New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-18
4 DEMOCRATIC MAYOR ELECTED
susauehanna Penn, Feb. 17.-JoeP" f. i"'"'o
Democrat. was today elected Mayor.
OBITUARY..
CAPTAIN WILLIAM NJ. CONNER.

News was received in this city late yesterday 'itf'
Captain William " Conner formerly proprietor % Wv
ST. james Hotel died at . 80 p. H. al 'i N"'"PnS
Hospital In st. Louis. Captain Conner n'u poo" ~
with dropsy complicated with other Diseases io' e'
eral months and last fall he went 20 the hot SpHs'
Ark 10 recuperate He improved considerably ana
started lack East but In st. Louis became "oIsc
again and had TO go TO hospital for treatment iio
gradually sank and was never able to r'hN'
CAPTAIN Conner was accompanied by his dausA'er'
Miss Mlgnon twenty-five years Old, Wheh ne went
wost and She remained with him. devoted nurse to
the end
Captan william NJ. Conner was sixty years old and
wos horn in Missouri. Ills father was newspaper
man and he selected his own profession for his son.
put tle voung man did not like the work and spent
his leisure moments at the racetrMk' rs c"iH "
1855 he made tour Of The country with S''oie VI
thoronghbreds and they were raced irom Ne"-OI'o''
10 Oucbec lie attended all the race-mectnss In the
South and at the breaking out OF the war o 'he hc-
belllon he was In ST. Louis and recruited accompany
of soldiers 10 fight for the Conedcracy. The soldiers
in his company were chiefly volunteer iremen HIS
company was designated Company \. lst Missouri
Infantry He remained with the regiment 'uhuh ''e
fall Of 1a6t when he RECEIVED his discharge lie was
wounded twice and was specially mentioned III the
history Of bis regiment for bravery IN action
AZ the close OF the be went TO New-Orleahs ana
became a member Of the staff OF " The Picayune.' lie
came the secretary of the Metarie Jockey 'Iup' IL"
gathered a small stable and George RICE was HIS
trainer. Edwin Adams. one Of his hor'cS' WAS SOU
IN Green B. Morris and he the first good morse
which Morris raced. Later Captain Conner managed
a clrcuit Of racks ana gave mixed meetings OF 'F"uhs
and runnng i'm Ohio In 1874 he managed race-ince'-
ncs at Buffalo and Utica and the meetings were sue
cessful.
Captain Conner raced many good horses. the BEST
known being stampede. Bolcro tby EOnhle Sco'ld"u
Wnltz) which he sold TO James Il. keenc to race III
England and Glidea. the greatest mare OF her tmc.
He was tho starter at the principal meetings heid NJ
that time and race Oers who remember his starring
say that he never was exceod with the starting nag
His last effort in great race was when he
dropped the flag for the field Of twenty horses in Tie
suburban Handicap of 1856 TO one OF the ocst starts
ever witnessed. when Troubadour the race. lie
was a fluent writer turf affairs and was contempt
rary Of Charles Foster e. Pvateerb WHOM Conner wrote
under the of Marus7 for Wilkess spirit Of the
Times He left the turf to manage theatrical vcntur~.
and his success with John Mccullough r'na liable
He was manager for Lawrence BARRETT at one time.
AfterwaN he became The proprietor Of The ~ James
Hotel and II became the hotel headquarters Of N"
turfmen and the theatrical profession In ti~ city, o
experiences of the last year OF his life sad lie
became involved in financial difficulties ard wa forced
out of the hotel propretorship and manager "a' pm,
he went the Hot Springs, accompanied by his dnugl
ter Miss MignOn who nursed him during his Illness al
that place and at the hospital in ST. Lous lie ledve'
"A wife and daughter.
Captain Conner had an exceptionally warin-hcartcd.
generous and sympathetic nature and his character was
most amiabe and In many ways admirable. Troop,
Of friends in all parts OF the country dcvOteiy at.
tachcd TO him. Few Of hs time had 30 many
friends in the North the South the East and the Wet
caused the keenest regret. lie was much loved. n
general favOitc and his los will le deeply lamenied