The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-04
RICH, RICHER, RICHEST.
Men Who Have q Great Deal More Money
than They can Use.


Men Who Have a Great Deal More Money
than They can Use.
For many years the richest individual
in all Russia was Herr Steiglizt. When
he retired from affairs in 1860 he held
property to the value of 100000. Bu'
the richest men in the land of the Czars
at the present time are the two Nobel
brothers. They are of Swiss origin
While travelling in interior Russia they
saw thousands of acres of land aglow
with the light of oil-gas. They at once
purchased an entire district of the appa.
rently worthless fields, sunk oil-wells
and now control more petroleum than
any concern in the world. Their wealth
is really beyond calculation, though the
London Times correspondent thinks
that $400, 100000 is not an extravagani
estimate.
1t is to the Rothschilds, however, thai
belongs the honor of being the richest
among men. Their united properties
and their properties must be considered
as united from their peculiar family and
business relationships even beyond
the millions. In the last twelve years
they have loaned to certain European
Governments nearly 1915, 100000. Theil
lordly power is shown in modern in.
stance. In 1866 the Prussian Govern
ment demanded an indemnity of S25,.
000,0 from the City of Frankfort. The
head of the Rothschild house in that
city sent word to Count Bismarck that
if an attempt was made to force the levy
he would break every bank in Berlin
And Bismarck was compelled to give
way. OF course, it would have been diff
ferent If it had been question of hogs
when Bismarck would have felt himself
right at home. The enormous wealth
of the Rothschilds is doubly remarkable
from the fact that the family was total
ly unknown a century ago.
the Barring brothers, who have 'at in.
Simultaneous command" 100000, ,000
1t is noteworthy that the Barings owe
their commercial rise to an American
Mr.. William Bingham of Philadelphia,
who, many years ago, had the house ap
pointed the American agency in Lon
don.
Claus Spreckels, ''the Sugar-King OF
the New World" as he likes to call him.
self, is said to derive an income Of
$5,000,000 from his sugar-plantation in
the Sandwich Islands. In his domain
he wields the most autocratic power OF
any monopolist in the world His home
at Honolulu is like the dream of Syba-
rite His wants are served by an army
of negroes.
Among The richest of moderns is the
Gar of Russia, who enjoys from his per-
sonal estate an income of S10,00O,00O.
The Sultan of Turkey is allowed for the
support of his court 100000; in addi.
ton Cc this he has private income Of
S4,0O0,000. The Emperor of Austria is
granted yearly allowance of $12,0O0,-
600, and, as Wiener-wurst and beer are
not expensive, he contrives to save a
few dollars for his children.
Queen Victoria's personal estate is es-
timated at $30,000,000 and her lands
and estates are worth fully S15,000,O0O
more.
But there are several noblemen in En-
gland with wealth much greater than
that of their sovereign. The Dukes OF
Buccleuch, Devonshire, and Norfolk,
and the Marquis of Butte have each OF
them rent-rolls of 100000 per an
mum. The Duke OF Portland, who died
recently, left unentailei property of over
$40, 900, and this, too, after long
life of the widest extravaganza. The
greater part of his palace was construct
ed underground. HIS banquet-hall,
ballroom, riding-gallery, and a number
of superb guest-rooms are veritable tun-
nels, decorated in fashion 80 splendid
as to seem when described like a story
of the Magi. If the Duke had been an
American his loving family would have
had him confined in an insane asylum.
Richer even than any of these titled
millionaires is the Duke of Westminster,
who, undoubtedly, has the largest in
come of any Individual in the world.
His fortune lies largely in the diametri-
cally opposite regions of London known
as the West End and Seven Dials. He
owns acre upon acre of the most aristo-
cratic domain in London, and his tene-
ments cover miles in the worst slums in
the world. His income quite passes the
limit of the credible and is said by some
to amount to $50 a minute.
Among the richest American estate:
ever gathered is that of the Astor family
Efforts are made to conceal the enor
NOUS figure that would express tht
worth of the property, but it is proba
BILE that $80,0000,00 is not an extrava
giant estimate. The estate of William II
Vanderbilt was $300,00O,000. A. Z
Stewart was worth at the time of hi
death fully $50, 100000, a large part o
which has gone one way or the other
but mostly the former. Jay Gould ma,
be credited with $1OO,OOO,0OO and jus
as much more as he pleases to make
Armour, the Chicago hog-packer. il
worth S15,000,000. Mackay, who's,
step-daughter, the child of Californi;
camp-barber, married a Prince of th,
ancient house of Colonna, is worth a
least $20,000,000, and Fair, his forme
partner, has fully that amount d. 0
Mills is worth at least $7,000,000, ant
Edwin D. Morgan, the heir of the ex
Governor, has $50, 100000. James Cor
don Bennett, one of the richest of tn
younger men of America, has fortun
of $15, 100000, Miss Catherine Wolfe
the wealthiest spinster in the country
has nearly $15. .000,0 900 and is the last o
her line.-M y World.