The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03
MONTANA NEWS BR1EFLErs
4 Budget of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

4 Budget Of Readable Short Items fro,
various Parts Of the State.
8 MILES CITY, April 25.-On a tele
o graphic description from Little Falls
. MIMI, Sheriff Page today arrested
negro suspected of completely in tn
assault and murder of q young cir
near that place about ten days ago
The negro refuses to give bis name
q The murder. it is believed, was com
. mitted by two negroes.
BOHEMIAN, April 25.-Levi c. Club
! book, special representative of the de-
partment of the interior and particu'
larly Interested in the Indian school:
of the Grow reservation, has been ia
town comforting with the authorities
of the experiment station with a view
to introducing the raising of sugar
beets among the Indians on the Grow
agency.
BUTTE, April 25.--The limit of the
law, twenty years. service at hard la.
Dor in the states prison at Deer
Lodge, was the sentence imposed yes.
terday by Judge Donlan upon Marion
Lee. a young colored man who last
Friday was found guilty by a jury Of
the crime of robbery. The severe
punishment OF Lee was no doubt due
to the fact that he aourished a big re.
volver and fired one shot at the time
Frank Rex was held up and robbed of
ss223.3 30 in an alley ear Silver street a
short distance off Main street.
BUTTE, April 25.-The saloon of
Honey Church g. LeweIlyn, on East
Park street. almost in the heart of the
city, vas held up by two masked men
this morning in daring fashion, and
the cash register robbed of its con.
tents, about SIS. Honey Church, who
was in the saloon a, the time, was
compelled to throw up his hands and
face the wall. Honey Church's part
ner, several hours before the robbery,
had removed several hundred dollars
from the register and taken it to his
home.
HELENA, April 25.-W. E. Evans,
a commercial traveller from New York,
a passenger in a sleeper on the east
bound Northern Pacific train which
reached Spokane Saturday morning,
lost on the train a pocketbook con-
tanning 81, Us in certificates of de.
post on a Kansas bank and cash.
Evans was here last night on his way
to Butte and he admitted the loss.
He said he did not miss his pocket.
book until he undertook to pay for
his breakfast in a Spokane restau.
rant. He notified the railway com.
pany, but at last accounts the missing
wallet had not been recovered.
BILLINGS, April 26.-Soo Hoo, a
Chinese arrested here by the federal
inspector, has exposed a wholesale
smuggling Of Chinese into the United
States. He says they land at Van
couver and are brought into the Uni.
ted States through the port at St.
Adams, VT, paying a large fee to the
smugglers.
HELENA, April 26.-The jury in the
suit of r. G. Pritchard. of Spokane,
against various defendants, involving
the 5000 reward offered for the ar.
rest and conviction of Hammond, the
B%earmouth, Montana, train robber,
today brought in q verdict In favor of
Pritchard, awarding the entire mount.
LEw1sTowN, April %. Marion
Walker, the 3.year.old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Burke, was
killed by a runaway here yesterday
afternoon. A horse became frightened
at an automobile and while running
madly down the main street of the
town run over the little girl.
BUTTE, April 26.-Postmaster Geo.
w. Irwin came into possession this af-
ternoon of q quantity of Mexican lot.
terry tickets, which were delivered to
him by a Butte business man. The
tickets were sent from San Francisco
through the Wells Fargo Express com.
pany, and delivered by an express
company in this city. As the business
Is unlawful, the postmaster has mott.
fled the inspector at Washington, who
may take action later.
LEWlsTowN, April 26.-John H.
Barnicoat of Spokane, who last year
secured an option on the Barnes-King
mine, and who would have made
a sale had his option extended ten
days longer, has returned from Spo.
kane, and it is rumored that he is af.
ter another option on the big Kendall
producer. The price named under the
option last year was 100000 but it
is understood that it cannot be bought
at that figure now.