Daily inter mountain., 1900-11-24
TEACHING A King
HOW TO GET RICH

The latest American to ingratiate him
se'f into the favor of European mon
arch is Thomas Walsh. the Colora do mil
ionaire The monarch with whom Mr..
Walsh is upon easy terms is Leopold of
Belgium who is to become a partner in
business with the American Croesus.
Kink Leopold never knew what easy
money was until he met Mr.. Walsh. and
now he knows he wants some Of 1t.
The millions of francs he is reputed to
have pulled out ofa sub-rosa interest In
the Ostend gambling tables have cost
him endless censule. even granting that
no qualms of conscience have figured on
the debit side of the ledger. The millions
the Congo commercial enterprise have
yielded have been anything but easy
money Some of his commercial enter
prises in Belgium have produced nothing
but deficits.
1t was in the hope of getting the mil
liOnaire American to make UP one OF
these deficits and put the International
Sleeping Car company on a paying basis
that his majesty went after Walsh when
the Coloradoan began to cut his swath
at the Paris exhibition. The attempt at
an understanding in that particular re-
gard has resulted in general partner
ship between king and citizen for the
purpose of enlarging Walsh's strength on
the speculative market and increasing
the return on Leopod's invested funds
NO. PER CENT FOR WALSH.
1t came about this way: walsh's law
ishness at Paris attracted the attention
of continental financiers, and notably the
attention of those who wished to unload
Charles Nagelmackers, the Belgian pres
ident of the sleeping car company, in
which Leopold is interested, thought
Walshs money and business sagacity
might transform the company from
losing train. equipped at Leopold's ex-
| pense, into a profitable venture. A spe-
pense, into a profitable venture. A spe-
down to Ostend and Walsh looked over
the ground.
Really" he said, after investiga ting
| the company, your sleeping car COM
pany cannot interest me. Under the best
auspices it could not pay more than or
per cent; whereas, / realize from 10 to
20 per cent on my money"
Leopold wanted to know all about It.
He wanted to know if a mere king with
few millions in his stocking might ven
| ture to shear the lambs at 1G-percent
| UNI tune. And the result of the confer
ence and of Leopolds careful investiga
| tion of Waish's record is the partnership
| that has struck conservative Belgians
speechless with establishment.
1t is doubtful if any other Individual
| at the Paris exposition gained so much
rotoriety as did tom" Walsh as he IS
called by his friends. He is said to have
dined every American in Paris and his
dinners We're always given at the costil-
est hotels.
The farewell dinner given to the Amer
lean colony at Paris by Mrs. Walsh was
the most elaborate entertainment Paris
ians have ever seen. For this OCCASION
the whole lower floor of the Elysee Pal
ace hotel was occupied and converted
into floral bower. with thousands OF
chrysanthemums American beauty roses
and orchids imported from the United
States especially for the occasion.
Then to put climax to the whole at
fair the Washes dined King Leopold of
Belgium. spending something like hun
dred thousand dollars upon the royal ban
quet. The dinner was given at the Hotel
Ritz in the splendid banquetting hall
where Harry Thaw. of Pittsburg, gave
his famous dinner to the beauties Of
Paris.
The music was afforded by the czar'.
own band. which was at that time In
Paris. Only once before had a private
individual succeeded in securing the able
services of these royal musicians. and
that person was favorite at the cour,