The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-16

} other thar amt no time this thirty year III
weren't, so to speak, just suiferin' for it, e
his nat'ral right ez Mexican" The jury a
last compounded by bringing in a verdict
homt 'ide against certain parties unknown
Yet was understood taCtly that theta IN
known parties were sevcrally WlleS an1 re
dro; Manuel, Miguel and RoscommOn prov
ing an unmistakable abb. Wiles and Pedro
had fed to Lower California, and Manuel
Miguel and RoScommon deemed it advisable
in the then excited state of the public mind, tc
withholdthc forged application and claim from
the courts and the public comment. Sothat for
year after the murder of Concho and the
flight of his aSSaSSins THE blue Mass Min
ing Company remained in undisturbod and
actual possession of the mine, and rcigncd IN
their stead.
But the spirit Of the murdered Concho
would not down any more than that of the
murdered Eanquo, and 50 wrought, no doubt,
in quiet, Concho-likc way, sore trouble with
the Blue Mass Company" For a great CAPT
taist and master of avaricc came down
to the mine and found it fair, and taking one
| of the company aside, offered to lend his
name and a certain amount of coin for con-
| trolling interest, accompanying the generous
! offer with a suggestion that if it were not
acccdcd to he would be compelled to buy up
various Mexican mines and food the market
with quicksilver TO the great detrilncnt Of the
| "Bluc Mas, Company which thoughtful suS-
| gcstion offered by man frequently alluded
TO rs one Of "Caliiornas great mining
princes and rs one who had done much 10
develop the resources of the state, was not
TO be lightly considered; and 50, after a eau
tious non-conSutation with the company, and
a commcndahlo secrecy, the stakeholder sold
out WhJrcat it was speedily spread abroad
that tho Great Capitalist had taken hold of
"I}hc Mas" and the stock went up, and the
other stockholders rcjo.ccd-until the Great
Capitalist foundit was necessary to put up
expensive mills, TO employ high salariod
SUPERINTENDENT fact, 10 develop the mine
by spending Of its earning, so that the stock
quoted at II was finally slddlcd with an as
sossmcnt Of $50 per share. Another assess
mont of SO to enaolc the superintendent to
proceed to Russia and Spain and examine III
TO the workings Of the quicksilver mine,
there, and also n general commission to the
gifted and scientific PllagTnan 10 examine
intothe various component parts Of quick
silver. and report if it could not be manufac-
turcd from ordinary sandstone 10y steam or
electricity, speedily brought the other stock
holders to their senses 1t was at this time
the good fellow "Tom," the scrious-mindcd
"Diclln and the speculative but fortunate
Harry brokers Of the Great Capitalist
found it convenient to buy up, for the Great
Capitalist aforesaid, the various other shares
at great sacrifice.
fear that have bored my readers in thus
giving the tiresome details Of that ingenious
American pastime which my countrymen dis
miss in their epigrammatic way rs the "lreez-
ing out process And lest any reader should
question the ethics of the proceeding, | beg
him TO remember that one gentleman accom-
plshed in this art was always n sincere and
direct opponent of the late Mr.. John Oak
hurst, gambler
But for once the Great Master o. Avarice
had not taken into sufficient account the av-
aricc of Others, and was suddenly and yirtu
o,sly shocked TO learn that an application for
a p1tcnt for certain lands, known rs the "Rcd-
Rock Rancho was about to be offered be
fore the United States land commission.
This claim covered his mining property. But
the information came quietly and secretly, as
all Of the Great Master, information was OBJ
taincl, and he took the opportunity to sell out
his clouled title and his propriotorship to
the only remaining member of the original
"n,uc Mass company" n Young fellow of pith,
before many-tongued rumor had voiced the
news far and wide. The blow was a heavy
one to the party left in possession Saddled
by the enormous debts and expenses of the
Great Capjtalist. with credit further niuei
nv tho detection of Tins IurI;y ma~note who
wos admired for hi, skin in outicipotinc, n
loss. and Observation-Disclosures of any project
meant ruiu to il. tho single handed. impoycr
ishcd posscssor of the mine. whose title wa;
contested and whose reputation was vet to be
madr-poor Biccs, first secretary and only
renoiuinc officer of the "Bhc Mas, com
pauv." looked ruefulIv over hi, books and
his last transfer. and SIGHED. But | have be-