The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-23

degree has been filed in the district
court against John E. Taylor, the
Sand Coulee Justice of the peace who
shot and killed William C. FADE at
Sand Coulee last Wednesday. The
accused, who is in the county Jail,
bail having been refused, will be for.
mally arraigned June l.
M1ssOCLA, May 19.-Iu a head.on
collision between an eastbound stock
train and a light engine running west,
seven miles east of Garrison on the
Northern Pacific, this evening, Engi-
neer G.. A. Hamilton was instantly
killed and Brakeman Fred Karstead
severely injured. ENGINEER w. H.
Porter and Fireman D. O'Connor, on
the light engine were slightly hurt.
The failure of the operator at Bloss.
burg to deli yer an order to the light
engine to meet the stock train at Avon
was the cause of the wreck.
DILLON, May 19.-James Glass, of
Helena, and Col. ALI. Decker, of Red
Rock, who have been taking a leading
part in the promotion of the big Red
Rock lakes irrigation scheme, came to
Dillon yesterday afternoon from the
survey of the canal for the proposed
reservoir, and made the announce
ment that the project would in all
probability be abandoned. The ca.
nal survey was I've q very rough
country with much OF it side.hill work,
making it q very expensive piece of
work to construct, and the party was
called in.
BILLINGS, May leone hundred
and ten horses that were being shipped
from Ephrata, WASH, to Dickinson,
N. d.. and consigned to j. H. McCur.
day of that place, died at the local
stock yards in this city at an early
hour this morning. The wholesale
death Of the animals is said to have
been caused by filling them up on
water in the Helena yards and maxi
ing the run from the starting point
to the city without feeding. The
loss to the owner will be in the neigh
borhood Of $1,000. The horses we're
all range stock. The shipment con.
sisted Of 800 head and the balance
will be kept here for several days be.
fore they are shipped east.
HELENA, May 2l'-Charles McCar.
ter, under arrest at Eureka, Nevada,
is wanted in Valley county, Montana,
on the CHI arge Of stealing IS head of
sheep belonging to B. d. Phillips; and
Governor Toole today issued a
requisition Of the governor Of that
state for his return, this being de-
livered to Sheriff Griffith for serving
on that official.
MlssOULA, May Exchanged with
having robbed an old gentleman OF
$500, Mary VonColton, a variety &C.
tress of the Tivoli theater, and Albert
Dean, q waiter OF the same place, were
placed under arrest at an early hour
this morning. The complaining wit.
ness IS q man named Buttons, VINO
came here from Trout Creek.
RED LODGE, May 2l.-A big coal
land deal between Sam Gebo and the
government is about to be cOnsum-
mated. Mr.. Gebo has gone to Big
Horn, Wyoming, to pay into the land
Office there the sum Of $50, 900 for 5000
acres Of government land which was
filed upon by T. p. Mcdonald and
others. GebO has q lease and bond
on the land, and will buy it up from
the flers after the government has
been paid for a special survey made
by it. MIR. Gebo saved himself $50, 600
by securing the survey before the
lands could be tapped by the Burling.
ton railroad, which would have dou.
l1-l N.s.