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WANTED-HEIRS TO FORTUNES ftn Insight Into the Business of Tracing Lost ted phrase warrants -mi exclamation mark. Heirs wanted! 'Yes', many cf and wanted On first one Vmlght fancy this to fee tlhe plaint of a childless Croe-scs. yearning; 'tor. some small person on Tt-libni to his millions ft coasting cap. But it is merely ordinary used by a few memhers of one of the strangest raott paradoxical: prof et niece in or outside the pases of tracers of- lost persons.

If you a hoAtl reader you have certainly heard of ami may be familiar with one tracer ct lost persons tli clever and extraordinary', character rj-eau-d reeeatiy by Robert W. Ketn'i by ture cs Well noir.enc-Ulure. g-Jyen a plate in very near the Inimitable Rierlock unions the gai- Jeryj-ods of romance, so to cay. That he is merely th? shadow ot one or moro: origrinale. nenin real though highly romantic profession, may be and surprising.

For New York housee and taxes fully, a dosen tracers of lost persons do nothing else professionally than conib and -curry in of raw, v.omen and unknown to themselves, have fallen heir to fortunes in -value from a thousand up to several hundred thousand As one interesting item in the account there is now tying doraast in the banking an-J bidet trust of New York nearly $700,000. A cretter portion or this sum has been unclaimed for twenty or more. Oddly enough, the banks and trust companies In question are anxious to find the legal owners of the money, and their egems in the search arc known as of mispinj heirs. Take'the recent one ol of the wealthiest and best Unownr.o-taen In the United States. Her mansion in upper Fifth ivraue.

is one of the most imposing In tht many -inaustoned metropolis, and her are town broadcast o-. er the That was ever an actress after being a horus sirl. after i being, an obscure typewriter, is dreamed not even, today her most intimate How and -by whom was the startling discovery made? By a. tracer of lost persons, and following he related to a writer for Sunday Call: years sfO, to be precJse. a Miss K.

had some on deposit with one of the downtown banks. During the latter part of that year the left her bank book there to be balanced, and. ao far ac the bank was concerned, or. could discover. disappeared.

Had the earth opened and srvalloTred her. she riot have vanished more passed, and every effort "was made to locate the missing: depositor. ago a tracer who has an office up town was advised the rase by the president of the bank a.nd took up' the search. By euch mcagrer facts as were pbtalnable and the rest he decided that she badebme to California. Taking the first train across the continent, the tracer discovered, that a woman answering: the description of the mtssing depositor, as contained in the bank had met and married a.

famous muKl-millionairc In San Francitco in ISB4. By comparing: her presrnt handwriting; with her recorded sisrature he was assured that they were identical. Her husband had died. leav- Idz her one of the richest women in America, and the bankers, when in- Tortned of A he- facts, were incredulous. Bat the "evidence was absolutely clear and convincing.

American Cavalry Horses Most skilled of all THE c-fliciency of. the United States cavalry' receives less than it deserves of popular It is the old Btory of the prophet in his own country. The natural, Kenius of Arc.ericans for the saddle end the unlirnitcrj opportunity for.riding, r-ombine'd under the intelligent of the army regulations, have results which every Amcrlcan should take- pride. Since earliest days the riding of American soldier has been notable. The work of the cavalry on both sides of the Civil War.

was in many respects unprecedented, end- has been studied European experts with the closed attention. The Spanish war furnished Qther famous cyar.iples. The credit for being riders in the woria long been given lo the Cossackp. Flnce Xhc war between Russia and Japan, however, ideal has been rudely shattered. For certain feats of trick riding, again, the Italian cavalry lias been very highly.

praised. It is safe to say. however, that as regards endurance, fancy riding and general efficiency our American troopers are easily the equal of and in all probability superior to any cavalry In the world. Such results arc in no sense, accidental. In the first the material ft the disposal of- the officers is exceptionally fit.

The American soldier seems to take naturally to the raddle. He is, in the phrase, a natural 'born rider, nor lie lacking? in daring and endurance. Then again the troops hare the advantage of great stretches of country for riding which teet thetr kkill end endurance. The cavalry posts of the West and there arc many them doubtless the finest training scnoois Tor riders in the world. Here are no tan-bark or restricted parade grounds, but unlimited' prairie, mountain and desert, presenting every condJUcn a soldier may be called upon to face in actual warfare.

might be expected, therefore, recruits are soon licked into excellent shape. The regular cavalry drill of. the" army is very esactlne, The recruits are taught at the beginning" every detail of their work. In many long and arduous hours they are taught how to mount, how to saddle and harness their horses, how to care for their raoacts under all conditions, and finally, when all these details have been mastered, go through the various drills on horseback. And at.

regular intervals the troops are sent out on lone tire marches to harden and the men to face every possible aitui- "Armed with credentials," said tracer. "I called at town house, and through her secretary informed her that she had 912.000 on deposit at such and etich s. bank. She sent back word that she neither of any account nor any such pereon as the one In whose nurne it had stood for twentythree years. Eventually, however, be- Insr pressed by the bank to make some disposition of the account, and realizing the futility of attempting to keep her prenuptial career secret, she accepted the money and sent me Just Here it may explained that the average received by a tracer under such is from 10 to SO per cent, and unless this client conforms to the rule there rr.ay be a sensatlonal Just Pt severs 1 -tracers are to the riddle of Patrick White, who died ft the House- I Drooklyn, about JlTO.OO) r.o known rVlatlvW or will, lie of and has been All that was Unown of his said one tracer, who from liftland, whurc he severs.l heirs and learned from liun that a was llvlnfi: 10 was that PHtrick htd come County.

ford Baltimore aaro ac r'-lttire of p. woalthy urcls whe had there. This tracer rliscovercd that younj? man had throuar'i th? efforts of the late Johnson in having a special act fey the Maryland This as under the an cannov inherit property In Marylnnd. A-! soon as the missing relative in Chicago ia located the comfortaLile cs-ate Tin be divided. "Of course do not travel a road all the said the tracer.

"In fact, profession is considerstble ot a For instance, we never ask for or reclve any cantineent or vtaining: but take rhances en is in an otphan state. to say. a 23 per cent fe? Is cruite a. reward for But that one spr--cl a year or more aril a few bunded dollars on chance. "Th'j? trts rated by the case of John Eiiwant Hughes, died in the Flatbush Ineane Asylum four years ago.

leavirg AH the relatives there was any inkling: of were two sisters, who hsd from Belfast to Australia abojt sani" time he himself came to country. WcUi 1 boarded a steamer.) errived in Belfast snd there learned tllat the deceased had six on Loig Island, not two from whore he From them It wkS learned that several other relatives were scattered over the country, yet none of them had noticej the long account? printed In the One of the hardest knots the heir have had to untangle in recent yearn involved the 575,000 estate of.an elderly man who was burled in. Brooklyn twelve years ago undftr the name or William Braun. Six months later, said the tracer vrho did the untangling, the body was exhumed and positively identified that of Gustav Iltnterloch. formerly of Dafitzig, Germany.

Behind this in a romance in real life the like of "which one can turn the pages of fiction vain to equal. For thirty years, while amassing fortune, he was known as Braun the Ills real name flgurei) in only business transaction during that time an annuity In the Germania Life Insurance Company. "I learned," said the tracer, "that the old miser had confided to one of his down on Houston street that he was born in Dantzig in 1822, but the records over revealed no one by that name as having been born near Tiiese practice, marcnes often cover hundred miles of rough country. The for trip are carried along, the troops, of course, living in the open. At many of the posta the troops have the opportunity 'to dulge in a variety 1 of rough rldlne or fancy riding, which is at once exceedingly picturesque and practical.

The reputation the- for instance. Is largely due to the spectacular of picked i men in the circus similar exhibitions. that time. -man' born" in Dantzic'in to this Tiis real nami Was but his relatives letters that he had assunifd the- name Braun. The ease seemed -absolutely conclusive until discovered a Haw.

and learned about the same'tlme that deceased "Willism Braun was known have an annuity in the Germania. from which he had $170. yearly 1861. say. the insurance records failed to reveal any such name as Braun, though one SI7P annuity had been paid to a Gtistav HlnterlOch Bince 1861.

and, this person, contrary to hie custom, had neglected to call at the insurance offices during to I found tbaUoiTtfjG was ariiij thy "birtli thU- maul U'g-f'UiVr with the and ea th a ti fKa par spondril precisely with Drauvi had his; Pei'r mission as obtained j.to*cv;humc the body, which, of' course, wan identi fled by. cashier, of tho Oermania. as.Hinterloch and by the friond as Braun." case; netted the tracer l42oo. you'pveu any.ca«es,paralleiing the Xtttle: Lord auntleroy story?" was ventured. "No," laughed "nor am 1 aware who struck Billy Patterson.

who have traveled tmoni army posts lot 'know' that the i 'American" troofsj those The- which were' recently Montana. 0 will give some! idea' of skill" of Arfierican The cats i were taken 11 men were; out cr erciee.v the being no means vTho buttes; of lend themselves i to Those? curious mountain formations lof loose 7 sand and sraveltjwell J- suited for3 3Bt.eep"| 1 hundred other cases which 'p'luve cleared successfully. And 'urofiicbtii'durintr my thirty years none has been more nut romantic-, than; that of Pomeroy. Pomeroy Harvard gradua.a e.na':>.xccl!enHy Iconnec ted. gold struck this country' in IS4D he boarded a ship under an assumed name and'etarted around the Hqrn for California.

For some reason or other he changed.bis mind en route ami went to Honolulu, where he lived many years, amassing considerable fortune as a "Ileturnirig 1 to this he settled Jn Missoula, practiced law and rose to. a judicial position of prom- feet jln wlatns which': may usea as bridal paths for 'seasoned riders. To the of ordinary rider buttes absolutely The 'takes trails on the run. "many, places whero no path has cut to the aummlt.Vand' here the men, climb quickly precipitous sides.i ing? their ree. to selves, nimbloifooted 'beasts; will steep fsldes; with ol Once at the top the me lnto their, 5 saddles artel arc a a sharp" gal lop.t? the irregularity trail.

4 1 ho" troop rretalns'a'i remarkably regular he died at neer- Lodge in lray.lng.a. fortune no known A "Vyestern lawyer wrote me. the facts not long "ago. and from or two items of evidence, one of whtch was a. worn pocket Bible in which was written "From mother, Boston.

I finally found that one Thomas M. Pomeroy had' lived in Boston, was graduated from Harvard, married, lost his wife a year later, and had started for California under the name of Thomas M. Higginson. I traced him to Honolulu, learned that he had resumed his right name and had gone to Montana. "In Boston I also learned that he had left one son.

who was'ln the railroad business in St. Louis. At St. Louis it rormat'on. it is an.

escsedlngly, picturesque sight- to a company thus strung out along, the crest of thc'ilong -rows of men silhouetting against! sky." 'descent of i the is. another amazing: feat tin ithe. the average rider, at Sltting-thelr horses he', easy 'seat and frivingTi- rein i to'-; thoir" lAmounts1 Amounts troop wlllquickly descend one of these gotlating angles sand and gravel which Tie San Francisco Sunday Call. developed that one William B. Fomerfrf had recently been transferred to Joplin.

where we' met. He had always believed that his father tad, died in tha Sandwich Isianda in, 1555. He fs nov a rich. man. being the only llvins heir." Meanwhile the profession of, tracing the ever-increasins number of misslnK heirs is being reduced to a twentieth century science, in which and immigration records, birth, marriage death newspapers, the police of two continents, and so on.

form threads in the complex mesh and beneficent spiders Weatrtl. Keens of real life sit In the center ofy the web. able to teM by the slightest tremor of any thread exactly to begin investigations. form these buttes ieno some ajjistancit The I from long experience, sit. their with their forefeet as a brace, and in- this position the horse quickly did.

appear in a cloud of dust" to pear at the of the mountain as fit a3 And thi's Is not By a few picked but scores of 'mounted At the signal the in an instan; galloping madly the it perfect order..