The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-01-18

| n4e%N4f"SAloAI -NN''Oh'f sSlhS VI tno oSSh
known characters Of San Francisco died
suddenly on Thursday, He was walk.
ingl along Dupont street.. aud fell to tbc
pavement. IL. was aSsisied,to his fee,
and pissedl asins'iaI building to rest
when he died withopts struggle. Al;
mast sloss bslipd. bi4 ns, h, walked UP
the street was William IN NJ lPS9ll.a shswsnss
mangiletsreE.i nto So,a ,527- Califognir
street. This gcntleMap, =, seeing ,ths
Emperer fall, hastened to aid him, and
others quicSly came to his aksis,l,snee,
-Thespoor OLD man was gently raised
from the street and placed in sitting
posshte on the pavement. his bhek be-
ing Supported by the wall of the corner
house! fHe''w 'speechless. helpless
and quite unconscious. His head hung
iotwhrdi on his bteast, his eyes had n
st6lia look 2 hrs brehthing was faint md
rapia'nhdhis li.hb4 were Sdeptired!aoI
power. AnIong-pid the crowd
that rapidly gathered. was tho police
officer ofthe beataan he. seeing thHt
Emperor was in averysiok. ifinot dying
condition, hurried for a hack to convey
him to the City Receiving Hospital, but
although he made all possible haste.
Norton was dead before the carrliige
arrived. The well known form that
was familiar to every man woman and
child in San Francisco lay stretched on
the wet pavement, surrounded by quite
a largo crowd of people, who appeared
to take quite as much interest iu. the
event as If the Mayor OF the city or
some otler high official had departed
this life under tragic or other impress
sive circumstance. 80 '
! $50 The hack that WAS TO take the live
Emperor to the City Hospital conveyed
the imPerinl. corpse to the .Mprsue,
where upon his person were found - 80
in Goll ani S3inFilyer aud n five fruc
HlysEn nPi!eer Of tbs, issue Of 1928. His
( p7ckeis plso contained several Gctitious
! kilograms PurIortin3 to have been sent
/ Ry the Tsisping heads Of Europe. aud
/ s2}iher illEsiiops Tersopases, Que of the
locutnents reads, ..-.....-.- ...... 49,,
i Sr. PETEEsBURG. Sept. Goth, 1879.
! H., Norton L: We are advised that Queeni
Victoria will join with you in, wedlocs.
to bind closer the iics of tho o United
States and England. We approve most
heartily and congratulate you. 20
f. Il! ....... ALEx, Gar of Russia
The following was proclamation
printed ON parchmert: .'...'a'"l
1he taxpayer is now feeling the
III cts OF universal sufrruge and the
American vote; and whereas. the fraad-
ufemt system which the politicians have
engendcred cannot give the taxpayer
his pro rata OF the spoils,
Now, therefore. 1, Norton I. Deo
Grntias, do hereby prohibit tho Water
Commissioners from signing the Spring
Valley Water bill under penalty of de-
caPitation. until soundor system shall
have been adopted. Given under our
hand and scal.
The real name Of tho deceased was
Joshua A. Norton. lie was born in
London. of Jewish parontage, on The
18th OF Febuary, 1917. He came to San
Francisco IN November, 1918, from VAL
Pariso, Chile. where ho had arrived but
n short time before from Chpctown.
south Africa. by the early pioneers
he is remembered as having been
shr"wa, ontcTrrisimg business man. At
one time he was buying partner for
three or four mercantile 'ousrs in the
interior OF tho State. aud in this capa
city manifested great business ability.
Then he engaged in the real estate bus 1
mess, iii which he,oontinued in appar
ent prosperity, number OF years. |
While in this business he became
posscssor OF much valuable real ,s.
tate. His business career eliminated
III great effort to pct n g corner " on
rice. Ho purchased all that was
in the city, and, ns ruinor has il, all
that he could ascertain that was in
transit. paying large pricra, with view
OF controlling f1ture market. or
Macondrny & Co. he bought a large
cargo to arrive. agreeing to pay 10 cents
per pound. or thcruobouts. Other ship
ments, however, that no knew not of
were reported IN the meantime md upon
the arrival Of Macondny & Co.'s cergo
the market was so fiat " that lie could
not meet his contract. aud u pr0iracted
lawsuit followed, during which the ma.
mia that ho was "Einperor'' firs, became
manifest. lie said that ho proposed 10
compromiso tho matter with Mcssrs.
Macondry 4 Co. by marrying Mr.. Ma.
condray's daughter and investing her
with tho royal title Of Empress. Ills
aversion TO that ilrpi Sas alweys marked
aftcrwn"d and no claimed that they
owed him 500, 900. In 1857 ho assumed
the sword and plume. md kept ON wear.
ing them mp TO the timo OF his death.
Ho was harmless nonoinaniac. bu, no
matter what his surrounding might Jc
no never seemed TO forget that he bad
the dignity Of royalty to maintain.
Tho old Emperor lived on conlribu.