The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-04
MONTANA NEWS BRIEfLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

A budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.
BUTTE, Sept. 26.-Fire today broke
out in the ruins of the library audi.
forum building, one of the structures
swept by Sundays conflagration, and
before the blaze could be extinguished,
numerous volumes which escaped the
first fire were ruined by water. Revised
estimates Of the fire loss by insurance
ad ~iusters place the loss from Sundays
fire at about SSH, 900, with s7l7, 900 in.
surauce.
kAL1sPELL, Sept. 26.-B. l. Minich
went Out to Brander's logging camp
on Niger prairie yesterday and
brought back the body of Frank Har-
per, killed in the woods by a falling
tree. The body is at the morgue and
has been embalmed for shipment to
the old mans home at Amigo. Wis
consin. \ tree had been cut which
lodged IN the top of a smaller one,
and Harper was cutting away the
binding strands when, with a crash,
the top of the smaller tree came down,
crushing and killing him.
BUTTE, Sept. 26.-A new shaft which
had been sunk about 50 feet in the
Ophir mine claim at the foot of Da.
kota street was Hooded with water this
morning and two miners, Carmichael
and Mcdonald, who were in the shaft
at the time had narrow escapes with
their lives. The disaster was one of
the results of Sundays fire, the great
force of water coming from the storm
sewer tearing away the ground and
flooding the shaft. The sewer empties
at the foot of Dakota street and just
along side the shaft which has been
destroyed.
HELENA, Sept. PA. w. Ide to-
day filed a voluntary petition in bank.
ruptcy in the United States court. Mr..
Ide, who is a we'll known resident OF
this city, has for a number of years
been engaged in the Angora goat bus.
mess. Hi. liabilities are listed at
$50, 600, Of which Alice w. Freeman is
listed for ST., 4O4. The assets are Civ
eli as $3.50. and of this mount $1,000
is claiued as exempt.
BUTTE, Sept. 27.-W. B. Jenkins,
the we'll known money lender and note
shaver, is in the county jail and a
charge Of arson is to be placed against
him. He was arrested last night by
Detective Met arvey. in consequence
of information hat officer received
from reliable citizens just after the fire
had been discovered IN a barn just
in the ear of II West Fremont street,
and which was filled with old mat.
tresses, excelsior, furniture and other
old household effects.
BUTTE, Sept. 27.-Believing tina,
w. j. Adams, of considerable athletic
notoriety throughout the state. knows
more than he is at present willing &c
tell concerning the sudden disappear
ance ten days ago of Miss Mary Nc
Donald, the father of the young lady
this afternoon swore to a complaint il
the county attorneys office charging
Adams with the crime of kidnapping.
| Adams vas at once placed under ar.
rest and is now at liberty on a s. ,OO(
bond.
GLENDIvE, Sept. 27.-Work on the
Buford- G leudive irrigation canal Is
now in full swing and all the con
tractors are on the ground with CON-
plete outfits and a large amour Of
material such as lumber, cement and
the like necessary for its construction.
The contractors all subcontract parts
of the work, SO that those living il
the vicinity of the canal are deriving
much benefit from the undertaking,
Since the work has commenced ir
earnest times have been very lively ir
Glendive and everybody is looking
forward to a very prosperous year.
BUTTE, Sept. 27.-Death came sud
denly yesterday afternoon to Freder
lex Charles Hedra, foreman at tn,
Mountain View mine. He was stand
ing at the collar IF the shaft talking
over some improvements with one O
his men when, leaning too far forward
"A descending cage caught him a deadly
blow in the head, with the result tina
life was extinct fifteen minutes later
Medical assistance was rushed to tn,
scene, but it was Of no avail. He hat
been employed many Gears by thu
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