Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-30

Gossip as to the affairs of James X
keene, the Wall street operator, tool
the form recently of a report that he In,
mOrtgaged his Newport property fo
$40, 900 and that he had sold one of hi
hest pictures, a study of sheep, by Ros;
Bonheur, to JAY Gould for $4,000
though the price that he paid for it tive
yems ago was S24, 900 IL was also as
| serted that he had closed his account
with his old-time brokers, ) NJ. Boo
| cock Il Co.
Mr.. keene's friends suggested, that
if he had mortgaged his Newport pro-
good stroke of business, since he paid
only $40, 900 for it when there was fine
cottage upon it. This cottage was
burned about year ago. As to the
sale of the picture, doubt was openly
expressed that Mr. Keene had Willingly
sold it TO Mr. Gould or parted with it at
q loss.
Mr.. Keene dined at DelmonicO'S 5
recently. About his table was gather
ing of Wall street men. John POndr
listening attentively and saving little,
was visa Wis to Mr.. Keene. Mr.. Keene
was blandly stirring his coffee when the
reports were mentioned to him.
They are mfounded and malicious
stories, > he said pIacidly. ''There is
not an atom of truth in them 1t would
he beneath my dignity to characterize
them and those who originated them as
they ought to he characterized. OF
course. | sold one of my pictures"
''WaS it sold to Mr.. Gould?"
mo. did not know that it was
sold until | heard of it from Mr.. Pom
dir. The fact is, when | bought the
picture some of my friends did not like
it, and | heard some high art criticisms.
One of the gentlemen at the table said
that the background was not worked up
enough. Mr.. POndir bought my pict-
ureS for me. and he wanted, for salts
faction to himself, to buy call on the
pictne for a year for 81 900, and | sold
1t to him. | believe that he sold the
picture TO some friend of Mr.. Could
for himself. As to my reasons for sell
ing, | desire to say only that my house
was burned, and that | did not wish to
store the picture. My family are going
abroad on the 10Th, on the Arizona.
and they will not return for at least
three years. The object of their visit
TO Europe is the education of my child
ren. | authorized Mr.. Pondir to dis
pose of the picture, and he did so, and
then informed me. He bought them
and knew more about them and their
value than anybody else"
Was the price paid for it SIG, 6,000?"
Yes. The story that paid S2f, 900
for it is made out of whole cloth The
cost was more than $4,000 less. In
deed, one way and another | have
cleared fully $1,000 upon the picture.
But it is rather hard that man cannot
sell Il thing that he has no place for
without Il license from the rumOr mon
gers"
Something has been said, Mr.. Keene,
bout the sale of one of your racing
atud.'
'Indeed. Well, that's the first |
have heard of that. Why, have hun
dred horses. At this time | have ut
least dozen in training at Sheepshead
Bay. Now, suppose that if | wanted
TO weed out four or five that were nei-
ther goers nor stayers, that would be
fresh material for the rumOr mOngerS.
| repeat that | have disposed of nothing
except what | had no Use for OF no
place for, as any man might do whose
house was burned, and who intended to
30 abroad. | intend to go abroad for Il
while and rejoin my family"
You have still a large gallery of
pictures, have you not?"
Il have. While we are on this sub
ject | may as well say that have tweil-
ty-iive more pictures that | would not
mind diSpOSing of as advantageOuSly as
| did the Bonheur. | am willing to sell
because | am looking forward to the
greatest financial convulSion that ever
shook Wall street and the entire cOun-
try, and expect to buy back pictures,
or anything else that | sell at less than
half of what | sold them for. When
come back from Europe | shall not be
if | find that the purchaser of
the BOnheur is shaken out of his hold
ing and willing to let me have it back
for a good deal less than hep;Iid for it.
The great financial cOnvulSiOn that |
have spoken of is not, III my opinion,
far off,"