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Show A 'Story on Mackay. John Mackay has gone to Washington to lobby through a claim of $250,000 whichy he holds, the Government owes the Bank of Nevada on account of moneys advanced to land speculators and surveyors sur-veyors and sharks. , It is not . exactly known where General Sheridan is now, but it is to be hoped he is not in .Washington. .Wash-ington. If Sheridan should ever meet Mackay at close taw, there is no knowing what the result might be. . Sheridan is short, Mackay is tall, but the one is a fighter and the other isn't. Mackay once got Sheridan to make an investment of over $12,000 in the Sierra Grande Mine down in New Mexico. This was the famous George Roberts steal, and most of those who got jammed never whimpered. Sheridan would not perhaps have squealed had he not heard that Mackay claimed to have nothing whatever to do with the thing; that he had no money in it, and was merely backing George Roberts, an old coaster, in the latter's scheme. When Little Phil got on to the scheme he never squeaked, but he laid for John Mackay. He made a journey from Chicago to New York expressly. He saw tbe husband of Mrs. Mackay and the "Arc de Triomphe," and the man with the pick under ground gave way to the man on the black horse. History will perhaps never contain the record of that interview, but the story is that the cavalryman raided the miner and got at his sluice boxes. He got his $15,000 back. Chicago Herald. - |