The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-10-28
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

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From Various Parts Of the State.
KALISPELL, October 20.-Clarence
Cromwell. a prominent stockman liv.
ing on the edge of the Flathead Indian
reserv alton, was killed last night by
his brother-in.law, Frank Masserson.
From the meager reports received it
appears that Cromwell entered Mas.
%terson's bedroom and drew a gun.
Masterson struggled with Cromwell
and securing the weapon crushed
Cromwell's skull with the stock.
HELENA, Oct: 20.--Henry Cloren, a
resident of Living ston, died yester-
day afternoon on eastbound Northern
Pacific train No. 1, while the train
was passing through Mullan tunnel.
Mr.. Cloren was on his way home from
Missoula, where he had been confined
in the hospital. He had also been in
q hospital at Tacoma. The cause of
death was heart failure. He was IS
years old and a former employe of the
Northern Pacific.
BUTTE, Oct. 20. "A special from
Missoula says: Two posses of Indian
police have left the FlaShead agency
for the purpose Of rounding up the
squaws who we're with the four In
dams who fred upon aod killed Dep.
uty Game Warden Charles Peyton,
last Sunday The names of the four
Indians who we're killed are not yet
known. Major Sam BeIlew, the Flat.
dians may have been Yellowmountain,
who had q permit to hunt aud who
was known to have been in the Swan
river country.
BOULDER, Oct. 2O.-AdoIph Nickels,
tried for the murder of W. G. Whet-
stone at Clancy last summer, was &C
Quilted yesterday by the jury after a
trial lasting six days. He was de-
Tended by Jesse B. Roote. Nickels
was positively identified by John Nu-
gent, the states chief witness. who
was standing alongside OF MILESTONE
when he was struck down by one of
the three men. Nickels denied that
he struck the blow or that he was
present when the assault was made.
kAL1sPELL, Oct. 20. - The Great
Northern Express company has been
sued for the loss Of coyote sealps and
a turkey. The Cutbank Mercantile
company, through their attorney D..
F. Smith, this morning commenced
suit against the express company for
q large bunch Of coyote scalps that
we're in transit from them at Cutbank
to County Clerk Warner of Teton
|eounty on June L, 1905. Complaint
alleges that the bounty on the scalps
when delivered to Mr.. Warner and
properly vouched for would have am
ounted to 1915.
KALISPELL,G Oct. 2l.--J. w. Duncan
has commenced suit against the North.
western Lumbe company of this city
for SlU, $50 and costs, for injuries al
legged to have been received while,
working for that company while ~
their mill, q mile and a half north of
Kalispell, on the 18th day OF July.
HELENA, Oct. 21.-County clerks
and not commissioners have the au-
thority to say in what order party
candidates shall appear on the official
ballot, according to an opinion given
today by Attorney General Galen to,
w. E. Brandenburg, clerk OF Galtati1'
county. The commissioners held that.
they had the authority to make the
designations, and Mr.. Brandeob burg
submitted the question to Mr.. Galen.
M1ssOULA, Oct. ,M.-The body o.
Charles Peyton, the dead game war;
den, will arrive here this Afternoon,
on No. 3, from Drumnond. There is|
a feeling here that TIE killing Of the
four Indis2s should be thoroughly
investigated. The former Iudians
agent says he knows the Flatheads,
are never Guarrels0ne, and he thinks.
there is another story to the killing
besides that which has been made
public.
HELENA, Oct. 21.-Hugh McGinity,
80 years of age, is dead at the county
poor farm. He vas one of the pioneer
placer miners, having come to the
state in the late sos. He was a native
of Ireland and in his early days had
a large fortune, which he lost. He
then came to Montana and after more
than 50 years of unsuccessful mining
came to Helena, i'll and without funds.
He had many friends In the city, but
they were not informed Of his difficulty