New-York tribune., 1900-01-08
THE PASSING THRONG.


"The late John p staHo." said John A. smith a.
Cincinnati, at the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday was
very peculiar man. Simple dem
JOHN B. ocratic and domestic in his tastes
sTALLO's he abhorred all ceremonies. and
PECULIARI- that part Of his duties as Minister
TIES. TO Italy that entailed participation
in Court functions the giving oe
going TO entertainments was repUgnanr to him
II am not mistaken. when he Rome his
residence was extremely simple CONSISTING al IL
did OF a suite Of rooms the store Of either a
tobacconist or a grocer-I forget which. At one
time during his Italian mission American OF
great prominence visited Rome So important a
s an fSr %aS t ne Mss st ~ T no5 an S99tS S nsc
courtesy and facility of the legation itself but Il
sonal hospitality well For two days did the
MlhisIer stana H. ana titsni @ uof me pea or y
sudden indlspostion, ne hed 70 NEARBY seaport
town. where he remained. so 70 speak. under cover
sfaIios si5nIe 70 rods s Of living dsn,6Srsti -,
such the one cited above drew upon him much
Rome while ne was Minister and vet it Is probabIs
that in the strict line of his official duties no NOR
able man has nlled the post The same man wnom
Mr.. StallO treated in so cavalier manner told me
Foreign Once the oficias there bespoke and re-
ceived his aid in the translation Of first dfieu-
man one beth Of which had stumped their regular
m the great ESrooesn SnspSs 5 Sppan
equal facility ana understanding and some Of tn
broad intellect and deep and brilliant thinker in
philosophy and physics prove
''I heard capital story last night said George
Cabel Of ST. Louis. at the Hoffman House yester-
day. Years ago in Western
MARKSMAN- frontier town a traveller. footsors
SHIP GAVE and weary. arrived one afternoon
HIM A PLACE and made his way down the one
street Of the burg He was sud
denly startled by the sounds of shots and looking
up discovered four men shooting az one another
The men We're standing at the four corners OF an
imaginary square, and each shooting at the man
catacorner to him. Being In what ne supposed a
safe position he paused 10 watch the outcome or
the fray when bullet, going wide OF Its intended
mark, by his ear That reused his wrath ana
drawing his pistol he dropped the man N MS tracks
who had all but dropped him. Another bullet
living wide from its mark, but near 10 the
stranger. caused him to lay out one OF the other
pair and the remaining men sought safety IN
hight. In that particular town dlels nad DeeL
prevlouslyy, & @ q of the contestants
but the man who could shoot had arrived. and the
In bodT ana Pagf bm 5gy the eedo Of the city,
did in manifest awe and trepidatlon. -, -.
to Wind it up impressiveiy by saying. And. boys.
in n that town after that they went around me as II
I had been a swamp"
Frank c. Ioring who is one of the best known
OF American mining engineers, and VINO mas re-
Gently settled IN New-York, when
BEGINNINGS seen at the Hotel Imperial yester-
OF GREAT day told the story Of the begin
MINING nings of the great mining camp OF
CAMP RossIyn in British Columbia He
said:
In March 1898. was engaged by "Patsey
Clark. who was at that time without 12 mufR & PT0g
and make report 10 him on what t I Ioune % tr
PRED pred and W 70 Keep it alive for the paymsas
tension Of the since famous Ls Roy Nine and oSs Ss
tRS sRownR Re ri ef d not care to give over the Oss
without investigating 1t. The trains ran 70 Marcus.
further TO Northport trains ran there. as tners
was insufficient freight or PASSENGER traInc 70 nAs
pay. From Marcus to NOrthport We made our
way on handcar, which We ourselves mad 70 push;
twenty EFe mies away at the mouth Of trail Creek on
We had 70 cover most Of the distance on foot Lead
ing horses. We arrived later in the attsrnocn-
it was necessary for US to return as quickly
as possible. and So leaving our horses We sLrTck
distant. but with a 900 foot climb IN the eight
ing rain had rendered the snow very rOttsn which
made our sno%snoes an put IL uSe.ess ss 7 4Fa antrs
distance. Sticking to It, however, we managed %
iyn takes its name) cabin at o'clock n the morn
ing Thompson was a, the only Ana man nv bsls rS -
which the present town of Rosslyn Is built
to the Josie Mine. then consisting Of two shafts.
each about ute ten feet deep {SSE as ssPso PIES [C T
later. On the strength OF my report Clark made
MAY went to work in the mine. but suoss-
quently owing to the pressure OF I'm more Perf@ans POI @
spent about 8 500 altogether and considered him
was entirely satisfactory to US, my partners
and myself finally sold the mine TO British-Amer-
joining claim. then quoted at $4,000 is to-day
worth more than 81 100000. Owing to the Develop
ments on the Josie and Leroy, Mr.. Clark and his
friends bought the adjoining mine, the War Eagle,
out of which they took more than 100000 before
they sold it to the Gooderham, ,Blackstock syndi-
cate of Toronto. The stock OF the mine Is now
selling on a basis Of 5.OO00O0 What IN 1888 was
the bleak and lonely ranch Of Ross Thompson IS
to-day the hourishng town OF ROsslyn. with 500
inhab abitants, four banks and producing more tnan
100000 annually, in gold. silver and copper Two
railroads now into the town NortnporI
which then it was not worth while 10 run trains
to is now a great smelling centre, while at Trall
are the great smelling works OF the Canadian "a.
cihc road. John r. Cook who was my guide, and
AT that time worth something less than nothing,
Is to-day living the rental OF properties worth
at least $5OOOO0 in ST. Louis while the spokane ana
Northern Railroad, over which we made part OF
the trip and which then without business TO-
day pays as we'll any road in the West, ana -
owned by J. J. Hill The other road the Co
lumbia Western running from Trail 70 RosSiyn,
r A Heinze built and sold, together with the
smelters Trail. to the Canadian Paclnc Rall-
road.
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