The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-17

THE FOUNDATION Of the Roth>chld millions
was laid. The original name Of the Jcw.
Il iSh family. which later acquired an uneS
ampled position from the magnitude OF ITS
financial transactions with governments, was
Bauer. the founder OF the house beng Mayer
Ausclm Bauer, the son OF a small Hebrew lnrr
chant OF Fanktort.on.thc Main. Iii, sather
wished him to become Rabbi. but yonns
Bauer preferred business and ultimately ser UP
as q money lender at the sign OF the lied
Shield" (Rothschild). His nunismatic tase
obi aimed for him the friendship oi William, ninth
landgrave and afterNyard elector OF licsse.Casscl
who in 1901 made RLucr (by this time called
Rothschild, because OF his sign his agent som
alter this Rothscild negotiated his first great
loan-lO OOO,Q60 thalers--for the Danish govern.
ment Branches were latcr established by
Rothschild's sons il Vienna, London, Paris and
Naples.
Richard Biolh"rs the originator OF the Anglo
Israelite craze, was confined in lunatic asylum
in Egland fer prophesying the death of the king
and the destruction Of the monarchy. lie had
foImely announced himself "the nephew Of the
Almighty and Prince OF the Hebrews, appointed
TO lead them to the land OF Canaan lie num-
bered among his disciples member of parlia.
mcnt and other prominent citizens,
The fist house erected exclusively a> a stock
exchange was built in London. Twenty thou.
sand pounds sterling WAS raised for the pur.
pose. The membership numbered about 800. The
first organization Of brokers in the United states
was in New York two years later.
Tie Caledonan canal in Scotland was hrst re.
ported by Tcliord TO the government, re.
sulting in its construction and opening twenty.
three years later.
Quite a new style OF plate-in both silver and
gold-came in vogue, semi.classical in iorn, aud
decoration, and often worked with great dclicacy
OF treatment
Refining by sulphuric acid the process later
adopted generally for separating gold from silver
on the large scale, was first proposed by Die in
France,
During the year over half hundred persons
who had done much toward making the Eish.
tesnth century progressive died, Among them
were the iollowing
Rice jones, Welsh poet.
Ralph Earle, American artist.
William Drake, American soldier.
James ilurds, ID. D., English poet
Anthony 'hampion, English w,ite'.
Giuseppe Ccrrachi, Italian sculptor.
Jacques Denis Antoine, French artist
stephen De Lancey, American loyalist.
Johann Kaspar Iayater, physiognomlst.
Mrs, Hester Chlpene, English authoress
James Latta, Irish clergyman and author
Ignacy Krasicki, Polish pvelate and writer.
Frederick v,n IIardeNbcrg, German author
Ebenezer Larned. American soldier statesman
Jean Darcet, French physician and chemist
Daniel Nikolou Chadowieckc, German artist
Charles Frerat de Ahancourt, Frenclr>enginoer
William De Hart, American lawyer and soldier
Lemuel Hopkins, American physician and poet
Manuel 5, Lacunka, American Jesuit and author
Domerioo Cimarosa, Neopolitan mu'ical com.
poser.
Gator.
William lIibcrdcn. NJ. d., English medical
writer
Jean Francois Cl 'uet, French chemist and met.
alurGist.
David Jackson. American physician and con.
gresham,
Peter Christian Abdgaard, Danish naturalist
| and physician,
Christian Wilhelm Buttrer, German naturalist
and philosopher
Francisco Fabian fuero, Spanish Roman Cath.
ollie bishop and author