The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
+ From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA, May 18.-Mrs. Alexander
Swain, who yesterday finished serving
the sentence imposed upon her by
Judge Hunt for importing her daugh-
tiers into this country for immoral
purposes, was deported to Lethbridge,
Canada, last evening by Immigrant
Inspector Walker of Havre. The
Swain girls we're deported some time
ago.
MIssoULA, May f6.-The scarlet
fever epidemic has assumed alarming
proportions in Missoula. There are
at least forty cases now under quar-.
antine here, and the parents of school
children are dreadful that the dread
malady is gaining In strength. Yes
terday little Elizabeth Ward suc.
cumbed. Her two brothers died Of
the disease, and three other children
In the family are tonight reported in
q dying condition from the same
cause.
M1ssouLA, MAY 18.-Jacob Stump,
residing In the Orchard Homes dis
trict, was complained against to the
authorities here today on account of
him having yesterday shot and Grip.
pied several Of his neighbors' horses
which had broken into his garden.
The matter vas taken up by Acting
County Attorney O'Hern and settled
on a basis OF 800 for the injury to
the animals.
HELENA, May 18.-The man who
built and operated the first quartz
mill in Colorado and who built and
operated the first quartz mill in the
vicinity OF Helena died last night 1T
St. Peters hospital in this city. He
was Jacob s. Schaefer and he died
of old age. He vas born in Germany
81 years ago and came to this country
and the west 63 years ago when q
young man, following the business of
millwright for a great many years.
He mined 10 the vicinity of Helena
since 1865 and was the owner of q
some valuable gold claims.
GREAT FALLS. May 18.-A. Fisher,
q saloon man of Belt, had q narrow
escape from death a. the result of q
holdup In his place Sunday morning.
Two masked men entered the saloon,
where Is men were c~ongregsted. One
of the robbers, without q word, blazed
away at Fischer with q revolver. the
bullet grazing the top Of his head.
The saloon quickly cleared of men
and the other holdup man riAed the
cash register, getting SIS. Two men
have been arrested on suspicion of
being the holdup artists.
GREAT FALLS, May 1S.-George F.
Heyman a travelling salesman who
visited Great Falls several weeks ago
representing himself to be connected
with a wholesale firm dealing in ladies'
garments was arrested at Dillon to.
day on a warrant issued in q local
Justices court, at the instance of a
member of the firm of Strain Bros,
on a charge Of obtaining money on
false p%retenses. 1t is alleged that
Heyman cashed a check at Strain
Bros, and obtained $50 in cash for
it.
BUTTE, May 18.-The last rail on
the route between Chicago and Seattle,
Of the coast extention of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound railroad
will be laid tomorrow just east of He'll
Gate. 100 miles west of Butte. No
ceremony will mark the practical COM
pletion of the coast extension of the
St. Paul system. With the laying of
the last rail today it is expected that
the Milwaukee will very shortly in.
augurate a tr~anscontinental freight
service, soon to be followed by the
operation of through passenger trains
from Chicago to the coast points.
LEwIsTowN, May 49, Thomas
Hogeiand has brought an action in
the Olstrlct court TO recover damages
in the sun of s., 200 from Louis Butler
q we'll known Stanford business man,
for injuries alleged to have been in
flicted on him by the defendant on
March % last at Stanford, when he
was violently and without cause as
saulted by Mr.. Butler, sustaining a
broken nose and other injuries which
laid him up in a hospital. He also
asks for 1881, the amour he says he
expended for medical treatment etc.
BOHEMIAN, May 18Th. Langohr, a
mechanic of Bozeman, while engaged
in repairing the roof of the Martin
building on West Main street late this
afternoon, fell to the ground, striking
his head so as to fracture the skull.
and died ahOnt e O~,olooL u;tho.. -,