The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
MONTANA NEWS BRIEfLErs.
A Budget of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

HELENA, Nov. 3.-Judge Hunt to.
day made an addition to the judgment
handed down by him yesterda y
against the Parrot company for con.
tempt in the alleged violation OF the
courts order in encroaching upon
the Blue vein Of the Nipper company,
by which the defendants are given 10
days in which to appeal from the or.
der of the court, that they immediate.
ly deposit with the clerk Of the court
1926 as the value OF $50 tons Of ore
taken, at O. go per ton.
BUTTE, Nov. 3.-Nat Derosia, a
laborer who can hardly write his own
name, is being adjudged q bankrupt
by Judge Hunt in the federal court
this morning, strained, If he did not
break the local record in bankruptcy
AFT fairs. He has succeeded in amass.
ing q bunch OF debts amounting to
Oil, $685. SO, and his only asset in the
world, according to the schedule on
6le, 10 one $40 suit Of clothes, and he
claims that he is exempt because OF
the fact that he would have to 90 to
bed II he turned it over to the referee
in bankruptcy.
BILLINGS, Nov. AIT S o'clock
this morning an unknown robber
thrust his arm through the plate glass
window of Forrester's jewelry store
and stole about 800 worth Of jewelry,
spoons, chains, fobs, etc. From the
blood stains left it is evident that the
thief must have cut his arm severely
in breaking the glass. The police
have not yet located any one
HELENA, Nov. 4.-Einer Larson, a
l9'year.old boy, a native of Sweden,
who had only been in Montana a
month, was mortally wounded by the
accidental discharge of his gun while
on a hunting trip Thursday. After re.
ceiving the wound that caused his
death, the boy tore his shirt into
strips, tied them about his body and
walked a mile to a cabin, where he
was found several hours later.
LEw1sTOwN, Nov. "A. S. Wright
OF Chicago, already owning much
mining property In Fergus county,
has purchased 20 mining claims at
Kendall, extending from the Kendall
mine to Dog creek. The sale con.
cludes q deal on which Mr.. Wright
has been working for five years. A
company of CHICAGO capitalists has
been org anized to work the ground
and will incorporate in a few days.
The territory will be developed with q
diamond drill.
HELENA, Nov. 4.-The second suit
for damages growing out of the ex.
plosion OF the boiler OF q locomotive
at Central Park last April was fled
In the federal court today. The plain
tiff is Everett Wyant, who was EN-.
ployed as q student 6remen on the 10.
connective. He alleges he was blown
60 feet by the explosion and was per.
manently injured and disabled. He
asks damages in the sum of S15, 900.
Firemen Kenney has filed a suit ask.
ing for $685. 900 damages. In the &C.
cident Engineer ellis was killed.
HELENA, Nov. 5.-While walking
along Dry gulch, three miles south of
Helena, this afternoon, j. c. Dolive
and A. K. Arpin, two we'll known
telegraphers, employed in the local
Western Union Office, were without
the least warning fred upon from
ambush by az unknown man and each
sustained dangerous, but not neces-
sarily fatal injuries. Their assailant
escaped and because OF darkness the
officials who had gone in search OF
the would-be murderer were compelled
to abandon the chase until morning.