The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-27
ALPHONsE ROTHsCHILD.
Fortune and Personal Traits Of the
Man whose Life Was Sought.
New York World

New York World
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild. chief Of
the family of France, whose life was lately
sought by an Anarchist, is sixty-five. years
old. He is commander or the Legion or
Honor. member of the Institute and re-
the daughter of Baron Lionel de Roth
child, of London, and lives In the nnest
private residence in Paris. al the corner
la Concorde-a house once the residence or
the Gar Alexander l. -
Baron Alphonse is the most important
member Of the great banking house Oh
over the branch houses of his firm In Lon
don, vienna and Frankfort
He enjoys almost uneQualed prominence
not only in the business but also in the
social world of Paris. He is to be met In
all the most exclusive salons OF the Eau
borg St. Germain. while the greatest names
wife at her magnificent Chateau de Fer
riers and at her Rue st. Florentin palace.
The latter formerly belonged to the great
Prince Talleyrand, and Is filled with art
Most of these are exhibited in such a
manner that by the touching of a spring
they disappear into iron safes concealed
in the walls. The valuable pictures. In the
same way. turn on a pivot and disappear
from view. This precaution, which bears
a flavor of Monte Christie. was devised by
rection of 1871.
The united properties of the Rothschilds
and their properties must be considered
as united from their peculiar family and
business RELATIONSHIPS aver beyond the
millions. In the last twelve years they
have oaned to certain European govern
ments nearly $3.50. DOC, 900. Their lordly
power is shown in a modern instance. In
1866 the Prussian government demanded an
indemnity OF SIS. 000.00 from the city of
Frankfort The head Of the Rothschild
house in that city sent word to Count Bis
marck that IL an attempt were made to COL
lect the levy he would break every bank in
Berlin, and Bismarck was compelled to give
way. The enormous wealth. of the Roth
schilds is doubly remarkable from the fact
that the family was totally unknown a
century ago.
peats what 1T Sees and another, "A man
will not tell what he has not heard" but
some idea of their riches can be had from
fore Great 5aes 'f Britain sin's alone onss more more a than n,oS.a
600, O0O,; for Austria, $c5O,OOO 600; for Prussia,
500. 10000; for France. s400. 600. 900; for Italy.
f hsar Bras $780, f fps ;Oo'; s5 sS5 Sa so 49, s 90 sSS iSc'; snG
syndicate about SIS, OOO,O 900 of the issue of
nit mite States States bonds Dndss last F. Feb t5s rysat house
Of Rothschilds number no fewer than
eleven barons. Lord Nathaniel de Roth
scniid ana BaronS D. A rnps I,n ah . Leo Gasiaye 9
Edward, Adolph and James, in Paris; Baron
Nathaniel Mayer. in Vienna and Baron
Barons Leopold and Alphonse are the
owners of the celebrated Rothschild racing
stable and their colors-dark blue, with a
yellow capmnave been be- a seen d IN the front
During the past season their famous
stable and celebrated horse farm have been
signed a contract to remain in the employ
of the Rothschilds during the next ten
years.
tatorial and Of less charitable disposition
than his famous brothers and cousins, VINO
are always the foremost in all good WORKS:
There is little sentiment in the mead o.
the Paris firm. A correspondent of the
World in Paris, after an interview with
the Baron in 1892, on the question Of social,
ism, thus summarized the Baron's IDEAS anu
way of telling them: -
"si do not believe in the so-called labor
Baron R~othschild continued. II
lv speaking. are satisfied with their cond1-
ton. and have neither cause nor desire 10
complain. They are, 1 am convinced. IN
agitators make plenty of. noise. but that
amounts to nothing; they do not influence
the honest and reasonable workingmen
"In considering the so-calledI LABOR move
ment 1t is necessary. however. to distin-
euish sharply good from bad workmen.
ONLY the idle, good-for-nothings desire the
eighst;;n s ro lay as Se1aos as t %ev' think neces-
sary for their own and their chfldren's
needs. There is much loose talk nowadays
about the danger OF so niue mIen ,s ea sdf ru IL she
Some men are richer, others are poorer.
Tomorrow this is all changed by vicissi-
tudes which nobody can control. II 10 the
money Which circulates that fructifes. and
money circulates with the same risk TO all.
1t is money which one lends in confidence
for so-called good things which do not
always turn out to be good All that applies
to the great as we'll as the small ventures:
'sFrighten and threaten capital, and II
vanishes. Capital is like water. Grasp II
violently and 1t slips through your fingers;
treat 1t gently, dig a canal in which to lead
II. and II runs wherever you Will. Capitai
is a country's fortune. 1t represents the
energy, intelligence. thrift and labor OF
the people. Capital Is labor. Apart from
unhappy exceptions. which seem TO be un-
avoidable. each shares In the peoples CAPT.
tai according to his intelligence. energy ana
work accomplished. II a workman be dis
contented with his share he may strike.
SIT is unjust to compare a man with
capital and intelligence. organizing faculties,
invention and knowledge. with any gross.
brutal workman who applies to his work
only the unintelligent work OF his hands
In March, 1894, Baron Rothschild had
special precautions taken by the Partisan
notice TO protect his bank and his private
residence from the Anarchists. No attempt
TO injure his property or person was, now
ever, ever made until yesterday.