The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10
Mr.. CLARK 5 BIC BLOWOUT
NToNTANA,S NEW SENATOR PAYS
FOR WINE FOR ALI. OF
HELENA
$4,000 IN JoLLIFYING
A Glorious Night in the Montana
Capital Followed by Some
Heavy Faro Play
Ing.

The election of W. A. Clark to the
United States senate was followed by an
extraordinary celebration in Helena, says
a correspondent of the New York Sun
A special train from Butte was chartered
to bring his friends and the Boston and
Montana band here, and Helena was
thrown wide open.
ClarRs agents bought every bottle of
champagne in town and it was dispens ed
free by from three to five bartenders in
every barroom, In addition cigars and
luncheon were provided. Word was pass
ed that no one could spend anything that
naght-it was all on Clark.
Hundreds Of men who had never be-
fore tasted champagne had it that night.
Clarks wine bill was nearly $4,000, a
sum equal to his senatorial salary for
his term Of six years. or about So for
every man, woman and child in the
town. And he Is said to have remarked
that it was worth thrice that amount.
The next night the Elks had a social
session in honor of Frederick Warde, the
tragedian. Clark was present and was
called upon for a speech. He eulogized
the order. but at its conclusion, he was,
at the instance of F. Augustus Heinze,
formerly of Brooklyn, fined 800 for be
ing too brief in his utterances. Clark
evened up matters by securing the i'm
position of like penalty on Heinze for
having suggested the original fine.
Then politics Jagged and some of the
highest gambling ever seen in the West
IS reported to have taken place. A gam
bier tells the following story:
Two young plungers entered Swede
Sans rooms and inquired the limit en-
faro. Being informed that it was Sl,0O
on cases they started in playing the
limit. Fortune varied, but when they
quit they were $4,000 to the good Sew
erai times on the last turn as high as
$l,5OO was bet on single card
A Butte piunger won $1,000 inside OF
an hour at the same place. Strange to
say, he lost all through the deals but
with one exception beat every last turn,
when four to one is paid on successful
bets on the position Of the last three
cards in the box.
An insurance solicitor won more than
| $1,000 from Swede Sam, but lost it all In
another house inside of an hour, along
| with $500 more.
one night young player bet so many
ffve-dollar checks on a last turn that
he had to hold them up with both hands
! Whlle The dealer pushed the cards from
! the box. The house won the bet, some
| $l,lO0, but the young man simply re-
| marked: FThat's the way to stack 'em
up, amt it?'
| And poker games. Why there's a
/ poker game at one of the hotels where
the table stakes are never less than
$4,000 and go up to four times that sum.
In one sitting Kit Carson lost nearly
| $9,OG0 Again, there was a poker game
! at private residence where the table
! stakes reached S25, Geo.
! Its quite a common occurrence to see
| s. bet on the single numbers at roulette,
! which pay 80 for L A remarkable in,
! stance occurred the other day at roulette
! which came to my notice. A travelling
man made some collections and bought
| a cashiers check payable to his firm.
| He then started in to do the town. lost
his money, forged the FIRMS name, cot
| the draft cashed, bet $40 on No. II which
won, placed SO on II, which again won.
| giving him $l,050; redeemed the CHECK,
and when he quit later on had $1,000 of
! the houses money.
Swede Sam will next month make his
| third attempt to get to Sweden t. visit
| his aged parents. Four years ago he hat
| $2,G0e and started, via New Orleans, but
| got to playing the races, went broke and
had to borrow enough to get back to
Montana. The next year he was SIS, 900
| to the good and sold cut has house, but
! in waiting around to attend to some
business he got to bucking the tiger and
again went broke; and for the second
| time his trip was postponed.
''I3llt now he is $3.50, 900 to the good and
viii again make the effort. He will give
! $4,000 to his parents and then continue
| his journey around the world.
Taken all in all, it is extremely doubt
| full if Helena or any other Western town
ever experienced such another week of
/ carnival and sport