The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-16

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Helena (Mon.) correspondent Or the
New York Sun: The trial Of John b
welcome, 4 Helena attorney and 4
confidential representative Of wnliam
A clark, United States senator.elect
for dlsbarment on q charge 81 corrupt.
lnr the members 81 the STATE ieg,sla.
lure which elected Mr.. Clark. brlnqs
into special prominence at this lime
the two men who have been firht6r
80 long for the ascendency In the Dam.
ocratlc party OF Montana-Willlam A.
clark and Marcus paly.
veteran who knows both mep said
10 a sun CORRESPONDENT to-day IA re.
spopse to request for information:
"ly. A. clark Democratic senator
elect, is a Pennsylvania by birth and
came west In the fifties. Heis now over
sixty years OF age. wen preserved ana
vigorous. and ought 10 be good for the
fourth-scoro mark. Like-Uther pIon.
GERS he was not rich when he came 10
the west and he had no particular obs
,act in view except to nov up with
Tho country. He drifted ofe as far "a
Walla walla. wash. wheFe ne bought
four-horse wagon losi az tobacco
and hauled Il to some ninsa near where
Roar Mouth. ON the Norti,sr.n pacIse
now ia. and sold Il at suficient proat
to give him his first reaii start. He
struck Montana about 'syEor "a and
wont into merehandisjnr mining and
other ventures making more or less
money all the time hut nothing biz.
when tina Butte conner roines were
dIscovered about 1S75 clark was
omonr tbes arst m me or6,,nd and had
tho hest opnortunIties Of FI,esittine good
nroro,,,os Fror, tb,s dime nm cIarI,
Md money fsst ond nv "a re yyas
r ,,,, ,n,lI,ona,rs ana b,s inter.
as,s had hsgnr h.. mann Al, over the
,ros, w,,h the 9rst ,,,,l,on made t.ie
o,hor cam moro cos,Iv ana dining
N" rost TF,osr ,,esy. NJ c,ar,,.s far.
,nro bas gone IN Growing ,,ntII nobody
w., b,n,a,s tnows nov much a 10
,s.v ir5,o,,,on ~ what he has / NAV
a,,o taS, ,Its,,,s. Iys is tho soIe owner
~ ,So 1Tn,toa vsr5s oonnsr mine IN
,.,saa, n,hlch rSai,os nst nroet Of
,.oC ooo a Month ana for n he has re-
800 sso .noo ooo ~ cssh ana q blook ~
s, n,s o 1880 .hv the rso,bsobIlda RMS
rIna Il consbIs 81 a nro,it of 800 900 n
dov h. rorked to ,ts fun capaolty. lie
No. : ~, .,,s.r farm ana factory near
Tos Args,s. which cleared s4OO.Ooo the
ars. .Sesr. ne ov,nE one n the largest.
go, ,,lonto t,ory N tbk world IN .ATex-
10y. * owns u. cold mine in Arizona
Da,,,,,,, sIoo oOo ,noA,b, he owns min
Inr ,1{srssts in Butte worth 100000 a
,no,ths ~ IL amending $4,000 a month
IN ~. rosnr d,Alene. district Idaho.
5a,sia+,ng the larrpest lead mine in tho
T,n,,od sta,es. he owns a eoai mine in
Ca.bon county Mont which IL said to
No ~. h..t ec,,,nned IN the country: he
Ia nrohshIv the iarrest-ilve stock owner
In N,or.ona one herd alone being worth
ton ooo. Nc mas extensive lumber inter-
o.,s in Montono. he owns n banx in
pmt,o. he GUNS a pewspaper the Butte
WIsror. ne q a verv large holder Of
1,,, odsod ,saJ1rosd securities. he owns
,hs Gn.st residence In Butte. and is
,no,JIn. % soo mn IN buIIdInp his New
Wi, o,t,, Noros and nobodv knows how
nmoh oth0. nronertv cash and other
oy.,,oh,o o.,st, he has A an example
=, ,ho ar,o,,nt ~ rsndv MONEY he car
r,,s IN rosntion one caao when the
,a,o w Tyr,.r v,s, onnoInted inter-
No, ro,on,,o col,octor he asked Mr..
cI,rt - % on Me bond They were
hoth IL Ss,v york cItv Mt the time,
md NJ C,sr,- .oIa bo Ind no real es-
tat. ,horo bnt ma, he had cash in four
mr. eyo ha1k. and ttov went to the
rs,ro., oro having an account with
NJ r,orr Tho book. showed a de-
po,l, ~ ovsr million dollars to his
credI, ana Tho others were about the
samo
NOW as 10 tho man himself. He has
the Greatest cnnacitv for work OF any
man 7 over knew and for years his
varying bours were from 7 a. m. to u
n m ma have known him to keep
All ali rIgbt uIs application nnd en-
er,v ,ro lrtarse and he ia thorough in
nm no urdor,ares when he started in
tho hr.inss. ~ mining be learned as
s,y,n,, hI,,so,s ord boc,me mn expert: