, 1890-08-21
TALES OF LEADvILLE.
Tabor Was a Greater Man
Than Shakespeare.
THE NOBILITY OF The CAMP
Mr.. and Mrs. Waddingham-Rocky
Mountain Kate-Dawn Of
Civilization.
IChicago Tribune.

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cousin down on the lake front.
"And for that matter" continued
the speaker, ''most people living In
the states who never saw Leadvilie
Will always remember 1t for the peo-
pie who lived there and for the
stories that are told about them.
Now you have heard of Senator
Tabor. You know he made his mill
ions there. More stories have been
told about Mr.. Tabor than you could
get inside of big book, ordinary
type. Did you ever hear how he
came to get his picture painted in
the Leadville opera.house?
"The operaihouse was nearing
completion, and the artists Were at
work upon n portrait of the Inn
mortal Shakespeare, when the
owner, Mr.. Tabor, entered the
building. His eye fell upon the
work that was growing under
the brush of the artist A frown
gathered about the millionaire s
classic brow, as he inquired, Whose
picture Is that? 'Shukspeare's,
was the reply. well, continued
Mr.. Tabor and who Is Shak-
speare?' The Englishman who
stands without rival in literature
This did not satisfy the builder of
the opera-house, so he inquired
further: Did Shakespeare do any
thing for Leadville? No. was the
reply of the artist. Then, thun-
dered the deep tones Of the man of
night-shirt fame, paint him out
and paint MY picture there The
artist had no other course than to
follow out the instructions of Mr..
Tabor, and the classic features of
COlorudo's millionaire senator have
adorned the Leadville opera-house
until the present time.
WILSON wADDINGHAM ANOTHER
CHARACTER.
"Then there was Wilson Wad-
dingham," continued the visitor.
"He recently figured in the divorce
courts. He now lives in New Mex
leo, but 1t was in Leadville that he
loomed up. The tradition is that
he was u hotel porter In Virginia
City, and he was in the habit of
gambling. One night he was in
duiging in his habitual game of
poker with the proprietor of the
hotel (hIs employer, and the latter
had been uii-uecesslul. At last, in
desperation, he put UP his hotel as
stakes, and In IA short time the por-
ter (Waddingham) had been
changed into proprietor. 1t is said
that miracles are not known In
these days, but game of poker will
sometimes produce n turn OF affairs
that appears almost, if not quite,
miraculous. The first Mrs. Wad-
bingham now lives at New Haven,
Conn, and is not suffering for the
necessaries of life, as she has 81 ,5OO,-
600 alInuny. Mr.. Waddingham
now has u young vile.
THE NOBILITY OF LEADvILLE.
ain the bygone days of Lead
ville," the visitor went on to relate,
there was II long line of nobility.
Ten years ago Lord George Camp
bell worked in the mines of Lead
vile and received no more remu-
vi hV
would had he not possessed title.
Baron Rosencranz came to Lead
Vile from Denmark, and In spite
of his noble name, Leadville's citi-
zens declare that he was AS poor as
mouse. Count Roup, Russian
nobleman, was at one time IA COM
mon ore digger, but afterward rose
to u higher position-that of man
aper of u smclter. Count Roup now
resides at Butte, Mont, and hon
ois that city with his titled lame.
1t was even possible to have assay
ing done by IA nobleman ten years
ago, rs Hungarian lord had an
assay office perched upon one of
I.eadville's hills.
zone of the widest characters that
graced the Leadville mining camp
was the nephew of Lord Coke and
Lady Leslie. This young man
wished to be considered bold and
bad, and the airs he assumed out
cowboyed the cowboys. His COS
TUNES were considered remarkable
even for the Leadville OF ten years
ago, but were not of such charac-
ter as would he permitted to grace
"The visitor to Leadville to-day
would never dream that the nobility
from the other side of the Atlantic
had sent its representatives to the
Cloud City, yet such Is the case, and
the citizens of Leadville, strange to
say, do not feel at all proud over the
determination of so many lords,
barons, and counts to seek their
booming camp. 1t is not with pride
that Leadville's citizens point TO the
nobility that have honOred their
city, but rather with amusement
and just trace of pity.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN KATE.
"For ten years one of the puculiar
characters found In Leadville was
Rocky Mountain Kate. No one
seems to know her name, and If she
ever gave people 10 understand that
she possessed any other name than
Rocky Mountain Kate, ihey have
long since forgotten It, Rocky
Mountain Kate Is sometimes called
Puss-in- Boots, because she incases
her pedal eXtremities In cowhide
boots many sizes too large for her.
She has amused a fortune, and her
rents in Leadville alone bring her
an income of s, 900 per month, be-
sides "a large amount of real 6state
in Denver, which Is OF great Value.
She is very frugal, indeed, miserly
I'm her manner of living; she seldom
buys any food or clothing, but her
meals are the remains from the