The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALI.
OVER THE STATE.

SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALI
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Duriua
the Past Few Days.
LEw1sTowN. May 16.-News was
received here today of al accident at
Kendall in which Stanton Smales, a
miner in the Barnes-King gold mine,
was instantly killed. He was caught
under a fall of about 1000 pounds of
rock and vas crushed to death. The
fall was due to a local disturbance in
the mine and will not interrupt opera.
tons.
HELENA, May l8.-As a result of
the visit to Helena of Gov. S. H. Ell.
rod and other officials of South Da.
kota, that state is to have a capitol
building modelled after that of Mon.
tans. T. j. Walsh, who is an old &C.
Quaintance of Governor Elrod, has
just received q letter from the South
Dakota executive giving that infor-
nation.
RED LODGE, May 18.-It is reported
here that J James Nash OF Billings, and
Thos. Ross, the Absarokee merchan
have taken a lease on a quarter of a
million acres of land In the Crow res.
ervation and will engage in the sheep
business on an extensive scale. A CO.
operative company composed Of Car
bon county ranchers will purchase
the business of Ross a. Runner at
Aabsarokee.
MISSOULA, May Is. The state
declamatory contest, in which repre-.
sentatives of nineteen high schools in
the state, including Great Falls, par
ticipated, was concluded here tonight.
The judges awarded the first prize to
Miss Marjorie Chambers of Hamilton,
scarcely fourteen years OF age, who
recited "How the LaRue Stakes Were
Won" Second place was won by Ben
Rosenthal of the Butte High school.
BUTTE, May Is. - Miles Fuller,
aged s., was found guilty of murder
in the first degree here today for kill
ing William Gallihan in this city last
fall. Gallihan and Fuller were both
rospectors. They had quarreled
more than 20 years ago and Fuller
cherished the grudge. He shot Cali
han last October, near the Montana
school OF mines on the outskirts OF
the city, and after firing, ran up and
plunged q knife into his dying enemy.
LIVINGSTON, May l8.-In i'll health,
harassed ove private troubles. and
unable to cure himself of the liquor
habit, Sidney F. Nellis, 30 years old,
q clerk employed in the local freight
Office, attempted suicide yesterday
morning by swallowing q grain OF
strychnine in his room in the Park
hotel. He took the poison at ao'clock
in the morning, and all day he lay in
his apartment with the door locked
and the key under his pillow, suffer.
ing one convulsion after another with
ont calling for assistance. AT $3.50 in
the evening, having drank all the wa
ter in his pitcher and burning with
thirst, he made his condition known,
County Physician John E. Beeson was
summoned and administered an anti
dote, Nellis will recover.
HELENA, May -. - State Game
Warden w. F. Scott today received
notice from Deputy Game Warden l.,
j. Lownds that Owen Mann, whom hi
arrested at Kalispell on May ,, on the
charge of SEEMING in the Stillwate,
river, vas fuond guilty in the justice
court of SamuelW allace at Kalispell
and fined $25.
!, BUTTE, May l9.-Through the gen
erosity of Manager Charles T.. Alsop
OF the Pavilion theater, the construc
t ton of the proposed labor temple i,
this city has been made possible
Manager Alsop has offered to Civ
the Labor Temple association a bene
fit each month, donating the proceed
OF his theater on one night in eacl
month to the benefit Of the temple fund
The offer was made last night to tn,
executive board of the association
and at once accepted.
HELENA, May lo.-The funeral O
+. Warren Toole was held this after
noon from the residence of Governo
: Toole. Men and women representa-,
nearly all the communities of the stat
! were present, and all Montana shove,
! her honor and respect for the virtue
/ of the deceased. Not since the deaf
I Of Colonel Broadwater has such u
I enormous throng attended a funera
! here.