The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-17
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.
HELENA, April 9.-The Great Nor
thern railway, through its attorney, |
Parker Veazey, yesterday withdrew
the demurrer to the complaint of the
government charging th q, the railroad
had violated the safety appliance law,
and pleaded guilty. A fine Of 500
and costs we're levied against the de-
fend ant.
K~AL1sPELL, April 8-That he will
by q candida ate for the republican
gu bern atorial nomin alton this fall,
but that be has not yet begun any
campaign with that view, was the an.
nouncement made today by Lieut..
Gov. w. r. Allen, who has been q
guest Of prominent local republicans
during q business visit here today.
HELENA, April 9.-Federal Judge
Bourquin heard arguments on the de-
murrer of the defendant 10 the senss.
tional suit of P. B. Moss, president
and principal stakeholder of the Fret
National bank OF Billings, against
Philip T%illingast, receiver OF the
bank, in which Mr.. Moss seeks judR.
ment against Tillingast for s156, ZIG. SO,
claimed as the difference between the
value of certain bonds and notes held
by the bank and the price for which
the receiver cold the securities.
HELENA, April 9.-Face downward
with a bullet hole through his LETT
temple, Lewis Crowell, % years of
age, q member of the firm of Crowell
Bros, bill posters, was found dead
yesterday morning on the floor OF the
Eagles clubhouse at Hauserlake. The
body was discovered by Willis Smith.
q l6-year-old boy, who was at the
river on q fishing trip with Mr.. Gro
we'll. Whether the young mans death
was the result of an accident or wheth-
er Mr.. Crowell fred the fatal shot with
the intention of quitting the world, is
a mystery.
MILES CITY, April 10.-Word has
been received that a steel bridge
spanning Powder river about 100
miles southeast of here was lifted off
the abutments and deposited in mid
stream with its ends pointed longitu.
dinally with the dow, while the river
washed q new channel 200 yards wide
around it.
BUTTE, April, 10.-Mayor Duncan
has clamped the lid on the fight game
in Butte. He has issued orders to
Chief of Police Murphy to permit no
more matches within the city limits,
advising him to arrest promoters and
principals 1t attempt Is made to stage
any bouts. The mayor declares his
action results from numerous COM
plants of fixed bouts and matches in
which unframed men are sent to the
ring, ply sically unfit to participate in
spirited bouts.
BUTTE, April 10.-A fire which has
done probably 5000, 600 damage start.
ed at noon in the warehouse district
in the southern section of the city. At
l:30 O'Clock the blaze was believed to
have been checked, but q high wind
still made the situation perilous and
aid was asked of Anaconda, whose
fire department Immediately started
for Butte on q special train.
HELENA, April 1O.-Finley McRae,
secretary of the democratic state COM
mittee, died here last evening. follow.
ing an operation for cancer of the
pancreas. Mr.. McRae vas one of the
best known men of the state. At the
time of his death he was grand treas.
urer of the Fratern al Order of Eagles.
He was chief clerk of the house OF
representatives. of the last legislature,
and served as clerk of the district
court Of this county for eight years.
He was q native of Scotland, but had
spent most OF his life in Montana.
RED LODGE, April 10. - Leaving
here at midnight in an intoxicated
condition, Ezra Roberts. a farmer,
was found tied in his wagon dead, in
q mud hole on the county road two
miles from his home at 9 o'clock in
the morning. He had been tied in the
wagon by his son to keep him from
falling out. They got stuck in the
mud hole aud the boy unhitched the
team and took the horses to the ranch,
leaving his father asleep in the bottom
of the wagon box, and the old man
perlshed from alcoholism and ex.
posure.
BUTTE, April l0.-Four or possibly
five bandits held up the Atlas saloon,
Park and Wyoming streets, 300 yards
from the police station, at midnight,
forced twenty men to kneel at the bar
and secured 81. 500 in cash. Runninp