Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-03
A Look at the Cresuses Of Many
Lands-- Some Curious Roths-
chiIds and Their Hobbies.
A Duke Who Sets Fifty Dollars Every
Minute and a Marquis Whose Rents
Equal S2,000,000 q Year.
How Nobility Follows WsaIth-Tbe Richest
Men Of Russia-worth ana Bis Millions
Made In Fancy Dresses,
Copyrighted, 1855, by the Author.

tue World 1QSy nave D6nRS IN tue i6au-
ing capitals Of Europe, and kings and
governments are among their customers.
The Paris branch OF the banking firm is
said to keep capital of $500, 1900 st
its command, and hardly war is begun
in Europe for which the funds are not
furnished by this family. Still five gener-
atoms Sgo the blood which now rules
these millions WAS selling old clothes in
the Jewish quarters OF Frankfort on the
Main, and when Madison was President
the first Millionaire Rothschild died leav-
ing only So, 100000.
once visited the home of sll the Roths-
childs at Frankfort, and looked at the lit
tie banking house where years ago An
selm Meyer RothschiId began to take ar
ticles on pawn and to shave notes for so
much per cent. Ii Is in the dirtiest part
Of Frankfort, and it has about the same
surroundings as Five Points, New York.
The street is dirty, its inhabitants are
secondhand clothiers and it bears much
the same aspect now Ss it did when the
mother of all the Rothschilds gave birth
to the finanCier who laid the foundations
Of this immense wealth. The RothschiIds
own their old property here to-day and
their bank sull has branch here.
When Anselm Rothschild died leaving
this SIS 900 600 to his five sons he made
them promise to keep the fortune IN the
family aud 10 carry on the business TO-
gether. They kept their oath and it is
this policy that has been the handspring
of their success. Through generations
they have worked together, married to-
gether, and their millions have bred faster
than their families. One Of these boys
stayed at Frankfort, another went 20 Paris
6nd established . bank there, q third,
Nathan, settled in London, q fourth set
tied in Vienna and the filth opened bank
in Naples. All OF them made money very
rapidly, and Nathan 81 London made his
millions breed faster than Austral-
ian rabbits. He went to the
continent during the Napoleonic
wars and from the knowledge there
gained speculated in the rise and fall of
stocks. He witnessed the battle of
Waterloo and by relays Of horses and 8
fishing smack reached London in adj
vance Of oil other messengers. The tel
egrsph was then unknown and his news
was the FIST brought il. The news he
gave out WAS that Napoleon had coz
quered, or st least this was the news
that spread all over London after his ar
rival. Stocks went down like shot, ard
NSthau was offered loads of them. He
refused to buy, but had his agents quietly
purchasing oil the time. The next day
the true news came and stocks jumped
upwards. Nathan RothschIld made, it is
said, $4,000, 600 by the deal.
The Rotngchilds hold high social po-
sitionsia the various countries Of Europe.
They have mobiles among them and their
money has bought them titles. They are
q family of intellectual and artistic tastes,
and with all their wealth they have been
somewhat charitable. The ideS prevails
among the Israelites that it is their in
tention ct some future time to buy Pales-
tine and give it back to the Jews, and
they have already established hospitals
at Jerusalem. Some OF them have been
horse lovers aud g Baron RothEChild
owned FaYonis, one of the famous horses
who have won the Derby. They be-
lieve in enjoying their wealth,
and like to have nice things
about them. Oae of the Frankfort
Barons not lorg ago paid 100000 for
silver cup which he wished to use ss q
center piece of table service which he
was making Up and one of the Vienna
Baron Rothschilds has a stable which
cost him $4,000. This stable has marble
floors, encsustic tiles painted by distin-
guishsd artists, End its walls are frescoed
with scenes done by we'll known painters.
The rings, chains and fittings OF the stable
are silver, and one box stall for favorite
horse cost, it is said, S12, 1000. The in
come of The owner Of this stable is about
$4,000 a day.
The biggest income of any single man
in Euglar IS said TO be that of the Duke
of Westminster, who has miles of tene-
ment houses and many squ6re miles of
agricultural land. He is said to receive
$50 minute the year round, or $4,000 an
hour, or $4,000 ! day. Queen Victoria
has also nice income and it is estimated
thst she has received nearly one hundred
millions of dollars since she assembled the
throne. The Dukes Of Devonshire and
Norfolk and the Marquis of Butte, have
each rents amounting TO 100000 per
year, and the Duke of Portlsnd, after tx
like those of Monte Cristo,
100000 OF unentsiled
property during his life.
The tax Of England is largely an in-
come tax, and it is possible to tell some
thing Of the fortunes Of her citizens from
the amount Of income returned. OF
course this is always less than the real
amount received. Still it makes ones |
eyes open to know that Lord Durham |
owns SI3 000,00 of personal property, |
that the Duke Of Portland gets 81 200, 900 |
3 year from his real estate alone, lsndIthat |
the two largest returns of personal pro- |
perty were made by men who do not be-
long to the nobility. Mr.. Grassy, rail-
road contractor, acknowledged to hav-
ing S30,000,000 personality and Mr..
s dry goods man, s20,000,-
900. Lord Dudley, one Of the large
owners of EnglAnd's coal mines, had for
years an income Of over So, 0G0, 600 from
this source alone and the Duke of
Buccleuch gets Sl,130,000 a yesr from
MS lands. In 1872 there were more than
1900 men in England who had incomes
Of over $4,000 G year and there we're
357 men who had incomes ranging be-
tween $50, 200 and a quarter Of million
yearly. 1t is said that there are more large
fortunes in the United States than in
England and that the English milIionaires
spend their incomes more freely than do
me Americans. This msy be true, but 1
loubt it.
One OF the richest men in Cuba was
Terry who died latei leaving his baby
md widow fortune OF $4,000, 600. The
.ichest Chinamsn is said to be How Qua
" Canton, who is worth ell the wsy from
$50, 900, 900 upward and the Chinese
Minister 10 the United States is worth
Millions.
Tbara ;s , ,orrc, Irol{eb low IN N.oIao