The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-17
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

AALLr"NA, ouA1 elk roman
sky, a pioneer of Montana. is dead a
Rapid City. S. D., and news of hi
death was received here yesterday
The deceased was in the clothine
business at Helena as early as 1864
and once owned The Vindicater, The
fret newspaper published in Helena
buying it in 1865 and selling it tc
James Fisk in 1866. Fisk changed
the name to The Herald. Mr.. Poznan'
sky afterwards was in business a,
Denver and in the Black Hills.
PHIL1PsBURG, July 1.-THE Hope
mine, which since the sixties has been
a constant producer Of gold and silver
ores. will soon have . rival, many be.
lieve, in the New Hope, q most pro.
missing prospect that is being opened
up three-quarters Of q mile northwest
of the old Hope workings. The dis.
covery was made last March, when a
pebble, thrown out by q gopher was
seen to carry good values.
HELENA, July IL. - Joe Uhler,
wanted in Cleveland, Ohio, for a dia-
mond robbery, has been arrested here
by the police. Uhler was picked up
on the street about a week ago as a
suspicious character. He had in his
possession q brace and bit and a key
hole saw and two big diamonds, one
set in q heavy gold:ring and the other
in q shirt pin. After q few days in
the county Jail, Uhler acknowledged
he had stolen the diamonds in Cleve-
land. The chief Of police of that town
was asked If he wanted the man, and
today he wired to hold him, that an
officer had been sent after him.
Those who have no friends in Lon.
don and complain Of its great loneli.
ness, now have a club all to them.
selves. The new organization is called
the Eligible Social club. It's object
is to bring together men and women
who are lonely. A vocalist and a
playwright have applied for member
ship.
HELENA, July l2.-R. NJ. Hoagland,
a recent arrival from Minneapolis,
was swept over the Canyon Ferry lam
of the Missouri River Power company
this morning and drowned. His body
has not been recovered. His father,
Roger Hoagland, has been notified.
Hoagland "a graduated in June
from the University Of Minnesota and
accepted q position at the Canyon
Ferry dam, where he arrived three
weeks ago.
HELENA, July l2.-Peter Larson
died tonight at his home at Sixth and
Ewing streets at 9:35 o'clock, after a
long illness. About his bedside when
the end came were Mrs. Larson, his
daughter. Mrs. c, B. Power. and Mr..
and Mrs. Welch of Spokane. Mrs.
WEIGH is a sister Of Mrs. Larson and
Mr.. Welch was associated in business
with him. Mr.. Larson was uncon-
scious when the end came, having been
in this condition the last "a hours.
For days past his death has been
hourly expected.
BUTTE, July l3.-The ore haulers
went back to work today. The men
struck for eight hours, 8 $50 for six
horses, 81 for four horses and $3.50
for two. The wage scale was granted,
but the hours will be nine, instead of
eight. The settlement of the strike
means the resumption of q number of
small mines. About 80 men we're out
on strike and about 500 men we're
thrown out Of work in the small mines.
BILLINGS, July Ii. An autopsy
upon the remains of G.. H. Grand all,
a telegraph operator, discloses that
the mar vas foully murdered. Gran.
DIAL! was brought in a dying condition
to a hotel conducted by Chinese. by
two unknown men, a room was en-
gagged, and unconscious form of Gran.
dali thrust into it IN the floor, the
perpetrators of the crime her fleeing.
Crandall head was crushed in by
some blunt instrument.
LEWlsTOWN, July l3.-Oram Ste.
pheus, who for some time ated
with Barney Hedican in the horse.
stealing business, GLIDING the officers
for q year after Hedican had been ar.
rested, vas taken to Deer Lodge by
Sheriff Martin today to serve four
years for horse stealing. Stephens
pleaded guilty. and got of with some
what of Q lighter sentence than would
otherwise have been imposed.
LEwlsTOwN, July l3.-The death of
Frand Section, q young mar of "a,
who was killed by lightning at Ross
Fork, has been investig ated by the
coroner. 1t was learned from the
evidence presented at the inquest that
Section was hauling a load of fencing
wire with q wagon and four horse