Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-02-15


next few seasons. About this time the
Senior Stokes was induced to remove
to New York, where he made his office
with his son, though not originally in
tending to become cntangled in bus,
incss Such was the result however,
and not only were the father but other
prominent wealthy relatives gradually
but h.avily involved in the extended
veatnref Of Stokes Il Budlong. The
failure of the firm followed, and father
and son were thrown into bankruptcy.
With the wreck of his fortunes
young Stokes embarked next in the
enterprise Of establishing an oil refn-
cry at Hunters point Three hundred
thousand dollars were expended in the
works. which were to be of tie best
class, when the company fell into
diliultics, and that at this juncture the
baletuI light Of Jim Fisk's couutenance
comes into the sto-y. Jim was in the
the fall tide Of his operations with Erie.
lie held the advantagc(we wish it We're
less employed by even more scrupulous
railpay managers than he)supplied by
his corporation, in transportation and
| control of market, as the Erie was
the great th)roughflre to the oil
regions. A compact was struck. Fisk
entered the fnery company, reinforced
It's capital, aud with change Of name
| heavy " drawbacks" on the Erie freight
bills, the Hunters Point refinery sailed
strongly in successful competition.
Stoke was Secretary as well as partner
At one time his prolis of the refinery
gave 81 900 per week.
In 1894, Stokes married the daughter
# j. w Sonthwick, a prominent
furniture dealer in New York .one Of
the eldest IN his line in that city. 4
short time since one Of our Oldest resi- :
dents showed Us set of furniture, a
wedding outfit brought to Chicago in
! 1886, bought Of Mr.. Southwick, who is
now a man Of Immense wealth. and still
in active business in great Broadway
establishment. The wedding Of Stokes
/ with Miss Southwick seemed to lack
nothing that wealth, position and So
ciaI surroundings could bring to happi>
ness They made their sumptuous home
! in the Hoffman House and moved among
/ the most brilliant life of the metropolis.
The neat scene IN the drama brings
] the Infamous woman Mansfield into the
/ plot. Solomon described her many
many centuries ago, and we fear Solo
mon knew what he was writing about
But his painting has never been sur
passed, aud if somebody could have
| ~Epped into Stokes Fmind this
little protrait made two thousand year
ago, Of Josephine Mansfield and her
| infamous sisters, it might have spared
community the. fruits of the acquaintance
! Here are some of the wise man's color
ings Of his subject.
She leth in wait as for a prey, and
increascth the transgressons among
men.
Her feet 90 down to death her steps
take hold on He'll.
Her house inclineth into death, and
her paths into the dead None that
90 unto her return again.
He gocth after her stranghtway, as an
OK goeth to the slaughter.
She has cast down many wounded
yea many strong men have been slain
by her.
Her house is the way to hell, going
down to the chambers of death.
The dead are there. Her guests are
in the depths of hell,
And just precisely that happened
which the Son of David predicted; !;
from the house of the Harlot the
path turned downward. A quarrel be-
tween Fisk and Stokes followed. It
was carried into affairs of business.
Fisk refused to allow the Hunters
Point concern to make q dividend,
and thus cut off Stokes supplies.
The disgraceful relation with Mansfield
became more shameless, and the father