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Show CLARK IS ELECTED. -. Ililte flllllinalr Mint tha I'nlleJ htalea Hrnsloralilp. Helens, MonL, Jan 30 On the Kvcntccnth ballot the Montana legls UtoreelcctciUV. A Clark of Ilutte, Called btatea senator to tuccccd tho Hon Lee Mantel The yote was SI for Clark, 37 for Conrad, s for Marshall irnl 4 scattering Of those who voted for Clark, 11 were ltepubllcana. William A. Clark la SO years of age, I native of Conncllavllte, I uycttc county, coun-ty, Pennsylvania. In 1850 his parents afreil l- Van llurrn county, Iowa, where tha senator-elect farmed and pursued his schooling He studied law, but never practiced In 1803 ho crossed the plaint, driving a team and locating at Boutli Park, Colo Mr Clark waa one of the first to reach llannock, Mont , on the discovery discov-ery of gold there In 1803, driving an ox team Hla Montana caiccr began with merchandising, but bo soon got Into mining In which most of bis vast I orluno was acquinil Mr Clark la the largest Individual owner ot copper mines and smcltira in tho world, his principal properties being In Ilutte, MonL, and Jcromo Arlx. llo haa extensive beet sugar In. tcrcata In California nnd a largo copper cop-per wlro worka at l.lltabcthport, H J lie hova plantation of 33 000 acres in Mexico, dovottd togrowlngcnITce, tin, tobacco and rubber Ills net Income for 1804 was not far from 810,000,000. |