Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28

honds viii require az least nine months
leoal proceedings and after that bono
of two OF three men for 100000 each ior
some twenty years 10 come. Oi course,
ALI this is SO far mere talk Of men VINO
have no positive knowledge OF the legai
aide OF the question, but who are Just
now very deeply interested 10 u ana
likely TO push IL TO speedy solution.
The sale OF the late Mrs. Morgan's ART
treasures was a remarkable one from the
mint OF view Of the ease with whlch
money Is coming forward nowadays Tor
articles OF which present purchasers nave
moi had any idea at all few years ago.
Not one American In ten thousand ever
heard before OF the Peachblow vase, and
now Als. 900 is paid for vase not larger
than an ordinary champagne bottle, and
more blowing rs INDUCED In about IL In
New York than the whole OF Italy would
he puilty of at the discovery OF a new
Rsphael, or the whole OF Spain at new
MurIllo. Considering that the sale was
forced one, and that Mrs. Nor
pan when making her collection, was
but very poor Judge Of art, and made all
her purchases on the advice OF profess
eIonal agents, the collection realized n
very fair price, for, although II cost her
nearly $4,000, 900, Sl,200,000 realized at
the sale is under such circumstances u
great deal of money IL appears that
Mrs. Morgan never saw some OF the
things sold in her collection. SUCH, at
all events, was the case with six pictures
which, as leading picture dealer In New
York tells me. arrived from Europe at his
shop when Mrs. Morgan was so sick that
they could not be sent to her house.
The dive CO cases mentioned above In
terest Wall Street for more reasons than
one. To begin with, men Implicated in
them were we'll known In the clubs and
at the Stock exchange. Mrs. Stevens,
who was a Miss Sampson and whose
father was the largest shareholder In the
Chemical bank-the wealthiest institution
In New York owned good deal OF prop
erty in and about Wall street. Her con-
duct for some time past Is well known
among society people In New York, and
her infatuation for French nobleman of
great historical name, but exceedingly
shady conduct, brought about the present
divorce. The amusing part OF the affair
Is IL IL the wife not the husband who gets
the divorce and that the wife of the afore-
said crrlng Frenchmsn, who Is also an
American girl, has recently obtained in
her turn divorce in France. The idea
of Mr.. Stevens failing to supply his mil
llona!re wife with the necessaries of life
Of course makes all the "boys" thrust
their tongues In their che ks with sup
pressed laugh,
The Turnbull case is altogether differ
ent. Mr.. Turnbull's infamous conduct
was first made public by the expulsion OF
Mr. Loubat from the Union CLUB and the
formers attempt to induce the son of q
well-known commodore OF the navy TO
commit what legal books call "that horri-
BILE crime which cannot be mentioned
among Christians Turnbull fed from
New York aud took refuge in Washington,
where some old friends procured him a
small situation IN one Of the government
Offices.
Two or three other fashionable divorce
cases will shortly come up in Newport,
II. L., where the proceedings seem TO be
more easy aud can be kept more secret
than under the laws of the state of New
York. Among others may be mentioned
the case of son of the well-known
banker, Belmont, and another in which
the rich and handsome sister OF one OF
Mrs. Langtry's intimate friends Is impli-
Gated. RIGoLo.
Philip ID. Armour has been the subject
of considerable adverse criticism here re.
speeding the affairs of the st. Paul road
His New York critics think he anticipated
the season little in giving the lambs a
spring shearing. The financial poet,
Henry Clews, Is responsible for the fol
lowing
"As Armour's friends no longer heed his
talk,
He'd better leave st, Paul and stick to
pork"
The Wall street story that young man
whose fortune amounts TO $4,000, 900,
but whose grandfather was once boat
man at New Drop, Staten island, has lat
terly sold some $4,000 shares of Lake
Shore railroad stock seems TO have little
foundation in fact. william X Wander
bllt has probably not sold share Of that
stock. He is chairman of the Lake Shore
board OF directors, Cornelius Vanderbilt
IL Il director in the road, and, in fact, the
Vanderbilt family are sufficiently utter
ested In the property TO render 1t improb.
able that they would abandon their inter.
est in 1t unless for some better reasons
than now exist. William X. Vanderbilt,
by the way, Is president of the New ork
Chicago and ST. Louis railroad and di-
rector OF the New York Central, while he
Is also more or less interested financially
In the Lake Erie and Western road. He
Is i've feet ten inches In height, weigh,
100 pounds aud Is considered the picture
of his father. He has the Vanderbilt
gray eyes and wears whiskers, a fac
which recalls old Commodore Yanderbllt'l
dislike for mustaches; he considered then
"Frenchyn and pretentious. William II
| Vanderbilt never wore a mustache from
the day Of HIS humble soiourn on Slater
island as hard working farmer to tn,
day when he died the richest man In tn,
world, and 1t was because OF his father
antipdthy to this form OF hirsute adorn
ment. william X. Vanderbilt is now thir
ty-siX years OF age, OF strong build ant
with doubtless long life OF financial dis
tinction before him. He was educated u
Geneva, in Switzerland, and is somethin,
OF a lingulst; he Is considered a connois
seur in paintings. lie likes horses, hut 4
without the strong affection for horse
flesh that was 40 characteristic of hi
father. He is now having built at VIII
| mington, Del, a yacht that Will be IN,
largest ailoat and thirty feet longer that
! JAY Could 254-ton yacht Atalanta, whicl
Cramp, OF Philadelphia, built for hin
three years ago, William X, Vanderbilt