Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-09
MONTANA NEWS.

OeHVer HdDeTudSnerS, Is uead at Mon
mouth, Ill.,, aged n years. He was
we'll known in Montana.
State Auditor Cunningham has made
report for January and February,
showing insurance receipts aggregat-
ing $34.274, which have been turned
over to the state treasurer.
The large camp at Cokedale, employ
ing several hundred men, which re.
ty-day agreement, after being idle two
years, will be shut down March 10 I'M
less permanent agreement is made
The supreme court has appointed
Marshall N. Race sergeant-at-arms of
the house in the ninth legislative as
sembly, marshal of the court in place
of Thomas E. Crutcher, who has re-
signed. The appointment became eff.
fective March /.
Our Savior's Norwegian Evangelical
Lutheran church was organized at
Livingston and plans have been per.
fected for the building of an edifice
Rev. E. B. Austvold of Helena received
the call as pastor and will shortly
move to Livingston.
Henry P. Austin of Chinook has
commenced suit against Thomas G.
Richards for SOLO damages. alleging
that Richards caused his arrest on a
false charge of grand larceny and had
him imprisoned for twenty-five hours
Richards is a contractor of Helena.
There is in the course of construc-
ton in the blast furnace building at
the Washoe smelter at Anaconda a
copper furnace, which, when com.
pleted, will be the largest of the kind
in the world It's total capacity for
twenty-four hours will be 1000 tons.
The Amalgamated is about to re
open the Butte and Boston mine which
has been idle for several years on &C
count of injunctions. 1t is proposed TO
operate those parts which are not af-
fected by the injunction. This is one
of the richest properties owned by the
Amalgamated Copper company.
subject to homestead entry last week.
Between fifteen and twenty thousand
acres of land were thrown open for
settlement. The land is in the famous
Bitter Root valley and was set aside
by President Cleveland as temporary
reserve The city of Missoula is
thronged with people who began to
file claims as soon as the doors Of the
land Office opened.
John p. Schmit register of the state
land Office, has turned over the re-
ceipts OF his office for February to
State Treasurer Rice. The total
amount received by the land office in
February was $17,632. The amount OF
the receipts for the last quarter was
$54,3G9, a slight decrease compared
with last year. The quarterly report
of Secretary of State Voder shows re-
ceipts of $5,6S5, a gain of $466 com
pared with last year.
Two more arrests have been made
| in connection with the alleged rif1ing
of the United States mails at Silver
| sixteen miles north of Helena, as a
result of which Mrs. Nellie Leary was
| taken into custody. Deputy Marshal
for the arrest of the wOmans husband
Daniel Leary, station agent at Silver
and Mrs. Leary's son, Robert Stevens
| The warrants were sworn out before
United States Commissioner Russell
by postoffice inspectors. There are
MI Leary, three charges against Ste
vens and three against Mrs. Leary. All
have been bound over to await the &C
ton of the federal grand jury.
Half an hour after stopping a runa
way horse w. e. Frederick expired al
his home in Helena. Death came, 1t is
thought, from rupture of the stomach
superinduced by the unusual exercise
Frederick left the office of the Mutua
Life Insurance company, where he
had been cashier for years, for his
home, and encountered a runaway
horse with an overturned buggy. He
ran into the middle of the street anC
soon succeeded in stopping the horse
holding it by the bit until the owner
came up. He walked home, but, feel
ing faint, laid down on a bed and &
moment later tainted. Doctors wer(
called, but were unable to do any
thing, death ensuing soon afterward
Mr.. Frederick was born in Ontario six
| ty-fve wears ago and built the first tel
egraph line into Montana, being man