El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-10
ONCE A MILLIONAIRE
But Died a Poor Man After
Having Started Denver
On Its Magnificent
Career.

here, is in critical condition this
morning, being i'll with appendicitis.
He is too weak for an operation. Al
as almost desperate.
Senator Teller is also seriously i'll
here. The doctors this morn.Lg soy he
will recover.
DENVER, April lO.-Ex-Senetor Ia
Dor, postmaster, died at nine thirty
this morning at the Windsor hotel of
appendicitis.
startled this morning by the announce
ment of the death of ex-U. S. Senator
Tabor, which occurred at nine thirty
at the Windsor hotel after four DAYS
illness. Mrs. Tabor and the senator's
daughters, who had been working at
the Eclipse mine near Boulder, were
hastily summoned and we're with Mr..
Tabor at the moment of his death.
Msxey Tabor, son by the first wife,
also saw his father alive.
The news spread through the city
and created general feeling of pro-
found regret. The postoffice flag was
Immediately lowered to half mast, as
were the flags on the capitol and all the
public buildings
The senator was just ON his way to
renewed prosperity and everybody was
delighted at the approaching success
of the man who had done more for
Denver than any 9th one citizen.
Appendicitis was the cause of his
fatal illness.
Horace A. w. Tabor was born in
Vermont, in November, 1880. At an
early age he moved to Kansas. He had
DO capital but plenty of energy. He
was soon elected member of the !
Kansas legislature.
He became interested in the stories |
of wealth in the Rocky mountains, and
left Kar sas to seek gold, taking q prsi-
rie schooner for there. He reached
Denver in 1859. In April, 1860, he
began work as miner In the placer
sluices. He mad, five thous and dol
lars that year.
He wintered with his wife In the
and started to work next
summer; he made fifteen Thousand.
The following summer he struck vein
which developed into the Little Pitts
bureh mine. This yielded at the rate
of fifty thousand a week.
After realizing the amounts he dis
posed of q half interest for a quarter of
million. Later he sold his other.in-
terests to Chaffee and Moffat for one
million. He secured other properties
which yielded enormously. One of
;hese, thes Mstchless, brought in a
,et income up to a hundred thousand
/ month.
At this time, 1879, he was worth
many millions. He was elected mayor
If Leadville, and the year following
vas made governor of the state. Then
When Senator Teller entered the .
abinet of Presid ent Arthur, Tabor was
chosen to fill his unexpired term in
congress. The term was only thirty
lays. He failed of reelection.
He secured divorce from his first
wife, when the court scheduled his
wealth at ten millions.
He turned his attention to Denver
Vhen it was little aspiring town, and
uilt beautiful residences, the Tabor
pera house, the Tabor block. and
ther fine structures. really laying the
oundation for the present magnificent q
ity. n
Since 1890 his wealth has left +
i'm as fast as it came to him, I,
nd he died poor man. He +
'as however, chosen postmaster
hrough Wolcott's influence and secur- r
d properties in Boulder county which h
to return his fortunes. O
He was a Seenial, uncultured, great f,
earted person. His funeral promises C
, be the greatest ever known in this
Ity or state. Il