The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-13
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

HELENA, Nov. S.-Five gold bars
of an estimated weight of 600 ounces,
and estimated value of SIC, 200. were
received by mail yesterday at the
United States assay Office from the
Barnes-King mine at Kendall Fergus
county. 1t is supposed that this am.
cunt represents a months operations.
The postage on the entire lot apgre.
gated about SIS.
MILES CITY, Nov. S.-A disastrous
fire, which burned up q large quantity
of hay and ranch buildings ON several
homesteads, is reported az having oc.
Cured at Wibaux q couple of days
ago, the fire being the result of care.
lessness on the part of one of the
homesteaders, who neglected to pillow
q fire guard around a pile of rubbish
he wished to burn.
BILLINGS, Nov. 8.-The banks OF
Billings today decided, on account OF
inability to secure currency from the
east, to issue clearing house receipts
for circulation as currency, and this
plan will be put into execution imme-
diately. The paper thus issued will
be stamped with a guarantee by the
associated banks of Billings.
HELENA, Nov. S.-While trying to
board the Northern Pacific passenger
train No. 3 on the ''blind" side, short.
ly after II o'clock last night, N. j.
Neuman, a laborer, of Minot, N. D.,
was crushed beneath the wheels and
horribly mangled. No one saw the
accident, but the man, who was a
stranger in Helena, was found dead a
few minutes after the train pulled out
Of the union station. The mangled
remains were found lying in the mid
die of the track directly opposite the
passenger station.
LEWISTOWN, Nov. 6.-The Spanish.
American war veterans of this city
who served in the First Montana are
considering q plan Of devoting all
Of their share of the $15, 900 recently
received from Washington as back
pay for the volunteers from this state
to the fund for erecting a suitable
monument to the volunteers. This
fund was started soon after the close
of the war, but has not been increased
in some time, and the lump sum would
swell the amount somewhat. 1t is sup.
posed that the men will be entitled to
between 81 and $40 each.
MILES CITY, Nov. 9.-The A. B..
Clarke horse ranch, one of the largest
in the northwest, embracing more than
20, 600 acres, has been sold to w. H.
Dye of Indiana, it is stated, for $780,
900. The land lies on the Tongue
river.
BUTTE, Nov. 10. - Michael DAILY
gets one year in the p~enitentiary for
killing Charles Kern, a young man
who refused to leave his saloon as
quickly as Daily wanted him to and
who exchanged some foul language
with him. The jury reached an agree
ment about 1916 O'Clock last night,
after having been out more than 70
hours.
LEWISTOWN, Nov. Still another
town is to spring into existence on the
line of the Billings 4 Northern This
latest candidate is % miles west of
Lewistown and some four miles from
old Philbrook and will probably be
given the name of New Philbrook. 1t
is located along the Judith, where the
Billings Il Northern crosses that
stream, and has an ideal location.
BILLINGS, Nov. "a large number
of prosperous settlers from lie Mars,
Iowa, arrived in Billings this morn
ing for the purpose of securing farms
near the recently established town OF
Broadview, in the Lavina neighbor.
hood. During the past few months a
large number Of landseekers from the
same locality in Iowa have settled ia
the B~roadview country, and will car.
ry on dry farming in a systematic
manner.
BOHEMIAN, Nov. 9.-Mrs. Paul Bah,
was burned to death at Manhattan las,
night. She attempted to start a fire
in her cook stove with kerosene anl
the al exploded, completely envelop
ing her in flames. Rev. NJ. McGowar
was close by at the time and ran t
her assistance. He tore some of tn,
clothes off her body and then wrapped
her in his overcoat. Mrs. Bahr',
body was frightfully burned and sh,
died shortly after midnight.
HELENA, Nov. 1.-THE body O
one of the three negroes supposed t,
have been drowned in Lake Hause
three weeks ago last Friday, wa
found floating in the lake a short dis
lance from the old Sanford x Evan