Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
Ii Will he Built or the Site of
 StGWaTt's "FOlIy."
The Arizona Copper King Will Have Palace to Live in While He is a Senator in Washington - Contest Between Clark and Duly.

Montana, who is the principal owner Of the big United Verde copper mines at Jerome. in this territory. On it's site will be erected a palatial residence or a gigantic at-house-nobody seems to know which.
 When Senator Stewart built this mansion. which stands facing Dupont Circle, it was considered a very mag nificent structure, though certainly nothing in the architectural way could be uglier. In those days-twenty-five years agc-all that part of Washington was a wilderness of vacant lots, with here and there a sprinkling of negro vada millionaire must be crazy to sa- feet so ineligible a site. Today, of course, it Is in the very center of the most fashionable district, and the Sen ator has made about 1000 per cent on his investment.
 Stewart has made and lost several fortunes, and those days, when he built his Folly" as people commonly called
  perity. Just think of it, his wife has been heard to say, with d sigh. we had s3,O0O, coo then" Fortunately. however, the senator is worth about one-third of that sum now, though he lost nearly ali of his money dozen years ago. Silver mines are apt to be pTecarious investments.
 ..T-[, fortunes Stewart leased the castle to the Chinese legation, and it was there that the minister from the Middle Kingdom gave the famous bal which was destined to go on record as q mo- table episode in Washington history. Being a hospitable man, and new to the ways of the American capital, he threw wide his doors and welcomed everybody. A well dressed and hun gry mob swarmed in, and, biding its time, made a rush as soon as refresh ments were announced. The guests formed a solid phalanx six deep aroun1 the tables and stayed there. What the walters managed to secura was grabbed from them before they could deliver it; plates were thrown under the tables as fast as emptied, and
 
 tie of champagne in each dress coat pocket. It was a veritabe orgie. and despairing at length of getting rid in any other way of these harpies who came to pollute the feast, the host re- sorted to the ingenious eXpedient of ordering his servants to scatter red pepper in the supper room. This drove them out.
 haT cin a or1 zf+a in ment given in the same mansion, an fn- cident occurred which made all Wash ington chuckle. A youth, well born and, under ordinary circumstances, well bred. was misled by a seemingly innocent punch and partook Of it with imprudent freedom. Later on he be- came exceedingly sleepy, and, forget ting his surroundings, proceeded to court sleep by resting his head upon the inviting bosom of a bUxorn young matron who sat next to him. The young matron protested vigorously, and hence lively bit of chatter for ths gossips.
 The Boston Herald. after thus de- scribing and relating the incidents con- nected with the old Stewart house. has the following to say of Mir Clark, is present owner:
 Senator w. A. Clark. who has bought Stewart castle, is an enormously rich man. People say that he is worth S60- 000,000. and that h;s income is some thing like $10,OOO,COO a year Copper is the source of his wealth, and he owns some of the richest mines of that metal in existence. One story told about him relates to a hole in the ground that he bought a few years ago for S1, 800, and out of which he has since taken S3O COOL 000 In these days copper is the stuff to bank on; gold is well enough, but it remains at a constant value, whereas copper. is rising steadily. Electricity has made a multitude of new uses for copper, and whenever that fluid finds a fresh employment more copper is demanded. The cost of copper is today a great factor in the struggle between steam and electric transportation. Indeed. experts eX- press doubt as to whether there is enough copper accessible in the world to meet the future demands of tce population of the planet.
 w. 4. Clark is a very remarkable parsonage. dividing, as he does. with Marcus Daly the control of the state Of Montana. It is not merely. political
 
 to almost own the state, a division Of which into two states actually seems likely to result from the personal quar- rel between them. But of this. more anon. Lords of Montana are Clark and Daly-feudal barons. to all intents and purposes-and the war they wage against each other is incessant and re- lentless. Both men of prodigious wealth, bitter rivals in business and in politics, these copper kings contend with each other as to which If then. shall run the state. Nearly all the newspapers of Montana are eith7r owned or subsi7i 7ized ty them. Tn everr large town each of them has a paper, while in smaller Cente-s of population the chances are even whether the local sheet is Daly or Clark organ.
 Clark and Daly are both democrats. and party questions cut no figure in Montana, save in so far as they may represent the issues in the quarrel be- tween these two men. Every time a