The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-01-07

about midnight was falling into Il doze
when two men at the lower end Of the
room began talking.
BY this time all the beds were filled.
The men continued 10 talk untn man
at the upper end said: ION dry up
and let us go to sltep!"
Then one of the takers answered
back. nm be blaukety blankcd if I'll
dry up"
Then from the upper end Of the room
came the response; "All the same you
will blankety blank son of sea cook, +"
ana then there was the click that de-
noted pistol was cooked This was
answered by another click from the C
street end, and then all up and down
the room men were rising in their beds
crying; You two blankety blank seq
regated idiots, don't you dare shoot
here or when the doctors dssect you
they will think they have found n new
lead mine"
Then Anderson slipped from his bed,
found his clothes, went downstairs
dressed himself in corner and dozed
by the stove the rest Of the night, de-
claring that he was not nearly sleepy
enough to go to bed
Famous Men Stopped There.
Between the lodging and the bar the
hotel soon paid for itself and later was
transformed into a really fine structure
of brick with a story added and until
long after the bonanza days was the
leading hotel in Nevada.
Speaking Of the charges that first
winter a country man went there and
on returning home was asked If the
charges We're reasonable in the new
hotel, he replied: "They is mind read
ers up thar They look at you, size
your pile and when you leave you are
broke"
Some of the famous men Of the
world have stopped at that hotel The
name International was apt, for many
great flnanciers from both sides Of the
Atlantic were guests there, so were
mining experts from all over the world
some huge deals We're planned there
some immense mining suits We're vir
tually decided there and the best ac-
tors made their home there when play
ng in Virginia City.
When DeMursk went there to sing
Ter husband was her manager One
| morning when they were trying to
settle accounts from the previous
nights performance, a dispute arose
between them as to a certain roll of
bills containing $3.50. Suddenly De
Mursk reached out, seized the hill
and tossed them into the roaring crate
aging as she did so, well, that l.
ettled." Poor DeMurski starved t.
| leath at last in New York city. Bu
tould she not sing? A moclting bird
istening would have fallen out Of a
! rec
Home of AdoIph Sutro.
old Adolph Sutro lived at that hotel
Trough all the days when he was sell
ng stock and building his tunnel.
Many a gifted writer has stopped
hree days at that hotel and then has
written for some eastern periodical:
The only true story Of the Comstoct
| ode"
| In front of THAI hotel, before Their,
vas any railroad, the great coaches OF
he Pioneer and Dutch Fiat lines as
embed. Never was there any SUE
tagging. Six beautiful horses marvel
| ,usly capGrisoned drivers with beal
kin caps and capes. Many a DO!
rev up there believing that no othe
nen in the world were as great a
hose masterful drivers, nothing else s.
me as those horses and coaches. In
)ne Of those coaches in front of that
lotel Mark Twain was sitting wher
George Birdsel heading the company
'cturncd the watch and other trinketS
hey had taken from him the night be.
ore in a bogus holdup on the diyidt
between Virginia and Gold Hill ant
Nark with his drawl said: 1T Is all
light, but you did it damn sight too
well for amateurs. This little dab Of
nine is nothing, but what did you do
with the 100000 you robbed Wells
cargo Of last week."
II was there that Warren Sheridan
eported that he had Just seen cage
It the Savage run up into the shelves
he cage smashed and a man in II
lashed to death.
But were you not greatly shock
,d?" ooh, no." was the reply. But
knew in a minute that man was a
good shot"
Some Poker Played Then.
A little poker was played in that no
tel sometimes and some mighty wag-
ers made as to how high Con. Cal. Wiz
ginia or Sierra Nevada would go. For
tunes were made and hearts broken in
stock sales. That was before Dave
Keith reformed 50 when sinking the
Caledonia shaft he would sometimes
when going home stop at the Interna-
tlona bar just to see what was going
on.
| OF all mining camps Virginia City
was the foremost and the Internal
tonal was the leading hotel through
all the years when the mining and re-
duction Of low grade ores at a profit
/ in the desert were wrought out; wheE
! tho fat,r 90 y,oc Introduced