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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03

seat on Sunday on purpose to entrap
me-"
He introduced your name" 1 said,
land the moment he found out who l
was he plunged into talk with me-"
YES" Charles continued. HE may
have learned about the portrait of
Maria Vanrenen, which my grand
mother always said was preserved at
Gouda; and, indeed, | myself have
often mentioned it, as you doubtless
remember. If 50, what more natural,
say, for a rogue than to begin talking
about the portrait in that innocent way
to Amelia? If he wants a Rembrandt,
/ believe they can be turned out to or
der to any amount in Birmingham. The
moral of all which is, it behooves us to
be careful"
Right you are" 1 answered; land 1
am keeping my eye upon him.
We drove back by another road, over
Swallowed by beech trees in autumnal
gold. 1t was a delightful excursion.
DIR. Polperro's heart was elated by
lunch and the excellent dry Monopole.
He talked amazingly. 1 never heard a
man with a great or more varied flow
of anecdote. He had been everywhere
and knew all about everybody. Amelia
booked him at once for her AT Home"
on Wednesday week, and he promised
to introduce her to several artistic and
literary celebrities.
That evening, however. about 1880,
Charles and l strolled out together on
the Kings road for q blow before din
ner. We dine at g. The air was de-
licious. We passed small new hotel,
very smart and exclusive, with a big
bow window. There. in evening dress.
lights burning and blind up, sat our
friend, DR.. Polperro, with a lady facing
him, young, graceful and pretty. A
bottle of champagne stood open before
him. He was helping himself plenti-
fully to dollhouse grapes, and full of
good humor. 1t was clear he and the
lady were occupied in the intense en-
joyment of some capital joke; for they
looked queerly at one another and burst
now and again into merry peals of
laughter.
I drew back. So did Sir Charles. One
idea passed at once through both our
minds. I murmured Colonel Clay."'
He answered, And Madame Picardet,"
They were not in the least like the
Rev. Richard and Mrs. Brahazon. But
that clinehed the matter. Nor did see
a sign of the aquiline nose of the Mex
lean seer. Still, l had learnt by then
to discount appearances. If these were
indeed the famous sharper and his wife
or accomplice, We must be very care
full. We were forewarned this time
Supposing he had the audacity to try
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doubted portrait of an ancestress by
Rembrandt.
DIR. Polperro talked a good deal after
that about this valuable find. He had
tried to sell it at first to the National
gallery, but, though the directors add
mired the work immensely, and admit
ted its genuineness. they regretted that
the funds at their disposal this year
did not permit them to acquire so i'm
portant canvas at a proper figure.
South Kensington again was too poor.
but the doctor was in treaty at pres
ent with the Louvre and with Berlin.
Still, it was a pity a fine work of art
like that, once brought into the coun-
try, should be allowed to go out Of it.
Some patriotic patron of the fine arts
ought to buy it for his own house, or
else munificently present it to the ma
ton.
All the time Charles said nothing But
l could feel him cogitating He even
looked behind him once, near difficult
corner (while the guard was actually
engaged in footing his horn to let
passers-by know that the coach was
coming), and gave Amelia a warning
glance to say nothing committing,
which had at once the requisite effect
of sealing her mouth for the moment
to look back while driving / gath
cred from his doing so that he was in
Ordinately eager to possess this Rem
brandt.
When we arrived at Lewes we put
up our horses at the inn, and Charles
ordered a lunch on his wonted scale of
princely magnlficence. Meanwhile we
wandered. two and two, about the town
and castle. I annexed Lady Belleisle,
who is at least amusing. Charles drew
me aside before starting. Look here,
Sey," he said. I'VE must be very care
full. This man Polperro is a chance ac-
quaintance. There's nothing an astute
rogue can take in over more easfiy
than an old master. If the Rembrandt
is genuine | ought to have it; if it real
ly represents Maria Vanrenen, it's a
duty l owe to the boys to buy it But
I've been done twice lately, and wont
be done a third time. We must go to
work cautiously.
You are right" / answered. NO
more seers and curatesr
"If this mans an imposter," Charles
went on-"and in spite of what he
says about the National gallery and so
forth, we knew nothing Of him-the
story he tells is just the sort of one
such a fellow would trump up in a
moment to deceive me. He could east
ly learn who | was-Im~a well known
figure: he knew | was in Brighton, and
he may have been sitting on that glass
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a third trick of the sort upon us we
lad him under our thumbs. Only, we
must take steps to prevent his dexter
ously slipping through our fingers.
He can wriggle like an EEL" said the
commissary at Nice. We both recalled
those words, and laid our plans deep to
prevent the mans wriggling away from
us on this third occasion.
81 tell YOU what it is, Sey." my
brother-in-law said, with impressive
slowneSs. This time we must DELHI
erately lay ourselves out to be swim
died. We must propose of our own ac-
cord to buy the picture, making him
guarantee it in writing as a genuine
Rembrandt, and taking care to tie
him down by most stringent conditions.
But we must seem at the same time to
be unsuspicious and innocent as babes;
we must swallow whole whatever lies
he tells us; pay his price-nominaIly-
by check for the portrait: and then. ar
rest him the moment the bargain is
complete, with the proofs of his guilt
then and there upon him. OF course,
what he'll try to do will be to vanish
into thin air at once, as he did at Nice
and Paris; but, this time, We'll have
the police in waiting and everything
ready. Well avoid precipitancy, but
We'll avoid delay, too. We must hold
our hands off till he's actually accepted
and pocketed the money; and then we
must nab him instantly, and walk him
off to the local Bow street. That's my
plan of campaign. Meanwhile, we
should appear all trustful innocence
and confiding guilelessness."
In pursuance of this well laid scheme,
we called next day. on DR.. Polperro at
his hotel, and were introduced to his
wife, d dainty little woman, in whom
we affected not to recognize that arch
Nine Picardet or that simple white
Heather The doctor talked charm
ingly Gas usuaD about art-what a well
informed rascal he was to be surei-
and Sir Charles expressed some inter
est in the supposed Rembrandt. Our
see by his we'll suppressed eagerness
of tone that he knew us at once for
probable purchasers. He would run up
to town next day, he said, and bring
down the portrait And, in effect, when
Charles and I took our wonted places
in the Pullman next morning, on our
way up to the half-yearly meeting of
Cloetedorp GoIcondas, there was our
doctor, leaning back in his armchair as
if the car belonged to. him. Charles
gave me an impressive look.
Does it in STYLE" he whispered,
thousand; or discounts the amount he
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the best in Sussex. Charles is in ex
cellent, though somewhat anxious or
might l say better, somewhat CAREFUL
whip. He finds the anagement of
two leaders and two wheelers fills his
hands for the moment, both literally
and figuratively, leaving very little
time for general conversation. Lady
Belleisle of Beacon bloomed beside him
on the box cher bloom is perennial, and
applied by her maid); DIR. Pulperro &C.
cupied the seat just behind with my
self and Amelia. The doctor talked
most of the time to Lady Vandrift: his
discourse was of picture galleries.
which Amelia detests, but in which she
thinks 1t incumbent upon her, as Sir
Charles wife. to affect now ard then
a cultivated interest. Noblesse oblige;
and the walls of Castle Seldom, our
place in ROss-shire. are almost covered
now with Leaders and with Orchard
sons. This result was first arrived at
by a singular accident Sir Charles
wanted a leader-fOr his coach. you I'M
derstand-and told an artistic friend SO.
The artistic friend brought him Q
Leader next week, with capital L,
and Sir Charles was so taken back that
he felt ashamed to confess the error.
So he was turned unawares into a pa
iron of painting.
DR.. Polperro, in spite of his too pro-
nouncedly artistic talk, proved on closer
view a most agreeable companion. He
diversified his art cleveriy with anec-
dOtes and scandals; he tod us exactly
which famous painters had married
their cooks. and which had only mar
ried their models; and otherwise
showed himself a most diverting talk
er. Among other things, however. he
happened to mention once that lie had
recently discovered a genuine Rein
orandt-a quite undoubted Rembrandt,
which had remained for wears in the
keeping of a certain Obscura Dutch
family. 1t had always been allowed TO
be masterpiece of the painter, but 1t
had seldom been seen for the last half
century save by few intimate ac-
qualntancees. It was 4 portrait Of one
Maria Nanrenen of Haarle!n. and he
had bought it of her descendants at
Gouda, in Holland
/ saw Charles prick up his ears.
though he took no open notice. This
Maria Vanrenen, as it happened, was
remote collateral ancentress of the
Vandrifts before they emigrated to the
cape in 1850; and the existence. of the
portrait, though not its whereabouts.
was well known in the family. Isabel
had often mentioned it. If it was to be
had at anything like a reasonable price
ii would be a splendid thing for the
boys tSir Charles, l ought to say, has
two sons at Eton) to possess an I'M
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03
BY GRANT ALLEN.

Copyright. 1907. by W. G. Chapman)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
The American Girl Will
Lead the World In Opera
By Of vienna Conservatory OF Music

BY MARIE LUKscH OF the Vienna Conservatory
the American girl students the Vienna conservatory
have always found take particular delight find
- tendency New York depecate the achievements
American in music, but have such feeling
abroad The American girl different from her sisters of
OTHER LAND, and the difference is greatly in her favor
Many the girls of European countries have exquisite
voices and graceful carriage but of them quick
catching thought ready take hold of suggestion
AMERICAN GIRL She seldom has be told twice. her mind
wonderfully alert and she always seeking and finding the short
And wihal she has the temperament THE SOUL
am firm in the belief that the American girl will
the world opera IFand there important she will but
tvae the patience dee deeply and the
with anything but the best For that the ONE FAULT
average American student
REACHES RESULTS WITH RAPIDITY AND THUS
SATISFIED
DING SISTERS OF THE OLD WORLD GO
HEIGHTS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
FIVE DIE, ONE GOES MAD
Disaster to Mail Steamer in Nor
wegian Waters-Survivors Have
q Terrible Experience.

Christiania. Jan. News Is re
ceived heres a disaster which over
took the mail steamer Lindholmen.
which plies between this port and Ber-
gen, off Farsand. The steamer was dis
covered to be on fire. A strong gale
was blowing at the time. and the
flames soon spread to the saloons and
cabins. Thirty passengers, most OF
them seasick. hurried from their quar-
tiers to get on deck. -Four OF them were
suffocated in their efforts to get out
Others jumped overheard and one was
drowned. Another passenger went mad.
One lifeboat was burned, and another
was crushed against the side of the
ship.
Finally. while the remainder Of the
half dressed and panic-stricken passen-
gers were huddled on the forecastle IN
a binding snow storm. the rest Of the
ship being in flames, the captain drove
the vessel ashore and managed to save
the remaining passengers and the crew.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

The closing of the transfer books Of
the Great Northern Railway company
in connection with the new stock issue
has been postponed until Jan. 10.
The commission on the unification of
the publishing houses Of the Methodist
Episcopal church is considering details
Of the plan in executive session at Buff
falo, n. Y.
Unless Governor Folk interferes Mrs.
Aggie Myers and her paramount, Frank
Hoffman, will be hanged Jan 10 for
the murder of the woman's husband at
Liberty, Mo.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000
for the construction Of a building at
Washington for the Bureau Of Ameri-
can Republics.
NJ j. Kelley, ex-manager Of the
Minneapolis base ball club, is to man
age the Des Moines club, Of the West
ern League, this year.
Los Angeles, Cal, is suffering from
the worst fuel famine in the history
OF the city.
Professor T. NJ. Hodgman, of Ne
hraska state university, has been chos-
en- to succeed DR.. James Wallace as
president of tile Manchester college, st
Paul
The Oklahoma constitutional con
vcntion has voted against states
rights doctrines, thereby reversing its
former action.
The recent heavy rains have caused
enormous avalanche of mud TO start
from the top of Mount yesuvius, and
they are causing much damage
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt
entertained at dinner in honor Of the
speaker and Miss Cannon.
Legislation will be introduced at thl:
session Of the Canadian parliament pro
viding for an export duty on electrical
power generated in Canada and solo
| in the United States.
The Bay Of the Quinte. one Of ths
finest hotels between Toronto and Mon
treal. has been destroyed hy fire. Loss
| $4,000
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
Pretty Rough on Prussia.

Gnesen, Province Of Posen, Prussia,
Jan. 5.-The prosecution of Won Kos
cielsli, a member of the Prussian
house of lords; Won ChvZanowski, a
member of the lowerh house of the Prus-
sian diet; Gladysc, president of the In
ternational "Socol" association; Skorac-
zewski. commander-in-chief of the So
col association, the chief Of the for
esters Of Koscielski castle, and num-
Der of other persons, by the Prussian
government on the charge of having
taken part in a public meeting in the
park of Won Koscielski's castle with
out the consent of the government, re-
shifted in the court discharging all the
defendants and placing the cost of the
prosecution on the state.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
FIRST LYNCHING FOR 1907
Alabama Claims the "Honor" of the
Mob Hanging of Would-Be
Rapist.

Eufaula, Ala, Jan. "a negro
whose name cannot be learned here
was lynched for attempted rape at
Midway, Ala. A mob swung him up to
a tree and riddled his body with bull
lets. The negro, who appears to have
been a well-known character in Mid
way, had only recently returned from
the penitentiary. At night he entered
the room Of Miss Morrell King, daugh-
ter of prominent banker at Midway,
and had grasped her hand before she
awoke.
Her screams attracted the other in
mates of the house and the negro es-
capped. A mob Immediately set out aft
er the negro and captured him. When
brought to Midway he made a full
confession and the lynching followed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
HEW YEAR OPENS BRIGHT
Prospects of Prosperity in the Trade
World Are All That Could
Be Desired.

New York, Jan. 5.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review Of Trade says
The new year opens bright with prom
ise of business. no excessive stocks be-
ing carried over, and results of in
ventories being fully equal to sanguine
anticlpations. 1t is noticeable in dis
patches from the west that there was
less than the customary lull in bust
ness during the holiday season, while
bargain sales are rapidly disposing or
tile moderate supplies remaining on
hand. In the leading industries con-
tracts on the books are very large and
plants operate full time, except where
materials or fuel cannot be secured
or finished products cannot be forward
ed to consumers.
There is much complaint from north
western -four mills on this point, and
export trade is also restricted because
grain and other merchandise fail TO
reach the seaboard promptly. Many
contracts for a large tonnage of steel
appeared during the past week, nota-
bly, structural material for San Fran
cisco. Railway requirements show no
abatement, few contracts being con-
sidered, however, except for delivery
in the last half of the year. Prices
Of pig iron have risen close to the po-
Sition of 1900, but finished products
are still much lower as to standard
figures, although the premiums fire.
quently paid for prompt delivery make
comDariSopS difficult
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
They Will Be Wei Probed.

Washington, Jan. 5.-What promises
to be a most rigid investigation of the
recent wrecks OH the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at Terra Gotta, D. c.,
and on the Southern railway at Law
yer's, Va, when President Samuel
Spencer and seven others were killed,
has been begun by the interstate COM
mcrce commission. Commissioner
Clements is conducting the inquiry. At
the same time the coroner is conduct
ing an inquiry into the Terra Gotta dis
actpP
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
Proceedings in the House.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The omnibus
claims BILL" so-caIled, carrying appro-
priations for claims under the Bowman
and Tucker acts and miscellaneous
claims on which favorable reports have
been made by the war claims commit
tee, was before the house for nearly
five hours. The bill, however, hardly
got beyond the starting post stage
when the house adjourned until Mon
day. The first thing the house did was
to cut out $4,000 in French spoilia-
ton claims.
The senate was not in session.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
TWINS TWELVE DAYS APART
Babes Normal and Healthy and Moth
er Doing Well-Remarkabl BILE
Case of Obstetrics.

Appleton, Wis, Jan. Boy twins
twelve days apart is the rarity that
Wausau, Wis, has to offer in the med
ical and surgical field-one which has
never been equalled, as far as known,
in this vicinity before. The first child
was born normally, and twelve days
later the attending physician, DR..
Sauerhering, was called to the home
again.
Understanding matters he sum-
moned DIR. Rosenberg, and the second
birth occurred to Mrs. Herman Drae-
ger within the fortnight. The babes are
normal and perfectly proportional, and
the mother is recovering rapidly.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05

copy Of a letter from Hartman to
George J. Gould. The era OF prospect
tt through which we are now passing"
wrote Hartman to Gould. has been
marked by less construction OF de-
structive, competitive and non-produc
Ing lines Of transportation than any
former one; hut there has been great
expenditure in providing for improve
ments and additional facilities to the
already existing lines. thereby better
conserving the interests Of the public
and the shareholders as we'll"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
uleeal Fences Must Go.

Washington, Jan. By erection of
the president Secretary Hitchcock has
issued an order to Commissioner Rich
ards, of the general land office, at once
to notify all special agents and receiv-
ers and registers of local land offices
that the act of Feb. %, 1885, for the
summary destruction of illegal enclos-
ures and distractions (such as fences
existing on public lands will be rigid
II enforced after April 1, 1907.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
THEY TAKE 1T YEAR ABOUT
Status of the Chicago and AIton-U.
p. and Illinois Central.

The Union Pacific exercises joint
control with the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railway over the Chicago
and Alton railroad. The agreement is
that the Union Pacific shall have
charge of the road one year and the
Rock Island the next. This agreement,
entered into by Hartman and w. B.
Leeds, extends for a period Of ten
years from 1904 The Union Pacific
owns $28, 1913, 100 worth of stock or
29.59 per cent. of the capitalization of
the Illinois Central railroad. The I'm
ion Pacific also owns s., 0S2, 800 worth
of stock of the st. Joseph and Grand
Island railroad, which is 37.37 per cent.
of the whole.
The Oregon Short line owns 500, $780,
GOO worth Of stock in the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad company, this being
1852 per cent. of the whole. Of Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul stock
the Oregon Short line owns $780,
600 worth, or $40 per cent. The COM
pany also owns $2,572, 600. or 2.5S per
cent. of the stock Of the Chicago and
Northwestern; 100000 of the pre-
ferred stock Of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe, being 4.2S per cent,
and $14.2S5. 745, or 7.97 per cent, Of
the capital stock of the New York Cen
trail and Hudson River railroad.
OF these holdings by the Hartman
companies the stocks of the Illinois
Central, Baltimore and Ohio, New York
Central, Chicago and Northwestern,
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, and
st. Joseph and Grand Island, aggregat-
ing in value S103, 293. 743. have all been
bought since July /, 1906.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
Wanted for a Hold-Up, Anyway.

La Mar, Colo, Jan. 5. = Andrew
Johnson, under arrest here on a charge
of numbering City Marshal Frisbie, has
been positively identified as the man
wanted for the hold-up of the Rio
Grande station at Leadville nearly
three weeks ago and the shooting of
Station Agent Dale. and for participa-
ton in the train robbery at Malta,
Colo, a few months ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-05
WHERE THEY GOT THE MONEY
Commission Is ToId-Harriman Had a
Free Hand.

Commission Is Told-Harriman Had a
Free Hand.
Where did the money come from?"
asked members of the commission. In
reply it was stated that the Union Pa
cifc showed last July surplus of SOL
100000. The Oregon Short line de-
clared a dividend Of so per cent. on its
stock held by the Union Pacific, and
also contributed out of its general as
SETS to the purchase money.
After placing. in evidence all that
was available, as to the ownership Of
the so-called Hartman lines" counsel
for the interstate commerce commits
sion then had Alexander Millar, secre-
tary of the Hartman company. read
from the minutes Of many executive
committee meetings of the Union Pa
cific in which It was shown that Har-
rilnan reported various things he had
done and the committee simply voted
to ratify and confirm his actions. 1t
was also shown that Mr.. Hartman
had authority, By resolution. TO borrow
money for the uses of the Union Pa
eIfie company without restriction as to
amount or terms.
There was read from the minutes a