Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-11-16
HIS STEERS.
ur.eh Said They Were Suffering bsron Humanity.


 :. gtrseh Said They Were Suffering bsron Humanity.
 rusr since the death of his only son,
 h'ei a,,o Vienna correspondent of the says ,o,, VI Telegraph, he devoted his life Lonuort sortnne fo works of philanthrophy, anu io i the first place to the improve gnu lt ' af tue lot Of his own coreligionists men, sastria. Hungary, Roumania and ln Thus the Hirsch fund i'll Aus hu'si, a;snoses of a sum of l2, 100000 tria os s for tho purpose of educating the ilauss .,sson of indigent Galician Jews and eii'l" e;no them trades. There are no less .eay .ean al such schools i'll existence here 'As arooent. and their success Is unques. ~ pad They ;ue rapidly humanizing toonds to of unfortunate Jews whom 1nos Os,r;as of cruel persecution had bru- o'n l;naa He assigned about 10, 900, 900 .anne s,os to his coreligionists in Roumania, l,a,' laa he offered 50, 100000 francs for the slr s.ssnose of transplanting Russian Jews p1lap anariea. But owing to the refusal of " .os pnssian government this plan in its m .;m;tive and grandiose form had to be Psandoned Still, it is mainly to his ap,, snav and generosity that thousands of % pnssian Jews owe the facilities afforded .sam . of emigrating to the United States 'A aroentina In all this Baron Hirsch M aatsd m the reasonable conviction that Toss are quite as capable as Christians ss booming skilled artisans and success tal e1 agrieulturists if only they obtain fair play, and before his death he had .Sa aatisfaction of knowing that he had a0mnletely sp proved his case. But it would be a gross mistake to fancy that Baron Hirsch's $ generosity was sectarlan. ue was philanthropist in the noblest and most catholic sense of the world. * and tbousands-nay, millions-of mea and women of all Christian churches will bitterly bewail his death.
 IL is estimated that he spent altogeth- or in works of pure philanthropy 100,- N ooo 900 francs or one-third of his capi- < tsl He was busy drawing up further erandiose plans of philanthropy when 2 death closed his career.
 # 0n the occasion of his last visit to Austria he complained to friend of tbe high legacy duties in this country. ..Are you anxious about your heirs, tben?" asked the friend. My heirs, rsplicd Baron Hirsch, .'are suffering humanity. My one desire is to capital tgs all my benevolent foundations so that they may live and work for eyer. '' Thousands of the poor and wretehed in all quarters of the globe regarded Mau- rice Hirsch as an earthly Providence. Every year in Carlsbad he was followed at & respectful distance by hundreds of Polish and Russian Jews. who regarded the ground he trod as holy. Every post brought him countless begging letters. One was couched in the following terms: Eff you are man of honor, help an unfortunate lady in trouble. Send 20, 900 francs by return post to B. G., Poste Restsnte, and never seek to learn my name Another was as follows:
 Messiah of the Jews. You, who like 6 second Moses, seek to rescue us from slavery, help me, your servant, out of 5ny present. troubles. :" One youth in Budapest wrote a begging letter, and received from Baron Hirsch, who never saw him, 30, 900 francs.