The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1895-01-16
NEWS Or THE STATE.


Join the NcAvoy string at its winter
quarters in that city.
\ jury in the United States court
1t Helena brought in {: verdict Of not
guilty in the case Of Thomas Robin
son a culnred soldier from Fort Gust
cr. charged with the murder OF
James Williams a fellow soldier The
killing was the result Of Il quarrel.
It was shown that Williams lad been
the a@grcssor and tried to pull a gun
on Robinson, who got in his work
first.
Patrick ,Illrphv, the Northern
Pacific yarlnastcr was killed at Bill
ings lie stepped between the
moving cars and must have slipped
and fell. The body wa; severed in
two and the '1owcI half was fcarfully
manylcd. The deceased leaves q
widow and four small children. Tic
has held the position for two years
and was highly esteemed as q good
citizen.
Large shipments OF cotton from
ST. Louis and billed for Kobe, Japan,
via Tacoma, have been passing
through tIisSOl,a over the Northern
Pacific for the past few days. -Four
carloads went west on Wednesday
and three carloads Yesterday. Others
will fullov al regular intervals. Kobe
is he headquarters Of the japanese
army and it is ss;pposcd the cotton is
Dcin" Forwarded to the front and is
being used for breast works and other
necessary articles Of war materials -
Missuulam.
James Blake, a Montana pioneer,
died at Helena last Thursday night.
Nj. Blake was y Eoars Of age and his
death Was; quite sudden. ne was
taken suddenly Ill down town and
conyeyrA to his homo where hc dic(
shortly aftcTwarti. lie VA. born III
Patterson, \. j., in 1927: was an
aryonallt to California. ! Ic took
possession ui and held >5ail Juan
island, now Vancouver, and held it
uutiI forced t. leave hy lie British.
He came TO Helena in 1867. ana vts
at one time considered to be, 5Grtii
| 81 GOO, ,pHO in real cst;tt, Iic leaves
one brother, Ilchaf{l Blake, now
living at Cascade. Mont.
The state land commissioners re-
Gently asked the surveyors sronnrnl@
Office to survey certain land il the
Clearwater valley, for the purpose OF
taking it for state purposes before
it shall have been t1onuded Of timber.
/ I,ilc general land Office has ordered
the survey made. The local land
Office has been directed to give notice
That the lands in question have been
reserved from appropriation except
under rights which existed prior to
til" states sccciivn. The lands re-
served are he We-t half Of township
Il north. range /! west: ali Of -iuWn
ship II north range Is Wn>t: all Of
township IS north. ran@e Is west;
east half o.: township IS north,
rail,1e l6 west.
Barney logan, Of Trout Creek,
Montana, lhc LARGEST sheep grower in
that state, is i'll Boston seeing the
SIGHTS, saws the Boston Herald. 1t
is his first visit To he llub, and it is
needless to add that lo is greatly
surprised at what he has already
, seen. Barney is a little. Wiry irish
man, but all his Celtic cliaractcris-
tics haze disappeared with the cx-
, ce;,;irn Of Iii, broad brog'le. lie
;:cur> the regulation cowboy hat, q
pink silk scarf around his noel. and
a ,trab voulcn shirt The new wool
schedule is nGu going to drive Kim
ont Of business; in fact, he says
he will not feel its effects at all
He speaks encoura9inMiN Gf the fu
turc OF the wool business and claims
thar the American product can bt
brought up TO the best foreign grades
= I;arno: i, one Of the llc:9Hes;t shippcr
= over the Great Northern lines.
,>ia"de~ proceeding, nave been in
stit!l.e1 in the district court b. JOS
Il. Dixon and T.. c. Webster, attor
news for John Willis, of Thompso
Falls. :; ruinst G.. i. Clark, Il residen
Of the same locality. The complain
contains some sensational Il allegations
" It is alleged t;iaj s0!Ic time DARN
% the month Of last ,!uiy, Clark public
~ IL stated at Thompson Falls thl
- Wills, borrowed 3uIu oi money frOl
one Woody Watson and subsequent
hired one Jasper t,!icHy to murdt
= .im, also that CIurl: publicly state
in s,lat said Willis had set fire to Il
II store in order to got the insUranc
&c money thereon. I}unlagos are asie
t in the SUM Ct $4,000. The parties