The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-05
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few DAYS

ing the Past Few Days
Roundup, Oct. 3O.-Paul Harfer. of
Seattle, was taken from the Milwau-
KEGS Columbian train a raving mani
&C at this city this morning. He was
en- route to Milwaukee,. He had been
acting in a confused manner for sew
eral hours, and as Roundup was az
preached he became entirely unmana-
geable, and police officers were sum
mOned.
Dillon, Oct. 30.-In a bunch of 600
steers shipped by j. M. Severe to
North Yakima from the Bedrock
yards, over 100 of them weighed from
1900 to 1,4OO pounds and brought as
high as sol per head. The stuff was
raised by John Shessed on Horse
Prairie and are said to be the finest
lot Of steers shipped out of the coun-
try this fall.
Helena, Oct. 30.-Deaths by vio-
lence in Montana during the month
of September were in excess of those
by any other one cause, according to
the monthly report of DR.. Cogswell,
secretary of the board of health. In
all, violence claimed SO of the total of
381 deaths. Acute intestinal diseases
claimed So, the next largest number
due to any one cause. During Sep
TENDER twelve residents of the state
committed suicide and three died of
alcoholism.
Billings, Oct. 30.-Wm. Shields is
in the county pail here charged with
the murder of Clyde H. Murray as
the result Of a coroner's inquest held
at Huntley. Testimony at the inquest
disclosed that Shields had been seen
coming from the alley with a shotgun
in his hands and that he held up three
men in front of the building, firing
a shot into the sidewalk at the feet
of n meQ who attempted to escape.
It was stated that he was crazy drunk
at the time.
Stockett, Oct. 3O.-Frank Kabraaci,
a miner employed by the Cottonwood
Coal company va fatally injured this
afternoon and died an hour later. The
man was at work in No. s mine when
a fall of rock caught him, and prac-
tically crushed out his life; although
he lived long enough to be carried to
the trip, taken out of the mine and
brought to the Office of the company
physician.
Kalispell, Oct. 3O.-W. E. Wells,
manager of the Somers.Wells Lumber
company, one of the largest plants in
the northwest, was almost instantly |
killed this afternoon at Whiteish !
when No. 4 eastbound passenger train !
on the Great Northern struck his au-
tomobile at a blind crossing just west
of the depot. Willard Burns, treas !
urer of the same company, was with
Mr.. Wells in the car and ia probably
fatally injured. The train was I'M
ing about 40 miles an hour and was
several hours late. Mr.. Wells drove
out of the yards of the number plant
and started to cross the track. On
completely hid the approaching train.
Just as the car reached the track it
struck squarely and literally |
smashed to pieces.
Great Falls, Oct. 31.-In order to
wipe out the curse of the figures Civ
EN- to this city by the federal census,
plans are being formulated by the bus
mess men of Great Falls to take a
census along such carefully organized
lines that its accuracy can not be
questioned and the census will prob |
ably be taken about Jan I, next. The |
plan proposed is to have the district
judges name a board of census COM
missiOners.
Butte, Oct. 31.-Warrants were
sworn ont and served yesterday on
three Butte coal dealers, charging
them with failing to give full weight.
1t is reported that a number of others
are to be summoned into the police
court during the coming week and
active crusade is to be prosecuted
against all coal men who give short
weight coal.
Roundup, Oct. 3O.-Gustave Della
noy, aged q, a coal miner, becoming
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"spitted" a fuse preparatory to a blast
in the Republic mine, wandered back
into the room and practically on top
of the charge a moment before it ex-
ploded. His body, fearfully mangled,
was found several hours later. It is
presumed that a gust of wind extin-
guished Dellannoy's candle after he
had lighted the fuse.
Miles City, Oct. 31.-Dr. A. W. Mill.
er, the chief of the federal veterinari-
ans who have been Investigating the
dourine situation in the northern and
eastern part Of Custer county, has
shipped from Fallon a car of horses
which have been found by test to be
afflicted with the disease, to Wash.
ington, D. c., where they will be used
for examination and experiment by
the bureau of animal husbandry.
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