The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.
HELENA, April 5.-Stella Lockh art
put carbolic acid in a glass of beer at
Carrie Kenney's dance hall, on Wood
street, last night, and It was drunk by
Frank Staples, of company l, Seventh
infantry. The woman told him it was
gin. The soldiers condition is pre-.
carious.
MILES CITY, April 5.-Murdo Nc.
kenzie, president of the National
Live Stock association, has written
Secretary j. B. Collins of the local
entertainment committee for that event
that he will be present and address
the association. Many letters from
other prominent men. including Gov.
ernor Toole, have been received, sig.
nifying the desire of the writer's to be
present If circumstances will allow.
LEw1sTOwN, April Sit is learned
that the body OF James Twohig, the
herder for James Roach. who was lost
in a snow storm several weeks sgo,
has never been recovered. Roach. it
will be remembered, went out to find
his faithful herder and lost his life.
The attention of the county commits.
sioners has been called to the case,
and it Is expected they will arrange
for q search. Twohig was q Grand
Army man and a member of the Ma
sonic fraternity.
BILLINGS, April Sit is stated that
the Northern Pacific company has or
dered s. e engines for Montana di.
visions of the road, which are now
d%eplorably short of motive power.
The engines are to be delivered as
soon as possible, and a great many OF
them will 60 to the Yellowstone and
Montana divisions, of which Billings
is the dividing line. The average
number of carloads of freight hauled
westward by the Northern Pacific this
week has been 700 per day.
BUTTE, April 6.-County Attorney
Healy has brought suit against a mum.
Der of professional men and saloon
keepers, as we'll as other tradesmen
for delinquent license fees. The
amount aggregates $4,000 and some O
the fees have been owing since Deem
Der, 1901. Among those against whom
suit has been started are twenty
lawyersand two physicians.
BUTTE, April 6.-Judge William H
Hunt was today called to Portland
Ore, on business connected with the
timber cases which he recently heard
while sitting on the fedora
bench in that city. He ADJOURNED his
court here until April Is, when he ex
poets to take up the remaining bust
ness on his calendar. The business
of the April term in this city was no
heavy and Judge Hunt found that hi
enforced trip to Oregon would no
cause much embarrassment, if any, tt
litigants in this district.
MIssoULA, April 6.-Indian Agen
Bellew, of the Flathead Indian reser
walton, has received instructions frou
Washington to sell off eight million
feet Of timber which was blown dow
during the recent blizzard. The gov
eminent will allow the purchasers Q
the timber to erect temporary saw
mills on the reservation with which t
manufacture marketable products
Agent Bellew states that prompt &C
ton must be taken to save the immens
amount Of fallen timber.
KALIsPELL, April Hugo Kuhn
! who killed John p. Plunkett at Tro
last month, pleaded guilty to murde
in the second degree and Judge Erick
Y son sentenced him this afternoon t
, the Deer Lodge p~enitentiary for tn
term Of his natural life. Kuhn form
F.. erly had a tailoring establishment i
| Spokane. Jealousy of Mrs. Plunke
!, caused him TO commit the murder.
=, LEWlsToWN, April 1.-THE re;
estate transfers for the week we're til
. heaviest in the history of Fergu
= county, both as to acreage and tt
!, amount of money involved. This
chiefly due to the transactions of tt
= Adams syndicate, bat another deal
/ now pending that will throw these pul
+ chases in the shade. 1t involves owe
100000 acres in the southern part
> the county, and one of the railroad
is back of it.
J., MILES CITY, April st. Paul el
7 gineers are surveying into town toda
!, from Mrs. Ramer's ranch, about OF
mile east of town. Yesterday the
surveyed on the west side OF Tong.