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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05
MONEY MAKING CAREER OF SENATOR CLARK OF MONTANA

! copper Ana mis- was the start or
CIark's career as a copper king.
baking Powder Billy"
| But there were other things that
came to Clark in the old days that the
miners do not ascribe either to luck or
hard work, but to more subtle quail
| ity. For example, Clark once cornered
all the baking powder in the mining
camp and was thereafter known as
Baking Powder Billy" Then he cor
nered all the apples and sold them at
dollar apiece. On one or more occa-
sions he bought up all the available
tobacco and sold II for a dollar a plug.
Money was plentiful in Montana then
and tobacco was scarce. Clark made
II scarcer. As a consequence. he also
cornered quite a little Of the money
supply He thus showed all the in
stincts Of captain of industry early
in the game.
Clark had been poor boy in Penn
sylvania: had managed to get enough
education 10 teach school for "A year in
Missouri: then pounded an OK team
through To Colorado at the start Of the
gold fever; ia another year heard of
the gold excitement in Montana and
hied himself thither, still with the OK
team: worked as a common miner for
q year and cleaned up $500. and on
this capital brought in stuff from the
Missouri river points and even from
San Francisco and sold II to the min
ers for three or four times what ii
cost him. This might have been luck.
but IL also involved some rather foxy
financiering. at which W. A. Clark was
an artist even in those early days. The
story of the start of the famous Clark
DAILY feud illustrates this quality. This
feud, which affected every industry
and every man, woman and child In
Montana and which finally came to
finish fight in the United States sen
ate, was perhaps the most mOmentous
in Its consequences of any in American
history. Clark and DAILY in the begin
ming were business associates and
friends In fact, they were bound by
closer ties, for J. Ross Clark, a yOun-
ger brother of the copper king. had mar
rIed sister Of Days wife. But there
IS no enmity like that of former
friends
DAILY needed a certain strip Of land
to furnish water for his Anaconda
mines and offered the Old fellow who
owned the strip $4,000 for the water
right The owner eagerly said he
would take 1t, and in the morning the
deal was to have been carried through.
Clark heard of It and gave the old fell
low $4,000 for the strip. Then he
made DAILY pay $4,000 for ii. Marcus
DAILY paid the money. but swOre venge-
ance. There are rumOrS that Clark
had an earlier grudge TO settle and took
this method of doing it, but no one
knows for certain except the copper
king himself, and he won't tell.
When Clark was a candidate for ter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05
An Odd Industry.

One of the strangest of modern indus
tries is that carried on in the Jura dis
trict IN France. II consists in taking
the fur from live rabbits and weaving
1t into Il textile fabric which makes the
warmest kind of clothing material
known. The species Of rabbits which
furnish the raw material for the manu-
featuring process is the AngOra rabbit,
which has received the name of the silk
rabbit. Every three months the rabbit
sheds its fur, and several days before
this takes place nature is anticipated
by female hands. which remove the long
silken hairs by gentle friction. The
skin is already ripe and the fur
comes of easily and without the rabbit
suffering the slightest pain from the
operation. In fact, bunny appears TO
enjoy 1t, lying quietly IN the lap Of the
operators during the manipulation
London Globe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05
REPORTER TELLS HOW HE WAS
BROUGHT OUT BY USE OF
ICE BATH.

During the recent spell of hot wealth
- the physicians If Ecllcvur hospital
in New York. have been doing noble
work in the relief of citizens stricken
by the heat. Their miniStratluuS are
not only successful in saving the life
of the patient hut the process To which
the sunstruCk one is subicctC Is pleas
ant and bracing. This account was
written 10y reporter for the New
York World who was recently treated
at Bellevue for snstrokc:
1t was curious series of circum-
stances that sent me t. the isolation
ward of Bellevue. To much u eat
at irregular hours and not half enough
sleep, followed 10y a wild desire 10 hus-
tie in the hot sun ON AN important
news story, gave me a feeling of awful
lassitude and detection. The work To
be done lay over east Of Second ave
nue.. At > o'clock l remember labor
ing along heavily in Il slow walk, my
legs feeling like bags of sand and my
head throbbing painfully. | felt hot.
dry, sitting, feveriSh.
Suddenly my body seemed to go sail
ing smoothly in midair. the Unneeded
legs floating uselessly under II. All
the world was whirling in "A mass Of
red vapor wreaths. and began to
fan The falling sensation seemed to
last for ages. | fell. now fast, now
slow, again fast, until l plunged into
the polar sea.
OH. how cold it was. Surely nothing
else could be half so cold as this Dim
" my struggling mind began TO re-
member reading somewhere the Eski-
mo belief that hell is 4 place Of eter-
nal, iIlimitable ice. This surely was
that place. Fuhr, who nobly stood by
his fallen companion, afterward as
surcd me that quite twenty minutes
elapsed from the time l dropped like u
log Oh the hot side of Twenty fourth
street until / began Topping Ike
newly caught fish in the ice water tub
at Bellevue, but the mind OF the pa
tent recognized no gap between the
fall and the ice bath.
struggled with all the force that
was in me to break the grasp of count
less hands that held me down in that
Icy sea. They were not trying to
drown me, for nose and eyes always
above the waves. but surely
they were going To freeze me to death.
for the cold OF the Icy sea seemed To
strike into the spinal cord Itself. With
one last gathering OF strength
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05
SAVING HEAT PROSTRATION VICTIM


! plunged upward. NJ Use. I-.snU
| hands held me fast Now l noticed
| that the eight hands were chatting me
! ceasclcSsly from head to foot. Per
haps, after all. their Intentions were
not murderouS. AS my mind became
clearer | was able 10 distinguish the
face Of the man in command. Il long,
studiouS face. with a square blue chin
and lit by kindly blue eyes that
cleaned through glasses.
Not SO bad now" said the face.
Whats his tempcr,uureE'
"One hundred and one, six. Doctor
replied another face. which l had not
seen before.
Good" said the, doctor. Keep the
massage going"
The eight hands flew over the pa
tents body, rubbing as briskly as the
hands of trainers over Il football player.
There was In the situation humorous
likeness to that on an athlete being
rubbed down between rounds. The
patient grinned little at the idea.
How're you feeImgE" asked the doc
tor
'Kuk kuk kuk.- cold" 1 replied.
They've got 5000 cubic miles OF Zee
and salt packed on the top OF the back
of my head"
"M-m-m." mused the doctor. while
he and his three assistants kept on
briskly chatting limbs and body.
What's the temperatures"
Ninety nine" answered n voice.
Good" was the doctors comment
Now. them"
Lifted by the eight hands. the pa
TENTS body was waited from the icy
polar sea 10 a bed, small, white cot.
/ lay back on warm. exquIsItely clean
wooden blankets and shiycred luxurl-
OuSiy. But the re mountain ut the top
OF the back OF my head still felt 50 in
tensely cold that IL seemed to burn
The doctor cut the string under my
ear and took of big rubber cap filled
with cracked ice I looked down from
the cot and saw beside the bed "A long
bathtub on four rubber fired wheels.
1t was painted white outside and made
OF spotless. highly polished zinc with
In. A dozen or more crystal chunks Of
Ice floated ia the water. The doctor
laughed as / looked down into the tub
and shlyered.
You'll do he said You're all
right"
After 4 few hours rest they brought
me q bowl Of chicken broth and babe
me eat ii slowly. / have never tasted
nectar. but surely it must be something
ike this The doctor came In and said
might 90 home. but 1 must be sure
Confined on Page Twelve.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05
College Sport.
Bill Reid, HarUard Coach,
Wants Tale Gore---Michi-
gan MayGet Boat Course.

Bill Reid, the "czar" of all the Har-
ward men, has already started in on
his determined campaign to down the
Yale football team next fall. 1t is
rather an early beginning, but Reid
has made up his mind 10 ayenge the
defeats of the past three years and
will leave nothing undone to accom-
plish his purpose.
Reid is now head coach of the Cam
bridge football squad and has already
put the available men through much
active practice. He believes that this
early training will be a big help in the
fall.
The Harvard football schedule has
not been announced yet. Reid ordered
the football management TO 20 easy
on their games until he had given a
definite answer concerning the coach
ing
Two big games have been definitely
arranged, however. Yale playing in
Cambridge Nov. - and Harvard in
Philadelphia against Pennsylvania
Nov. II. Columbia, Brown. Dartmouth,
Carlisle Indians and Williams have
also obtained places on Harvard's
schedule. but concerning the other
teams there is doubt
Harvard's season will be one week
longer than during the past four years
and that means that an extra game
will be added To the list. At first
there was considerable talk about
dropping Dartmouth and substituting
Brown. but later reports indicate that
both colleges have been given a chance.
a boating course on the Huron river
near Ann ATbOr has been talked Of
for years at the University of Michi-
gan. but now at last there seems a
possibility that the dream will be re
allied \ light and power company
which has plant at GeddeS il plan
ming on building a much larger dam at
that point and putting up a new build
ing and there is a proba ability that this
work will make il possible to have the
boating course. The value of such a
boating course at the university can
not be estimated. Rowing and canoe
ing would be stimulated to a high de-
gree among the general student body,
and a brand new branch of athletics
would spring into being As an adver-
tisement for the university the course
would be of great value. and many
students would be attracted bv that
one feature alone
1t is said at Ithaca that Jack Moak-
ley. COrnells track team trainer, will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05

entitled 10 his seat. Before IL had Il
chance to report Clark resigned in a
fearful speech. The next day, however
came an appointment signed by I.ieu-
tenant Governor Spriggs appointing
w a Clark to the senate vacancy
created by the resignation. 1t appears
that Governor Smith. who was DAILY
man. was temporarily absent from the
state. and the resignation had been so
timed that the appointment could be
made by the lieutenant governor, Il
Clark man. Then the war in Montana
broke out with redOubled fury. About
this time the copper trust. of which
Thomas w. Lawson has been writing
of late. was formed. Marcus DAILY
was made president. 1t was at this
point that f. y. Heinze, the young
copper Napoleon, came into the game.
He raised n cry against the trust. or
ganiZed n labor party. made Clark the
candidate for the senate and carried
the state. DAILY did not live to see the
final triumph of his enemy. w. y.
Clark was elected To the full senate
term ending i'll 1907. aud this time
there was no contest. Marcus DAILY
was dead and the feud was ended.
There We're after rumblings in which
Clark was charged with having thrown
over Heinze, and there We're even tales
of combination with the Standard
Oil crowd TO prevent any further con-
test of his senate seat. But these
gradually died out, and the war which
had divided state into two hostile
camps for a generation was over.
One of the most sensational Incl
dents of this historic conflict related
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05
A FaStidiOuS Dresser.

There is Il brighter side to this YER
satile character. People have accused
Clark of being a money making ma
chine, man without heart and all
that They did not know him. Both
of his marriages were purely love
matches, and there is touch of TO
nance in each. His first wife was the
love of his boyhood. After he found
Il gOoH mine in Montana Clark went
to Columbia college to take the mining
course. He determined TO know all
about the business, as he has concern
ing every business In which he ever
embarked. Returning home by way
of his Pennsylvania birthplace. near
Connellsville he found his early sweet
heart, married her and took her back
10 Butte. Clark was quite a fastidious
dresser in those days. as ever. and the
minister who married him said that
tight boots would he the death OF him
yet. The first Mrs. Clark, who had
been Al poor country girl. astonished
the folks by her new 1inery, and there
are still windows about the country
side on which she wrote her name with
her first diamond ring which i'm that
section was Il novelty in those days.
From this unior there were four chill
dren, two sons and two daughters, all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05

Aow married. = l,.Nv yeas -, o.I' Or
lie daughters >rc..s-. "a ..t -s Il !
rather sensational suit. l., .-..., Mrs.
CLARK died in 1898.
The second marriage OF the multi
millionaire was even more romantic
.han the first. At CIark'S famous Unit
ell Verdi mine at Jerome, Ariz.. which.
by the way. * one OF the largest cop
per properties on earth, DIR. la Cha
pelle. n Canadian Frenchman, was en-
ployed. At his death his family. which
was a large one was left in destitute
circumstances. Senator Clark gener-
ouSly provided for their wants and
adopted one OF the little girls. Miss
Anna. as his ward. Her he had edu-
Gated both in this country and Europe.
After be was elected senator the am
bilious matChmakers of Washington
and New York We're marrying him of
every few days. and as the senator was
always something of "A gallant he rath-
er lent himself To their schemes. In
this way the newspapers had various
stories Of approaching nuptials and
even spiced up tales approaching the
scandal stage. The senator himself
put an end to all of these however.
by announcing year or so ago that
three years previous at Marseilles he
had married Miss La Chapelle. his
ward. and by her already had a daugh-
ter two years old.
Finest Palace In Gotham.
For this new Mrs Clark the senator
is building the finest palace in New
York. which is now rapidly approach
ing completion. 1t is estimated that
altogether this wonderful house will
cost over $5,0O0,OOO. To furnish the
stone for it Clark owns his own quar-
~ at North Joy, Me. For the bronzeS
he has his own factory in New York.
He maintains other factories to pro
duce other accessories of the palace.
He IS quite an art ConnOisSeur. having
paid over 100000 for one collection
of paintings and having bought the IA
nous painting Choosing Il MOdcl' for
$4,000, outbidding George J. Gould.
To supply the rugs for his house Sen
atOr Clark spent one or two seasons
in Europe studying rigs, paying one
of the most famous experts regular
salary for Instructions.
One of the features of the new Clark
mansion is an elevator that is draw
ing room. The second floor is so ar
ranged that at the touch of button
all the rooms open together into one
magnificent art gallery. Altogether the
place will be fully as spectacular ais the
career of the man who created It, who,
starting a poor boy, now has an in
come of over 100000 per month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05

eyes on one of the most nyrotecnnlc
and vitriOlic lambaStin-S of himself
that has ever been put into type on
this continent. Then lie started the
Anaconda Standard, strung private
wire to the town to get the news and
made of il about the warmeSt news
paper ever published in a town of that
size. Clark got control Of other papers,
and the newspaper war that CHSued
will make an interesting chapter in
Montana history in days that are not
yet.
One interesting story of Senator
Clark relates to barber, rather tn
two BARRIERS. Happening into shop
one day the senator was rather in>inu-
atingIy reminded by the tonSoriaI
artist that Charlie Clark, son OF the
copper king, paid 81 for his hair cuts.
Well" dryly remarked the elder Clark.
he has rich father and can afford
it. l have not" Thercu9on he paid
the regular price. 81 cents. and left
the shop The other barber was a
Kansas City product. and Clark ran
into him while attending the Demo
cratic national convention in 1900.
Now this particular barber was not
only an artist with the razor and
shears. but was something of a talker
as well. Clark became enamOred Of
this colloquial ability and hired the
barber to go out into the hotels and
toot the praises of the senator from
Montana so long as the convention
lasted. So we'll did that knight of the
shears perform his duty that Clark
was one of the most talked of men at
the convention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05
NEWPORT PLANS OF THOMAS WALSH

Leadville, devoting all his spare time
to the study of geology, mineralogy,
metaIlurgy and various phases of sci
entific mining. Finally he evolved a
theory of his own that the best values
would be found near mountain tops.
His friends laughed at him. but he
quietly went TO work. and on top Of the
San Juan mountains at Ouray he open
ed the Camp Bird mines. which speedily
made him many times a millionaire.
From the start he paid the highest
wages for the best labor, gave his men
an eight hour day of his own volitiOn.
built them a handsome clubhouse on
Camp Bird property and was recently
able 20 declare with pardOnable pride
that ne had never had trouble with his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05
na1ser at Dinner win saiIora.

Kaiser Wilhelm while at Kiel the
other day inspected the cruiser Lubbock
and partook of the rough fare of the
sailors. says a special cable dispatch
from Berlin to the Philadelphia North
American. He arrived at dinner time
and found that the crew was being
served out of a huge pot containing u
mixture of peas and salt beef.
well, my children. what have you
for dinner todayF" he asked.
Peas, your majesty" was the reply.
That is excellent fare if it is well
cooked" said the emperor, and he
seized a plate, which he heaped high
with food.
That is culinary luxury" he re-
marked, when he had finished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05

al princely fashion-the fashion that
has already made Paris. Brussels and
Washington social circles gasp with as
constituent During the summer New
port is the stronghold OF New York's
exclusive -Four Hundred. and as an in
cidcnt OF the Walsh sojourn there Miss
Evalyn Walsh is to make her social de-
but She and her mother have for some
time been regarded as two of the best
gowned women in Washington. and the
modest. genial husband and father Is
always at his best no matter where he
may be-in the palace OF king or in
a tent at new mining camp. The
Walsh home at the national capital II
beyond question the finest private resi-
dence IN Washington. Ii contains six
ty-four rooms. Almost every known
species OF hard wood has been utilized
in the interior finish. $4,000 worth OF
gold leaf was used In decorating the
ceiling OF the ballroom. some Of the
floors cost $1,000 each. there are cleo
trio elevators and a patent system OF
ventilation. and the mansion itself, I'M
furnished. cost the Colorado CroesuS
S1.OOOOOO. Surrounding the house Is an
Italian garden ornamented with vases,
statuary and other works OF art, every
piece OF which was secured from Italy
or Greece. Among the features OF the
mansion are fine pipe organ, a thea
ter and roof garden.
The history OF Thomas +. Walsh
reads Ike a page from the Arabian
Nights" Born in the county OF Tip
perary. Ireland. fifty-four years ago.
Walsh was educated in the public
schools and learned the millwright's
trade. At the age OF nineteen he came
to America and located in Colorado.
He was poor but ambitious. had pIen-
~ OF brains and was a hustler and
soon made a strike" in the Black
Hills which Melted him about 500 200.
For q time after this he ran hotel In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05

Democrats, but there were enough
DAILY men to prevent his election. Then
Clark made a combination with the
Republicans and captured the plum
DAILY charged bribery and carried the
case to the senate. One Of his chief
witnesses was State Senator White
head, who in a sensational manner
had floUrished 100000 on the floor OF
the joint convention, claiming that
Clark had given it to him to buy votes.
Clark demanded an investigation and
was exOnerated, the event turning sym
pathy in his favor and assisting him in
securing the election.
The senate committee on privileges
and elections heard the case and unan-
imOusly decided that CLARK was. not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05

a Democrat himself, had thrown air his
strength to the Republican candidate,
and W. A Clark met his first defeat.
Hero of MOntana's Capital.
Soon after this Montana was admit
ted TO the Union, and the fight came
on the location of the state capital. Da-
ly wanted Anaconda, his home town.
Clark did not show his hand until the
windup, when he threw his forces to
Helena. and Anaconda was disastrous
~ defeated. Clark was the hero Of
the new capital and was given n great
banquet The next year he was the
Democratic candidate for United States
senator and thought he was elected,
but Daily organized a rump Legislature,
sent two Republican contestants to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-05

the property by any employee under
penalty of discharge. The camp birds
are the scavengers of the mountains
and follow the miner from one location
TO another. They become so tame that
they will eat out OF the hand.
Mr.. Walsh was United States COM
missioner to the last Paris exposition.
and while there he met King Leopold
who was dazzled by the Colorado mil
Ionaire's lavish style of entertaining
and impressed by his apparent bust
ness capacity. The king wished to
link his financial fortunes with those
Of Walsh, and a partnership was
formed