The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-07
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.

oUUOO UeUvUS VT NevVo nv
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.
HELENA, May L. The judgmen
for 1900 obtained by Martin Simon
ich from Dominic Outlet - damage
when the latter, who was shooting q
. highwayman who was holding VI
his saloon, shot Simonich instead
was affirmed by the supreme court to
day. Chief Justice Brsntly prepared
the opinion.
LEw1sTowN, April 30.-Louis D
Gotta, former marshal at Stanford ant
now constable there, was arrested her,
last night by Under Sheriff L. P
Slater as he got of the train. Cot,
will answer to . white slavery chsrg,
fled against him At Stanford, wher,
his preliminary will be held. hi!
bond vas fixed at $1,000.
HELENA, April 30.-Dsms ages in the
sum OF go, 600 are demanded Of Dr..
John G. Thompson and DR.. Ellis A.
Johnston 10 the suit fled In the dis.
trict court today BY Floyd p. Howe.
Howe charges that the defendants 90
unskillfully, negligently, u%nfsithfully,
improperly, unsurgicslly, and ignor.
snsly conducted themselves in and
about q certain surgical operation,
performed by them upon his wife last
November, "thst solely az . conse.
quence thereof" she died.
HELENA, May lit takes an army
of 118 people to do the business of
Montana. according to statistics gath
cred by q repres entative of Polk's d.
rectory at the state house yesterday.
j. j. McCarty, chief deputy in the Of.
fee OF the state auditor informed the
representative of the directory COM
pany tb at that numb Der was employed
at the state house. This does not in.
clude the numerous deputies and field
assistants of the different departments
working out over the state.
BUTTE, May Item OF the twelve
men who tried the S75, 900 alienation
suit of Joseph Albert Dulong, the
young Butte man, against William
Grunesu, the Dawson county rancher,
do not believe that the husband is en-.
titled to money consideration for los.
ing the affections of the woman who
posed as q single woman long after
che had been married to Dulong and
continued to ''work" Gruneau under
an appraent promise Of marriage and
an engagement. 1t took the jurors
twenty-five minutes to reach . verdict
10 favor of the defendant.
BUTTE, May las Joe Rogers, a
locomotive fireman., reached for q
shovel OF coal from the tender of q
Great Northern engine last evening,
there was a sudden jolt. Betore-Rog-
ers realized that the coupling between
the engine and tender had been brok-
en- he had been pitched between the en-
CINE and tender. Rogers dropped on
the raile aud the body was nearly cut
in two at the waist. The lower parts
of the body we're mangled by the
wheels. The rods and moving tender
forced the body from the tracks and it
rolled down the embankment.
HELENA, May Accompanies that
the nine. hour law, relating to wo
men employees IL being violated
in Helena stores were made to County
Attorney A .AMcConnell. .Thecounty
attorney say he will prosecute II any
o violations are reported.
HELENA, May 2-Thomas Seamens
. miner at the Valley Forge mine
near Rimini, was burned to death this
morning when the bunk house 10
which he and five other men were
sleeping. The others escaped unin.
jured. Relatives of the dead men are
being sought.
LEwIsToWN, May Meal Boyles,
aged 26, was caught in a fall OF rock
and dirt at the National coal mine, 10
miles from town, yesterday, and died
today OF his injuries. He was mar
ried and leaves wife and children.
The body will be shipped to Fort
Madison, Iowa, for burial.
MILES CITY, May 2.-Sol Nichols,
who has q ranch north of Fallon, pur
chased seed for sugar beets In sufi.
cient quantity to plant 1000 acres
which will be grown for stock food.
The results obtained by Mr.. Nichols
will be watched with interest In this
part of the country as Miles City has
hopes Of one day landing . sugar
factory.
HELENA, May 2. - Hereafter con-
victs will be used Ia road building on.
ly on stste highways, and counties
desiring the benefit OF the convict lab.