The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-08
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, May 31.-As the result OF
a dog fight in this city, John Ober'
weiser is dead and Walter K. Scott,
who Ia alleged to have struck him in
the face with his fist, is charged with
manslaughter. Oberweiser is said to
have interfered 10 the fight, THE in.
furiating Scott, whose animal was
winning, and the two came to blows.
MILES CITY, May 3O.-Chsrles
Kinch, q clerk In Arnold's grocery
store, shot himself accidentally last
evening with q 1920 Winchester. He
died instantly. Ktnch, Jos. Stsley
and Roy Cleland had been out fishing
on Tongue river and started home in
q wagon. Kinch was holding the lines
In one hand and the, gun In the other.
The horses gave q jerk and the gun
struck the edge of the seat and was
discharged.
M1ssoULA, May 30.-Word reached
Missoula today of the death of G. Hop.
kline, son of q rancher near Iron
Mountains. who died Saturday night
Of injuries caused by being thrown
from q vicious horse. The young man
was engaged In rounding up some cat
tie when his horse SHE'D, throwing his
rider violently to the ground. Young
Hopkins only lived four hours after
the accident, and never recovered con.
seriousness.
LEw1sTowN, May 30.-Sheriff Mar.
tin and his deputies have been keeping
q sharp lookout for several days past
for one William Stewart, alias John.
son. who q short time ago shot and
killed q young man named Gordon
Langstrom q short distance south Of
Harlowton. Sheriff Martin was no.
titled by telephone of the tragedy and
at last accounts it "a believed the
murderer was 10 the Crazy mountains
district. The murder was q brutal and
wholly unprovoked one, the tragedy
being Witnessed by four parties.
HELENA, June IF. H. Ray, state
land agent, today made settlement
with State Treasurer Esselstyn for the
business of his department for the las,
half of May, the amount deposited be-
ing $2l, 234.5l OF this amount, the
school funds received practically all,
or upwards of s18, 000.
HELENA, June l. - Word of the
death of Mrs. Nicholas Hilger q,
Alhambra, q Montana pioneer, and
for many years q resident of this city,
was received here. The body will be
brought to Helena and funeral ar
engagements announced later. Mrs
Hilger is survived by her husband
aud three sons, one of them being
David Hilger, of Lewistown.
HELENA, June 1.-C. l.. Herrick
stamp clerk 10 the Missoula postoffjce
Is under arrest on the charge of en-
bezzlement, it being alleged that hi
stole 5000 80 of the government
money. The complaint against Her
rick was filed by Postofice lnspecto,
John G. Clunl, and Herrick is out or
bonds awaiting action by the fedora
grand jury which meets here June IA
HELENA, June 1.-The taking of thu
thirteenth decennial census is virtually
complete in the second district of Mon
tana, which comprises those counter
lying east of the Rocky mountains
Supervisor Leon Shaw having re
ceived returns from about 225 of tn,
276 enumerators. 10 the districts no
reported, the work is practically fin
ished, and it is expected that within
two weeks all will have finished theil
work. In a few isolated cases, tn
work may continue throughout June
because of late starts, due to inabilit!
to secure enumerators.