The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-17
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALI
OVER THE STATE.

SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
" hat a Happened In Montana Durine
the Past Few Days.
BUTTE, Jan. 1l.-Twenty men In the
Thompson saloon were held up early
this morning by a bandit while the bar.
teuder was compelled at the point of a
gun to turn over the contents of the
cash register to the robber, about $40.
The highwayman escaped.
MILES CITY, Jan. ia grand Jury
has been called to Investigate further
complaints into the matter of the pur.
chase OF county warrants by county
and state officers, and also the alleged
spiriting away OF property in the J.. F.
Rice estate to Missouri. The court
grants the right to any attorney to
make pertinent suggestions. Some
sensations are expected to be sprung.
BILLINGS, Jan. 11.-Struck by an
engine OF q Burlington train on the
Northern Pacific railroad, at q point
ten miles west of here, Andrew John.
son was instantly killed yesterda y,
his back being broken and his skull
crushed. Johnson, who was . section
foreman at Laurel, was out with an.
other employe Of the railroad inspec.
ting track, and the train came upon
them unexpectedly. They hastily
lifted the handcar they were using
from the track, and johnson bent
over to sight along the car to see If
the train would clear IL. While he
was doing this the engine struck him
and instantly killed him.
BUTTE, Jan. 12.-The extraordinary
spectacle Of q squad Of police saving
q policemen from q mob drew thou.
sands to North Main street today
when Officer Clifford McGNvray excit.
ed the rage Of the citizens by brutal.
~ assulting an %inoffensive old man.
McGilvray came out of q saloon much
intoxicated, and walking to the curb
kicked q man more than 10 years old
into the street. The old mar picked
himself up and McGilvray was about
to assault him again when bystauders
interfered.
BUTTE, Jan. 12,-COn Shea's saloon
at POI Anaconda road was held up by
two masked men at an early hour this
morning and the proprietor relieved of
Sl28. Is. The holdup occurred In abont
the usual method and the strictly
b~usinesslike way the two men went
about their work showed they were not
novices in the business. The money
secured, the robbers kept their guns
On the three men until they backed out
the main door as gracefully and quiet.
~ a. they entered, bidding the trio
good night as they retired. Mr.. Shea
had only opened the saloon yesterd ay.
He describes the tall man as we'll
dressed, wearing q good suit of black
clothes, q white shirt and q black
SLOUGH hat.
PHILIPsBURG, Jan. I2.-There may
be q sensational murder case behind
the death Of George A. Reed, who die
appeared last June and whose body,
buried in the hills, and the grave hid.
den by 9 tree that had been felled over
II, was found and exhumed In Septem-
Der. Mrs. Edward Franz and Robert
and Edward Franz, her two some, were
arrested night before last and charged
with numbering Reed. j. s. Schoen.
over found Reeds body. which was
only partially buried, and At the In.
quest It was discovered that Reed had
been shot from behind.
MIssOULA, Jan. 12.-George Bel.
lew, chief clerk Of the Nathead
agency, states that horse shipments
from the reservation continue to be
heavy and that evidently the day Is
not far distant when all the reserva.
ton horses will have been shipped out
Of the country. Many OF the horses
have found q market in Michigan this
season and others have been shipped
across the line into Canada. The
prices paid the Indians have been
high and indicate the market has been
good for the buyers. The prices have
ranged from $40 for colts, els for
yearlings to S25 for full-grown horses
weighing from 1000 to l,l00 pounds.
To show the number of horses which
have been shipped from the reserve
this season. MIR. Bellew stated that
one Indian, named Allicott, shipped
1900 head.
HELENA, Jan. l3.-Judge Hunt, in
the United States court today, created
the Sixth Montana bankruptcy dis.
trict, in response to q petition filed by
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