The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-03
DENyER'S RICH MEN
Stories OF Colorado's Bonanza
and Mining Kings.
SENATOR TAsoR's MeHTsHiRT.
The Transformed Miners Spit. Tobacco
Jasee On the velvet Carpets and are
uncomfortable In Billed shirts.


Denver Letter n New 1ork N0rs1-
Denver boasts al unusual number OF cit
fxens who belong to those classes ternled
s.bonanza kings and ..eattle kings men
who have struck il rich IN the mining re-
gions Of C0lorzdo. or who have rapidly
amasxed fortunes on the broad plains OF the
state in the cattle business
The bcnanxa king who has become tns
most prominent in Denver is ex-senator
Tabor, who acquired his honorable title
some years ago By n sixty-davs' service IN
the United states Senate. at the time 81
the first great mining excitement az Lead
vile Tabor was running small grocery
store IN q log cabin. and his wife ttroih
whom he is now divorcedl did laundry
work for miners of the caeap. After Tabor
made a strike he came TO Denver, and has
resided here since.
He has invested alarge amount OF money
in property in Denver, among which : the
Tabor Grand opera house, one OF the finest
places of histrionie entertainment IN she
United States. TABOR secured divorce
from his first wife. who was his heipmate
during his years Of adversely and who, dur
ing the early days in California gnich,
shared his frugal board, his hones (which
at that time were not very bigh--he rarely
aspired higher than a fun hand or ficsh)
and assisted the domestic coach UP the bill
of prosperity by taking in washing. Tabor
after obtaining q divorce. married young
woman OF considerable beauty, the eere-
mony taking place in Washington attended
By congressional and other official guests.
On this occasion Mr.. Tabor exhibited a
500 night shirt which he intended to don
in the bridal chamber.
Mrs Tabor No. / is in affiuent eircum-
stances, owning considerable valuable
property in Denver. She is living with
son in one OF the prettiest residences IN the
city. Tabor has political ambition and, as
in these days, when mar with bar has
only 10 want an Office bad enough and it IS
his, he may yet represent Colorado IN the
United States Senate or occupy the guber-
Material chair.
Many of Denver's citizens, who from
three to ten years ago found it impossible
TO get trusted for a sack of flour or ham
at the grocery stores of the camps where
they resided. and who felt il a luxury 10
have sugar in their breakfast cups OF coffee,
now make regular diet of the luxurIes OF
the market, and have so much money tlrat
they do not know how to spend the inter
est on IT,
One often has the opportunity here of
observing how a sudden transformation
from comparative poverty to affiueRce af-
fects different people. That it turns the
heads of a majority there is no question.
and the desire to live las good as any of
em" seems to be first and foremost with
ALL In the greater number OF instances
when Colorado miner taps natures till
in the mountains and secures bag of gold,
he comes TO Denver purchases a home sit
aated on Capitol HILL has it furnished with
absurd elegance. casts aside his duck min
ing suit and dons tailor-made clothes and
dresses his family in extTavagant style. lie
purchases for his daughter. should he have
one, ''pany, and alter she has become
proficient enough on the worries TO render
THE Maiden Prayer he is certain that
she has learned all that 1t is possible for
any one 10 learn in this country. and dis
eusses with bis wife the sdvisahility of
sending her toGermany, or to Boston, or
some other form country TO complete
her musical education. He is a long time
learning not to eject tobacco juice on the
velvet carpet and to feel comfortable in a
billed" shirt bnt by observing the ways of
others he learns in time to grace his eie-
waited sphere with great satisfaction, espe-
cially 10 himself Such are the men who
have been elevated To the top story of For
tunes temple by a single pull of the rope.
one of these fortunate gentlemen came
to Denver few years ago TO live. He
built snowy residence in neighborhood
inhabited by nabobs and fitted it up in ele-
CANT style. After the operation of fitting
up and decoration of the interior of the
house was complete, the attention of the
owner was directed 10 adding attractive
ness TO his exterior surroundings. lie OBJ
served that his most snowy neighbor had
statuary in his front yard, so he engaged
an acquaintance who was going to New
York 10 order him a half-dozen pieces of