The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-09


mArk Twain gave that description oG
nine as "A hale IN the ground owned by
Q harr at any rate Il Was only just before
Walsh struck Leadv,Is that Tabor. who
later became senator. had offered $1,000
tfu IN mining stock 20 ssttle a butchers
bill and had heen laughed af aud abused
as his Offer WAS rejected: bat the discovery
~ payinE mines had made Tabor the
kinE oi the town. and Walsh vas to 30
hum one hetter
n. ,I-h went out into the higher regions
AGAINST th,. advir. ~ miners who told
him that mInps could not ne worked at the
altitude ul i:sI feet investigated Tor
himself with purpose. ashs Aa'd later
end 70 such good purpose that his Camp
Rud properties mad" him man OF
enormous wealth Then he began 10
-eek another KIND 20 life on a higher social
plane, in the meantime he had married
- Wisconsin girl. Miss Carrie Reed Ia
i've development Of his properties he sook
thought for his men. paid has s'Iperin-
tendentS good salaries and built for che
miners hotel where they had the best OF
the land for the price other miners had
been obliged TO paw Tor mInerS boarding
house accommoda tons and fare
VII Walsh Was hIhiflhA~1 ~ ~ ~~N-@
missioner for Colorado 10 the PARIS az
rcsitiou. and the DAY Of his social glory
began He chartered a b - ON the seine.
gave n resplendsnt decorations. supplied
u in all the lavishness that his great wealth
and the facilities oG pleasure loving Paris
permitted and he and Mrs Walsh pro-
ceeded Co give ofiotal entertainments
that attracted attention and won a ready
h.. -har
do luxe which he made more luxurious
IN the scale he had set in his Seine
steamer. and took a company oT guests
On a tour in Belgium. where. at ostend.
he met King Leopold and gave 10 the
King a banquet that was as much talked
II as had been the special private train
and the boat Leopold. who Mr. Walsh
hss aid would have been a greater man
m America than the great Americans
themselves had mining properties in
Ihe Belgian Congo which he wanted de-
Neloped on American lines. and 80 10 was
that Mr. Walsh became a partner % the
Belgian monarch Walsh did not 60 20
the African mines himself. buS he sent
there trusted men The Kings interest
had been aroused when. upon his telling
Walsh that he. the King. only made
Per cent on his mining Investments.
Walsh replied that he made 10 per cent.
Otl he return to America Walsh made
his home m Washington. where he built
q palace and in 1909. when hts son vas
~ wears old and his daughter was ~ he
tooA tor the season Mr.. Vanderbilt's
uouss at Newport. Beaulieu. also known
80 the William Waldorf Astor Villa. In
August " that wear his sou was killed
N an automobile accident. IN which his
daughter had a thigh broken. The young
man and HIS sister we're IN ms car with
Sir. Jame- l.. k~rnochan Harry D..
Oelrich- sou ~ e VI Oelrichs. Herbert
P.lI. Ii and q chauffeur all Of whom
were also injured
In the daN- VI his afSiuence Mr. Walsh
'u..d. q socialisuc speech ou the occasion
If the piae centennial az dorado Springs.
al which he declared himself IN favor ot
an n,orts tt, and -aid that unless a way
pas devised ~ give tn" poor laboring
rs~uI. 4 gr- ia- share m the profits Of
tabor rh. nation would n" feared. he
DESTROYED Jr had Others before u.
W 80, Walsh y a. sued unsuccessiui'y
-, John Thompson of Denver for
5 a-aOpi 81 allegations that he had
heated thompson out vt hts interest IN
, avn Eird properties In 1901 he Was
su.+ f"- $50 gs' ~ Mis- FLORENCE Noble.
e, a,tre-, . no had been IN DAILY COM
lany here and was then acting m London.
ana nv her mother IN" mother sued for
t-s los e mr. daughters services In
Ipar three -ult- we're brought against
~ Walsh agErrEating SJs0.0o In the
rar1e Of NIol.t's Watson nv an attorney
namst - Hanson. who A. one time had
rad I'll -f~-st otice tout then had an
49, -, "A " est THIRTY fourth street Nat
Trev s~r discontinued and Mr Walsh
rsat TO -a- istricf N'tnTney Jerome
abNur them and -aiN that he wished ito
Currsh 'ns rr1A hack ot them