The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few DAYS.

What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.
ANACONDA, April ga wild man
was captured this afternoon on the
Geo. johnson ranch, north of Warm
Springs. by Sheriff O'Keefe. He gives
his name az Tom Mulcahy, and says
that he lives in Butte and formerly
worked in the smelters at Anaconda.
He was found hiding in the brush
along the banks OF the Deer Lodge
river, and was naked but for q pair
of trunks such as athletes wear in their
games.
GREAT FALLS, April 27.-E. B..
Judd, president of the Judd Implement
company and one of the most promi.
nent men in this section of the state,
died at the Deaconess hospital late
this afternoon after but two days i'll.
ness. He had been about the streets
and at his business till the early part
of the week, though of recent months
his health had not been vigorous.
M1ssoULA, April 27.-seekiug relief
from q physical affection, which had
all but wrecked his mind, Joseph Du.
pont, a manufacturing jeweler, this
morning shot himself through the left
breast, using a 38.csliber revolver,
and died this afternoon. Friends of
the unfortunate jeweler say he has
been particularly Respondent during
the past month, owing to the fact that
! chronic stomach trouble had worn him
down physically.
HELENA, April 27.-With q view to
giving Montana receivers of freight
any benefits that may accrue from the
adjustments of rates made at Spokane,
the state railroad commission has
filed with the Interstate commerce
commission a large amount of data,
indicating the a adjustments that have
existed between eastern defined terri.
tories and Montana points as compsr-
ed with freight rates from the same
points of origin to Spokane.
BUTTE, April 20. - Former City
Treasurer Phil G. Goodwin this after
noon brought suit against Pogson,
Heloubet & Co. and W. F. Batten.
asking damages in the sum of s100, 600
for the publication OF alleged false,
defamatory statements, alleging that
the plaintiff had not accounted for all
money collected by him during his in
cum bency of Office and claiming he
was short in his accounts meaning
that he had feloniously withheld
money belonging to the city of Butte.
HELENA, April 29.-1n reply to q re-
quest from County Attorney c. A.
Taylor of Billings, Attorney General
Galen today gave out an opinion in
which be declares that while the town
of Hardin, Yellowstone county, lies
within the exterior boundaries of Crow
Indian reservation, it does not form
a part of the reservation and that Vel.
lowstone county possesses the right to
grant liquor licenses within the limits
of the town. The opinion, it is said is
likely to cause friction between the
federal and state authorities, as the
sale of liquor to Indians at Hardin
has been q source of vexation to
United States officials.
BILLINGS, May 1.-The first step in
/ NH NJ ornoouo ~ ho nv nftop,,oth ~
the local census enumeration was TAX
en- when Deputy United States Mar
shall J. G. Sanders, of Butte, began
serving q number of Billings people
with subpoenas to appear in Helena
on May 2 and testify, it is said, in fed
eral court in behalf of the United
States on matters pertaining to the
census.
HELENA, May 1.-Charles Klein, q
young man 30 years of age, a trusty
at the county Jail, took French leave
from that institution last night, but
liberty cost him his life several hours
later. Klein, after leaving the jail
went to the Northern Pacific depot,
and when passenger train No. 6 pulled
out for the east was aboard either the
blind baggage or the rods. One hun
dred yards west of the east Helens
depot he was thrown beneath the
wheels and crushed to death.
HELENA, May 1.-Final arrange
ments for the meeting here Thursda,
and Friday this week of the North
western Development league are nov
being made by the various committee
and Secretary Meade of the CONNER
cial club. Reports received from ST
Paul and from the coast indicate tina
the attendance from these places vii
be even larger than anticipated. Re
representatives. from every county in tn
, , state will be In attendance. Grea
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