The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
Victory With BObtail Flush, Fol-
lowed BY Tragedy.
WOMAN'S LOVE AT STAKE
FOREIGN MINISTER AND a SEN.
AToR PLAY LEADING ROLES.
We're Rivals In Courtship and the
Defeat of the Minister Leads TO q
Deadly Duel, In Which the For
eigner Was Killed-But It Was
Bad Poker.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.l


It was in the days when the only John
Chamberlin was catering for the pub
lie, his public. on this side OF the. Styx,
says the Washinason correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times, that rare
company dined one evening at MS IA
nous clubhouse It was rare little
circle, for the reason that all had pass
ed the three-score wire, canterinS
through most of the time at very
fast pace, out all of that peculiar mate
rial of composition that never seems TO
succumb to high living and hard work
that would long ago have killed ninety
nine men of a hundred.
TWO were white-haired senators WHO
had Won both financial and political
success-Inen of millions, and eXcep-
tional characters among millions. Three
We're members of the house, standing
at the forefront of the representatives.
of that dav-three men who had played
a tremendous game in more ways tina
one in building up the frontier in the
forties and fifties. Another was an old
forty-l.iner. who made his pile in le-
ultimate mining, added TO it by keen
speculation. and piled up yet more by
building and wrecking railroads and
things. Last, to make up the Golden
number seven, was a great editor. yet
great in journalism and politics, but
III the medieval days Of The nineteenth
century a man who swayed the cour-
try at that time 18th his pen, making
il himself playing the deuce senei-
ally" Chamberlin novered on the out
skirts of the circle, joining in the con-
VerSatiOn occaSionally-the converse
ton naturally. in such presence, turn
ing upon the mysterious fascinating
subject of games Of chance, which ha' 8
played havoc with the human race ever
since Gaboon apes began to toss up for
cocOanuts.
CHAMBERLIN'S POKER STORY.
John" said one Of the senators. at
ter the telling of a number of thrilling
tales of gambling on the green, John,
tell US of the most remarkable game
of poker that ever came within your
observation.
That's mighty hard to do" said
Chamberlin, las you know 1 have seen
so many great games that it is hard
to say which was the most exciting.
I'll tell you of one, however, that seems
to me at this distance to nave been the
strangest of all the games l ever wit
messed. It was in the old clubhouse
in New York avenue, near Fifteenth
street. which was occupied for wears
by the Young Mems Christian associa-
tiOn until it was burned. i die say
there was never a game in the house
after my departure. 1t was in that
period following the war when money
was more IN evidence than it is at
this Tins, and that recklessness was in
vogue which was a result. L suppose. Of
the devil-maT -care spirit engendered by
the war. Politics and play ran high
There were political and other adven-
turers here from all parts of the coun-
try. and from all countries. Foreign
ministers and Weather attaches of the
legations were among the most Teck-
less bettors, and it was between q for
eign minister and a young and ridicu-
lousy wealthy senator of the United
States that the episode occurred to
which I refer.
There was bad blood between the
two men. and it was whispered there
was a lady in the case. At any rate. I
made note Of the fact that when the
other hands were laid down in the big
game of poker that was on one evening.
the two men raked each other savagely
before either would lay down. 1 felt
sure that in the chances of the play
these two would come against each
ether with disastrous hands for some
body before the game ended. The eX-
pected happened. The ante was s., and
a. big jack pot was on. The deal had
passed several times. and each time
Was 4aNleued lAdilA IL NdS opened
by q member of the house, who was
noted for being high player. He had
started as stOker on a Mississippi river
steamboat. and was then owner Of a
line of steamers. lie opened the pot
FOR the downs The minister sat uaxt
and swelled i $500. Next man risused.
and the next. The senator cam up
with another 500 raise. and the p.aye.
next to the dealer dropped ont The
opener studied his hand fer q nom ent
and then laid down. as he had bus a
pair Of jacks. and The senator and
minister acted as though they were. ont
for blood.
START WITH SMALL BETS.
The two men looked each other in
the eyes for moment. and there was
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