The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

HELENA, Oct. 29.-Coroner Bennett
was called to Mitchell last night by q
report which was brought to Helena
of the finding Of a dead body by Jos.
Hilger, who lives near that place.
Hilger found the body in the hills in
q badly decomposed condition and it
is moi known who the dead mar Is nor
how he came to his death, whether by
foul play or naturally.
LEwIsTOwN, Oct. 29.-Word has
been received here of the death last
week at Colorado Springs of Louis
Mainland, o. Of Fergus county's
successful w~oolgrowers and who sev-
eral years ago founded Mainland. The
decedent vas a comparatively young
man who came from Norway to en-.
gage 10 the sheep industry. He was
successful from the start, and accu-
mulated . fortune. He fell a victim
to consumption.
LIVINGSTON, Oct. 29.-The l6-hour
law, passed at the last session of the
legislature, which prohibits any rail-
road in the state from working an
employe longer than l6 consecutive
hours, will be tested at the present
term of court in thi, county. The
state has filed a cas-. against the
Northern Pacific railway, alleging a
violation Of the law, and it is expect
ed that the supreme court will be call
ed npon to pass npon the validity of
the statute before the case is concluded.
HELENA, Oct. 29.-Notice of motion,
which will be brought up December 4,
for leave to file q complaint to recov.
er 81, 000, 600, the alleged valne of ores
unlawfully extracted, was filed today
in the federal court here by the
St. Louis Mining & Milling com.
pany aginst the Montana Mining
company. Limited. This opens up
another chapter in q long legal war;
fare which has been waged for years
and carried two or three times to the
supreme court of the United States.
BUTTE, Oct. 29.-Five boys charged
with highway robbery, all l6 years
old, were ordered rele ased from Jail
by Judge of the criminal department
of the district court this morning, on
promises from them and their mothers
that they would appear in court Satur-
day to be tried for incorrigibility and
vagrancy, the penalty for which is
confinement in the reformatory at
Miles City till the culprit reaches p
years of age. The FIVE boys were
arrested by the police for trolling" q
drunken man in an alley and robbing
his pockets Of $50.
HELENA, Oct. 3O.-As Moutana's
share of the proceeds from the forest
reserve revenue for the fiscal year,
Governor Toole received a check to-
day for $40, $50. 40. Under a national
law. the several states receive 10 per
cent of the revenue from the reserves,
to be turned into the school and road
funds. A total of $206, 554.19 was
received from Montana reserves this
year.
HELENA, Oct. 3O.-Back pay to
members of the First Montana regi-
ment, for the time when the men
we're ordered to Helena until actually
mustered in, will be received by them,
according to a letter received from
Washington, D. c., by Governor
Toole. The treasury has allowed
Ga, 95S. Governor Toole says he be:
lieves the amount should be more
and the case may be carried to the
comptroller.
HELENA, Oct. 3O.-Presumably for
the purpose OF robbery, unknown per.
sons have assassinated John H.
Holmes at his mining prospects near
Wolf Creek in this county. Holmes
had been employed as coachman for
prominent residents of Helena for a
numder of years and saved quite a
sum. He then devoted himself to min
ing. The body vas found hidden
near his prospect, having been dead
several days.
BUTTE, Oct. 30.-Attorney John
A. Coleman has brought a suit
for $50, 900 damages against the
Montana Central Railway company
in the district court in behalf Of Miss
Bessie James, a dress maker of Butte,
and the complaint alleges that Miss
James suffered personal injuries in
a collision on the road at Clancy on
October g., which en,itle her to that
amount, plus $3.50 for medical attend
ance and 5000 for loss of working time.
BUTTE, Oct. 3O.-At q of the lar
gest meetings W held by the Butte
Miners union, the contract between
the union and the companies which
provides for q wage scale of 81 per
day when copper sells for Is cents per