Show DALY AND HACKMAN new story told 0 the late montana copper kiuji when marcus daly was in wash ington last it Is told that he performed a humane act which very nearly brought a brutal hack driver into the police court and was a topic of con vers atlon at the hotel and other places which daly frequented the story es the vigilance of the local news paper fraternity and is here published for the first time daly was coming out of chamberlain s one morning when he espied a negro hackman brutally belaboring a crippled old horse with a heavy whip in an almost futile effort to increase its speed from a walk to a slow trot says the wash ington post daly hailed the driver who quickly drew rein and approached the curb with the prospects of obtain ing a fare where do you want to goto bossa inquired the negro want to go with you to the police court if you don t stop beating that poor old horse replied the millionaire you could coax the nag along faster with a handful of oats and a wisp of hay in front of him than you can by beating him from behind when did you feed him lasta the negro complained that times were hard that fares were scarce and that he could not afford to pro vide better tor his horse daly saw the force of the argument at once and inquired how much the cabman aver aged a week and was told that 8 or 10 was considered a good wage daly reached down in his vest pocket and drew forth a roll of bills from which he peeled a 20 note and handed it to the astonished negro there take that said the copper king and put that rack of bones in the barn and treat him to a banquet of hay and corn and if I 1 see you with him on the street in the next two weeks have you arrested six hundred feet Is the length of the main united states government build ing connected with the main build ing by colonnades are two other each feet cuare |