The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-14
MONTANA NEWS BRlEfLETS.


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Robinson We. Moore, has been receiv.
ed at the local land Office, in which
the decision that the entry be cancelled
Is upheld. An appeal will be taken
to the secretary Of the interior. This
decision involves thousands of acres
on Rock Creek bench, and Is on the
point whether land upon which crops
have been grown without irrig alton
can be entered as desert land.
BUTTE, March 6.--Murdcr in the
second degree was the verdict return
ed last night by the jury in the
Lavasseur murder case, in which
George Lavasseur was on trial for
having shot his wife, Kitty Lavasseur,
December 8. 1905, inficting wounds
which caused her death two days later
In the ST. James hospital. The pun.
ishment was left with the court and
sentence will be passed by Judge Don.
Ian Saturda y morning.
BUTTE, March g. Lawyer Peter
Breen was this morning fined $500 by
Judge Donlan for contempt of court.
Incidentally the Judge also gave Mr..
Breen such Q scoring As was never be.
fore received by a lawyer from a Judge
In the history of the courts Of Silver
Bow county. The ou,burst of wrath
which poured from the lips of the
Judge was crushing, overpowering aad
humiliating. The whole thing came
about because Breen, as counsel for
Harry Smith, accused of assault with
a deadly weapon, challenged the jury
panel, alleging that it had been illeg-
ally drawn by Judge Donlau, and then
wanted to examine the court as a wit.
ness to prove the allegation.
HELENA March 6.-State Treasurer
Rice paid out s207, 96S. 30 today. This
is the largest disbursement made by
the state treasurer On any one day
during his incumbency of the Office.
The extraordinarily large payment
was due to the fact that Treasurer
Rice today transmitted to every coun-
ty treasurer in the state checks for the
county's share of the state school in.
come fund. The total paid out on the
account was S205. 800. 60, the largest
amount for the schools in the history
of Montana.
HELENA, March Tin the United
States court today, the suits of the
United States against King and Camp.
bell, for the recovery of the value of
timber alleged to have been wrong.
fully cut on the public domain 10 Park
county, was dismissed, the defend ants
acknowledging judgment in the sum
of 81 20 and S222.37, respectively, to.
gether with costs.
LEw1sTowN, March Tt is ex.
pected that the board of county com.
m%issioners will this week take action
on the reward of o. 1000 offered by it
for the arrest and conviction of the
murderer OF Samuel Studzinski. Sher-
If Slater and his three deputies some-
time ago filed a claim for the entire
OAAAVuaV3 0ou = ~ w 0ISOu quay puV
in a claim for $500.
HELENA, March Jesse B. Roote
appeared before Chief Justice Theo.
dsre Brantly in chambers today on
behalf of Peter Breen, who was fined
$500 for contempt of yesterday by
Judge Donlan and asked for a writ of
certiorari reviewing the lower courts
action. Chief Justice Brantly issued
the writ, making 1t returnable April 2.
HELENA, March TN the case of
Albert and Flood Howe, brothers,
charged with the theft of three horses
from the Grow Indian reservation, the
jury last night returned a sealed yer.
diet, which was read in court tod y.
The verdict of the jury was that the
defendents were guilty as charged,
and Judge Hunt ordered them to APP
pear in court tomorrow morning for
sentence. Had the jury failed to con-.
vict, an officer from Yellowstone couu-
ty was present in court, waiting to
serve a warrant charging q similar
offense IN that county.
MISSOULA, March 7.-William II.
Hough was shot aud killed by G.. w.
Ais on the latter's ranch in the lower
Bitter Root valley, Is miles south Of
Missoula, yesterday afternoon. The
shooting was the result of a drunken
quarrel between the two men, who had
previously been the best of friends.
Hough was hit by three bullets and
di d almost instantly. The sheriff
aud prone were notified here, and
they started Immediately with q ply
stefan aud several peace officers for
the scene of the tragedy. Ais made
no attempt to escape, but surrendered
to a neighbor.
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