The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-27
MONTANA NEWS BRlEfLETs.

MONTANA NEWS BRIEfLETS.
4 Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA, Dec. 19.-Notice was given
today by State Treasurer Rice Of q
call for general fund warrants involv.
ing the payment Of about $3.50 900.
All general fund warrants registered
on or before October IL Of this year,
are included. Interest will cease De.
cember %.
BILLINGS, Dec. 19.-The saloon of
j. H. Tucker, q colored man, located
on East Minnesota avenue, was held
up last night and robbed by one man.
Bartender Frank Atkinson and Rich.
ard Loveda ale. q piano player, were
the only persons in the house. The
holdup man compelled them to line up
against the wall at the point Of q gun.
He then emptied the cash register, sc.
curing about e45. He went out of the
front door and ran and has not been
captured.
BILLINGS, Dec. l9.-The vanguard
of beet sugar ~culturists from Colorado
has arrived in the city. The party
consists of Messrs. Dewitt, Meade,
Rosenow. Clark and Buhlman. They
have leased or purchased land vary.
ing from 100 acres to q section and
will engage In the guilty alton OF the
sugar beet. The party has brought
their entire outfit and via be ready to
commence business Ia the spring.
Some of them are already considering
the purchase or leasing of new land
through the Simpson agency.
HELENA, Dec. l9.-The articles of
incorporation Of the Chicago, Milwau.
kce & St. Paul Railway company of
Montana, filed with Secretary of State
Yoder, show tina it Is the purpose of
building a railroad and telegraph line
from Custer to Ravalli county in
Montana, traversing in addition the
following counties: Rosebud, Carbon,
Yellowstone, Fergus, Meagher, Sweet
Grass, Park, Gallatin, Broadwater,
Jefferson. Madison, Silver Bow. Deer
Lodge, Powell and Granite. The fee
received for filing the articles was
1888.
BUTTE, Dec. l9.-The Dreamland
burlesque show was prevented from
giving a performance here last night
by about 5000 Irish.Americans, mem.
bers of the Irish-American society of
Butte, which passed resolutions call.
ing on it's members to forcibly stop
the burlesQue company from showing
Ia Butte. The action was taken as
the result of the display of a poster
burlesQuing the Irish race. The may.
or and police authorities have ad.
vised the management of the show
against attempting to give q perform
ance as it is feared a riot will be pre-
cipitated. Warrants for the arrest OF
the actors have been issued with q
view OF avcrting riot in the event OF
an attempt to give the show.
HELENA, Dec. 2O.-Andrew Stella,
who a few nights since broke into the
saloon Of Jerry Hayes in East Helena,
aud was caught in the act by a street
car conductor. was given two years in
the district court today. Stella plead
ed guilty, but claimed he was toe
drunk to know what he was doing.
LEw1sTOwN, Dec. 2O.--J ames Sher.
man reiterated today what he said
yesterday about having been the sole
person implicated in the killing OF
Samuel Studzinski. He says he se.
cured 1925 in cash from the dead man.
He realized 1920 from the robbery Of
the postofice and enough from the
disposal of stolen articles to make
his total thefts about 5000. All Of
this money Sherman says he lost at
gambling.
DILLON. Dec. 20.-Oscar Wells, q
resident of Melrose for the past Ii
years, was killed yesterday afternoon
by ar explosion OF dynamite. He was
engaged in working a mining pros.
pect near Melrose, and when he did no.
return late in the afternoon at the Us
ual time, his wife went there to see
what was wrong. Upon arriving al
the prospect where he had been work
Ing she found her husbands body
fearfully mangled from a dynamit,
explosion.
HELENA, Dec. 20.-In an interview
yesterday Governor Toole stated tina
} he will not become q candidate To-
, United States senator to succeed w
, A. Clark upon the expiration of thu
term of the latter. Mr.. Toole state.
that if he did not serve out his tern
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