The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-14
CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily.

"A. l.. Lewis left this morning for
St. Paul, where he will visit with rela.
tives for a few weeks.
Mrs. r. L. Kelly and family have
moved to their ranch on the Teton,
where they will reside during the re.
mainder of the winter.
Notice Of location of the Cross
quartz claim in the Little Bockies,
has been filed in the county clerks
office by George Mullen and Phil
Castleburg.
VIII Giles, who 10 charged with
killing Sam Ross in a quarrel over a
gambling game at Havre, pleaded not
guilty today in the district court. His
trial was set for February Is.
Messrs. Senieur and Henderson left
this morning for Zortman to begin
work on the new Jail at that place, the
contract for which was recently award
ed by the county commissioners.
A jury venire of fifty names was
drawn in the district court today, the
jurors to attend on February 26. The
trial Of Thomas Grady was set for
February q: George Cunningham,
charged with grand larceny, will
stand trial IN February %; and
Charles Jones, accused OF assault 10
the first degree, will be tried March l.
An information was filed today in
the district court against Thomas
Stewart. charging that he killed
beaver on the Shonkin without a per-
nit. The trial of the accused was
continued to the mex term. An in.
formation charging mayhem was filed
against Claude Wallace, who is al
legged to have bitten Patrick La
Fromboise in a fight lear Havre.
The Rev. L. H. Atkinson, of Chi.
cago, who did evangelistic work in
Great Falls during the month of J anu
airy, and who is at present in Lewis
town, will conduct evangelistic SER
vices in this city beginning February
Il, and continuing for two weeks.
The meetings will be held in the court
house and a large union choir will be
organized to lead the singing at these
meetings.
Judge Tattan has passed upon the
objections of Patrick Connolly and
others to the will of Catherine Con-
molly, who died May II, 1904. The
objections to requests Of $500 to the
orphans home at Helena, to the
Church of the Immaculate Conception
OF Fort Benton $500, and to St. Glare
hospital Of Fort Benton $500, were
sustained. The objection to the be.
quest of the residue of the estate to
st. Glare was also sustained. These
requests amounted to about $1,000,
and this amour is ordered divided
among seven brothers and sisters OF
deceased. The grounds Of objection
were, in the case of the orphans home,
that 1t Is neither a corporation nor an
entity nor a person capable OF taking
by will: and in the case of the church
and hospital at Fort Benton the same
grounds of objection are stated.
From Thursdays Daily.
A petition for probate of the will of
the late H. A. Skusa was fled in the
district court today by George T.
Sanderson, Of Havre.
Claud Wallace, charged with may
hem, was arranged in the district court
today and pleaded not guilty. The
court appointed w. Y Pemberton as
defendants attorney.
Dr.. j. Il. Russell, assisted by Doc
tors Gordon and Carroll. performed
an operation today upon Mrs. w. A.
Raglan, of Big Sandy, who is suffer-
Ing from anc and is u patient at
ST. Glare hospital. The patient is re-
ported to be progressing as f~avorably
as could be expected under the cir
~cumstances.
1t is ANNOUNCED from st. Paul that
cheap colonist rates to California and
Pacific coast points will be instituted
by the western transcOntinental lines
Feb. Is. The S33 rate to the Pacific
coast will 90 into effect Feb Ii, and
will continue daily until April :, in.
elusive. AT the same time that the
coast rate is in force. the rate to Spo.
kane, Ogden, Salt Lake, Butte, Hell.
n and Great Falls will be $50. The
tickets are good ia tourist sleepers.
Great Falls Tribune: The Carstens
Packing company, of Seattle, through
its attorneys, Stanton and Melon
ough, commenced action in the district
court to recover the sum of 81, 900 from
the Sands Cattle e. Land company,
which amount, the plaintiff alleges, it
was induced to pay the defendant com
pany through false aud %fraudulen,
representations of the latter, as a part
r. L..l IS 400 .-x1, ..k: L