The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-15
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

From Various Parts Of the State.
LEwIsTowN. May 6-Floyd Rich.
aged %, son Of u well known rancher,
was brought in from Heath shot
through the abdomen. He was digging
out a den of coyotes when he slipped
and in falling d As callber revolver
Ia his coat pocket was discharged.
The wound is supposed to be fatal.
BILLINGS, May 7.-R. C. Boyer,
who claims to hail from Lander,
Wyo., was arrested here today on .
charge of selling imitation elk teeth
and it is said that he succeeded in dis.
posing of q large number, some OF
which we're purchased by men who
have resided In this section for years
and who think they are experts In
judging such souvenirs.
BOHEMIAN, May 6 Two city coun-
ellis, both claiming to be the official
one, held Simultaneous meetings in
this city tonight and the city is divid-
iog itself on the issues with unrelent-
ing determin alton. Five aldermen
seeded from the meeting, which was
the annual one at which four new
members were to take their seats, and
left two with the mayor aud city clerk.
The action followed q refusal to
recognize two aldermen elected last
Thursday to fill out terms of Office
declared vacant by more than legal
absence from the city without permits.
sion.
MILES CITY, May 8.-Nine cars of
sheep pelts have been shipped from
the towns of Miles City, Baker and
Terry this season by pelt buyers and
two more cars are nearly ready for
shipment. A al of pelts contains on
the average of 1900 skins, so that
A, 600 dead are represented
by those IL cars a. to the effect OF the
winter.
HELENA, May IA telephone mes
sage was received by Sheriff Higgins
this afternoon from Canyon Ferry an
nouncing that Frank Ellison, who
lives four miles from the village, had
been fatally shot. There was DO in
formation as to whether it was an &C.
cident, but the supposition 10 that it
a A deputy sheriff and q physi-
clan left for Canyon Ferry late this
afternoon.
MILES CITY, May s.-The bonds
amounting to $40, 600 for bridges in
Custer county were awarded by the
commissioners to the Minneapolis |
Trastcompany for par accrued interest
and Is, 500 premium, interest at 5 per
cent. The bonds were sold on verbal
bids after the sealed bids had been
opened and read.
BUTTE, May 8.-A misstep by Fred
Gloss, a lineman, while working yes.
terday morning between the Never
Sweat and St. Lawrence mines sent
1890 volts of electricity surging
through his body. Gloss was work.
ing on a pole and when the contact
was made the safety belt which held
him to the pole frightened and allowed
the rigid body to slide slowly to the
ground. He died without regaining
consciousness. Mr.. Gloss was to
have been married next month.
LIVINGSTON, May 8-The secretary
of the interior today authorized the
building of a $40, 900 addition to the
hospital at Fort Yellowstone. This
shows conclusively that the reports to
the effect that Fort Yellowstone is to
be abandoned are ~unfounded. Work
on the hospital addition and the new
1925, 900 chapel at the fort will begin
this spring.
HELENA, May 8.-Any person hav.
ing whiskey in his possession on an
Indian reservation is guilty under the
law OF introducing it, held by Judge
George M. Bourquin in the federal
court in sentencing Pete Matt to serve
sixty days in the county Jail and to
pay a fine of 500 for introd ucing
liquor on the Flathead reservation.
Matt explained to the court the liquor
had come into his possession on the
reservation, and that he had nothing
to do with brin cling it in.
GREAT FALLS, May 8.-After a trial
in which a female detective figured
and which was peculiar in that the
attorneys for the defense declined to
put in any evidence and also neglect
ed to cross-ex anime the states wit
I. J.. Murphy was found
of grand larceny in connection
with the theft of q bunch of horses
were driven nearly 100 miles by
Murphy and held for q reward last
fall. The jury left the penalty to be