The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-08
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

BUTTE. Aug. 3.-Frank Maroit, q
miner, shot aud killed his wife, Mary
Maroit, this morning in a boarding
house in which the was EN-.
ployed as q cook. The man made his
escape. Maroit and his wife had not
been living together for some time,
and the officers believe that jealousy
" as the motive Of the crime.
HELENA, Aug. 3.-The state board
of equalization today raised the as.
sessment of the Montana railroad
from $4,000 to $500 q mile. The
board heard the protest OF Tax Com.
missioner Evans Of the Oregon Short
Line railroad against the II. per cent.
increase recently ordered On main
lines to &c., 81 . mile, but declined to
make any change. The valu alton Of
Montana railroads Is thus found to be
approximately al 100000.
HELENA, Aug. 3.-Because of its
many dangerous Gestures, there will
be nc ladies' relay race q. the Mon
tana State fair this year. This an.
nouncement has been made by Score.
tary j. W. Pace. In lieu thereof,
however, the board Of directors have
decided to substitute 3 cowboys re-
lay race. and already Secretary Pace
has secured sufficient entries TO make
its success Al assured fact. In addi.
ton q number Of Indian races have
been arranged for, which, with the
cowboys race. it is expected. will
more than compensate for tha. which
has heretofore been the feature Of the
racing program.
HELENA, Aug. S.-David Hoover,
deputy collector Of customs q. the
port OF G ateway. and Cuon Lee. ar
rested On the charge 0: conspiracy 10
smuggle Chinese into the United
States, we're today bound over 70
await the action Of the federal grand
jury by United States Commissioner
H. +. Thompson. This action comes
as the result Of q hearing which has
been in progress before the commits.
sioner during the las. two days.
Wong Wing Guey, arrested at the
same time. had previously pleaded
and is now under g., 1000 bonds
awaiting the action Of the Jury. Com
Thompson also ordered the
of Quou kee on the
ground that he was illegally in the
United States.
LIVINGSTON, Aug. 4.-SheriH Rob.
ertson secured q better haul than he
thought he had in the arrest Of Frank
Collier, wanted at St. Anthony. Idaho,
on a charge of horse stealing. I. N.
Cory, sheriff of Fremont county,
Idaho, arrived this morning and. on
being shown the man in Jail, found it
was Frank Collier. the one who was
held at St. Anthony for horse stealing
there and who broke Jail and got
away.
BOHEMIAN, Aug. f. The United
States land Office today sold about
800 acres OF coal lands, valued at &c.
900. to karlo Klegg, OF Minneapolis.
The lands are situated just southwest
OF Lombard, OF the main line Of the
Northern Pacific, and Mr.. klegg has
been prospecting about the place for
several years. 1t Is understood that
several other persons are associated
with MIR. klegg, but the company Is q
priv ate concern,
HELENA, Aug. 4.-According to the
report Of B. II. Tatem, assayer ia
charge of the government assay office
at Helena, the receipts in gold at his
Office during July were SlS3, 22+ .03, and
OF that amount Montana mines fur.
nished Sl5a, 245. OF. For the first time
in many months the receipts from
Lewis and Clark exceed those from
any other county IN the state, aggre.
eating nearly $4,000 Fergus, which
has led for a long time, is credited
VIII 0UOut VfO.VUU. uc I0lAAuk VI III
Fergus is explained by u temporary
failure Of the water supply.
HELENA, Aug. Tired Of living,
Mrs. Ollie West took a Smith 4 Wes-
son 3S.caliber revolver with the de-
terminate to end her life tonight.
To make sure there would be 40 slip
she ''broke' the weapon, and it was
accidentally discharged, the bullet
tearing a bad wound in the right hand
aud arm. The woman is not in serious
danger, 1t is said that the woman has
a husband who is employed in Idaho
as an engineer. The couple had three
children, the eldest with its father in
Idaho, while the other two are at St.
%Joseph's orphan home.
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