The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
MONTANA NEWS BRIEfLETs.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts OF the State.

Pardon Board Ryan has collected the
statistics from the %penitentiary and
from the state insane hospital. There
are now 40 prisoners in the peniteu.
tiary as compared with $50 on April
Ii, an increase of Ii during the mouth.
For these a monthly allowance Of 3d..
Sal is required as compared with 3d..
7s9. 20 for the previous month.
M1ssorLA, May 16.-K!ide Adams,
a colored private soldier, is q fugi.
tive from justice and accused of rob.
| biuR the quartermaster's safe at Fort
Missoula of 81, 300. The soldier had
been on guard all day and asked for
the key from the quartermaster, say.
iug that he wanted TO clean up the
room. The man cleaned up the room
and returned the key. He did not
answer to roll call and an investiga.
ton showed that he had worked the
combina alton on the safe and that $500
in cash and $500 in checks had been
stolen.
GREAT FALLS. May 16.-Fred Nor.
tesen, leader of a gang Of six burg
lars of Minneapolis, similar to the
Neidermyer gang of Chicago, has been
identified here by the sheriff Of Henne
| pin county and will be taken back to
| Minneapolis. Mortesen, who is but a
youth, broke Jail in Minneapolis July
last, and was taken prisoner several
days afterward by the city police, his
identity then being unknown.
BOHEMIAN, May 16.-J. Sam Castle
berry, who had been acquitted on a
charge of grand larceny from the
Continental Life Insurance company.
has pleaded guilty to a second charge
and been sentenced to one year in
the ~penitentiary by Judge Stewart.
A few weeks ago Z. E. Sunders was
sentenced to serve a year for the same
otfense. All further charges against
the two men have been dismissed.
HELENA, May l6.-Because he yio-
lated an order of the United States
court, Charles L. Geyman, one of
Silver Bows county deleg alton in the
last Legislative assembly, will be COM
PEELED to spend 10 days in the county
Jail. Judge Hunt Of the federal court
sentenced Geyman this morning. hav
ing ~adjudged him guilty of contempt.
The Geyman Mining company, which
with Geyman, was q defendant in the
action in which the contempt proceed
ings were instituted, was ordered to
pay the court costs.
FORSYTH, May 1.-The jury in the
case OF the state against Mcclure,
charged with killing William Aughey
returned a verdict of guilty Of man
slaughter, fixing the sentence at six
years and six months.
HELENA, May 17.-Frank Perkins
was yesterday sentenced to serve sis
months in jail by Judge Hunt of the
federal court. Perkins was charged
with depositing a letter in the United
States mails containing az obscene
picture. He first pleaded not guilty
but afterward changed his plea.
BUTTE, May IA jury In Judge
McClernau's court this morning
awarded damages in the amount o
, 81, 900 to James j. Kelly in his sui
against the city. Kelly claimed t
have received permanent injuries
: through falling into a hole in front o
? the Buggy Assay Office in 1901.
HELENA, May l7.-Former Stat
Superintendent of Public INSTRUCTION
WEIGH, who was arrested Monda,
evening on a warrant charging
felony in the alleged e~mbezzlement O
s497 state money, was arraigned in tn
district court to-day. He waived tn
reading of the information and vii
plead Monday.
LEwIsTowN, May 1.-THE con
+ pany owning the Moore elevator ha
o decided to increase its capacity !;
once from 30, 600 to TO ZOO bushels an
T. the manager, c. II. McClave, starte
for the east today to order additions
machinery that will be required b
this improvement. The Judith Basi
n company is now building al elevate
:, in this city to have a capacity of 80
It 600 bushels, and with both in opera
ton, when the grain season open
d the farmers will be we'll taken care o
J.. BOHEMIAN, May l7.-Arson is tt
charge against Joseph Davis, a l
year-old boy of Valley View. in
complaint sworn to by County Alto
ney Walrath. Something more this
a year ago the Valley View schoo
e house was burned to the ground VI
) der very suspicious circumstances.
:. was rebuilt, but during election wet
, last fall was burned down again.
i week ago tonight it was set on fl