The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-26
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFlETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

From various PartS OF the state.
BUTTE, Aug, 1S.-Corbin Hickman,
a we'll known cabman. was electrocut-
ed this evening during a severe
electrical storm by turning on a four
candle power incandescent light. The
stablem an heard him utter q cry and
fall heavily to the floor, killed Instant
ly. 1t is believed that just as Hick-
man turned on the light an electrical
wave struck the wire, and Hickman
caught the full voltage of it.
BILLINGS, Aug. 1S.-Believing that
the life of George Selvidge. the IL.
year-old son Of a local hardware
dealer, was in danger, and that death
followed in the wake of every mo-
ment lost, E. E. Dennis. engineer on
the Northern Pacific, broke all rec
ords on that road Sunday in taking a
surgeon to Sanders by making the 50
miles between Billings and that place
in so minutes.
K%ALIsPELL, August Is. - Joseph
Francas, the 11-year-old son Of Mrs.
Francas of this city, fell into a pond
near the railroad bridge yer the
| Whitefsh and was drowned. With
two other lads he was swimming in the
pond, which is a favorite resort for
young boys. While they were swim
ming the Fraucas lad discovered q
birds nest hanging over the water and
climbed the tree to get it. The limb
broke with him and he fell into the
pond.
HELENA, Aug. 1S.-Attorney Cen
eral Galen, in response to an inquiry
from Secretary of State Yoder, holds
that members of the legislature are
not entitled to copies Of the new codes.
He says the codes for free distribution
are not for the officers, but the offices.
He also holds that it is unconstitu-
tional for the members of the legis-
lature to vote themselves such things,
as it is an increase of e%molument,
which is prohibited by law.
MIssOULA, Aug. 1o.-Within the
past four days eleven men, half of
them we'll known business men of Mis-
soula, have been arrested by Sam
Cone, a government special agent, for
having been found within the limits
of the Flathead Indian reservation
with liquor in their possession. Most
of the men were on fishing expeditions
and had taken the liquid refreshment
for their own use. This makes no
difference to the government, however,
as it is against the law to carry liquor
on to the reservation for any purpose.
BILLINGS, Aug. 19.-The Montana
State Federation of labor at this
mornings session went on record
unanimously endorsing the postal saw.
ings bank bill introduced in the Unit
ed States senate by Senator Carter
by adopting a resolution introduced
by the executive committee. The con-
vention also approved the recommen-
dation of the executive committee up.
on the parcels post.
BUTTE, Aug l9.-Two Butte boy
we'll known in police circles and both
graduates of the industrial school,
are under arrest in Dillon, charged
with burglary. Last night they enter
ed a house in that town and were cap
tured while in the act of going through
the rooms. Ed Williams and O'Leary
are their names A telephone mes
sage received by Chief of Police Wynne
this morning asked that they be taken
back to this city.
HELENA, Aug. ia new claimant
for the honor of first discovering goll
in Montana has arisen. He is p. w,
Meadow of Punta Gorda, Fla, who,
in response to the letter of Secretar,
Bell of the Historical library, ha:
written an account Of his trip tc
Montana. He claims that the party
he was with early in the spring of 1856:
washed out an ounce and q half o
gold at Gold Creek using melted SNOW
water for the purpose. This he claims
, was the first discovery in the state.
ANACONDA, Aug. l9.-Fritz Peter
son, lume tender for the Allen com
pany, was Instantly killed by a boil
of lightning this afternoon, near CAM
No. 2. Peterson was plotting a loat
of stulls down the lume when q black
cloud rolled over the hills. Two mc1
were working at a skidway ran to F.;
tree for shelter from the pelting rain
Peterson ran to another not 20 fee
distant. A binding flash of Lightning
knocked the two men down, and al
they gathered themselves together
they saw that the tree which had shell
tered Peterson was splintered. and he
lay on his face at the foot of it.
"Land Troubles"