ t'-
nius II bismarck and Motke.
| Aabnr, time ago Or Iietbel Henry strousberr
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aiihs liartel Heihr'ch Su"ushefV alias bmnch
| Hirsch Strousherg. was arrested Ia st. Peters
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| ed w IN RUSSIAN prison. Ihe slnllle.t thlhg
| wouiu nave peen 10 say lhat ne mao niotte Hru
| 70 hts German creditors some ifnunulent secu-
| rites 81 a MOSCOW BANK. but Dr. strnusber.s
fiU involved TOO iinpnrtant interests, great ON
| clm names W1uln nave nau 70 oe nehuUneu'
ana 40 Baron Reuter- of Telegraph celebrity, was
instructed not 10 say much about TINS ous ness
hhd the German papers ordered 10 hold their
| tongues The whole an IT was represented very
much as u " mad happened ~ Russia and was
| affecting German interests only 10 an Indirect
way. W 20 TINS day no details of the bankrupt
| or the bankruptcy nave been published ia
the Berlin papers; and the influence " the Ger
| man ofrcials and hnanclers has been brought to
| near even on the louuoh press, Tor except a
| vague and short Telegram OF tue Times have
| had nothing 90 this subject
| Yet the fraud Is entirely German one, the IN
| tercsts involved are almost exclusively German.
and the man himself II q German Jew. Russia
| suffers but little from TINS swindie. JOINT
| stock bank of MOSCOW called the Loan ami
| Commerce Bank, hnd 70 stoJ It's payments on
| account OF some SIX millions OF worthless
| securities accepted from the wonder doctor
| ana mat IL all. Inc nalance 81 the swindlers
| passive, the total OF which VIII Irohably prove
| 20 reach gate fabulous sum will be lost
| In Austria and Germany, but mainly Ia Berlin
| Baruch HIrsch Strousberg was born In Neden-
| burg. East Prussia, Ia lssI. when a boy he
| lost his father and embarked on n small mer-
chant vessel for England. where he entered
| the service Of an uncle OF biz. CHANGED his jew
| ish name Of Baruch HirSch for the more German
| sounding one OF ltartel Heinrich, and later On,
| having passed to the Anglican Church. for the
| English one OF Bethel Henry After having
| tried various kinds OF occupations he BEGAN.
| reporter on the London press, married Miss
| MARY Ann swami, ana sailed III 1877 Tor New
| 1o'k. Nhhn Two years ne hau accuinuihted
there. by speculate s in goods damaged by sea,
| sufficient amount Of money 10 start ia Londoua
| commercial newspaper and monthly magazine
| In the mean time he obtained som ewneIe tue
diploma Of doctor, and returned to Berlin IN
| become all insurance broker and tue fepIesenta-
tive OF saverA English insurance companies.
Church. having marrie ed an English sirl. ana h "
| iug spent many years in London, gave han the
possibility Of using Enxisn Capitalists pre-tige
| IN Berlin. and obtain sufficient credit among
some q then, he able To become the contractor
| Of ltussi and Prussian Poland. once 81 Tted
in that line of business. his genius soon put him
pe.,on TO oosn Ia eonssssen fS %, {se
| he cunnin4N surrendered To the EnGiish and
mo,ey' and he linus ,e cured himself not Dfy an
| Increased credit, but the reputation OF one OF
the most honest anu .l"'eiu, lnei' ms w. ' 90
s8eatesI railway eon,raetors and in few years
The whole OF t1e northern net of line Iinnc.ii,n
RAILWAYS. all me houm4nian roads and the
he was co % To- have over I'VE HUNDRED
lnlil"ns oil capltAl ens"sei ~ ms undertahlnfs'
pendent upon him Runway construction wa no
longer his only business. He speculsied large
mines in Neustadt a rigintic r1.rine fict, nv M
Hanover ana Immense IRON works AT Altwisser
oubrb aSse Sesrs tSs name "i poTt str"S
berg. lie constructed In Berlin the great cattle
| OF an descriptions b IN puolic and private Not
| ssti.6ed ain tnes. gi,,,nti, trsnsarti,'ns be
buuuhtand improved nj a doz-n of the largest
| landed estates iu East aud West prus.intn poseu.
| IN Iir.ud-uburu, and IN Ku--ian Poi nd most
of them being seats 81 the old aristocrttlc fami-
lie. Of That -t al r. zion But his ftvorlte
| country seat was Zbirow, am ancient schloss Of
one 81 the oldest Czech families. II De- there. m
| Austrian territory, that Struusher1 seemed
re-, lyed o. establish his family and St vcral
! millions of money nave been spent IN thc PAR
| chase and establishment Of this gorgeous resi-
| deuce.
| The Neus Fr,is Prs of this city gave a DAY
| or two axe the following description Of tue stvle
| IA which dis great sWinJler and humbug lived
| in Berlin
Berlin was the residence II HIS sp,cndour" In the
high anstocratic Wille nIstrasse was situated the
| Iaiace OF the WHO equally frequently spoken
| 81 AS a genius anu an adventurer. In ms pallce
| NeFt recelNeu nA tAnlnat iYotHs stl, cslhtn alu
s, Nn3e t,s =" A.
| lie r,-idenre ihg r,y,i ar,b,teet or,h h ~ r,,n
etructrl tis lnceut buli dug Inc scaipior Dr.ke
I las ornamenteI H. The splendid eatrsnce hall II
from above runs up the whole heigh OF the euiidn-
double staircase ot white marble leals 70 ne ~ u,
ia s,vp y99ur tso IS cAugh' " Nauli't
SG pp 'trhs ofs,.' piI,,v,,ritnp ,ii
| ana 6y one of the unest of t,eroinCs pic,urys ia
the left hand side from the study you pass 10 the
| hlrary, a large oval room with a g.u-s cupOil
uni,r when lH'an V"lnines OF me rare.t "orNs end