Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-25


mo road from PARIS to Calais is
known as the Chemin de Fer du Nord,
and Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, head
Of the Paris Rothschilds, is the president
Of tho rOad This fact occurred to me
within u few minutes Of the accident,
and thought might make uso of the
affair az means TO help me in my bust
ness nt Paris | arrived about dark,
went to tho Grand hotel, registered as
q, j, Horton, London, mud went 10 bed
at once. My nerves were so shaken that
was timid oven whom in tho elevator,
but slep. we'll and awoke at daylight
feeling better.
At 10 o'clock, limpng badly and
leaning on cane, l entered carriage
and drove to the Moison Rothschild, Rue
Laitto. The banking house might well
bo called palace, Tho various offices
open upon q courtyard, while tho whole
architecture of the building would sug-
gost the residence Of an officer Of state
or noblonan rather than building de-
voted to finance. But the currents which
center there arc potent and farronohing
and come richly ladon with tribute from
tho four quarters Of tho world To win
that tribute slaves toll, aud, toiliug, die
IN Brazilian diamond mines, and thou
sands Of coolies entrappod by agents in
China aud India enter into porddious
contracts which commit them to hope
less slavery and send Thorn 10 wear out
their lives in despairing toll amid tho
pungeut and murderuus ammoniacal
fumes of the guano islands OF Chile and
Peru. The Rothsohilds, too, own tho
Almaden quicksilver mine and others.
Controlling the quicksilver industries
of tho world, and to swell their abnor-
NAL hoard, portontous in its vastuess,
othor poor wrotches, condemned under
form of law, aro doomed to days of
wearing toll, and, their homes rotting
from quicksilver absorption, to nights
of raoking pains So, too. far Siberia
contributes its quota OF human misery
that tho golden stream Of interest ON
century old loans may have no intor-
ruption, but pour on increasingly into
the vaults Of the Rothsohilds,
Alighting from tho carriage and
mounting the steps with difficulty, en-
tered the English department, and seat
ing myself awaited tho managers preG-
ence, He came. and expressing great
concern when ho learned was victim
OF tho Marquiso disaster asked what he
could do for me. replied wanted to
see the baron. He disappeared into
range Of offices, and no doubt told Baron
Alphonse was some important person.
ago, doubly important because injured
on his road.
Soon slight, sallow man of about
d3 appeared, wearing an old fashioned
stoyepipo hat and n shabby suit of snuff
colored garments The look Of the at
tondants testified that the deity was be.
fore me. Taking OH his Anticipated
chapoau, he began profuso apology for
tho accident, explaining that accidents
were most unusual events in France;
that no would order his own physician
10 attend me that / should have every
attention without tho slightest charge
or expense to myself, etc., and onded by
saying 1 was TO command him il no
could serve me. In return l told him
since ho was 80 distressed over tho no.
cident and my plight I should say no
more about either. but as 1 was too
badly shaken to complete tho business
on which had come to Paris should
request him TO instruct his subordinntes
to aid me in transmitting the funds
l had brought from London back again.
He called the manager and told him to
accommodate mo In anything; then,
shaking hands and with many expres-
sions Of regret, no withdrew
told the manager wanted a three
months hill on London for so, 900, He
informed me that tho house Of Roths-
child was not issuing time bills, but
since tho barons order suspended the
rule in my case no would procure mo
six bills for 81 900 each. These really
were just as good for our purpose as ono
bill for $4,000, but had come to Paris
on my brothers demand that should
procure one bill for this unusual
amount, SO perforce I had to say mo"
that l wanted ono bill only.
The manager began TO demonstrate,
saying 1t was unusual and wanted to
explain the nature Of bill Of exchange.