The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

through his guardian, w. H.. Hirst,
has started a suit against the Helena
Light & Traction company, J.. w.
Ludwick and Robert w. Rice for
$40, 900 damages. Robinson il a SOL
der al Fort William Henry Harrison
and claims that through the negli.
gence of Ludwick and Rice, who were
conductor and motorman, respective.
~, on a car on which he was riding,
he had his right leg broken and
crushed at the ankle joint.
BUTTE, May 1O.-Butte has q popu-
lation of 56,229, according to the esti-
m ate of r. L. Polk & Co., publishers
of the city directory. The 1907 direc.
tory will be delivered in ten days,
containing 1924 names, 1904 more
than are in the directory for 1906.
Charles X. Thompson. manager OF
r. L. Polk & Co., Of Montana, says
the actual increase of the population
since May, 1906, is 1900. In his opin.
ion Butte will have 100, 900 population
by 1908.
HELENA, May lot is probable
that the city of Helena will be pre-.
scented with 5000 0 for a public library
by Andrew Carnegie. Senator Car
ter, who returned to Helena from
| Washington yesterday, announced
that Carnegie had promised to con.
tribute the sum named if the citizens
would pledge themselves to provide
an annual income of 8 5000 for the
maintenance Of the institution and a
suitable site for it.. Mr.. Carnegie
might be induced to raise his gift to
$50, 900 if it could be shown him that
the money would be used we'll, and the
Helenaites should meet the gift with
as generous contribution themselves.
DEER LODGE, May IL. John K.
| Wells, known to all of the old.timers
of Western Montana as "Curly," died
in St. Joseph's hospital this morning
after a long illness of paralysis, in
duced by Bright's disease. He was 80
years old, had been q resident of Mon.
tana since 1863 and was one of the
best known residents of this section.
During pioneer days he followed the
occupation of a placer miner and
Joined in a number of the stampedes
which made this section of the state
famous.
BUTTE, May H. Sheriff w. L.
Savage of Miles City has arrested FL
mer Russell, a Butte bartender, at
Glendiye, on a charge Of larceny, and
Deputy Sheriff Wyman received a
dispatch from Savage announcing the
arrest, which was made on instructions
from the sheriff's Office. Russell is
accused of stealing three railroad
mileage books valued at SlS5 from a
travelling man named +. j. Curry. al
so with purloining the latter's raven
cite overcoat. Two of the books were
issued by the Great Northern and one
by the Northern Pacific. Russell was
travelling on the latter.
DILLON, May IA big damage
suit, in which Fred Osburn sues w. S,
fash and others for $1,000, was be-
gun in the district court this morning
The jury was not secured until near
the noon hour, and it is thought il
will take several days to hear the case
There are about 80 witnesses. Osburr
was fearfully cut on q barbed wire
fence near Sawmill point, 10 tn
Grasshopper valley, last fall whil'
breaking a broncho, and he claims
the fence into which his horse ran wa
illegally constructed. The defendant
claim that the fence was not illegal,
constructed and that the plaintiff wa
very much intoxicated at the time Q
; the accident and was wholly to blame
BOHEMIAN, May l3.-Grant Mcleod
convicted OF cattle stealing on Thurs
day, was sentenced this morning t
; ten years in the peuitentiary. At
former trial he received q sentence c
2 fourteen ears Walter Getchell VIII
q suIAIJ w SNSo'Aae " AoA
from McCullom of Logan, last Thur:
day, received a sentence OF two year:
: HELENA, May l3.-According to
report received here last evening
: George Melville killed w. c. Guthri
at the Bald Butte mine yesterday b
k driving a hunting knife into his lie
;. breast just below the collar bone.
$ is stated that Melville, Mrs. Melvil
h and Guthrie occupied cabin togeth'
= at the time, and that the killing r
d suited from q domestic quarrel. 1t
;. reported that Mrs. Melville was a wi
l" ness to the killing. Melville ate h
supper after the tragedy, and was a
rested by Deputy Sheriff Hey
T. Marysville later.
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