The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-27

management of the Frankfort firm, TOOK
| for a wife the eldest daughter Of Nathan.
and <&iphonsc, the grandson OF the origi-
| nal RothschlIJ the head Of the Paris
group OF Rothsctllds, and also by his
seniority head of tho whole Rothsnhild
family, married his cousin. the oldest
daughter of Lionel, son of Nathan.
In u few instances, however, Roth-
schllds have married outside the family,
and have even wed Christians. Hannah,
the daughter of Mayer, on March %, 1873,
married the Earl OF Rosebery. and be-
came the first avowed Jewcss to wear
tho coronet On Dccembcrt Sth OF tho
same year. Marguerite Alexandrine. daugh-
ter of Charles. of the Frankfort house,
married the Duo de Gratnont Four years
later Bertha, younger sister Of Mar
gueritc, married Prince Alexander OF
Wagram. Hannah remained true to tho
religion OF her forefathers. but Marquee
rite and Bertha became Christians.
There are now twenty branches of the.
Rothschild family, and the London, Paris
and Vienna houses are all managed by de.
scentlants of Mayer Anselm. Lord Ma
thaniel de Rothschild and Barons Alfred
apd Leopold are associated in tho Lon
don house. 3arons Gustavc, Edward,
| Adolpf and James are the chief members
J of the Paris firm, and Baron Nathaniel
Mayer is the farnlly's leading representa-
tive in Vienna. The Frankfort and Naples
houses have ceased active operations
Very Superstitious.
| Among the peculiar traits OF the Roth
| schilds there Is none more potent than
their superstition. When Baron Alphonse
dc Rothschild married, he chose for n
residence the hotel in the Rue st. George
which had formerly been the property
of NJ. Pescatore. The House bore the
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saw the ominous figures he ordered them
torn OF. nor did he take his bride across
| the threshold until the hated numerals
were out OF sight. But letters still came
addressed to No. 10, and the baron became
llarrled by a. new fear that legally the
| number OF the house was still tho same.
Accordingly, he applied to the council Of
1.-THE city of Paris for permission to change
the number, offering $4,000 to tho poor,
of4tie district II his petition should be
granted. The council accepted the propo-}
sition. and that is why the baron's house
| in this street Is to-day marked by No. II
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The riotous acts of the old Commune
| still inspire such fear in the Rothschilds
who live in Paris that several Of them
still guard their treasures. The costly
paintings, statuary and vases which anorn
4 tho late home Of Baron Alphonse are so
1lOin SE ~ ina { ate ueltis c"li' ~
| friends they may! be swung back into the
wall, at the touch Of a spring, and there
Hooked up#in steel safes.
Baron Alphonse had been SO frequently
1 threatened with death that he never up
peared III public nor at the track, where lel
he had string of horses, without out q
guard of secret detectives. In lSSS ne ne re-
ceived al, explosive letter which had been
loaded sufficiently to blow him up had he
opened it. After a published interview de-
nouncing labor organizations Baron Al =.
phonse was especially threatened with with
| anonymous letters. .
Those who knew him most intimately
! say that the head OF the Rothschlld ram am
Inv was one OF the unhappiest OF men.
1'When Heinrich Hcine visited him. one
.:me he found the banker in such q MOODY
4 1T that he asked him ! t he were ~.
IT am not i'll. I am crazy rs was the r. =
ply. Z, ~, /, i
crazy, said Heine, until 8 see you :,
throwing your money out Of tho window, a
"Ah,"s said Rothschild, with almost
shout, II am crazy because ! 90 I, not no.:
throw my money out Of the window u Y low,