The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-21
MONTANA NEWS BRIEfLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts OF the state.

'0ulOuS EuTtS OI tUS STATE.
BUTTE, Nov. l3.-Patrick Clark,
a miner, today filed in the federal
court a suit for damages against the
Original Cousolid ated Mining com
pany for $50. 900. Clark claims tina,
he was made an invalid for life by an
accident which occurred in the West
Stewart mine September 8, 1905. He
alleges that it was carelessness on the
part OF the mining management which
brought about the accident.
ANACONDA, Nov. 13.-The paddock
still hangs on the outside of the black.
smith shop door and the Horseshoer's
union is still out on a strike for eight
hours at 81 per day. The committees
from the union and masters associa-
ton were in session yesterday after
noon without arriving at any agree.
ment. and adjourned to meet again
today. but SO far they have locked on
some proposition which they decline
to make public.
HELENA, Nov. l3.-The coustitu.
tionality of the eight.hour law is TO
be tested tomorrow before the supreme
court, when the case of the State SIS.
the Livingston Cement company is
tried. The county attorney at Liv.
ingston brought suit against the de.
fendant company. alleging that they
were disobeying the eight.hour law.
Judge Frank Henry. of the Sixth ju.
dicial district, sustained the defend.
ants demurrer to the complaint and
the case was taken by the state before
the supreme court.
LEWIsTOwN, Nov. l3.-Reuben An.
derson, who in September shot and
severely wounded Gus Finger at
Straw, and who has since been con-
fined in the county Jail here, made a
second attempt at suicide last night.
A few weeks ago the prisoner ground
up the glass of a small medicine bottle
and swallowed it and only the prompt
efforts OF a physician saved his life.
Anderson's trial was set for this
morning and last night he dissolved
the heads of a box of matches 10 some
water and drank the mess. 1t made
him very sick, but again medical aid
saved him.
BIG TIMBER, Nov. l4.-John Chase,
aged Is years, who had been employed
on the Briggs and Ellis ranch, was
run over and killed by the North
Coast Limited train yesterday about
one and a half miles east of Grey
Cliff. Coroner j. A. Mulkern took
charge Of the body and at the inquest
it was learned that Chase was beating
his way to his mothers home in
Worcester, Mass. He was put off at
Grey Cliff and started to walk to Bill.
lings. II is presumed he laid on the
track and fell asleep, when he was run
over by the train and the body fright.
fully multi ated.
LEWIsTOwN, Nov. II. - William
Medigar, who scame here with the
troops at an early day, has just sold
his ranch he took up when he lief, the
service OF Uncle Sam. The property
consists OF 400 acres close to this city,
and it has been bought by the Enter.
prise Laud & Improvement company,
composed of John Quincy Adams and
his Chicago associates. 1t is supposed
that the consideration was about $25.-
600.
BUTTE, Nov. 1.-The police of the
city OF Butte are now busy trying 10
locate a band of counterfeiters who
have Of late been putting into circula.
ton counterfeit "two. bit" and ''four-
btu pieces. Their scene of operations
has been chiefly confined to South
Butte, where more than one bartender
has been fooled. The limitations are
very cleverly made. especially tie
two-bit pieces, which can only be de-
tected when the coin is given the usual
test Of a flip on the counter. It has
not the metallic ring tina the real coin
has. Business men here are fore
warned, for the gang might extend its
operations to Helena.
An Active Wool Market.