The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-31
MONTANA NEWS BRIEflETS.
4 budget Of Readable Short Items from
various Parts Of the State.

4 Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts OF the State.
HELENA, Jan. 23.-Nicholas Weller,
a native OF Louxemburg, aud "a years
OF age, dropped dead Of heart disease
at the corner of Sixth avenue and
Rodney street yesterday afternoon.
He is survived by a wife. Deceased
was a we'll known mining man and
stationary engineer.
BILLINGS, Jan. %. -James NEEDLES,
convicted last week 10 the district
court OF murder in the second degree,
for killing Roy McClaren at the Pryor
age ncy, received a sentence of fifty
years In the ~penitentiary, this morn.
Ing from Judge Loud. NEEDLES had
set up a plea of self defense and
acknowledged having killed McClaren.
HELENA, Jan. 2~3.-James 1. Voor.
HES, who has been on trial in the
United States court on the charge of
having illegally cut timber on the
public domain, was found guilty by
the jury today, and Judge Hunt fixed
his punishment at 500 fine, which was
paid. John Coyer, indicted on q
similar charge, pleaded guilty and
was also fined $lOO.
MIssOULA, Jan. pa bold holdup
was perpetrated here BY two men yes
terday, the victim being Christopher
Strauss, an elderly mau whose home
ia in the Blackfoot valley. The rob-
bers secured $40 in money, but
through the quick action of the Mis-
soula police department both were 10.
Gated and arrested at Drummond
shortly before moor and were brought
back to M~issoula last night and pos.
itively identified by Strauss and two
other persons when taken to the coun-
ty Jail. Most of the stolen money was
found secreted in their clothing.
BUTTE, Jan. 23.-County Attorney
James E. Healy this morning made a
demand for the trial of w. d. Clark
chairman of the county commissioners,
on the grand jury indictments which
have been pending since December II,
1904. Judge Donlan, before whom the
demand was made, did moi set the
cases at once on the ground that
those who were in Jail we're entitled to
trial first, but announced his willing
ness to take up the indictments, par.
ticularly those against Clark and Dan
Brown at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
HELENA, Ian. 24.-Thomas Fitz
gerald today pleaded guilty in the
district court to the charge of having
forged the name of E. Mcdonald to a
check which he asserted he had found,
and was sentenced to the p~enitenttary
for IA months by Judge Smith. Fitz-
gerald declared he had been drinking,
and signed the check Inadvertently.
HELENA, Jan. 2.-Pearl Reed. in.
dicted on the charge of unlawfully
cutting timber on the public domain,
today withdrew his plea of not guilty.
Judge Hunt suspended sentence until
May l, in order to give Reed an op-
portunity to "get IN his feet," both
literally and in a monetary sense, he
having broken his leg aud appeared
in court on crutches.
KALISPELL, Jan. 24.-The Jussup.
Smith sawmill, on the east side has
started up to cut 5000, 900 feet OF lum-
Der. Mr.. Jussup says that they had
only about SOC, 600 feet when they quit
saving. The loggers have had such
fine weather, being able to roll logs
every day for two months, that the
supply they contracted for is availa.
BILE much earlier than they had an.
ticipated. Jussup IL an old.timer,
and says there has not, been a winter
SO favorable to logging since 1878,
but then there was a limited demand
for saw logs.
HELENA, Jan. 24.-Judge Henry G.
Smith in the district court today made
an order reatfirming the appointment,
of J.. w. Speer as receiver of the
Montana Cooperative Ranch com
pany. and directed the payment of a
judgement obtained against the cor.
, poration of $40, las SO in Teton county
less $500 attorney fees of A. H. Gray,
which vas dis allowed. The court also
. directed the payment of 81 1900 attor.
ney fees to Downing Il Root. The
matter is before the court on a change
+ of venue from Cascade county. the
title of the case being S. H. Wood
, against the Montana alive
Ranch company.