The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-22
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

| VTO" various FdFtS OF the Stdte.
BUTTE, May lib. H. Rumsey, a
miner, was shot by his wife, At a mine
north of this city, and fatally wound.
ed. The bullet from a 22.caliber rifle
imbedded itself in the mans brain.
Rumsey had been on a spree and
abused his wife. When he fell asleep
she got down a rife for the purp ose,
she says, of soaring him from renew
ing the attack when he awoke. The
rife wen. off accidentally.
HELENA. Nav l4.-Joseph 7. Car
roll of Butte, convicted of fencing
1000 acres OF land that did no, belong
to him but 70 the people Of the United
States. and sentenced to tw%enty.four
hours in Jail and to pay a fine of $3.50,
will have to do time in the Jail here
and pay fine. The Judgment of the
trial court here has been affirmed by
the circuit court Of appeals for the
Ninth district at San Francisco. Car.
roll was convicted by District Attorney
Carl Rasch, who has never lost one Of
his cases where conviction was secured
10 the trial court, although thirteen
appeals have been taken 20 the court
Of appeals.
HELENA, May 1.-THE state land
board has granted the selection asked
for by S. S. Hobson oi Lewistown and
Professor Linield OF the agricultural
college for the dry land experiment
etation provided for by the las. legis-
lature. 1t will be stu ated on Ice
acres of land in township Is north,
range IA east. Ground will be broken
this year and work started on the
buildings. 1t will be devoted esc!u.
sively TO dry land experiments. The
board sold to the Northern Pacific a
tract of land 10 Sanders county wanted
for right Of way purposes, and another
right of way to St. Paul x Milwaukee,
situated in Sanders and Nissoula
counties.
DILLON, May 1.-THE ranchers liv.
ing in the lower end of the Beaver
head valley have recently lost a num-
Der of valuable horses, and scores of
their animals have been sick with a
highly contagious disease, which. for
q time, greatly puzzled the veterinary
surgeons. Peter Jensen lost a So, 500
stallion a few days ago, and one valu-
able blOodeG colt, the animals dying
after less than q days illness. The
veterinarians now pronounce the dis.
ease Influenza, ~ state that they are
now successfullV treating the disease
If called as soon as animals become
affected. They think thai they will
stamp out the diseaee within the next
week or two.
BUTTE, May Is. a carload OF
horses is held 10 in the Great North.
ern railway yard. Stock In spector
John Collins rade the seizure this
morning, on a claim that the horses
had not been inspected, as the law re.
quires. The horses came here from
Craig, Montana, and are bound TO a
point IN Orego1. Fred Leonard is
making the shipment.
LEwIsToWN May 15.-The commits.
sioners today awarded the contrac,
for the new court house TO William
Oliver of Spokane, whose bid on the
building "a $9e, 900 ana 50, 600 for
plumbing and heating. The building
will be constructed of Hebron North
Dakota brick. in Two colore, and will
he trimmed with native stcne.
BUTTE, May 15.--Twelee .eamsters
went out on strike today for more
wages, and unlese an agreement with
Theodore Hennessy, team Gwner, for
whom the the men are working, il
soon reached about 100 more drivers
will 60 on strike: Most OF TIE team.
1~-sters 10 the city E receiving $3.50 a
iday, TO which level their wages were
raised some time ago. Mr.. Hennessy
declares the action OF the ~tealns:ere to
be a violation Of q two year contract,
on!y one year Of which has expired.
Secretary Hendricks admits the COD.
tract but says that Henneesy once
agreed to its termination.
HELENA, May l5.-ThroVgh the If
forts of j. c. Bell. mayor of Marstall.,
H., and a boyhood friend of Seth
Dix, convicted, in Jane, 1901, of mug.
der 10 the second degree, Governor
Toole today %pardoned Dix. Four
years ago Mr.. Bell offered &c come TO
DIX paid his actual expenses. Through
the sale Of hair brides, Dix occurred
the necessary sum-, and Bell arrived
here Monday, looked up the facts and
laid -hem hpf0ra .he vpCarnnr Uho