Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-09
Crowned Heads Of Europe Invest in
American Stocks.
THEY PREFER RAILROAD SHARES
Would-be Globe Tfotter Winds
Up in Morgue.
NEW HOME FOR SAILORS
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

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NEW YORK, February 8. 1901.
| The belief is widespread that the crowned
heads and royal princes and princesses of
| the old world are large owners of real es
| tate in this country. The late Queen Vic
tora and Empress Eugene, in particular,
| are credited with exceptionally extensive
holdings of building property in New York
and Chicago. This is a mistake. But 1t is
true that these royal personages have large
| investments in American railroads and min
ing stocks, and in United States govern
ment bonds. Emperor William has about
| 100000 invested in Union and Southern
| Pacific. Illinois Central, Atchison and other
| American railroad bonds. His wife's pri-
| yate investments in railroad stock here
! amount to $500 600, while other members OF
the royal house of Prussia, comprising
| Prince Henry Prince Albert, Prince Leo
pold and the widowed Empress Frederick,
are represented in American railroad COM
| panies by another s2,0OO,U00.
The car has s6,o00.oOO worth or STOCK IN
| the PENNSYLVANIA railroad, the New Jersey
| Central and New York Central. the cana
dian Pacific and the Northern Pacific. wnlch
WELD him handsome returns, the invest.
| ments having been made on the adFlce oi
| his minister of railroads. Prince Hilkoff.
| Hikoff was ruined as young ofncer OF the
Guards at ST. Petersburg. He came TO
| America. and securing work on the New
| York Central as brakeman, gradually
uorkad his wav up until the dea tn of rich
| relatives and the inheritance OF large es-
tates enabled him to return to Russla an n1f
to turn to good account in the service OF
the car the practical experience OF rail-
| reading which he had obtained in the
United States.
Queen Christmas Holdings.
The Queen Regent of Spain has for
| number of years held some $3,Ooo,ooo worth
| of United States bonds, and retained pos
| war of Snain
| with this country. They deposited, with
| the remainder of her holdings or one klnu
and another, in the Bank of England, where
| so many continental sovereigns are IN the
| habit of keeping their savings for SAFETY
| Queen Victoria on the other hand. de-
rived an income of no less than 100000
wear from her American investments, DelnS
an extensive holder of American Sugar Re-
fnerey stock of American Steel and Wire
| Company stock, as well as of the paper OF
the Tennessee Coke and Iron Company. Her
very large. whereas her real estate posses
sions in New York do not exceed nall
dozen houses all told.
| King Edward caused all the capital ac-
count Of the revenues Of his duchy of Corn
| wall which he enjoyed as Prince or wales
to be invested in American railroad stocks,
| and thus now becomes the property OF ms
son George as the new Duke of COrnWail.
| King Oscar of Sweden has money in
| American breweries, while the new King of
Italy has probably inherited his fathers
|
But the sovereign who has undoubtedly
derived the largest fortune Of the United
| States is King George of Greece, who, when
| he was elected to the Hellenic throne, was
| a penniless midshipman in the English
| navy. Today King George possesses one OF
| the largest fortunes of any crowned head
| in Europe. He derived 1t from bold and
| successful speculation in American grain,
| chiefly at Chicago. during the war of Rus
| STA and Turkey, some three and twenty
| years ago.
| GIobe-TrOtter Winds Up in MOrgue.
| The body of would-be "globe trotter"
lies in the morgue among the unclaimed
dead His name is William McDade. He
| had failed to circle the globe according to
| the conditions of the wager he had set out
| to him McDade, according to the story
| told by acquaintances. left San Francisco
| in 1894 in a paper suit and with capital
| of 1 cent to walk around the world on
| wager of $685.. coo that he could visit every
| known country in a year and return with
| 5000. Several sporting enthusiasts who
paid McDade's passage on the Majestic
wnen he sailed to England, identified his
| body at the morgue yesterday. They shook
their heads sadly and said that the globe
trotter's inability to raise $500 necessary
| to win his wager on his return had broken
| his heart.
| In the company of an Englishman named
Rolf McDade left Turkish bath house in
| San Francisco in September, 1894. The
men left their clothes behind and We're clad
| in suits made of newspapers. They were
| Their appearance excited such comment
| that contributions poured in to them. In
| New Mexico the two men parted company.
| McDade walking through every state and
| territory obtaining certificates from gov
ernors as to his presence there. Before he
| had gone through many states he was
dressed in knickerbockerS a black guern-
sey and red stockings McDade reached
New York in January 1895, walked to AL
| bany and on his return sailed for Europe
| on the Majestic. He was helped by Amerl-
| In diSnatcheS from
Paris regarding his doings there. He visit
| ed Russia and Siberia. Rolf, the English
| man. reached Liverpool seventy-three days
behind his rival. On the steamer Mohawk
the globe trotter arrived in New York on
August 13. 1895 He said he had travelled
$4,000 miles by land and 10000 miles by
| sea, visiting every known country, and
neither begging borrowing nor stealing a
| single cent. II lodged the assegai in Zu-
luland." McDade would say. broke the
bank, in Monte Carlo. basked in the sun
light at Nice and lodged shells at Port Ar
thur" He unable to raise the 5000
and took to drink. He dropped dead of
| heart disease in a saloon at 80 West Hous-
ton street, on Thursday and his body was
| taken to the morgue.
New Home for Sailors.
Helen Gould's 100000 building for sail
ors and marines will take the place Of two
tenement houses fitted up by the Y. NJ. C.
A. where for % cents Jack ashore can get
| a bed, as we'll as coffee and rolls in the
morning. Last year there were $4,000 Wis
its of sailors and marines, 10000 meals
were served and more than 10000 of
sailors money was intrusted to the super
intendent. The furnishing Of the new
building is to be done by the Woman's
| Auxiliary. which has obtained enough from
subscriptions to pay half the cost. Moth
| ing that could make the building attrac-
| tive to sailors will be omitted In the
basement there will be rifle range, bowl
ing alleys, small gymnasium and locker
room. The bathing accommodations in
clude several shower baths and tank.
| Upstairs there will be a restaurant, where
simple meals may be had at low prices;
parlors. reception room and large library.
An auditorium. seating 500. Is intended for
| entertainments. There will be 200 bed
rooms. Each bed room can be furnished
for $50, and the donor has the privilege of
naming 1t. This applies equally to the
other rooms, which can be furnished for
sums ranging from 500 to $1,000 each
The Woman's Auxiliary asks contributions
for this purpose. One Of the most attrac-
! tive features of the building will be the
absence Of compulsory attendance at re-
lgious services
enornnous had NJ cnal ubfob oon =.