The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-04
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

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of the old.timers as "Rnssian BILL
Mr.. Wilson had passed the three.
score.and.ten mark some time ago
and during the past few months had
been very feeble. He was the owner
of some good placer ground on Trout
creek, upon which he had worked
since the early 70's.
MIssoULA, Oct, 29.-Eight prison
ers, awaiting trial, charged with
various %offenses, escaped from the
county Jail this evening about 7:3O
and at a late hour tonight, with one
exception, had not been recaptured. In
some mysterious ann the men I'M.
locked the door of a steel cage open.
ing into q corridor which led to the
bath room. A hole was then made in
the brick wall with a large iron spoon,
and q after another the prisoners
made their getaway.
HELENA, Oct. 2S.-Thomas j. Ham
by of Chinook, who recently brought
q SuIC lOk uI$OICC 0k uluSV us Wiz Ou
the ground of desertion and to which
the wife replied, alleging she had not
deserted him, but that he had sent her
home to North Carolina and then had
refused to send her money so she
could return, has filed a replication
to his wife's answer. He AYERS that
his wife insisted on going back to her
home aud that while he did not
promise to send her money SO she
could return to Montana, he did SO,
but she refused to come.
BUTTE, Oct. 29.-From a tiny little
farm, which barely supports life for
himself and his wife and two little
children, William T. Winnicott, blind
from picking into a missed hole on
the St. Paul grade last winter, came
to Butte a few days ago to fight his
$75, 900 suit against Orman and Crook,
and yesterday afternoon was awarded
a verdict of $25, 900 by a jury in
Judge Bourquin's court. This is one
of the largest verdicts ever returned
by a jury in Silver Bow county, yet
the jury was out but half an hour,
and that time was spent simply In set.
tling on the amount to be given Mr..
Winnicott. There was little or no
dis disagreement in the matter Of finding
for him.
BUTTE, Oct, 3O.--Jos. A. Thomas,
aged 60, was instantly killed this af-
ternoon by being knocked down by a
runaway team at Park and Oklahoma
streets. Thomas was crossing the
street at the time, and did not notice
the approaching team. Thomas was
q miner. He was married and had a
grown up family, but their where
abouts are unknown.
GREAT FALLS, Oct. 3O.-The coils
ion Of two switch engines at the mouth
of the ore sheds on the Boston & Mon
tana smelter high line this afternoon
resulted in the death of Harry c.
Dalton, fireman on engine No. IS.
Dalton's head was crushed and he
was badly scalded by steam. He died
almost instantly. The other members
of the train crews on both engines es.
capped injury by jumping as the en-
gines collided.
HELENA, Oct. 30-At a meeting Of
the city council tonight the contract
for the construction for the proposed
waterworks for which 5000, 900 was
recently voted. was awarded to the
American Light and Water company
of Kansas City. Their bid, the lowest
submitted, was for $3.50, O00. The
mayor and city council were instructed
to enter into contract with the firm.
Five bids were submitted.
HELENA, Oct. 30.-St. Paul builders
have just completed, at a cost of $50,
600, the erection OF the Peter Larson
mausoleum in Resurrection cemetery
here. The structure is declared to bt
the finest in the west. Over 300 tons
of granite and Is tons of the fines,
statue Italian marble were used, ant
nearly q ton Of bronze. The mau
soleum contains nine ~catacombs. 1t l,
in the Doric style Of architecture, ant
was patterned after the church of St
Mary Magdalene in Paris.
BILLINGS, Oct. 30.-Murdered IL
cold blood, evidently for his money
was the fate Of Francico Cea, al
Italian, whose body was found lyin;
In the middle Of a country road abou
five miles west Of this city last night
There was a deep cash on the man
right cheek which was made by som
sort Of blunt instrument, and deaf
was no doubt instantaneous. Cea'
head was lying in a pool OF blood
and in his right hand he held an ope
knife which showed he had made a
attempt to defend himself from hi
enemies.