Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-29
STATE NEWS
BILLINGS.
Billings, Mont, March q, 1900

Billings, Mont, March q. 1900.
Love at first sight is no uncommon
thing, but marriage where the contract
ing parties have never seen each other is
rather so. Two marriage licenses were
issued yesterday by the district clerk to
Henry A. McClair of Laurel. this county,
and Mary Overholt Of Akron, Ohio, and
Frederick w. Schauef of Laurel, and
Ella M. Rogers of Akron, Ohio. There
seems to be a sort of a romance behind
the whole thing. Neither of the grooms-
elect have ever gazed on the faces of
their intended wives other than by means
of a photograph. A correspondence
was started sometime ago in answer to
matrimonial advertisements and the
marriage of the parties is to be the out
come. The young ladies arrived to-
night from their eastern homes and We're
met here by the young men. Their mar
riage will take place at Laurel to-mor-
row. Rev. John Olive of the NJ. E.
church having been engaged to tie the
nuptial knots.
Considerable interest is being manifest
ed in the city election of four aldermen
on next Monday, but unless the registra-
ton picks up in the next two days left
for registering the vote will be very light.
F. B.. Connolly, at present one Of the al
dermen from the first ward, is the only
one named for the office. In the second
ward S. G. Reynolds, assistant cashier
of the First National bank. and H.. Ha-
zelton, a marble cutter, are the candl-
dates for the Office. Four or five candi
dates are spoken of in the third ward,
viz: F. r. ST. John. c. L. Tubes, John
Staffeck and John Powers. Alderman
T Berky is the only one named SO far In
the fourth ward. The trades federation
which has a membership of over 200 will
form an important part in shaping the
affairs in the city government, as they
have a candidate in every ward and are
aggressive.
:. A change has taken place in the man.
!, agement of the Rocky Fork Coal com.
: pany at Red Lodge, which will probabl,
a cause an end to the strike of the miners
DR.. j. M. Fox, who has been manage
of the mines for about twelve years. ha.
' resigned his position, the mines having
. passed into control of the Northern Pa
: cifc railway The above new!
was learned from Mr.. B. F. Bush O
: Roslyn, Wash, the new manager, VIII,
q was in the city last night. Mr.. Bush il
n also manager of all the Northern facif,
+ coal properties and had just come dow
: from Red Lodge, being accompanied b,
+ ]. L. Taggart. cashier of the Northwest
9 ern Improvement company, of which MI
v Bush vice-president. DR.. Fox tendere,
; his resignation to Mr.. Bush. Mr.. Fo:
does not intend leaving the state an
will remain in RED Lodge this summer
Mr.. Bush left one of his superintendent
in charge at Red Lodge to look into an
It thoroughly examine into the strike sit
n uation, which he hopes to be able to set
: tie amicably. Mr.. Bush went east to
day to meet General Manager Kendric
! of the Northern Pacific and on his re
y turn in a few days will assume the man
agement OF the mines. He will not re
X side at Red Lodge, but will put one G
y his superintendents in charge of tn
y property. Mr.. Bush also being man
y ager of the big Roslyn mine, the CT
81 Ellum mine n several other coal prop
4 critics of the Northern Pacific in Wash
= ington.
At six o'clock this evening a fire brok
NJ out in Yegen Bros. new warehouse O
r. South Twenty-ninth street at the cornt
y of Minnesota avenue. 1t caught from
" stove. in which had been left a fire b
y the carpenters, who We're working in tt
n building. A number of tents were stol
!, ed therein and about fifteen We're bad
= damaged. The fire was eXtinguishe
y before any damage was lone the built
y ing.
Henry Blakely of St. Paul, divisie
Is freight agent of the Northern Pacif
f was a Billings visitor to-day and W,
p greatly pleased at the progress beir