The morning call., 1893-03-22

am wrong" and then the settlement was
IN de on Mackay's basis.
Are there any laws the application of
when VIII Lead TO The discovery of large
eodles OF ore? May not nature have teen
as generous elsewhere as she was in the
case OF the Big BOnanza?" was asked
Mackay by man who had heard of his
remark before shaft that "out Of that hole
! look $50. 100000 in bullion"
There Is no law in mining" was his brief
reply, but the point of the pick"
Like many men of great wealth, Mr.
Aackay has quietly given and carefully
guarded his generosity, so as to remain
unheralded. But incidents slip out Here
Is one: When Edwin Adams, the actor,
was Ill and pennlless In San francisco.
news of his unhappy situation reached Mr..
Mackay. lie promptly visited the needy
actor, took him TO first-class hotel, pro-
cured him the best medical attendance, and
quietly slipped into his hand check for
S5000
Yet another story is told of him that
shows the chivalric side of his nature. One
evening in New York, few years ago. a
San Francisco actress, Miss Kate Burt,
alighted from car in upper Broadway.
She went to a dramatic agency office. A
tall, reG-beaTded man followed her. He
waited until she came out of the Office. Then
lie grabbed her arm and began 10 walk be-
side her. She shook him off and hurried
out into the street. lie ran after her She
Office building. The masher followed her
and took hold of her again. Miss Burt
uttered an exclamation Of terror, and ST ,rted
to run through the dark hallway. The big
man started to run after her, when violent
hand selZed his shoulder and he was hur-
ried backward into Broadway. Mr.. Maekay
was the resruer. He knew Miss Burt He
exchanged few sharp words with her dis
comflted tOrmentOr, then he yanked away
the red bearded fellows umbrella and
hna xsrfgN >
man gave a yell and ran down the street.
Mr. Mackay threw his umbrella after him
and walked away.
1t is doubtful if two speeches, public OF
semi-public, from Mr.. Mackay's lips can be
found in print. At any rate, but one could
dred employees of the Commercial Cable
Company met in the Windsor Hotel, and
through Hector de Castro presented TO Mr..
Naekay very fine silver service. They
also gave the millionaire handsome album
OIL typical scenes In all the principal cities
10 winch the company has Offices. Morgan
Williams, the manager of the Commercial
Cable OIhce at Broadway and Ann street,
presented the album. Mr.. Mackay, in reply
to the speech of presentation, said:
Boys, | am very much pleased to meet
you all, and l can only say that l deeply ap-
pTecate this unexpected present. | am
afraid you have spent too much money on IL,
though. In your address you mentioned the
cable we nave mad war; but after war
comes peace. We have peace now. aud
l hope it will continue for a long time. l
think the success OF the company has been
due solely 10 the efforts of you and your col
leagues on the other side OF the Atlantic, TO
whom you must convey my earnest appre-
ciaton. l think. also. that the cables can
be safely left to the care of Mr. Ward and
his staff. You must convey to all tire boys
" no were not able to be Iresent here to-
night-cs pecially those at distant stations
my warmest thanks for this beautiful
album, and tell them | shall always treasure
1t highly and hand 1t down as long as my
family exists a a chnce heirloom"