The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

From Various Parts Of the State.
BUTTE, Nov. l2.-Patrol Driver Nc.
Manus was arrested this afternoon on
a complaint filed in the county attor.
ney's Office, charging him with man.
slaughter. McManus is the officer
who shot and killed Charles Leonard
Hicks October 20, in the restricted dis
trict, while Hicks was running away
10 avoid arrest.
BOHEMIAN, Nov. l2.-At a public
meeting the balance of a $50, 600 bonus
fund vas raised for an interurban
electric trolley line to connect Boze.
mar with all the towns of the Gallatin
valley, comprising about 200 miles Of
railroad. This will be the first inter-
urban line in the state. 1t will be
built by St. Louis capitalists.
MALTA, Nov. 12.-Yesterd ay, while
hunting ducks on Bowdoin lake, Bert
Conner Of Helena vas drowned. In
company with other lads he spent the
day hunting around the lake, and
when, in the evening, he did not ap.
pear at the camp, the alarm was sent
to Malta and a searching party was
quickly organized and went to the
scene. This afternoon they discovered
the body in the water.
BUTTE, Nov. l2.-Chris p. Chris.
Hanson brought suit against the
Northern Pacific railroad yesterday
to o damages in the sum of
&c. 900 for injuries alleged to have
been received while riding on the CON-.
pany's train. 1t is alleged in the
complaint that Chr%istianson was
standing on the rear end of a North.
ern Pacific train on November 4, when
it stopped at Pony, aud that it sudden
ly started up without warning, throw
ing him to the ground and breaking
his left arm. He says that he paid a
doctors bill of $3.50 and asks for
SIC. 900 for the injuries received.
HELENA, Nov. l2.-In an opinion
today by Attorney General Galen, in
reply to an inquiry from County At
torney Haywood Of Lewis and Clark,
it is held that where a sheriff goes at.
ter a prisoner in another state he acts
" the agent of the governor of the
state and the bill for his expenses
must be audited by the state board of
examiners and paid by the state. Mr..
Haywood asked whether a sheriff, be-
ing designated as an agent for the y.
tradition of a fugitive from another
state, is entitled to receive mileage as
In cases arising within the state, or is
only to actual expenses for
himself and prisoner.
DEER LODGE, Nov. l3.-Ben Frank.
lin, one of the old-time settlers in this
section of the state, was found dead
in his cabin in this city this morning.
Physicians state that he died of heart
failure. Mr.. Franklin came to Deer
Lodge in 1863 and ever since that time
has been mining in the Champion dis
trict. He has no known relatives.
BUTTE, Nov. l3.-Mrs. Margaret
Hogan has compiled an annual report
of county school statistics for the state
superintendent. According to her fig.
ures there are II, 500 children of school
age, between 6 and p, in Silver Bow
county, and they are nearly equally
divided between the sexes, 6 ,346 being
boys and $500 girls. OF the total the
Butte district has l2,5O7 children.
BOHEMIAN, l3.--Gold has been found
in paying quantities on Taylor's fork
in the West Gallatin basin. Quite a
stampede has been on for a few days
and it is reported that claims are
staked out for several miles on either
side OF the river. A Livingston man
is said to have panned out $40 from a
half dozen pans OF dirt and others
have done nearly as we'll. Gold in
small quantities has been discovered
in former years in the basin. T.. w.
King and Charles S. Hartman have
gone up to the digging to see whether
there is anything in the properties or
not.