Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23
BOHEMIAN.
Bozeman. March 81.


At the close of registration for the city
election this evening the lists showed the
names OF three hundred and twenty-five
citizens who will cast their ballots for
the candidates for aldermen Anrh "a.
The election promises to be a tame ar
fair. The call of the primaries was made
by the republican party a week ago and
the dates set for the nomination OF theAr
candidates. The republicans selected sat
urday evening for the nomination. ana
today the democrats issued Their cali.
when they will trot out four men Tor ire
aldemanic race. This would seem to in
dictate that the democrats are laying 10"
for any advantage they may be able to
gain by knowing who they Will nave 10
! work against in the campaign. The work.
Of the city council for the past year
cannot be improved upon very greatly by
anyone The city has large interests
since purchase of the waterworks and
! the present incumbents in office have
i handled the city affairs in excellent
shape. No one appears to know who
the candidates will be n the majority
of the citizens appear to care u little.
believing that good men will be elected.
/ A number of business changes will take
place in his city during the coming
week. The Gallatin Valley Mercantile
compan is pulling stakes and moving
it's stock Of goods to Helena, and TINS re-
! nova will leave a vacant store Duiioihs,
which will be occupied by Smitl's furEl-
ture store. The Lamme clothing store is
now in part of the building out of which
! the mercantile company is moving ana
! this stock will be moved to the building
| now occupied by Mrs. McCay's hardware
store. The latter establishment Will oc-
cupy quarters in the T. b. Ellis build
ing.
1t has been announced from official
sources that the board of pardons Will
act on the governors action in shorten
ing the sentence of Aleck Cameron, now
in state prison for a crime committed
in Gallatin county In 1896. Cameron mas
served four years in the pen, and the
fact that the beard of pardons has ad-
v~ertised to take up the matter CT his
! pardon April I'd recalls the incidents
connected with his crime. 1t is remem-
bered that in July, 1896. Cameron broke
into the house of Squire Lovett, near
Manhattan, aid stole $40 and came to
this city and spent part Of the money
before he was captured and lodged in
iail. Sometime afterwards, while Cam
eron was awaiting his trial behind the
bars. he escaped from Jail with some
other prisoner and went at once TO Low
ett's ranch and stole a horse from the
man he had previously robbed. The 9th
err prisoners were easily captured, but
Cameron got as far as Ennis, in Madl-
son county, before he was overtaken by
the officers. Cameron was sent up Tor
five years for grand larceny. and nothing
was ever-done in the matter OF the theft
of the horse.
The splendid roads around Bohemian
are beginning to- get dusty and are IN
fine shape for driving. The roads in Gal
latin county are in excellent shape dur
ing the fine weather, but are somewhat
muddy when the season is on. OF late
the owners of fast driving horses are
getting their teams in shape and on fine
evenings may be seen testing the speed
of the fleet animals on the roads neal
the city. There are any number of fine
driving animals owned in BozeGnan an6
some of the finest draft horses in the
Citizens of Gallatin county hat have
!, nave been away during the winter arr
: beginning to return to their homes. Mos
: of them report that the climate in th'
: eastern states is far from being as goot
as they find at home. Myron Ferris i
back from Iowa, and left a foot of snow
on the ground when he came away. MI
and Mrs. j. A.. Pease returned from Wis
consin and report a cherries prospec
l for spring in that state. Senator HUFF
= man and wife say the weather in New
, York and Washington is far from being
:. comparable with Bozeman's atmosphere
L None of these are asking for additiona
evidence of the superiority of Montana
8 climate. They are satisfied.
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