The St. Johns herald., 1899-04-01
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A Porter's Vigil Over Wealth of a
 Mexican Mining King.


 Mexican Mining King.
 c. P. Wheeler. the mining king of Humulco, Mexico, has much cause for congratulating himself that he fell in with an honest man when he boarded the Santa Fe limited at Albuquerque last Thursday on his journey east. He Is manager for his own valuable prop erty there and also looks after the in- terests of several nonresident syndi- cates and handles large quantities of cash all the time.
 When he was shown his berth in the sleeper Aestes, in charge of Conductor Breed of Chicago and Porter W. H. Hubbell of Kansas City, he informed the porter. that he intended to surren- der himself wholly to his care and wanted all the attention that was re- quired. MT. HubbeIl has been in the Pullman service long enough to know exactly what was required and he slowed the mining king away snugly in his berth.
 Prior to falling asleep Mr. Wheeler called Porter Hubbell to him and said he had some cash he wanted to turn over for safekeeping. Mir. Hubbell de- clined to take 1t, but declinations don't go with the mining king and he simply called the porter to him and loaded him up with his valuables. He reached down in his bootleg and pulled out 3 roll of new bills and handed them to the porter with the injunction to take care of 1t during the night. Mir. Hub bell would not take 1t except that 1t was witnessed and Conductor Breed and N. J. Aldrich, of Aurora, H., and A. NJ. Mowry, of Chicago, witnessed the acceptance of the trust. There were bills of $1, 1000 denomination in the roll. When he saw the amount MT. Hubbell said he was going to back out right there.
 "No, you won't" said the miner; 'just take the rest of 1t" and he fash ed out of his pockets dozen drafts and a letter of credit for sums aggregating more than $1OO,OOO more and handed them to the porter and then rolled into his berth and quietly went to sleep.
 All that night Mir. Hubbell sat in the opposite berth watching the slumber of the miner. Not once did he let his eyes close In sleep nor did he take the roll out of his hand all night.
 The next morning the miner awoke and, without the slightest air of sur prise, had his fortune returned to him. He took 1t as a simple matter and promised to reward the porter for his kindness, and Friday night, when the train reached Kansas City, MT. Hub bell was called to the berth and the miner dropped into his hand two $20 gold coins. It was a tip that was so liberal the porter was astonished, but the miner made it still better by pre- senting him with a miners heavy over coat, a creation that is made to weath- CT any experiences the winter in the mountains may bring.
 MT. Hubbell arrived from his run yes terday. He said he had never encoun- tered such an experience before, al- though he has had years of experience in the service. He admitted he was delighted to get rid of the cash and heaved a sigh of relief when 1t was safely returned and the big miner tucked 1t snugly away down In his ca pacious bootleg.
 'Pve had lots of tips and seen plenty of money, but 1t makes man feel queer to have $31, ,0O0 in clean new bills in his possession, and the owner sound asleep all the time," he declared. 'T am always willing to care for our pas sengers, but hope the Mexican miners won't carry so much cash next time they ride with me."-Kansas City Jour nal.