Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-11


lance wretched aste-regarding his
successor as president of the Royal
academy. Val Prinsep and Hubert
HerkOmer are Tie two names oftenest
mentioned for that honor.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, who is now in
Newport, is making elaborate prepare
lions fer the coming season, and is
furnishing her cottage luXuriousiy.
There are wonderful Louis Seize chairs,
cabinets, and tables, rare and valuable
paintings by Millet, Corot, Meissonier
and others, and draperies and tapes
tries OF great beauty But perhaps the
most beautiful things OF all are the dish
es, which have really become famous.
as the collection is one OF the most
complete in this country. 1t was prln.
cipalIy collected during the world
fair, and Mrs. Palmer bought repre-
sentative set from each foreign firm.
There are rare Sevres dishes from
France, cloisonne from Japan, Dresden
from Germany, and the quaintest Chin
csc service, representing wrestlers Of
very dimirutiye size. Then there are
dishes Of all countries, including
wooden ones from switzerland, ann
curious bone dishes from Eskimo land |
The funeral OF Kate Field, who died
in Honolulu May 10, took place The day
following. The body was efnbalmed
and placed in a temporary vault. Final
disposition of the remains will depend
entirely upon The advices which Consul |
General Mills receives from the United
States. About the time she was pre- !
pairing for her visit to the islands n
Pacific coast paper published state
ment to the effecG that Miss Field liz d |
sand she was gong 10 HAWAII and |
might die there: j. she did, She wanted |
her remains taken back to the United |
States and buried by the side of john
Brown at North Fhba, n. Y. The fun
eral was attended by President D,e,
members of the cabinet, and a large
number OF leading citizens Miss Field
was taken i'll May t. at KaiIua, a small
hamlet or Hawaii She complained Of
feeling pains in her chest, but did not
consider the matter serious. She took
a bad turn, and few days later was
placed on board an island steamer.
She lied half an hour after the vessel
reached Honolulu Pneumonia was
the cause of her death.
An innovation ana society diversion
will be a fencing class in Newport this
summer. Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt,
daughter of the multi-milionaire, COR
nelius Vanderbilt, who is one of the
converts to the benefits to be derived
from fencing, vii. have a room fitted /
up as a sale d almcs in most effective
style. Miss Sloane Miss CleW5, Miss
Goelrt. Miss sherman, Miss Brooks,
Miss Mabel Gerry, Miss Wetmore, ana
all the rio h and pretty girls lii society,
VIII belong to the fencing class.
Austin Corhin, who was killed Thurs
day By his runaway horses in Naw
HAM shire. was LorE in -,eWport, n.
II. July II, 1927 Ic was graduated at
Harvard law school in 1919. After pra"-
ii ing law at NeNrCrt for a while, in
ISL he rtmoytU 10 Davenport, iowa,
where hc llvel lCur,cen years, 1t was
while there Cha he entered the bank
ing business with a success that was
followed by others OF greater magnl-
tude. He was rich man when he
went to New Nolk in lSG5 and started
tho banking house of Austin, CCrbin
CO., which continued the mortgage
business which Mr.. Corbin had started.
Soon after 1860 he became interested IN
railroads. His first "trip to Long Island
MAS made with his sick child. lie saw
che natural advantages and understood
that the island must become an outing
place for millions in the nearby cities.
At that time the Long island roads
were isolated systems, badly manages
and in constant financial difficulties.
After securing the control Of the prin-
cipa line Mr.. Corbins one thought
was to Cevelop a great system which
should bring AL roads on the island
under the one management. TINS am
hilton he auained in the early part OF
this year, when hC became the owner
of the majority interest in the one sys-
ten, which now controls transporta-
ton on the island Corbin built the
first railway from Brooklyn to Coney
Island, and it was through his instru-
mentality that the first of the large
hotels were erected there. liz addition
to his large railroad interests as pres
ident of the Long Island railway sys-
TEN and his administration of the af-
fairs Of the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad during difficult period OF ITS
existance, Mr. Corbin found time to put
in operation many financial schemes,
philanthropic plans of colonization and
immigration 1t l. difficult to estimate
Mr.. Corbrn's wealth but it is in the
millions 4 Wife and several children
survive
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