Show TIlE FAIR MILLIONS ounce or WEALTH NOW UE INO CONTESTED FORm hue ll MltllnnsUfi hrrcr a 0 a Inllinl ntslrii tsosub orWas UIAI Mlfii IIU Teem of OCIrf ito 11 lie llr Dltorro I sc t AMIM n TAII wlune great fur tune promises tol vigorously eontesl i l for left wealth J estimated at from I J1 Af Siu000000 to tutu tf l1Ja IMOKXI He was n remarkable Him y I brothels of the 01 is 4 porlimltlcsnlTordcd bj hIs country for this development of iinllvo energy and thrift Horn In Clogher County Tyrone Ty-rone Ireland on lIe 1 lull lie eame bit II years of age to tho Inltiil MateA A little Instruction at the public ehooli and somo training In Hiorly 11111 employment until ho wns 1U were alt the preuirnllon he had trcclvnl 1 fur his future when the California golst fever broke out 1Dlr was u Mg trong boy niilet hll oily lndu trl < iin alul determined to suececil I In the prlngof IHIli ho Joined n caravan Iwnt crossing the eontlnent The verland pllgrlnmxo eoniplelrd In August ho wotkid with pick and punt pun-t n miner for some time but without iiccuM Turning his attention lie construction of mills ho fured better ileniviistnitnl his superior ability DB mining engineer nml not long after he had attained hla majorlt hens he-ns In charge of Important mining iperctlons as the general miutagcr of he famous Oplilr mine In Xemdit In WT he WHS i nperlnlcndiMit of the rich lisle and MoreroM mine In the Coin stock lode and luims I wllh vas nocu nulatlng rapidly Mr Timid Iwcaine its partner and later the firm scan In mued by the Hssoelatloti whIt It ol Mackay mid O llrlen The Itonania Irui obtained control of mine which soon Ucnme known too the onsoll In till nllfornkt and Virginia nml which pa Id more than llunow KW In Uvlilcnds threeearn Mr Talrdk lot continue to devote hlmtell to mining lie invested freely and variously In California principally n renl rstate In Sun Trnnclwo nml also In railroads rnnelns and mills conduclliig his venture with so iniicl ImslnisM seme that liK enormous fortune for-tune continued to steadily Increase Hard txuris and Innlnom anxiety hai told uiKil him In friO when by lisa adke of his phjslclan he made n tour of the world Upon his return he was elected a senator of this United States from tho stale of Nevada Tho successful suc-cessful mining operator was not at linpreislru senator During lilt six yours of icrvlce ho mado but Iwo speeches I one n testimonial of respc < to the memory of bvnator Miller 01 California and tho other advocating the puitsago of n bill to settle the claim 01 A II Kmory for a testing moehlllelho value 01 which Mr Talr lint hearmimI 1 by experience rIse llonnnia kenit ton made no display nf his great wealth while in Washington Icrson ully he was jllt a plain retiring man sensitive to opinion ronsclmis of hIs Inability In adapt hlmiclf to the whirlof which he became but 0 small part very Imllfftirunl to politico ambition and sincerely glad vhen his senatorial carter ended Ills wife Mrs Thcrosa Tnlr sought a dlvorc from him In 1963 after they had tsccma marrlixl twentyone jear Mr lair dhl not npM e the divorce am amicably agreed to n settlement which gave to Mrs Talr a largo sliuro of IsIs estate Mrs Talrdlid In Huh The children nro Mr Herman heInous 01 Now York Mis Virginia Tntr mind Charlie lair M I r Talr w 111 Hied > r probata tho day of hlo death left Lho bulk of Ids property to be dlvldu among his children and gave llhcra 1I I L 17 I t w 1 t t 7 J J io ft it J 1V f TUB IATi CIVATOIl rAlll legacies to hi Immediate rclatlvcan to many of the charitable Instltutloi of han Tranclsco Ithout dlvsrlmln thom of dinomlimtlons Harper Weekly |