Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-07
M. NJ. Wheeler of the North
western Is Dead.
WELL KNOWN IN BUTTE
Butte Traffic Clubs Departure For
Sat Lake City--PasSenger
Mems Contribution.

M. M. Wheeler, the we'll known railroad
man, whose duties frequently called him
to this city, where he was we'll known
and had many friends, is dead. The news
was received in Butte this afternoon
through a special dispatch from Helena
as follows:
General Agent Edgar of the Northern
Pacific today received a telegram from
Dickinson, North Dakota, announcing
the death there Of NJ. M. Wheeler, general
travelling agent in the northwestern
states for the Northwestern road. He died
at 3 a. n. His body was shipped to his
home in St. Paul today. He was past 50
years of age,a knight Templar and Scot
fish Rte Mason and embe of the
Grand Army Of the Republic. He had
been travelling through Montana for the
Northwestern for many years and was
we'll known. There is general regret here
among railroad men over the sad news.
His assistant, A. S. Nash, is at Column
bus today and Mr.. Edgar has informed
him of the sad news.
Between Havre and Will.ston the Great
Northern is ballasting it's track. Six
steam shovels are at work in as many
gravel beds supplying ballast for ESQ
miles Of railway. That part Of the work
will be completed about the middle of
August.
SIX steel bridges have been constructed
by the mpa in the Beaver valley.
Three others to take the place of wooden
structures will be constructed in the
western part OF the state. west of Paci-
fc Junction. The most important one of
these is the one over Two Medicine creek
near the summit of the main range. This
bridge will be LOO feet long and at it's
highest point will be 125 feet above the
stream it crosses.
The railroad men took their departure
this afternoon for their outing in Salt
Lake City. as per programme published
in the Inter Mountain of yesterday. al
though for a time it looked AS though the
start would be somewhat delayed by
what might be classed as the over-en-
thusiasm of the comGnissarv department.
Major J. f. Dawson and J. e. Liebe,
whose efforts, prolonged far into the
night, were completed late this after
noon just before the time of departure.
The Traffic club. as is we'll known, is
composed entirely Of freight men. just
before the train pulled out a messenger
age 10 Major Dawson, with the state
ment that it came from solicitous friends
of the freight men. The mysterious
! manner of the messenger excited the
| curiosity of the e~xcursionists. who
crowded around the dean of the Butte
| railroad corps. With solemnity betting
the occasion. the major proceeded to
open the package. 1t contained a large
bottle, strangely unlike the kind of bot
ties the foraging committee had been
storing in the car for the past few days
The bottle bore the following legend:
'To the Freight Mems Traffic Associa-
ton. with the Compliments of the Pas
senger Men Of Butte:
"GINGER.'
'Directions-If used judiciously on the
going trip, it will infuse sufficient life
into the gang to prevent our Mormon
friends from getting onto the fact that
you are all Holsters.
u. f. MCCORMICK,
IN. Il. MECH,
"CHARLES DAVIDSON,
u. A.. MCMILLAN"