The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
MONTANA NEWS BRIEfLETS.
A Budget OF Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the state.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the state.
GLENDINE, Oct. 2.--Au unknown
woman committed suicide here last
evening by jumping of the high
bridge on the outskirts of the city into
the Yellowstone river. She was seen
walking up and down the bridge at a
late hour last night, and later a splash
was heard. Cornor Foster has a
gang OF men dragging the river a
short distance from the city.
ANACONDA. Oct. 2.-Morgan Evans,
one of the Oldest citizens Of Montana,
and a resident OF the Deer Lodge val.
ley for over forty years, died this
morning about II o'clock at his home
10 the valley seven miles east of Ana.
conda. Death came as the result of
an illness of several weeks, an illness
which was not thought at all serious.
The probable cause of death was
asthma.
BUTTE, Oct. 1.-Two damage suits
aggregating $50, 900 were filed against
the Butte, Anaconda Il Pacific rail.
way this morning by Jeremiah P.
Harrington. One suit for $35, 600 is
brought in behalf of Bernard Harring.
ton, his six.year.old son, who, it is
alleged, was struck by and run over
by empty cars and los, his left arm.
The other suit for sl5, 900 is brought
by the father for loss Of earnings of
the child before he became of age.
BOHEMIAN, Oct. 1.-The site for the
sugar beet plant of Gallatin county
was selected this morning. 1t will be
erected upon the John Mcdonald 14O
acre tract, about a mile west Of Boze.
lar The consideration for the site
is $1,000. The Bozeman factory will
probably be one Of the largest in the
west. 1t is expected that the contract
will be let for the excavation and
foundation this fall, as the factory
people expect to commence work as
soon as the deeds pass.
BOHEMIAN, Oct. 2.-An artesian we'll
was discovered on the poor farm re.
Gently purchased by the county com.
missioners. The old we'll had recently
been condemned by the health officer
and the board had contracted for the
new one to be bored with a boring
machine. At a depth of about 40 feet
the we'll was struck and water spouted
out of it to a height OF four feet above
the surface. This IL the first artesian
we'll discovered in Gallatin county.
The water is cold and pure.
HELENA, Oct. 3.-Miss Katherine
Foo,e, a l~7-year-old Butte school
girl. a today awarded first
prize at the state fair for the best
original Montana scene in water
colors. There were a number OF
pictures in the competition, but Miss
Foote easily secured first honors.
BILLINGS, Oct 3.-The accidental
discharged of a gun yesterday killed
John Johnson, a rancher and butcher,
who lived eight miles from this city.
He started to climb through a barbed
wire fence, pushing the rifle ahead Of
him, and the trigger caught ana dis
charged the gun. The shot passed
through the heart. johnson was );
years of age and leaves a wife and
son.
HELENA, Oct. 3.-Fletcher Maddox,
chairman of the republican central
committee, has declined the invitation
of T. j. Walsh to Charles n. Pray
for a debate on the political issues OF
the campaign. He says that Mr.. Pray
has already planned his campaign
and that the issues of the campaign
are not new. His answer to the chal.
lenge vas conveyed to David G.,
Browne, chairman OF the democratic
comm ,t.ee.
HELENA. O:t 3-Af,er breakiug
into the saloon of Henry STEMS a,
Crrbin, II miles south of Helena,
shortly after midnight last night,
three masked men robbed the pro
| pIictOI IL as slccIlue III u udCk
room, of 5000 ia money and a mau'>
aud woman's gold watch. They ,heL
escaped on a handcar and are be.
liev-d to have come to Helena. Local
officers are securing the city and 81
entity for the highwaymen. Silent.
say he can identify them.
BUTTE, Oct. ; - Jane. Noonau
died at ST. James hospital today from
a gun shot wound fired last nigh. by
Charles Ogara following a row over
domestic troubles. The NOouan and
Ogara families occupy adjoining
houses at 7Ol East Mercury. Both
men are miners. When Noonan re-
turned from work last nigh. his wife