Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-05
PEOPLE YOU KNOW.

PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
Miles Finlen returned yesterday from
Chicago with Mrs. Finlen, who had been
II! for several months. The many friends
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Finlen will be pleased to
learn that she has entirely recovered her
health.
Mr.. Otto c. Heinze, a brother of F.
Augustus and A. p. Heinze, their mother,
Mrs. Otto Helnze, n Miss Lionel Lacey
arrived in the city this morning from
New York, to attend the marriage of Mr..
Arthur P. Heinze and Miss Ruth Noyes,
winch will take place about June Is.
Frank Wilson of the Butte hotel will
leave this evening with his wife for Los
Angeles. Mr.. Wilson has been operating
a mine near Randsburg. CAL, for sew
eral months, but resides at Los Angeles.
about 100 miles distant. He will prob
aoly spend several months this summer
IN the Arizona district, where several
promising gold and copper mines are be-
ing opened up.
George E. Ames or the Union Iron
works. San Francisco, arrived in the city
ms morning. HIS company has several
big contracts for the building of battle
ships for the United states navy. MIR.
Ames. however, is not overlooking the
machinery trade. and epects to receive
several fat contracts for big plants
within the next few weeks.
Albert J. Ball Of the Bon Accord Placer
Mining company, near Bannack. is in the
city today. Mr.. Ball says that opera
tons by the big dredges on Grasshopper
creek will begin in a few days. and from
present prospects,. with good success
during the present season. Several new
dredging plants will be in operation this
year, II a big output is anticipated.
James Rooney. foreman of the Clipper
group Of mines at Pony, and well known
in Butte, had a narrow escape from
death last week. While in the workings
a piece Of iron fell from above and struck
him a glancing blow on the head, tearing
loose a triangular piece of flesh. Had it
struck fairly on top of the head he would
undoubtedly have sustained a broken
skull.
Frank Beck, the well known Butte cap
1tal.st, returned yesterday morning from
a trip to Honolulu. Mr.. Beck says the
climate there may suit some people, but
he prefers the bracing ozone of the Rock
les. He was in bad health all the time
he remained on the islands, and he de-
ScrlbeS the weather as being fearfully hot.
He spent several weeks in San Francisco
recuperating from the effects of his voy-
age to the Ian of Captain Cool
Alexander husband ~bookeeper for the
Boston& Montana Co. left last week with
his wife for a summers cruise through
his old home in Scotland. Mr.. Husband
cleaned up something like 500 900 on Bos-
ton & Montana stocks during the past
year. He had faith in the future of the
big coppe company INC purchased a
large block of the stock when it was
low, selling it at nearly $500 per share.
The best wishes of his numerous Butte
friends go with him on his European
tour.
Ad. p. Mueller, representative of the
Val Blatz Brewing Co., returned last
week from a business trip to Manila,
where he met many of the Montana sol
diers, with whose dash and fighting quail
tiles he was very ~favorably impressed.
Above all, he says, Col. kessler's cook,
a colored man named Jackson from
Butte, is entitled to the greatest praise.
Jackson bears a charmed life and fears
nothing. Day after day he has been
where the bullets are thickest and al
ways energies without a scratch. lie
believes now that no bullet was ever
made for him.
Patrick Mullins returned this morning
from a 10-days' trip through Utah, dur
ing which he made a careful inspection
of the Highland Boy claim, near Blng-
ham, which is being operated by Boston
& Montana interests. Mr.. Mullins is of
the belief that it is one of the great cop
per mines of the world. For his own
he took some samples of the
ore now being mined ana had them as
saved at Salt Lake. They showed big
values in copper and gold. The smelter,
Mr.. Mullins says, is not running to its
full capacity, and only 10 men are en-
smelter capacity the mine will easily give
employment to 500 men. The miners at
Bingham only receive $3.50 per day. -
Hon. e. RI. Cooney, one of the news
paper gang who managed to break into
the Sixth Legislative assembly, arrived
from Great Falls this morning. Mr.,
Cooney was for a number of years a res
ident Of Butte, but believing that there
was a tendency here to put his light un-
der q bushel, removed a few years ago
to Cascade county, where he was elect
ed a member of the school board and a
representative in the lower house and
grew great in girth as we'll as politics.
Mr.. Cooney says that his section is not
all concerned over the amalgamation
the various copper companies, as il
anything, it is believed that the CONSOLE
will help the Falls. Since the an
nOuncement of the organization of the
copper company the work Of
the smelters at that place has been start
ed, with a view to increasing the capa-
city OF the plant so per cent, which is