The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-03-25
n ews of the State.

now IN TRIAL IN the dis strlct court
of Cascade county.
Hon A. Srllgman, of Helena,
and r S Ford, of Great Falls.
decline the positions as members OF
the capitol commissioners.
G. r. Martin has been appoir tee
general superintendent of the Mon
tana Central RAJ way, vice James
NJ. Gruber, who has been pro.
noted.
Luther Benson, the famous
temperance lecturer from Indian
apolis, ended u weeks drunk in
Helena a few days ags, aud has
gone home.
G. ]. Mcnamara has bought Mrs.
W. u Nicholas h .rd of cattle.
ranging on the Marias, IL trans
action which calls for the expen,
diture of $4,000
Some chemists have under con
sidaration a plan to save the su.-
phur from the fumes of the Butte,
Montlna, smeltprs, and begin tn
anufacture of chemicals in whic
sui phur forms the pr ncipal N
greGient
The state board OF examiners al
its last meeting allowed $6,51a
of bounty claims and ordered
warrants drawn to that amount.
With the pay ment of thai amcnnt
all bounty claims filed under the
law of 1895 up to MAJ l, 1896, will
have been paid.
Halsteud Erickson, who was ar
rested at Gre 1T Falls few days
ago on the charge Of assault on his
10 year old step. daughter, Hilua
Volkberg, concluded to plead guilt,
and tremt ling in every limb wa
sentenced by Judge Leslie to Is
years in the penitentiary.
Fi,z,in.mon victory over Cor
belt was the indirect cause of /;
shooting scrape at Helena IN whicI
Charles Har,weil and Ben iamir
Mann were the principal partici,
pants. Hart well is now laid III
with u bullet in his breast with
little or no chance of recovery.
Ike Hayes, the Helena heavy
weight hitter, has joined the long
list of ex-champions. AS was re
ported in y 'Sterday's Inde pendent, T.,
he met his Wa. erloo in Butte
Monday night before the Pa>time
Athletic club, when William
Keogh Knocked him cut in tn,
seventh round.
An order has been issued by
Lester S. Wilson. commander OF
he department of Montana of th,
Grand Army of the Republic, con
cerning the thirteenth annual en-
campment of the department,
which will convene IN the hall Of
George e Meade post No. rs, a.
Anaconda ~ | | a. m. of April Z
All railroads leading to A acond
will sell tickets at reduced rates.
The supreme court has handed
down au op'nion of uuusuai intere~
to counties adjaceat to Indian res
creations. 1t holds that breeds
and persons adopted into Indian
tribes living on reservations ar,
under the jurisdiction of STAT.
courts, unless By express ro
visions of treaty between the gov
ernment and the Indial they ar,
held to be feleral wards. Tw,
questions came up from an appeal
from MissouIa county. Suit was
brought against the sheriff and his
bondsmen for refusing to levy on
personal property of one S,oan, Il
quarters breed Chippewa Indiar
who lived on the Flathead reserva
tion with his Indian W fe. Ar
execution had oeen issued again 81
| Sloan, but the sheriff rrfuS, d f.
make the levy, claiming that he
had no right to do 50, the judgment
creditor being a. Indian living on
an Indian reservation. He SAID
that the United States district
attorney had advised him that hi
had mo authority to go on Tho
reservation to make the levy
Judgment on the pleadings was
rendered the defendants and Al
appeal was tai Ell. The supreme
court, in al opinion by Justice
Buck, reversed the judgment. Th,