The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-05
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

for several months, attempted to end
his life last night by cutting his
throat in two places with a razor.
DR.. P. J. Mccarthy was called TO
attend him and arrived in time to
save the mans life. The two wounds
were sewed up and Quinn is not suffer.
ing any ill.effects from his rash act
today.
RED LODGE, Jan. BON att Mattson
and a companion, coal miners, we're
thawing out giant powder at the
Northwestern Improvement company's
east side mine this morning, when the
powder exploded. Mattson was hor.
ribly multi ated, n arm being torn
practically off and other injuries in.
dicted. He was taken to the hospital,
but died within few hours. The other
man escaped with q broken arm.
HELENA, Jan. 3O.-In the federal
court yesterday, Judge DIETRICH
awarded damages to the extent of 81
to Poe & Cox, stockmen, who entered
suit against the Northern Pacific Rail-
road company to recover approx
mately $1,000 for the death and injury
Of sheep alleged to have been caused
by the negligence of the company.
The plaintiffs shipped t%wenty-four
carloads of sheep from Sprague,
WASH, to Custer, Mont, and it is
alleged the loss was occasioned by
the delay in transit.
MISSOULA, Jan. 30.-It is reported
here that over two feet of new snow
fell last night at Lookout, the highest
point on the Occur d'Alene branch of
the Northern Pacific. Passenger
train No. 142 is stuck in the drift and
one of the ~rotaries is stalled. The
storm was not general, as there is
only a slight fall Of snow in this
section. The Northern Pacific expects
to have the passenger train out of the
drift in a short time.
BUTTE, Jan. 30.-Three thousand
people in marching order escorted the
body OF d. j. Hennessy to the grave
today, in the bitterest Of cold and the
most clustering weather Butte has
known this season. In addition to
those who marched ahead of the
hearse there we're 10 hacks and a score
of other vehicles. Owing to the
severity of the weather there was not
the popular %outpouring of citizens
that would otherwise have attended
the funeral.
HELENA, Feb. 1.-The federal grand
jury has submitted a partial reportt)
Judge Frank S. Dietrich. Five indict-
ments we're returned but only two
made public. The indictments made
public are against Joseph Trail, a
halfbreed, charged with horse steal
ing, and George McRae, charged
with introducing liquor on the Black
feet reserv alton.
KALIsPELL, Feb. 2.-The jury in
the case Of the state VS.. Thomas Ford
and } ames Young, who we're charged
with the murder of Landon T. Carter,
returned a verdict against the defend
ants for manslaughter. Young, who
was only an accomplice to the crime,
was given one year in the penitentiary
by the jury, but they left the punish
ment OF Ford to be fixed by the court.
ANACONDA, Feb. IA. M. Walker
/ NO, Io~,r m nnfinr OrnivSt tho
county, the result of which is waited
anxiously by many people, as the
decision in the matter may establish
a precedent. Mr.. Walker wants to
recover from the county Sll5 paid to
the county treasurer under protest as
taxes on a mortgage. Mr.. Walker
claims that he should not have been
taxed for the mortgage which is offset
by a similar debt.
BUTTE, Feb. ). = In the past "a
hours three saloons have been held
up, one of them just outside the city
limits, aud altogether a little over
5000 secured from the cash drawers in
the three places. In the case of the
two robberies occurring Sunday
morning, the supposed guilty parties
are now in the city Jail.
HELENA, Feb. 3.-Frank Marshall
Smith, manager Of the East Helens
smelter of the American Smelling &
Refining company, stated today tina
within the last two weeks there has
been a gradual reduction in rates un
til now charges are from So to 81 pc
ton lower than the rates in effect prio,
to the raise which forced so man.
mines to close down.
MISSOULA, Feb. 3.-Wm. Goodrich
was instantly killed yesterday at Cor
belts M~ennahau's camp near varo
and the body was brought to this cit,
at an early hour this morning. Good
rich had been working in the Idah,