The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-09
MONTANA NEWS BRIEkLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

CHOTEAU, Jan. 1.-Julius Born.
stadt Is dead from the effect of in.
%juries received in being thrown from q
horse while driving cattle. He never
regained consciousness after being
thrown. He was one of the most pros.
porous men in this section and univer.
sally beloved. He was IS years old
and unmarried. The funeral was con.
Quoted from the Methodist church this
afternoon, being largely attended.
M1ssoULA, January Lone Of the
worst rock slides in the history of the
road has resulted in the tieing up of
the Couer d'Alene branch Of the Nor.
thern Pacific near Fish creek. The
slide, which is chiefly Of great blocks
of granite, occurred yesterd sy after.
noon and was Of such Dimensions that
it covered over 100 feet Of the track
with between Is and 20 feet of loose
rock. Freight train No. 142 was
Caught on the west side of it, as was
the returning passenger from Wal.
lace.
HELENA, Jan. l.-Gertrude E. Dow,
alias Dorothy A. Darling, who heeced
every bank In town and several mer.
chants besides, yesterday afternoon,
through her attorney, H. r. Thomp.
son, withdrew her plea of not guilty
and entered a plea Of guilty, at the
same time throwing herself on the
mercy of the court. Judge Smith sen.
fenced her to one year in the peniten.
tiary. Attorney Thompson stated
tn at the woman was addicted to the
use of morphine and this statement
was corroborated by the county attor-
ney.
BUTTE, Jan. 1.-While DR.. G. D.
Bryant of this city was taking his
morning ride %yesterday a thief entered
his room in the Mantle block and took
jewelry and cash to the amount of
81, $40. There was sl4O in cash, and
the rest included diamonds and other
jewelry. On inquiry. suspicion for
the theft rested on Ernest Wathall, an
Office boy who had recently been dis.
charged by the physician. He was
arrested and confessed to having en-
tered the room and taken the valua.
bles.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. LIN the dis
trict court yesterday Charles Doherty
began suit against Lincoln +. Slater,
sheriff of Fergus county, and Orlando
Sawyer, a justice of the peace of that
county, to damages of $4,000.
alleging false arrest and imprison-
ment. Doherty is the sou of the pro.
prietor of the Great Falls-Lewistown
stage line, and was ia the employe OF
his father in Fergus county last May.
An employee of the stage line was gar
hisheed and young Doherty was
served with the writ of garnishment.
Not being authorized to accept service,
he paid no attention to the writ. A
few days later he was arrested on a
charge of contempt Of court and was
taken from Great Falls to Kendall by
the sheriff. The justice had mean.
while discovered that he had exceeded
his jurisdiction, it is alleged, and tnt
case was dismissed.
HELENA, Jan. 2.--The report o.
State Treasurer j. II. Rice for the
month ending December 81, 1906,
shows a healthy condition of The
states funds. The cash on hand De
cember l was $40, l9l .O5: received
during the month, 1910, SILL; pait
out during the month, 1856, 5l2. 9S
leaving a balance on hand December
81, 81, 294, t95 10, distributed in thu
various funds.
LIVINGSTON, Jan. Ii ames Cru
soc, engineer, and John Storrs, con
ductor, were both Instantly killed in
collision at Coal Spur, five miles ives
of Livingston, on the main line Of ,h'
Northern Pacific at , O'Clock thi'
morning. The helper engine was re
turning from the Muir tunnel light. |
crashed into the rear OF the freigh
train.
HELENA, January 2.-Word wa
brought here today that George Gun
vile was drowned this afternoon il
the Montezuma shaft situated three
quarters of a mile east of Rimini
Gunville was helping the former "
er, of the claim to remove their pos
sessions, the claim having been sold ,t
the Nalley Forge Mining company
He was working in the shaft when ht
missed his footing and fell to tn.
stump, ia which IS feet of water wa:
standing.
BIG TIMBER, Jan. 2.-"Two Dot
Wilson, the we'll known livestock
nan, ha, received a telegram confirm
ing the reported killing of Arthur
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