Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-04

Captain John Heggerty. of the Forty
first regiment. United States volunteers,
narrowly escaped being left behind when
his regiment left this port for Manila on
Monday on the transport Logan, says the
New York correspondent of the Chicago
Inter Oceon. He succeeded in catching
the steamship only by taking a tug at the
battery getting aboard just as she was
leaving her anchorage place off Bedloe's
island.
The captains wedding was what de-
layed him. He arrived here With his regi-
ment from Camp Meade IN Sunday. and
it was that evening that he induced his
sweetheart to consent to marry him. He
was formerly a lieutenant in the Sixty
ninth New York regiment. and served
with the regiment in the Spanish war.
Some time ago he VAS instructor in st.
Francis Xavier's college. in West Six
zenith street. His bride is Miss Madeline
O'Hara. of No. % Abindgon square q
'nember of the choir Of st. Joseph's
church. She is the daughter Of a police.
man 10Y dead. who received several
medals, among them one from congress,
for bravery, and is 4 niece of Sergeant
Kenny. Of the park police.
Miss O'Hara wanted the wedding put
off until after her lovers return from the
war, but the captain urged SO strongly
that she consented to have the marriage
take place before he left the city. The
steamer sailed at ; O'clock yesterday
afternoon. and the wedding took place
in st. Joscp!l's church at / O'Clock. There
was a small wedding party at the
church. TIE captain took leave of his
bride at the church door and FASTENED for
dear life to the transport.
Charles Sweeney of Spokane, one of the
greatest mine owners and mine operators
Of the west, is staying at the Gilsey
house, Ia the New York Tribune. He
told the following story of a western min
ing discovery:
Joe Bourgeois and Joe Morris"
said Mr.. Sweeney. two French-Cana-
dams, We're sent to Trail Creek. British
Columbia. in 1890, by a to do
assessment work. AT that time the coun-
try in and about Trail Creek was inhab-
tied only by a few stray Indians. the
caribou, bear and deer. One summer
afternoon they noticed some rock slide
on the side of a mountain on the other
Of the creek. These slides showed
red, and from them they save the name
NA ~ 49, it'H' 't p" VI t'S
caused them 10 cross the deep creek
and prospect, and on that mountains
side they located FIVE mineral claims.
These claims they named LIE Roy. Center
Virginia. Iron Masque and Idaho.
So poor were they that they did not have
the requisite fee of $3.50 for each location,
and 50 when they arrived at Nelson, in
order to make their record. they offered
Colonel Topping the choice of the claims
II he would put UP the necessary $3.50.
Colonel Topping, who was originally from
this state, accepted and chose the lie Roy
Bourgeois-which. by the way. the
call BushWay-an1 Morris al
tllnately sold out their interests in the
other claims for some $500, 900. Today the
lie Roy is one of the greatest producing
gold mines in the world and could hardly
be bought for 500 0 900. The Center
Star, which is controlled by the Gooder- !
lackstock syndicate. of Toronto.
is valued at $1,000 900. The Iron Masuue,
Virginia and Idaho are each worth a
great fortune. and their value runs well
lnto the Millions"