The river press., 1904-10-05
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts OF the State.

Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA, Sept. 27.-F'red Sackett.
serving a lO-days' sentence for va
grancy, dropped dead in the corridor
of the county Jail this morning. Sack.
EFT ate breakfast as usual and seemed
in good health up to the moment he
| fell in the corridor. He was dead be-
fore aid reached him. He is said to
be native of Buffalo, N. Y, and was
about 36 years OF age.
BUTTE, Sept. 27.-Suit was COM
menced in the federal court today by
Theresa NlcDevitt to recover S25, 900
from the Anaconda Copper Mining
company for injuries to her son, Chas.
Hoy, sustained while employed by
the company. The complaint states
that Hoy was injured by having an
iron beam fall on him while working
in the old converter plant of the COM
pany on June ., 1903
GREAT FALLS, Sept. 27.--In the ar
rest Of Oh aries Sankey, Chief of Pol
ice Cook has made an important cap
ture. Sankey was arrested here while
endeavoring TO dispose of lot of re-
volvers to a secondhand dealer. A
description Of the man and articles
was sent throughout the country, with
the result that Sankey is wanted in
Minot, N. D., for robbing a hardware
store. He is also wanted at Langdon,
n. D., for horse stealing.
BILLINGS, Sept. 27.-Two more of
the jail breakers, Frank Day, wanted
for 70 bbery, and Frank LaPoint, want.
ed for burglary, were captured today.
Day was taken at Forsyth and La
Point at Junction. a telegram from
Stock Inspector Webb states that he
was close enough to the Parkinson
brothers late yesterday evening to see
them with his field glass, and he was
confident he would soon effect their
capture. Patrick Griffin and Will.
liam West, who were arrested at Gus
ter, were returned to Billings early
this morning and are now in Jail.
M1ssoULA, Sept. 28.-Reports are
constantly coming in of forest fires ir
the Bitter Root forest reserve. De-
spite the recent rains it appears tha
the fires are spreading and have al
ready done good deal of damage te
the timber. One night recently, while
a heavy wind was blowing the fire i:
said to have run a distance Of ter
miles up ridge near Cow creek. Tht
fires have also destroyed a large nun
ber of cabins belonging to miners ant
prospectors.
| RED LODGE, Sept. 2S.-Wm. Hanks
who was mixed up in the shooting at
fray in the western part of the county
has been brought to the city by Sheriff
| Potter and is charged with assault il
the first degree. Hanks admits tha
he shot Morton and confesses that i
was bad business. He declares, how
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trying to get part of his homestead
away from him on a technicality il
survey, but has also caused hin
trouble in other ways and has beer
carrying gun for him all summer.
BIG TIMBER, Sept. 2S.-County Com
missioner O. B. Nevin committed sui
eide last night at his farm near Mel
vile. He blew the top Of his head of
with charge from his shot gun. Th'
coroner has gone to Melville to inves
tigate the tragedy. Mr.. Nevin wa
one of the pioneers OF the county anl
one of its wealthiest sheepman. H
had made his home here about =
years. ie was republican and wa
a member Of the knights of Pythias
BOHEMIAN, Sept. 2S.-A movemen
has been started by the United States
department of agriculture to make tn,
farmers Institutes of the country in
terstate aft airs. Prof. Linfield of tn,
Agricultural college here has received
a letter that the department is plan
ing a scheme Of cooperation with tn
various states in the matter of farm
ers' Institutes. 1t is proposed to asl
the next congress for an appropria a
tion to establish corps of trained
institute workers to travel about tn,
country and organize in the interests
of the farmers.