TREASURE OR RUBBISH?
NEW YORK, August 26. Mr Pierpont Morgan has secured the dismissal of Mr El well, Curator at the New York Art Museum, for consigning to a lumber-room a bronze statue of Cains Vibius Qallus (who Held a high command in. the expedition of the Roman Emperor Deoius against the Goths in 251, and after the defeat and death of the latter was elected Emperor by the' Senate and the soldiers, with Hostilianus, Denine's son, as his colleague), on the ground that it was worthless, though it cost Mr Morgan £IO,OOO. The newspapers condemn Mr' Morgan for using his influence to enforce the acceptance by the museum of an article of questionable value.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5678, 28 August 1905, Page 5
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115TREASURE OR RUBBISH? New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5678, 28 August 1905, Page 5
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