The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
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.
BUTTE, Aug. 6.-The citizens o,
Butte will send a carload of pro
visions to the fire sufferers at Fernie,
B. c., or if the sufferers wish, money.
Mayor Corby has wired to learn the
wishes of the people there, and as
soon as word is received, a carload
of provisions will be Immediately sen,
to the stricken town.
HELENA, Aug. 6.-The state furnish.
ing board has received the tablet
which is to be erected in the state
capitol building to the memory OF
Captain James Williams, the former
Madison county pioneer and intrepid
leader of the ~vigilantes, which will be
placed on the wall in the main
entrance, opposite and in q similar
position to the tablet already erected
to Robert Bruce Wallace.
KAL1sPELL, Aug. 6.-Ellis Baker
of Columbia Falls, who was shot yes.
terday by Alice Burnett, an 1s.year.
old girl Of that village, may recover.
He Is now in the hospital here. The
girl gave herself up and was released
on $1,000 bail. Baker Is q married
man, with q family. The girl, who
was infatu ated with him, is one of a
family of old residents.
MILES CITY, Aug. 6.-News from
the range on the north side of the
Yellowstone is that extensive prairie
fires have been raging in the country
between Donaldson's ranch and the
big Dry" The territory burned is
estimated to be a strip about ten
miles wide and forty long and the
fire is also reported having gone as
far west as Davidson's ranch near
Forsyth.
ANACONDA, Aug. 6.-Mrs. r. F.
Soule was fatally burned this morn
ing by the ignition of a gallon can Of
den aturized alcohol which she was
using to start a gasoline stove. Mr..
Soule, her husband, was seriously
burned in his attempts to extinguish
the flames. Mrs. Soule died shortly
after l o'clock this afternoon at the
hospital, where she had been taken
Immediately after the accident. Her
husbands condition is critical, as he
inhaled some OF the flames.
BUTTE, Aug. 6.-During the coming
fall the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railway will send through the
eastern and central states a car con-
tanning exhibits gathered from that
part of Montana through which the
line runs, consisting of both agricul.
tural and mineral products. The gath
ering of specimens will begin just as
soon as crops have ripened, and the
collection will be one which will dem
onstrate to the farmers OF the east just
exactly what they may expect tt raise
In Montana.
BILLINGS, Aug. - The burglar
wounded five days ago by Sheriff
Herford escaped from the hospital
tonight with nothing covering him but
q bed sheet. The burglar has per-.
sistently refused to give his name.
Up to a late hour tonight nc trace of
the fugitive had been secured.
M~IssoULA, Aug. tom Martin,
a son-in.law Of j. j. Burnett, the
latter a pioneer of the state, died this
morning from the effects of sunstroke
received q week ago. This is the first
case Of its kind that has ever occurred
here.
BUTTE, Aug. IA dispatch from
Billings states that word has been re-
ceived there of the killing by a train
at Mckenzie, N. D., of John Gregson,
a stockman Of Columbus, Montana,
while enroute to Chicago with a ship.
ment Of cattle. Mr.. Gregson was
struck by a freight train.
LIVINGSTON, Aug. S.-While fishing
In the Shields river this morning, j.
II. A>CAlA ulsCOVCEcu tuo tOOtu OI b
mastodon on the water edge of the
river, 10 miles north OF this city.
The tooth is in q good state Of pre-.
%servation and weighs than three
pounds. II Is five inches in diameter
and has roots II inches in length.
BUTTE, Aug. S.-Virgina Wardell,
q "clsirvoy AMI" with apartments at
II East Park street, was arrested yes.
terday afternoon on complaint of
Frank Reinhart, q mschinist, alleging
that the an secured 5000 from him
through Misrepresentation, Miss
Wardell was arraigned before Justice
Rhoades and furnished bail in the
sum of $500.
LEw1sTOwN, Aug. 5. William
Roberts, a well.known contractor and
builder, who more than % years ago
had charge of the construction of the