The morning call., 1893-03-12
WELL=KNOWN MEN
Frank Carpenter Tells of
Some He Has Met.
BUFFALO BILLS BREAKFAST.
The Story Tom OchiItree Related-How
Sawyer Got to Be
Senator.
Correspondence of THE MonNrso CALL

had a chat the other night with Senator
Watson c. Squire about the gold regions Of
Puget Sound. He says that the output OF
metal in his State of Washington will
probably surpass that of Colorado. He is
not interested in the mines himself, for he
has all he can 10 to take care of his property
without making new investments. He is
one of the richest men of the Northwest and
Iis real estate assessments in Seattle amount
to. am told, about S1.GOO.00O. and be pays
three times the salary Of a Cabinet Minister
Gu them in taxes every year. He has all
sorts Of interests in the Northwest, and
among other pet investments is a dairy
farm from which he sells S25 worth of milk
every day and on which he has some of the
best Holsteins you can ind in the country.
said Senator Squire:
These gold regions are about sixty
miles from Seattle and railroads are now
being built to them. The miners are at
work, but they have as yet no means of
getting their ores to the markets One OF
the largest companies is that which owns
the Monte GTisto mine and which has
capital OF about s5,OOOOoO. They have, l
am told, already invested about S3000,0 600,
and they think their lead is one of the finest
who own this mine are Rockefeller, Colby
and HOyt They are all rich men. Mr..
Colby was the head of the Wisconsin Gen.
tral Railroad, Rockefeller Is one OF the rich
Standard on men-l am not sure whether
it is John or his DrOther-and Mr. HOyt Is
another rich man. who comes from New
Iurk. These men are all level headed.
They have made some money IN other in
vesments in Washington Territory, and
Ihey expect 10 make a fortune out of their
flnpTR
equally good indications, and as soon as the
country is opened up there will be a great
rush to the gold fields. The Great Northern
road will soon be through TO Seattle and we
expect that the town will jump from now
on 1t now has about 10000 people and it
Is not much more than len years old"
Senator Hansbrough tells me that the
Northwest IS picking uD and its prospects
are bright He says that a curious thing
occurred as to the recent elections which
shows how times affect parties. In every
district where they had extraordinarily
large crops the Republican majority was
large. and where the crops were poor the
people voted the Democratic ticket.
l see that Tom Ochiltree is to manag the
horses of the nitrate king, Colonel Thomas
North. which are to be run at the Chicago
derby. l met Colonel Ochiltree in London
this last summer. He has pleasant rooms
there within stones throw of the big thea
ters and Just OFF from Piccadilly, and he is
rs well known in London as in the United
States. He is on friendly terms with the
English lords and dukes, and he always has
more invitations than he can accept. Ochil-
tree is 4 great friend OF \ North, and he and
North were interested to some extent in
Buffalo Blps show, which had such snc-
cessiu run In London last summer. Buffalo
Bill is also one Of the lions of London, and
l remember pretty breakfast that
l had last summer at the show grounds.
got a note from Colonel Cody asking
me if l would not come out to take
an American breakfast with him. The
breakfast hour was y o'clock, and when l
came u to the tent was received by Cen
eral George B. Williams, who is the counsel
of the Equitable Life Insurance Company
I'm London, and was introduced to him as
the cook Of the occasion. General Williams
form from neck to feeI was covered with a
big white apron, and his cuffs were pushed
back in the most approved style. He took
me into Buffalo Bilps tent and introduced me
10 tie breakfast party. This conss ted Of
Mrs. Brown Potter, the acrtress; Henry
Iabouchere, the editor of Truth, aud his
wife; 7. 2. OConnOr, who has taken Par
nelPS place to large extent in Parliament,
and his vile, and Colonel OchHtree. Shortly
after this we sat down to breakfast, and it
was a frst-class feast of fried chicken, corn
dodgers and all the other good things which
are so well known In America, but which
you cannot get in England. There were all
sorts Of drnkables, from water and milk to
champagne and whisky, and was surprised
10 see lOdL DOlu BuuAlO Dill huO i OH OcHii-
tree stuck to milk.
During the dinner the conversation was
spicy and lots of good stories were told.
The subject of mOney-making came up, and
Tom Ochiltree said:
Did you ever know that I came within
au ace Of making million dollars? Well,
did, and ! lost it through my reputation for
exaggeration. l was at a dinner at john
Chamberlin's in Washington. and Senator
Hearst, John Russell Young and several
other prominent Americans were at the
table with me. We got to telling sto ries
over the walnuts and the wine, and Senator
Hearst. whom you know died worth several
million pounds, was giving his early experi-
ences, He told how he amassed his great
fortune, and he described the struggles of
his early life. He told how he worked and
saved to get enough money to take him to
California. He described his long and weary
journey in a wagon across the plains and
grew pathetic as he spoke of his hardships
along the Platte River in Nebraska.
When they came to this river they found a
food had made it almost impossible and
they waited for days for the river to 90
down. The waters, however, increased
instead of diminished and they were in de-
spair. AT last, said Senator Hearst. four