The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

ing the Past Few Days.
HELENA, Sept. 1S.-Judge Hunt de-
cided the case of the United States
against Stephanic Phillips in favor
of the government. The defendant
had a homestead entry in Flathead
county, and failed to comply with the
regulations.
HELENA, Sept. Ex-Governor Nor.
ris has received word from Commits.
sioner of Indian Affairs Leup, advis.
ing him he has taken up with the Ca.
madam authorities the matter of the
return to Canada of Chief Little Bear
and his tribe of Crees, and that the
Canadian officials are willing to re.
ceive them. Little Bear. it is said,
does not desire to return, but his son
and others want to return.
BOHEMIAN, Sept. 16.-Jas Walker,
aged II, q pioneer and q we'll known
rancher OF this section of the state,
committed suicide today, during q
period of dependency, by cutting his
throat. Mr.. Walker seems to have
been determined to die and made sew.
eral attempts the past year to kill
himself. He owned a large ranch in
the G~allatin valley and is said to
have been in comfortable circumstan.
ces financially.
BILLINGS. Sept. 1s.-At the Bank
ranch, o mile from Laurel, William
Mccain shot and fatally wounded his
wife and then committed suicide. Nc.
Gam was arrested several months
ago On a charge of heating his wife,
and after trial was given his choice of
leaving the country or going to Jail
for four months. He left the vicinity,
but returned yesterday and, going &c
the ranch engaged in a quarrel with
the woman. He drew a revolver and
shot her three times, each of the bull
lets striking her ia the head.
LIVINGSTON, Sept. 19.-The last of
the tourists will come out of the park
tod ay, hotels will be closed, trans.
portation discontinued and every
thing rung off until June Is next. 1t
is estimated that between 16, 900 and
1900 people have visited the park
this year.
HELENA, Sept. 2O.-G. w. Brown,
cook, vas ground to death tonight be.
meath the wheels Of a lower Broad
water a near Kessler's. 1t is beliey-
ed he committed suicide, for he was
lying across the rails when the car
by, and earlier in the evening
he had been heard making threats of
self.destruction.
BILLINGS, Sept. 1S.-According to
a statement made here today by an
officer of the Billings & Northern
Railway company, passenger term
inals of that corporation will be
located in this city and the yards
used for passenger purposes will be
the largest between St. Paul and
Seattle. Trains will be run into the
city over the Billings & Northern
about Nov. l.
LEwIsTOwN, Sept. -. - George
Bolton, aged As, who went to Judith
Gap, on the Billings Il Northern this
week to work as a laborer for the
railway company, was found
dead in an irrigation ditch near
G~arneill yesterday. There were only
several inches of water in the ditch,
but the mar was lying face down, and
death was the result of drowning. A
wound on the head indicated foul play.
BUTTE, Sept. 19.-During an alter.
cation resulting from q discussion of
who should domina ate the kitchen,
George Morhard, a cook employed at
Joe Klaffki's saloon and cafe on
North Main street, was stabbed yes
terday afternoon with a steak knife
in the hands of Arthur Bryan, a wait.
er employed in the cafe. Less than an
hour later Morhard died of internal
hemorrhage at St. James hospital,
aud Bryan is under arrest charged
with murder.
MAKING Enemies.