The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-24
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.
BILLINGS, Nov. 16.-The Billings
chamber Of commerce today adopted
resolutions protesting against the use
of Indiana sandstone in the additions
to the state capitol at Helena, and
urged the board of capitol commits.
sioners to reconsider its determine.
ton, and decide to use Columbus
sandstone.
RED LODGE, Nov. 15.-R. Fother-
ingham has fled suit against the
Washoe company for S35, 900 damages,
his allegation being that he was in.
jured in the Washoe coal mine last
March, through the negligence Of the
company.
BUTTE, Nov. 15.-Anton MOTEL, who
has been working around the Leon
ard mine for the past few years, met
with instant death this morning. He
was unloading q car of lumber when
he cut loose Q wide stay and a loos.
ened timber struck him, crushing HE
skull like an egg. He was As years
old and leaves q wife and Eve chill.
dren.
BUTTE, Nov. 15.-Matt Brady, Jno.
Handy and John Mslop. all negroes,
held to the district dourt recently by
the justice court for gambling, we're
arraigned in the district court today.
Judge Donlan raised their bonds
from $500 to $1,000. He declared that
this would be the regular bond for
men ccused of gambling hereafter.
PONY, Nov. 15.-Bill Reed, an old.
time blacksmith and pioneer of viii.
lowcreek and Sandcreek, we'll known
throughout this part Of Montana, who
came to Pony several days ago, went
to bed last night under the influence
of liquor. He set his bed on fire dur.
ing the night and was terribly burned
before discovered. He died this morn.
ing. He was q genial old fellow with
many friends. He was q soldier in
the confederate army in Missouri and
came to Montana with the left wing Of
Prices army.
BOHEMIAN, Nov. 16.-Sherif Allen
W. Sales has returned from Spokane
with Henry Breenden. Breenden was
brought before Judge Stewart, plead.
ed guilty to the charge of horse steal.
ing and was sentenced to two years
and six months in the state peniten.
tiary. Breenden and q man named
Land were accused of stealing two
saddle horses from q local livery sta
BILE in September. Land was caught
and sentenced to W. years.
DILLON, Nov. 16.-Judge Lew. L.
Galloway sentenced Louis Conditf this
morning to Imprisonment for life in
the ~penitentiary for the murder of
Frank McLain in Wisdom the morn
ing of July 20.
MISSOULA: Nov. 16.-With a big
crowd present aud with the bidding
spirited, the sale of the lots of tue new
townsites plated by the government on
the Flathead reservation was begun
in Missoula today. Dan Arms, regis.
ter of the local United States land Of
flee, where the sale is being conducted,
acted as auctiOneer and opened up
| the sale with the Arlee tract.
HELENA, Nov. 17.-Because tbs act
throwing open the old Fort Buford
military reservation did not specif.
cally state that the state of Montana
might make selections therein, the rem.
eral land Office at Washington holds
that the state can not make indemnity
selections on the land formerly in
cluded in that reservation. The gen.
eral land Office, has accordingly can
celled the selection of the state of 80
acres of indemnify school land in that
locality.
WH1TEFIsH, Nov. 1B.-As a result
of a dynamite explosion at Nyack,
John Cumans, q Great Northern line
man, was killed, and Foreman Faust
was severely injured. The men were
thawing dynamite near a fire and get.
ting ready for blasting, when it ex.
ploded. Cumans was sitting right
over it and received the full charge of
several sticks and was blown 20 feet,
where he was picked up unconscious
and died Immediately. Both arms
were blown off and the body and face
were badly lacerated.
BILLINGS, Nav. 16.-R. A. Burr,
deputy city clerk, came within IN ace
of losing his life today by drinking a
mixture intended as a medicine for
horses. and which contained digitalis
and crude opium. Barr had been
working in the land Office for several