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Helena, Mon Judge. KnoHlas, Of The.
United Staets circuit court confirmed the
appoint ment ofE Andrew &. Bnrleigh as
receiver OF the Mort hern5 Pacific railroad
and app ointed two others as receivers for
the Montana district They are Edwin
III Bonner, OF Missoula, and Capt J. IA
Mills, OF Deer Lodge. The former isl q
wei known merchant in this cit and the
latter commissioner Of the: bureau OF b.!
or, agriculture and industry III Montana
in this city. The receivers bond was!
fixed at 800, 900. The attorneys were five
hours In arguing them after before the
Judge and when Attorney Cullen rose to
make his second argument the Judge In
terrupted him by saying something ought
to be done in this matter at once. AS to
the resignation Of the receivers he would
say but little. He ordered their removal
and will look into their accounts at some
future time. The Judge then proceeded to-
appoint the new receivers.
Seattle, Wash. --Mosher and McDon-
aid, one Of the largest logging firms in
the state, whose property is worth $780,
600 have gone into the hands Of a receiv-
er as the result of a disagreement be-,
tween the partners for the payment Of
100000 debts out of a total of $3.50, 900.
w. a. Mcdonald, who had the receiver
appointed, claims that. Alfred Mosher, a
Michigan lumberman, was to advance
the money as became necessary, and did
advance 100000 when he stopped and
demanded that his claims be made pre-
ferred. Mcdonald wanted all creditors
TO be treated alike, and S. !. Flynn, man.
ager of the firm, was appointed receiver.
This case led to the appointment OF A. F.
McEwan as receiver Of the Seattle Cedar
Lumber company, whose capital is $780,
600. The assets Of the property are in
excess Of the liabilities.
Hastings, Mimi. Edward Anderson
strangled himself to death at the Jail by
tying piece Of Irvine about his neck to
a crossbar of his cell, thus relieving Da-
Rota county of the trouble of hanging
him. He. was awaiting the action of the
grand jury for the murder of, his niece,
Josephine Sjerdal, a 12-year old daughter
Of Sever Sjerdal, cutting her throat from
ear to ear with a razor, causing instant
death, because she would not consent to
him taking undue liberties with her. An
derson was a Norwegian and 35 years of
age and came from MilhanAS J, 6ss.t D aMhere
his mother resides When arrested there
was strong feeling at Pennington, and
threats of lynching were made.
Duluth, Minn.-After three days of
hard fighting, the grand larceny case
against Mrs. S. D. Smith, of Detroit, was
turned over to the jury Thursday after
noon. At 9 O'clock the jury was still out
with no sign of an agreement. 1t prob
ably stands to for conviction. 1.-THE
case. was based on the theory that Mrs.
Smith had represented herself as Mrs.
Cameron and cashed q $4,000 certificate
of deposit obtained from the Cameron
woman, whom Mrs. Smiths husband had
lured. away from Detroit to this city un-
der promise of marriage. When the VIC
tim discovered that she had been robbed
and Smith had fed, she tried to drown
herself in the harbor.
West Superior, VISA complaint was.
filed in the Superior court against the
Belt Line Elevator Company, owned by
Minneapolis interests demanding judg-
ment for 81 600 in the name of the state
of Wisconsin. The prosecution Is for al
ITSSSfi ldiiulC. w CtIlp1y WllIl L1lG uGN Raw
which provides that elevators doing bus
mess in this state shall keep an Office
here. It Is alleged, also, that the elevator
people did not post a statement of their
weeks business with the Superior board
of trade, as is required. Minnesota grain
interests fought, at Madison, against the
passage of the law and this is the first
attempt to enforce it.
Redwood Falls, Minn.-Last week a
Belview hotel proprietor had r. p Childs,
ex-editor Of the Belview Independent,
arrested on the charge of jumping board
bill amounting to $50. Childs was recent
ly married and found himself in such des-
perate straits as to make it impossible to.
pay the bill. and he would have been oblig-
ed to go to Jail had he been convicted. The
justice before who he was tried contendel
that the eX-editor showed no intentions of
fraud. Aside from this, the justice said,
the fact of his getting married was an
other point IN his favor, and he discharg-
ed the prisoner.
Duluth, M:nn-Thos Smith, ex-chief
Of the fire department. few months ago
was discharged from the service by Chief
Black. Smith was elected president Of
the State Firemen's association at Moor
head, a short time ago, over Blacks head,
as a majority of the association disliked
Black. The association voted to meet in
Duluth next year, on invitation of s. smith
The dismissal of Smith caused him to
recently tender his resignation as pres
dent Of the association. 1t will proba bly,.
not be accepted, and the association pro-
poses to snub Black in his own city for
dismissing Smith. "
I. Greenleafton, Minn.-Hannah Shanla-
han died at Jacksonville, ILL.,, on Sept. Is,
after short Illness where she had gone
to visit friends. She was the daughter of
Dennis and Elizabeth Shannahan, of
Greenleafton, Fillmore county. The re-
mains were forwarded to that town for in
terment and laidAto rest in St. Johns
cemetery. The deceased was an estima-
BILE young woman, beloved by all who
knew her, and the sad news Of her death;
came with surprise to her friends, who
manifested Their sympathy by attending
the funeral. s. # -3t'
Wahpeton. N: D.-The village Of Moore
ton, 16 miles west Of Wahpeton. on the
Northern Pacific road, was almost entirely
wiped out by fire Saturday afternoon. A
strong wind was blowing from the west.
The fire originated in Radolvith's hotel,
which with the barn, horses, cows and
hogs, was destroyed M. Giierniek's gem
eral store and residence, NJ. Woertins
general store and residence, Muckoyich's
store and postoffice, Peter. Br:er's resi-
dence Northern Pacific section house and
rJlf11pro1fS small shi1i1C1inyas xSf,rp t,,rrnd