The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-22

the French government and it il
doubtful whether a compromise has
been moOted.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2l.-Villard WAS
e at his residence by a reporter, To-
whom he said: The management Of
the six large companies, the control
of which | have so far exercised. was
impossible to give each OF the corpor-
ations that executive care called for.
in justice to the interests Of their
stockholders. | have been greatly
overworked for years past, and an in
great danger of bodily breakdown.
My physician has cautioned me time
and time again if l did not relieve
myself speedily of part OF the burden
l might collapse at any time. IN
obedience, then, to the interests Of
the several corporations, and in JUS
tice to myself and family, l made I'D
my mind long ago that as o AS nv
principal task, viz the completion OF
the Northern Pacific, vas achieved T
would retire from the management
of the companies. Accordingly.
some five weeks since, l requested
VIM. EndicOtt, jr., to assume
the responsibility OF the presidency
Of the Oregon Transcontlnental. He
refused for some time, but "A liaal
and urgent aleal to him last week
resulted in his acceptance. He IS
one Of my oldest and truest friends
aud my associate in all Oregon enter
prises. from their very Organization,
so / naturally turned to him. The
! relations between the Northern
Pacific and the allied corporations
are such that points of issue between
them continually arise, in declining
which l have heretofore been acting,
so to speak, or both sides of the case.
/ need not say that this was hardly a
proper relation for me y specie
case has now arisen, which in Itself
rendered 1t impossible that l should
continue IN the Oregon & Transcon-
tinental board. 1t is the final settle
ment OF accounts between the North
ern Pacific and Oregon Il Transcon-
tinental, covering their financial
transactions during the last three
years. There are some claims Of one
against the other. involving both
right and equity, G which | ought
not to pass in a full capacity
ST. PAUL, Dec. 21.-TEe resigna-
ton of Willard excites much interest
here. A railroad official of high rank
said to-day: 1t is rather singular that
Willard should resign from the Ore
gOn Transcontinental and he satisfied
with the presidency of the Northern
Pacific, which has always been con-
sidered the tail end Of the dog. If
his resignation has been made yolun-
tarily, then it is an easy matter for
me to conjecture his reason. It is
simply this: When the blind pool
was formed, Oregon Transcontinen-
tai was made the banking house Of
the other Willard roads"
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-IIenry Vii
lard on Monday moved into his mag
nificent mansion on the corner OF
Madison avenue and Fiftieth street,
a d on the same day moved ont Of
the Oregon ~Transcontinel and Ore
gon Navigation. The two events APP
parently SO widely separate are re-
garded on the street as very signif-
cant, one of Wizards suddenly ac-
quired wealth, and the other Of the
sudden dlstrusl felt by former
friends of his capacity and faith
fulness. Willard being interviewed,
positively denied any intention
OF resiglling the presidency Of the
Northern Pacific: No suggestion Of
this kind has ever been made to me
from any quarter, notwithstanding
all that has been said in the papers on
the subject; nor would | entertain
such a suggestion for a moment. |
voted at the last annual election of
TIE Northern Pacific S64,On,ND of
stock directly and by proxies. | shall
certainly remain at my post until the
majority Of the Northern Pacific
shall decree otherwise
ED!NBURG. Dec. 2l.-The Glasgow
lynamiters were found guilty The
following prisoners were sentenced for
lie: Terrence McDermott. Thomas
Devaney, Peter Callahan, Henry Me-
Nainn aud Patrick Mccullough. The
.OllOWlng were sentenced to seven
ears. imprisonment: James O.Don-
leli, James Kelley. Patrick McCaoe,
Patrick Dam and Dennis Casey.
DENVER, Dec. 21.-The Neu's says:
Big Ike" the negro who murdered
'oung Bruce Hunt, son of ex-Gov-
rnor Hunt, in Durango last week,
vas captured Wednesday III the
Outhern Ute reservation. AS the
'ursuers came suddenly upon him.
bout daylight, sitting by a fire just
aade, he jumped and ran like ii
frightened deer to a precipice forty
high over which he leaped. He
ias found at the bottom terribly
ruised but alive, and brought to Du-
ango. All talk Of lynciing has sub
lded. Among the pursuers were
twenty-five Idians. The negro says
g had two accOmplices in the bank
but refuses to give !:tir
ames.
A miner named John Dolan was
lied in a snow slide near Silyerton
esterday.
New YORK, Dec. 21.-The east
ing of the lunatic asylum at Wards
is in flames. The fire depart
ent. city and police reserve have
zen sent to the island.
LATER.-The firemen have the
mes under control. No lives were
The cause of the fire is not
loWn. 1t broke out in the east wing.
lere were 1920 NAL patients in the
Hiding and the fire caused great eN-
among them, but all were
moved to places Of safety, and ac-
rClng to reports, no person was ~
RED. The east wing was complete
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