The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-08-08
OTHER KRUGER'S
AND
THEIR TREASURES.
Vast Quantities Of Gold Supposed tt
Lie in the Buried Chests Of Rulers
Who Have Reigned and
Ee3n DcpOsed.

1t IS pretty well known that. fearing
capture and Imprisonment, Dom Pau
Kruger has sent hundreds of chests Of
yaILables out Of the country for safe
keeping. Possessed of great amounts
In securities and real estate and own
ms a quantity Of actual gold he has
converted all into cash ana has stored
IL In truaks to be carried over the Dor
der and preserved for him. or his de
SC andants.
The history Of the buried treasure Of
mJnarchs. II II could be obtained,
would make a valuable chapter in the
worlds records. What became of the
wealth. tor instance. Of the Napoleons:
Where did they hide it, how have they
managed to procure it since Is its
possession. and its hiding family Sc
cret dlvulged from father to son and
unknown except to them?
Kings and rulers from time lmme-
mortal have not only as an invariabie
rule made Investments that should en-
sur their being vastly rich whatever
might occur. but they have generally
been 50 acquistivc, even In the houI
of dire disaster and fight. that they
have taken as many portable valuables
away with them by way Of consolation
>
been wanting where they have been Sc
greedy that they have been caught as
a consequence of being overladen and
thus hampered with booty
There died In comparative poverty In
the south of England within recent
years II Spanish American, formerly
the President of South American Re
public that has a revolution every few
months. who actually left fl 500 .00e in
good honest specie behind him on
wharf near Rio de JaneirO, u which
point ii had safely got from the in
terror.
lie had Maded to his high place In
blood for he was made President only
by revolution but the splitting Of more
blood overwhelmed him at last. lie had
sacks labelled mineral ore" conveyed
TO convenient sea port but was
obliged To abandon all at the last mo-
ment To save his own life.
Living In splendor in Europe now,
and the companion of princes, Is man
who ruled South African Republic.
and WAS deposed by a revolt There
Is another. living in Paris. who succeed
ed, by the aid OF a Yorkshire hide
buyer in clearing off with more than
million sterling in a cargo Of hides. And
vet this same President only actually
ruled for about eight months and
follower in the presidential chair dis
appeared with nearly a million soon
after. simply walking out of his office
and vanishing as though the earth had
swallowed him. Other aspirants to the
really good job of being president
wonder even to this day how ne got off
with the "SWag.
TIL. treasure of King TheehdW Of
Burma that was discovered Is said to
be as nothing to the treasure In ruhies
alone tut the Theebaw chuckles about
aud that has not been found by his
raptofa He knows that the English
authorities do hot call in the aid Of
the thumb-sereW and so on when the
whereabouts Of treasure are To he dis
covered
These are. of coA.ae, but few of the
rulers Who have II their time fled from
their respective countries with their
treasures
Elk Queen Isabella of Spain lives by
no means IN an humble fashion, her
ret.pue Is more elegant than that of the
Queer Regent and her costumes much
more ulgeous.