The river press., 1904-10-05
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days


Electric Light company, lost his righ
foot here today as the result of an &C
cident. Patterson was attempting tt
board a street car on Central avenue
when he lost his footing and fell il
front of the wheels. The foot wa!
completely severed.
ANACONDA, Sept. 29.--Joe Sullivan
and James Wright were today off
cially charged with burglary by Coun
ty Attorney McAffrey. The complaint
was filed in the court of Justice of the
Peace Murphy. The men are the ones
thought to have been implicated in the
attempted holdup of the Horvath &
Karas' saloon several nights ago, at
which tine Con Kiley was killed,
HELENA, Sept. 29.--The certificate
of nominatio by the socialist-la Dor
party at the recent convention in
Butte has been file d in the Office of
Secretary of State George NJ. Hays.
Only electors we're nominated by this
convention, these being Patrick
O'Rourke, of Butte, Robert Clausen,
of Somers, and John Cannoll of Butte.
The antitrust democr attic party has
filed it's nominations, these being the
same as those of the state democratic
convention.
ANACONDA, Sept. 29.-Mystery no
longer surrounds the shooting of Con
Kiley in the saloon of Horvath &
Karas Tuesday night. From the au-
topsy and evidence brought out at the
corouer's inquest yesterday it appears
that Karas shot young kiley with the
latter's gun. The leaden missile
passed directly through the heart and
almost penetrated the spine. The tes-
timony of witnesses at the inquest
showed that young Kiley, with a com.
panion, attempted to hold up the Hor-
vath & Karas saloon.
HELENA, Sept. ga feature of the
noted case involving the Andrew j.
Davis estate was submitted to the su.
preme court on briefs yesterday, this
being the appeal Of Henry A. Root
and others from a decision of the dis
trict court of Silver Bow county, OBJ
jecting to the report of John H. Ley.
son, administrator of the estate. The
plaintiffs in the case obi jected to two
items in the administrators report,
one OF these being the payment of ST..
250 to Judge Harwood for legal ser.
vices, and the other the payment to
Forbis & Mattison of $l2, 500 as attor-
neys fees from Novemb Der, 1899, to
May, 1902. The report was approved
by the district court over the objection
Of the plaintiffs, hence the appeal.
HELENA, Sept. 30.-Thomas JEFF
fries, an inmate Of the soldiers home
at Columbia Falls, has been placed
under arrest on the charge Of signing
his name to United States treasury
draft intended for another person.
The letter containing the draft was
addressed to Thomas Jefferson and
was delivered TO Mr.. Jeifries by the
postmaster at Columbia Falls.
LIVINGSTON, Sept. 30.--The reports
from Yellowstone park state that there
have been more tourists at the park
this year than on any previous year
since the park was opened. During
the season $3.50 tourists have entered
the park through Monida gate. The
number that entered through the other
gates has not as yet been figured up,
but it is known that in all cases the
number is in excess Of any previous
season.
GREAT FALLS, Sept. 30.-lt is est-
mated that 5000 people were on the
grounds yesterday, the closing day
of the Cascade county fair. The opin-
ion is general that the fair this year
has outstripped in interest and in
every other way the fairs that have
gone before it, and of the immense
crowds from out of town which have
uvttuuCu, All nave gone away SatlS-
fled.
HELENA, Sept. 30.--A shooting
atfray in which two men, each more
than SO years of age, participated oc-
CURED at q ranch about 10 miles from
Wolf creek this morning. A man
named Charles Young was shot twice,
once through the shoulder and once
through the breast, by William Con-
nor. 1t is not known positively that
the shooting was the result of u quar-.
rel. 1t may have been accidental, but
it is said that the two men had had
trouble over a line fence.
BUTTE, Sept. 3O.-For the first time
since Its organization, the Montana
Society of Pioneers will assemble in
Butte, Oct 10 to -. The pioneers
were organized in Helena in 1884, and
most of the annual reunions of the So
ciety have been held in the capital