Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
THE SAN FRANCISCO BUDGET.
A Raoy Sensation From Across the
Bay.
lie BANKER MILLIoNAIRES.
Fruits in the Frisco Market-The
Gamblers Must Go-The Lee
ture of sydney Dickin-
son on Art.

choice bit of gossip, have been fully por-
trayed, with the usual amount of reportorial
padding, but stripped of all the gliding, it is
decidedly racy. "Miss Georgene Traver,r
says one of the Frisco papers, sis a very
handsome young woman, with plenty Of
spirit and dash, an iuexhaustible supply of
cash, and more intelligence than women are
usually thought to possess. She has literary
ihcllnations, has been and is a writer for
eastern papers, and holds entertaining little
parties at her house at which such distin-
guished literary lions as joaquin Miller and
Fred Emerson Brooks are the principal
guests. At these gatherings Mr.. Miller con-
descends to read some of his choice %crotics,
and MIR. Brooks unbends so far as
to charm the ears of the assembled
few with %melodiously drawn pictures
of life IN the western Addition or other
poetic sports to which his fancy has drawn
him. Somehow not very many people seek
invitations to these receptions and dinners,
and in consequence only half a dozen covers
or so are laid whenever the MUSES. are to be
once more invoked. The surroundings at
the mansion are elegant, the menu is said to be
choice and the company which congregates
there is pleasant, agreeable and entertaining,
but nevertheless Oakland people look at it
askance. When asked why, they say it Is
Vue sutherland mansion.
To be accurate, it is not, since the place be-
longs to Charles Webb Howard, but it is
rented from him for a good round sum by
Colonel Sutherland, who is a mining operator
well known among mining men.
Sutherland and Miss Traver have been IN
tending to get married for the past ten years,
but as the gay Colonel has a wife and child
in New York and as she, being a Catholic,
has no wish to obtain a divorce, he and
Georgene have concluded to be inseparable
nnnN inpu an,hNuv SttIaN1nt,l 10 90 Y,,.nI
ent in England, engaged in some mining en-
terpriSe there, 6It ne is expected home soon
on account of the difficulties into which Miss
Georgene is getting with her mother, and
when he returns he will reside as usual at
1206 Alice street. The couple, ten years ago,
assume the relationship about which Oak
land gossipers have long been wagging their
tongues, and since then they have done much
travelling together, going to Canada and to
various places in Europe different times.
About four years ago when Lord and Lady
Lansdowne were in Canada, Miss Traver,w who
was then in Montreal, contracted to supply So
ciety letters to a New York paper, and since
then has been a wielder of the pen for sew
eral journals, one of those for which she has
lately been acting as correspondent being the
Philadelphia Post. She does not need to
occupy herself IN this way, but likes literary
work and it affords her recreation.
Mrs. Traver, the mother of Miss Georgene,
has been living at the ~latter's residence for
the past two years. She was treated very
kindly there and had a maid to wait upon
her. o Otobor 90, 1887, however, theiold
lady was sent to the insane asylum at Napa.
Last February she was given IA leave OF alb
sence to visit her daughter. On Wednesday
Miss Georgene made preparations to have
her mother returned to Napa, but the latter,
with the assistance of her other daughter,
Mrs. Kittio Coffin, managed to ~circumvcnt
her, and, going to Judge Hamilton's-
court room, got an order for
her release from the asylum on
the ground that she was sane. Miss
Georgenc, who had not been appraised of the
proceedings, burst into the court room in a
rage after the Judge had passed his opinion on
the case, and u stormy conversation occurred.
Miss Georgeue accused her sister of having
acted in a high-handedand cowardly manner,
and insisted that her mother was out of her
mind.
1t is limited that the cause of Mrs. Trayer's
incarceration has been that her'constant dec
larations about having been wrongfully de-
priyed of her property have made her a
troublesome inmate of the Sutherland house
hold. She has been twice placed in private
institutions for the insane.
The poor old lady, who, it is allie ged, had
her mind somewhat unstrung by her hus-
bands death has been cogiiating on Suther-
lands rise to wealth, and remembered that
before he took charge of the Traver mining
| properties he did not have a dollar to spare.
Soon after and since then he has been spend
ing at the rate of $4,000 a month or more.
| Ono OIL MS ufalJS Wnen riches began COllcCJ-
ing under his palm was TIN owing tips of $50
| pieces to walters and Pullman car porters in
| q very lordly manner.
Miss Georgene has had spats occasionally
with Sutherland, though the two are devoted
| to each other, and once when her temper was
aroused she informed him in the presence of
| others that she knew enough about him to
| send him to the penitentiary. Just how tho
case will end it is hard to conclude, but Oak:
land gossippers are enjoying it hugely.
The retirement of Flood, Mackay and Fair
| from the Nevada bank of this city. causes
| considerable comment.
In business circles il is generally thought
| that the disastrous effects of last summers
wheat deal, IN which the Nevada bank was
| n heavy loser, combined with the strained
| relations that are known to have existed at
times between the triumvirate of million
aires, and Floods subsequent Ill health, have
combined to bring about the reorganization
of the institution.
During an interview James G.. Fair stated
that he would retain his interests in the Ne
vada bank under the new regime. He added
that he did not care to longer remain prcsi-
dent, as the responsibilities were greater
than, with his other interests, he cared to
assume. When asked who he thought
would, be the next president of
the bank Mr.. Fair expressed his
lected for that position. The main idea of
the reorganization is to allow the triumvlrate
of m~illionaires needed relief, and to allow
the new stockholders to select their own di,
rectors and officers.
The proposed change will give interest to
a brief resume of the history of the bank. 1t
was Incorporated on May 25, 1875, with a
capital stock of IS, 900, 900, with James G.
Flood, j. w. Mackay, j. G. Fair, William S.
O'Bricn and Louis McLane as incorporators
In October following the bank was opened
for business and on opening dav its deposits
are said to have amounted TO 100000. In
May, 1873. q branch was established in New
York, the capital stock having been doubled
in the mean time. Later it became
public that only s3,00O,00O OF the amount
subscribed had been paid in, and
the capital stock was altered. The millions
were then reduced TO the size Of the coin con
tributed, and the number of shares decreased
to 80, 900. MoLane retired from the presi.
dency in 1851 and Flood was elected to the
place. Early in 1885 the Nevada bank con
veyed to Flood and Maokay all the real es.
tate in the city previously held by that insti,
tuition, and the following month it was learned
that Mackay had control in the bank, both
Floods and Fairs interests having been
transferred TO him. Flood afterwards be
came identified with the bank again, by buy.
ing in a good portion of the stock. Fair re.
manned out, however, until last fall, when
he came to the AID of the bank with a half.
million dollars to tide over the nearly fatal
results of the wheat deal. The change will