The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-10-27

An Austrian Baron Pound 6yar.
E.yfnS a AAOd On GIhe New TFG1eI.
on Thursday afternoon last, Colo
mel Carr, the Postmaster received a
heavy sealed document at his Office,
''Vienna," and directed
to 'cHerr Carl Won VecKter. Gales,
burg, Knox County, state of Illinois,
United States of North Anetica.'s
that the massive letter
must be of Importance, from Its crest.
seals and general official appearence,
he dispatched Mr.. William Post
chief clerk ofthe Office, in search Of
Herr Won Vechter.. Mr.. Post made
dfligent inquiry of several, but could.
not find any trace of the Individual,
wanted, until he met Mr.. John Loos.s
the well known saloon. KEEPER on the
east side of the public square Mr..
Loos knew Charley Vechter; he vas,
working on the new hotel buiI1
and both walked over there, vsGS
they found Vechter about to ascend
q ladder with hod on his shoulder.
When MFR. handed him the1let-l
ter, and he had read il, thedelishtos-
the hoffman knew no bounds. He
threw his hods full of brick away and
embraced Mr.Post, 1calliug him his
dearest friend. The letter contained
a draft for 81, 500 on the First Nation
al Bank of Chicago, and he insisted
on paying Mr.. Post $500 for being the
bearer Of such Joyful tidings as the
document contained which, ofconrse,
Mr.. Post refused. 30 ~ r..,-.i--,.ll 80, =
In the year 1857, Herr Won lVech-
ter being then nineteen yearsold, and
of q noble family, entered the AUS
TRAN army as Lieutenant. and
through regular gradations. in 1860,
arrived at the rank ofMajor. In the
month Of September, of that year, he
was grossly insulted, at q tevee, by
the Colonel of his regiment. Proud
and high spirited, he resented the
insult, and challenge was passed
between the two officers. They met
with pistols at ten pace5-aild the
Colonel fell! With great difficulty
Vechter eluded the authorities, sand
at length escaped to England. There
he remained but a short time, and
finding no suitab bic employment he
embarked for tha United States, ami
upon his arFiY proceeded to Chi,
cago.. He arrived in the city on the
day the Intelligence ofthefall of Fort
Sumpter flashed through the country,
and his means being nearly. ex haust-
ed, he enlisted in the Ninth illinois.
then being organized. The man who
had worn the epaulets of an Austrian
officer for more than threeyears car
ried muSket in the ranks Of that
battalion, and was severely wounded
at the sanguInary battle of ,Pittsburg.
Landing. When he was mustered
out, he got employment of various
kinds, and end1Fed-many VieissItudes
incident to the lot ofa laboring man.
He feared to write TO his relatives,
as the Austrian Government might
learn his wherea bouts and cause, his
apprehension under the Extradftion
Treaty, until finally he found hinnseff
In Galesbt1Tg, carrying q hOd on tie
new hotel. 1,sq. sds d z1OEliptsn zio
3, The, packet he received containeda
| full pardon under the sign manualof
the Emperor. The Colonel had only
been severely Wounded,5 and freely
acknowledged that he had been at
fault, and that the duel had been Of
his own seeking. By the death Ofhis
uncle, Won " inherits a rich estate
and the title of Baron. Thus has the
humble hod carrierbeen elevated and
restored to his proper place, as, at the
same timehe lands In his native coun-
try he will receive bis commission
Colonel of his old regiment. - p. -, ..5
=, Previous to bis departure on the
1920 train to- Chicago from whence
he will embark for Europ peTzhe made
generous presents to many who, had
befriended him here. Captain Em-
rich informs US that a marriage in
high life will take place. in, VIenna
shortly after the Baron 3 arrival there.
From the New York Sun, IOetober4s.I
WALL -STREEr UNALA61ZED.
How the Gold King Made Their
M RIiOns-Tshe EFele& "a EssS ME-
tween General EBatIerReII and
Secretary BO7tWeII GaEs4ured
by the Clique. .Ets rs1. boa
+ On the Oath ultimo, the day when
the gold panic eliminated, and the.
gold clique retired with only partial
/ success, General ButterfieFd learned
that somewhere in New York ZOE
Washington or from some interme-
diate point, the telegraph wires were
leaking news which the Wall street.
gold and stock combinations were
using to their exclusive advantage.
General Butterheld was seated at Iais
little table in the Assistant Treasur.
eI's room at the Treasury building
during the most eVentful hours Of
that eventful panic day aroundhim,
ia painful suspense, were gathered
nearly score of Wall street rulers,
l the most of whom expected, vet did
not hope for, the fatal dispatch from
secretary Boutwell, to the Assistant
Treasurer directing him to sell gold,
| Two preliminary dispatches had
4 passed over the WireS-one by one
company's line, the other over q diff
ferent rOute-at 1880 A. n. These
were an inquiry from the Secretary
on the situation, and General Butter:
fields reply.
ner from each of several of the heav-
lest operating houses, or represent
ing pers0RB from each OF. 427ms was
attending the, voluntary meeting in
that tsouth Western room of the Treas
ury Building. When the fatal. dis
/ patch did cofne, and While the 9aggCa q
bearer of II, was still before General
Butterhel6,s table, one OF the AeaYIc
est street opet tors entered The door
| with flle announcement that gold
was selling Down to182 1t bad been
vibrating Between 100 and 81 forthe
1 previous tan minutes. While the
news OF the depressed price was be-
| Ing spOken, General Bntterfe cid open
ed the telegram, and read It aloud:
| The order to sell four millions Of gold
was known on Wall street ten to
twenty-five minutes before General
Butterheld saw the contents of the
order.
Tho gold clique only knew of its
receipt, aDdthe kings among Ahem
made no delay in getting into safe
quarters, after dispOsing first of many
millions of their. load. It has been
ascertained that the Franklin Tele-
graph Company'S wires weSe tappeds
either outside of the city or frOm
some rUof-top inside the CITY, and the
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