The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
W. A. CLARK OF MONTANA,
THE HAN VINO PAM $4,000 FOL
FORTUNY,s MASTERPIECE,

N1o 600 for tbree otbers IA bound 70 be talked
| about william A. CLARK of I75 west Fifty.
eighth street did this Mt the recent sale of tho
st.vo,t coI,cctton.
IL vos an FRIDAY night. n weak npo. that Mr..
| Uort remained IN the lst of bidders fer For.
tnnv,. .rTbo Cboicc of n Model" long enough
IN secpro the masterniece for $40 600. As tho
bids Increased over the first one of $50. 900. one
nIdder alter onotbor droppcd ont Having the
aeId IN Mr. c1ark and CcorOr I. GouId. wbiIo
thsse two men continued tho contest the owes of
the crowd that hacked Chickerinp Hall were
unon them II was largely n New York crowd.
ana IN tho spootators the face Of the Young man
unon whom the mantle Of the Into Jaw Gould
has fallen was moro or less familiar. Few of
the tbronp. however. had ever hoard of and
fewer stiu had seen the older man. who quietly
raised every bid that his young rival made.
His face was. in AWAY. striking and at a dis.
tance reminded one somewhat OF the face of
Cbarles Dickens.
Pbrenoloeists might have said that the head
vas too bip for the body. In appearanoe the
man VIVA not robust. He WINS perhaps sliRbtIy
above Ave feet eight inches I'm height. slim of
build. his checks somewhat sunkon. Upon a
.lenaer neck an ur;usuaIlv lnrpe bood WINS we'll
s.. NJ 60, . ny - s,.sha.s s.u !.
bot. oack irom u hsh' proau ioroheao ieh u
thick mass Of dark-brown hair. plentirully
streaked with gray. A heavy mustache and
J chin beard could not conceal from those wbo.sat
nearest to him the.particularly strong mouth
and firm chin which gave to the face n stern ex-
pression, rehe'eu someWnao ny INC nose,
which, physiognomists would say, showed that
he was of n sensitive nature. with a more than
nSs"a.. .sua.n ~ ~ haa,.,r,i Tha .saai.
ordinary iohoneSs Ii pc"u'iui. II oheeh
bones wore.high. which. taking them with other
facial characteristics might lead to the belief
,hot .ha 80 ~ 49, 81 hIa ana,stou, Ia
nut tne man OF soh'o ol NJ ancestors hau
Gonna n fhn n rnlnn EF0nn
the heavy eyebrows deep.set blue ewes met
souarelv and fearlessly the look Of eny one
equ"fei. INV ie"fies'i9 AN Jun VI my IL
upon whom they CHANGED to rest.
When the picture had been knocked down
and the applause. loud and continued. had died
OIL" 'ho "PpiH"oo' iouu onu 'oH..huoa, ""u uieu
away, the inquiry began to go about the hall:
"who is this man Clarki Where did he come
ifun' Nv h"' eoiho "onoS.
There wero q few In the hall who could
answer the questions. but only a few. In an.
othor .oo,;,n ~ tho o,,,ntrr - II anothor 10.
oSn.. 'oo'tu, y u eoun'Is "no'nof pat'
Of the world, on the continent of Europe for
been mot With nm oycIometion 81 surnr,so a.
ueen nee WIN an eAeiuna.ion " sufpr,Se ~
A.. Clark is best known to New Workers by the
faot ,hot ho noid sao 400 tor n mastorriooo ~
Fortuny is because the majority of New York
ers are 80 busy with their own affairs.
William 4. CLARK has had a residence in New
10 90 years old and the greater part of his life
has been spent IN that part or the country be-
q busy one. but he has had play spells; Those
seasons he has passed abroad. 1t therefore,
Montana and on the Pacific slope the man is
known Tor what he has done and the.great
m mfn,dn because sa.Ss h he n Is a a nanny man. co ms ts sai
can citizen. In Europe he 10 best known for his
love OF art. In the atclicrs Of Paris, in tho
studios OF Rome. 81 Florence and OF Milan, in
the art centres OF the European capitals he is
great artists Of the world Mr.. CLARK Is &c:
quainted. But they know only the art side of
bis nature ITsn They II Gyv admire ! nIc,nr him NIB because Ss Use he !.
They know, also, that while he Is ready TO buy
q really good plctuie he Is too good a Judge to
to be found in plenty in the art world; 1t is.
perhaps, owing 70 this fact that when he goes
him to look at pictures which the general pub
lie never sees.
man who was born a farmer's SON near Con-
nellsv1lle, Fayettc county, Pa, on Jan. ., 1883.
His father was John Clark and his mother
His grandfather. also John CLARK, came to
pennsylyania shortly after the Revolution from
a farmers son tho boy learned farming, and
attended the district school IN the winter.
sent to the Laurel Hill Academy, his father
at the academy three years and then taught
In 1856 his father removed to Iowa, where
no had bought a farm in Van Buren, county.
Once settled in the new home, William was
sent to the academy at Birmingham Ia, 70
in a year and In 1857 he entered Mount Pleasant
University to take up the study of law; Al
though his father could afford to give him IL
college education, he was, not, in II sense, n
wealthy man, and the son knew that, once out
Of college, he would have to make his own way
In the world.
lie remained q student at Mount Pleasant
for two, years. He was n hard worker and ac-
CURED knowledge readily, so that the progress
he made was rapid. But during those two
years news came to the university every now
ana again OF new gold discoveries in the coun-
try further West. First the news came from
California. then from Colorado, and finally
from Montana. Or course the stories that
roated In upon the campus of the wonderful
gold finds were usually Exaggerated, but they
had their effect on the young law student. Tho
more stories OF the gold fields he heard the less
Interesting to HIM the law became. And so it
happened that the young law student, with
only q year between him and an examination
Tor admission, to the Iowa bar, turned his face
toward the West, he had little money, and
when no reached western Missouri he had
none. In a fairly good education no had some
capital. however. and school teachers were
scarce, When his money pnye nut he cot "a