Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-06
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.


nerty on che Irish Question - rhe
Mexican Pension Bill.
For several days past the loungers
about the Arlington Hotel have no.
ticed tall handome young man with
a business-like air about all his move.
ments, who has received much atten-
ton from northwestern congressman
and members of the French legation.
He has been accompanied by a beauti-
! full lady with hair of "titiau red and
toilets that have excited the comment
aud envy Of the fashionable guests of
the house. There has been also a
French bonnie and . beautiful baby
about their apartments baby upon
whose dainty wardrobe wealth has
been most lavishly expended. That
they tare foreigners no one could
doubt, and that they are people Of
wealth and distinction Is very evident
Both talk English very nuentiy, but
have very little to say or do with the
people about the hotel. and have at
tended to their own affairs as eXclu-
| slvely as courtesy would warrant
The hotel register bears the name of
Marquis de Mores and lady, but this
has given a clew to those only who
know of n young Frenchman who
has been investing a vast amount of
money in business enterprises in the
northwest. The North Dakota and
Montana people know all about them,
butts modestly does the Marquis bear
himself, and so devoted is the wife to
her husband and chlld, that public
curiosity has not bean grautied as
fully as it desires
WHO THE MARQUIS Is.
The Marquis de Mores is the son of
the Duke Of Nallembros, and an Off,
Ger in the French army on the staff
of the Governor of Paris He gradu.
atcd at St. Cyr-the West Point of
France served a while with disunc.
ton, and about eighteen months ago
came to America TO marry the daugh-
ter of the Baron Won Hoffman, who
is engaged in the banking Business at
80 Wall street, New York Soon after
his marriage the Marquis made jour
ney of exploration To the North west
and bought large tract of land where
the Northern Pacific railroad crosses
the Little Missouri river, near the
boundary line of Dakota and Mon
tana. Here he established a ranch,
purchased six or seven thousand cat
tie, and settled down as a frontiers
man to stay. The cowboys regarded
him as an interloyer and tried to drive
. him out, but they entirely mistook
/ the character of the young French
) man. and soon found that they had
r met their match.
! He soon won the devotion of the
law abiding citizens of the community
and they welcomtd him as valuable
, accession, but the freebooters who
t wanted to occupy the range he haC
E purchased for their cattle, gave hin
Q notice to clear out The Marquis de
{ clined to go; he had invested abou
e $500, 600 in lands and cattle, liked tn,
t country and proposed to make it hi
t permanent residence. Then they
+ threatened his life, and the herder
\ who had formerly occupied the pas
, lures he purchased attempted to carry
6 their threats into execution. Tn,
! Marquis gathered a body guard of his
own cowboys around him, provided
them with repeating rifles, and helC
his ground.
S EIGHTEEN TIMES WAS HE SHOT AT,
but escaping without wounds. But II
self-defense ne killed one or two o
his assailants the Marquis says one
but others say two-and was arrested
, for murder. He was tried three times
for the same offense, but was acquitted
each time, and public Indignation wa'
so aroused at his persecution that hi,
assailants were compelled to leave the
country, and the Marquis is now per
mitted to occupy mis- property peace
fully, and with the full respect anC
confidence of the citizens. For severa
months no attempts have been made
to stampede his cattle, and he has
I been pursuing his business schemes
, which are very extensive, and will &c
) far toward building up the country
I along the line Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad He has already established
I a system of refrigerator cars between
, St. Paul and Duluth, and Portland
Oregon, and his plans are 50 farreach
ing as TO deserve not only the atten
! ton but the encouragement of every
man WHO is lUltFeSlcu III INC ucNtIOp
ment of the Northwest. He is now ii
Washington on business connected
with his enterprises but soon returns
to Dakota to give them his personal
attention. / asked him to day to give
me an outline of his plans for the
future and sketch of what he Ina.
been doing.
THE PLaNs or THE MARQUIS.
Il have my headquarters, " he said
"where the Northern Pacific crosses
the Little Missouri River. on the sit,
of a camp occupied by General Gus
ter while on his expedition to the
Black Hills in 1874. There / have
started town called Medora-that is
my wife's name-and have already n
operation slaughter houses with a
capacity of 300 beeves per day. My
ranch extends up and down the Little
Missouri River, upon which are be
tween G, coo and z, 200 cattle, and about
1900 sheep.
How do sheep stand the climate