The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.

What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.
HELENA, Sspt, 30.-Three suits for
damages, aggregsting s75.000, have
been instituted in the district court
here against the Northern Pacific Rail.
way company. The plaintiffs are res.
idents Of Livingston.
BUTTE, Sept. .3o.-william Csss ady,
. miner, fell 200 feet down chute from
the 800 to the 1000 foot level Of the St.
Lawrence mine this afternoon, and was
almost instantly killed, HE body was
fearfully bruised by the fall, but he
lived few seconds, and was heard to
eroan after the rescuers arrived.
BUTTE. Sept. 30.-The young woman
who stole the 600 belonging to Mrs.
Adamack. while the latter was pr ay ing
during service in the Sacred Heart
church on Sunday, is in custody and
and has confessed the theft. Her name
is Anna Hesly, she is q years of age
and has been In the city for three
years.
GREAT FALLS, Sept, 30.-A shoot
Ing which occurred among workmen
at the Rainbow falls dam last night
resulted In the instant death of. Tom
Bokovitch. John volovich, who did
the shooting, is now in. custody and
admits the killing. He contends, how.
ever, that he acted In self defense and
that II he had not killed Bokovitch
the latter and q number of his friends
would have killed him.
BUTTE, Sept. 30.-Eight hundred
dollars is the price paid to the seven
heirs of James Barry for the killing
OF their father in the Great Northern
yards, May %, 1909. This is about
STA 80 each to the seven children as
compens alton for the loss OF their par.
ent. Barry was working on the tr rack
when the ain ran over him and he
died almost instantly. Neither the en-.
gineer nor the fireman had seen him
and the man had no warning, appar.
emily, OF the approach OF the train.
MIssoULA, Sept. 30.-Peter Ander.
derson, arrested two months ago and
charged with gambling, today pleaded
guilty and fue of $500 was imposed
by District Judge F. G. Webster. A
plea for leniency was made by the at
torney for the defense, who called the
attention OF the court to the fact that
the game engaged In was a pastime
and not a gambling sport. Solo was
the game, and on recent ruling of the
court the game constitutes gambling
when played in a saloon.
DEER LODGE, Oct. 2.-W. p. Brown,
engineer, and F. Schmidt, concrete
laborer, injured in the collision in
Garrison tunnel Friday night, died at
the Deer Lodge hospital today. The
other injured men are reported doing
we'll and no further deaths are expect.
ed.
HELENA, Oct. 2.-E. D. Glennou,
track watchman at the old Montana
Central depot this week. was instantly
killed by q train yesterday afternoon.
He was trying to prevent some young
sters from slipping within the enclos.
ure so they could ride to the grounds
without paying their fares. One boy
lodged across the track and Glennon
followed, beiug hurled to one side by
the engine.
BUTTE, Oct. 2.-Ignorant of the
wiles OF the big city, and of the
ways of the crooks thereof,
poor little Eva Bastina of Havre,
Mont. is mourning the loss of $3.50,
the savings of years of hard work in
the kitchen at s25 q month. She was
lured from Havre by q woman whom
she calls Mrs. May Evsgate and q |
male confederate, who promised her q |
partnership in q business in Butte,
and q job worth at least $50 month.
LEw1sTowN, Oct. 2.-Mule raising
10 about to be engaged in Q short dis.
'ance from Moore on ibig scale G. E.
Meyer, one of the most prominent and
successful mule raisers of Missouri
ass just purchased from G. M. Stone
and DR.. W. A. Long their ranch Of
!, ,04O acres within q mile of Moore
md will devote 1t chiefly to raising
Missouri mules. BE has just started
back to his home at Oregon, Mo-, to
arrange for estsblishinglthis new in.
lustry here. Mr.. Meyer believes