Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-07-24
MONTANA Items

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~ 10 ono MONTANA ITEMNss,. ,,nii,
Creighton Largeeyy, tie imtiifonaire,
were aned sl8 apiece in police court
in Butte, for exceeding the, speed lin
ut in automobiles. They pleaded gull
liz, The cases are the first OF a cam
paign instituted by the CHIEF Of police
to- stop automobile speeding.
pa The VIII OF Peter Larson, tmdltrmil-
lionaireI railroad contractor, mining
magnate, lumberman and FIGURING mill
owner, has been filed ii the district
court. While the bulk of the estatefis
left to his wife and daughter pro
vision is made for practically every
church, hospital and charitable 'insti:
tuition In the city Of Helena, as we'll as
his brothers. nj The, will n contains a
clause that if any legatee shall file Q
contest, he or she shall be disinherit-
ed. The estate is valued roughly at
($15,000,000., hluou pb 1qrnd, eiA 1T
A wreck occurred on the Northern
Pacific between Garrison and E1liston,
80 miles west Of Butte. Little damage
was, done ridB ..qpdip a. pbgm uIsd
Harry Delaney of New York was
shot and Instantly killed recently In
. brawl, in a house in ,-te restricted
district Of Whitefish. The shooting
was done BY a woman named Ma
thews, who WAS drunk at the time of
her arrest and will give! no state
ment.
c. M. Stubs. a weIl-known resident
Iof Stanford. recently kidnapped his 2
year-old child from its, mother in the
main business street of Great Falls in
broad daylight and at d time When
that thoroughfare was crowded. The
greatest excitement resulted Stpbbs
tore the. Child from its IScfeAming
mother an drapidly bore it away, pur.
sued by a wratfy crowd bent on stfn1-
marily furnishing the kidnaper. Stubs
was arrested. ,......n... ,..,.....
While engaged IN working on an
electric light pole at one Of the big
transformers in the rear of the city
IRE station at Billings, Mont Lewis
&c. Johnson, a line man employed by
the Billings Water Power com pany
was releetrocutedi recently. ~ a91ol,.
| The. geological survey estimates. the
copper output Of Montana In 1905 at
l2S3, 4SS,5f7 pounds, witch fs greater
than, the output OF any other, state
Arizona is second, with 262.566,10s
hounds. Michigan Is third, with 22s,
48S,6l7 pounds gET" 'i'@tegf1 =" ~
The body ioa Roscoe .Denbley, ii who
was drowned in the Clark's Fork re
Gently, has not yet been recovered. :
Two heavy storms coming from op
posite directions met eadh other, neal
fCascade Saturday afternoon, resulting
lin terrific wind and hail storm, dur
ing which hailstoies fell measuring
a. much ~ one and q half inches IL
diaMeter.; Crops were, ruined In the
storm zone. During the STORM light
ming Killed d ranch hand; name an
known. several miles, from Cascade
Hsl was struck, while driving a, .banf
lef sheed to shelter. '"' '''
/ ANef''repressntihg 'Msdfson count,
in tho Legislature two. years ago
Frank p. Lnderman was appointed
assistant secretary Of state. He serve(
until Saturday. when he resigned Il
engaestp business In Helena, d6ecRe
ltary fodsr epn0tnted David Pizsr o.
Helena his snocesjor. ''' - '''''
\ james r. 'DsvIs. Agea %, an aeto'
In the Grand opera house stock com
lpany. while speaking his Hines during
! Sundays matinee Ut Butte, was sud
denly seized By what, physicians pro
inoaneed heart failure. and toppled t.
J l the stage q corpse. Tho Audienes
Y yves at once dismissed. Davis cam,
10 Butte from Chicago about thre,
, months ago. He leaves + widow ant
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