davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12


Addresses were delivered by many
present and several musical numbers
were given. The event was of a
pleasant character, and the talented
author was agreeably surprised and
overcome, and when called upon for
speech stated that all he could say
was that he was anxious to hurry
home and show the gift to his little
wife.
Mr.. Williams returned to his
home in this village Friday of last
week, after travelling through Hi
nois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
York for the past fifteen months,
selling his famous Welsh novel en-
titled "Daffid Morgan, of which he
disposed of 1000 copies.
The hero of the work, the late
David Morgan, was the father OF
Mrs. c. S. Hebard, and resided in
Marquette for a number of years.
He was president and principal
owner of the Republic iron mine, a
man well known throughout the
state, and warm friend of the
author. While at Wilkes Barre, Pa. g,
Mr. Williams visited the grave in
which rest the remains of his late
friend, thus bringing anew to mind
the many cherished recollections of
the departed.
Mr.. Williams states that he had q
very pleasant time during his
travels and was royalty entertained,
but nevertheless is pleased to return
and also proud of the beautiful token
with which he was presented.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12

When in Marquette stop at the
Hotel Clifton. Best in the city
$500 per day. Single meals, 30
cents. [6-l0tfl
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
TOKEN OF ESTEEM.
X. X. Williams the Recipient of
a Beautiful GOld-Headed
Cane.

The following is from recent
issue of the Scranton, (Pa. y Tribune:
"a gathering of prominent Welsh
men occurred Saturday evening at
Ivorite Hall, when Z. r. Williams,
of l. Anse, Michigan, was rendered
a reception. Judge H. NJ. Edwards
presided, and in behalf of the gentle
men present presented Mr.. Williams
with gold-headed cane, with the
following inscription engraved
thereon:
Presented to II. X. Williams
by the
Welsh Literature Society,
of Scranton, Pa.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12

Adam is said to be the only man
who never tantalized his wife about
"the way his mother used to cook. Z"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18

bers of the committee, appeared before
the committee and stated that he would
refuse to serve. He gave no reason for
his declination, but said that If his
resignation was not accepted there
would be a vacancy on the committee,
as he would not attend it's sessions
1t was decided to report the matter to
the Assembly. The suggestion Of
Committeeman Sanford, recommending
that Assemblyman Burnett be ap-
Formal proceedings were instituted
by Chairman Cosper by calling u. S.
Grant to the witness stand. Walter R.
Bacon, a Los Angeles attorney, an
nounced that he appeared for Grant.
He protested against the decision of the
committee to place Grant on the stand
as the first witness and declared that
his client was not accused and was
therefore not called upon to make de-
fense. Mr.. Bacon was informed that
there was no desire on the part of the
committee to make Mr.. Grant a de-
fendant, but that it was deemed proper
to take his testimony in order to make
a proper investigation of the charges
made by The Call against Speaker
Wright.
Garret McEnerney, who, with e. S.
Pillsbury. appeared on behalf of The
Call, asked the indulgence of the com
mittee to make a statement. He said
The Call having made the charges
stood ready to substantiate them, but
that in order to do so, to the satisfac-
ton of the committee and to the best
interests of the Legislature. and the peo-
pie of the State, The Call should be
permitted to produce it's evidence and
call its witnesses in such manner as
should be dictated by full knowledge
of the facts. This was opposed by
Committeeman Mellick, who said he
was afraid that the time of the COM
questioning and legal argument. His
mind was set at rest on this point by
Mr.. McEnerney, who declared that if
he were permitted to call witnesses in
order he would agree to get at the
heart of the matter so expeditiously
that there would be no cause for COM
plant. This view of the matter was
taken by a majority of the committee
and it was agreed that Mr.. McEnerney
should be allowed to proceed in his own
way.
I When Mr.. McEnerney asked that
| Speaker Wright be called as the first
witness 1t developed that he had not
heen subpoenaed. After delay of a
half hour, the sergeant at arms sue
ceeded in finding Mr.. Wright. When
he appeared before the committee he
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18

CALL HEADQUARTERS, sACRA-
MENTO, Jan. 1.-THE story of How
ard E. Wright's degradation was told
tonight to the Assembly committee
appointed to investigate the charges
made against him by The Call.
The whole unlovely truth was told
as 1t had previously been confessed
by Wright Then Milton ]. Green. po-
litical manager Of the Senatorial CAM
paign of U. s. Grant, retold the story
and added to 1t details that had been
overlooked, forgotten or suppressed by
Wright.
In a word, the investigating commit
tee has now indisputable evidence that
Howard E. Wright, Speaker Of the AS
senbly. received $3.50 from u. S. Grant
through his agent, Milton j. Green, in
return for promise and implicit un-
derstanding that Wright would support
Grant for United States Senator.
To be sure, the story as told by
Green was not told willingly. The de-
tails of the bargain were dragged
from him by bits. He was a reluctant
witness and his testimony was marked
by cloud of reluctant evasions, out of
which the questioners with great diff
Guilty extracted fragments Of the truth,
until. by piecing them together, the
facts as they exist were displayed to
all.
It was not a pleasant tale. to hear. 1t
no more nor less than a relation OF
how a man whose ambition leads him
to seek a high position is seeking to
crafty that ambition by corrupting
legislators.
| Milton J. Green is the manager OF
u. S. Grants Senatorial campaign. He
is the man who handled the money that
was paid to Howard E. Wright. He
admitted tonight under oath that the
money paid to Wright was Grants
money, and that it was money provided
by Grant for the purpose of promoting
his Senatorial campaign. There is
nothing left to be told. The Calls
charges have been substantiated by the
sworn testimony of the man who han
died the money, and by one of the per-
sons to whom Wright confessed the
| truth.
| When the investigating committee
met this afternoon the great throng OF
legislators and spectators in attend
ance testified to the deep interest the
investigation is attracting here.
Assemblyman Meade of Los Angeles
who is one of the two minority mem
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18
GREEN'S STATEMENT
PREDICATED ON A LIE

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. 17.-Milton ]. Green to-
night gave to the press the following
interview:
II did not hear the testimony given
by Mr.. Leake Of The Call before the
Assembly Investigating Committee,
and therefore have no opportunity of
denying certain statements made by
him. have just been told that he tes-
titled 1 had either said to him or to
Speaker Wright that 1 had given
money to Senator Cutter and Assem-
blymen Jilson and Raw. 1 desire to
denounce this statement as an absolute
and unqualified lie.
Mr. Leake did not testify that Green
had said ITO him or to Speaker Wright
that l (Green) had given money to
Senator Cutter and Assemblymen Jill
son and Raw" What Mr.. Leake did
testify to was to the effect that Wright
had asked him if he had heard of Sena-
tor Cutter receiving financial assistance
in his campaign and if he had heard of
Assemblymen JilSon and Raw receiv-
ing assistance in their fight for cleo
ton. Mr.. Leake testified that he had
heard that they had been, but did not
testify that Wright gave Green as his
authority for the assertion. Mr.. Leake
Mr.. Green had only told him of the as
sistance he had given Howard E.
Wright and Raw.
When Mr.. Leake heard that Mr..
Green had given his interview to the
press he promptly laid before Green the
facts as to what he did testify to and
clearly demonstrated that Green's in
terview was founded on misstate-
ment on what his evidence really was.
Mr. Green admits that he did not hear
Mr.. Leake's testimony, but based his
interview on statements made to Sena-
tor Cutter by an outsider. Mr.. Green
insisted on sending out the interview
to the press even after it was shown
to him that it was predicated on a lie.
The verbatim report of the testimony
appearing in this issue of The Call
shows exactly what Mr.. Leake testified
to as far as Assemblymen Raw and
Jilson and Senator Cutter are con-
cerned. The verbatim report is identi-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18
BELSHAW'S BILL AS
AMENDED WILL PASS

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.-Senate bill 1893
by Cutter of Yuba County Will pass the
Assembly with two slight amendments.
This was decided by the Republican ma
jority in caucus this afternoon. The
amendments are that there shall be four
assistant minute clerks, instead of two as
in the BILL and that all appointments
shall lie over for day on the journal,
in order that they may be investigated.
AS the bill stands now there will be thirty
odd new employees, with an added daily
expense of about $113 more than under
the Belshaw act. The bill was presented
in caucus by Assemblyman Valentine of
Los Angeles and was practically agreed
to by Belshaw, but he wanted to tack
on as an amendment that if any further
employees were TO be hired 1t should only
be done by four-fifths vote.
The caucus would not stand for It, and
Belshaw with a large following bolted the
proceeding. They filed out of the court
room where the caucus was being held
into the Capitol rotunda and fatty refused
to go any further with the matter until 1t
is introduced in the Assembly, when they
propose to fight it to a standstiil Bel
shaw claims that after he and his sup
porters bolted there was not a quorum
left in the caucus and that any subse-
quent action was void. He refuses to be
bound by its action, and claims that none
other of the members are, and is getting
ready for bitter fight when the bill
comes up tomorrow after the charter has
been considered.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18

said he was not prepared to take the
witness stand and give his testimony,
as he had had no opportunity to con-
suit with his attorneys. He also said
he was awaiting the arrival of impor-
tant papers. By consent of Mr.. Nc
Enerney and Mr.. Pillsbury, Wright was
excused until the evening session. The
committee then adjourned until 1880
o'clock in the evening.
When the committee reassembIed
some discussion was had as to how far
the attorneys for interested parties
were to be permitted to participate in
the proceedings. The question was
adoption Of a resolution to the effect
that the course of the investigation
should be directed by the committee.
The first witness called was w. S.
Leake, manager of The Call. He tes-
titled in detail as to conversations had
by him with Wright and Green, the
subject-matter of which has been pub
lished in these columns, and formed the.
basis of the charge against Wright.
The next witness was Milton ]. Green.
The substance of what he testified to
has been outlined in the foregoing par
asraphs. A verbatim report of all the
testimony given, as well as all dis
cussion before the committee, will be
found in another place in this paper.
A careful perusal of 1t will prove in
teresting to those persons who have
looked with incredulity upon the
charges made against Speaker Wright.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18

that is fatal to the Speaker of the AS
sembly.
The purity committee appointed by
Howard z. Wright has not signed a re-
port of his election expenditures as pro-
vided by law, and the penalty is the
forfeiting of the seat that the Speaker
now occupies. If there is anywhere In
existence document which purports
to be such report at least three of the
signatures are forgeries.
In discussing this most serious affair
last night H. S. Pugh, one of the men-
bers of the committee, minced no
words. II neither saw nor signed a.
report Of expenditures for Wright !"
said Mr.. Pugh. IF such a report is in
existence and my name is attached to
1t the signature is a forgery. If the
names of at least two of my associates
on that committee are attached to such
a document these signatures also are
forgeries.
We never signed the report for the
simple reason that it was never pre-
sented to us by Wright. We had our
own private affairs to attend to and
since he did not concern himself with
what was naturally of Importance to
himself we did not do so. That is all
L know about the affair."
No further evidence is necessary to
prove that Howard E. Wright is not
entltieQ TO MS seat In the ASSemb bly,.
He was not legally elected to the posi-
tion and the Statutes provide what the
consequences shall be.
In discussing the same affair Frank
PARCELS said:
II did sign one document for Howard
Wright. 1 did not know I was on his
purity committee until one day / re-
ceived a document from him by mail.
I was informed that it was necessary
to sign it so that 1t could be filed in
time, and I was asked to deliver 1t to
A. w. Bishop, which I did It may
seem careless. but 1 did not look at the
nature of the document other than to
see that it had some signatures upon
it, and then, being In a hurry, 1 signed
it. l suppose it was his election ac-
count. but of this I am not certain. II
may have been certificate of nomi-
nation. In any event / did not super
wise any of his expeditures and know
nothing about his expenses"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18
NO INDICATION OF
BREAKING THE DEADLOCK

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO. Jan. H.-Three more ballots and
the deadlock is not even sprung. On
neither of the ballots of to-day for Sena-
tor was there a change by so much as a
vote. The list of absentees was rather
larger than usual, but the absent ones
had paired with. those who were present
and the relative positions of the leaders
remained the same.
Nineteen Joint ballots have been taken
to date and there is not the slightest In
dication that the breaking of the dead
lock is imminent.
Assemblyman Raw of FL Dorado was
absent again to-day because of sickness.
He was paired with Rickard of San Fran
cisco. but Speaker Wright did not turn
nm throughout the session and Rickard
shifted the pair to him and cast his usual
vote for Burns.
and was paired with Assemblyman Mer-
rill.
lusa were also among the missing and
Stephen M. White, the honorary candi-
date of the minority lost two votes be-
cause of IT.
Barnes, 10.
Bulla, 9.
Burns, %.
FELTON,, j. -
Grant 20.
knight, 2.
Bard, 2.
Scott, l.
Paterson, 2.
De Vries, 2.
White 29
Twelve members absent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18

The Call has now i'm its
possession evidence to
prove that Howard E.
Wright, Speaker OF the
Assembly, is guilty OF Of
lenses that, under the law,
are punishable by heavy
penalties. There is no
necessity to elaborate on
the nature OF the felony
that Wright has commit
ted nor any need to char
acteriZe further the ethics
of this man, who has, by
his public acts, dis9raced
him S elf, betrayed his
friends and constituents
and outraged the decency
of the State. Mr.. Wright,
by the authority OF his
own oath, is a periuPer.
Among the official docu-
mentS OF Alameda County
is the record OF his lying
oath.
=. The Call also charges
that Howard E. Wright is
either a fOr9er, an acces-
sorry to a forgery Or a vio-
.1atOr Of the legal conditions
under which he was elected
to the Assembly. Mr..
Wright has sworn to a
~faISe oath in his state
.ment OF his election ex-
penSeS. He has therefore
forfeited, under the law,
his right to the seat which
. he has diShOnOred in the
Assembly. He did not Sc
cure the signatures OF the
committee which, the law
OF the State preScribeS,
must audit his election ex-
penSeS.
The report OF that COM
mittee is not on file in the
office OF the Secretary OF
State, where the law de-
cIareS it shall be. If any
document, purportine to
be a report OF the purity
committee, exists, and is
signed, the signatures are
:fOr3erieS, and Mr.. Wright,
for a second reason, has
submitted himself to the
. penalty OF a forfeiture OF
= his seat in the Assembly
and to prosecution for a
guilty participation in a
felony. These are accusa-
tfons which, in the proof,
raise Howard E. Wright to
the evil dignity OF a public
maIefactOr.
The facts upon the foundation of
which The Call prefers these serious
charges against the Speaker of the AS
sembly may best be stated chronologic-
ally. Mr. Wright and William B.
Pringle were rivals for the Republican
nomination to the Assembly in the
Fifty-frst District. The Republican
nomination was equivalent to an cleo
ton. and the contestants knew it.
Every energy therefore was given to
win at the primary election. On the
eva of that election Wright realized
:"
u.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18

l - hs taE.A SrCyr
e -sy q
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24

Thomas O'Rourke who lives near
Olerlchs, was watering cattle last Sal
urday and while lying down to div
some water out Of the nole in the ice ii
steers stepped upon his leg just abuv,'
the ankle and broke it. Mr.. OIsuurke
was thus rendered unable to walk and
hobbled to a hill top and hopiny to
soon arouse the attention Of some one,
but it was six hours after his leg WA
broken before he c pula attract any on ;,
and by that tim. both feet.were severe.
~ fr"zen. He was at once taken t.
Chadroa to have his feet attended to.
1t is feared hat it Will b. necessary t.,
amputate them and that he may no,
survive the ordeal. TIE day OF
the unfortunate accident was the c II l.
est OF the cold spell and it is a wonder
thai he was o frozen to death.-IIo1
Spring Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
Notice for Publication.
U. S. Land Office.
Rapid City. S D.. Feb. Il. 1900

U. S. Land Office.
Rapid City. S D., Feb. q, 1899. {
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has FLED notice
OF his intention to make final proof in
support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the register
or receiver at Rapid City. S. D., on
April II. 1899. viz: Joseph +. Poor,
hom estead entry No. 4l07. for the
southeast quarter of section 10, town
ship l north. range ~ east B. z. NJ.
He m the following witnesses -
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land: Abte~
Raymond Of Creston. S. D.. Willoug n
bv A. Brennan of D .kota City, 8. D..
D. F. Sisson of D .kota City. S. D. and
William p. Whaley of Dakota City. S.
D. A. K. GARDNER. Register.
First publication Feb. "a.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
Notice for Publication.
Z. s. Land Office,

o.H. LdDu \(tlICe,
Rapid City, S. D., Feb. H. 1899.
Notice is hereby given that Moan l..
~Beanchamp has filed notice of his in
tention to make final proof before the
register or receiver at his office in
Rapid City, S. D., on the 4th day of
April, 1899, on timber culture applica-
ton No. 2l2l for the north half of the
northeast quarter and the north half
OF the northwest quarter of section 81
in township 2 north, range 10 E. B. Il.
NJ. He names as witnesses: TAYLOR.
Tompson of Rapid City, S. d., George
Mckinney Of Rapid CITY, S. d., George
B%-auchamp of Rapid City. S. D., and
Frank Tornpson Of Rapid City, S. D.
A. X. GARDNER, Register.
First publication Feb. "a.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
Victims Of the Storm.

Another tragedy has bcfallen, break
ing up an old and worthy pioneer fami,
ly, and bringing an ache Of sympathy
to the heart of the entire community.
Tuesday morning Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. J.
Whaley, with their daughter, Mrs. J
Yost, drove into town from their ranch,
some six miles to the northwest Of But
falo. After dinner, their business
being done thy started buck, at "a
little past two o'clock, although
the wind was by that time fast becom,
ing Il blizzard.
Still they had not far 10 drive, and
hoped to reach home before the fuI
fury of the storm should be upon them
Unfortunately before they had gone
more than Il mile and a half, the sleiyI
was overturned by a boulder, ,;nvi,ihle
In the deep 10Y
The box was lifted from the runner
an6 all the occupants thrown out, an,
the frightened horses kept on. go
some time the three kept together hop
ing that some passing team might
come to their relief. As the storm in
creased in intensity, however, it be
came plain that help must c)ne soon
to be Of any avail, and Mr.. Whaley,
though half frozen, badly bruised, and
with d dlslucated shoulder, walked into
town to secure it, not arriving here
until half past four O'clock. Charles
Taylor and james and John Stanley
immediately drove out aid found the
two women in dying condition. Mr..
Whaley had left them in the sleigh
box done up in the robes, but when
found they were out in the snow.
They we're taken to the Occidental
Hotel and every effort made to restore
them, Drs. Creswe]l and Onderdonk,
with many willing assistants. largely
members Of the ODD Fellows lodge,
working and rubbing th4 frozen limbs
with alcohol, and inducing artificial
re%spiration; but it was soon evident
that there was no hope for either,
through the work was. continued Till
midnight, when it became evident
that life was extinct.
Mr.. Whaley's shoulder was not re,
duced until Wednesday morning, as he
had refused all treatment until the fate
of his wife and daughter should DC
known. His condition is serious, bur
it is believed he will recover.
So sad a double bereavement has set
dom come to any family, and we feel how
inadequate are expressions of ours t(
convey the keen and deep sympathy 0
the entire community for the striclser
husband and father, and for the sou
Lewis.-Sheridan Post.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24

The weather began to moderate
Sunday and has continued to be warm
and pleasant. The water holes will
have "a supply Of water and the cattle
Us far as heard from will come out
pretty we'll, unless there should be an
other storm o, great severity, which
is hardly probable. That authority
on all the past, the old settler, says
that no such weather as the twenty
Gays ending Sunday last gave us, ever
visited the Black Hills before.-Her-
mosa Pilot.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
Notice to Owner Before Tax Deed

Notice to Owner Before Tax Deed
Shall Issue.
10 Charles w. Brown and to all whom
it mey concern:
You are hereby notified that on the
End day of November, 1896, the follow.
ing piece of real estate taxed in the
nam of Charles W. Brown and situat-
I'd in the county of Pennington and
state of South Dakota, as folio rs: the
south half OF the southwest quarter of
section 1, township l north, range I e.
B. II. NJ, 80 acres, Vas sold for taxes
due and delinquent for the year 1895
by the treasurer of said county to Pen
nington county and was by said pur-
chaser duly assigned to George P. Ben
nett, VINO Is now the lawful holder of
the certificate OF purchase: that the
taxes due aud delinquent on said End
day of November, 1896. was $2O.G4, with
interest and penalty $l.34, making a
total of $2l SO: that the interest and
penalty on same al the date of servic
Of this notice is S. 81, making total
sum necessary 10 redeem $27 80. to-
gether with such interest us may ac-
crue after this date and the cost OF ser
vice OF this notice; thai this sum must
b. paid and that the right of redemp-
ton will expire and deed to said land
h. issued within sixty days from the
c 'mpie,ed Service of this notice.
Dated AT Rapid City, 5. D this 7th
day of February, 1899.
GEORGk p. BENNETT
First publication Feb. II, 1899.