The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-10-10

immense salary OF wilhelm Carried -
Him An strong Boxes.


Him An strong Boxes.
Emperor William receives his salary
quarterly In advance. The money In
thrice counted by different function
aries Mt the national treasury, and IL
nfterward placed in a number OF strong
boxes and carried to the royal mail
wagon, waiting at the door between
troop of mounted gendarmes. After
the load has been placed in the vehicle
the ministers OF finance Of the empire
and OF the kingdom place the seals OF
their respective Offices upon the door
and accompany the minister OF the
royal household in his carriage TO the
plhce, the mail wagon with it's escort
of gendarmes following Immediately be-
hind. Not until the money is actually
deposited i'm the vaults of Emperor VIII
liam's Berlin palace does the minister
of the household sign the receipts,
which are made out in the name OF
"Wilhelm Rex" and civilian Impern-
tor" respectively, one-half of the sum
being derived from the treasury OF the
Kingdom OF Prussia and the other from
the treasury of the German empire.
Two days aftcIward the court func-
tionaries receive their pay, but al
though the emperor receives his salnry
ia advance, not one of the employees are
similarly favored. so that the emperor
is practically always three months be-
hind in the payment of his household.
The only exception which the emperor
makes is in the favor of his consort,
whose personal allowance OF S250,0O0
per annum is paid TO her quarterly in
advance.
AZ no great court in Europe are the
salaries so low as at that OF Berlin, the
so-called great dignitaries having to
satisfy themselves with pittance OF
50 900 n year, while the minister himself
receives but SO 900. This is not surpris-
ing when the enormous number OF per-
sons who figure on the pay roll is taken
into consideration. For instance, there
are no less than 500 housemaids and l.
500 liveried footmen. Every servant,
high or low, is entitled to n pension
after working in the royal household
for 90 years.
Over and beyond the civil list re-
ceived by the emperor from the treas
ury of the empire and that OF the king
dom, he draws from the war depart
ment full salaries for the different
commands he assumes. As commander
in chief OF the army he is continually
appointing himself colonel In chief OF
this or that regiment, which has there
upon the right 10 style itself the "leib"
or body regiment Of his majesty. When
ever one reads in the Gazette that he hns
thus honorcd n regiment in the army,
one may take 10 for granted that IL en-
tails am addition TO his income in the
shape of n coloners pay and allowances.
Inasmuch as al the present moment he
holds the colonclcy OF some 80 different
regiments, IL will readily he seen that
this constitutes no inconsiderablc addi-
tion TO his income, all the more as the
colonclcies carry with them forage nl-
lowances for about 200 horses.
Out OF this civil list the emperor is exc
pccted to pay the allowances of the vari-
Gus members of his family. But this Is
not n heavy drain on his purse. His
brother, Prince Henry. and his brother
in-law, Prince Frederick Leopold. have
each inherited immense private for
tunes and arc practically independents
of any allowance, while the only other
princes OF his house, Prince Albert OF
Brunswick, the crazy Prince Alexander.
and the eccentric yet talented Prince
George, all three elderly men, are ex-
ceedingly wealthy. Indeed, they figure
among the richest princes of the blood
In Europe. Chicago Record.