The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-15

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shell San Jose and other coast cities.
The Guatcmalans promptly complied
with this demand. The SlQ00O0 was
the foundation OF his present fortune.
The richest man in South America
until his death four years ago was Gen.
lose B. Gonzalez, OF the Argentine Re.
public. He was the last descendant Of
Gonzalez Mendoza, the great church,
man in whose castle Columbus per-
formed his famous egg trick. Expelled
from the Argentine Republic with his
ia.hor when he was child, his career
VAS wandering and c!ccEered one I'M
I'll he anaily Settled i'll Texas, where lie
mado SlJ,000OO0 in the operation OF
coal and chalk mines he had discovered,
IiG died suddenly in New Orleans, in
1888, three days after his marriage to II
young and beautiful woman.
Tho richest man 10 Venezuela is Guz-
man Blunco, who a!nassed from SlJ,-
000,0O0 10 S20.O0O,00O while president Of
the republic, and was finally expelled
from the country. Brazil has a number OF
very wealthy men, probably the richest
being Condo de Figueiredo aud Sebas-
tian Pinho Mayrinck, both bsnkers in
Rio de Janciro, and both wortlrnot less
than Sl0,0O0000. ArgentinG's richest
citizen is Miguel ]. Celman, formerly
ruler OF that country. He is worth
from $2G,0O0,000 TO $25 0OO, 900, and it
may be remarked in passing that poll
tics, when one is success at it, is far
and away the most profitable calling in
which the average South American can
engage.
Tho richest person in Chile is q wo-
man, Dona Isadora Cousina. She in
herited cattle, married mines, and, now
a widow, has gone into about every
money producing enterprise in which
Chile has engaged.
England Is II country OF the very rich
and the very poor. England's richest
men are, OF course, her great landed
proprietors. About 10000 individuals
hold moro than two-thirds OF the
whole area, and thirty-six persons
about one-tenth OF it.
The Duke OF Westminster is the
greatest landed proprietor of London,
and, without doubt, the richest man in
England. His fortune i'll real and per-
sonal property does not fall below $780,
100000. One OF the great dry goods
merchants OF Manchester left personal
property worth Sl2,000,000 when he
died not long ago, and Brassey, the
railroad contractor, left an estate OF
$50, 100000. One OF the most conspicu-
Gus OF England's rich men, By reason
OF the rapidity with which his wealth
has been acquired, is Colonel John I.
North, the nitrate king.
George Smith is one OF EnGland's
richest men, but his name seldom
creeps into print. Smith is sixty times
millionaire, and he made all his
money in America. He began business
as banker in Chicago in 1850 with q
capital OF $1,000.
The richest family in Europe. and for
that matter in the world, is the famous
house OF Rothschild. The interests OF
the house founded by the humble
money lender OF Frankfort-on-the-
Main, are now scattered all over the
globe, and it is probable that the aggre-
gate wealth OF all the branches of the
firm, including tine possessions of the
various members OF their families, eX-
coed $1,000, 000, 000-one billion dollars.
One OF the most conspicuous OF the
worlds richest men, by reason OF his
princely charities, is Baron Maurice de
Hirsch, OF Vienna, Paris, and London.
In the last ten years he has given S50,-
100000 for the benefit OF the poor OF the
Hebrew race, and is still the possessor
of colossal fortune.
Many OF the mammoth fortunes oil
France are in the possession OF women.
The heaviest owner OF French securities
is Nine. Futtado Heine, who is worth
$50, 100000. She is one OF the noblest
women in Paris, and has received the
ribbon OF the Legion OF Honor for her
many acts OF charity. The Princess de
Arenberg is reputed to be worth 1885,
100000, and Nine. 0lry, daughter OF
Roederer, the champagne man, about
half that sum. Princess Gortchakotf is
worth Sl5,000000, and the Duchess OF
Galliera, after donating millions to
charity, left an estate of 100000 or
more. The Mallet brothers, the bank
ers, are each worth from $l0,000,000 to
$20,000,000, and the same is true OF
Baron Hottinger, Eugene Pereire,
Henry Hecht, Baron Soubeyron, Counts
Nissin and Commando and Barons Err
LANCER and Reinach.
The richest Spaniard is the Duke OF
Medina.C oeli, who is worth some $780,
100000. He is now boy OF fourteen
years and the posthumous son OF the
late duke.
In one province OF Prussia alone there
are six great mobiles worth more than
SO, 100000 each. Baron Bliechroder,
the Berlin banker, is enormously
wealthy, and the annual income of the
present house OF Krupp exceeds mill
ion. The richest mon in the empire Of
Austro- hungary is the Emperor Francis
Joseph himself. whose private fortune
il more than S70,000000 Among the
richest OF his subjects are Duke Ester
hazy, Count Karolyi. Count Palffy,
Count Festetich, Count Andrassy and
Harkanyi, the banker, none of whom is
worth less than $20,000,000.
In Russia the car holds, as to wealth,
much the same position that Francis
Joseph does in Austria, but he has sew
eral subjects who are close competitors
in the matter OF millions. The cars
annual income from his private estates
exceeds $l0,OO0,0O0.
The richest man IN South Africa ana
the wealthiest diamond miner in the
world is &. L Barnato, Of Kimberly. He
is worth s3O,OOO,OOO, all of it made since
1876.
How Qua, a merchant OF Canton, is
the richest man in China. He is said to
DO worth S50000,00O.
Australia vies with the United States
in the number OF its newly made mill
ionaires. Tho wealthiest OF the lot is
James Tyson, of Queensland, who made
his money in sheep and cattle. he is
worth sos 600 600. and is ns eccentric ns