The river press., 1902-10-29
MONTANA NEWS BRIEELETS.
Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

BUTTE, Oct. 24.-Charles w. Clark
day in which he tells of a copversa.
tlon +. Augustus Heinze had with him
in which Heinze solicited his support
in the campaign and declared his de-
sire to control the district court Of
Silver Bow county and the supreme
court of the state. Clark declares in
his letter that Heinze offered him
So, 100000 if he would combine with
him to effect this object.
MILES CITY, Oct. al ohm NJ. Holt
today bought $1,000 acres Of land
from the Northern Pacific, which
makes him The largest landholder in
Custer county and gives him absolute
control of over 200 square miles Of the
finest range in eastern Montana. The
land in question lies about fifty miles
southeast of here, most of it between
Mizpah and the Powder river. Mr..
Holt will have frontage On the Powder
river of over nine miles and can irr.-
gate several hundred acres of splendid
alfalfa land.
kALIsPELL, Oct. 24.-J. II. Sulli-
van, a welI-known railroad man of
this city, was run over and instantly
killed by a work train near Summit
Tuesday. In attempting to board a
rapidly moving train his hand slipped
and he fell under the wheels, 10 heav-
lily loaded cars, an engine and d ca.
boose passing over him, literally
grinding him to pieces He was a
member of the Order Of Railway Con-
ductors and the Masonic order in
Chadron, Neb., where he formerly
lived. He was an extra passenger
conductor and was temporarily on
duty on the work train.
MISSOULA, Oct. 25 ALI trains and
roads in the vicinity of Yesterdays
train robbery near Drummond are be.
ing guarded TO cut off chances of the
escape of the highwayman, if he is
still in hiding in that locality. Or
yanizcd pursuit, however, has been
abandoned, the officers believing that
he is already far away. No trace of
him nor Of any horse having been
hidden near the scene of the holdup
can be found and it is believed this
part of his statement was bluff.
The officers hold to the theory that he
made detour, boarded the train he
had held up and rode away upon it.
VIRGINIA CITY, Oct. 25.-William
Snyder, a dredgeman, had his head
torn from his shoulders in a distress
ing acciden, this morning. Snyder
had gone below to assist in repairing
some machinery when he slipped and
fell on a rapidly moving cog wheel.
His head was smashed flat.
MILES CITY, Oct. 25.-H. r. Wells,
manager of the Hat Y cattle, owned
by Scott & Robertson Of New Mexico,
is in the city looking up range. The
cattle will! be moved north next
spring. Mr.. Wells has about decided
locating on a branch Of the Big Dry
big firms driven out of Texas and
New Mexico by fence laws that make
it Impossible for big cattlemeu to stay
in that country.
MlSSOULA, Oct. 26.-t'iremau Thos.
2. Sayers was instantly killed and
Engineer Al. Bussey dangerously in
jured in a wreck on the Northern Pa
citic two and a half miles west of
Hope, Idaho, at 4:l5 this morning.
Three engines were demolished in the
wreck. A westbound freight, pulled
by two engines, collided with light
engine eastbound. The engines were
locked and all three of them totally
wrecked by the collision. Engineer
Robert Wilkinson and Fireman VIM.
Hanson, who were on the light engine,
saved themselves by jumping, as also
did Engineer Ryan and Fireman ack-
son, who were on the rear engine
pulling the freight.
BUTTE Oct. 27.-,j ames w. Kelley,
late city editor of the lntcr-Mount ain ,
was formally charged in district court
this morning with the murder Of DR..
Henry y. Cayley. Cayley died Friday
and was buried yesterday. Kelley re-
fused to make Il statement. The trial
was set for Nov. +.
kALlSPELL, Oct. 21.-JOhn Malloy
a we'll known raucher living near Co.
lumbia Falls, was killed by the acci-
dental discharge Of his shotgun last
Friday. He had placed his gun in a
boat, butt foremost. When it was dis
charged the entire charge passed
through his body. A young man who
was fishing some distance away heard
the shot and ran for assistance. Hell
was summoned and the man was taker
to the home Of George Baker, where
he died.
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