The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

was killed yesterday afternoon by a
falling limb while he vas cutting tim.
Der on Willow creek. Carson and his
brother.in-law, F. A. Nelson, had
felled q tree and stepped back to allow
It to fall and as it went down it struck
q dead limb on a tree close by which
fell and struck Carlson on the head.
HELENA, Dec. g. While at work
on the Milwaukee roadbed near here
yesterday, workmen unesrthed the
teeth and bones of q gigantic masta-
don. The largest tooth weighs more
than four pounds. DR.. Charles Reinig,
who has made many explorations in
the wilds of South America and who
has a large collection of mastadonic
been dead for more than 20, 1000 years.
The theory Of DR.. Reinig. is that these
INDUSTRIOUS animals 1ourished ii
these latituder at a prehistoric period.
LEwIsTOwN, Dec. Sit looks as
though another good sapphire mine
might be opened up opened up at Yogo
within the immediate future. w. \.
Scott of Utica and several associates
who have been prospecting the ground
have succeeded in opening up a vein
that bears fine gems and Mr.. Scott is
in town today recording the location
of a group of five claims. He brings
with him a number of sapphires that
appear to be precisely the same as
those mined by the New Mines Sap.
phires syndicate Of London. Mr..
Scott says be has the sans lead as the
syndicate.
BUTTE, Dec. 6.-Della Moyle, aged
-, committed suicide this evening in
an clubhouse, swallowing carbolic
acid, because her mother had scolded
her for coming home late. The girl
had placed the neck of the bottle en-.
tirely in her mouth and drained the
contents SO as not to burn her fea.
lures.
BUTTE, Dec. 6. - Mrs. Elizabeth
Morrison, who has been serving out
a three-year term in the peniten.
tiary for having shot and killed
Richard Finnegan in Butte on the
night of June "A, 1904, is soon to to re-
ceive a pardon. Governor Joseph K.
Toole has already issued a pardon to
the woman and the state board of
pardons will act on it Dec. Is. The
crime for which Mrs. Morrison was
convicted of ~manslanghter was one of
the most sensational in the annals of
Silver Bow county.
BUTTE, Dec. Coroner Stevens is
the busiest man in town today; he is
tied up between two suicides, two sud.
den deaths, and one man killed by a
freight train. He has no time for any
one except probable jurors, who are
eluding them as best they can
HELENA, Dec. 7.-William Rees, a
ranchman, was placed in Jail tonight
on the charge of numbering his bride
at their home in the northern part Of
Lewis and Clark county last night.
The will hold an inquest to-.
morrow. Mrs. Rees, who was a Hell
ena girl, was married to Rees in this
city q short time ago.
HELENA, Dec. - December Is,
more than one-half of the enlisted men
in the Sixth infantry, stationed at Fort
Missoula aud Fort William Henry
Harrison will be mustered out, their
terms having expired. 1t is said there
will be over 245 men leave Uncle
Sans employ OF that date and prac.
tically none of them intend to re-eu-
list.
BUTTE, Dec. within half an
hour from the time he babe his wife
good. bye, after having accompanied
her to Silver Bow, William Robb, q
well.known resident of Butte q forme,
member of the fire department., wal
cut to pieces under the wheels Of 8
freight train about ; o'clock this
morning. The wife continued on hel
journey, all unconscious Of the terri
BILE fate which has just overtaken hel
!. husband.
BOHEMIAN, Dec. Charles Lake,
section hand. was struck by the engin'
Of No. 5, the Burlington passenger, q
> o'clock this afternoon, and died a,
hour afterward. The acciden
, occurred about 900 feet east of tn
station. Lake was working on tn
main track, and did not hear No.
enter the yard. When the engin
: struck him he was thrown across tn
track against engine Il OF the work
train. Death was due to interua
injuries.
LEWlSTOWS, Dee. There wa
) filed for record today an agreemer
between the Kendall Cold Miuin