Progressive men of the state of Montana, pt 1, Part 18

Author: Bowen, A.W., & Co., firm, publishers, Chicago
Publication date: [19-?]
Publisher: Chicago : A. W. Bowen & Co.
Number of Pages: 1374

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THOMAS BUTLER, anotlier son, is engaged in keeping a hotel at Forsythe, Rosebud county. In the late war he was a sergeant in Troop I, Third Cav- alry, Volunteers, and was stationed at Camp Chick- amauga. He is a popular gentleman in the com- nuuity where he lives, and is highly esteemed as a boniface.

HORACE BUTLER is conducting a profitable livery business at Miles City, where he enjoys the confidence and esteem of the residents and of the traveling public. He is recognized as a leading tradesman in his line, fully up to date in his busi- ness and endowed with social qualities of a high order.

CHARLES DANA BUTLER is in the advertis- ing business at Kansas City, Mo., and Harry Butler, after graduating from Georgetown College, D. C., studied law, but after a few years in the office of the United States district attorney at Omaha, aban- doned the law for business pursuits, and located at St. Louis, Mo.

HARLES F. CADY .- This well known and C successful stockgrower of Park county identi- fied himself with Montana when it was still on the frontier of civilization, and can well recall, from personal association, the scenes and incidents which marked the pioneer period. He is thor- oughly loyal to the state, and one of its sterling cit- izens. Mr. Cady was born in Steuben county, N. Y., on the IIth day of December, 1836, the son of Hollis and Orrilia (Grinolds) Cady, natives of Vermont and Connecticut, both families having been established in New England for many genera- tions, the paternal lineage being of English origin, and the maternal of Welsh. Hollis Cady removed

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with his parents to Steuben county, N. Y., where he devoted his attention to farming until his death and there reared his six sons and five daughters.

Charles F. Cady was reared on the Steuben homestead, receiving the education given at the public schools. In 1854 he removed to Wisconsin and followed various pursuits for nine years, after which, in 1863, he resided one year in Minnesota, after which he started for Montana, coming by Omaha and Council Bluffs to Fort Bridger and overland to Virginia City. The train had a gov- ernment escort and was not molested by the Indians. Mr. Cady arrived in Virginia City in April, 1865, having passed the winter at Fort Bridger, whence he removed to White-tail Deer creek and there entered the employ of J. W. Pot- ter, at the stage station. In November he went to Confederate gulch, being engaged in teaming and other occupations during the winter, after which he passed about three months in New York gulch, and was again employed by Mr. Potter during the summer and thereafter returned to White-tail Deer creek, having charge of the stage station at Basin until the spring of 1868, when he proceeded to Fort Benton where he embarked on a Missouri river boat and voyaged to Sioux City, Iowa, from which point he proceeded to Minnesota, where he was engaged in farming for ten years. In 1878 Mr. Cady removed to Bismarck, N. D., where he was engaged in freighting until the following year when he again came to Montana.

In 1882 he took up his present ranch, first secur- ing a pre-emption claim and thereafter homestead and desert claims, making the acreage of his ranch about 500 acres. Prior to filing his original claim, he had been for some time engaged in railroad work. His ranch is situated 14 miles east of the city of Livingston, and he is extensively engaged in the raising of cattle, giving special attention to Herefords and wintering from one to three hundred head. In politics Mr. Cady gives his support to the Republican party and he has served for a number of years as school trustee. On December 23, 1861, Mr. Cady was united in mar- riage to Miss Orril Stiles, born in New York, one of the eleven children of David and Clarina (Shaw) Stiles, natives of New York and Massachusetts. The Stiles family is of English and Scotch extrac- tion. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cady : Burr, deceased ; Ella, wife of James Milligan, a prosperous rancher near Livingston : Charles, engaged in ranching in this vicinity ; Theo-

dore, a resident of Livingston ; Montia, who mar- ried Miss Marjorie Brophy; Frank Leslie, Bert, Clara and Orril.

M ORRIS CAIN, a veteran soldier and the pio- neer of the thriving little town of Glendive, having built the first log house and the first black- smith shop erected within its present limits, Mr. Cain sees his hopes realized beyond his expectations, and the fruits of his enterprise growing and flour- ishing around him. Morris Cain is a native of Barkerville, Mass., where he was born April 30, 1857. From Barkerville he removed with his par- ents to Worcester, in 1865, and remained at home, attending the public schools and assisting his father on the farm until 1875. In that year he enlisted in the Seventh United States Cavalry at Boston, and served on the western frontier for two years, being discharged at Sunday Creek July 4, 1877. He par- ticipated in the battle of Little Big Horn July 25 and 26, 1876, in Maj. Reno's command, and was under heavy fire all the time. This was the mem- orable battle in which Custer and so many men were massacred. There were only about 250 men who survived in Mr. Cain's regiment.

The next year he opened a blacksmith shop at Bismarck, N. D., and soon after volunteered to carry the United States mails from that city to Fort Keogh, then a hazardous undertaking. In 1879 he sold his business at Bismarck and worked at black- smithing in advance of the construction gang on the Northern Pacific Railroad until they reached Glendive, where he located in 1880. As has been noted, he built the first log house in the place, and in this conducted a grocery store for Quinn & Kelly, of St. Paul, for about a year. In February, 1881, he built the first blacksmith shop in Glendive, and also erected two buildings on Front street. For several years he was engaged in the blacksmith, liv- cry and freighting business, and secured valuable property in the town, which was rapidly developing. He continued blacksmithing until 1890, and then started a retail liquor business.

In connection with his other enterprises Mr. Cain began raising horses in 1881, and has largely increased its magnitude, making a specialty of thor -. oughbreds. His location in this line is on the old Bennett ranch, on the Yellowstone, at the mouth of Clear creek, where he has 316 acres of land, ac- quired by deed, with five miles of ditch and a Clear

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creek water right with 1,000 inches of recorded water. He is farming all his land, and produces a great variety of crops, the soil being adapted to many products. In politics Mr. Cain is a stalwart Democrat, and as such was elected by the people the first deputy sheriff at Glendive when it was a part of Custer county. This was in 1880-81. His ser- vices were much appreciated by the citizens of the community, to whom they proved most valuable. He was married at Fort Keogh in 1881 to Miss May Roberts, a native of Maine, where she was born in April, 1864. They have five children, namely : William, aged eighteen; Leo, fifteen; Grover, twelve; Hartwell, ten, and Bryan, three. This thrifty business man, progressive farmer and useful, influential citizen has richly earned the good opinion and esteem of his fellow citizens, which he so abundantly enjoys.

JAMES H. CALDERHEAD .- Holding high official position as auditor of the common- wealth, it is particularly consistent that we have incorporated a sketch of the life of James H. Cald- erhead, one of the representative citizens of Helena and the state. He was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, near Zanesville, on August 28, 1848, the son of Ebenezer B. and Martha (Wallace) Cald- erhead, natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather, Alexander Calderhead, was born in Scotland and was for many years a clergy- man of the United Presbyterian church. He emi- grated to the United States in 1801, locating in Jefferson county, Ohio, where his death occurred in 1805. His three sons and one daughter are all deceased. Ebenezer B. Calderhead, his son, was likewise a minister of the United Presbyterian church, receiving his education in Franklin Col- lege at New Athens, Ohio, where he was graduated in the class of 1825, after which he completed his theological course at Allegheny, Pa. He was engaged in ministerial labors for many years in Ohio, ending his labors only with his death, which occurred at Marysville, Kan., in 1892. His devoted wife had preceded him to the better land, her death occurring in Bates county, Mo., in 1872. They had eight sons and three daughters, all except two of the sons are living. The eldest. William A., now represents the Fifth district of Kansas in congress. Another son, John, was in

the Union army of the Civil war, being a member of the Ohio militia during his last year of service, and, sacrificing his life for his country, he died in a hospital at Annapolis, Md.

James H. Calderhead attained maturity in Ohio, where he was educated in the public schools. He began his business career in the railway service as an agent and telegraph operator in Kansas, from which position he advanced step by step until he was traveling auditor for the Missouri Pacific Rail- road Co., proving a valuable official. He came to Montana in 1888, and was appointed chief clerk in the office of the auditor of the Montana Union Railroad. In 1894, on the occasion of the great strike of the American Railway Union, he was president of the Montana Union, and for his zeal- ous efforts in the cause he was tried for contempt of court and sentenced to confinement for thirty days in the county jail of Silver Bow county. His interest in the welfare of the laboring classes has been constant and animated, and his appreciation of the dignity of honest toil has made him a stal- wart advocate of the cause of the working man, in whatever field of endeavor. His appointment to the position of commissioner of agriculture, labor and industry for Montana, which was tendered by Governor Smith in 1896, was recog- nized as a merited tribute to his ability and met approval throughout the state. He gave an able administration of this office, leaving it to accept a still higher official place. In the general election 111 1900 Mr. Calderhead's name appeared on the Fusion ticket as a candidate for auditor of state, and to this important office he was elected by a flattering majority, entering upon the discharge of its duties on January 1, 190I.

In politics Mr. Calderhead advocates the cause of the Populist party, in whose ranks he has been an indefatigable worker. While a resident of Kan- sas in 1886-7 he served as a member of the lower house of legislature. His fraternal associations are with the Masonic order and the United Work- men, in each of which bodies he has held important official preferments. In 1875 Mr. Calderhead was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Postlethwaite, who bore him one son, Ernest. Mrs. Calderhead died in 1883, and in 1884 he was married with Miss Margaret Ryan, a native of Canada. They have four children : Samuel. Mary D., Nellie and Jay. The family home in Helena is a center of refined hospitality, and Mr. and Mrs. Calderhead are prom- inent in social circles.

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DT. REV. JOHN B. BRONDEL .- Ceaselessly to and fro flies the deft shuttle which weaves the web of human destiny, and into the vast mosaic fabric enter the individuality, the effort, the ac- complishment of each man, be his station one most lowly, or one of majesty, pomp and power. Within the textile folds may be traced the line of each, be it one that lends the beautiful sheen of honest worth and honest endeavor, or one that, dark and zigzag, finds its way through warp and woof, mar- ring the composite beauty by its blackened threads, ever in evidence of the shadowed and unprolific life. In the great aggregate each individuality is merged, yet the integrity of each is never lost, be the angle of its influence wide-spreading and grate- ful or narrow and baneful. He who essays biography finds much of profit and much of allur- ing fascination when he would follow out, in even a cursory way, the tracings of a life history. These efforts and their resulting transmission can not fail of value in an objective way, for in each case may the lesson of life be conned "line upon line, precept upon precept."

The Right Rev. John B. Brondel, bishop of the diocese of Helena, has the distinction of having thus far been the only incumbent of this exalted office since the diocese was organized. The holy Roman Catholic church has ever been the avant courier of civilization, and its emissaries have dared all and endured all in forwarding the cause of the Divine Master upon earth, holding no obstacle as insuperable, no privation too severe, no temporal danger too great, to swerve them from their course in bringing the word of God unto all sorts and conditions of men. What has been accomplished throughout the great west within the epoch dating back to the early days when the dominion of the savage Indian was disputed only by the beasts of the field and mountain fastness, has passed more or less obscurely into the annals of history, but none will ever know the absolute self-abnegation, the arduous and unceasing toil and the deep humility of spirit which marked the efforts of the early missionaries of the church in the northwest, even as had been the case when civilization was striving to gain its foothold in the earlier settled sections of the Union. And still all this is but typical of one phase of the work of the church. The diocese of Helena has been signally favored since the date of the erection of the see in 1884, and it has been the fortune of Bishop Bondel to witness the progress of the church in the diocese from its inception,

ever keeping pace with the onward march of the years as they have fallen into the abyss of time. Each year has shown an increase in population, churches and priests. He has guided the ship of church with a hand made steady by power from on high. With the power that made steady the hand on the tiller has come also the divine light to illume the way. The sea has been rough at times, turbulence has not been lacking, rocks and shoals have obtruded in the passage, but, aided by Him "who doeth all things well," the voyage has thus far been a prosperous one.

John B. Brondel was born in the ancient and picturesque old city of Bruges, in the province of West Flanders, Belgium,-the quaint and thor- oughly Catholic city dating its foundation back to the ninth century. The date of his birth was February 23, 1842, and his parents were Charles Joseph and Isabella (Beequet) Brondel, who were natives of Belgium. The father was a chair manufacturer and both parents passed their lives in the city where they were born, the father dying in 1868 and the mother in 1875. Of their children five sons and two daughters attained maturity, and all are now living, except the oldest son, who con- tinued his father's business and died in January, 1901. The second son is a copper manufacturer who resides in the city of his birth. The third son is a presiding director of female schools in Flanders, erected by the Sisters of St. Charles. The fourth son, now also a manufacturer of copper, originally purposed to enter the priesthood and had began his preparation therefor, but was forced to abandon his studies from failing health. The older sister is married and resides in Belgium, while the other sister is an attendant in an insane hospital near Brussels.

Bishop Brondel received his initial educational discipline from the Xavierian Brothers, a community that had but recently been established in his native city. Later he devoted a full decade to the prose- cution of his Latin course in the College of St. Louis, in Bruges, and within this time he had fully determined his course in life, so far as personal volition and effort could direct. His decision was to enter the priesthood and to devote himself to the missions of North America. With this end in view he entered the American College at Louvain, Belgium, where he earnestly gave himself to the required study of philosophy and divinity. In the city of Mechlin, on December 17, 1864, he was raised to the priesthood by His Eminence Cardinal

John B Brondel Tp of Helena

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Stercks, and having been duly received by Right Rev. A. M. Blanchet, of revered memory, for the diocese of Nesqually, Washington, he set forth for America and thence to the Pacific coast via the isthmus of Panama, reaching Vancouver on All Hallow's eve, 1866. After uniting here the duties of a professor with those of a missionary for some time, he was thereafter stationed for about ten years at Steilacoom, on Puget Sound. He was then for a time in Walla Walla, Wash., thence returned to his former post and within the time of his pastorate there erected churches at Olympia and Tacoma. While faithfully attending to his missionary duties on the Sound, he was elected bishop of Vancouver island, B. C., with residence at Victoria, receiving consecration at the hands of the Most Rev. Archbishop Seghers, on December 14, 1879. On April 7, 1883, he was appointed administrator of Montana, this implying his tak- ing up his abode in that territory, while he still retained his title of bishop of Vancouver. The bishop reached his new field of labor early in the summer of the same year and inaugurated his apostolic work by first visiting the western sec- tion of the territory.

He received the bulls of his appointment while at Butte, on July 2d, the Feast of the Visitation of our Blessed Lady, who "abit in Montana cum festinatione," these words having been quoted to Bishop Brondel by the archbishop of Oregon, Most Rev. Charles J. Seghers, who had urged him by letter to leave Vancouver island and hasten, in imitation of the Blessed Mother of God, to Mon- tana, the relevancy of the phrase being singularly marked. Allusion to the same words was later made by Cardinal Simeoni, prefect of the propa- ganda, at Rome, who, in referring to Bishop Brondel's appointment in Montana, remarked to Dr. Schulz, pro-rector of the American College; "Administrator Montanensis abit in Montana cum festinatione." The Bishop made his first visita- tion to the eastern part of his new field on August 27, 1883, and shortly afterward chose Helena as his permanent residence, whereupon the Jesuit Fathers made over to him their church and premises, and whatever property was in their name on Catholic Hill. It has been consistently said that "while, by this timely and most commendable arrange- ment on their part, the Fathers facilitated and hastened the erection of the new bishopric, they were thus also instrumental in making Helena the episcopal see and giving the name as well to the

new diocese." This honor was conferred on

Helena by Leo XIII on March 7, 1884, the simul- taneous dates of the erection of the see and of the appointment of John B. Brondel as its first bishop, the church on the hill being adopted as the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.

The Bishop was received with distinguished honors by all classes, irrespective of religious af- filiation, and, with due appreciation of the favor bestowed on Montana, and the city of Helena in particular, a number of the Catholic citizens in gen- eral meeting assembled adopted unanimous resolu- tions and took steps toward a becoming manifesta- tion of their grateful feelings. Accordingly, on the occasion of the first diocesan synod, the Hon. T. H. Carter, in behalf of the Catholic community, pre- sented to Bishop Brondel the following address and testimonial :

"Right Rev. J. B. Brondel, Bishop of Helena : Esteemed and Venerable Sir: As a committee se- lected by the Catholic congregation of Helena, we humbly assume the pleasant duty of bearing testi- mony to your Lordship of the great veneration and profound respect in which the members of the con- gregation hold your exalted spiritual position, and their sense of gratitude for. the conspicuous favor shown them in the selection of Helena as your Lordship's episcopal see. In making this presenta- tion in behalf of the congregation, we desire to ex- press our thankfulness to God for the great blessing bestowed upon this territory in the creation of the diocese of Helena, and of our deep feelings of grati- tude to His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII, for his kind consideration and paternal solicitude for our spirit- ual welfare. We further and particularly desire, formally, to bid your Lordship welcome to Helena, and to express the cordial appreciation and affec- tionate regard the congregation entertains for your Lordship's distinguished attributes. We but voice the conviction of the entire people in saying that your pious example and dignified, prudent and wise course of action during your residence in Helena have elicited the profound respect of all the citizens of the community, to the signal benefit of the church, and that in the hearts of the members of this congregation your Lordship has secured abid- ing confidence, veneration and love. Actuated by a desire to give some substantial expression to this existing sentiment, we most respectfully tender your Lordship the enclosed certificate of deposit, and beg you to accept it as a donation from the cathedral congregation, accompanied, as it is, with their fer-

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vent prayers for your preservation and continuance in the enjoyment of good health."

The diocese of Helena includes the entire state of Montana, and Bishop Brondel denies his minis- trations to no portion of his wide field, his visita- tions being made with regularity and his zeal being unflagging. The congregations in the more popu- lous localities gain the episcopal attention, and so also do those remote, including many Indian mis- sions within the confines of the state, in fact, the Bishop's interest in the welfare of his Indian charges is one of deepest order. In the latter part of 1900 Bishop Brondel made a trip to the east, and was ab- sent several months, visiting a number of the princi- pal cities and delivering forceful and eloquent lectures in behalf of the Indian schools in the dio- cese, much good resulting from his philanthropic and timely efforts.

Always a diligent and patient student, and appre- ciating knowledge both for its own sake as well as for the good use to which he invariably finds oc- casion to devote it, Bishop Brondel stands forth as a man of high intellectual attainments, his mind being stored with the ripe fruits of earnest enquiry and study. With a keen prescience of the springs of human action, a master in sacred science, a pro- found thinker, and a speaker and writer of elegance and force, he combines exaltation of soul with su- periority of intellect. He is distinctly individual, having marked force of character, in connection with dignity and distinguished personality. Re-

ligion is with him a reality, not a mere sentiment. It implies obligation, and obligation fulfilled is duty. done. He manifests a Christian patience in judg- ing his fellow men, showing a tolerance so remark- able and a gentleness of character so peculiarly his own that one has ever mistaken them for mere yielding or weakness. His executive ability is great, and through his interposition both the tem- poral and spiritual growth and prosperity of the diocese is assured. As a man and as a Christian bishop he is respected, admired and revered, and the loom of life will gain from his "ceaseless toil and endeavor" and his exalted character the mater- ial which will give perpetual value and beauty to the resulting fabric.

BENJAMIN E. CALKINS .- This popular and progressive young business man of Butte and the present city treasurer, is a native of Troy, Pa.,

where he was born on Christmas day, 1862, the son of Newberry E. and Helen M. (Mitchell) Calkins, both of whom were Pennsylvanians. Mr. Calkins traces his lineage by family tradition to the pilgrims who came to America in the Mayflower. Newberry Calkins was a miller and continued his residence and trade in Pennsylvania until his death, At the outbreak of the Civil war he gave evidence of his patriotic zeal by enlisting in the One Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was made captain of his company and served with dis- tinction until the expiration of his term. In his family were three children, Benjamin E. being the second in order of birth. Benjamin E. Calkins, after attending the public schools of Troy, went to Elmira, N. Y., where he was em- ployed for two years as a clerk, after which he re- sided five years in Corning, N. Y., from which city he came to Butte, Mont., in 1884. Here he held a clerkship in a mercantile establishment for two years. In October, 1886, he opened a book and sta- tionery store, and with this line of enterprise he has `ever since been identified. His establishment is one of the best equipped in the city, supplying the de- mands of a large and critical patronage. The busi- ness was soon expanded to include a wholesale de- partment. It largely outgrew the building origi- nally occupied and on February 10, 1901, Mr. Cal- kins removed his fine stock to his present commodi- ous and attractive location at No. 31-37 North Main street, where he has a stock that would do credit to a much larger city.

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Progressive men of the state of Montana, pt 1, Part 18

Author: Bowen, A.W., & Co., firm, publishers, Chicago Publication date: [19-?] Publisher: Chicago : A. W. Bowen & Co. Number of Pages: 1374

Author: Bowen, A.W., & Co., firm, publishers, Chicago
Publication date: [19-?]
Publisher: Chicago : A. W. Bowen & Co.
Number of Pages: 1374