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Show SHREWD nOYAL INVESTORS. Homo Kuro"n Crown llaj. Whfl Hold i''YA Ain.tlen HccorltUc ., -'fcri Emperor William owned at ono time BKptS 17,000,000 of American securities. ? About two years ago his holdings wore C transferred to tho name of tha llerlln - 'eiwk banker, so It Is Impossible to tell ac- J-ap curately tho umount of his holdings -MrtS1 at tho prciont moment. It Is estlmat- i fw. ed, howevor, that they aggregate !,- 1 rr4ui 000,000 nnd his yearly Income from , miH''1 them Is 1150,000. So far as tho records ; hero show tho emperor never speculat-.iS'K' speculat-.iS'K' ed In Americans nor Invested In In- 1 i 4' dustrlal securities. Ills holdings .. " have always been railway bonds n' ?-".. or stocks nnd his favorlto Issues " 1& aro Ioulavlllo & Nashvlle, Atchtson, , " Topeka & Santa Ke, Union Pacific, .. Southern Pacific, Missouri l'aclllc and ' ' . , Jw Illinois Central. The empress of dor- y many Is tho Individual ownor of f V; about 1500,000 of American securities. $' These are In her own name, but tho 1, dividend payments nro, by her order, - . mado to a firm of llerlln bankers. jj,-v Other members of the Qcrman royal J. household aro owners of American se- ., a, ' curltlcs, but the certificates nro mostly T-r, . )n tho names of their Individual bank- ftpj era, says the Minneapolis Journal. Tho '" !$&' securities so held amount to about " i. $4,000,000. The ciar of Russia holds ' ''' 10,000.000 In American bonds nnd JS1-' , stocks, principally the former. These l cLl Indndo Irsues of tho I'ennslvanla rail- v rfFjC. road, New York Central railroad, -f Northern Tactile, Canadian l'aclllc, I 7v' Houthern Pacific, New York, New lla- r?'4 Ten Hartford and Now Jersey Ccn- 'i fc.j'' tral railroad. His holdings aro rcgls- ti.r- !?!,. ttni ,n "" namo of a St. Petersburg firm, to whom all communications re- i'y i . carding them aro sent. The royal In- A corao la Increased 1500,000 annually by it 'wi theso securities, which, at the ruling K market prices show an appreciation of il iri nearly 11,000,000 over the acrege prlco at which they wero bought. Ilmm-ssi Kugen,lo had at one time Invest d hero 110,000,000, Tho roal family of Spain holds today our securities for about 12,000,000 a greater sum than It has Invested In any other country. Tha Incomo from theso Is $100,000 annually. Royalty n Ilclglum, Denmark, Italy, Oreeco and Holland all show a liking for American enterprises nnd tho In-comederlvcd In-comederlvcd from American securities, Japan also looks to the United Htates for paying Investments, nven tho shah of Persia and the sultan of Turkey havo money Invested here. Chicago News. |