The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-27

..liS LONDON. Dec 26.-How much gold
4 has Mr.. Kruger aInassed, where has he
4 hidden II, and what will he, do with 1t?
Z :; The estimate OF one journalist, which
puts the amount at e12,oOO. 900, Is gro.
4 tesquely excessive, The war emptled
the treasury, the old sources or reve-
nue. ceased. and no such fabulous store
+ could have been accumulated, even il
every. ounceIof gold won from the COM
( Wandered uitlander mines had been
transferred to the; vaults Of DR.. Leyd's
continental banks. This was not the
case, as large quantities OF gold were
paid away, and It was no unfamiliar
4 sight SIX months ago In Pretorin to see
hangers-on OF the late government
walk about the streets with heavy
hunks Of shining metal. Ks
The mint was the depository whittier
streamed the gold Of the "natIonalized''
y mines Of the Witwatersrand and the
Lydenburg district Only the richest
patches OF the richest and best-develop-
ed mines were quarried; an improvi-
Z dent manner Of mining, certainly, but a
system by which the notorious Munnik,
acting state mining engineer, secured
the best outputs. There were not in
considerable "leakages'' at the mines,
and the Illicit gold traffic was rampant
on the fields.
outward-bound Bullion.
Each alternate week, or as often as u
German or French boat sailed from Del
agoa bay to Europe, between twenty
and twenty-five cases Of bar gold were
conveyed out OF the state by the officers
of the Johannesburg Banque Frun-
I ,caise. Mr.. Kruger's gold-forwarding
4 agents. who were replaced at Laurence
MARQUES by young gentlemen attached
to the secret cabinet and foreign office
at Pretoria. and who travelled constant
ly between the Transvaal capital and
the legation at Brussels. It used to
take two sturdy Kaffirs to lift one such
case. and as there were between twelve
Il and sixteen consignments of an average
Of twenty cases, each weighing approx
imately one hundred pounds avoirdu-
polls, the commandment gold now In
Europe may be assumed to represent a
value OF. roughly, e1.00OOOO. This sum,
then. Is the surplus In the commander
ed bullion account of Kruger, Leyds &
Company.
III Kruger's Private Fortune.
Putting Mr.. Kruger's private fortune,
now entirely Withdrawn from South
Africa with the exception of his pro-
prletary interests in several farms and
immovable properties, at s15o,00O, n
very moderate figure. the aggregate as
sets In Europe to be controlled by the
sex-president will amount to about
G1. 100000.
A part Of the Kruger treasury has.
however, been paid out to Loteryman,
Gilllngham, Toblanski. Hendrix Schoe-
man. "Jaspic' Cellicrs, and other patrl-
ot!c contractors or contracting patriots
who purchased clothes and foodstuffs
for the commandos. And, OF course,
collapsIble pom poms" and such things
introduced into the country in the
disguise Of pianos and lard had also to
be paid for: while no small sum is be-
ing daily absorbed by the gentlemen OF
the embassy and the delegates, who
are living and travelling in princely
splendor.
i Where the Money Will Go.
What will Mr.. Kruger, whose person.
al wants are few, do with his boards in
the Nederlandsche bank. In the vaults
Of the Compton d'Escomptc the parent
house OF the French banks manager Mt
johannesburg, in Belgium. and at his
German bankers?
Will he honor the checks referred to
drawer" which impecunious ex-ofIicials
in Holland now importune DR.. Leyds to
pay. troublesome applications the
worthy doctor dIsmisses on the ground
that he has no authority" to cash his
countrys checks?
Perhaps he will. perhaps he won't.
Spectators in Amsterdam are already
offering % per cent OF the face value OF
these briefles with q view TO their ul-
Innate lIquidationI by the British gov
ernme..t. Netherlands railroad COM