The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

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From Various Parts Of the State.
RED LODGE, Sept. 9.-Frank Sid.
deu-, residing alone on q dry farm
between Red Lodge and Bear creek,
was found dead on the floor OF his
cabin this morning with indications OF
poisoning. He was last seen alive
Wednesday
LEw1sTowN. Sept 9.-O68cers are
today securing the country In search OF
James and Dean Parkinson, charged
with cattle stealing, who In the early
hours OF the morning made their es.
cape from the county jail by saving
through q bar OF the second story
window OF the bastile. They used .
common table knife which had been
we'll notched for their work.
HELENA, Sept. 10.-The state board
of equaliz alton is preparing to test in
another action before the supreme
court of Montana the legality of the
statute which holds that that body has
the power to equalize railroad assess
ments only. This decision has been
reached after the session OF last Sat.
urday, when more than a dozen county
assessors Of the state appeared before
the board.
HELENA, Sept. Elm q fit of jesl.
Gus rage, Ora B. Harris tonight shot
and killed Bessie Hyde, q chamber.
maid in the International hotel, OF
which he was lessee. The woman left
him about two weeks ago, returning
only this evening. A quarrel follow.
ed. The woman started down the
| stairs into the street when he pulled q
revolver and fred killing her instant
ly. He then turned the gun on him
self and fell dead by her side.
MILES CITY, Sept. 10.-That Dor
Leseur, bookkeeper of the State Bank
OF Terry, carried out his threat 10
commit suicide by jumping off a wag.
on bridge over Yellowstone river or
his wedding day, was proved yester.
day by finding the young mans body
on q sand bar at Bonefeld, about
fifty miles below. Leseur cam to
Miles City last Thursday to procure .
marriage license to wed Miss Mar
garet Flint of Terry, but sent q letter
to his sweetheart from Miles City to
look tor his body in the Yellowstone
river.
BUTTE, Sept. 11.-Cecil McNiche, q
rancher at Dell, stumbled while walk
ing on a haystack on his ranch and
pitched headlong to the ground, where
he was found unconscious by q ranch
man. He died yesterday at Q local
hospital. The mans back was bro
ken and the spinal cord at the base OF
bis brain confused.
HELENA, Sept. 10.-On the grounds
that the Northern Pacific worked GER
; tain OF its telegraph operators for q
longer consecutive period than nine
hours, thus violating the hours OF
: service law, District Attorney j. w,
! Freeman today filed two suits in the
? federal court against that company
Judgment ia the two suits amounting
to % 600 is asked for.
STOCKETT, Sept. 1O.-In the arrest
this afternoon of e. H. Young, q ]unl
dealer of Great Falls, Sheriff Collins
thinks he has solved the mystery O
the disappearance of large quantities
, of brass castings from the mines her
l and at Sand Coulee. A search Q
! Young's premises resulted in casting
! being found said to exceed 300 pound
in weight. Young gave $500 casl
bond.
BOHEMIAN, Sept. 1O.-The wheat pro
duction OF the Gallatin valley will b
about 40 per cent. of the Gallatin val
ley's Sc, 900, 900 crop, according to S
, L. Thomas q Minneapolis grain man
after an inspection Of the valley. Til
: acreage of the Bozeman district, b
said, was producing slightly less tina
last year, when bumper crops wer
: harvested.
HELENA, Sept. 10.-Fergus count
y has q Chinese voter. His name /
: Kong Sing and was born in California
' He has a homestead In Fergus coun
ty and is regularly registered, bu
the proceeding was so unusua
that F. r. Cunningham, clerk of tn
court In Fergus county, wrote Attol
ney General Galen about the ma
ter to make sure that no legal poir
q had been overlooked
g. ANACONDA, Sept. 10.-Allegtng tha
n he was arrested and held in the count
d Jail for II days, from which he gu
ot fered mentally and physically, Wa
m compelled to associate with evil pc
,e sons, suffered in business and heal,
and that no charge vas made again
1e him in the meantime, Ed Wicklun'
o. who was employed on the grade at Il