The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
M1ssoULA, May 12.-George M.
Hayden, charged with shooting his
wife, today entered . plea Of guilty to
the charge and Judge Webster sen.
fenced him to the ~penitentisry for five
years. Hayden attempted to kill his
wife, but the bullet passed through her
cheek.
BUTTE, May 12.-Advices received
here today from Saltese tell of the
finding of the body of William Nc
Crudden in the mountains near that
place. McCrudden left Butte on Dec.
ember 16 of last year, and from Salt.
ese started to walk to the mining
claims of his brother, some nine miles
distant from Saltese. A heavy
storm set in and McCrudden lost his
way and persisted. For q number Of
weeks parties searched the mountains
for McCrudden without success.
BUTTE, May II The suit of An
drew NJ. johnson to ecover % 900
from Paxson & Rockefeller for the
alleged selling of sabadilla powder in
the place of Peruvian bark, Is being
heard by q jury in Judge Bourquin's
department.. 1t is alleged by the
plaintiff that he sent a friend to Pax
son & Rockefeller's drug store for q
small quantity OF Peruvian bark, but
that the clerk gave him sabadilla
powder instead and Mr.. Johnson says
he took two large doses of the powder,
which made him very sick, as it is a
poisonous insect powder.
Butte, May 12.-An agreement was
reached here today between the Rocky
Mountain Bell TELEPHONE company and
the Montana unions by which the for.
mer is declared ''fair'' and all differ
ences adjusted. The contract is bind.
ing for one year and will continue
thereafter unless either party desires
to withdraw from It. The strike in
volving the Bell company In this state
was begun o than o year ago and
grew out of the demand of the Utah
and Wyoming electrical workers for
higher pay. Later all of the Montana
unions affiliated with the State Fed.
Grafton of Labor became involved.
and the strike and boycott by the un.
ions spread to various parts Of Mon.
tana.
LEw1sTowN, Nav 13.-The Judith
basin country is practically assured
another immense crop this year. The
heavy rainfall of the past few days
has provided all the moisture needed
at this time, and in addition, the
spring is considerably earlier this
season than a year ago, 50 that the
crops will stand a much better chance
Of maturing earlier and escaping al
danger of frost.
HELENA, May l3.-J ames D. Lar
kin, Edward Morrissy and J. p
Murphy, claimants for s 4 1000 of tn
reward offered for the arrest and con
~viction of the WEIGH Spur robbers, to
day filed separate answers to the sui
instituted in the district court by tn
Northern Pacific to compel the variou
claimants to litigate their rights. Th
answering defend ants allege they ar
rested Towers and Hastings, AM
are therefore entitled to the money.
BUTTE, May 13.-The county com
missioners have received an Opinion
from Attorney.Genera Galen relativ
to the validity of q purchase or renta
of forty voting machines to be use
at the fall election in Silver Bow
The commissioners propose to rer
the machines for this year and II the
prove successful at the fall electio
the rental will be renewed for 1905
AT the end of that period the count
will then purchase the machines GU,
right.
BUTTE, May 13.-Louis Ferris, tn
self-confess ed train wrecker aud mul
derer, now stands indicted on fou
separate charges. County Attorne
Murray evidently intends to take n
chances on the prisoner getting 0,
on a technically or otherwise, fo
this morning two more information
were filed in the criminal departmer
of the district court, one chargin
Ferris with the murder of Charlie
Meng and in the other be is accuse
of the murder Of George w. Ehle.