The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.

SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
HELENA, June 9.-1n reply to an
inquiry from II. 8. Hepner of Lewis
and Clark county, Attorney General
Gslen holds that where . person tes.
tides on the same day in more than
one criminal trial he is entitled to but
. single fee.
STEvENsv1LLE, June 9.-The body
OF Charles Carlson, q Finn, was re.
covered yesterday afternoon in Swee.
ney creek between Stevensville and
Florence, about . quarter of . mile
from his home, after lying in the
water for sixty hours. He was drowned
while on his way home from the Baird
& Co. sawmill near Missoula.
GREAT FALLS, June 9.-Upon Or
ders from the county attorney, Hell.
man Kivineu, the Spionkop boy, who
was arrested for the killing lof his
father, VALE Kivinen, has been re.
leased from custody and will not be
prosecuted. Upon investig alton the
county attorney decided thatl the boy
acted in self defense and that Il would
be impossible to convict.
MIssoULA, June 9.-Two years and
six months in the penitentiary was the
sentence imposed by Judge Webster
In the district court today when ]. M.
Miller came into court and pleaded
guilty to a charge of burglary. Mil.
Ter, who is a one armed cripple, con.
fessed that he held up three men in a
hotel room here four weeks ago and
robbed them at the point of q gun.
He is believed to be an ex-convict.
BUTTE, June 9.-Tn the falling of a
carload of stulls at the West Stewart
mine, A. w. Teagear was crushed to
death and Joseph Williams, another
mill hand, badly bruised, being hurled
from the top Of the rolling timbers to
the ground. Instead of burying him
as it did Teagear, the falling stulls
hurled him to safety. Three more
men who were assisting in unlo aiding
the car had narrow escape from
death. The accident was due to the
stulls rolling the wrong way, due it is
thought. to the wet weather. Teagear's
body was badly mangled.
BOHEMIAN, June "a memorable
day in history of the Montana College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
closed here tonight when diplomas
were given to II seniors, the largest
class that has ever gone out at one
time from the institution. The entire
day was busy one and early this
morning the members of the senior
class gathered on the college campus
to spend their last day together at the
institution they have attended for the
past four years.
HELENA, June 1.-THE morning of
June %, q hearing will be held here
by the railroad commission to con.
slider the matter OF establishing con.
nections between the Montana railro ad
and the Billings & Northern at Judith
Gap. and between the Billings & Nor.
thern and Milwaukee at Lavina.
BUTTE, June l0.-Instead OF merry
wedding chimes, the funeral bell will
toll for beautiful 1s.year-old Meta
Collete, who this week was to have
become bride, but who tonight took
her life by drinking carbolic acid. II
was stated this morning that the man
she was to have married went to Hell
ena. Whether she quarreled with him
or whether some other difficulty arose
was not explained.
WOLF CREEK, June 10.-Crashing
into the rear end of an extra west.
bound freight on the Great Northern
here this morning, the locomotive of
another westbound freight wrecked
five cars and smashed q car of dyna.
mite, scattering that deadly explosive
about the track, which, however, did
not explode. Traffic was tied up for
. couple Of hours and two men were
Injured.
BOzEMAN, June 10. Jake Shaw,
Who was one of the witnesses sub.
poenaed for the Bennett case here last
week and failed to appear. was ar.
rested few weeks ago in Miles City
On the charge of contempt of court.
BE was brought before Judge Stewart
yesterday and fined $3.50. Unable to
pay. he is now serving out the amount
oy languishing in the county jail.
ROUNDUP, June lO.-D. W. Slay.
ON, one OF the pioneers of the Mus.