Show BARON HIRSCH HIBSCH with the sudden death of baron hirsch one of the richest men in the world and a great philanthropist has been removed from this sphere of action his departure will be a source of regret to the thousands of his own people who have been accustomed to look up to him as their special providence and also to numerous impoverished individuals in the highest circlet of society Boo lety whose empty purses he b used to fill with a generous hand baron hirsch was a native of bavaria we the son of a wealthy cattle odor thiern the king ad wilted admitted futo in to be runko ranks of the she nobility for services servi oes rendered the younger hirsch made hta his wealth chaery by railroad construction in eastern europe he secured contracts tor lor most of the roads in the balkan states and displayed the greatest diplomatic skill in securing these conces As an illustration of his mods mode of operation the following story of how bow the he sultan of turkey was taken in to la told the baron was to build a railroad from Bazard jek to constantinople it was agreed tuat he be wits was to be paid to so much per mile for constructing the road a good round sum gum in consideration of mountains to be pierced and marshes to be filled up and it was further agreed that he was to select the route himself the baron did so BO and the consequence la in that the road has ban scarcely a straight rail in it from end to end lilke like Tenny Tonny sons brook it curves in and out avoiding every mountain and hillock dodging every swamp fighting shy ot of woo woodland dlana where the timber would be bard to cut and even on the open plain it zigzags about in the most amazing fashion the baron was to be paid so BO much a mile and the crooks made the distance considerably longer but baron hirsch believed in letting orrt of his money circulate lately tie is said to have spent a year in various charitable enterprises jews all over the wor world I 1 d ha have v a b been eon remembered by him and he be never re aused a contribution to any worthy object some years ago be offered the czar to endow the schools in russia on the condit condition iOD that they abound uld be open to all irrespective of race the offer was declined since then he has taken a prominent part in i he movement for we uie enal emi u W ration of jews from russia he spent large sums sum in order 10 secure concessions from the government for the establishment of jewish colon colonias its in palestine eu 1891 he donated to be used for the education of russian hebrew immigrants to america his HI efforts to establish hebrew colonies in south america are well known to the public unless the baroness will make provisions fur abo continuation of his big princely distribution of charities the deahn of the baron will be ba keenly felt ak as an immense loss lose to in every part of the world where the hebrew race has found a shelter from oppression as a result of the efforts of just such men as an baron hirsch he was only about sixty fur four years of age and his demise was not looked tor for by his friends |