The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
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.
LIVINGSTON, May 15.-The wild
woman who has been alarming resi-.
dents of the south side for several
days lie still at large. Last night the
police attempted to catch her. bu,
their efforts we're in vain. Tonieh,
hundreds of people thronged the place
where the wild one 10 reported to have
been seen, but che failed to put ia an
appearance.
BUTTE, May 15.-An unknown man
believed to be John Hsllahsn, was
instantly killed last night when he fell
from q Short Line train one mile
north of Myiden Rock and was ground
to pieces by the four coaches which
passed over his body. Passengers 10
the dining car saw the body on the
tracks and the train was stopped. The
body was placed on the train and
brought to Divide, from where Coz.
oner Quinn was notified and be order
ed the remains brought to Butte and
will hold an inquest.
KALIsPELL, May 16.-Fire believed
to have been started by sparks from q
passing locomotive burned over a
large tract of land near La Sale this
forenoon, destroying nearly 10 cords
of wood. The damage Is several hun
dred dollars.
BILLINGS, May 16.-Incensed by a
question as to whether she was ever
going to be served her luncheon,
Clarence Douglas, a colored waiter
10 the Kentucky restaurant plunged q
butcher knife into the side of Lottie
Turner, also colored, about 100
o'clock this afternoon, killing her al
most instantly. Douglas escaped.
LEw1sTowN, May 16.-A fire at the
Bright hotel this afternoon caused cor.
siderable excitement among the guests,
until it was found that it was not seri.
Gus, the fireman quickly getting the
small blaze under control. The fire
loss is slight, but some damage was
done by water. A oman guest be.
came so excited that she wanted to
throw her baby from q third story
window when she could have walked
down stairs. She called on the men in
the street to catch the infant, but they
convinced her that there was no dan.
ger.
HELENA, May 16.-In the federal
court Judge Bourquin denied q motion
of the counsel of L. L. Brink, of Pop
lar. to instruct the jury to acquit.
Brink is on trial on the charge of In.
Producing liquor on the Fort Peck In
dian reservation. His counsel on
tended that Poplar is on the right-of.
way of the Great Northern, and IL
therefore moi Indian country, though
on the reservation. Another conten-
ton was that there was no proof that
Brink had taken the liquor from the
right-of. and the third that the
shipment was addressed to a poin,
outside of the reserv alton, and there
was no proof to show it had been used
on the reserv alton. The two latter
were dismissed by the court on the
ground that they were not sufficient to
grant the motion.
HELENA, May 1S.-Dr. Edwin Boone
Craighead vas chosen by the special
committee OF the state board of edu'
cation today to succeed DR.. G. D,
Duniway as president of the Uni
versity of Montana. DR.. Craighead
has been president of the Tulane uni
versity of Louisiana since 1904 and
is declared by J. S. Shurman, presi
dent of Cornell, to be ''the ablest edu.
Gator that could be moved"
LIVINGSTON, May ls.-The Living
ston wild man," who has puzzled thu
local police for the past two weeks
was captured today by Chief of Polic'
Swindlehurst and Officer Mausen. TIL
wild man" turned out to be q we'll
known Livingston clerk, name the po
lice refuse to give out. The man is
victim of what is known as q "market
condition." caused by an acciden
which befell his mother q short tim
before his birth. He has q wild pas
sion for women's clothes and water.
M1ssouLA, May ls.-Bright ant
early this morning II automobiles
loaded to the guards with 100 Missoul'
people, departed from this city TO
Kslispell, to there be guests of th
Kslispell Chamber of Commerce In
tour to the Glacier National park to
day. This 10 the fret tour of auto
lists that has been attempted by Mis-
soula and the members Of the part;
left the Garden city this morning Il
high spirits, anticipating q gloriou
run.