| Show AN ELABORATE AFFAIR graceful t of faithful and valuable service of an old employee one of the graceful tributes eer paid by great corporation to one of its employee IB grateful acknowledgment 0 lone and faithful ten ice the elegant banquet served and presentation made tt edne aday night to 1 m brethe wey by the silver king mining company at their boarding house not only was it a grand affair from aery point of view but one of the happiest catherines that has ever taken place in this or any oil er camp and it did credit and honor abile to abe company that gave it and to lie man in whose honor it wag cirii m s services with ahe sll ver king company hae dated from the organization of this great bonanza while hn connection and work on the ground new embraced in thes her king holdings began before this only a short time hie lailios health forced him to regretfully send in his resignation to the company whose aery step toward success and greatness lie 1 as watal ed and noted with satisfaction and on tk and 2nd of next month he will return to cornwall england where he expects to depend the rena inder 0 his days and where the strong hope is held out to him that his may return that the company equally regret to erae from the payroll the nime that has so long gracel its pages the following proceedings ce of last night s affair w II 11 attest senator reams from tb city especially for thi occasion for thre is no man in the employ of the company who is nearer to him than m wey by 7 30 the following invited aws a had assembled in the waiting room of the boarding aliouse all of hani are friends of the guests of honor evans armstrog Armst S L col nicholas T ewyk F M pinneo richard illume matt connelly R T D gillis john Mc SorIe J malia V rice V G lamb dr M vilson frank dailey J M J daibei dieny elsh benj II ampton 1 romi lly at ab clock enamor kearns summoned his fuesti to the large din ng room where tl e banquet took place and sach a banquet course alter course f the choicest viands and de lica cies were served while the merry poi ping of champagne borks as they flew from the bottles denoted that there was n ample of the delicious beverage on hand TI e tables and rooms were elegantly decorated and the banquet proceeded geniality and good fellowship prevailing after ample nitice had been done to the good things senator kearne aroe and etitel that tie object of the father ii g was to express as far a possible the high a t the silver king company to a tried true anil faithful employee broken health feces situates 1 is severance with us and a return to 1 is nahne land the senator gate a ger fal his associations walh his guest of honor dating from the time w I 1 en ie was first introduce 1 to him as a miner to a miner ID the ear by foreman matt connelly of the ontario where tl ey were then both working in that lear said the senator hen I 1 quit the ontario to take contract for running tunnel for the Ve odeide leaders leasers I 1 went to fore man connelly and asked him if be would let me have a few good to prose cute my work in the tunnel which had to be finished at a certain date ue told me to pick my men and as we were canning the list we came a name aid that man la a new man here he ie a lone raw boned Cor and he e a dandy that man con tinned the senator was bill trell e wey and he ia a dandy he threw up his position and went with me to prose cute my work ahad no chance room then to dry our clothe we had none of the modern convenience and comfort that at the present day go far to the cardil ipa of the toiling miner and it was no uncommon thing tor us to lip on our frozen and damp coat working and often our lunch from tl e baclet others there were who to and refused to work but bill bretl ewey never did so surely as theotime rolled round when t is kluft one lie was at hie post he never a shift that contract tie stepping tone to the that lai at tended my effort V hen 1 cut the rich and was keen enough to tale advantage of ill possibilities by securing ad joining ground on february lit 1890 I 1 was working on my own poi sea sioni bill Tre hewey was working for me been with me ever ince from tt e tenderfoot tunnel t the may flower from the mayflower through all the years down to alie pres sent day lie been able employee emple yee in eier capacity almoas from miner up the silver king never IB nor never will have on its pay roll a better truer or more val aed employee hatli be recollection these earlier i crowding ll 11 eme elvee upon me with a full knowl edge of tl e deyot loo to duty of ihfe man through all the and down of aliese ears it any wonder that my 1 eart warma with gratitude crati tude towards wm a true man in every walk of life and though alii gathering in his honor but feebly our ampro elation of hie faithful bervice ter vice ft mil at leaea berve to at ow that hiie employer are not unmindful of ina true worth that they tend bifi 1 im and to him al aej at all time their of proe penty and returning health that they hope 1 a may return us for he will fini our to receive aej honor on behalf 0 th other of line company I 1 beaire to their regrets at their inability to be in but their beardi are here ani their t that they may be rocko ai entering I 1 art and in ll 11 e pint of these pro so join me one and all a to the health 0 a faithful em a good citizen a true man and a Tret hwey the health wm drunk and a routine for the speaker and tb gamt wien all had renamed their bate at alie banquet board W nice arose and in neat and ap pree ento 1 on behalf of the silver king company to m theney a check for ot eaid the tiro igli any spirit of charity for mr is not in need 0 U at but limply as a mart of appreciation of I 1 is most valued aej fa ahful venicee V deer wei t up ra be took his beat and calls for mr the lio nored guest was go and 11 at 1 e could express hi gratitude that gratitude however was 10 bis heart in full meae ure the value of this cherk said be is but a drop in the bearl ocean which I 1 am about to cross ID leon with the value I 1 place on be spirit and motive w aich prompted it I 1 hae but done my duty as I 1 baw it to my employed emp loyes they have ever been kind to me and the memory ot this great honor by there bestowed will be ll 11 e brightest one that will abide with me through life this testimonial of esteem I 1 thank jou from the bottom of my heart however little I 1 may have merited it cheer went up and then the toasts to cuts and hosts went round the table every ene present responding good cigars and a half 1 our of social converge ended one of alie happ est events in lark city e just before taking their leave of the host an incident going to show the cl ar acter 0 mr in his work was related by associate manager M J da ley who said borne time ago a box of power caught fire on the leyel m saw it hastily a truck he lifted the burning powder on it ran it to the ehatt put it on the cage and get ting on the cage with it rang tor the top where it was put out had that powder exploded on the many lives gouid have been lost and this was the motive that prompted his heroic act |
