The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-10-04


From tho Philadelphia Press
, In this country, where the Executiv,
Is considered 10 be passing rich" on ,
salary Of 80, 900 year, with the Whit.
House as general and the Soldiers
Home As q summer residence, there ma,
be some natural curiosity regarding The
pecuniary allowance paid to foreign
potentates. 1t Is to be remembered,
however, that the majority Of these
rulers also possess inherited property,
real and personal, Of considerable value,
and that the respective rulers are also
allowed magnificent palaces, chateaux,
and rural residences, repaired and fur
nished out Of public revenue. Taking
most Of our figures from "Frederick
Morton's Year Book very reliable
work, revised after official returns. and
now in its fifteenth year, we shall pro-
coed with the potentates.
EMPEROR, KING, PRESIDENT.
Francis Joseph, Emperor Of Austria
and King Of Hungary, born in August,
1880, has civil list Gas his salary il
generally called) Of $4,000, 900 wear
Leopold H., King Of Belgium, born
in April, 1885, has civil list Of $780,
900 year.
Christian IN, King OF Denmark, born
in April, 1918, has civil list Of 500 900
rigsdalers, or $227,775. His eldest SON
has an annual allowance of S33, 1888.
Marshal MacMahon, President Of the
French Republic, has an annual salary
OF $4,000, with an extra $50, 900 for
housekeeping expenses. President
Theirs had the same salary, with ST.
$50 for housekeeping.
Napoleon Ill. had the largest civil
list in the world. II amounted to S5.-
600, 600 year, in addition to which he
received the income of the crown do
main, amounting to s2,500, 900, and the
free possession Of number of palaces,
parks, forests, and mansions, kept at the
expense Of the State His total income
reached the sum Of 81 100000. Never
theless, the debts on the Imperial civil
list we're stated in 1867 to amount 10
SIC, 100000.
William l., born in March, 1897, re-
ceives no salary as German Emperor.
His annual salary as King Of Prussia is
S3,079, 100. Most Of the expenditure of
the royal family and the court is defray-
ed out Of the sovereign's immense pri-
vate property.
Ludwig H., King of Bavaria, born in
August, lSt5, has civil list OF Sl,37s,-
365. Karl l., King of Wurtemburg.
born in March, 1921, has civil list 81
1891 ,6S5, with an additional annual
grant of 81, 375, $50 for the other men,
bers of the royal family. Albert l..
King Of Saxony, born in April, 1923, has
civil list OF S635,0O0 with an addition
al Sl21 $50 a year for the Princes and
Princesses. This little grant may be
justifiable, as in 1880 the reigning mon
arch surrendered his domains 10 be- ,
come the property Of the State.
SOME GRAND DUKES.
The Grand Duke Of Baden has civil .
list Of $S14,655 for himself and the !,
of his family. The hereditary !
anded property Of this dynasty valued l
v $40, S2S,U00 has been made over TO /,
he State. The Grand Duke OF Meek !
enburg- Schwerin, who claims to be on !
y European sovereign of Slavonic orr I
that Ne can trace his descent !
o Genseric, King Of the vandals, who !
conquered Spain in the fifth century, !
md going over to Africa took Carthage :
n 439 b. @. In his full title he STYLES !,
himself Prince Of the Vandal.- Has !
10 civil list, but il absolute owner Of
'ne-fifth Of the whole area Of the lilipu- !
ian duchy which he governs. The Grand :,
luke Of Hesse, r,i,-in-law of Queen !
Iictoria, has civ.i list Of 1928, 40 and =
ne support Of himself, his near rela- !
ions, and his little Court at Darmstadt. !
The civil list Of the Grand Duke OF =
)ldenburg is $4,000; of Brunswick, =
POO, 900, Of Saxe-Weimar, $4,000: :,
4 SAKE Weiningen, $4,000; Of Anhalt, =
l45, 900; of Saxe-C oburg Gotha, $780, =
10; Of Saxe-Altenburg, S107, 25O; Of !,
Valdez, $1S3,674; Of Lippe, $4,000: !,
Schwarzburg- Sondershausen, Sl1O.- :,
20; of Schaumburg-Lippe, S125,O0O a
The Grand Dukes Of Mecklenburg- i,
trelitz, uss-Schleiz, and Reuss- Greiz, !,
bsolutely own most OF the States which II
ley govern. 1t is full time for the i.
hole OF these petty sovcreignties to be i.
osorbed under one ruler, so as to con-
itute royal German Empire.
NOTED sovEREIGNs.
Victoria, Queen Of England, born in
lay, 1919, has civil list of 81 1921, 900, pl
it'll 100000 more from the duchy OF Il,
ancaster, one Of the crown lands AZ
hich she did not surrender according IA
contract with Parliament to the State. Ia
hus her annual income is 81, 1926, 900 q in
'ar. To her children and to the Duke ",
Edinburgh Is further sum of $780, OF
y, making q total Of %, 600 to on
ritish royalty. 4,
George l., King Of Greece, born in De
ecember, 1S45, has acivil list Of $780, IN
2 year. Humbert. Of Italy, born in III
"a, has not accepted the large civil 81,
! (S3,250,0 00) granted to his late IN,
ther. William III I, King Of the a
born in February, 1919. foI