Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-11-30
Sketch ofthe Career Of Three Generations Of
Remarkable Family,
GRANDFATHER WAS A FLOODING HIsEF
Son Develops a Mighty Industry out
Of His savingS
GRANDSON FOLLOWS IN HIS FOOTSTEPS
Annual Income of the Great Works at
Essen IL Placed at Ten Million
Dollars, which He Was
Unable to spend.

| Copyright, 1902. by Press Publishing Coz
BERLIN, Nov. 2s.-(New York World
Cablegram-Special Telegram. frederick
Alfred Krupp's death in the best period OF
| his life, and with the burden OF shocking
accusation weighing upon him which he
| had no chance to answer, is the subject
Of universal comment here. That accusa-
! tion has been thoroughly disproved by the
| ofhcial investigation of the Italian govern
ment, in whose territory the scandal orig
mated, and is shown to have been the work
of malignant or petty revenge. But the
| vindication came too late, the slander had
had deadlier effect than ever the cruel
slanderer could have desired.
The intimate Of kings and emperors,
| host Of innumerable princes and statesmen,
lord of $4,000 subjects who humbly did his
| WILL and the possessor of an annual in
come of more than 5000 900 according to
the estimate of persons in a position to
know, Krupp passed away last Saturday
morning in a mysterious manner, the last
of his dynasty.
| That dynasty was not a long one. II
! began with Frederick's grandfather, Fred
erick Krupp. hard, tough man. unlettered,
/ with a vile temper, suspicious, narrow
minded, covetous and saving of his marks.
He boarded with all the avidity of a miser
and died in the early 40's, leaving to his
son Alfred his fortune and the plodding,
persistent part of his nature.
Alfred was a genius in his way. He be-
| gan life with two workmen and left life
with $1,000 workmen hammering and sweat
ing In his works. turning his iron into steel
| and his steel into gold.
man Of grim humor was Alfred. He
| wan IN ~ fhu ~ he dsa
fair OF 1851 There he saw a block of steel
of 500 pounds The block was engraved
Monster Block" in staring capitals. He
| went home to Essen, cast block weighing
1000 pounds and in small, almost illegible
letters he wrote on 1t little block
Alfred Never Rested.
Alfred's was a life of uninterrupted labor.
His experiments we're not always success
full and the disappointment he suffered
would have broken an ordinary mans heart.
But he toiled on and after years OF trial
he succeeded in casting huge blocks OF the
finest steel. He rapidly improved on the
faults of his steel and the fame Of his
inventions began to be noised abroad.S He
borrowed ;12,500 from one bank, 325. 900
from another, and begun to build forges.
He never rested.
One invention and discovery after an
other rewarded his labors until almost by
accident be discovered how to make steel
| wheels without a seam. He was over
whelmed with orders. Three years after
borrowing the 337, 500 he repaid It and had
erected buildings and furnaces valued at
$3.50, 900. But, not satisfied with victories
achieved in inventions which were made
for peace and civilization, he turned his
attention to implements OF war. German
cannon were bursting on field parades and
in practice, while in war they slaughtered
nearly as many behind as in front. He
held a council with able engineers whom
he had gathered around him and the result
was that Alfred Krupp began casting can
non At first the military authorities
fought shy OF his cannon. but when he told
Won Moltke that IL he could burst one of
his cannon he would pay 100000 marks
(s25O,000) to charity, an experiment with
the new weapons was made and the result
made Krupp famous throughout the world.
The victories at Konlggratz, Gravelotte,
Worth and Sedan were as much owing to
the genius OF Alfred Krupp as to the
strategy OF Won Moltke or the bravery OF
the Red Princes infantry. Not only Ger
many but foreign countries began to pour
in orders. Krupp bought tract Of country
ten miles long on which to carry on his
battle between cannon and armor plates
Armor plates always won and up went
fresh sheds and fresh furnaces for the
manufacture of armor plates. Essen grew
black and sooty. Thousands of hard handed
Iaborers began to center in the town
When Alfred Krupp began, with two work
men, Essen numbered 900 inhabitants
When he died he left II a city OF nearly
100. 900.
Son IL shrewd. =
Up went steam hammers. A big one called
, Fritz" attracted the attention OF the old
kaiser who made a special journey to Esser
to put his watch under 1t. as he heard tn,
: huge hammer could be regulated 10 erach
the rim without crushing It. But the ham
mer was badly regulated and II crushed
the kaiser's gold repeater as nat as a sheet
of paper. II WAS this tremendous heritage
which passed TO Frederick. a delicate boy
who had to leave every winter to follow
the sun. He inherited 1880. 900 and an
annual income Of t1.25OOOO.
, Whatever else Frederick may have been
he had a shrewd eye for able men. One
after another he collected around him mer
. OF striking ability as managers. He did not
care what he paid them so long as they diC
their work eficiently.
At the instigatiOn OF the present kaiser
and more to steel plates. and, strikinl
while the iron was shot, he demanded anC
obtained prices far in excess Of the market
, able value Of his commodities. He bough
I ship yard and LAID down ironelads for tn,
government. simply cOining money. H,
= bought coal mines and iron mines in Ger,
many and in Spain. They poured gold int,
his lap. All he touched turned to gold. II,
bought ships to carry his ore and coal ant
he bought forests Of timber. He wante,
T every enterprise. He succeeded in living II
e luxury. spending fabulous sums on himseI
Z and on philanthropie objects He could no
u keep pace with his income.
r when Alfred Krupp began he had tw,
= vos kmen. when Frederick Krupp was bask
ing in Capri l5O.OOO looked to him for thei
y daily bread.
= he died under the shadow Of a terribl
n cloud which even the kAiser's impassionei