The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-20
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

hEArANAS OeC' - ue ASt0
session of the Mystic Shriners wa.
brought to a close at an early hou,
this morning when the banquet in con
~nection with the annual gathering wa.
concluded at the Masonic temple. Thu
meeting was me of the largest and
most successful ever held by the Shri
ners and no less than 43 candidates
were initiated into the mysteries Of
Algeria temple of the ancient Arabic
order, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine.
BUTTE, Dec. 15.-M. J. McCune, a
we'll known contractor and builder,
committed suicide yesterday, shooting
himself through the heart and dying
instantly. No explanation can be
given by Mrs. McCune for the rash
act of her husband beyond the fact tina,
he had been suffering for some time
from extreme nervousness brought
about by labor troubles with which he
had to contend in connection with the
work of making the connection with
the big stack of the Butte Reduction
Works, for which he had the contract.
LEw1sTOwN, Dec. 16.-An import.
ant strike has just been reported in
the Kendall company's property at
Kendall, q big body of s12 ore having
been discovered. The find has stimu.
lated everything in a mining way at
the camp and Kendall stock has gone
up by reason of It.
GREAT FALLS. Dec. 16.-Tax Com.
missioner Grafton Mason, of the
Northern Pacific has just made q sc.
lection ia the Great Falls land Office
OF e,lS2 acres Of land in Cascade coun.
~ in lieu of land in the Grow Indian
reservation which has been allotted to
the Northern Pacific by the original
grant, but which had been previously
settled upon by Indians.
HELENA, Dec. 16.-The supreme
court today made a setting Of 20 cases,
which practically clears the calendar
Of all cases on appeal before that
body. Two years ago, there were just
245 cases on the calendar, all of which,
with more recent appeals, r now
right up to date. The most important
OF the cases set today perhaps was
that of the state OF Montana against
]. E. Keerl, which will be argued on
January - next.
HELENA, Dec. 16.-The quick wit OF
John Hahn, q motorman, early this
morning prevented q robbery Of the
saloon of Jerry Hayes In East Hell
ena. He left his q standing on the
tracks and went after the burglar,
Capini Piranmi, and captured him
single handed. The burglar was in
the act Of breaking into a $500 slot
machine when the alert motorman
caught him. With the assistance of
the conductor the burglar vas placed
on the trolley a and carried back to
Helena to the police station, where
Hahn delivered his prisoner up to the
authorities.
BILLINGS, Dec. 16.-In the district
court the Musselshell Cattle company,
by its attorney, William Johnston,
filed suit today against Voolfolk &
Richardson. and asked for 81 injunc.
ton against the defendants, restrain
ing them and their employees from
herding, grazing, or running in herd,
any sheep or other livestock upon any
of the lands Of the plaintiff which are
described in the complaint. The com
plant is signed by w. X. Sudduth,
president OF the Musselshell Cattle
company. All of the parties to thu
action are prominent stockmen OF thu
Musselshell country.
HELENA, Dec. 1S.-Ihe state boart
OF examiners today allowed the CLAIM
of Mitchell & Mussigbrod Of &c, sol. 3
for the care of ~insane, and that o
Conley & McTague Of %, 1852. 40 for tn
keeping Of prisoners. The appropria
tons for the reform school, state uni
versity, insane, state fair and norma
school have been exhausted, and al
further claims against these for tn
present year will have to 60 to tn
Legislature in the shape OF d~eticienc!
bills.
BILLINGS, Dec. SD. H. Teal wa
arrested by Policemen Foster ant
Tervill last night, charged with rails
ing 81 silver certificates to SO. Th'
officers are looking for two other men
one OF whom passed one of the raise'
bills in a place in the red light die
trict. Later Teal attempted to pas
another Of the bills at q negro resort
and it was refused. Two of the bill
were recovered. One of them Is yer,
we'll executed, some very clever pei
and ink work having been done on it
HELENA, Dec. lS.-Otto Schoen
feldt. secretary Of the bureau of chill,