The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-10
SFyATE SEATTLE STAKE.
THAT DEPENDED UPoN
BEsob's 1--WE or POKE R.

vass for q ~. ,.tt,ed by Four
and the ,..,d Against Four Queens.
R'nss .., ool,.d tho national
"POker mas ~ =, a.. urav.h.ired mid.
sme OF AmeIt"' - .noLtrs room "but
dleaGed man u - s,,I,o,s ,yho f,i,v annrs.
fancy there u - 4, hos .,sr,.d on IN.
eIste how much ,n ono ,vav ana an.
d%e.tinis, o''"o -, rnw and AGAIN NJ the
other. we ne", -, ,or,,no. ana .ouo.
winning anu .,d u,n,n, nrop.r,i..
times how larso : a.. chance. wing b,, v.en
lave been s'"NO, 49, Iohhv,s, In tho conn.
two hands H"' ..,,h Oh. oid d.vico NJ io.,,g
try Is famn"' -n".,,r uam. r,,h . ,.,,.,a-
large sums . ,a.I,., on nm. "a. or ,ho
tor whose '". .,,,..rv .ro,,, -,
ether. such 'u."s :. nr,v.,. % mo evil,
public Interests y .o., II En- ITn,,.d
extent. Out ! ,. ,n..n..
states senate io'' VI" ~. ,.,.,nu ...x,
"0t eours,'
said one OIL u ....r,,,.,x.u
But AN, ~ ,,,nn..o,. soon TO-,
literally a"",,,on. To- H., o.r, -, ~
the war o,l., stgar.n, % ,,h., ,hov .r.
West "eo w., ~ -. on5,,n,. No.. 90
now anu !" -. hau,nnina =, 81. ii
1t was S.s,.a., Tha ,a,,a -, a..
growth o, ". -. .a.,.s ,,, ~. c.,
whea' NO." -s., tmwi,ro,,,, va In 10. In
ih anu - - ,na,.,,v ,h., &C.
fanny a"u .aa.uans nronor,,o,. ,...
ward gre" i" .n.,,maIu o.. 49, IT.
then m".,'s III 80 az 800, Ia.
Ainneapon' 9, ,n,honv wa.a,own -, ,ho
o. te rN'', ". ", -. .,1a ~ ,,,. III 80
same . y - ,..am,., -, @, D., ~.
en- u nv - ~ inno.,.n..
Ina elp'.u ohor, i.,o nns uu
i " hhNN nus ~ ~
that peiou' ~" ma"s..n," ..
arounu ." .aa,.,. -, - -,
whem "r,o - -, -. -
mueh ~ y, - ,,. .,s.,Ian G.
uene,r TO- ,h.,.an w., .s.r
h' ,h. .on,.s, 600. ,Ir.,r - =.
were '0'n nn"..sStaSs At, ...S.
seiose one rNt'' aueeN u.u ~ !"
for tie state was s'ronsiS nepuoiican' anu no
D.mocrat stood a show. But which OF the
Republican,. would carry the Legislature was
. matter OF sreat uoup'' anu 1 sa" oets mhuo
90 the issue as early as the first OF September.
A. N. tim. q, election drew near. 4. was evi.
As Tue I'M VI 80. u.o" ia, "He w
dent thas the cholce TOT senator was going 10
govern the nomination OF candidates for tho
rants were long OF heau as wei rs long OF purse
they we're using all the influence they had In
a.. ..,,,r Conventions xbtcb w.ro ,o h. MIA
wv 'ou"'' ~ "~N
early In October.
'Rtgh. there was where the Importance Of
Al. -, ,od,s,rv ~ ,n IT.. -.n..
inc Iunoe' '"uu'''' ON III i"e """eS On
which the lumoerinen In the upper counties
lived came TO hem mostly through MInneapo-
~ -.,,, ,.,.n. ii a.. ..-,...,. 80,
us ~ 81 A"'no"S. ""u 'no per.ee'iS iesl'i-
mate business relations between them and the
,nsiness men OF those two cities naturally Qav,
a.. go mr,h ,re,.no. auo,u a. 49,.
.ae a'e wv auno ~ or"e
There was a roihcN'ng' happy,Ro-iuoky.man IN
49,. 49, -.
"a'n' y "o 'o"Son ha' l eou'u uisSo'er OK
eept that he wasn't " doctor. lie was part
owner OF a sawmill, and spent the most OF
- -. a., ~. -. - -
e"" "'a"' W ~ "o"u' win us men, ne
was credited with being ms influential as any
q, ,no,S.. 80 nan,as Cn.o.n
!" "Ho'a "a" "'meu "iih"F'n' VINO was n
logger himself. but had for a dozen seasons
been foreman OF one ganr or another. Martin
vas rich man, hut Gilh.artin was seldom
hrsh. executing IN the spring, when lac had
dawn his winters bay. These two men were
Known to be strong partisans. one favo-tng
other. and 1t WAS generally thought. that they
would both 10 electioneering when the county
eonyentions were held.
me week before that would happen wes
one OF a party who drove from Minneapolis To
me Mihnehaha Falls, nartly for the enjoy
supper such as the house was famous for pro-
vttins. Martin WAS one o: the party. and AS
lhefe we're two or three other high rollers with
u, had made up nv mind that IL would be-
dayDieak -.ore we would GET back.
was right. but before the night vas o ser
we had more excitement than ] had expected.
we nan haH the supper and an abundance of
Eood wines win II. ana we're sitting arOu d
We 'aDle ENJOYING some rarely good punch
Wneh soIhebpiy proposed poker. No one OBJ
Ie'tcl' anu nia lev minutes there were TWO
games W progress. TO- there were eleven in the
party; ~ played AZ one table. and Martin and
! hWl lHFee otAers were AZ tie other. The
game was a fairly sun one. $40 being the limit.
ini TIE cara. ran well eUOlcL IN build NJ some
he"Vf oots. we Aai all iudulEed freely enough
u give ourselvr, thoroughly 10 the enjoyment
o. tge hour, though We had not teen drinking
n"a'Ig, a"d there va.ntR man therv under
Ine lnnnehce., ,AIiogetaer II was n delightful
ooCas'oh, suddenly The door opened, and Gil
III" Ioheu IN
non l wan 10 rough In" boys he said,
out ! etoip-ri heT- IN get supper on the way
L'u'ei ahl the Ian Ilord told me YOU were here.
80 thought I'd ask you TO drink win me-
lie was greeted heartily. for everybody
hleN ana liked him, ",d n bumper OF puncn.
was poured out for = III .orthwith, his invita-
Nh heiac peremptorI, laid on the table.
WAT b" take a hand in The zane. and he b,ing
m.tet,ah Wiling. Il" sat at our table.
were Vlal .hs ten dollars limit. Gil.' said
mno no. o. ne party. who knew that money was
~ s.Nay' plentiful with the big fellow. But
10 .a"shtl car"!rasly ana said; That's ali
'sHu, as ne lG!.-d ont $50 and bought chips.
Martin looked nj HIN rather keenly. as I
u"cHSht' for an Inst. nj. and said:
:. Been out 10 -. Paul tonight. Gilf'
les, | have said Gflnarfip ATI \ xvaa