The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-22
MONTANA NEWS BRlEfLETS.
4 Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

1aoEn. q FARMER OF the CaI!atln
ley, was struck by lightning yesterday
afternoon north of Mani attain and in
s;artly killed. He was rak;ng With a
team. The team was not injured.
The man was buried today on the
home ranch near Gallop, where his
father is buried.
BUTTE, Aug. Ii The board OF
equalization last evening arbitrarily
assessed Senator W. A. Clark for g..
0OO, 600 on his stock in the San Pedro
railroad. q, 440, 600 on his United
Verde and his bank assessmen. $685.
GOO. making az increase OF nearly e..
OOO, 0CO. The raise was made on the
vote of Commissioners Hagger,y and
Clark. The senator had been sum-
moned 10 appear before the board, but
did not respond by agent or otherwise.
LEWIsTOWN. Aug. li.-JuGge Nc.
Farland was taken before Chairman
Phillips Of the board of county com.
missiouers this afternoon on the
charge Of insanity, and committed TO
Warm Springs, pending his recovery.
Judge Mcfarland is one Of the early
pioneers Of Montana and for many
years he has held the position of jus.
t!ce OF the peace in tbs county, which
he has flled 10 a hammer rejecting
credit both to himself and the Office.
BUTTE, August 1.-THE county Of
Silver Bow offers a reward Of $500 for
the capture of Frank Marolt, who
killed his wife in this city about ten
days ago. The murder was a 6eliber.
ate one, and Marolt fed as soon as
be had committed it. He sho. his wife
in the back at .he house where she
lived, and then ran away. Although
officers have been searching for him
ever since, 10 trace Of him has been
discovered. The county commission.
ers and Sheriff Quinn have been con.
siderirg the issuance of a reward for
his arrest for several days, and the
former made the order this morning.
HELENA, Aug. l4.-Special Agen,
Sharp of the interior department, in
charge Of a crew Of eight timber es.i-
majors, is at work sealing about
$50, GOO, 600 feet Of timber which j.. ia.
VOWED 10 q number of diferen. suits
brought in the federal court by the
government against the Amalgama,ed
Copper company and its subsidiary
%concerne. These cases agRregate 81,
$50, 600 and will prove TO be OF the
widest interest Of any suits brought
before the court in recent years. II is
expected that these cases will come up
during the winter term of court and
will occupy considerable time before
being finally disposed Of.
BILLINGS. Aug. l5.-Charles Hog.
40, who entered the Grand hotel q few
days ago and stole a solid gold watch,
raincoat and a pair OF field glasses
from j. p. DeFour, a wool buyer, and
who later pawned the entire outfit for
a small amount on the south eide, ap.
peared before Justice Fraser the first
| Of the week and was sentenced to 80
days in the county Jail.
MIssOuLA, Aug. E.-Four men took
possession OF a freight engine at Salt.
csc. LOO miles west of this city, on the
Couer d'Aiene branch of the Northern
Pacific, and ran it to St. Regis. 1t is
stated that the men had been drinking
and drove the engine At a terrific rate
OF speed, ringing the bell and blowing
the wistle. They stopped a, several
stations TO obtain more drinks. At
ST. Regis the water in the boiler be.
came dangerously low and the men
did not know how TO replenieh ire
supply. They left the engine standing
on the main line and fed.
RED LODGE. Aug Il Suits were
fied 10 !he district court here :his al
teruOOn against the Northwestern iM-
provement company. own-r q! the
Rocky Fork and other coal mines in
the state, an adjunct Of the Northern
Pacific company. in which tue aggr--
gate damages sought are $50. 900.
The suits are The result Of the coal
! mine disaster here June !. ia which
eight meu lost their lives. In each
plaintiffs ask $40, 600 damages. al!eg.
ing negligence on the part Of the COM
pany. Robert Pe,tigrew. s%uperin,eu.
dert Of the Northwestern company, is
made a party defendant
BOHEMIAN, Aug. 1.-The grain har.
vest has commenced ia the Gaila,iu
valley and a number of acres of winter
wheat has already been cur. In some
sections of the valley the winter wheat
is turning ou, ~-plendidly and one
farmer on the Fort Ellis reserv alton
believes his crop will average forty
bushels to the acre, sarcely any of
the crop having been irrigated. Ia
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