The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
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.
HELENA, Aug. 2l.-The state board
OF ex MANNERS allowed the usual bills
for current expenses yesterday, includ'
ing two of unusual proportions.
These were for the maintenance of the
state insane asylum and penitentiary,
and were in the amounts Of S14. O59. sc
and ~s7,442.30, respectively.
HELENA, Aug. 2l.-The Montana
State Federation Of Labor, in annual
session here today, adopted resolu.
tions depouncing the manner in which
Messrs. Haywood, Meyer and Petit.
bone were arrested in Denver aud
taken to Idaho, charged with conspir-
ing to kill Ex-Governor Steunenberg.
and the subsequent efforts to "rail.
road" them to the scatfold. The kill.
ing Of S.eunenberg is d~eplored, and
belief in the innocence of the accused
is expressed.
BUTTE, Aug. 2l.--It is not often
tn at a woman sues two husbands for
divorce at the same time. But that is
what Mrs. Cora B. Teeters did today.
She brought one suit against Almon
L. Teeters, whom she married al Eu.
gene City, Ore, July 20, 1892, and
another against Eugene Kurtz, whom
she married here August 5, 1908.
Properly speaking, a woman cannot
have two husbands a, the same time.
Therefore, while Mrs. Teeters married
Kurt three years ago, he is not her
husband, and her suit against him is
an annulment of the marriage. The
ground upon which Mrs. Teeters asks
for a divorce from Teeters is abandon.
ment.
BILLINGS, Aug. Aug. 22.-Two hun.
dred and fifty persons out OF 1857 reg.
istered, have taken advantage of the
homestead rights on the Crow reser.
walton and filed on lands of their
choice. At the present time two filings
q day are being made on the lands Of
the coded strip, while hundreds of in.
quiries have been made at the land Of.
fee in regard to the lands that are
still left open for filing.
GREAT FALLS, Aug. 22.-In the alb.
sence Of Austin War;, of Lewistown,
vice president of the Bankers associ-
alton, that body was called to order
today in this city by its secretary,
Frank Bogart. Of Helena. NJ. D.
Greenwood, of Anaconda, elected
president Of the associ alton at its last
meeting. died during the year, and
Mr.. War; is out of the state. There
were thirty members present when the
convention opened, and in addition
nine visiting bankers.
HELENA, Aug. 22.-Contrary 70 en-
pectations, the state socialist conven.
ton did not make any nominations
today, and adjournment was taken. a,
a late hour tonight, until tomorrow,
when the work of the body will be com.
pleted by the adoption of a platform
and the nomination of candidates for
congress and associate justice of the
supreme court. The entire evening
was devoted to a consideration of the
platform, and this was only completed
in the rough and not made public.
HELENA, Aug. 22.-In a resolution
unanimously adopted by .he conven
tiou Vt the United Mine Workers OF
Montana and Idaho today, tina. body
laid the blame for the recent disaster
at the Red Lodge coal mines on the
management, and demanded that the
officials be prosecuted by the county
authorities for criminal neglect. Eight
men lost their lives in the mine
through a fire. and the convention to.
day declared the management prior to
the disaster knew the condition of the
mine to b.. dangerous and that i, did
not take steps o properly protect the
meu
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