The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETSI
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.


BILLINGS, June 2S.-To be held up
at the point of a revolver and robbed
of all their possessions, by two young
men, was the fate of four German la
borers last evening. The robbery was
committed between Lockwood and
Huntley, and the men who committed
the deed are now behind the bars in
the county Jail and have confessed.
DILLON, June 2S.-Lung Chez, a
Chinese cook in the construction camp
Of Jack Collinton on the Gilmore Il
Pitts burg railroad, building out Of
Armstead, came near being blown
into the celestial heaven via the dyna-
mite route at an early hour yesterday
morning. Three men are now behind
the bars in the county Jail in Dillon
charged with attempting Chefs life.
BILLINGS, June 28.-Robert Bolton
of Billings dropped dead from heart
failure at the ranch of Robert Connick,
nine miles west Of here, this afternoon.
Bolton, who is q blacksmith, went to
the Connick ranch several days ago
to take a vacation. He was assisting
Mr.. Connick in repairing q mower,
and suddenly got to his feet, gave q
gasp and fell to the ground. An ex.
animation proved that he was dead.
HELENA. June 26.-The Western
Development company Of Pitts burg TO-.
day filed a suit in the district court
against F. A. Hall, q we'll known zig.
ure in Montana railroad circles, to
recover s81, 600 and the books of the
company. The complaint asserts that
Hall was given s50O,000 to construct
the Yellowstone Park railroad, and
that be made wrongful returns in
amount indicated as to his expendit-
ures therefor.
KAL1sPELL, June 2S.-The dead
body Of Major Jones, q aged home
steader of the Valley lake region, was
discovered in q sitting posture in q
chair in his cabin in the upper South
fork of the Saltwater yesterday by
Charles Stodbeck, a forest ranger.
Jones was probably 80 years old and
had lived here for nine or ten years.
He was formerly a printer, but con-
Quoted a shooting gallery here until
his settlement upon the homestead.
HELENA, June 28.-The verdict in
| the Northern Pacific reward case,
growing out of the conviction of
Towner, Gruber and Hastings for the
murder of Engineer Glow and the at
tempted holdup of the Northern Pa.
ciAc train at Welch's spur, was opened
this morning at 10 a'clock and proved
to be a victory for everybody, with
the honors in favor Mrs. Hulda Hun.
gate, the boarding house keeper, at
whose place the three robbers planned
the holdup. She received 81, 1856. II.
The total of the reward was Sc. 900
and the Northern Pacific paid the
money into court long ago and told
the various claimants to"fght it out"
BUTTE, June 29.-Dominic Bertotti,
while engaged in a friendly wrestling
bout two days ago, was thrown
on his face by John Jolo, and his
pipe rammed through his throat, caus.
ing his death last night.
HELENA, 29.-Fire, which start
ed early this morning in a cafe run
by a Chinaman on upper Main street,
virtually destroyed that establish.
ment and the store of M. Fisk, ad-
joining. The loss will aggregate
about sc, 900, according to the state.
ments of the owners of the buildings
and MIR. Fish, with insurance about
half that.
KALISPELL, June 29-Fifteen alleged
gamblers were taken into the tolls by
Deputy Sheriff Baldwin in an i'm,
promptu raid on the back room of the
Arcade theater on First avenue west
last night. Baldwin was searching
for one Jim Gibbons, an alleged OF.
fender, when the game was discovered,
and the players and spectators marched
to jail. All were released today ex-
cept John Churmage, who waived ex-
animation in Justice WalIace's court
and gave bond for appearance in dis
trict court.
BUTTE, June 29.-Judge Donlan to-
day dealt another crushing blow to
the gamblers of Butte when he set a
precedent by refusing bail to u con-
victed gambler. pending appeal to the
supreme court. John Radmilov ich,
in whose saloon games were proven to
have been held last Saturday, was
given a year in Jail and q fine of
81, 900. He secured 60 days in which
to file exceptions and suppoed bail
would be accepted meanwhile, but the
court announced that it would with
hold fhiS Drivi1ooo from tho norb1;o-