Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
CLARK AND DAILY
Subjects Of Screeds BY Space
Writers With
NO REGARD FOR TRUTH
% :.
Butte Designated as the Toughest
Town OH Earth"-Clark'S
=.. Celebrated Lawn. 10

The following is a sample of the slush
sent out by Washington correspondents
or eastern papers. That portion of the
article relating to Montana affairs will
be read with amusement by the people
of Butte. The article is from the pen of
the washington correspondent of the Bos-
ton Herald and reads as follows: II
One of Washington's most interesting
is about to vanish with the
destruction Of Stewart castle, which has
been bought by Senator Clark of Mon
tana. On it's site will be erected a pala-
tial residence or a gigantic f~lathouse-no-
body seems to know which.
When Senator Stewart built this man.
sion. which stands facing Dupont circle, it
was considered a very magnificent struc-
ture, though certainly nothing in the ar
chitectural way could be uglier. In those
days-tWenty-five years agn-all that part
of Washington was. a wilderness of va
cant lots. with here and there a sprink-
ling of negro shanties. and people said
that the Nevada millionaire must be crazy
to select SO Ineligible a site. To-day, of
course. it is In the very center of the most
fashionable district, and the senator has
made about 1000 per cent on his invest
ment. VIZ
Stewart has made n lost several for
tunes, and those days, when he built his
"Folly,' as people commonly called it.
We're the period of his greatest prosperity.
Just think of it." his wife has been heard
to say. with a sigh. 1--WE had 49, 00, 900
then" Fortunately, however. the SEN
ator is worth about one-third of hat sum
now. though he lost nearly all Of his mon
ey a dozen years ago. Silver mines are
apt to be precarious investments.
During the epoch of low-ebb in his for
49,, S+~---. 1---7 IT,
Chinese legation. and it was there that
the minister from the middle kingdom
gave the famous ball which was destined
to &c on record as a notable episode in
Washington history. Being a h~ospitable
man, and new to the ways of the Am
erican capital. he threw wide his doors
and welcomed everybody. A well-dress-
ed and hungry mob swarmed in and, bid
ing it's time, made a rush as soon as re-
freshments We're announced. The guests
formed a solid phalanN six deep around
the tables and stayed there. What the
walters managed to secure was grabbed
from them before they could deliver it,
plates were thrown under the tables as
fast as emptied and many gents took
away a quart bottle OF champagne in zach
dress-coat pocket. 1t was a veritahle
orgy, and. despairing at length of getting
rid in any other way of these harpies
w IN Nolilt w poIltlS Lax itdSl. lU1 HOSl
resorted to the ingenious cXpedient Of or
dering his servants to scatter red pepper
in he supper room. This drove them out.
On another occasion, at an entertain
ment given in the same mansion, an Incl
dent occurred which made all Washing
ton chuckle. A youth. we'll born. and,
under ordinary circumstances, we'll bred,
was misled by a seemingly innocent
punch and partook of it With imprudent
ata, on 11n hoo,, NO 1rooal
sleepy and. forgetting his surround
nigs, proceeded to court repose by resting
his head upon the shoulder of a buxom
young matron who sat next to him. The
young matron protested vigorously and
hence a lively bit Of chatter for the Cos
Senate w. A. Clark. who has bought
Stewart castle, is an enormously rich
a People say that he is worth $500
600 and that his income is something
Ike $40, o0o.0 600 Il Year. Copper is the
source of his wealth, and he owns some
IF the richrest mines of that meta! in eX-
stence. One story told about him re-
ates to a hole in the ground that he
a few years g for 81 800 and out
If which he has since taken $50, 900, 600. In
.hese days copper is the stuff to bank on;
gold is well enough, but it remains at a
yalu whereas copper is rising
Electricity has made a multi
.ude of new uses for copper, and when
.Ver that fluid finds a fresh employment
more copper is demanded. The cost of
is to-day a great factor in the
struggle between steam and electric
transportation. Indeed, experts express
loubt as to whether there is enough COP
Ter accessible in the world to-meet the
uture demands of the population of the
,lanet.
w. A. Clark is a very remarkable per-
onaGe, dividing, as he does, with Marcus
the control of the state of Mon