The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-31
MONTANA NEWS BRIEflETs.
A Budget OF Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

BIG TIMBER, May q While eight
year.old Fred Cross and his brother
together with a neighbours boy, wer,
looking at a gun supposed to be "no
loaded" today, the weapon was acct
dentally discharged and the bulle
struck Fred in the head, inficting ,
wound from which he died in a few
minutes.
HELENA, May % - Despondenc,
over his inability to leave off drink,
ing is believed to have caused the
suicide of John Olander, a Swede,
living at Clancy, Ii miles from Hell.
ena. He hanged himself yesterday
afternoon in his room over the saloon
where he worked, using a valise strau
for a rope.
HELENA, May 23.-Referee Thomp.
O Campbell has been cited to appear
10 the federal court on June 5 to show
cause why he should not be removed
as referee for non-performance of du-
ties. The application for his removal
was made by Attorney Sam Sterns, of
Spokane. representing half of the
creditors of Nat Levin, of Missoula.
LEwIsToWN, May 23.-Mrs. Leota
Irvine who has been employed as a
chambermaid at the So Different sa-
loon, at Kendall, was found dead in
her room over the saloon under cir
cumstances that indicated foul play.
Coroner AttiX at once went out to the
camp and upon investigation found
that death resulted from natural
causes. The woman's husband lives
in Helena.
HELENA, May 23.-At a meeting of
the state land board held yesterday
all the previous proceedings of the
board in connection with the purchas.
ing of $l4S, 900 of Custer county re.
funding I per cen bonds were ap.
proved. The applications Of Arthur
Morrow OF Billings, Charles L. Bor.
aer Of Bozeman and Adams Lands
OF Ennis to purchase lands in their
respective counties at 80 an acre were
denied.
MILES CITY, May 23-The body of
John Selby, a we'll known woolgrow.
err, was brought into the city today.
The corpse was found on the
yesterday by employees. Selby was
evidently caught in a thunderstorm
some time Sunday and killed by the
lightning. There were no marks on
the body other than a slight abrasion
on the nose, caused by the fall after
being struck. Selby's horse was also
killed. Selby was born in England
and was about 10 years old, and
owned about $1,000 sheep.
HELENA, May PA. l.. Jaqueth,
Winona Jaqueth and W. B. Rho AIDES
today filed with Secretary OF State
Ioder articles of incorporation of the
Tobacco Plains Canal company, which
will have Flathead county as its scene
OF operations. The corporation pro.
poses utilizing the waters of Graves
creek, Lick and Glen lakes for irriga.
ton purposes in the vicinity of Eu.
reka. The capital stock of the com.
pany is 800, 900.
BUTTE, May 24.-Michael Haggerty,
a miner, shot and MORALLY wounded
his wife this morning in front of her
home. s2S North Montana street, and
then fired a bullet through his own
head, dying a few minutes later. The
tragedy took place after a desperate
struggle on the part of the unfortunate
woman-a struggle between husband
and wife witnessed by their three sons,
one of whom tried to rescue his
mother.
LEWIsTOWN, May 24.-The Thomas
Thomas ranch near Stanford, embrac.
ing over LOCO acres of fine grazing
and farm lands, was sold this week to
Bower Bros, the big sheep men. The
stated consideration is s., and the ex.
act price paid cannot be learned, but
five years ago $4,000 was offered and
refused for this property, so that the
magnitude of the deal is apparent.
The sale is probably the most impor.
tant of the kind that has ever beer
made In land in the Judith basin.
BUTTE, May 24.-Settlement of the
estates of j. G. Woodbury., a Colo.
RADIO pioneer, and an FL Paso county
commissioners, develops the fact that
Fred w. Chase, for 10 years a we'll
known Butte business man, is a son
OF Woodbury., and will get the bulk
OF his $4,000 estate, the other heirs
being three half-sisters. These heirs
did not know that they had a brother,
nor did the latter know that j. G..
Woodbury. was his father.
MILES CITY, May 24.-An attemp,