The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
MONTANA
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM Al,
OVEN THE STATE.
" hat Has Happened in Montana Duriue
the Past Few Days.

BUTTE, March Is. - During th,
~iercest storm which has ranged alon.
the line in 20 years. four locomotive,
on the Oregon Short Line crashed to
gether early yesterda y morning q
short distance this side of Humphrey
Fireman S. ]. Lucas was killed and ;
number of fremen and occupants O
the coaches were painfully injured
The engines were double headers or
passenger trains and the collision wa:
caused through a misunderstanding
of orders.
HELENA, March l5.-The bitter colo
continues all over Montana, but there
Is an absence of high winds. Reports
from the mountainous sections say
there r from five to ten feet of SNOW
on the level. w. G. Preuitt, secre.
tary Of the Montana Stock Growers
association, has received reports from
the range sections which indicate that
while in some sections the snow is
deep, range animals have moi suffered
Unless the cold weather should con
tinue for two weeks there is no d anger
of losses.
MILES CITY, March 15.--Prepara.
lions for the annual meeting of the
Montana cattlemen and the eastern
Montana woolmen at Miles City are
being made. A special reception com.
mittee for the occasion was appointed
at the meeting of the chamber of com.
merce yesterday, consisting of j. &.
Collins, r. H. Butler, N. w. Multi
gan and Carl Calvin. The program
this year will be as interesting and
varied as ever and the speakers EN-.
gagged will be equal in ability and
prominence to the usual standard Of
the conventions.
LEWISTOWN, March l5.-A party
Of more than SO h~omeseekers from the
east are at Moore this week, engaged
IN looking over the Rock bench dis
trict with q view to locating there.
They represent a very desirable class
OF settlers, being practical farmers
and possessing means sufficient to
carry out their plans easily. They
report that a very large number of
settlers will come to Montana from
the east early in the spring to look
over the stu ation, and the members
of this advance guard are so we'll
pleased with conditions as they find
them that they will undoubtedly re.
main.
LIVINGSTON, March l6.-Mine and
coke ovens at Cokedale have shut
down. The fact that the machinery
has been ordered taken out OF the mine
indicates no return TO work in the
near future. One hundred and fifteen
men are employed. The daily output
has been one hundred tons of coal,
with 100 coke ovens running. The
payroll amounted to SIC, 1000. No
reasons are given for the shutdown.
LEwIsTowN, March l6.-A big sen.
sation was sprung here yesterday
when it became known that Mrs. Maud
Hedges. wife of DR.. Ralph S. Hedges,
a leading physician. had brought an
acton In the district court against
Mrs. Adelphide Belcher, wife Of a
prominent Lavina raucher and land
owner, to recover $25 600 damages, al
leging that Mrs. Belcher alienated her
husbands affections.
BILLINGS, March I6.-Dauiel Il.
Fowler and Tom Brown we're almost
instantly killed by an explosion of
dynamite near Roundup, in the north
ern part of Yellowstone county, yes.
terday afternoon. They we're b blasting
out an irrigation ditch on the ranch of
Henry Keoch and it il supposed they
placed several sticks Of dynamite on a
scraper and built a fire under it to
thaw out the explosive. Their arms
and legs were broken and their bodies
filled with pieces of stone and other
debris. Brown lived an hour and a
half and was able to tell a few par.
ticulars concerning the accident before
he died.
BILLINGS, March l7.-1nformations
were filed in the district court today
against I. H. Minder, of the Topic
saloon: Henry Mics, of the Crystal,
and J. l.. Fogg, of the Globe. charg.
ing in each that the defendant COM
United the offense of permitting a
roulette wheel to be played in his sa-
loon. The ~offenses are alleged to
have occurred on February IL. and
the complaining witness in each case
is Rev. B. Il. Mccullough, pastor of
the Presbyterian church..
JAMESTOWN, March l7.-John j..
Billiard, we'll known as the original
ou-por Nf III, lyr11~.I ~~ ls,