The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1897-09-29
NEWS OF TIE STATE.

Ballington Booth, commander Of
the Volunteers Of America. visited
Butte Thursday and addressed a
large audience at the auditorium,
The president has nominated p. n.
Barnard to be postmaster at l\alis-
pcll Mr.. Buckscn's term ends Sept.
IS, and after that Mr. Barnard will
probably take possession Of the office.
James Cavanaugh of Granite
county, who was charged with rape
Of :. his 15-ycar-old daughter plead
gnilty to the charge and WAS SEN
fenced to % years by Judge Erantly.
The Helena :. Missouri River rail-
.oad has been incorporated at Helena
by r. A. Harlow and others. with Il
capital stock Of ST 100000. Its OBJ
jcct is the construction of. q. railroad
from Helena to Canyon Ferry, a..
TIE secretary CT state has issued a
d certificate Of incorporation to the
CanadaA!aska company Of Butte.
The new company has Il capital stock
Of $50, 900 and is organized by John
Crerar and others Of Chicago.
Amos Il. McDui1ic of Butte, en-
ploycd as switchrnan by the Mon
tana Union was caught between the
draWhcads Of the cars while coupling
Thursday and died the same day
from internal injuries received.
in the land case Of Robert G..
Rogers from the Missoula district.
Montana, Secretary Bliss today af-
tirmcd the land Office decision reject
ed Rogers application to cut timber
from certain unsurvcycd public lands
on the ground that they were within
the Nnrthern Pacific railroad land
grant.
Sheriff Dunn and posse arrested
three men in the Nussclshcll Thurs,
/ day who are supposed to belong tG
the gang who raided tie Butte
county bank at Belle Fourcllc, South
Dakota, on June 2S, On which Occa
sion they wounded the cashier an(
stole several Thousand dollars. There
is a reward of SG25 for each robbcr
! William I'oWman alias James
I'itZcr who was tried last week al
Dillon for dclrauding the state
by fraudulenLly obtained bounty
certificates, has been found guilty
The jury fixed his punishmcnta at two
and a half years in the penitentiary
His defense was insanity, but th'
jury evidently beloved him to be ;
reasonable person.
Thomas Kccfc. about 80 years Of
age, died at the hospital at II o'rloci
this morning OF heart disease
kccfc was one Of the Montana out
laws of early days Twenty year,
ago he held UP the mail out Of Mile
city and was arrested by James Con
ley Of this city. kccfc SCI ycd Il ten
year sentence iE he Deer Lodge pen
itcntiarv. lie was quite a notorou
character in those. .davS.-Anucond;
Recorder.
George Stapcn, an Austrian EN-
p!ovcd in the Colorado smcltcr a
Butte, got into a row with the ba
tender Of the boulevard saloon
Sept. % lie went home and got
gun and returning amused himscl
by firing holes through the WindOW
and doors. The saloon was consider
ably wrecked, but no one was injured
lie has been arrested and will eniO
a quiet life at the county jail for
time.
The city council Of Anaconda at
meeting held Sept. %. discharged al
the city fircmcn with ono exception
ard elected Il force Of six new men
r. S. Mcntrum Of MisSo1lla was elect
cd temporary chief. Frank Fitzgcl
aid, late of the salt Lake depart
mcnL: George Lancaster, William
Slaughter, William Pike and Pete
Smith of Anaconda were appointc
by the mayor and confirmed by tn
council as members Of the paid de
partmcnt.
\ movement is on foot having TO
its object the starting Of sma'
>mcltcr near BcarmOuth, in Dee
Lodge county. Butte parties, anon
them George Iialdorn, an attorney
arc interested, Contiguous to Bcal
mouth arc said to be leads Of coppe
carrying sufficient gold and silver t
render them profitable for smelling
That copper exists in the region Ma
been known for many years and
would mean a deal for it if it
demonstrated, even in a small way
that it can be successfully treated. -
Butte Miner.
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