Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-05-12
DEATH OF WILLIAM CARR.

Last Sunday William B. Carr. ore
VI Lne most notatt' mHn 81 tn coat
was found aspbrT Ht"d N his bed in
San Francisco. d .tti cane il, y ra,.
tlcularly lnOpportU q time f., Carr
de had done the work # "A dozen man
all his life, accumui.ted "a fortune of
nearly a million dOIlacs and lust a,
ne vas about to retire and take his
ease, the accidental turning OF a gas
cock a title too faI ended his exist
ence. 1t is odd hat a man VITO was
SO careful all his life of every detail
ana VINO scarcely eve made a slim.
should have allowed his hand to falter
at such a time.
Carr was all in all one of the most
peculiar and original men of his
time. There was no other man that
resembled him in this Ountry nor is
there likely to be. He rose from a
prlck layer to be the political dictator
OF California and although lacking
IN many OF the advantages Of earIv
edu"ation, he matched his brain
against some OF the shrewdest men
this coast ever produced and out.
pointed them at every turn. He made
Us. Senator'S and handled political
conventions as no other man could
de began politics in San Francisco
o rose step by step, because his
word was his bOnI.
In political campaigning his word
was law alike with the mob and tho
~illonalre Both sides could trust
MIN when there was no one person in
Ban francisco who had their douhIa
confidence. He Was the same man
whether sitting on a pie of lumber
talking to a group of ~laboIers or sit.
tlrg at the board OF men with mil
lions. He never changed his wavs or
hls speech to suit any occasion. and
he lowered his knee to no one
when In the employ of the S. p
20. he supported an anti monopolist
Tor Il. K. Commissioner because he
ilked him personally, and the COM
olned power Of the corporation could
not sever him from his allegiance FIR
MS friend. He had the courage Of q
lion and never allowed anyone 70
dun him in business or politics T,
all the affairs Of life he kept a strict
recor1. Ii he gave one of his children
20 cents, and a few later
nanoed a man a check for s1OO DOC.
tney both went down in a little hook
ne always carried with him.
ln all business transactions he OK
acted the full letter of the bond and
always kept every contract he made
~ 'he last cent He read a vast deal
" make up for what he lacked in his
eally education and was we'll posted
law literature and politics.. It is
said that be never hired a Iawvar
mat he did not teach him law points
Ia the case. His attorneys were often
astonlshed at his legal AZ
mad law at his finger ends H.
nanuieo the vast agricultural inter
OF Haggin and Tevis in Kern
county and displayed such ability
he was given a third interest. At
he had as many as five tbous.
and men under his control at once.
them all with as mnch
Ease apd less friction than some men
YOU'D display in handling a dozen.
on the Kern county ranch 500
men who bad agreed to pick cotton at
" a day, struck at 6 o'clock in tho
morning for 50 2s. Carr never AL
a change Of contact. and bor-
owing a match from the leader Of
ne strike, lit a fresh cigar and then
Snlted the cotton field Tn twentv
fifty thousand dollars vor,b
cotton had been wiped out and the
men discharged.
This illustrates his methods #
vas the last strike ever att4mpted on !
ne dig ranch and Carr saved bv if
lie was a mar of the pleasant di.no- \
ltlon and leaves thousands of frtends
Will miss his familiar face i n
IAN Francisco.