The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLErs.
4 Budgct of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

guilty of selling liquor to minors after
q trial in Justice Of the Peace Fraser's
court last night and was assessed a
fine of $50. Lightfoot set up that his
prosecution was malicious, arising
from the arrest of four young men OF
his town 10 a charge of disturbing the
peace.
BOHEMIAN, May 9.-W alter Butler
and Amos Peck, who had been arrest
ed by Sheriff Reynolds on q charge
of running a eliot machine at their sa-
loon In Lombard, pleaded guilty be-
fore the district court and were fined
500 each by Judge Stewart, or fifty
days in the county Jail, they having
waived the time for fixing the sentence.
BILLINGS, May 9.-DoR prisoners
have begun their work in Billings. a
year ago many valuable dogs were
destroyed. The citizens raised a re.
ward of 1900, which vas kept stand
ing for a period of six months. This
action had the effect of putting 4 stop
to the slaughter Of the animals, and
not until today was 1t resumed.
BUTTE, May 9.-To celebrate his
victory over the Amalgamated Copper
company in winning the $40, 600 900
Minnie Healy copper mine, F. Aug.
Heinze this afternoon fulfilled a pro.
mise to to the effect that il the su.
preme court awarded him the Minnie
Healy claim he would give his friends
a trip to New York. The copper king
declared he would show his friends
the town of New York in royal style.
He also said he would show New
Workers how a bunch of jolly Mon
tanans could do Gotham from end to
end.
LEW1sTOWN, May 8. - An action
has been brought in the district court
by L. J. Johns against Clarence E.
Barnes, in which plaintiff seeks to re.
cover So, 100 for damages alleged to
have been sustained through the pub
lication Of a card warning those in.
debted to the old Lewistown Demo-
crat against paying the claims to ian
irresponsible party who was said to
be collecting them. This is another
phase Of the old fight over the defuuct
Lewistown Democrat, in which Mr..
Barnes sought to secure the plant
which had been leased to Mr.. Johns.
The latter claims that the accounts
are his property and that Mr.. Barnes
has 40 interest in them whatever.
HELENA, May lO.-State Treasurer
j. H. Rice made two warrant calls
today. One applies to general fund
warrants and will cancel all the state
indebtedness of that character regis.
tered between Nov. l last and Jan. l,
amounting to s1l0 900. The second
call applies to $3.50 in arid land dis.
trict No. 4 warrants, which were reg
istered prior to Jan. l last.
HELENA, May lO.-The trial of the
damage suit of John W. Collins, ad.
ministrator Of the estate of Tan Lee,
against the great Northern railway
company, was begun in Judge Smiths
department Of the district court yes.
terday. The administration asks
so, 1000 from the railroad. Tan Lee
was killed by q Great Northern train
while crossing the track near the un.
ion depot.
FORSYTH, May l0.-The trial q
VIM. Mcclure, charged with the muir.
der Vt VIM. Aughey, a month ago, has
begun. Aughey was found lying face
downward with q bullet hole through
the back OF the head and a jug Of
whisky under his body. Mcclure
claims he accidentally killed Aughey
The only other person at the rancf
was u colored woman cook, who com
United suicide when the officers tolt
her she would be wanted as q witness
BUTTE, May lO.-Joseph Granberr,
confessed himself a murderer thi,
morning in Judge DOMAINS court
where he was being examined on al
insanity charge by Assistant Count!
Attorney Walker. Cranberry also ad
mitted that he was crazy, but says hi
insanity is periodical. The murder
according to his story, took place il
Birmingham, Ala, in 1887. He di.
not know the name of his victim. Tn,
-, man assaulted him, he said. and h.
retaliated, beating him with a pair 0
ice tongs and then took a shot at him
He vas arrested, he continued, AM
spent three days in Jail, from whic|
he was released on a 81, 200 bond fur
-, n ished by his mother, who resides a
Columbia, Tenn. He jumped tn
bond.
MlSsOULA, May lO.-Chief Clerk j
l.. Sloane, of the Flathead India
agency, who was in town Il few day