New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24
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authority on paintings. writing Of CATCHY.
said: In the United States alone there are
twenty-five hundred Rembrandts, Of which
certainly more than two thousand are alb
solute forgeries.'
''Frans HaIs's Portrait OF Woman one
of the most important examples Of the
famous Dutch painters work In this coun-
try. and which was sold at the Charles I.
Yerkes art sale on April 7 for the record
price OF $4,000. has been purchased by
Henry c. Frick. the Pittsburg steel man.
and has been placed in his New York home
at No. $40 Fifth avenue Mr.. Frick is said
tc have paid the successful bidder $4,000
for it.
Robert z. Downing purchased the
Yerkes mansion and art gallery. at the
southeast corner OF Fifth avenue and ssth
street. for s1.239. 600.
William Rockefeller's efforts to secure
the abandonment Of the station Of the
New York & Ottawa Railway at Brandon.
in the heart OF his Adirondack preserve.
have proved unsuccessful The Public
Service Commission announced that It had
refused to consent to such a plan. Twenty
years ago Brandon was a village Of about
twelve hundred inhabitants. Its population
up Of four families.
william Jennings Bryan, OF Lincoln.
Neb.. thrice defeated Democratic candidate
for the Presidency, arrived in New York
after long tour OF South America. No
demonstrations Of delight were observed.
After having served five years in the
Minnesota State Penitentiary for tho theft
OF s2f from a railway station, John Carter,
a.
tracted the attention Of Eastern maya
zine editors, was liberated by Governor
Eberhart. and the young man went out into
the world with offers OF employment from
Ebert Hubbard. from Robert Underwood
Johnson. editor Of The Century; from the
editor Of The Benman," Minneapolis. and
from the editor Of The St Louis Mirror
He decided to return TO his own people in
England His real name or theirs he
would not divulge
Albert w. Wolter was found guilty on
Friday OF murder in the first degree for
killing Ruth Wheeler in his rooms Just
thirty days ago Thursday. For speedy jus
tice this is the record. not only for the
county, but for the state. In a murder
case. He lured the girI 70 his rooms by
offer of employment There he assaulted
and murdered her and burned her body.
RIOTS IN CHINA.
"Riotins broke out IN Chang-Sha. China.
as a protest OF the people against high
prices Of rice. which had been cornered by
certain government officials About TWEEN
y thousand persons Joined the rioters
They looted shops. burned mission houses.
drove the missionaries away killed a
Spanish bishop and destroyed much
property.
The Atlantic Transport liner Minnahaha
wen- aground of the Sicily Islands. near
Bishop Rock. All the passengers, number
ing sixty-six, were taken of in safety. as
well as about one-third Of the cattle She
locks like a total wreck.
"FOrty-One lives were lost in the NfuIza
mines. near Birmingham, Ala. by an ex-
plosiQn. OF the dead twelve were white
and the others negroes
Speaker Harry P. Ward OF the New
Jersey Assembly refused to accede 20
Governor Forts suggestion that the
Speaker appoint a voluntary committee OF
the New Jersey Legislature 70 investigate
the charges relating 10 the alleged scan
dalCusly immoral conduct OF certain mem.
bers of the Assembly in the State House
, during the closing hours OK the last
session.
Abraham White. the head OF the Abra-
I ham White Bonding Company, No. So
Broadway. who "a 2 clerk with only
a. cents capital successfully bid on
$4,000 OF the Government bond issue
Of 1896. got the allotment and made
100000 with the profits OF the deal was
arrested charged with swindIing a pen
stoned employee Of the Manhattan Ele-
waited Railway Company out OF 500. the
savings OF his life.
Guilty as indicted. with q recommended
tion for extreme mercy was the verdict
returned In the case Of ex-Counciinnan NJ.
l. Swift. ir the first OF the victims of
the Pittsburg graft scandal to be put on
trial on the charge Of bribery
Captain JOHNNY Klein. a ringleader OF
the Pittsburg grating councilnen. has
begged his attorneys 20 apply for his re-
moval to some prison other than the
Riverside Penitentiary Klein declares
that a third OF his 1900 fellow convicts
I nave pledged themselves 10 kill him be-
cause he is a 'squealer' and that they beat
him whenever they get an opportunity.
He has been battered bv the convicts on
two occasions, and was in the hospital fer
DAYS from his wounds. At last the autbori-
ties had 70 lock him In his cell to keen
him out OF range OF fellow convicts."
~ cutting commentary" said Busy
Man. "on the value OF that particular
PRISONS influence for reform unon the
morals OF its inmates"