The daily gazette., 1875-12-27
GREAT HIILLIONAIRES,

~ 80 "oiiitbSo, SNJh lu
/ where lcyiathan fortunes are by no
means rare, and where the term a
millionaire" does not indicate. as
with us,a man who is supposed to pos
sess million OF dollars, or some apl
proximating amount, but a man who
owns million sterling, which means
ilve million dollars, that Mr.. William
b. Astor was probably by far the rich.
est man IN the world when he died,
the other dav. The Barings are very
wealthy and the Rothschilds arc still
wealthier, but their immense property
belongs not to one person, as in Astor's
case, but to number of partners, or
to several members of one family.
Among European millionaires not
III trade the King of Wurtemburg has
long been regarded as holding q high
place-much higher than Queen Vic
toria, whose personal property, from
tie accumulated savings of berselt and
Prince Albert from the interest on in
vestments (every school boy knows
how money breeds money, ss Shylock
said, is estimated at $25, 900, ,0o0 Sew
eral other crowned heads in Europe
are very rich, not from the civil list
which each receives from his Glowing
and loyal subjects" but from real es-
tate and personal property OF Their
own. The Duke of Modcna, whose
death we recently noticed, was one of
those fortunate ones. What the law
calls his personality is estimated at
2o0, ,O0O, 900 francs, or sac, coo, coo, and
this was backed up by real estate of
vast value.
Driven out of Italy by the unitica-
tlon OF that country in 1859, after the
Austro Italian war, the Duke still re-
tanned much property there broad
lands and noble palaces. His magnifi-
cant villa on Lake Maggiorc was nom
inally purchased by the Archdukc
MACMILLAN, noblest and most unfortu'
nate of his race. In Venice the Dukes
palace is one of the most admired
show palaces Of that ocean Romeo. Ia
Lom bardy his estates brought in clear
revenue of so, ,000a year. On the Adr-
attic, east of Triest, he owned long strip
OF property, which now, being built
upon, is OF large and increasing value.
In hungary he largely owned vine
yards and sheep farms. The splendid
palace which he usually resides in, in
Vienna, was richer than the Emperor's.
In the Syrian Alps this rich Duke had
grand hunting chateau; on the lake
of Ganeva, a fish house, which was
Palatial, at Pau, in the Pyrenees,
magnificent castle, and at Cannes, in
the south OF France, fine mansion,
facing the Mediterranean. and now
having for its tenants the ex-roysl
family of Naples. Finally, this ex-
| Duke OF Modeua owned perhaps the
largest landed property held by any
Individual in Bavaria. All this real
property has been bequeathed to his
niece, who, If she lives and revolution
for Bismatk) does not:overthrow the
monarchy, may one day be Queen of
Bavaria, her husbands father being
heir presumptive to King Louis, who
is bachelor.
Since.the. .Carlist war began, in 1870,
the Duke of Modena is understood to
have supplied the Pretender, his kins-
man, with the pecuniary means of
carrying it on. He also gave large
sums to that other bourbon, the Count
de Chambord, who married the Dukes
eldest sister in 1916. 1t is said that TO
his dying day this ex-sovereign looked
forward to his restoration. He was
forty years cd when he was driven
into exile, and in his fifty seventh
when he died. Divided among half
a dozen persons, his real and personal
property will cut UP into rs many
verg large fortunes.