The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16
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.
K%ALIsPELL, June w. E. Hood,
who came to Montana As years ago
from Virginia, died at his home on
Third emu west, last evening of
paralysis, from which be has been
suffering for some time. Mr.. Hood
was formerly an Indian scout, and
served with credit in several skirm.
ishes with the Indians, where he re-
ceived wounds whose scars he carried
to his grave.
HELENA, June 7.-Richard Hooking
OF Butte, pleaded guilty to the third
count in the indictment charging him
with embezzlement from the Butte
postof5ce and was sentenced by Judge
Hunt this afternoon to serve eighteen
months in the penitentiary at Leaven.
worth, Kan, and to pay a fine Of g..
S72. 90, this amount of money the third
count charged him with embezzling.
Hooking took the sentence cody.
GREAT FALLS, June 7.-Lewis San.
der, a wealthy ranchman and q pion.
eer of Montana since 1868, died this
afternoon at the Deaconess hospital
in this city of the effects of q paralytic
stroke with which he was afflicted
about a year ago. MIR. Sander came
to the United States from Germany in
1868 and five years later came west to
Montana, first locating in Helena,
where he engaged in mining.
HELENA. June 7.-Antoine Finley,
who has served time in the penitentiary
and has been q frequent inmate of the
county Jail here, pleaded guilty in the
federal court today to introducing
liquor on the Blackfeet eserv alton
and was sentenced to serve four
months in the county Jail and to pay
a fine of 81 1000. Judge Hunt warned
him that if he again got into trouble
he would receive a pe%niteutiary ser
tence.
BUTTE, June 1.-Two mounted and
masked men blew a safe in Scandal
hall. in the heart of the city, at 2
o'clock this morning, seized $500 in
cash and galloped away toward the
divide. Although seen by q number
of citizens, the trail wal lost, and the
robbers, whose work indicated pro.
fessional skill, probably are in the
wilds beyond pursuit. There vas no.
body in the saloon at the time but the
explosion, which vas very heavy, at.
tracted a large crowd.
MILES CITY, June ga. E. Elliott,
a we'll known resident of this city was
drowned, it is believed, while fishing
in the slough north of this city some
time during Sunday. Elliott appar.
emily attempted to cross the slough in
an old boat. A woman living nearby
heard cries for help, and saw a man
whose description fits Elliott strug.
Cling in the water. His fishing tackle
was found in the boat and it is be-
lieved Elliott lost his balance and fell
IN the swift flowing waters.
HELENA, June 9.-For thre a~tening
to kill Fred G. Morgan, agent in
charge of the Flathead reserv alton,
j January "a, last, Sanneh Nicola, q
2~O.year-old Indian youth, who pleaded
guilty before Judge Hunt in the fed
eral court to making an assault with
a deadly weapon, was sentenced to
serve o year and one month ia the
penitentiary at Leavenworth.
MIsSOULA, June 8.-Investig alton
as to the cause of the death of an
unknown man, who was found on the
tracks OF the Northern Pacific II
miles west of Missoula early this
morning, leads the to believe
that the man al the victim of foul
play. The body, severed at the waist,
was found lying across the tracks.
An examination of the body at the
corOner's inquest showed that every
pocket had been turned inside out and
apparently riaed of all they con.
tanned.
HELENA, June S.-After a thorough
discussion of the present eighth grade
examinations the state board of edu.
cation at its final session today came
to the conclusion that as present
drawn up they are entirely too arbi.
trary and rigid, and to modify them
so that they will meet with more gen.
eral favor among teachers and par
ents, a committee consisting of w. e..
Harmon, S. D. Largent and Randall
j. Condor was named to revise them.