The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-04
MONTANA BRlEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

Smith. who was last week eXonerated
by a coroner's jury for the killing OF
w alter t'airburn, at Pine Grove, was
yesterday placed uuder arrest and
charged by information with the muir
der of young Fairburn. Smith ar
rived in Pine Grove yesterday from
this city and was Immediately arrest.
ed. He was accompanied by his wife.
who is alleged to have been the cause
of the shooting.
MILES CITY, Nov. 26.-Dared by
Ben Fuller to fire q shotgun at him.
George Williams put a load Of bird
shot into Fuller On Monday night.
A heavy overcoat worn by Fuller
saved him from having his abdomen
torn open, as the shot lodged in the
flesh after passing through the coat.
Williams ordered Fuller away from
his premises near Tongue river, and
Fuller started to go, but on Williams
thre atening to shoot him, Fuller could
not forbear to challenge him t O do it.
BUTTE, Nov. 27.-Harry Penna was
today found guilty of murder in the
second degree, for killing Mrs. Susie
Bryant in this city in June, 1906 and
sentenced to Is years in the peni.
Tertiary. This was Penna's second
trial. At his first he was found guilty
in the first degree and sentenced to
| loc%l rNho s,,nrorpn 0n,,r Onlara1 a
rertrial because of the fact that news.
papermen were permitted to testify
that they thought Penna acted sane at
the time of his arrest.
BILLINGS, Nov. 29.-Eichard Ced ar
green, q we'll known business man of
Billings. was instantly killed yester.
day in a runaway automobile acct
dent, eaet OF here. With three
friends, Cedargreen was en- route to
attend q dance, when the power of the
machine failed and with the brakes
powerless the auto dashed down a
heavy grade, finally overturning,
breaking Ced argreen's neck and bruis-
ing the other occupants.
BILLINGS. Nov. 29.-Every member
of the delegation of forty.eight Hol-
landers who came to Billings last
week in company with r. E. Werk-
man, colonization agent of a realty
concern of St. Paul, Mimi, for the
purpose OF investig ating the agricul.
tural lands on the bench east Of the
city, has made arrangements to pur
chase lands, and will become actua
|, residents OF the Yellowstone valley.
BOHEMIAN, Nov. 29.-Arthur Brunei
was sentenced to serve five years il
state prison on his conviction o
grand larceny, the punishment beinl
| left to Judge Stewart. Brunett pur
! chased a team of horses from a ranch
I man paying him 1925 for them. Tn
money was paid with a check on thu
q Commercial National bank, in which
9 Later, Brunett purchased an overcoa
: in Belgrade, giving another check i
l payment. He was caught in Whit
Sulphur Springs a few weeks ago.
0 HELENA, Nov. pa macs meetin
that filled the auditorium was hel
q here tonight to discuss the propositio
OF midnight closing for the saloons
Resolutions were adopted demandin
< that the aldermen pass a midnigl
closing ordinance to include all clubs
"a A committee of Is persons will delive
the resolution to the council MOI
day night. Bishop Carroll deuounce
as %cowardly the attempt Of some {
"a the aldermen to shift the burden
d the people at the spring election. +
advised them to resign if they were to
81 weak or timorous to perform tt
functions of their positions.
LEwIsTowN, Nov. 3O.-The Mort
ern Pacific and Montana railroad t.
he day announced that the order advan
n. ing the freight rate on wheat fro
n. Fergus county to Duluth 10 cents
h. bushel was rescinded and the old ra
m restored. This additional 10 cen
IN simply came out of the farmer
". pockets, the prices of wheat being c
a. down to that extent and the actil
.rt just taken gives them the create
:, satisfaction,
BUTTE, Nov. 3o.-Petitions. aggr
nj eating owe 500 feet in length, will
ed presented to the Butte city counc
er next Wednesday evening asking tn
ch saloons within the city be closed
Ii. midnight, During the last few da
of 65 different petitions have been CT
ed culated and these have been general
I'd signed. The sentiment for ear
81. closing seems to be almost overwhell
i96 ing and the understanding is that t
ne council will agree to the necessa
y, ordinance.
#. BUTTE, Nov. 3.-Two Chicag
or Milwaukee X St. Paul railway co