Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-27
PLAIN JOHN MACKEY.
The Multimillionlire Is Still Forty.
miner in Appearance.

The Mullimillionlire Is Still a Forty
miner in Appearance.
Chicago, May 23.-AIr. and Mrs. John
w. MaclSey and their sons and their
sons Wallets and Mrs Mackeys maid
left tie Great Northern for the east.
1t viii he noticed that every member
Of the family except the head has a
body servant Even the beautiful flax,
en-haired dog which Is the special pet
pet of Mrs Mackey, has an attendant,
but Mrs Mackey says he can put on
his own coat and pull on his own
boots as well now as he did in the 40S
when he struck Lucky Gulch' in Cal
ifornia aud lived on hard tack and
slept on the ground. The great uccumu
lation of riches has brought with it to
the bonanza king no pride of purse
He is as plain in dress and language
as he was before he owned unrcckoned
millions
Saturday rough specimen of hui
mainly, who looked as seasoned to mud
and weather as the countless ties he has
doubtless trodden upon, strobe up to
the desk and inquired if John Mackey
was stopping there. When informed
that he was he scratched his name
upon a card and had K sent up. The
clerk looked at him and thought, only
another crank, and you've got about
as much chance to see John Mackey
as / have to borrow million from
him. But the response came quick,
Send the gentleman up
Mr. Muckey was at the elevator when
the visitor stepped off and he g1aSped
the old fellows hand with both his own
and gave him she heartiest welcome.
Both were Forty miners. If the or
chestra down stairs had not been for
hidden TO play Comrades it might
have strucG UP a tune that would haye
been appropriate. But ais the two
old friends who had dug side by side
in the mountains marched hand in hand
into the palatial suite there was no
music needed to tell the story.
The old miner was introduced to the
wife and sons of the millionaire, but
he refused to dine with the party, so
Mr.. Mackcy and he went down 20 the
private dining room together and drank
their wine Ovcc the memories of aud
lang sypo. when, with cotton shirts on
and trousers tucked in rubber boots
lhey had washed away painful after
painful OF common dirt and found no
gold
If the old miner came empty hand
ed he dill not leave that way, for he
came bnck that same night when the
Mackey family were at the thcater
and wanted to see Mr. Maclley again.
In fact, he was in such a condition,
that if ne had not been friend OF the
/ bonanza king, he doubtless would have
been given free ride TO the Central
station. His condition that night prob
ably explained why one was the bonan-
n king and the other was merely Il
broken down old "I'orty-niner
John l.. Rippcy. the son Of the man
who tried to kill Mr.. Mackey. was not
/ the only stranger who sought his pres
cnce. Saturday afternoon a lady came
and engaged room. Almost immedi-
I ately She comtermanded tire order
and said she would wait about the hotel
until her train left at 4 o'clock Not
| long after Mr.. Eden found her sitting
on the Scttce on the l. floor, not far
! from the Mackey suite
+ He told her that she had letter wait
down in the parlor, as it was not Gus
1 tomary to allow people who We're not
/ guests to sit around in the halls She
seemed inclined to dispute the poinl,
and as Mr. Eden did not suspect any
/ thing and thought She was going to
/ leave ut 4 o'clock, he let her remain
there The next news he had was
that she was in the Mackey suite.
/ Mrs. Mackey's maid was terribly eN.
cited, and begged that the woman be
elected without letting the family know
anything about her, as Mr.. Mackcy
and his wife had been very nervous
ever since the shooting in San Francis
( Co
When the woman was brOugh down
stairs she merely said she wanted to
see the rooms, and beyond that moth
ing could he learned from her Be
fore She was let 20 it was ascertained
that nothing had been taken. She was
/ dismissed as n harmless crank.
BUGGY SPRING KILLED HIM.