The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-28
MONTANA NEWS BRIEELETS.
A Budget of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts OF the Stnte.

per Ceuts IucTedSe 10 Tue wages VI AL
switchmen, to take effect Dec. l. AT.
ter that date foremen will receive 81. 10
per day of 10 hours and helpers will
receive g. so.
GREAT FALLS, Nov. 2O.-The police
officers of the city have presented to
the council a petition asking that they
be placed on eight.hour shifts. They
are 0 working II hours per day.
The petition was Endorsed by the Cas-.
cade county Trades and Labor assem-.
bly,. The matter was referred to a
committee.
kALlsPELL, Nov. 2O.-John +. Pea.
don, a wealthy farmer and home.
steader of the Tabacco Plains coun.
try, while riding along the railroad
tracks near Eureka, IA overtaken by
the fast mail train, and caugh. in a
cut. The farmer was instantly killed,
as was his horse. Peadou was not ex-
pec,ing a train at the hour he was
using the right-of.way for a road and
he had no time or opportunity to
escape.
LEW1STOWN, Nov. oo.-Judge T.. X.
Cheadle has continued the case of
Barney Hedican. of Gil. Edge, charged
with horse stealing, un,il Decem Der 5,
on motion Of the state, the county at.
torney being unable to proceed owing
to the sudden disappearance of John
Gardipee, the most prominent witness
for the state. An attachment was is.
sued for the missing witness.
GREAT FALLS, Nov. 2O.-After de.
liberating for nearly % hours, the
jury in the case Of the State vs.. John
+. Taylor, in which the defendant
was accused of murder ia the first de.
gree for the killing of William G.
Fade at Sand Coulee last May, re-
turned a verdict finding the defend ant
guilty of manslaughter, and leaving
his punishment to the discretion of the
court. The court Immediately re.
manded the prisoner back to the Gus.
tody of the sheriff, stating tina. he
should be brought into court next
Monday morning to receive sentence.
The punishment provided by Law for
manslaughter is from one TO ten years
10 the penitentiary.
BUTTE, Nov. 2O.-A car shortage
led to a suspension of operations in
the mines of the Boston & Montana
company today. Because OF the in
ability of the company to move ore
over the Great Northern, the men were
lain of in the Mountain View, Penn.
sylvania, Leonard aud East aud
West COlusa mines this morning. II
Is expected that some of the men. if
not all of them, will be put to work
tomorrow, as the Great Northern
Railroad company has promised to
have some ars on hand then. The
Boston Il Montana employs more
than 1000 men, aud all of these except
those required in the mechanical de.
partments and for other purposes are
taking a lay.off today. The bins of
the Boston Il Montana compauS's
mines were filled last night, and until
the Great Northern can supply cars
with which to ship to the Great Falls
smelter, no more ore can be lifted.
RED LODGE, Nov. p james Fem
ing, republican,. has instituted a con-
ties, for the Office of sheriff against
Fred B. Bachelor, democrat, who, on
the face of the returns, has a plurality
of seven. Judge Henry has made an
order citing the contestee to appear in
court December ) and show cause why
the prayer Of the contestant should
not be granted.
BUTTE, Nov. Fl. = Scoring the
passing throng and the light of day,
J James Sullivan and James O'Brien
yesterday carried away several sacks
of sugar from the Bray wholesale
grocery store on East Park street.
With a boldness that has few parallels
ia the police annals Of the city, Sui.
livan and O'Brien calmly packed off
SdCh UlUcC Sack willie tIC SCrCCtS were
lined with people. Had the men not
been SO persistent ia their efforts they
would have escaped apprehension, hut
their continued visits to the store ex.
cited suspicion and resulted ia their
arrest.
KALIsPELL, Nov. 2l.-While at.
tempting to make the crossing Of the
middle fork in a light ekiff near Paola
last Saturday a boatload Of six men
was upset when the craft capsized On
a ,unkeu rock in midstream and two
Ut the six occupants were drowned.
The men were all connected with the
corps of the Great North.
ern and were working out a cutoff
from Bolton. The two drowned men
Were w. d. Bradley and w. }. Mitch.
ell, the body of the latter only being