The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-29
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

What Has Happened in Montana Duriu,
the Past Few Days.
MILES. CITY, March 22.-Charle,
Hout, a recent arrival in Miles CITY
was the subject of investigation by The
stock inspector Monday. He had il
his possession a horse branded K
quarter circle z, which was proved to
be the property of Levi Simpson, and
had been lost from his pasture abou,
two years ago. Hout exhibited a bill
of sale for the animal, which he
claimed was given him when he DUR
chased the horse on the Missouri riy.
er. The horse was restored to Simp.
son, and Hout was considered limo.
cent.
HELENA, March 21.-United States
Marshall c. F. Lloyd left this after.
noon for Port Townsend, WASH, hav.
ing In charge Fung Fong, a China.
man, who has been ordered deported
by the United States court. Fong has
been In the Lewis and Clark county
jail since last July, the Mexican au.
thorities having wanted to examine
him concerning some alleged SNUG.
Cling operations.
BUTTE, March %. 49, Early this
morning as Cornelius O'Neil was
passing through Dublin Gulch on
his way home, he was assaulted by
an unknown man and probably fatal.
ly stabbed. The wound is a very
dangerous one, the knife entering the
breast on the left eide just below the
nipple. An ex amin alton by the sur.
geons at the hospital showed that the
blade had entered the pericardium, or
outer casing of the heart. The affair
Is shrouded in mystery. and no state.
ment a be obtained from O'Neil, as
he is too weak to talk. Friends,
however. allege that q former friend
and acquaintance of O'Neil is re.
sponsible for the deed.
HELENA, March %. Gov. Toole
today appointed w. E. Harmon and
B. 7. Hathaway, respectively state
superintendent and assistant superin.
tendent OF public instruction, members
OF the state text book commission,
vice w. w. WEIGH and J. Nj. Lewis. |
Appointments are for periods of two
years.
M1ssOULA, March %. NV Sheriff
Davis Graham returned home last
evening from q trip to Deer Lodge
and Butte, having taken Joe Provost
to the former place, where Monday he
began serving his one-year sentence
for robbing q fellow lumberjack. Mr..
Graham spent q day in Butte in con.
sulting with other Montana sheriffs
regarding the testing of the law regu.
lating sheriffs' mileage for the trans.
portation of prisoners to the state
institutions and the penitentiary.
HELENA, March 23.-With the an
nouncement that q written opinion
would be handed down later, the SUI
preme court today in an oral an.
nouncement, affirmed the decision of
the lower court in the case of the
Mcintosh Hardware company against
Flathead county. The case was one
involving a claim against the county
OF $3.50, in connection with the con-
struction of the new court house at
Kalispell. In the lower court the
filings were in favor of the county, |
which was today affirmed, thus mean.
ing that tho bill will not be paid.
BILLINGS, March 23.-Major S. G
Reynolds. Grow Indian agent, who is
here, reports the capture of four horse
and cattle thieves on the reservation |
last Sunday. The men apparently |
belong to IN organized gang, who
plllage Indian herds every season.
A considerable amount of the stock |
that they had driven into the breaks,
fifty miles north of the Grow agency,
was recovered. The men will be taken
to Helena for trial in the federal
court.
BOHEMIAN, March 24.-Gus Preuot,. |
who was sent from here to the state
insane asylum last fall, escaped ten
days ago. The officers here we're no.
titled and have learned that Preuo,t
vas at large near Manhattan. where
he had been seen. Deputy Allen
Sales went down to secure him.
BILLINGS. March 24.-G. L. Hicks,
by his lawyer, II. c. Crippen. has in
stituted a personal damage suit
against the Burlington railroad. The
plaintitf alleges that he was employed
as 4 snctinn ahnrer by tho aefanaant