The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07

and children had come from their
home in Havre to the bedside of the
dying "a The cornor's jury has
held a two days session Investigating
the cause and blame for the death of
the first three victims. Considerable
evidence was introduced having more
or less bearing on the accident, but
the verdict of the jury was that the
evidence did not warrant them in
charging the blame to any particular
one.
MILES CITY, Feb. 2.-Prominent
members of the Cheyenne tribe, located
at the Lame Deer agency, have had
drawn up q memorial to be presented
to the commissioner of Indian aft fairs
at Washington to the effect that the
commissioners policy in stopping
rations to all except the old men is
working hardship. The object in
curtailing the government rations was
to compel able-bodied Indians to earn
their living and thus to discourage
~laziness. The Indians claim that the
land allotted to them is so barren and
austere that it positively refuses to
''laugh in return when ''tickled with
the hoe" and that the land given to
them is such that no white man could
make q living from it. let alone an
Indian.
HELENA, Feb. 3.-Daniel Mcmillan,
the Butte letter carrier, indicted by
the recent federal grand jury on the
charge of having secreted q letter and
embezzling therefrom $40 money order,
was arraigned in the United States
court today and entered q plea of not
guilty. His bond was fixed at q, 1000,
which will be furnished in Butte, it is
expected by the accused.
HELENA, Feb. 3.-United States
Judge Hunt today sentenced j. H.
Peel to the %penitentiary for six years
and fined him 800. Peel was con.
victed on the charge Of "raising" q
u bill to 90, and attempting to pass
it at Billings. Peel made q plea for
%clemency, but Judge Hunt stated that
society must be protected against VIC.
lators Of the law and that he did not
consider the defendant entitled to
c%lemency. believing him guilty.
BOHEMIAN, Feb. 3.-The jury in the
district court found Roland Il. Sloan
guilty of stealing horses from John
lnabinit and fixed his punishment at
Il years at hard labor in the state
penitentiary. He is to be sentenced
Monday. His attorney at once gave
notice Of intention to file Il bill of ex.
captions. This is one of the most i'm.
portant cases that has come up at this
term OF the conrt, as the evidence
showed that Sloan had been in the
business OF stealing horses for a mum.
Der OF years, and many ranchmen aud
stockraisers were especially in
terested.
BILLINGS, February s. Farmers
throughout the Yellowstone valley are
engaged in doing their spring pillow.
ing. A gentleman who returned from
a trip up the valley as far as Laurel
stated yesterday that along the road
the ranchmen are engaged with their
spring work, and many Of them are
breaking up their alfalfa fields pre-.
paratory to getting into the business
Of raising sugar beets. For the past
week the thermometer has registered
above 80 degrees in ~ths>valley.
BOHEMIAN, Feb. 3.-The Manhattan
Mailing company has just shipped six.
teen cars of Gallatin grown barley to
Australia. The cars we're all placed
in u train and a large placard was
strung along the sides of the cars stat
ing the destination Of the barley and
where 1t was grown. The barley will
be shipped to Australia from Van
couver, b. c. and will be Used for
making ale. \ few weeks ago the
Manhattan company shipped several
carloads of m alt made ont of C%alla,;n