Nebraska Newspapers

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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. JtJJSTE 2. 1887.
COURT HOUSE BONDS TOED ,
Lancaster County Oivca a Handsome Ma
jority For tbo Building.
A CRAZY PATIENT SUICIDES ,
Another Accidental Death Uncorded
From tiio Asylum A. Convict
Corn Violently Insane Ilnso
Hull News Lincoln Notes.
[ FHOMTHE iiixjs LINCOLN ntniKAU. ]
Lancaster county and the city of Lincoln
by the votes of thulr citizens will have a
( JOO.OOO court house in the near future.
The result of the election held to vote
bonds m this amount for that purpose re
sulted favorably for the bonds.and while
a few precincts remained to hear from
at noon yesterday enough was known to
show that a handsome nmjurity lias been
cast for the bonds. In the city public opin
ion and the votes cast were all one
way.somonlntccii hundred majority being
cast in favor of the bonds. It was expected
that the country would he largely against
the measure , but the vote was very light
and the opposition not so pronounced as
supposed. At ! 5 o'clock yesterday the
county clerk had received returns from all
precincts and the vote was found to bo a
follows : For bonds unit court house,213 ;
against bonds and court house , 59'j a
majority handsome enough to .suit the
most fastidious. The question was ap
parent to all that the county needed a
court house. Room for records in the
present building occupied was wholly in
adequate , ana the rooms were dingy ,
small and uncomfortable. That it will
also bo a boom for the citv in the building
line is a fact also worthy of notice.
DEATHS AT TlIK ASYLUM.
There have been several accidents or
accidental deaths at the hospital for the
insane in the past few weeks , the last one
being Monday night , when a lady who
Imd only been in the asylum for a few
weeks hung herself in her cell. The
escape of a patient and his being run
over and killed by a train near liuatrico
is already fresh in mind , and a few day.
after that a lady patient was rescued
from tliu roof of the building , where slit
had been for several hours exposed to
death at any moment. This last case ol
miicido will , with some , lead to the con
clusion that too lax a management must
bo in vogue at the hospital or so numer
ous accidents would not arise. The
account of the lady who suicided Mou
day night , as given out , shows that in the
. preparation and the Iow death by stran
gulation , a good deal of time must have
elapsed iu winch the patient was un
watched and unattended. The watch
men and attendants on guard at nigh
ought to bo able to look to and examine
each cell often enough so that a paticir
could not have time to make a rope out
of bedding , knot it , and strangle by t
slow process. -watchmen anil attend
ants in corridors are not supplied in
inimhcta sufficient to keep patients from
Bolf murder , their numbers should be in
creased.
creased.VltOM
VltOM 1'IIISON TO THE ASYLUM.
Alex Kudabcck , a convict in the slate
penitentiary serving a sentence fron
Cass county , was taken from the peni
tentiary yesterday and brought before
tliu insanity board of Lancaster county
who ndjudgctl the man insane ant
ordered him transferred to the hospita
for the insane , lludabcck at his cxauu
nation was violent at times , so much so
that the shontl had to keep him in irons.
It is understood that he has exhibited
t symptoms of insanity in times past ,
> although where ho has lived his Insanity
was not accredited as genuine. In pre
paring his record for the asylum it was
Htateu that the first evidences of insanity
were noted two years ago.
. . 11ASE HALL.
The now management that has taken
the franchise of the Uncoln team in the
western lunguo have their now grounds
on U street in ship shape for the coming
two weeks of ball in this city. These
grounds are inside the city , and easy of
access , and the U street car passes by the
ground. The opening game occurs
to-day botwron the St. Joe's anil Lincoln ,
and tiio opportunity is an excellent ono
for the people of Lincoln to show their
good disposition toward the manage
ment by according a 'liberal patronage.
The home club is in excellent shape for
the contest and some excellent games
the remainder of the week may bo ex
pected.
STATE iiousi : NOTES.
The following notaries wero' commis
sioned yesterday : G. W. Btiullossom ,
York ; Louis W. Weaver , Columbus ;
Daniel Sullivan , Alma ; Frank A. Vt oolen ,
Alma ; Charles F. Yates , Chadron ; Kobert
McAdams , Oakdalo ; William B. East
man , lirokon How ; Jtuison C. Porter ,
Mason City ; E. W. Olds , Lawrence ; S. E.
Starry' , Imperial ; John U. Piorson , Im
perial.
Superintendent Lane has sent the third
and last notice to superintendents in the
different counties to forward their enum
eration of the school census , six counties
having failed to make returns. Ho has
also notified delinquent superintendents
to forward their reports of coming nor
mal institutes.
The live stock commission are hanging
iiro on measures to take in regard to the
Colorado quarantine and have deferred
final action until Monday next. Com
missioner Abbey departed yesterday for
several western counties where , with Dr.
Wossol , of Hastings , they will pass upon
diseased stock reported ,
i The Sherman County Agricultural so-
oioty has for warded articles of incorpora
tion to the secretary of state , the capital
Stock of the society being 135,000. The
society wilt hold its annual fairs at Loup
City.
Governor Thayer departed yesterday
afternoon for Omaha.
TO HKVE113E THE ACTS OF A CHA7.Y M.VN.
A case Has boon commenced in the dis
trict court in which Li//.ie Mickey , wife
of James 1) . Mickoy. who was adjudged
insane a few days hiiico , seeks , as guar
dian of her husband , to recover n note
for if 175 , that , aa the petition recites , when
Mickey was insane , iio gave to Milton
liorger for a pony and bugcy. The peti
tion recites that the value of the property
purchased was not over f 140. but that
owing to Mickey's insanity ho was in
duced to give a note for f 175 fet the
property. This has since been tendered
to Itorger In exchange for the outstand
ing note , hut Merger claims to have sold
the note to Hurlburt , anil rotusrd to ac
cept property back again. The petition
Bays that Hurlburt anil Merger wore iu
collusion in thu trade , and that the
former Know that Miokoy was insane at
the time. The plaintiff asks that thu note
may bo adjudged of no effect , and thai
the court order the parties ( o receive
back the property iu exchange for the
paper.STHKKT
STHKKT UAILM'iY DAMAGE SUIT.
The Lincoln Street railway is con
fronted with a now suit for dairagcs thai
was tiled in the district court a few dayt
ago. The suit is brought by thu fathni
of Andruw J. Townsend. a young man
seventeen years of ago. who rocoivutl
permanent Injuries at the hands of tin
Mneolu Street railway company throng )
the negligence of ono of thn company' )
employe * . The accident occurred at (
and Nineteenth strcnt sonic nine month !
since , the driver ordering Townsend tc
got oir the front platform and ride on tin
rear ono , tint car itself being filled wit )
people. Without slopping the car to Ic
Townsend got to thu roar platform tin
driver ordered him oif , and in getting ot !
Townsend slipped anil fell , the "wheels
of the car mining his elbow and arm ,
injuring hin'i for life. Ho there
fore aks for $10,000 damages for
personal injuries and $1,000 for lost time
and medical attendance , together with
costs of salt.
i.s'.irNrrioN ASKED.
Esther L. \ \ arncr has asked for a tem
porary Injunction In the district court
restraining the Atchison & Nebraska
railway Irom entering upon and dam-
iiging nor farm and lands through the
construction of grades nnd ditcl > cs. The
petition recites that they have already
by force entered upon the grounds , and
that her property will be , U they arc
allowed to remain , permanently injured ,
She therefore asks temporary injunction ,
and that it may bo made permanent upon
final hearing of the case.
Ultir.F 1TKM3.
Secretary Furnas of tliu fjtato board of
agriculture is in the city on state fair
business. Mr. Furnas has been busily
encaged the last month sending1 forth
advertising matter , and ho ronorts his receipts -
ceipts of mail matter and inquiries as
already enormous.
The reform administration scorns to
have it in for L. L. Lindsay's place of
business , and the narrow contracted
head of the city government scorns to
"
endorse persecution" moro than prosecu
tion. Detectives employed to work up
cxses have brought one against Lindsay ,
who has boon ready for trial , but can't
get it. Persons who go to his lunch
rooms after saloon-closing hours are
wary for fear they will bo called by the
Milde detectives as witnesses in liquor-
fcelling cases. It ought to bo stopped.
Agent James , the Law and Order detec
tive who operated in Lincoln n year ago ,
and whosn brief and brilliant career
ended in his arrest for adultery , is in
Lincoln again. Ho is in jail at the pres
ent time , having been brought from Kan
pas City , where ho was found. James ,
when arrested a year ago for adultery ,
was looked upon by the Law and Order
league as a much persecuted individual.
Good citi/.cns went his bail with alacrity ,
and the present mayor vouched for him
as a nice man. When the time for trial
came , however , ho was not to bo found ,
and his bail was declared forfeited. The
action of the bondsmen , however , in
finding him and turning him over to the
shorilf , will relieve them on that score.
W orK was commenced yesterday on
the Hapid Transit si reel rail way line , and
a force of men were laying track up ( J
street from the B. & M. depot. This is
the line that will connect the city proper
with West Lincoln , and it is proposed to
operate It by electricity or smokeless
dummy engines. About two miles of
track will be laid the present summer.
Landlord Rooney , of the Iowa house ,
who lias been under arrest for shooting
at printers in the New Republic oflice ,
had his hearing yesterday before the po
lice judge , nnd was turned over to the
county jail to await a hearing in the dis
trict court. Roonoy could not raise the
required bail bond of ? 2.000.
District court resumed work yesterday
after a three dp.ys adjournment , Jndgo
Chapman presiding at the bur. Carr ,
jury trial , continued ov r at adjourn
ment and Judge Pond holding whore
cases were tried to the court. One di
vorce was granted by the latter judge
yesterday.
Another auction sale was hold yester
day of lots lying northeast of the city.
The usual bjass band contingent headed
the procession.
11. T. Clarke , of Omaha ; B. I ) . Slaghter ,
of Fullerton ; Dr. John Black , of Plaits-
mouth , and Cal Wilson , of Nebraska
City , wore prominent Nebraskans at
Lincoln yesterday.
IJOHK-Lived J nil UPS.
Cleveland Plaindcalcr : Speaking of
the judges of the supreme court , the
members of the tribunal seem to bo long-
lived. The youngest member is Harlan ,
who is fifty-four ; Gray , lifty-nino ; Stan-
loy.Matthows , of Ohio , sixty-three ; Wulto ,
Field and Miller , seventy-one , and Brad-
fey , seventy-four. Of the present mem
bers Miller has been longest on the
bench in that body , having been ap
pointed in 1802 , a year before Field.
Bradley went on in 1870 , Waite in 1874 ,
Harlan 1877 , Matthews and Gray in 1881
und Blatchford iu 1882. Woods was ap
pointed in 1880. The St. Louis Globe-
Democrat says the "best illustration ,
however , of the longevity of the members
of the court is the fact that although
most of them have boon appointed when
in the latter portion of the middle per
iod of life , the court at all times number
ing from live to nine associate justices ,
yet the number of these ollicials from
the date of the creation of the tribunal ,
ninety-eight years ago , until to-day has
reaclfed but forty-tfireo. In that time
the country has had twenty-two wresi-
dents , thirty secretaries of state , thirty-
seven secretaries ot the treasury , thirty-
eight secretaries of war , thirty-one secre
taries of the navy , thirty-two postmasters
general and thirty-nine attorneys general ,
although but one of ouch of these classes
of ollicials was or is iu service at the
same time. "
Why tin Gnvo Up Clicss Plnylnc.
It is told of Dr. Thomas , now assistant
bishop of Kansas , who was renowned in
Yale , and after his graduation as a chess
player , that suddenly ho gave up his fav
orite gamo. Asked the reason for his
conduct ho said : ' 'I found that 1 took so
much interest iu the game that when I
was beaten it aroused jn mo feelings that
I could not conscientiously entertain.
There was nothing loft for me to do butte
to give up chess. ' '
Young and middle-aged mon , suffering
from nervous debility and kindred all'ec-
tions , as loss of memory and hypochon
dria , should enclose 10 cents in stamps
for largo illustrated treatise suggesting
sure means of cure. Address , World's
Dispensary Medical Association , Buffalo
The Invalldo Rttsso , the ofllclal journal
of the minister of war , gives the effective
forces of the czar on the 1st of January ,
18SC. According to this account the Rus
sian regular army numbered at that time
82-1.7013 soldiers and 30,055 generals and
olllcors. The reserves amounted to
1,000,815 mon. The militia of the first
call counted 9,100,000 mon. And this
without counting the Finland regiments.
Constitutional Catarrh ,
No single disease 1ms ontitllod moro sutTurlng
orhtuU'ned tiio lire-liking the
- up of constitu
tion than catarrh. Ttie simeoof smoll.oClauo
of sight , of htmrliiff , Die human voice , tbo mmO
ono or more , nnd sometimes nil , yield to Us
destructive ItiUuence. Tire poison it distributes
throuKliout the system attavksovory vllul fotvc
and breaks up tuo most robust of constitutions ,
Jg-norcd. because but little understood , br most
pliysicliuis , Impotently assailed by quacks ) und
crmrlatanj , tuoso eullcrine from It Imvo little
lioiio Ui bo relieved of it tills Bldo of tlin grave.
J Hi * tune , then , that the popular treatment ol
tills terrlolo disease by remedies within the
reach of all puued Into Mauds at once compe
tent imd trustworthy. The new nnd hitherto
untried method adopted by Or. Banford in the
preparation of till HADICAI. CUUB has won the
hearty npinoval ot thousand ! . It Is InsUm
tuncous In affording relief In all head colds
sneeilmr. snullllng and obstructed breuthtnn
and rapidly rotnorca the most oppressive
pyniptoms. clearing the head , ewootunln * tin
breath , restoring the lenses of smtill.tAstu and
hearing- , and neutralizing the conitllutlona
tondpaoy of the disease towards the luuRi.llvet
and kidneys.
S vtrnuirs IUDicAtcuuK consists of ono bet
tie of the lUrmui. CUIIK. one box of CAT Aim it
ALSOLVKXT , and IMPROVBU IifiiALiR : price , | 1
I'QTTitnDuunft CiiimcAtCo. , BOSTON.
HOW MY BACK ACHEI3 ,
VVeuK : Hotps , Vain. Weakness and In
flaniiuutluu or the Kidney * . Shootlnt
I nlns tlirouifh the Lglns. Hlpi ana Sld
I'nitis. Lack of Btrongtb and Actirltj
liKt.imviti. JNOKB MiNitric and ineedlli
cured bjtbe CUTICUIIA A ! TI-PA
H. u nuvr , original , elcjant and lufallltiU
antidote to patu and Inflaminatlon. At druv
o fists. 25p. : five tor il.UO : or.ixutajro free ol
tr Potter Drug and Chemical Co. , iwiton , MaM.
A GIGANTIC MONOPOLY ,
Story of the Maxwell Grant Written in Gold
and Blood ,
LAND BARONS BUTCHERED ,
Eastern Men Mnko Millions by Its
Transfer to Foreigners Mil
lion * Loft for Allen
Owners.
The Santa Fc , N. M. , correspondent of
the New York Herald , writes ! The
most notable of nil tliu New Mexico laud
grants is tliu famous Maxwell grant
swindle , and its history gives a tolerably
correct resume of that of all the others.
There does not , however , appear to.IMVO
been any fraud in connection with ihu
American departmental survey of this
grant , although this seems most strange
in view of the circumstances surrounding
it from beginning to end. The fraud , as
will bo more clearly seen further on , was
in the manner , tactics and deceptions of
obtaining the grant originally. There is
tok-rably satisfactory evidence that the
original boundaries have been followed
ns closely as possible in the American
survey upon wbich the grant was con
firmed by congress and patented. The
grant is constantly before the courts on
account of some claim or other , but it
has thus far conio out victorious in every
case. There is , however , n suit pend
ing against it now which promises to
shake it up a little before it is ended. It
is a suit in chancery to recover live-
sixths of the entire grant under a ulca
that Ihu title to this nortion of it never
passed legally from the heirs
of the original owners to
the present owners. The suit ,
though no one expects that it can boeven
partially established , is nevertheless in
such a shape as to make a good deal of
trouble for the grant company , who will ,
no doubt , be compelled to light it out , as
it would take too much money according
to present appearances , to compromise
it. There are over _ a hundred claimants
parties to the Miit , and a good many of
them are wealthy Eastern iniTohants.
They propose to push the case to the bit
ter end , and to this end have already en
gaged the services of General Uutler. The
title to the suit is , "Henry Clark and wife.
Fanny Clark , et til. , complainants , vs.
The Maxwell Land Grant company , de
fendants , in chancery , for partition. "
A MICH TlIHttlTOKV.
The grant runs llfty miles from north
to south and sixty miles from cast to west ,
containing in all 1,711,7f ! acres , and It
situated on the boundary line between
northern Now Mexico and southern Col
orado , with the greater part in New Mex
ico. The Atchison , Topeka & Santa Fo
railroad runs through its full length , and
it contains nourishing towns and villages ,
gold mines yielding the owners hundreds
ot thousands of dollars annually , exten
sive coal mines , timber forests and as
good agricultural and grazing lands as
there are in the territory. It is valued at
§ 25,000,000 and cost the present company
if 1I > ,00COU ( | , including ! ? 2,000C01 spent in
litigation.
HOW Tltr. GICAXr WAS ACQUIRED.
The history of the grant is one of un
usual interest on account of the many
stirring incidents connected with it and
the vast fortunes imde out of it. It was
originally obtained from the Spanish
governor of the territory , General Man
uel Armi.jo , in 1811 , by two men named
Charles llypolite Ueaubien anil Guad-
alupc Miranda , licaubicn was a native
of Nieolot , province of Quebec. Canada ,
and ho made his way out of hero with
other French-Canadians in 1831 , settled
down ui the ancient pueblo village of
THUS , in the north of the territory , be
came n naturalized Mexican and married
a Mexican woman , by whom ho had a
family of two sons and live daughters.
He died ut Taos in 1801. His us so
ciato in the grant , Guadalupo Mi
randa , was a native Mexican , and is
still living in the state of Chihati-
hua , Mexico. Having , no doubt , made
themselves familiar with the loose way in
which the lands wore given away for eon'
turics previously , they applied to Gov
crnor Armijo for "a largo grant of land
for the purpose of establishing colonies
thereon and inducing immigration from
Franco and Canada upon it. " They had
a pencilled map allowing the various
marks or points by which they wished
the grant described and recognized , but
caicfully avoided giving any hint or
guess of the distance between these
points. There was no survey of the grant
until 1801. twenty years ofter it was be-
cured After having secured the grant
lieaubien and Miranda took an enterpris
ing American nitl/.cn named Charles
lient in with them and the throe set to
work to enrich thomscbycs as fast as pos
sible from the new acquisition by culti
vation , mining , ranching , and any other
way they thought they could turn over a
dollar.
TUP. FIIIST DISI'DTR.
But the fortunate trio were not always
to go unmolested. In 1813 Antonio Jose
Martinez , the parish priest of Taos , as
sisted by other priests and laymen , made
a complaint to the governor , who was
then Mariano Chaucz , "that too much
land had been granted and locked up un
der the Beaubion and Miranda grant ;
that they had taken in with them an
American citizen named Charles Bent ,
who could not hold nny property on the
frontier under the law , and that they
were making high handed use of the land
generally. " The result of this petition
was that the governor issued a decree
suspending the whole grant. Ucaubion
and Miranda , however , were not to be
discouraged. They immediately re
paired to this city and succeeded in con
vincing the governor that Bontbad noth
ing whaiover to do with the grant ; that
ihu whole tract did not contain over
eighteen leagues , and that they were
making the best use possible of
it. Governor Chauez , who seems to have
been as easy going as his predecessor ,
Armijo , immediately upon this showing
issued a decree restoring the grant to the
grantees , much to the just chagrin of the
opposing priests , some of whom were
also present. More "Americans" came ,
nml , as they ironerully had both raonoy
and enterprise , they were eagerly taken
into their contidonco and partnership by
Ik'iiubien , Miranda and Bent , eaeh of
whom know all the tricks of the swind
ling business. In this way they took in
with them Covan St. Vraln , Lufs Leo and
Cornelio Vigil , and scoured morn grants ,
covering over seven million acres , and
extending across the Rocky mountains
from the Rio Grande river to the
Arkansas.
VAU.
They then renounced all allegiance to
the Mexican gonorumoiit and sot up one
of their own , wiln Charles Bent as gov
ernor and Beaubin as associate chief justice -
tico of the supreme court. They , of
course , still kout their headquarters and
Bout of government at Taos. Prior to
this arrangement , however , u now set of
American adventurers came along and
invaded the territory of and partially
conquered the Boaubien and Miranda
crowd , and finally compelled thorn to
content themselves with their original
grant from Governor Armijo. This , how
ever , was given to the original three
Iteaubion , Miranda and Bent by the
"new government , " and the rest of the
robbers were taken into part ownership
of the $7,000,000 acres remaining , which
haye since become known as the St.
Vrain.Das Animas and Saugredo Christo
grant * . This was in 1846 , and the adven
turers were no doubt encouraged in their
operations by the declarations of war
against Mexico that year1 by the United
States. '
nUTCIIKltl.VO THE IA D TIIIF.VKS.
As was to bo o.xiwcted , this high
handed system of lawlcs3niS3usurpatlon !
of authoritv and plundering by a few
American Adventurers and Mexican con
federates and leaders wns not very taste
ful to the honest elemcnt'of ' the neoulo of
Taos , who followed tire lead of Father
Martinez , who naturally enough de
nounced the whole robbery and the rob
bers and usurpers in no very measured
terms , and continued th do so as steadily
M opportunity ollcred. The people , ana
oven the Indians , btfcnmo thoroughly
aroused and resolved [ upon vengeance ,
ut which , however , the Americans and
their Mexican confederates gimuly
laughed. The Mexicans and Indians
wore , however , in earnest , but no serious
disturbance of the peace took place until
the night of January 10. 1810. That
night 'Governor" Charles Bent , Narriso
Bcaubc'm ( son of Charles A. Beaubcln ) ,
Luis Leo and Corneilo Vigil got up a
dance in Taos and invited all the Ameri
cans and Mexicans in their conlidcnco
and working with them to bo present.
As soon as the dance was fairly under
way the towusucop.lo and Indians took
advantage of the occasion , organized in
very short time , gathered around the
house where the dancers were enjoying
themselves and butchered every one
except two or three , who managed to es
cape , and ( vcn these wore caught and
similarly butchered the next day. Some
of the women present were also killed in
ho scrimmage. There must have been
) ver n hundred people killud altogether.
This put an end to the "new American
government , "but not to the grantsevery
inch of which reverted to tha descond-
iiits of the dead adventurers and are still
n existence.
MAXWELL COMKS IN.
When General John C. Fremont came
along in ItilT ho had with him a younir
man named Lucicn B. Maxwell , who was
evidently a born adventurer. ' Ho was n
iiativc of Kaskaskia , 111. General Fre
mont was delayed at Taos , and Maxwell
'mprovod the occasion by looking into
.hings generally and satisfying himself
as to what inducements there were for
peculation and plundering. Ho accord-
.ugly remained in Taos instead of pro
ceeding across the * continent with Gen-
sral Fremont , as was his original inton-
ion , and subsequently became the man
: iftor whom the famous grant is called
to-day. He married the eldest daughter
of Cdarles 11. Ueaubien shortly after
parting with Fremont , and received
: iearly thirteen thousand acres of the
grant with her. He immediately settled
down upon his holding , and was
the first permanent settler upon the
grant , none of the original grantees hav
ing ever lived upon the grant. Being
> f un industrious turn ho soon acquired
some wealth from his property , and also
received pecuniary assistance from time
'o time from his father.in-law. Bccom-
ng ambitious for territory ho was thus
enabled to buy out auy one who had a
share in the grant that wanted to sell it.
Following out tins policy ho secured the
entire interest of his father-in-law and
hosoqf all others except Miranda , ' who
was still half owner. Miranda , however ,
soon afterward yielded And sold his entire -
tire half interest to Maxwell for ? 2,74r ) .
Maxwell thus became thesole owner of
the whole grant. This was in 1807. Ho
cad already accumulated enormous
wealth from Ins cattle jiulustry and the
mines on the grunt , but us soon as ho got
the whole thing into his own hands ho
plunged into princely extravagance and
hospitality and landed himself into finan
cial dilliculty within a single year.
11OUOI1T 11Y KNOlilSII GOLD.
He tlien resolved ubon selling the
grant altogether and negotiations were
opened with the late Senator Chaflco and
ex-Senator George M. Chilcott , of Color
ado , and Wilson Waddiuglmm and Judge
George F. Holly , of Ndw York , at the
close of 1803 , for its purchase. These
gentlemen , however , did not have the
money at the time necessary to make the
purchase , and the money , of course ,
Maxwell had to have. The price ho
asked and afterwards received was
$1,375,000. . Ho , however , had faith in the
ability of the syndicate just mentioned to
raise the necessary amount of money
under tavoruble circumstances and ac
cordingly gave them a sale bond of the
grant to work with Mr. Widdingham
took with him to London a Denver news
paper writer named Bliss , who was a
genius ut writing puffs and advertise
ments. As soon as they arrived in Lon
don Mr. Bliss wrote pamphlets and
newspaper articles , giving most extrava
gant accounts ot the mineral wealth
and fertility Of the grant. The English
men were , however immovable
at first , but after a year and a half's writ
ing and pufl'ing by Mr. Bliss and a num
ber of trips across the Atlaiflic by Mr.
Waddington they came to terms , and a
syndicate of them finally purchased the
grant for $5,000,000. The papers wore
executed in favor of the Englishman in
1870 , and Maxwell stopped down and out
with hissf 1,375,000. Mr. Waddinll'hamis
said to have made $1,000,000 out of the
deal ; Air. Chalice ; § 500.000 ; Judge Holly ,
$300,000 ; Mr. Chilcott , $300,000 , andother
persons interested smaller amounts ; but
poor Bliss , who did all the advertising
and pulling , was left in the lurch in Eng
land without bomg given a single cent.
At least , this was the common story nt
tiio time.
SOLD TO THE MITCH SYNDICATE.
In the meantime a great many people
had settled down upon the grant ; cattle
kings came along , and , among other lo
cations , trespassed upon the Maxwell
grant without limit. The Englishmen thus
found themselves in sucli a mess nil at
once that they became disgusted with the
whole thing , and , like Maxwell , resolved
upon selling out at once , if possible. Mr.
Waddingham was again called to aid ,
and through his skillful management of
the case the Englishmen succeeded in un
loading the elephant , as they thought it
was , upon a woathy Dutch Hyndicato at
Amsterdam for $10,000.000.
THE TITLE HOLDS OOOD.
The name difficulties that confronted
and disgusted the Englishmen also con
fronted the Dutchmen , with the addition
that the title to the property was now dis
puted , and for a time thoY"thought they
had been badly cheated in the transaction ,
but they kept up courage , and hold on to
their purchase. The titld' dispute being
apparently the more snritlus dilliculty on
hand they'took legal advice from the late
Judah P. Bonjamm at Londonand Judge
Davis , George Ticknor Curtis and Air.
Evans at New York , Attorney General
Williams and Mr. Uayarif,1 now secrcta/ *
of state , were also consulted , und all
without exception agreed1 that the title
was perfect and indisputable. The ques
tion of defect was , however persisted in
and a suit upon this ground was ordered
to bo entered againstt the company
bv Attorney General Browster.
The suit was contested by the
company and tried , ut Denver
a year ago , and decidodrn } favor of the
company. The decree lof : the Denver
court was confirmed by the supreme
court at Washington on tbo 18th of last
month. This brings down the dill'icultiea
of the company to the present suit , but ,
as already mentioned , no one believes
that it can be maintained , though it may
prove troublesome and expensive for a
time. The grant is increasing in value
all the time , and the prospects are that
the Dutchmen and tboir descendants , in
stead of having an elephant on their
hands , will reap a rich harvest from it ,
which , indeed , they are already doing.
After receiving liis $1,375,000 in 1870 ,
Maxwell purchased a largo ranch in an
other section of the territory and retired
to it with his family. Ho died on bb
ranch a few years ago , leaving a wife and
one Bon-behind , who still live on it.
OTIir.lt LAND GHAUBKKS.
Such Is the story ot the Maxwell land
grant. Among grants which ware iir l
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Icntly "surveyed out" under the auspices
of the authorities nt Washington wore
the Martinez grant , originally about
48.000 acres ; "Rtirvtiyod out" in 1870 to
CU5,515 acres. The Estanciu grant , or
iginally about 40,000 acres ; surveyed in
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first less than 10.000 acres ; surveyed to
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hundreds of thousands of acres. It hits
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ftnd > | lmt criminals arc more apt limn
normal people to be the descendants of
very young and very old parents , in op
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