The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
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.
BUTTE, Jan. PIN. h. Hogan and
Fred E. Mcclellan, the two policemen
who were found guilty of grating $40
from a negro and his wife on South
Idaho street by the police board we're
dismissed yesterday afternoon by
Mayor Corby. At the time the verdict
OF guilty was found by the commits.
sioners, the findings were withheld and
were filed yesterday.
BUTTE, Jan. 2l.-Not TO the theater
but to the morgue, is the sorry tale Of
Wilcox's death. He died this morn.
ing in the city Jail without even com.
planning that he was ill. Wilcox had
arranged to 90 to the Grand theater
last night with Charles Jones, better
known as "Maurice;' Jones, pro.
prietor Of the Olivia hotel. near the
track. Instead, he went against the
whiskey sold in q colored mans
saloon below the dead line and died.
RED LODGE, Jan. 2l.-A unique
stage line has deem established be.
tween the towns of Bear Creek,
Bridger and Joliet, in Carbon county.
Instead of horses and the old.time
stage, automobiles are being used. |
Round trips between the towns are
made each day, and connections are
made with the Yellowstone Park rail.
roads trains and with the Northern
Pacific branches at Bridger and Joliet.
HELENA, January 81. Elizabeth
Schmitz, II years old and the eldest
daughter of Nicholas Schmitz, a we'll
known rancher and s%tockraiser OF
Malta, died last evening at St. Johns
hospital, after an illness of three
weeks, during which she suffered first
from influenza and later from inflam.
nation Of the brain. She was
brought to the hospital three weeks
ago by her father, and everything
was done for her, but she gradually |
grew worse.
HELENA, Jan. 21.-Perhaps the
most costly instance of damage done
yesterday morning by the high wind
was at the state capitol. During the
early morning hours, eight large
panes OF be avy glass in the skylight
above the house Of representatives
chambers we're displaced, and fell to
the seats below, crashing through the
ornamental art glass and demolishing
it, as we'll as damaging much of the
house furniture. 1t is understood
in making the repairs, at an
cost of $1,000, the state
board of examiners will use smaller
plates of glass so that the danger from
this source may be lessened. This is
the third time in the history of the
capitol that this accident has oc.
Cured.
HELENA, Jan. 22.--The jury in the
United States court today returned a
verdict of not guilty in the case of
} ames Walker, the Butte man charged
with removing beer from improperly |
stamped barrels. Similar Indictments
against Albertson Bros, also of
Butte, we're thereupon dismissed.
MIssOULA, Jan. 22.-Probably the
biggest blast ever shot Off on the right
of wav of the St. Paul road was fired
morning at one of the approaches
to the Milwaukee tunnel near Taft. |
One hundred and eighty kegs OF pow.
der each containing forty pounds.
were used, and it 10 estimated that at
least 1000 tons of dirt were removed
by the explosion.
BUTTE, Jan. 22.-In spite of the
Of protest from a small number
of residents 10 the territory south of
the city, the council tonight passed
the ordinance extending the limits of
city OF Butte south to a point
about y miles beyond the former city
The new addition will increase
the taxable valuation OF the city by
about 81, 200, 600. The addition will
give the city of Butte additional pop.
alton Of about 5000.