The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-03
CITY NEWS AND GOSSIP.
City Treasurer Folk Proposes to Con-
duct His Office in Business
Like Way.
A Butte Mans Experience With
Some Friends OF the Mar
quis de Mores.
n NSorris' Close Shave-An Evil That
Should be Averted-Collapse OF
Sensation About Choate.

II have but lite to say of the Jour
nails talk about the conduct of my ofhce,
said CITY Treasurer Folk yesterday, las
nothing that sheet says can bother me.
Some men came to my Office with list OF
names with amounts of money set opposite
them and requested me to pay them. 1 re-
fused. Then Mr.. Evans, ex-street COM
missioner, wanted to know why refused to
honor the order az endorsed by him and
Chairman Thompson of the auditing COM
mittee. In the first place the list was IN
complete and unintelligible. There was no
statement of the number of days that each
man worked, and Mr.. Thompson's name
was placed on the paper with rubber
stamp I am responsible for the clty's
money and want a detailed statement for
every cent l pay out. But Mr.. Douglas
always paid the men on such statement,
said Mr.. Evans, and I informed him that l
was not Mr.. Douglas. He then left and In
q short time returned with a statement
properly filled out and properly signed by
Mr.. Thompson, and gave the men checks
for the several sums due them. That's all
there was about it.
81 see by the dispatches that the Duke de
Luynes was threatened with arrest in Paris
for harboring the Marquis de Mores,' re-
marked United States Marshal Irwin yes
terday. 1.-The duke visited Butte about tive
wears ago and came in special car accom-
panied by the Duchess and Princess de
Luynes.
81 had been apprised of their arrival about
week before by receiving letter OF IN
PRODUCTION to them from the Marquis dc
Mores. we'll known in Montana. Jimmy
McCaip. agent of the Northern Pacific at
Rutte. also had a letter of introduction.
The duke and his party reached Butte
about O'Clock one Sunday morning JIM
nv and we're on hand to meet them. They
did not appear in any hurry
to get up and it was 8 o'clock before they
we're ready to meet us. We finally walked
into the elegant car and met the dlstln-
puished guests. After we exchanged greet
inps. l. in subdued and submissive way,
informed the duchess that was her most
obedient servant and wanted to know II
there was ANYTHING could do for her. she
said she would like to have mass. Hell
Enolish was not of the best. McCali
looked at me and looked at him. There
was short silence. jimmy, l said, 'sht
wants n mass Does she mean mass
meetingY broke in Mac. l could not as
sure him on that point, but said woule
find out. We excused ourselves d mlnut
and left the car aid asked the first man W
mat what mass was. We soon discovers
she wanted to 90 to church and teie
phoned the priest, who accommodated
and we drove to the Catholic church, wher
the madam had her mass. We dld not re
main during the ceremony. but got mum
Der of our prominent ladies together ant
made the party's stay in Butte as pleasan
as we knew how"
A. citizen of the lower part of town re
ports that the city COW herd, from which
large portion of the city milk is obtained
are drinking the sewage water OF the tow
that flows in n ditch in that part OF town
If this continues it is very probable that al
epidemic may break out some OF these mn
DAYS and the spectacle of seeing the COW
drink such water is not at all pleasant an
should be prevented before several cases
poison result from this cause.
It is not very probable that Tally Over
and Thos Gleason will come together i'll tt
fistic arena unless some ardent admirer {
the latter will raise $500 to back him. A
this talk. however, about fight betwee
these men, may be a forerunner of brin
ing them into public notice III the pape
and which may result in the promoters
the scheme putting up $500 or more {
paper only, to be followed by hippodron
for the gate receipts as has been very.oft
the case in Montana scraps
It is now Marshal Cronin. Patrick CT
vim, on Thursday emphatically request
his friends not to present his name, and
this decision there was but one cholce-tl
of Mr.. Cronin. The newly appointed mi
shall was kept busy last evening recelvl
the congratulations of his many frien
who bespeak for him a creditable record
his new role.
There remains yet to be appointed
lice sergeant and city detective.
DIR. Morris had rather unpleasant ez
rience at Bozeman last week. He left to
to Big Timber on professional busin
and, having only short time to catch
train, missed his dinner, At Bozen
he started for lunch coul
to get sandwich and
of coffee, and before he got thro'
the train started. He rushed franticall.
the dark TO catcn tue iuoNlHS uaih
missing his grip on car was thrown
tween the platform and ties. With 81
presence of mind he laid still, as by rails
himself he must surely have been inju
if not killed. When the train got sa
by he leisurly picked himself up and sv
like trooper for missing the train.
A two days diligent search about
city has failed to bring to light the WI
abouts of Joseph Choate. who is supp
to be in Helena in business. The A
ciated Press reports state that Choate
wealthy lumherman who mysteriously
appeared from Oshkosh about year
and the conclusion was reached that he
been murdered. There is no such pc
in Helena and several former Oshkosh
pie here who knew the family. on being
terviewed disclaim any knowledge of
having seen him here by the name of CT
or any other name. Joseph Choate
in Helena and the mystery has not
cleared up. Helena, Ark, and st. He
Gala, are still to be heard from.
What was supposed would develop q
sation was reported to the police yeste