The Arizona sentinel., 1888-10-13
IMMENSE FORTUNES.
Stories of ths Bothsch IS, Jay Gould and
 Other Money Kings.


 Other 8{oney kings.
 To what all extent America has be- come the lauG c z promise to men of en- terprise, oferiue ,m greater possi- bilities of wealth u any other coun- try, some figures recently given of the greatest private fortunes in the world show. It is stated that the five richest persons in the world are MT. Jay Gould, Mr. " Maekay, Lord Roths- child, the head of the English branch of the house cl Rothschild; Mir. George Vanderbilt and Senator J. ?. Jones. Of these, all but Lord Rothschild are Americans, and their fortunes were ac- culnulated in this country.
 MT. Gould began his career as a ped dler of maps, and auired his inn mense fOrtune iE r.iLWGs and specula- tions connected with them. The Van derbilt fortuno was also chiefly ac- quired in railways, while Messrs. Mackay and Jones acquired theirs, for the most part ir mining
 The RothschiId wealth was accumu- lated more slowly than were these colossal American sortunes. The Rothschild family has banking-houses in Germany, Austria, france and En- gland. All it's members of the name are descended iron Anselm Moses Bauer, Jewish deai7r ir curiosities and old medals. who aI a shop in the Judengasse, O. Jewlsh quarter, of Frankfort. For a sign he used red tablet, or shield, and rom this his house derived the name Of ROthschild, which means red shield.
 Anselm Moses son, Mayer Anselm, who was born in the year 1743, was in- tended for the Jewish priesthood, but became banker and broker instead. He was intrusted with great sums of money, and while taking care of them faithfully, used his opportunities to ac- quire a great fortune for that time. One of his five sons, Nathan, vent to London, established a house there, and became the leader of English finance. The Court of Austria made him a Baron, but he never made use of the title. On one occasion, however, he used it as the subject of a jest. Hap pening to meet the French Baron de Montmorency, who, on account of the antiquity of his title, was called the ''first Christian Baron," Rothschild said to him:
 '1 suppose, sir, that am just your equal"
 "How is that, pray?" asked the French nobleman.
 Because you are the first Christian Baron, and I am positively the first Jewish Baron!"
 The present head of the house, Lord Rothschild, is really the first person of the Jewish faith who was ennobled by the British Government. He was elevated to the Peerage in 1885 by MT. Gladstone.
 Baron Nathan's bearing toward the potentates who wanted to borrow money of him was the reverse of obsequious. On one occasion Prince, belonging to some petty German reign ing family, who called upon him, was astonished to see Rothschild go on writing a letter after he had entered the room.
 "Do you know, sir, who amp" asked the Prince.
 ''Yes, have just been told. I will be at your service in moment. In the meantime, pray take chair"
 ''But, sir, I am the Prince von X ID
 'Very well. Take two chairs then!''
 The Rothschild's is not by any means the only vast fortune in England. Three English noblemen, the Duke of Sutherland, the Duke of Northumber- land and the Marquis of Butte, are in- cluded in the list of the twelve richest men in the world. Two other English the Duke of Buccleugh and the Marquis of Breadalbane, possess landed estates of vast extent. Youth's CompGnion.