The river press., 1904-10-05

of Butte to secure an account amount
ing to 1921. The writ of attachmen,
was issued by William Clancy of the
district court of Silver Bow county
This is said to be the first time thai
the salary of a state officer has beer
attached.
KALISPELL, Oct. 1.-The last through
train over the line running through
Kalispell was run tonight. Begin.
ming with Sunday morning all through
trains will go over the new line via
Whitefsh. All the rolling stock was
taken to Whitefsh tonight preparatory
to taking up the work at that place in
the future. The engines we're sent out
in tandems of four and upon leaving
the city they blew their whistles in
such a manner as to cause citizens not
posted upon what was going on to be.
lieve the city was on fire. It was their
farewell salute.
M1ssoULA, Oct. l.-Eugene V. Debs,
socialist candid ate for president, spoke
to crowded house here tonight, de-
spite the fact that an admission of 25
cents was charged. He impartially
arranged both old parties as belong
ing to the capitalistic class, insisting
that they each represented different
interests of such class. After his ar.
raignment of former President Cleve-
land for his action in the Chicago
American Railway union strike, be-
cause of his having called out troops,
he then asserted that President Roose-
velt had indorsed Clevelan and's action
by not having called out the troops in
Colorado.
BUTTE, Oct. 1.-Harry Walker, of
this city, was brought in from Home
stake on the Burlington train arriv-
ing late this afternoon, and taken to
St. James hospital, suffering from
bullet wound in the back, which is be.
lleved to be serious. He was acci-
dentally shot by companion, Fred
Shore, of this city, while hunting rab-
bits. Shore, it appears, was walking
behind Walker, carrying a repeating
rifle. He was throwing an empty cart.
ridge from the breech Of the gun when
in some manner another cartridge ex.
ploded, the bullet entering Walkers
back, near the kidneys, and lodging
in the stomach.
GREAT FALLS, Oct. 3.-Business in
the Great Falls land Office for the
quarter ending Sept. 30, was extreme
ly heavy and the receipts for tn at
quarter were greater by 1000 than
those OF the preceding quarter and
made the three months among the
heaviest since the opening of the office.
AS shown by the quarterly report $34,
3S3.5S was collected in fees.
KAL1sPELL, Oct. 3.-Tom Riley, a
Swan river rancher, has been arrested
on suspicion OF having killed Robert
Gates, whose dead body was found in
the timber near Big Fork nearly .wo
weeks ago, with three bullet holes in
it. The finding near the body of G ates
OF an empty rifle cartridge of a pecu-
liar pattern led to the arrest of Riley.
1t was learned shortly after the find
ing of Gates body that Riley was the
owner of rifle that used that particu.
lar sort of cartridge and on this ac-
count he was arrested.
GLEND1VE, Oct. 3.-Coroner w. B.
Foster returned Saturday from Red
w ater where he went to hold an in
quest as to the cause of the death of
Nicholas Atfuhl, who died last Thurs
day from the effects of a blow on the
head received during an alteration
about a card game. The verdict at
the in uest was that Atfuhl came to
his death by Il blow on the head with
a spade delivered by John Cook. The
latter was arrested and placed in the
county Jail.
MIssOULA, Oct. 3.-The farmers of
Frenchtown valley, a few miles west
OF here, put up more than 10000 bush.
els Of hard wheat this season. Thrash
ing machines have about finished their
season 5 work. Where there has been
irrigation the yield has been good,
but without irris alton crops have been
short, on account of the scarcity of
rain. This has been the dryest sea-
son western Montana has experienced
in many years. In Frenchtown valley
the average yield of hard wheat has
been from IS to 20 bushels to the acre.
Revenue From State Lands.