The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
EUROPE'S MONEY PRINCES.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE WONDER
FUL ROTHsCHILD FAMILY.
Daily Life ofthe Two Members ofthe
Vienna Branch or This Great
Financial OrganlzatioB.

n ATHANIEL ROTHSCHIDD
III is called the "Alchemist Of
" Princes" because IL is his
G pleasure. to exchange tho
cphemral courtesy of impovished mag
mates travelling in his wake for glitter
ing gold; his brother Adalbert is
known ins the same circles as the
"Prince OF Jews"
Tho Rothschilds live in palatial
residence i'm the Fourth District, the
st. Gcrmain of Vienna, where most of
the feudal lords have their prctcntious
residences. Baron Adclbcrt is the
chief of tho Vienna branch ofthc bank
ing house which spreads over the
whole of Europe, with additional nm
choriHg puiucv5 III Frankfort ON tho
Main, Paris and London, thus cover
ing the great powers, and forming
sovcrcigntics within the States they
favor most, the seat of government,
SO to speak, being in Frankfort, where
this modern dynasty originated III tho
poor little house in Jews lane.
There in the old Free City tho bust
ness meetings of the Rothschilds aro
annually held, and there the profits oi
peace und war, as the case mny be, arc
divided. If ever there was an all
powerful illustration Of the hackncycd
phrase, "In unity is strength tho
house of -Rothschild affords it, In
strict ndhoronco 10 She dying rcpucnt
| of the founder Of the house, Mayer
AnscIm, alike celebrated for his
| glrcwlncSs and his honesty, tho
| brothers and cousins have never dis
| agreed on any vital point Of policy, or
The Emperor "fAusiria 2nvc patents
Of nobility to the five sons Of Mayer
| Ansrlm in 1919, and five years later
conferred upon them the title of lrci-
herr or bnrons. That seems to have
| satisfied their ambition in that dircc-
tion. Il would have been easy to nc
| uuire II princely or ducal coronct from
| come king in distress, but the RothS-
childs preferred adopting the mott" "f
| the noble French house, and said,
eve cannot be kings; ltothschilds We
will rcnnin.
Notwthstandinga profcssed aversion
To work, Nathaniel usually spends tho
| rnrly morning hours with Adalbrrt NJ
his desk in their Joint residence.
There tho daily secret dispatches and
| reports from the home Office in Frank.
| fort and the branches in Paris and
| London and from the political repre-
| scntntiyCS in I'LL the cupitnlS of the
world are dcciphcrcd and discussed,
| and decisions arc agreed upon while II
| light breakfast IL being served
| The brothers on these occasions con
| verse in their native tongue, Hebrew,
| without reserve, for they take care TINT
the lackcy waiting upon them il IL
| Christian, and uS innocent of the diff
cult language used us II new born babe.
| Many II speculative genius has nspircd
| to- obtain permission to these informal
meetings Of the two brothers in the
guisc OF II nunkcy, after pcrfecting
himself in the vcruacular, but these
wild schemes never succeeded as fur na
| is known.
At II o'clock sharp an "unnum-
bcrcU' cab, public conveyance of the
better sort, rolls into tho courtyard of
the palace, and II few minutes lutrr
mn" MI" AL"!hcrt il on the way to hih
tL, no;'',' "''' IN n massive bpllling liz
fnancicr never uses his own currinp,
when going to business, nor does bo
engage carriage by the month.
When he IL ready To leave tho palace
II messenger is dispatched to some dis
tant livery for II cab, and in order SO
| forrstall rivalry the conchman cnptur-
| inS the prize TX never paid more than
th" rate stipulated by ordinance, aside
| from modest doucc6r. The reason
| tor these precautionary measures is
not quite clear.
| Contrary to the experience of other
| EothschillH, notably Maths MAYER, of
| L"nd"n, VIII" always slept with two
londrd pistols nj his side, Baron hdal-
| bert II life hus newer been threatened
nnd assassination for political reasons
| is almost an unknown crime in Vienna
At the portals of the Office building
| the iinancicr j. invariably met by u
giant Newfoundland dog, who allows
nobody TO lingcr on the steps or side.
walks or in the hall, and who follows
him into his private room, where the
chief proctor of the firm waits iIia
i"' drhii; - report ON ti,r requirements
| Of the day.
Baron R"thschild, having previously
] mapped out the course t. be- taken IL
nll matters g primary interest ~, We
hay" seen, IL quick in disposition nt
L
minutes an army Of mr>srua~r; private
| mail carriers on swift horses and bank
| collectors IN cabs are dispatched in all
| directions through the business dis
| trictH of the city. carrying safety or
| destruction. honor or disgrace in the
pockets of their big black portfolios.
The capital of the Vienna Rutha-
cllilds il estimated at two hundred mil
lion iior'nS III Eold aside from the per
Sonal fortunes OF the members of the
hrm' Their iircpr""f treasury vaults,
und"r the bank building, contain burs
of precious yellow and white metals
rllrd mp man high behind Swedish
curtains Thvr" are likewise hun.
directs Of barrels filled with coined gold
and silver. ready for shipment to any
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