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McCOOK , NEB
INEWS QE NEBRASKA
A NEBRASKA BoiON Tor. News has just
( been received , snys the Omaha Bee , that
Clarence Whistler , the noted athlete , who
jinado his debut in Omaha as a wrestler
'while employed in tinfinicking works , has
; scored another victory which places him in
"the front rank in the annals of wreslling
and crowns him with the title of champion
'of the world. The defeated man is William
'
.Miller , of 3Ielbourne , Australia , and the
'match took place in that city on the even-
ing of September 2G. It was for § 1,000 a
Bide and for the championship of the world ,
best two out of three , Grujco-Roman style.
* , At the beginning of the first bout , there was
khe usual sparring and MJller went down to
'his ' knees inducing Whistler to try a turn
and getting back at him with a back fall
which was not successful. Miller twisted
and the position changed , an attempt to
throw by each being met. Whistler then
threw Miller clean over his head with a
liody hold , but could not pin his shoulders'
down. He again threw him the same way
jind Miller retaliating an extraordinary fall
occurred , both men being down together
and with great neckholds. There was a
strain fully five seconds. Whistler with his
head locked in Miller's arms and on his
back. The efforts came to nothing , how
ever , and from all fours position Whistler
threw Miller , then Miller got the French hug
on , but Clarence cleverly slipped away.
They both seemed in good wind , but Miller
" was sweating the most. On the ground
"Whistler took a deliberate pull and swung
Miller around and then got a hug round his
neck which pretty nearly choked him , and
a grand bit of wrestling by Whistler resulted
in his turning Miller over , both being on
their backs , Miller uppermost. At the
"bridge" Whistler did all he knew in locks
and holds to lever Miller over , taking care'
to keep his head clear of Miller's arm , but
in an unguarded moment Miller whipped in
Lis right , and threw Whistler over. It
looked for a moment as if Miller had it , but
"
"Whistler fairly slipped away , and twisting
IMiller right up behind his back and in turn
3Iillur looked in a fix. He shortly broke"
siway , and they then both had to open for
wind. After some grand .wrestling the
amusement part of the programme seemed
to come in. Whistler sitting on Miller's
back slipped his right arm under Miller's
from behind , fixing in the back of his neck ,
then getting a hold with the other hand , he
gradually bowed his head to the ground
and attempted to turn him over. By slow
degress Miller came over onto his back. A
sharp struggle ensued , and he got away.-
Another rally , and they sparred for holds ,
having been now going for forty minutes.
Whistler's repeated slips away from dan
gerous positions was loudly cheered. At
the end of an hour no fall had.
been secured , and the referee , with'
the consent of both contestants , allowed a <
fifteen minute rest. When time was again
called they looked as fresh af ever. Whist- ,
ler forced the fighting from the first , Miller ,
acting entirely on the defensive. After a !
few ineffective struggles Whistler clasped
Miller by the body , threw him on his side ,
caught him by his left arm and turned him
over , but he managed to turn half over on
his chest He was in a relentless grasp , '
and Whistler , forcing both Miller's hands
behind him and throwing all his weight
upon his chest , f&rced his shoulders down
and won the first fall. Time , one hour and
eight minutes. -
After an intcval of a quarter of an hour
the men again came to the scratch. Whistr
ler as usual was the aggressor , and he'
finally succeeded in securing a half Nelson
on Miller's left arm and twisted it double-
with such force that Miller , while on his
hide , gave him the fall rather than have his
arm broken , Time five minutes. The
referee declared Whistler the winner of the
match , amidbt the plaudits of the'
audience.
Since his arrival in Australia Whistler
has thrown Donald Dinnie and Thomas , ,
two wrestlers of world-wide reputation ,
and is now waiting for some new opponent
.to turn up , and is anxious to make a
match against Miller and the Scotchman
Jor the same afternoon.
THE INDIAN UPRISINGS IN NEBRASKA.
.Judge P. 0. Hawes was seen yesterday in
relation to the claim of $21,000 which the
government had allowed the state of Ne-
.braska. The facts are very important and
will recall many interesting incidents to the
.minds of old-timers. Mr. Hawes said to
'the reporter :
"In prosecuting the old claims of the'
state on account of suppressinglndian hos
tilities in the state of Nebraska , under pro-
Vision of the a'ct of July 1,18G4,1 discov
ered that there was a large amount of ;
money appropriated by the state in 1SG7.
and 186'J in the
suppressing outrages com
mitted by the Indians in the Republican
valley and on the Big Blue. There was no
law providing for the settlement and pay- ,
ment to the state for the monies expended-
"in those Indian raids. Gov. Butler , the
(
Jirstgovernor of the state , in 18G7
and 1SG9 , called out the militia and
drove the Indians off the frontier. The ;
'money that the state expended in paying
'the militia and for necessary supplies , '
( amounted in round numbers to § 27,000. '
Myself , and the agents and attorneys of ,
.Kansas , Colorado , New Mexico and Wyo-
ming , joined together and procured the act'
.of congress of June 27 , 1882 , which in
structed the secretary of war to examine
.the accounts paid by the several legisla- .
rtures for that service , and to report to.
congress the amount that was found due.
the several states and territories included !
in the act , at the next session , after thej
amount was found due. I am in receipt of
a letter dated Nov. 11 , informing me that ,
there has been found due the state of Ne-
, braska , § 21,965 , which amount has been
referred to congress for appropriation. :
Congress will appropriate the money at its'
next session , as it always has done. I will
report the whole matter to the governor in
all its details before the next session of the
legislature. " [ Omaha Herald.
STATE SIATXERS.
I.ODGE POLE is having a wonderfully ,
ealthy growth. :
NEW additions are being laid out in the
little city of Humphrey.
THE cost of the recent election in Gage
county was about § 1,000.
CIIAS. STROCP , of Albion , recently lost his
land in a threshing machine.
HAKTINGTON claims tobea good pointfor
a dentist to hang out his sign.
OMAHA , patterning after Lincoln , will or
ganize a law and order league.
A HERD of 3,000 Montana sheep are to
be watered in Antelope county.
"WM. M. STANLEY , of Harlan county , has
lost § 800 worth of hogs by disease. .
TOWNSHIP organization carried in Nance
county by an overwhelming majority.
NEBRASKA CITY packed 60,000 hogs be
tween March 1st and October 31st , 1885.
OAKDALE is having a regular boom in
every branch of business as well as growth
of the town.
IT is estimated that about § 85,000 in
improvements have been made in'Priend
the past year.
HASTINGS' new hotel tin ? Bostwick was
formally opened last'week with a grand
ball and banquet.
A FARMER near Fremont has 3,650 head
of sheep which he will this winter fatten for
eastern markets.
BELVA LOCKWOOD recently lectured at
Neligh , but the attendance wua not such iia
to defray expenses.
THE winter bridge of the Chicago , St.
Paul , Minneapolis < t Omaha road at Sioux
City lias been completed.
BEN HOOAX , ex-prize fighter and now a
well known evangelist , is holding forth
among the sinners of Omaha.
ROBERT HAMILTON , the postmaster of
Bellevue , who recently died , had lived in
Sarpy county for thirty years.
PAPILLION'S dramatic club is about to be
revived , and it is expected some good plays
will be produced during the winter.
Tun Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
Railroad company filed articles of incor
poration with the secretary of state.
STRANGERS visiting Omaha are admon
ished to watch the cab drivers. Complaints
are made that theyindulge in overcharging ,
putting the extra down in their jeans.
MRS. FRANK BARNES , of Reynolds , was
thrown from the wagon by the team run
ning away and had her limb broken.
REV. T. A. SCHNEIDER , a German mission
ary , has been arrested in Omaha for ob
taining money under false pretenses.
IT is likely that the plan for a circuit of
state fairs , as suggested by ex-Governor
Furnas , will be carried out next year.
WHILE engaged in a friendly tusslo a
Norfolk , Depot Agent Henderson strained
himself , causing a severe hemorrhage of th
lungs.
MOSES HOTALING , one of the first settlers
of Douglas county , died at his farm near
Omaha last week. He had resided in this
stale since 1858.
Miss MAMIE XORRIS , of Omaha , was
severely hurt the other day by being run
down by reckless drivers , whom the police
failed to capture.
Tun Catholic society at Wayne will have
a fair December 15 to IS , for the purpose
of raising funds to complete payments on
the church buildings.
THE Burlington & Missouri lias survey
ors out on the extension from Ashland ,
and as soon as a route is selected will push
the construction of the road.
THE hardware sjbore of McElhinneyitFul-
lerton , at Lyons , was burglarized of a lot
of goods and a considerable amount of
money and negotiable papers.
A GOOD many Nebraska farmers will
house their stock this winter for the first
time. There has been an unusual amount
of building in the rural distt icts.
f THE Union Pacific , it is understood , will
do a vast amount of railroad building in
Nebraska next year. Contracts for heavy
grading jobs have already been let.
THE Flail says the surveyors are still
northwest , makingtheirpreliminarysurvey
for North Bend's new. road. That place
will boom when she gets the new line.
THE Pound case , in the district court at
Lincoln , resulted in the jury rendering a
verdict of manslaughter and recommenel-
ing the prisoner to the mercy of the court.
A CASE of destitution discovered in
Omahe the other day was a Avoinan with
nine children , only one of whom was old
enough to earn anything. She was sent to
the poor house.
J. A. McMANNAGAt , , a fireman between
Hastings and McCook , had his collar bone
broken and his shoulder badly crushed
while coupling his engine to a train in the
yards in the former place.
A SHIPMENT of thirty-three carloads of
cheep , containing three thousand head was
unloaded at Kcnesaw the other day , and
driven to the Platte , where they will be
fatted for the spring market.
Miss LOTTA SINCERE , of Omaha , the
young lady burned at the time her mother
received fatal injuries from a gasoline ex- _
plosion , is fast improving. The physician ,
believes that she will not be much dis- ,
figured.
A , CHILD of J. Liggett , who lives near
Odell , was slightly scratched on the ankle ,
by a cat , some days since. It resulted in a
bad case of blood-poisoning , and it was
with the greatest difficulty the child's life
was saved.
THE livery barn of Ed. Scdgwick , of
Firth , was burned to the ground. Nine
head of horses were burned to death. Five
eets of harness , two saddles , seventy
bushels of corn and three tons of hay were
also destroyed.
A MAD dog belonging to J. J. Kellogg at
Springbank , Dixon county , bit a steer.
The animal about a month later also went
mad and had to be shot to prevent its
killing all the other cattle in the corral
where it was confined.
TnE'surviving members of the Toncray ,
family met in reunion at Fremont on tho ,
7th. The Toncrays are among the earliest .
Bottlers of Nebraska , locatingnear Fremont .
before there was any town there , and but „
very few in the state.
WALLACE BROWN , who is visiting friends
at Lyons , accidently cut himself with a table
knife in the wrist , or forearm , severing an
artery. He is in a precarious condition ,
and surgeons say that he will lose his arm
even if he escapes with his life.
THE Hartington Herald wants telephone
connection with Sioux City , Yankton ,
Ponca , Wakefield and Creighton , and thinks
such service would be more expedient and
cheaper than the slow and frequently incor "
rect telegraph system.
"TRIXIE , " the cognomen by which a frail
but pretty female of Omaha was known ,
attempted suicide the other night by taking
laudanum , but the physician arrived in
time to save her. The trouble seemed to
be that her "solid man" had gone clean
ej
back on her.
a
A PETITION bearing the names of over twoB
hundred business men of Hastings was
presented to Manager J. J. Dickey , of the
Western Union Telegraph company , urging .
the necessity of a city telegraph office. j.
The petition meets with approval and the
office will be established at once.
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Tin : Lincoln Journal snys the motion to is
dismiss the case of Mat Zimmerman out o :
the supreme court of the United States
comes up on the 30th of this month. At
torney General Leese is not certain whether
ho will go on to argue the motion , but ho
has secured assistance so that it will be
attended to whether he is there or not.
THE suit of the widow of the late F. Trute
of Johnson county , who died from expos
ure in consequence of intoxication , ngainsl
the saloon keepers who sold him the liquor
terminated at Auburn last week. It was
transferred to Nemaha county on change of ;
venue. The jury returned a verdict of
$1,200 and costs in favor of the plaintiff
JUDGE HAWES is advised that the state o
Nebraska has been allowed $21,705.00 for
claims for money expended in suppressing
Indian hostilities at the time Nebrasks
was a territory. Judge Hawes , says the
Omaha 'Bee , has beenprosecuting this'
claim before the war department and is
very much pleased at his final success.
THE Lincoln Journal is happy to assure
those who feared that the saline land sale ?
would be a failure that it went off pretty
well. 1 he average price paid was $12.G5
per acre for land entirely unimproved. The
amount of $20,000 was raised in a few
minutes , and there will be lots of saline
lands left after the iwovisions of the bil
are carried out.
THE elevator at Arlington has been de
stoyed by fire. The cause of the conflagra
tion is unknown , but as the mill has been ,
running constantly of late it is supposed to
have originated froma * 'hot box. " A largo
amount of grain was stored in the clevatoi
at the time , only a small portion of which
was saved. Mr. Roberts , the owner , esti
mates his loss at § 20,000 , and has no in
surance.
A BLOOMINGTON special to the Omaha
Bee says : Charles Douglass has absconded
from north of Bloomington , leaving several
mortgages unpaid. William A. Cole looses
$85 on chattel securities which Douglass
has run out of the country and sold , and a
bank at Republican City looses $200.
Douglass gave a bill of sale to parties in
Kirkwood on a span of mules and a wagon
which did not belong to him.
MR. NOOTT , of Boone county , while work-
ing in a well on his place came near losin ;
his life. He had reached a depth of 1GO
feet . , when he began to expericucea difficulty
in breathing , and gave the signal to bo
drawn up. When about fifteen feet from
the bottom he became insensible from tho
foul air and fell back. Parties who came
to the rescue , after trying various experi-
incuts succeeded in getting a rope fastened
to Mr. Noott , whereby he was drawn to tho
surface , having been insensible in the well
about three and a half hours , and remain
ing unconscious some thirty minutes after
being drawn out.
SEVERAL changes in names of stations
on the line of the Nebraska division of the
Union Pacific have been announced from
the superintendent's office. The changes
and the order read as follows : Otoe Agency ,
upon Lincoln district , 119 miles west of
Valley , changed toBarneston , to agree with
the postoffice at that point. Clear Creek ,
upon Lincoln district , 7 miles west of Val
ley , changed to Yutan , to agree with name
of postoffice at that point. Antelope , on
Fourth district451.3miles west of Omaha ,
changed to Kimball , to agreewith name of
postoffice at that point. Alkali , on Third
district . , 322.4 miles west of Onjaha ,
changed to Pnxlon , to agree with name of
posloflice at that point.
Tin : U. Scourt , in session at Omaha ,
says the Beatrice Express , has disposed
of the Otoe land cases from Gage county.
L. E. Wheeler , W. H. Ashby , II W. Parker ,
and N. K. Griggs wore charged with hinder
ing sales of United States lands. Wheeler
and Ashby were found guilty and fined
g 300 ; the others were not tried by agree
ment. In the case oT F. M. Barnes for hin
,
dering the sale of United States lands by
combination and unfair management , the
jury was drawn to try and found him not
guilty. In the case against Barnes for .
agreeing not to bid at public sales of land ,
a
a § 300 fine was inflicted. L. E. Wheeler ,
N. K. Griggs , W. II. Ashby and II. W. Par
ker , charged with conspiracy , to defraud the P
government , were found not guilty.
, MANY of our readers , says the Beatrice *
Express , will learn with sorrow of the mis
fortune that has befallen the family of J.
R. Nelson , of DeWitt , who was one of the
earlier residents of Beatrice. Mr. Nelson , tilhi
his wife and two children went upon a visit hiU
last week to friends near Elwood , this fa
state. Last Wednesday Ids eldest child , a sc
boy 5 years old , wandered from the child CC
CCn
ren with whom he was playing , and , al n
though an immediate and careful search ttc :
was made , nothing has since been heard ol tttii
him , further than that his tracks were dis tii
covered Friday night in the snow , about
three miles north of where he started. A m
heavy storm set in the night the child was yi
lost , and the country in that vncinity is
very wild. It is hardly supposed that the
child will be found alive. LATER The
child was found dead one mile and a hall :
from where it was last seen.
By the Governor of Nebraska.
By the governor of Nebraska : The presi
dent of the United
States has named as a
day J of national thanksgiving , Thursday ,
the , 26th day of November , and inharmony
therewith I James W. Dawes , governor oi
the state of Nebraska , do hereby recom
mend to the people of this state a due and :
proper observance of the day appointed ,
and that it be held in the fullest sense as a n
time for general thanksgiving and prayer to )
Almighty God for his continued mercies.
As a state we have shared in an especial
degree the blessings and bounties with
which an indulgent Providence has favored co
as a nation. n
At such a time aslhisthespiritof benevo vl
lence should be active and far-reaching- gr
Kind charity should assert her claims , re1 th
membering with our abundance thai EC
"The charities that soothe , and bless , and
heal , are scattered at the'feet of men lik ,
flowers. " „
in witness whereof , I have hereunto ct
my hand and caused to be affixed the grcal
seal of the state of Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln this 10th day of Novem
ber , in the year of our Lord 1885 , of thif
state the nineteenth , and of thelndepend >
ence of the United States the one hundrcc iecl
and tenth. JAMES W. DA WES.
By the Governor :
EUWAKU P. ROGGEN , Secretary of State >
It is said that Sarah Bernhardt's receni ker
increase in weight is due to the fact thathci ,
debts begin to be a burden on her mind.
Mrs. Lew "Wallace uses for a paper weigh !
turquois from the Santa Fe mines , whicl
said to be one of the finest in the world
P trS XHJS DEATH PENALTY.
Zouis It id , leader oftheXorUiwcslern Rebel
lion , SuffersDeat/i on the Gallows.
Louis David Riel was executed on tho scaf
fold at the barracks of the mounted police
force , near Retina , for high treason against
the Queen of Great Britain , at 8:23 a. m.
NOT. 16th.
Riel had been confined In the room of the
mounted police force barracks , whose head-
quarter's post Is located on the open prairie ,
three miles west of the city , ever since tho
conclusion of his trial in July. Tne trial and
sentence occurred in Retina , which is the
capital of the vast territory stretching1 north
as far as Alaska , west to British Columbia ,
and known as the Northwest Territory. Ihe
Territorial Council meets here and it is like-
1i
wise the official residence of the Resident
Lieutenant-Governor and other high appoint
ive Dominion officers. The leader of the
Matis or Half-breeds in the two revolts
against the authority of the Canadian govern
ment has been kept under the closest suri
veillance by a force of mounted police , sta
tioned at Regina. The latter were a very
showy body of mounted troops , wearing scar
let jackets , blue trousers and fur caps of
British dragoons , ever since the denial of the
Imperial Council of ureat Britain to grant an
appeal on behalf of Kiel , to overturn the ver
dict rendered against him made his espoinage
mo"re strict than ever both to guard against
the e cape of their state prisoners and to
prevefnt any attempt at rescue which
might be made by his countrymen in
Canada or over the American border. Ninety
men were told off for this duty and even
this number was increased , videttes occupy
ing commanding points a mile from the bar-
racks and a double cordon about the camp
proper. The prison of Riel is a long , wood
structure , , one story in height , with a long
standing roof and small windows under the
ves , grated with iron. The two reliefs of the
guard occupied rooms in the front portion of
the building , while six sentinels paced up
and down continuously out side the structure ,
and another sentinel paced in front of the
cell of the condemned half breed and the ore-
cautions extended so far that an officer of the
guard was compelled to visit and certify that
he had visited the prison each quarter hou.- .
Never was a captive more jealously guarded
and . possibly never was a captive , during the
full portion of his imprisonment , less in need
of watching in his outward deportment.
A scoffold had hcen erected within the con
tracted enclosure immediately in the rear of
the guard house and the only view of which
was through a window immediately undor the
rafter ? . The last sacrament was taken by
the condemned man within the guard house
proper , and near the opening which led to the
scaffold. , Ile responded to the Latin prayers
with . a full , clear voice , while on bended
knees. When the moment came for him to
rise : and have his hands and arms pinioned ,
hP kept looking up , slowly repeating his
prayersHe then walked through the con
tracted opening Und down the narrow stair-
tin
tici with his face tured away from the few
civilians and soldiers who stood about the
opening. Wlien he was about to take his
place on thu trap , the deputy sheriff asked if
he had anything to say. He turned to his
confessor. Pere Andre , and inquired : "Shall
I not say a few words ! " "No , " quickly re
sponded the priest , "make this last sacrifice
and you will be rewarded. " Kiel turned and
cmarked , "I haverothing more to sav. "
There was some delay in adjusting the noose ,
but Kiel did not remark upon it , and as the
white cap closed over him he was to be heard P
vd
distinctly praying. Durinsr the night Tere
Andre urged upon him not to attempt an ad
dress upon the scaffold , and suggested that a
reprieve might still be on the way , hut this
idea Kiel repelled. He said he knew his
ich
icP had rome ; that he was not only pre
pared but cculd not have any other way , as
nothing . but the alternative of prison life 25
awaited him , and to him death was prefera
fl.U fl.t . During the night he addressed a lettei
to his mother and sister , which touched upon
the affection he bore them. He addressed a *
codicil ( to his will specifying that he desired
his : body to be laid beside his father's in St
Boniface cemetery at Whimper , which re
quest will be carried out , Peru Andre going
there with his remains within a few days.
His body was interred underneath the scaf-
fold. He prayed almost continuously during
the night , employing the written prayers
of the church , and he aijain prayed ex'empore as
in both French and English. He directed cie
prayer to his friends in the United Statis , tai
where he declared the most of them were , pr
and again for his friends in Quebec. He on
prayed for his lawyers , speaking of their ef de
forts in going to England in his behalf. The lei
attending father said it was his duty
to pray for his enemies. He replied : ' 'That's th
so , "and at once began to pray in English foi ha
the Premier of Canada , but in his obligation ins
tie asked that the government might soon wi
he relieved from his rule. He partook of a re
light repast at 11 o'clock , and atn no break tic
fast , which caused him to show at one time
some signs of faintness % but he afterwards da
completely recovered tromthis , and displayed
no effort in mounting tha ladder which led to
he attic of the guard house on his way to the J.
scaffold. There was barely a quiver as the
firop fell , and his death was pronounced as an
easy one. During the early hours of the
The
morning he gathered up all the papers which
covered ! s desk , embodying the supposed
visions h had seen and his prophesying , and
asked the privilege from the officers of the r
juard to destroy them. This was allowed. tive
and gathering them together , he carried them do
o the open stove and thrust them in , watch tin
ing until the flames devoured them. du
It would be difficult at this time to guage and
rablic feeling clearly in the Northwest as tc jui
The expressed views are almost entirely
gn
unfavorable to him. and the half-breeds are '
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n ii'
usually silent upon the subject. The major- the
ty of the resident population believed he
deserved death , and this is undoubtedly the sig tion
case In Manitoba. Where he was tried
Jnc
here was some expression of sympathy foi erw
ilm at the time , declaring that he was right are
his demands , as they have nearly all since de [
een granted to the half-breeds. The execu is
tion of Reil is to be followed at Battleford by the
he hanging of ten Indian chiefs for atrocitie.1 mi
000
committed during the recent rebellion , and the
each case for murder committed. This bui
vill close the book of criminal proceeding ! the
growing out of the Northwest rebellion , as ha
he other persons convicted were for prison sin
sentences , all of which are now being served raj
out. The executioner of Reil was a man In
named Jack Henderson , who was a captive c * ? 01
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Reil in the rebellion of 1870. y
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Heir to a Fortune of $7ZOOOOO.
tons
Charles II. Barker , single , twenty-eight Otl
cars of age , who has resided at Newbury- arc
ort , Mass. , for a year past , has been noti- Bu
that he has fallen heir to a fortune of hhi
57,500.000. The property was left by tre
oung Barker's aunt , Mrs. Mary Ann Thur- gra
urn , of London , daughter of William Wil- ing
on Barker , to her brother. Charles II. Bar mil
, Sr. , formerly a teacher of foreign Ian- jrect
mages in Harvard College. Mr. Barker died
a c
few years ago leaving six children , all of req
vhom are now alive. The estate will be nills
ettled at once. , for
Cowboys hopeto cook then-Thanksgiving Fhe
turkeys on their own cattle range. pur
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CAlilFOnjflA'S DEAD EX-SEXATOIt.
Jlia SucccsafttlJFinancial Career DylnyDe
clarations in Regard to Sarah Alt/tea
Bill.
Ex-senator Sharon died In San Francisco ,
Nov. 13 , in the sixty-fifth year of his age.
William Sharon was an Ohioan by birth.
He first.saw the light at Smlthfield , Jan. 9 ,
1S31. His parents owned a farm , and hJs early
days were passed on it. He was studious as
* boy , entered Athens college in 1842 , and
made a respectable showing. He studied
law with the late secretary" Stanton , hut
failed to get on harmoniously with that
Irascible and arbitrary gentleman. In 1845
he went to St. Louis and was admitted to the
bar , hut failing'health forced him reluctant ! ?
to abandon his profession , and he set up as a
country store-keeper at Corrollton , 111. , where
he was found at the outbreak of the gold
fever in 1859. He was one of the first to start1
across the plains. Reaching Sacramento )
he opened a store , but accumulated money
so slowly that a year later he started
for San Francisco , as he said years
afterward , , "to change his luck. "
He opened a real-estate office.
This he ran with fluctuating results for four
teen years , when he made th acquaintance
of the then fortunate William C. Ralston.
Ralston lived at Virginia City , Navada , and ,
was manaser of the bank of San Francisco , '
and was at the zenith of his fame , and was
accumulating wealth hand over hand by ad
vancing money on loans on mining stock.
Ralston needed a sharp shrewd man at the
mines to send him confidential information. "
He found in Sharon the very man he wanted.
This was the first step towatd Sharon's colos
sal fortune.
Sharon was among the first to hear of the.
rich find in the Crown Point and Belcher
mines. He succeeded In containing control-
. of a large sum of money belonging to the
bank of San Francisco , and wnen the owners ;
of the mine discovered their bonanza , they
took Sharon into their confidence because
they . hadn't money enough to open up that
bonanza.
John P. Jones , who has made and lost more
,
fortunes than any other man on the Pacific ,
coast ' , was the miners manaeer when the bo
nanza was discovered. One day , in the be-
; inningof 1S72 , the wildest excitement broke ,
forth in San Francisco , when it was first
puMicly known that the Crown Point ,
and Belcher had turned out rich.
A.t the same time the rich body of ore in the ]
Raymond and Ely mines was also discovered.
From an aggregate value of § 17,000,000 in
January the silver mines listed on the San
Francisco markqt ran up to $81,030,000 in
May , a gain of $64,000,003 in four months. .
Sharon was one of the few who sold out at
the top of the market. He cleared within ,
thoss five months over $15,033,000 in hard-
cash , became manager of the branch of "the
bank , ' as it was called , and at once took
rank with the San Francisco millionaires ,
with Charles Crocker , C. P. Huntington.
Mark Hopkins , Leland Stanford , the railway
kings , | of the Pacific coast , and with J. C. ;
Flood , W. S. O'Brien , John W. Mackay-
Senator Fair and Lucky Baldwin.
The following document may Bo regarded
the dying declaration of Senator Sharon as to
his relations with Miss Hill :
S TATE OF CA LIFORNIA , [
CITT AND CouNrr OF SAN FRANCISCO. )
William Sharon , being duly sworn , says :
I realize that I am very ill and that my
death may occur at any moment. I am ex- ,
ccedingly weak in body and suffer great'
physical pain , but my mind is perfectly
clear.
In this condition I declare I never proposed
or offereel marriage to Sarah Althea Hill at
any time or in any form of language. I never ]
marrieel her at any time by consent or other- '
wise. The alleged contract of marriage in.
her possession purf ortin ? to be dated Aug.
, 1SSO , and signed by me , is a fernery. I'
never signel it or any other document of that
nature or import. 1 never addressed her as
my wife in am communication ; and the let
ters produced by'Miss Hill , which so address
her , so far as the word "wife * ' is concerned ,
one and all , are wilful forjreries. Herdeclara-
tionEDunder oath that I ever married her.ever
signed the pretended marriage contract , or
wrote her the dear wife letters , or any or
either of them , are ali singular and willful
perjuries.
I have resisted her false claims to wifehood
a duty I owe to myself , my family and so
ciety. I have never , for a moment , enter
tained the thought or wish to make any com
promise with her. I have directed those up
whom representation of me or my estate
devolves to contest her pretensions in every
legal and proper manner.
I believe and solemnly declare that I am
the victim of a conspiracy to extort money. I
have never entertained the thought of yield
ing to it , and while 1 live I never will , nor
will those who succeed to my estate if they
respect ; my wishes and oft-repeated instruc
tions. WILLIAM SHARON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me , this 5th
day of November , 1SS5. o
AXDKEW J. CoFFnr , Notary Public. Is
"Witnesses : J. D. Fry , James W. RoWnson. 'fc
'fcC
ilcNulty , M. D.
ti
THE TIMJIER.
a
I'eople of Montana Protest Against a
Jlecent Decision.
Bftte ( Montana ) dispatch : The recent
rulings of Land Commissioner Sparks rela
to the cutting of timber on the public -
domain by miners and mining companies O. C
threatens to paralyze the entire mining in O.B
dustry. It practically compels the mills B B
smelters to shutdown. The prominent ElCl
mining men of the territory have tele ClTi
graphed Secretary Lamar asking him to TiGi
suspend the operation of the rules until GiLi
they can be heard. Petitions are being LiU. U.Ol
signed in every camp asking for the abroga OlBi
of the rules. A petition started this BiO
morning has already beveral thousand sign P
. The petitioners represent that there Gi
20,000 people in Butte and Anaconda : Sl
lepemient ] upon the mines ; that $750,000 SiH
SiH
monthly paid out for labor salaries ; that H
value'of the metal produced from the H
mines of Butte for 1885 will be $15,000- Bi
; that the business of the camp gives BiW
Union Pacific one-tenth of its gross W
business ; that there are now in operation in =
vicinity of Butte eight quartz mills , '
liavingin the aggregate 250 stamps and six „
smelting and concentrating works , with a ;
rapacity in all of abotitl.OOOtons per day.
addition to these are the smelting and
works of Anaconda , FiFl
concentrating supplied ' Fl
Butte ore. These works are the largest Flw
the 1 United States , and perhaps in the 'Cc
ivorld. They have a daily capacity of 700 ' ' OJ
, and it isexpected to double their size. 'PC
LJ
Dther smelting and concentrating works * LJH
now in process of construction about
Butte. Much of the richest Butte ore is
ihipped out of the territory without any
-reatment here. The Butte ore is low W
rade , and can only be treated by smelt- Co
or concentration. To operate the OJi
mines , mills and smelters , as well as to CA
Sn
, the dwellings and business houses for SnWi
community , large amounts of timber are
. mines must be Wi
-equired. The timbered , the
Co
and smelters be built , and wood O
fuel must be had to run them. CA
timber which is used for these I He
uirtto&ea is taken the public timber
is found in this country , are in the moun-
'tains. ' general rule , no
. They have , as a
value except for tliotimber upon them or
Itho mineral in them. The timber cut Ion
like is not ex
mining and tho purpose
ported. It is used in the territory to build
: up and sustain the main industry ol tne
{ country , to develop the resources , increase
lits population , and augment the bullion
isupplyofthe world. To such regulations
export from the ter
as would present any
ritory of timber cut within it limits 01
as would prevent or punish any wanton OL
'unnecessary waste or destruction of grow
ling timber , no ono could object ; but to pro-
'hibit ' the culling of timber in this territory ,
'where there are no means provided by _ tlio
laws of the United States for acquiring title
! to timber lands or to confirm the right ol
persons who use it or the lands which they
iclnim , would be utterly destructive to the
.whole mining industry. . A delegation ol
mining men will bo sent to \ \ aslnngton to
rpresent tho petitions and discuss the suu-
iject. [
2HE SEAT OF GOKEKA'ACBA'T.
Miscellaneous Matters of Interest attItelTa
' tiomtl Capital.
THE president has appointed Wm. F.
Harriter to be postmaster at Philadelphia ,
vice If. S. Uuldekoper , suspended. He has
also ' appointed John M. Campbell to bo
surveyor general of customs for the port of
[ Philadelphia , and Richard Ilarbuckle to be
collector of customs for the district of Erie ,
Ta.
COMMISSIONED ATKINS has received tha
following dispatch from Cuptain Lee , acting
general at Cheyenne and Arapnhoe agency
| in Indian territory : "All of tho cattle of
ithe cattle companies have been removed
.j from the reservation. Thousands of cattle
have been turned loose in Oklahoma to
graze. One hundred and twenty boomers
have ] been arrested and brought to Forfc
Ileno within the past ten days and troops
are still out. "
THE secretary of the interior and Assist
ant Secretary .Tenks heard arguments in
the case of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company vs. Guilford and Miller , an ap
peal from the decision of the commissioner
"of " the land office. The matter at issue is
of great interest to % railroad manr.gers , as
it involves the right of withdrawal on tho
part of the government of lands for indem
nity purposes. Tho commissioner decided ,
that such withdrawals were illegal. "
Inspector General Davis , in his annual
report , recommends the assembling of all
. field batteries for a school of theoretical
and practical instruction. The purchase of
cavalry horses the past year has been at
tended with delay and difficulty , suitable
horses not being easily obtained. It is
suggested that a cavalry school bo estab
lished for thorough instruction in this art.
He says it would be advantageous for tho
government to have a , stud for breeding
I. and to limit the extent , the horses to be of
the best strain , shape and vigor , which
i should be the standard of a cavalry horse.
This would encourage farmers to breed a
like class of horse-j.
The President has called on the state de
partment for a full statement of our relations
with Germany and Austria in regard to the
treatment of naturalized citizens of the
United States in those count rics. Itisunder-
stood. suys the dispatch , that tho president i3
determined that the United States shall re
main no longer inactive upon this question.
In the event of Germany ignoring our pro
.
tests , it is believed that a severance of all di -
plomatic relations with these countries would
rapidly bring about a crisis.
Commodore J. G. \ \ alker , Chief of the
Bureau of Navigation , in his annual report to
the Secretary of the Navy , submits estimates
forS30.0JO for the support of the Bureau dur
ing the nest fiscalcar. .
The old naval retiring board has been dis
solved and a new one formeJ , composed of
Rear Admiral John L. "Wordon and Capt. A.
V. Weaver ; medical directors , Thomas J.
Turner , Wm. T. Hord and Capt , Richard Win.
Eade.
The President has designated Capt. S. W. '
Mills , of the Sth Artillery to accompany
Lieut-Col. Lazelle to India as representatives
of the United States army , to witness the
maneuvres of the British army in India.
The chief of the secret service division in
his annual report , recommends legislation
to prohibit the making of dies or moulds for
making fac similes for business purposes of
United States coins , and another for the leg
islation to extepd the powers of the service so
as to include the autnority to act in all cases
of frauds against the government.
Gov. Edmund C. Ross
, of New Mexico , in
his annual report , dwells upon the fact that
immigration into the territory is restricted by
fear ( as to the validity of land titles there. He
recites how Spanish and Mexican grants have
been made to cover tracts vastly larger than
originally : intended and jrreat quantities of
land had been fraudulently entered through
forgery and perjury. He recommends that
Congress appoint a commission to quiet
titles. Indian territorial troubles are treated
at ) length.
THE MARKETS.
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