The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-15
CANNON WARD MARRIAGE
A New York Account OF tho Spokane
Millionaire and His Hand
some Bride
His Reasons for Trying 20 KeeI
the Match Secret for
Awhile.
All conesAimsnt Has nesn Dropped and
They Are ~ the Hotel
brunswick.

The New York Recorder o. Jan. o con-
tains the following in rsgaFd 10 the mar l.
age Of A. a. Cannon, Of Spokane. aud Mrs.
4. ID. Ward. which occurred Dsc. II. 1893
In this eitF, by Rev. @. B. Allen. Jf.; AN
thouy NJ. Cannon 10 one Of the wOqlthisst
men In Spskans-Dun's Mercantile Agency
rated him ~ o.. 10000 two yenrs ago. Tie
BRIDE IL a granddaughter Of ths late Will
lam Noble Davis. OF New York. who was
ssnios partnor in the firm Of Davis a
Brooks, shipping broke =. one Of the strong
est houses in the East Indian trade a gem
Grafton ago. He grandunels, Charles Au-
gusius Davis. was author o; the Major Jack
Downing Pap r." series Of political sa-
ties that attracted gfoat attsntion in the
days when Anlrsw Jackson was president
OF the Unitel Stats. Her father. Charles
Augustus Davis, went into business in
Chicago before the Reas Gre bat died
while still very young man. She ia re-
lated 10 the Van Rsnnssslaers the DE Pegs
tsrs and other Old Knieigerbocksr families,
aud n near relative Of James y seman
Clarke, the Uaita ian divine.
Mr.. Cannon and Mr. ward fret met IN
Spokane about two Yeas ago. M. Can
ASh NV "Att WINS AuHn HllNts hul MS
Ward bad only recently secured divorce
from her nfst husband, L eds'iek Z. Ward.
who had dissipnted ths snug fortune of
$4,000 bequsathed 10 her By hor grand
father Davis. The courts had warded her
the custody OF her children and tho as hait
business In which NJ. Ward had b, en- en-
gagged, but which had been established with
his wife's money. This business she carried
on quite successfully in tnerslip with
G. b. Garrett. now city treasurer Of Helena,
and that WAS what took her to Spokane
The hst Mrs. Cannon died about ak
months ago. mournsd by all who knew her.
DO top OF this afi elton came the failure OF
tie spokane Pa Is bank. a riynto insiitu-
ton Of which Mr. Cannon was prorrieto !.
and for all the 4 ,bts Of which lie waa pc .
sonaily responsibls.
The hard times made It very difficult for
Mr.. Cannon TO put HE affairs into pToper
shape. rioh as lie was. and his health hnslly
succumbei TO tho strain Of work. His
step children seemed to care for him only
because he had ~ opsrty. and he began 90
feel that life would b. a useless burden IN
less lie could find somebody 10 sympathizs
with biin sincerely. Mrs. Ward had mean
while returned TO Helena, and he thought
OF her more and more Sc the only person in
the world who could cheer him IN his ii e
some tasks. so he went TO Helena aud
ask d MIS- Ward 90 msrry him. She de
INJURED for awhile. rejecting upon what
people would say about Welding between
n man less than six months widowed and a
woman recent y divorced; but NJ F.. Cannon
pleaded that no was weak aud disheartened
and that she was the only woman in the
world who could help him continue his
useful oaree. She therefore consented,
aud the marriage was so emniz ID In tri-
vnte, q. X. barber and the Rev. Mr. Webb
a Protestant Episcopal clorgI man, being
the only witnesses.
Fearing that his creditors and other
business associates might think him men
tally do anged II they hesrd that he had
ma risi woman much Younger than him
SELF 90 soon after the demiss of his frat
wife, Mr.. Cannon asksd his bride TO keep
the match a secret for a while Ia spite OF
his precautions. however. the Helena news
papers guessed az the truth in a wild, IN
certain way, and communicated their
guesses TO their Spoken contsmI oraries
In twink ing the people Of both towns
were treated TO sensational stor es OF n
multi-miilioneire lured into mat imony BY
"A willy adventures. N. Cannon knew
nothing of them for nearly fortnight, be-
cause he was taken DANCE ousls III soon
after the wedding and left Helena TOR New
, York as soon as he was able 10 travel. Mrs
Cannon came TO New York, too bot not
With be husband, for, loyal 10 his wish TO
keep their ma riage sec ct, she travelled Ia
; | company with her little daughter whom
she wished TO place In an eastern scqOuI.
NJ. and Mrs. Cannon and Miss Ward a.
lived he e on Dec. % Mr.. Cannon want TO
the Victoria hotel and his wife and dauQh-
te still known ~ Ms. aud hiss Ward be-
came the guests of NJ ?. Is aden at he
home in the Mystic fats. 123 West Thirty
. ninth street.
Ineensei 40 the idsA % their stepfather
taking young brids who might inherit his
property, Mr.. Cannoa's SO children began
~ campaign Of What ne oslls out ageous
persecution. Al first they denied the MAJ
] r IA Then nraaliur Ii frufh Nhaw ali
9Taphed 70 nm explicit denial from Mr.
Cannon, sud, failing a. got 70. began q
denOuncs Mrs. Cannon as an unp-inclplel
adventu ess. threatened TO have their step
father declared insane, aud swors thai
they won have the marriage anunlled.
Inaanuoh as noithe NJ AMI Mrs. Can
non IA admitted she uniou. end inssmuoh
"a thsY had NOT lived together and I'd moi
intend 10 DO 80 until re-. d. 20 tel their se-
orst 10 the world. p. ocsedinRs for Hnnul-
ment might have caoaed a good deal OF an
2 noyanoe. In order 20 forestnl. the mgchin-
atoms of his 4 % wiie's family. therefore
Mr.. Cannon decided yesterday 20 dtop
concealmtnt. and, claiming has pretty
bride, he moved her and her daughter e
tho Hotel brunswick.
n Cannon Is handsome. clear ed
grAY-bearded man. who confesses that he
has approached close to the allotted ia &C.
score aud ten. but has the bearing OF one In
tho prime Of middle age. His wife 10 q VI
VICIOUS hiohde, htuhctNe IN race had hR-
"a 2. aud he points TO her - the best prool
that be was In his right mind when he CON
traotsd his second marriage. Mr.. CannoE
. will rsmsin Ia this CITY Tor several days ytl
to carry through some impo taut negoiia
- tiona. As 70 ths fuiu = lie has not def
uitoly ,cided. lie feels that spokane An,
- his stepchilcren have both shown them
selves nnRrAteful. bot his immense busines
interests will Pre- badly carry him thithsl
before long.
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