The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-04

ample. Barney BlrnatO. vino recently
committed suicide. and "a said to have
Accumulated fortune OF ggJJOJOOOO
within the Fast ten years or one
might cite the late Jay Gould In our
own country. Who turned everything
be touched 10 gold. BIi in the case
II the ROthscnildE. all he different
banking houses conducted BY the sep
arate members support one another In
great transactions. so that they are
practically one al need A. they rep
resent or control ln total more than
s. 900 900 900. they may be- set down ~
constituting the greatest money power
ln the world says q writer 90 an Amer.
lean Journal
The founder ~ this clan Of money
kings. MAYER Anfclm Bauer. was a
money-lender and hTic.a-brac dealer.
who dld business zoo the Jewish quar-
I ter Of Frankfort. Germany. during the
I latter half Of the eighteenth century. in
@ house which bore tho sign NJ q red
shield ORothrhI.di This afterwards
gave o name 90 the family Ehcn Mayer
AuaaIm began 90 arquIr" large wealth.
His great skill ar au expert ln coins
and urior brought him tte friendship
n the laudugFe of HaHae-Clssel. ulI
also made him L.r banker A. % later
period 90 ION 20 him 20 Boz of great a.
rItnnee f1 this German prince by con
ealing DIS treasure of jewels and plate
.lta time uf crisis &c. restored the full
value 81 these with Use per cent inter-
s' and thgnceforEard ho became Ia
gonbly known 10 European courts as a
financial agent always 70 be- trusted.
Before be died. 10 1872 branches u the
Frankfort banking houss had been e.
abllahsd at London Vienna and Ma
pies. ,he Paris hrm not being organized
600 the downfall - Napoleon and the
re-eaiabiIshmeut ~ the BourbunB
The greatest financial genius ~ the
Rothsrh.'d family though there have
been many Of great talent VA Nathan
MAYER. % the second generation who
established the house Of \ Vs. Roth
sehId & Co. In iT9s 10 London Pie
nov 20 the stars and groyelled in the
mud for money he welcomed all
transactions. biz or little vhorewith 10
turn De bankers penny De- vas the
most dariug specula,1r o. bis time ON
the stock Exchange and mo most sue
rrmfu' lie had clrrieg-pIgcous aad
nFt-sall.ng boats to bring him The
earliest uows from The war reniers o.
Europe and 40 help hlm 10 manipulate
stocks. llo followed Woll.uTton's ar
ms 20 Waterloo boz person and bad rc.
lass uf tho HH.ft0.. horses and fat
yacht lying BOO the harbor a. Ostend
so Doc arrived az the London Stock TX.
change. after tho battle. twelve hours
ahead 81 any public announcement Of
the victory and made q 900 600 by one
o. the most tremendous series of spec.
ulatlons 10 history ln 1910. when M,
Duke OF Wellington then commanding
ln Spain. drew ou The English govern.
mcnt Tor 5000 900. and he English
treasury Ras short. Nathan bought thu
drafts at % biz discount. and AZ one,
sent thu money The stories about thil
remarkable man are almost endless
and show hos strangely he waa allk'
equal tl the most tremendous scheme.
and the rftilo1f tricks Of anricc.
The succession ~ this house fell Q,
Lionel the eldest son. who wps th'
money maker while the other thrc'
sons devoted themselves 70 pleasure
tnd arc collecting one of these broth
cr was Anthony. the Orr. Englisl
Ro,hschlld 10 be- knighted and b wa
h.s daughter who married the prcsen
Earl of Roseberry. and presented he
bridegroom on The morning " the nup
tla.s with a chcquo for $1,000. 600. In
closed ln a gold boz SCI with diamonds
Lionel Eas made an English baron. hu
before he vas elevated 70 the peeras
- be- vas elected many times 20 the hous
h 5f commons Each time, however. b
10 gas retired because he refused 10 ,ak
u the oath ION the faith o. Christian.
NJ Finally parliament got tired Of this cu
% rI1u, farce. aud bin was passed PEI
10 hitting Jews 10 be- aworn on the Oh
Testament This removed the polit
cal disability ~ the rae, In 1855 nit'