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Show MISS MABEL CUTLER EL0PESJ) MM Daughter of Governor Secretly Becomes Wife of Thomas E. Butler. EXECUTIVE LEAVES CITY ON THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN Goes to Ogden, Where Runaway Pair Is Located for Him hy Tribune Reporter. Ordered two days ago to desist from his visits to tho home of Governor John C. Cutler, 035 South West Temple street, Thomas E. Butler, 2G years old, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Butler, eloped Tuesday with the oldest unmarried unmar-ried daughter of the Executive, Miss Mabel Blanche Cutler, and married her at. Ogden at -1:30 o'clock, the ceremony being performed by George D. Folk-man, Folk-man, janitor of the county courthouse and an elder of tho Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Governor Cutler, upon hearing of the event, probably through his secretary, Willard Done, who had been informed of the marriage by The Tribune, left for Ogden on tho midnight traiu. Leaves "Without Grip, Upon his arrival at Ogden, Governor Cutler told a reporter ol Tho Tribune that his daughter had left tho family homo in the afternoon without grip or trunk and 'had given no inkling of her intention to marrv Mr. Butler. She had not telephoned fiim of her marriage. 1 To is reported by friends to have said that he strenuously objected to Miss Cutler keeping coinpan3' with the young man, and two lnys ago had informed Butler that his visits to tho Cutler homo must ceaso. Tho young pair, it was thought, had bowed to the rulo of the Executive parent, and the news of the marriage came as a positive shock. Governor Cutler declined to discuss the event at length, saying bimply, when asked if he. would pronounce his blessing bless-ing upon the return to Salt Lake City of Mr. and Mrs. Butler: "1 should like mighty well lo see them now." Tho Governor made an unsuccessful effort to locate his daughter, telephoning to various persous in Ogden and Salt Lake Citj'. Ho was manifestly pained and wroth, but he jnade a, big endcavoi to conceal bis feelings with a smile. Located at Idlcwlld. Until informed by Tho Tribune early Wednesday morning that Mr. and Mrs. Butler were spending tho night at Idlcwild, a resort near The Oaks iu Ogden Og-den canyon, where they were located by a reporter, the Governor had received re-ceived no information concerning tho whereabouts of his runaway daughter, and supposed she had returned to Salt Lake City. lie said that he would make no effort to reach them at the moment, but would remain in- Ogdon until tho3' appeared. Tho marriage of Miss Cutler and young Butler will prove a sensation in Utah. Tho groom is at present employed em-ployed in a minor capacity at tho grocery sldro of his brother. J. M. Butler, and was formerly a driver for the If. Dinwoodoy Furniture company. He. has becu keepiug company with Miss Cutler for a considerable time, but even intimate friends did not suspect that their relations wero serious. Tho heroine of the sudden marriage is a popular member of Salt Lake City's voungor sot. She is somewhat of a devotoo of music, having studied at the Bostou conservatory, and has a host of warm friends who will bo agreeably shocked by her marriage. Mr. Butler, for some timo past, has been living at tho home of his aunt, Mrs. Thomas Hancock, but upon her departure for Europe ho entered the employ of his brother. Groom Koops Secret. .T. M. Butler, 212!G State Street, when-informed when-informed by the Tribune that the marriago had taken place, said he had just heard of it. ana was quilo taken "oft his feet by tho tidings. "My brother was with mo today," ho said, "but he did not intimato that ho proposed lo marry Miss Cutler. They have been going together for some timo, but 1 did not think it was their intention to marry now. T haven't heard a word, don 't know whero they are, when they will come back or what t.ho3r will do." Mr. Butler expressed tho thought lhat he might, havo boon put "on" by his secretive brother. Ho is supposed to have mot Miss Cutlor by appointment and gone with hor to Ogden on the noon train. At, tho Junction city thoy must have spent somo timo wandering aimlessly, as the marriago license was not secured from tho County Clerk until after ! o'clock, Tho ceremony was performed immediately imme-diately afterward in the presenco of two friends, who were sworn to secrecy. At tho conclusion of the marriage Mr. and Mrs. Butler went to ldlowild. hoping hop-ing to evade all attention. Closo friends of the Cutler family wore not aware of tho Governor's ob- , jeetions to Mr. Butler. One who is intimately connected with the Governor said lhat the action of tho young people peo-ple was inexplicable. Ho know thoy were keeping company, and whilo ho had not suspected that il was I heir intention in-tention to marry, ho could think of no objections having boon made, unless it wns to an early date for the ceremony. |