The herald., 1898-11-18
DOWN THE LINE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Some of the northern papers have billed
w. /. Foley of this city as the private sec
retary of the gov
The Mysterious ernor-elect, Henry I
MI. Foley Gage. He is also called
"the mysterious Mr.
Foley" chiefly because he knows how tc
keep his mouth shut, and in doing so very
differently from most men in confidential
positions, appears to be full of deepness and
problems. Mr.. Foley has practically been
a law partner of MIR. Gage for many years.
as he has been associated with him in the
greater number of his cases. He could be
secretary if he liked, or anything else in
the gift of the governor, for Mr.. Gage rightly
has the greatest confidence in his reliabil
ity and his discretion, but Mr.. Foley is capa-
BILE of doing much better service to the state
He is graduate of Columbia law college
and possesses the acumen and business talent
that would adorn any position. 1t is not i'm
possible, however, that he will prefer to
continue in the practice of his profession
For two years, at least, Mr.. Gage will not be
able to keep hold of the threads of his busi-
ness and Mr.. Foley may continue it,
O O o
While Governor-elect Gage has four trunks
full of applications for appointments, it can
be stated on his own
Still authority that up to
Fancy Free date he has made no
promise and no one
has any cinch on any place. The lines of at
tack, however, are closing in on him every
hour, and it is only question of few days
now when the roster will be made up.
0 O O
One of the preliminary acts to tragedy
enacted on Wednesday in San Francisco
was played in this city
She Prays when Dewey Heilbier,
for Death girl student OF
Berkeley, came here
with George Alexander of Oakland, who was
a Stanford boy There was talk in tender
loin circles about the young couple, who
were soon marked as going the pace that
leads to bullet in the head or dose of
morphine There We're those here then who
could have told the weak, pretty little victim
of mans passion what the end would be,
but she would not have believed it, for life
was then all beautiful joke, and she thought
the rosy lights. the laughter and what She
tnOugnV tlt lONt Oh eAlsltICc were per
instead of more evanescent than
the glittering dew before the scorching rays
of sunrise. She is said by the telegraph dis
patches to be praying for death, a prayer that
the good God would be merciful to grant.
And Alexander? Why, he called at the po-
lice hospital and asked if she would die
Such episodes are always tempting as the
text of little sermon, but it is idle to waste
words on the theme. There will always be
such events as long as women believe and
men lie.
There is man in this city who has made
A fortune out of the possession OF two white
shirts and two white
Valuable vests. Men have paid
Wardrobe him in all the sum of
$4,000 for the priv
ege of looking at those articles. His name
S r. s. PhilpA. He is known all through
Colorado and the country from that state
10 the coast as man who can make money
where anyone else would lie down and die.
He has made more fortunes and lost them
han can be estimated, and about year ago
he found himself with just enough money
20 get to the Klondike. He went and found
himself in Dyea without cent and nothing
% eat. He met saloonman he had known
when he bought small bots" and asked for
job as barkeep, but was given the cold
forage nit ''See here he said, Il have
rot two white shirts and two white vests.
ow if you will put me behind your bar you
vill have more custom than you can take
are Of" But the booze seller knew it all and
i'd not take to the idea, and so across the
treet to another joint when Philpot. That
loodlebug across the street has offered me
~ day to tend bar for him" he said to the
roprietor, because have two white shirts
nd two white vests and can make snowy
ront. But I'm no cheap thing; if you'll
make it S25 III jump in right now and put
n my makeup and you will own the whole
rade.' The offer was taken. Philpot put on
ne of his shirts and a vest and started in
D mix cocktails at 80 cents each. The news
t his apparel spread through the place
nd the miners tocked in to see the real
hing" barlleep. Another assistant had to
e put on duty, then another, and then two
lore, until there were five extra men selling
quor at any old price all on account of
hilpot's shirts and vests. He kept at il
ntil he cleaned up enough to buy half
oxen big claims and leaving him $4,000
yer. with which he came to civilization
gain for a vacation. 1t was the closest call |
e ever had from staying broke
O O O
Water Arbitrator Jim Kays told me yes
.rday that on Monday next the board would |
commence the work !
nays ana of hearing testimony.
His Pipes SO far the members
of the board have been
udying up on the matter, making exam
ations of pipes and the like. Mr.. Rays had
venty sections of pipe dug up and a
borough examination of the scale and COR
,sion made, with estimates OF an average