The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Our.
ing the Past Few Days.

BUTTE, August S.-Every labor
union in Montana will he represented
in the unwilling of the statue of Mar.
Gus Daily here Labor day. Invitations
are now being prepared by the monu.
ment association and will be sent to
all the unions in the state. The exer.
cises will be held in front Of the post.
Office the afternoon OF September ?.
FORSYTH, August S.-Howard Dex.
ter. freight engineer on the Northern
Pacific railroa d, was run over in the
yards early yesterday and killed by q
passenger train. The engineer Of the
passenger train said he saw Dexter
sitting on the ties, but thought he was
q dog until toe late to stop. Why
Dexter failed to hear the appro aching
tr rain is not explained.
HELENA, August 6.-A supplement.
tary opinion to the one issued several
days ago by Attorney General Galen
regarding fees to prisoners who are
Witnesses in criminal cases was made
today. He holds that prisoners are
entitled to fees only for the days they
are actually in court, as they are not
like other witnesses who are taken
away from their regular employment
and in attend ance upon the court wait.
ing to be called to the stand.
GREAT FALLS, August S.-The first
assessor of Cascade county, Richard
T. Gorham, a pioneer Of Montana, is
dead in this city. He died at the home
OF his daughter, Mrs. S. J. Bond.
Mr.. Groham was IS years Of age. He
crossed the plains to California in
ls49 and came to Virginia City, Mont.
in 1864. He engaged in cattle raising
and settled in Chestnut valley in 1874,
10 this county. When the county
was created he became its assessor.
MILES CITY, August 8.-Coroner
Grey was notified today by George
Horkan that Louis Fossum, . herder
whom he had engaged q few days ago.,
had been found dead in his bed at the
sheep camp last Friday by the 1rion
boys. The camp was on the Mizpah,
about 80 miles from town. F'ossum
was q man about IS years old and all
that Mr.. Horkan knew Of him was
that he had come from the Redwater.
He had been drinking rather heavily
and death is presumed to have been
due to that cause.
HELENA, August 9.-W. M. Brown,
an assayer of this city, has discovered
the existence Of platinum in the ores
from Warm Springs gulch. The min
eral occurs in the form of sperrylite, q
plantinic arsenoid which is the only
known native compound of platinum.
Mr.. Brown says that the ore is in
commercial quantities.
BILLINGS, Bugust 9.-What is be.
lieved to be an important capture has
been made by Policeman Mcdonald in
this city when he arrested a suspicious
looking individual who gave his name
as James Burkes, who Is believed by
the officer to be wanted in St. Louis
for the murder Of Patrolman Boyce,
who was killed while attempting to
arrest q burglar. The man arrested
tallies exactly with the description
sent out by the chief OF police of St.
Louis.
BUTTE, August 9.-Eleven persons
sustained injuries tonight by leaping
from Q runaway street a filled with
a crowd en- route to Ringling Bros
circus. The brake rod broke and,
with a dash, the a began speeding
down grade at a terrific pace and be.
fore the motorman could apply the
emergency brake numerous passen-
gers had hurled themselves from the
car. All Of the injured were able to
leave the hospital after their wounds
had been dressed. A passenger train
crossed just in front of the runaway
car.
HELENA, August .. The entire
force of the local Western Union went
out on strike today, with the ex-
ception of the chief operator and his
assistant. The strike was due to the
laying of Of an operator who declined
to man the Chicago wire at the request
Of the traffic chief. Electrician kis.
senge Of the Chicago Office called for
q receiver, and n Of the regular men
was directed to the wire, which posi-
ton he refused to accept, on the
ground that Chicago was q %non.union
Office. Before the chief operator could
request any M else to nan the wire,
the rest of the force, numbering abou.
forty men, joined the discharged opera.
tor as he left the room, and wires are
now silent.
BUTTE, August l2.-Four men were
arreste this afternoon il ditteren,