The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-29
wEALrH OF K~o
How They Founded Their Fortunes

richest family in the world. THY
have banks in the leading CAPT.
tails OF Europe, and kings and govern.
ments are among their customers.
The Paris branch OF the banking firm
is said to keep a capital of $500, 600.
900 at it's command, and hardly d
wal is begun in Europe for which The
funds are not furnished by this fami.
ly. Still five generations ago the
blood which now rules these millions
vas selling old clothes in the Jewish
quarter of Frankfort-on.the. Main,
and when Madison was president the
first Millionaire died, leaving only
SIS, OOO,O 600.
/ once visited the home of all the
Rothschilds at Frankfort, and looked
at the little bahking-house where years
ago Anslem Meyer Rothschild began to
take articles On pawn and to shave
notes for so much per cent. 1t is in
the dIrtiest part Of Frankfort, and 1T
has about the same surroundings as
Five Points, New York. The street
is dirty, it's Inhabitants are second.
hand clothiers, and it bears much the
same aspect now as it did when the
mother OF all the Ro:hschilds gave
birth to the fnancier who laid the
foundations OF this immense wealth.
The RothsChIlds own their oldproperty
here to-day, and their ark still has
q branch here.
When Apselm Rothschild diedleaY-
ing this SIS, 600, 900 to his FIVE sons
he made them promise to keep the
fortune i'll the family and to carry on
the business. together. They kept
their oath, and it is this policy that
has been the handspring of their sucE
cess. Through generations they have
worked together, married together,
and their millions have bred faster
than their families, One Of these
boys stayed at Frankfort, another
went to Paris and established a bank
there, q third, Nathan, settled in
London, q fourth settled in Vienna
and the fifth opened a bank in Naples.
All OF them made money very rapidly,
and Nathan at London made his mill
lions breed faster than Australian
rabbits. He went to the Continent
during the N~apoleonic wars and from
Lllo kilOWlGuR6 GLlGEt RdllFu 6DGGlidB~
ed OH the rise and fall of stocks. He
witnessed the battle of Waterloo and
by relays OF horses and a fishing
smack reached London in advance Of,
all other messengers. The telegraph,
was then unknown and his news was
the first brought in. The news he
gave out was that Napoleon had con
quered, or at least this was the news
that was spread all over London
alter his arrival. Stocks went down
like a shot and Nathan was offered
loads of them, He refused to buy
but had his agents purchasing all the
time. The next day the true news
came and stocks jumped upward.
Nathad Rothschild made, it IS said,
SIS, 600. 900 by the deal.
The Rothschilds hold high social
positions in the various countries OF
Europe. They have mobiles among
them, ana their money has bought;
them titles. They are a family o~fSintel
lectual and artistic tastes. and with
all their wealth they have been some
what charitable. The idea prevails
among the Israelites that it is their
intention at some future time to buy
Palestine and give it back to the Jews,
and they have already established
hospitals at Jerusalem.
Some OF them have been horse lovers,
and a Baron Rothschild owned Fay-
onia, one OF the famous horses that
have won the Derby. They believe in
enjoying their wealt b and like to have
nice things about them. One Of the
Frankfort Barons not long ago paid
100000 for a silver cup which he
wished to use for as a center. piece OF a
table service which he was making up,
and one OF the Vienna Barons has e..
stable which cost him $4,000. This
stable has marble floors, encaustic
tiles painted by distinguished artists,
and its walls are frescoed with scenes
done BY weltknown painters. Tbs
rings, chains and fittings OF the stable
are silver, and one box-stau for a fa-
vorite horse cost, it is said, $4,000.
The income OF the owner OF THE.
stable is about $4,000 a day.
The biggest income Of any single
man in England is said to be that OF
the Duke OF Westminster, who hos
miles OF tenement houses and many
| square miles OF agricultural land.
He IS said to receive $50 =
minute the year round, or $4,000 an
hour, or $72.O a day. Queen Vic
| toria has also a nice income. and il 10
estimated that she hasrecelvedneaF
one hundred millions OF dollars since
she assembled the throne. TIE DHkes
OF Devonshire. and Norfolk and the
MARQUIS OF Butte have each rents
amounting TO 90, 009. 900 per year,
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