The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-14

Vincent golden opportunities. and the
hand OF one of the beauties Of the London
season, Lady Helen Duncombe, sister OF
the lovely Duchess of Leinster. and daugh-
ter OF the impoverished Earl OF Fever
sham, he was able 20 settle upon her on
her marriage day a sum in her own riaht
of 81 200 600. Since then he has purchased
Esher court, a beautiful country seat in
Surrey once belonging to Cardinal VOL
sey, and for which he gave $20O.O00 al
though he IS known TO have spent nearly
TOUR times that amount on the place. Sir
Edgars title comes TO him through tho
Knight Commandership of ST. Michael
and St. George conferred upon him Nv
the queen when he left Cairo He is about
~ years OF age. fair-haired and fair-mus-
tached, with big, slumbeTous blue eyes
re spent rev weeks at Newport in 1892
ana Is 50 careful Of his hands that he even
Wears lavender-colored suede gloves when
plhylhg cards Of checkers, a game Of
which he is very fond
far different has been the career OF
MI. barney Barnato. His education
seems to have been that OF the I.ondon
street arab, and he made his way out
70 africa IN his eighteenth year His
the gold-mining town Of Kimberly. with
JUST 50 IN his pocket, after having earned
ms living IN variety OF ways, among
othefs as clown in a circus, a role foI.
which his peculiar appearance and ouaInt
manners and speech Particularly Suited
nm nm. How ne had made his money since
men, or realized the immense fortune
with which he is now credited. and which
places him high among the multi-mflIion-
arlSs Of we age no one exactly knows,
ana ne himself observes "a considerable
amount OF mystery about the matter
eontentlng himself with the enigmaticai
fairs Of men which taken at the flood
leads on 10 fortune and / took IT,"
The only thing which Is positive is that
ne owes large portion OF his financial
successes to getting the best Of deals in
reai-estate transactions in the gold and
diamond mining regions around Kimber-
~. IL Is about three years since that he
burst upon London, preceded and follow
ed by the most amazing stories of his
fabulous wealth and Of his eccentricities.
IhGs, there are stories Of his bathing
In champagne, and hundred OF tales Of
analogous character which, il must he
eonfessed, do not appear so very improb-
able when one hears the man talk about
himself.
Cold-shouldered in London by all ths
best people alike in the city and in soci-
ETY., blackballed at the clubs where his
name was put up for election, cut by the
magnates Of the turf in spite of his Law
ishlng large portions on race horses.
every one who was anybody preferfing to
cast his lot with his great competitor
Cecil Rhodes, who has the Prince OF
Wales, the Duke Of Fife and the Roth-
schilds at his back, he was about to be-
take himself elsewhere, when he happen-
ed to meet that very wide awake youna
nnnancier, sir EDGAR Vincent. who speed
ney had to contend In London, took him
over to Paris, where, after judfciousIy
manipulating the press, he launched him
upon the financial and social scene of the
French capital.
With commendable caution Vincent re-
Trained from doing this until he had sat-
ished himself by means of a trip to South
Africa that Barney Barnato's mines and
enterprises were not mere castles in
Spain. He went out as the
guest of Barney, Recommended
by his beautiful wife, and cer-
tainly Africa has never beheld a more
queerly assorted trio than the etherially
lovely Lady Helen, the stalwart and hand
some Sir Edgar and little Barney Bar
nato, who is now known In Paris by the
name of LIE Roi des Mines dor" his
sovereignty being shared by Sir Edgar
Vincent.
Let it be added that all the older and first
class financiers shake their heads at this
craze in France for Mr.. Barnato's wares,
comparing his scheme with the South Sea
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