WHO'S WHO

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 15 February 1913, Page 7

WHO'S WHO

M. Degas, the veteran painter, born in 1834, was present in Paris at the sale of the Rouart collection, when £17,400 was paid for "Dancers a la Barre." his picture of dancing girls. M. Dega» who has been practically blind for., ten years, originally sold this picture for £2O. The price paid for it is believed to be the highest ever given for a work by a living artist. M. Degas, who 's almost forgotten by fashion.n'e Paris, lives a retired }ife in a fifth-fioi i tlat without a single picture or sta'roste to recall his early T talents and fame. According to the reports published in | New York, the "Telegraph" says the estate of Mr Harriman, the railway king, will be appraised finally- at £26,400,000. Mr Harriman began life as an office boy, became a broker, and in middle ' life a financier. It is estimated that he made nearly all his fortune in ten years, and, breaking' down under ..the'.'strain, never lived to.'enjoy his millions. Union 5 Pacifies he bought as . ,low as Bdol. a share, and Southern Pacifies as low as 23d01. He gained control of both companies, and made Union Pacifies worth 200 do"l. a share, paying 10 per cent. He must have believed absolutely in the future of the road, for he put 106,000 shares away for his permanent registered investment in it. Mr Benjamin Guggenheim, the New York millionaire banker and mineowner, who perished on the Titanic last April, stated in his will, which has been proed in London, that he made it because he was "conscious of the uncertainty of human existence." His estate in the United Kingdom is valued for probate at £5468; but the value of his general estate is not stated. Mr Guggenheim left £IO,OOO to his wile, £2ooo'to each of five charitable and other institutions U in New York, and £IOOO to each of 13 .similar objects in that city; £15,000 upon trust for each of two sisters and' a niece, and £SOOO to each of two sisters-in-law. The residue of tho property was left to his wife. Mr F. Augustus JAeinze, the former copper king, whose failure created such a sensation in America five years ago, has been divorced in New York. His wife, who was formerly an actress, was granted £246 monthly alimony. Mr. Heinze's career is a remarkable chapter in tlie romance of industry, his failure in 1907 being the culmination of a protracted war between the Amalgamated Copper Co. and Mr Heinze's company, the "United Copper." Time and' again efforts were made to crush the young copper king—he was only 36 then—but ho had emerged triumphant in every case, even after a seven-year battle against the formidable Standard Oil Trust. At one time. Mr Heinze had 133 lawsuits going, and he kept a staff of 37 lawyers. The Marquis of Tullibardine recently celebrated his 41st birthday. A Highlander to the backbone, he can speak Gaelic, dance a reel, and has a genius for "feehtin'," as shown by his exploits in the Soudan and South. Africa, and the fact that he raised the Scottish Horse.. An uncompromising Unionist I in politics, Lord Tullibardine/has .quite made his mark in the House of _ Commons as a doughty member of His Majesty's Opposition. His Lordship shares with the Earl of-Durham the distinction ! of being a twin. His brother died' in j infancy, and left the. way clear to the dukedom of Atholl, the earldom of Strathta-y and Strathardle, the viscountcy of Balonhidder, and of Glenalmond and Glenlyon, the earldom and barony of Strange, the barony of Percy, the barony of Glenlyon, the barony of i Murray of Stanley. There are other ! titles, but these are sufficient to be go- i ing on with !