THE PRICE OF A COUNT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9098, 18 March 1908, Page 7

THE PRICE OF A COUNT.

A TITLE THAT COST 6,000,000 DQLLARS. Nev£ York, January 21. Five million dollars was deposited to-day in the -Hungarian Discount and Exchange Dank at Budapest in the names of the Count and Countess Szechenyi. , The money came there torn New Yoik, according to cable despatches received hero to-day, and was in the shape of a credit draft upon one of this city’s largest institutions, known to be a depositary of part of the Vanderbilt wealth. It was the first tangible evidence of the “dot” which the young heiress brought to her titled husband. Ever since their engagement was announced, however, this sum has been generally reported as five millions. As the deposit in the Budapest bank was made jointly in the names of the Count and Countess, and not solely in Szechneyi’s name, it is believed that there may be more or less of a “string” to the settlement. One of the stories before the wedding was to the effect that the Oount would not be allowed more than ascertain sum each year without his wife’s permission, and that cleverly worded clauses inserted by lawyers in the marriage contract''would prevent any extravagancies of the Boni Caltellaue order. This apparently is true since the five millions is not < o outright gift to Oount Szechenyi. Gladys Vanderbilt’s brothers, it is said, insisted that the contract should he so arranged that in the event of death or divorce the money would not go out of the family.