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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-31
CHASE ron MILLIoNs.
Heirs Are After the $500 100000 Sir
william Holmes Left.


The Baldridse Investigating com
pany. OF Springfield, Ohio. II soliciting
subscriptions for stock 10 prosecute the
claims Of heirs 10 500, 100000
This sum is alleged to have been left
by Sir william Holmes. stockholdcr
in the South Sea Island Trading COM
pany. famous In English history as the
suuih Sea Bubble.
According To Mr.. Fred 4. Himrod.
Of No. iDi Fulton street. one Of the de-
ecaudantH Of the great fluancicr. the
story OF the fortune II not reassuring
In its promises Or realization.
lie says a family legend declares the
$500 O00O. 900 exists In gold In London.
Ills father william fiimrod. the foun-
der OF the Himrod Manufacturing COM
pany. chased the nlfnble 500. 100000, but
could not catch Il.
In 1854 a Sontherner, who claimed TO
be college professor. and learned in
eouth Sea Bubble lore, succeeded In
getting large sum OF money sub
ecribed By members Of the Hlmrod.
Holmes. I3nldrldgc and Mcconnell fam
lilies In this country TO prosecute their
claims IA heirs Of the Holmes estate
10 the money In London He sailed Tor
London. and presumably remained
there. FOR he has never been heard
OF since.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-31

mo man ever obtained anything
worth having without working hard Tor
n" said Mrs. Bicl.ors 20 her husband
who was IL a discouraged mood.
That's So" replied Mr. bickers re-.
aectiyeiv. II remember I obtained you
without the slightest dihicuiiy.'-Har-
per's Weekly.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-31
,..rnom wrrr1N.s cRApLE.

nm eradle presented By the queen y, u
ENGLAND 10 the Duke Of forA ; S'J in
i.ns' n,ade for the princess royal IN
wa nnS ali the queens babies ,, slep1
1sio ana w meets are OF fine irish linen, y.
~ y, Vim sT Valenolennes lace. an ,l. Ky
edgen ~, ~, ave OF the warmest ana Ilsh'-
est of Pyrenean WOOL
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-31

Ms Kiddlet-why, Children what's
all this nuise about ,,r,,, and
Little Jainie--We'ye haa srun y, "A - far
rrncI. Horny locked in tho 9nppoaru A.
nm hour and when they get a lii'i w. aI ,sars
IT,, going 10 play going Into Inc HUNS
aars phiiadeiphia Times
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-31

At seventeen he madly loved
A woman twenty-eight;
Al thirty. IN one twcnty-three
He thought he'd met his fate;
At forty to q maid eighteen
His passion he confesses;
At sixty ne Il married. 70
A schoolgirl in short dresses
-KanHas city Journal
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-31
LUCKY DUCHESS OF ph Ply. !. ETH "

-.S dnchess OF Devonshire Is prev,
veil axed. she is mistress 81 az, ,n,,a
W." country seats ana .i,,l t9m y,
,,s chateau in France, ny, 4 s-'' mar ~
me Riviera and has, a dsp ,Sree duke
s red to man who 4 bears md ssS chatel-
Characterization, bT ,s w been twice
heIau'', ne altar by q duke
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-31
ElLEoN BoNAPARTE.
| I'D In the Army and Pro-
.oted to a Captaincy.
y yoB THE MAN OF DESTINY

-, Gun Mt the Siege Of Touion.
rom obscurity and His Ex-
',,.ry character Revealed = The
4. q terror In France
N, ,s5. by John Clark Ridpath.l
..eoars AND CAPTAIN OF ARTII-
LERy.
- vas cashiercd; but his case
's'nsIess. He was able to leave Cor
fE,ch record as gave him a
~ .aance for recovery. Throughout
eshtlng chance was all that he
Nv his misconduct as mn off
IA brourht the disaster on himself.
,..s,.taid his leave of absence. He
.',d "a return when summoned TO
s.oa lis dlsobedlcnco was rank.
.mSna tho Jacobins of the Corsi-
II Napoleon had needed not the
/ I, srlers 10 return to Vnlence. Get
|'~sslf chosen, fret major. and thon
.,t.colonel In the alleged National
a 4 had undertaken to get possess
Il M citsdel of Ajaccio, and had
4 MI leadership, like rod of glass,
'hfnenonts in his hands. He and
~ Bonaparte family were discoun-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
SUED THE GUARANTY LOAN.
Directors Accused of Negligence
and UnfaithfuIness.

The threatened action against the
directors of the defunct Northwest
ern Guaranty Loan company was
commenced yesterday in the district
court. The complaint is voluminous
appearing, covering about a score of
typewriter pages. 1t begins
with a detailed statement of the
manner in which the business of the
corporation was conducted, and then
takes up the letters indited by John
II. Burke, in which attention is
called to the fact that but little at
tention was being paid to the bust
ness OF the concern by the directors.
the matter being left almost entirely
with the president, Louis F. Menaee
The directors sued are named in the
complaint as w. S. Streeter. c. H.
Petit, Loren Fletcher, w. D. Wash
burn, Thomas Lowry, George A
Plllsbury, Charles Robinson, William
H. Eustis and Louis F. Menage.
The directors are fatty charged
with negligence and unfafthfulness
IN the discharge of their duties
Ihey are accused of violating their
duty to the stockholders and of I'M
truthfully, by means of the guaran-
Tee, representing that certain notes
sold to the plaintiff, aggregating
s4'ooo' were bona fide. There are
three causes Of action, aggregating
a total of $4,000, which the PLAINTIFF
bank seeks to recover.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
wAsHBURN WAS THERE.
Court House Commissioners Hold
n Special Meeting.

The board of city hall and court
house commissioners held a special
meeting yesterday afternoon The
most conspicuous feature of the meet
ing was the presence of ex-senator
Washburn, which gentleman had not
taken part in a meeting for many
months. He used the occasion to go
through the building and expressed
afterward to his colleagues his I'M
feigned satisfaction with the work.
He stated that he had not seen a
public building within this country
which SO promised in every respect to
prove satisfactory to the public and
their servants.
The earlier part of the meeting was
chiefly taken up with approving bonds
and contracts. Later a debate was
started about the floors to be laid in
the jail story. The architects wanted
cement all over the story, except in the
jail room, where asphalt was to Ice
used. The commissioners objected, and
it was at last decided that maple
flooring shall be used in the general
office and in the jailers' room. For the
rest of the story cement will be used,
as proposed by the architects.
The clerk of works was instructed
to nave all obstacles removed from
that space outside the building where
sidewalks are to be laid. The side
walks on the Fifth and Fourth ave-
nue. sides are already finished, and the
same will in couple of days be
the case with the Fourth street side.
This will Go much to give the build
ing more finished appearance The
architects were ordered to go ahead
with the plastering and fire proofing
at the Fifth street entrance The next
meeting of the board will be held one
week from next Tuesday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
STIRS HANSBROUGH.
He Declares Brice's Speech Was
Written in the White House.

Senator Fl. G. Hansbrough, who
with other North Dakotans, are spend
ing a. few days in Minneapolis, mixing
business with pleasure, found good
deal to interest him in the proceed
ings of the Ohio state convention Of
the Democracy. He was especially in
terested in the speech which his fellow
of the American house of lords"
Senator BriGe made before the e, con ON
strong speech" said Senator Hans
brough, after he had carefully read
the document 'It is a splendid piece
of work, looking at it as an utterance
iustifying the course of the national
Republican papers of the Twin Cities
answer that speech. Some of the Re-
publican papers have been lauding
President Cleveland to the skies. They
with his financial policy, and that
bond issue was a thing which they re-
garded as especially deserving of
praise. Some of the Republican pa
pers of the Twin Cities, after their
kind words for the president, ought to
take that speech up and answer it.
That speech without doubt is the
speech of President Cleveland. 1t was
carefully prepared. 1t is really a
masterpiece so far as guarded and ju-
intended not only to represent the
sentiments of the president, but I am
very much mistaken if that speech
was not prepared in the White
house,
Senator Hansbrough does not seem
to regard the action of the Ohio Dem
ocratic convention on the currency
question as indicating anything very
unpleasant for the free-silver people
He thinks good many fof the dele
gates who appear to have voted with
the Sound money majority had pro-
nounced free silver sentiments, but
that they did not care about making
the fight in a state convention State
conventions, the senator thinks, are
not the place to make national plat
forms.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
CHARGES OF FRAUD.
Senator Jones and j. w. Mackny
in q S2.OOO.OOO Suit.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %. "A
suit in which the amount involved is
almost 100000 was commenced to-
day. 1t is a suit for an accounting
brought by Theodore Fox against j.
w. Mackay, United States Senator
John P. Jones, the Comstock Mill &c
Mining company and the CONSOLIDATE
ed California & Virginia Mining
company. When the case was first
set for a hearing John w. Mackay
was in New York, where his deposit
ton was taken to be used in the
trial He appeared in court this
morning with his counsel. The
plaintiff alleges that the defendants,
controlling a majority of the stock
of the Consolidated California &
Virginia, entered into a contract with
the Comstock Mill & Mining COM
pany, in which they were also inter-
ested, to mill ore at 81 per ton. Large
quantities of ore were milled at that
price, when, it is alleged, "a per ton
was a reasonable and customary
price paid for such work. The
contract, which is alleged to have
been fraudulent, the stockholders
in the Consolidated Virginia were
overcharged to the amount of 1,S29,-
OOO The plaintiff asks for a judg-
ment against the defendants, re-
curing them to pay the amount D.
named into the treasury of the Con-
solidated Virginia for the benefit of
the stockholders. The defense claims
that the plaintiff is not a stock
holder, nor was such when the con-
tract was made, and will move for
a nonsuit The deposition of Sem
ator Jones was read, in which he
denied the charges of fraud, and
pronounced the contract fair and
much more advantageous to the
stockholders than any other that
could have been made at that time.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23

He has not been steadily employed,
and altogether has had a very hard
time OF it. When he was arraigned
in Judge Bretano's court few weeks
since, on an Indictment charging him
with having violated the election laws
in that he had inundated voters, the
accused was absolutely penniless.
Some of the parties interested in the
case were very much surprised, it will
be remembered, when McNulty was
sentenced to a years Imprisonment.
1t was claimed that there has been
some sort of an understanding to the
effect that McNulty, as well as his
fellows in crime, should receive no
prison sentence. The court put in a
very prompt and emphatic demurrer,
saying he recognized no such under
standing. 1t now appears that there
had been some talk between the prose-
cutting attorney and the attorney for
the Civic Federation-the organiza-
ton which was responsible for the
prosecution-in the presence of Judge
Bretano. The judge heard what the
two attorneys said agout letting Nc
Nulty off with a fine, but he remained
silent This silence was construed, so
L
the disappointment when the court
sentenced McNulty to one years i'm
prisonment.
The condition of McNulty's family
aroused the sympathy of some OF the
local politicians, and a fund OF several
hundred dollars was raised for MRS.
McNulty. The woman and her three
little children were in the Cook coun-
ty jail a good deal of the time dur
ing the two weeks Immediately pre-
ceding the commitment to Joliet. Mrs.
McNulty appears to fully appreciate
the disgrace which her husband has
brought upon himself and family. The
woman's grief just before her hus-
band was taken away to the peniten-
tiary was very great, and she had the
sympathy of all the jail officials. EX-
Mayor Hopkins is among those who
relief of Mrs. McNulty. The eX-mayor
says that he is in no wise responsible
for McNulty's conduct on election day,
and that he has no sympathy for any
man who resorts to such tactics as Nc
Nulty reSorted to at the polls, and gets
into trouble in consequence. Some of
McNulty's friends have promised that
steps would be taken at once looking
to his pardon. There is a feeling that
McNulty will not have to serve more
But in this there may be disappoint-
ment, for there are those who do not
care to see McNulty pardoned. Some
of the organized labor people of Chi
cago have learned. about McNnlty's
alleged treachery toward his fellow
street car men during the big strike
in Minneapolis eight or nine years
ago. 1t is said some of the friends of
organized labor in Chicago are in
vestigating the case. If they find Nc
Nulty was unfaithful to his fellow
workingmen they will request the gov
ernor not to grant a pardon.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
PEARLS IN THE MINNESOTA.
Farmers in Hennepin County
Have u Craze.

SEtLes
There is great excitement among the
farmers of Hennepin county who have
farms adjoining the Minnesota river.
especially in the townships of Rich
field and Bloomington, and the excite
ment extends to the jewellers on the
Dakota county side of the river.
Word has reached the court house
through several gentlemen who have
been out in that section OF the country.
to the effect that the farmers have
gone wild over the idea that pearls of
great price abound in the river. Some
weeks ago the section was visited by
a mysterious expert in pearls, who
gave it out cold that there were pearls
to be found in the Minnesota, in GER
tain kinds of Shells. Some one brought
intelligence of this fact to the country
people, and the result was that treas
ure-seekers began to haunt the Mime
sofa river in the still hours of the
morning. Rumors are rife of big
finds of pearls, but a reporter sent out
could find no confirmation of the as
sertions. 1t is probable that the farm
ers have been imposed upon.
Frank Silver, arrested yesterday by
Ofhcer John Young on a charge OF
gambling, was fined $40 in the police
court by Judge Holt yesterday
On Wednesday night Hans Nelson, of
1909 Washington avenue, reported to
the police that he had been held up
on the old Haymarket, on South First
street, and robbed of some rings and
watch. The police are now of the
opinion that Nelson lay down and went
to sleep and was robbed while asleep.
instead of being held up with a re-
volver, as he claimed.
Paul West the little son of Engineer
William West, of No. 10 Engine COM
seriously injured Wednesday evening
by falling down a sliding pole aperture,
was reported as being in a very
critical condition last evening. This
morning an operation will be per-
formed on the little fellows head in
hopes of saving his life
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
EUsTIs A DARK HORSE.
Rrackett's Idea of the Guberna-
tOriaI Contest Situation.

BRACKETS Idea of the Guberna-
tOriaI Contest Situation.
Winn Bracket, who has been trav-
ei1ng through the state of Minnesota
on business, returned to Minneapolis
yesterday. He has devoted considera-
PIE attention to the matter of guber-
material sentiment. He said:
The situation is pretty well mixed.
don't know of any time in the his
tory of the state when it has been
worse mixed up than at present. There
are so many candidates in the field
and so many ways in which candidates
can be pulled before the convention
occurs that the prospective nominee
can only be guessed at. 1t is pretty
hard to tell what strength Clough will
develop. Of course he is in the office
and that means considerable. I have
an idea, however, that the convention
will have to unite on a dark horse in
order to secure harmony, and it is my
Impression that the most prominent
dark horse in the field at present, is
eX-Mayor Eustis. I think Mr.. Eustis
has profited by the lesson taught in
the last mayoralty contest and that
he has done considerable quiet work
which will tell when the convention is
held. 1 believe that there are many
sections of the state that are in favor
of him even now and there is consider
able Eustis talk this early.
S. r. Van SAINT, according to Mr.
Bracket, is particularly strong with
the old soldier element of the state,
and might possibly get the nomina-
ton, but it is considered doubtful
whether he will or not. The old SOL
diers cut quite a figure when it comes
to voting, but they never take very
active part in the conventions and this
Mr.. Bracket thinks will work against
Van SAINT. He is not optimistic
enough to believe that old-time pros
perity will come with one good crop,
but it will take at least another one
after this year to bring back old times.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
FUNDS RUNNING SHORT.
reason for the Delay in OccuDy-
ing the New Court House


considerable comment has been
caused in court house circles by the
TACT that the county commissioners
nave at no tine set the date for occupy
ing the new court house earlier than
Jan. l. Notwithstanding that every as
surance has been given by the mem
bers of the city hall and court house
commission that the building would he
ready within a month or six weeks
county Commissioner Barnard has in
a measure revealed the reason for this
long wait on the part of the county
Iathers. 1t is feared that there will be
dehc1t in the county revenue funds
even with the greatest of economy
and II the new building is occupied this
would otherwise -
Inc county has yet to meet interest
amounting to S3S, eco, besides paving the
running expenses, which are a con sid
eraple burden. 1t has been figured out
be in the neighborhood of s1O.O 00. which
II the new structure were to be zacu,
pied, would mean a still greater si1Tn
OF something like $4,000 which the
ginning of '96. This, it is reasoned is
not a good business policy, and ii is
desired to close the year as nearly even
with the world as possible, so that '96
Cdn pe commenced on new basis
Judge Pond is still of the opinion
that the new structure will be occupied
TINS fall. and one member of the
bench, it is said, has given it as his
opinion that the bench can remove
whenever it desires, without waiting
until the county commissioners shall
order a general removal 1t NAV he
that unless the county fathers get over
their economical fit and remove to the
new building, they are likely to find
that the court has stolen a march, re-
moved and left them in the old one.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23

certified check of the bidder for 10
per cent of the amount of the bid.
The bids are to be received in five
different forms: First, for the entire
property in gross; second, for the
building and grounds, together with
the entire contents of the building;
third, for the lands, either in parcels
or altogether; fourth, for the Cesnola
collection of casts now in the public
library building, numbering about 272
pieces; fifth, for the paintings now
owned by the exposition, and hung in
the art room at the library.
The land to be sold is described as
follows: Blocks 2, 5 and 6, in the sub
division of the ground between Pine,
Bay, Main and Second streets, in st.
Anthony Falls; lots 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6,
and the southeasterly 1.52 feet front
and rear of lot in block 2, and all
of lot g. in subdivision of block 80,
ST. Anthony Falls, including the streets
and alleys, on a portion of which
there is mortgage of $1,000. The con-
tents of the building will also be sold,
including all the showcases, water
coolers and other appurtenances.
The order signed by Judge Pond also
includes an order appointing Sept. IA
as the day when the cause shall be
shown, if any there be, why any sales
made under this order should not be
confirmed by the court.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
FUGITIVE MICHIGAN TRAIN ROB-
BEERS PULL PISTOLS ON AN
OFFA1%>
A BULLET IN HIS BRAIN.
ATTEMPT TO ARREST THEM IN A
RAILWAY CAR FRUS-
TRATED.
JUMPED OFF AND ESCAPED.
Force of Police and Sheriffs in
Hot Pursuit of the Des-
peradoes.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aug. %
Two men answering the description
of the Fennville train robbers board
ed Lake Shore train at Dorr, eigh-
teen miles south of this city, this
evening, and rode to Eagle Mills,
three miles out of town. The train
men notified the police, and officers
were sent out to hunt them up. They
were not found until they had
walked into the city and boarded
q Grand Rapids & Indiana train
north at IL: 80 tonight. Detective
George w. Powers, of the local po-
lice force, boarded the train before
it was outside the city limits, and
attempted to place the men under
arrest. Both drew their revolvers
and fired at the detective, one bullet
lodging in his brain. The men then
jumped from the train and made
their escape. The entire police force
and all the deputy sheriffs are after
them, and it is thought they will
surely be taken before morning.
Powers cannot live.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
DIDN'T WANT TO KILL HIMSELF,
So He Asked to Be Locked Up to
Prevent His Doing So.

So He Asked to BE Locked Up to
Prevent His Doing So.
E. P. Lawshe, an employee of c. A.
Heffelfinger & Co., at the stote cor
ner of Nicollet avenue and Sixth
street, about o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon walked into the office of the
county Jail.
81 want to be locked up" he said to
Jaiter Sandberg. 81 am going to. COM
nit suicide
Sandberg delayed some time before
obeying the request of Lawshe and the
sheriff and Phil Megaarden had to be
consulted before it was decided
whether or not the man could be taken
into custody without a warrant. The
sheriff gave it as his opinion that he
could under the circumstances and
Head Deputy Phil Megaarden arrived
at the same conclusion after consult
ing a number of authorities.
Lawshe was given a place in the
main cell room and at his request
Charles Heffelfinger was sent for and
soon arrived at the Jail. To him Law
she told his story. For a number of
years past he has been subject to do
nestle troubles under which he has
borne up remarkably we'll He has
lived a temperate life and is model
employe, according to the statement
of the members of the firm. Several
days ago, however, he says, his do
nestle and other troubles became so
pressing that they overcame him and
he wandered about, his sole desire
being to rid himself of his misery by
taking his life. At times he has had
sane intervals and it was during one
of these that he wandered into the
jail. After a long talk with Charles
Heffelfinger it was decided to retain
him in custody for several days. at
least until Lawshe shall become better.
1t is not believed that a commitment
will follow.