The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-04
MONTANA NEWS BRIEfLETs.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.
LEW1sTOwN, March 27.-The usual
monthly dividend Of $4,000 has been
declared by the Barnes.King com.
pany. The amount Of ore handled at
the mine the past few days has been
considerably reduced, owing to IN &C.
cident at the hoist and this will con.
tinue for some time, so that the gold
output Of the mine for March will be
somewhat smaller than it was In Feb.
ruary. The dividend will be Of the
usual size. however, as the company
has provided a surplus fund for such
mishaps.
BUTTE, March a7.-One man was
killed and three injured, one Of whom
may die, In a cave.in in the Bell mine
this afternoon. Robert McCauley was
so badly crushed that he died Don
after being taken to the hospital.
John r. Lynch. his partner, is in q
precarious condition. Foreman w.
G. Flood and Micha el Joy, SHIFT boss,
were badly bruised by flying rocks,
but were able to leave the hospital at.
ter having their injuries dressed. The
ground had been loosened by dyua.
mite blasts aud the fall came without
warning.
HELENA, March 27.-Frederick Ca.
mile Remey, charged with the muir.
der Of young WATSON Oliver. of Dill.
Ion. was placed on trial for his life
the second time in the district court
here today. The jury in the first trial
disagreed. Remy claims that he
killed Young Oliver in self.defense af.
ter the latter had drawn a gun upon
him and had attempted to strike him
over the head with it. In the scullle
which ensued the revolver was dis.
charged and oliver was shot through
the head.
BILLINGS. March 27.-The Civic
league met in the Masonic temple
Sunday. The meeting was largely at
tended by the representative business
men OF the city, who listened attentive.
~ to a number Of committee 0
and other business. Committees we're
also appointed from the different
wards to look after the coming city
election and a communicate was
read from Judge Loud which was to
the effect that If the citizens were OF
the same mind when court opened the
first of the coming month as they were
at the present time that he would call
a grand jury to Investigate gambling
and other evils in the city for some
time past.
HELENA, March 2S.-Henry Neill Of
this city, state land agent, believes
that the body found il Honolulu har.
Dor yesterday, of a discharged sailor
from the battleship Oregon, is that OF
his son, Samuel Neill, who enlisted 10
the navy at Butte, about three years
ago, and recently completed his ser.
vice on that vessel.
HELENA, March 28.-United States
Judge Hunt today Issued a writ of ha.
beas corpus in the Ease of Charles
Davlin, arrested on the charge of
having killed a man named James
Rutherford on the Blackfeet Indian
reservation, making it returna able
March 30. 1t is directed to Sheriff
Scharrenbroich of this county, who
has the prisoner 10 custody.
LEwIsTowN, March 26.-Owing to
the large influx Of homeseekers into
the Judith basin, together with the
very strict rules now obtaining in the
land department., there has been a re.
markable increase in the number of
homestead entries filed in the local
land office during the past six weeks,
while the aumber of desert entries is
decreasing. In six weeks 29a home.
stead entries have been filed, far sur.
passing any previous record OF this
Office.
HELENA, March .. - John =.
Schmit, register of the state land Of
flee, announces a sale of state lands
at Great Falls on April -. The
amount of land TO be offered is about
$4,000 acres, and consists principally
of grazing lands belonging to the
state in Cascade county. Another
sale OF lands will be made at Red
Lodge, On April 26, by the state land
register. The number of acres TO be
disposed Of Is about 1900, all ia
Carbon county.
LEWlsTOWN, March 2S.-E. w.
King. part owner Of the Barnes.king
mine, has the greatest faith in the fu.
ture of Zortman, the new camp in the
Little Rockies. He has developed his
Alder Gulch property there on a large