Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-02
THE NEWS In BRIEF

Governor Smith yesterday pardonod
Harry Brett who, while assistant city
clerk under Mayor e. D.. Weed of Helena
four years ago forged city warrants to
the amount of about SIS, 900 inc was sem
fenced to 10 years in the penitentiary.
Brett's true name is Herbert Bonsor. He
is we'll connected in England and his
brother has written the governor that he
will start him up in business in Australia
if released. Brett is married and his wife
is in Deer Lodge.
Governor Smith yesterday promoted
Sergeant Fred S. Yaeger to the position
of second lieutenant of Company l., to
take the place of Second Lieutenant
Eugene S. French, who was killed in ac-
ton last week before Manila. Sergeant
Yaeger, with Lieutenant French and one
or two other Helena men, was largely in
strumental in recruiting the Helena COM
pany.
Ernest r. Kraus has been appointed
ancilliary receiver for the Boston and
/ Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver
Mining company of Silver Bow county
Mont, in a suit brought in New York in
the supreme court for a dissolution of the
ompany by James Forester and John
MacGinnisS, directors. The bond of the
receiver was fixed at SO, 900. Thomas b.
Kinds on December Is last was appointed
receiver for the company in Montana.
It a meeting of the creditors of Fred
Gamer, at Helena yesterday, Mr.. Gamer
was examined as to his financial condi-
ton before his stores were closed and as
to certain claims against him.. One claim
in particular. an object of examination,
! was one for $13, coo to his wife for rent of
| building since 1885. Mr.. Gamer said that
| the building was purchased by his wife
from her own money left to her by a rela-
tive and that from the time he had occu-
pied it in 1885 until last year he had paid
her no rent. Part of the time he allowed
her 800 a month rent, and part of the
time only half that amount when adjust
ing her claim. He sought by couns for
the creditors to show that Mr.. Gamer had
reserved $500 of his money to pay the
claim of one Hughes. Mr.. Gamer admit
ted that he had received money by eX-
press from his Butte and Anaconda
houses after he knew that he was a bank
rupt. for the purpose of paying Mr..
Hughes, ar ordinary creditor. The money
had been left with him for safe keeping,
and by some means had been used. I'm
der those circumstances he thought it no
more than right that Mr.. Hughes should
be a preferred creditor. Referee Bailllett
appointed w. J. Beckett trustee to dispose
of the property in Helena, Butte and Ana
conda for the benefit of the creditors.
Benjamin Holm, a miner, 80 years OF
age. who had lived in Helena and vicinity
for II wears, was killed in a cavern at
Montana City yesterday. Holm and his
partner, AL. Newman, were operating
property leased from Carter and Young,
and they needed timbers for their shaft.
Yesterday morning the two men started
to emove the timbers from the abandon
ed workings on bedrock. At the end of
the tunnel, so feet from the shaft, Holm
started to work, but gave only one blow
when the timbers began to fall. He man
aged to run half way out of the drift be-
fore the falling timbers caught him. Holm
was a stone mason by trade, but a also
followed mining. He was in industrious,
thrifty young man. Three brothers
Ernest. Fred and Charles Hohn-live or
ranches near Eliston. The dead man was
born at Galena, ILL.,, where he has -four
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