Great Falls tribune., 1922-02-26
LEE MAN TIE, 70,
To WE'D GIRL HE
KNEW AS CHILD
Former Senator s Bride
Born in Butte Is Years
Ago; Marry in Chicago
Announcement Electri-
fies Friends and Unsus-
pecting Kin Of Choice.

Chicago, Feb. 25.-Lee Mantle,
20, former senator from Montana,
admitted Saturday that he and
Miss Eta DAILY, rs, a former
student of the University of Me-
braska, will be married within tho
next few days. The marriage
license was taken out here Sat-
urday.
None Of MIR. MantIe's friends in
Butte, his home, have been in
formed of the approaching we'd
ding, he said. Miss DAILY formerly
had lived in Butte, where Mr..
Mantle said he had known her and
her family since she was a small
child. She had been In Baltimore
until few days ago, he said,
when he went there from Butte
and the trip to Chicago was
arranged.
Noted Career As Lawmaker
tits going to be shock to some
Of my old cronies," he said. II have
reputation as a on-marrylng man
It's purely a love affair"
Mr.. Mantle was speaker of the last
territorial house of Montana terri
ture. United States senator from 1891
to 1899 and chairman of the republican
state central committee. He founded
the Daily Inter Mountain. a news
paper now known as the Butte Post
and was it's head from 1881 to 1901
Mr.. Mantle said that by coming tt
Chicago he hoped to escape notice
and their plans were to have a quiet
wedding in an inconspicuous manner
BUTTE HAS VIVID SENSATION.
Butte, Feb. 25.-Former Senate,
Mantle's statement that the announce.
ment of his engagement to marry
Miss Mary Eta DAILY would be a
shock to his old Butte cronies
seems to have been warranted; al
least, the report was received with
interest in this city, which has beer
the former senator's home since pio.
neer days.
Former Senator Mantle has long
been prominent in political and busi-
ness circles. Mining claims and in
terests acquired in early days Of the
district have made him one of the
wealthy men Of the state. He has q
handsome home on North Montana
street, which, until her death few
years ago. was presided over by his
mother. The Mantle block on Broad
way is one Of the larger downtown
structures of Butte.
When the former senator left here
a few weeks ago for the east, none OF
his friends was aware Of the romance
disclosed by the announcement in Chi
cago. Miss DAILY, to whom he is en-
gagged, is 25 years Of age. She was
born in this city. Her father, q
miner. died several years ago; her
mother and sister live in San Fran
cisco. She has a brother in South
America, Miss DAILY graduated from
the Butte high school several years
ago and shortly afterward entered the
Nebraska State university ut Lincoln.
Came Over as Orphan
Senator Mantle was born at Birm-
ingham, England, December 13, 1851
His father died before he was born
His mother brought him to America
and he crossed the plains in 1864. As
a boy he worked on farms in Utah and
as a telegraph operator In 1877 he
came to Butte as Wells-Fargo express
agent and local manager. He was one
Of the first aldermen in Butte, was
a member of the legislature in 1882.
1884. and 1855. and speaker of the
house in the latter year. He was
elected mayor of Butte in 1892. He
was appointed to the United States
senate in 1893 and elected to that