The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-29
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

MILES CITY. May 21.-Samuel Mil
Ter, a Shirley rancher, was paved
down by a fir actious horse today. The
animal, in fright, started to run away,
pulling the wagon over the PROSTATE
man and crushing him to death.
BOHEMIAN, May 2l.-John Mize, a
young farmer. was killed at a farm 3
miles east of Belgrade, Monday
ing while crawling through a barbsd
wire fence. The wire was charged
with electricity from contact with q
live wire from the Madison Power
compauy's line. The remains we're
brought t. Bozeman and a coroner's
inquest will be held this afternoon.
BOHEMIAN, May PA. j. Watson
was run down and killed by the North
Coast Limited at Central Park at 5
o'clock last evening. He was cross.
ing the track 10 front OF a freight rain
standing on a siding. He leaves a
wife and three children at Manhattan.
The %coroner's jury returned a verdict
that the deceased lost his life through
his own negligence.
MILES CITY, May 21.-"Trains will
be running on the Milwaukee between
Aberdeen, S. D., and Butte by Jan. l
next" This statement was made this
morning by Presiden. Earling of that
road, who is here today in company
with a number of high officials of the
road. President Earling denied EN-
phatically any intention Of the COM
pany abandoning the work on the ex.
tension as far as Montana and Dakota
are concerned.
DILLON. May 2l.-Cyrus X. Wy
man, supervisor OF the Big Hole ma.
tional forest, states that he has recent
~ received orders from the depart.
ment to the effect that supervisors of
national forests will be permitted to
employ men to trap and poison wolves
on the range in the national forests.
The government will pay q salary of
VIZ pei u1OAVA " SuCA lACu ouA WIZ
also bear the expense of buying pro.
per traps and poisons to be used in
the work of extermin alton. The wolf
pest in this section is at its worst in
the fall and winter and Mr.. Wyman
does not contemplate employing men
for this work for several months.
BUTTE, May 2l.-Detectives who
have been working night and day
since the tragedy OF the mountain side
south of Butte two weeks ago are
stumped. They are almost ready &c
admi, they are far from the capture
of the two bandits who held up the
North Coast limited train and killed
Engineer Glow. In fact, the clew'
. they have led to nothing, and practi
=. cally all their theories are exploded
These statements are made on tn,
strength of an assertion of one O
those who has been prominent in tn,
chase and who has been we'll &C
quainted with the work that has beef
. done both by the railroads detective
? and the local authorities.
. HELENA, May 22.-One hundred an
fifty linemen, employed by the Rock.
Mountain Bell Telephone company a
: various points throughout Montana
went on strike tod ay, to enforce thei
' demand for an increase of so cents
. day in salary, the company having re
fused to grant the request. This ia
cludes all city repair and construction
: men.
y GLENDIvE, May 22.-A section fore
man named Casper Olson, while try
. . ing to lift q handcar from the trac
: was killed at this place yesterda al
' ternoon by a westbound Northern Pa
{ ciic railroad train, which struck hir
while he was in the act. Olson Az
some companions had come to tow
on the a to be paid their wage.
: The other men reached places of safe
. ty. Conductor Menke 90 the ,rai
" says Olson was more interested in sa,
ing the car than his own life.
BUTTE. May 22.-Thomas Mulho
land, who returned from Seattle la
q evening, declines to surrender the o
e fee Of chief of police, and Butte ha
two sets of police officials, both {
them expecting pay at the end Of tt
n month. The old officers under Chi,
n Mulholland have followed his examp'
and are still reporting for duty. IT
democratic majority in the alderman;
body s%teadfastly refuses to afr
o Mayor Joseph Coroy's police appoin
h ments, together with his nomination
- for the police commission, and II
deadlock is now ia the hands of u
district court as 20 the legality Of II
mayors act.
J.. GREAT FALLS, May 22.-Ole Olsel
le a workman at the Boston Il Montau