The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1890-03-20

Bngardus Literary Association the
main object Of which appears to he to
get all the heirs in compact working
body, and when that is done the flu
ture action will be matter of after
consideration.
Anneke JAMS Bogardus has been in
her grave two hundred and seventeen
years, and the eutlre property said to
be her Inheritance is valued at thou
sands of millions of dollars; and if she
were living now and in the enjoyment
of her own. she could buy and sell all
the Astors, and Vanderbilts, and Jay
Goulds, Rpthschids, who now control
the money marts of the world. She
was born in Holland in 1902, and vas
married to Roluff Jams when she was
twenty years of age; she was the
daughter Of Woolfert Webber, who
stood very near to William the Second
"f Holland, known as the Stakeholder.
and from whom he received some large
and substantial grants Of property in
New. Amsterdam. Woolfert Webber
was man of great importance from
the first hour he set foot in the colony,
and his daughter Anneke was one Of
the bellies of the town.
GOSPEL privileges were few in those
days in old Manhattan A good old
Lutheran. one Dominic Evaradus
b ga, dns, had just been brought over
from Holland. and he eApoundei the
Gospel in an old wooden house
on Pearl street, not far from
the site of the present Produce Elk
change. Roluf Jams paid the debt "f
nature while Anneke was still In the
bloom of womanhood; the Domino
Bogardus had lost his better half a
little while before; he discovered. no
doubt, that it was not good for man
to be alone, So he proposed to the
widow JAMS, and she thereafter in his
tory is known as Anneke Jams Bogai-
dus. A portion of her property at her
deasll is covered by the beautiful
Church of the H"ly Trinity. and is
said Ia be held by lease from Anneke
Jams b "a dus in 1866, just three
years after Anneke Jams Bagardus was
dead and buried. The lease was said
To be executed for ninety .uine years,
and consequently expired in 1776. AT
that time the whole country was in a
state of high ferment; the Sons 81
Liberty were active, events were rapid.
" hurrying on. which led to the Rev.
oluiion. The Anneke JAMS leases
were lost sight OF by the heirs; not 81
bv the Trinity Corporati N, they
claimed renesel Of the leases which
was duly executed by somebody in
1906 Tor nnety-nlne years more, and
these leases expired in 1866, and then
the heirs began to organize 10 try and
get their own.
But that was not ALL there was a
further grant that took big slice out
OF Broadway, clear acoss the city, tax
ing in old st. Johns Park, where the
fright deput Of the Central Railroad
now stands, worth several millions
! If dollars, and IN further addition to
the prospective fortune Of her lucky
| descendents are seventy-two millions
If dollars now in the banks of Holland
just waiting for the heirs to prove their
title and come aud take il away. The
first Trinity Church was begun in
! 1896, and opeued for worship In 1857
It's first rector being the Rev. William
Fletcher. A new building repla led
the old one in 1740, aud this was con.
sumed IN the great tire of 1776. when
the Sons of Liberty were supposed to
have fired the city, just after its occu.
patton by the British. No attemp.
was made to rebuild Trinity Church
till long after the Revolutionary War;
for until the Episcopal Ritual was
amended the ministers would insist
on reading prayers for the king instead
Of the President, and nearly raised
riot. The next church was built in
1888, and stood till 1889, when it was
torn down to make room for the pre-
sent beautiful structure. Its corpora
tion has the right to perpetuste itself,
and has stern,y resisted all attempts
at legislative inquiry into its cordi.
ton or affairs, and to the outside public
it is sealed boo,., silent as The sph.
ynx and as impenetrable. That
strong effort will be made to call this
corporation to an accounting, there is
l.k,1.