The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-07

pie of the community more or less
:errorized, two Lcldup men last night
stopped Mrs Gaudier at the point Of
a gun, and while one put his hand
over her mouth and cautioned her to
make no noise, the other felt down
her left leg and ascertaining that
there was money in the stocking, he
cut it, securing SIS. Finding nothing
in the other stocking, she was allow.
ed to 60.
Butte, Jan. 4.-Jailers at the Butte
city Jail are confronted with the prob.
lem of caring for the increasing num-
Der of homeless men who apply every
night for lodging. Last night 100
men, most of them i'll clad and not
we'll fed, applied for lodging and spent
the night lying ON the cement floor
which is devoid of covering. All
slept in their clothes, and only a few
in the long line that filled the COR
ridor had an overcoat. AS each PEN
niless man entered he took broom
and swept a place to sleep on. There
are more men applying for lodging
than there is space for.
Helena, Jan. 5.-The distributing
rates ordered into effect by the Mon
tana railroad commission recently are
based on ten per cent increase over
the same rates in effect in Dakota for
distances up to 1926 miles. For in.
stance over 1926 miles proportionate
rates are made, not based, however,
on the Dakota rates.
Billings, Jan. 5.-His head swathed
in bandages, Roy Wilson, a young
man, was brought from Laurel and is
now a prisoner in the county Jail on
q charge of attempted highway rob-
berry. He attempted to hold up John
Galloway of Roundup, but was turned
upon by his victim and numerically
beaten. Galloway then held him until
officers arrived.
Butte, Jan. 5.-Too proud to beg
and for this reason overlooked by
charitable organizations during the
Christmas week distribution, Mrs.
Elizabeth Matson, widow 46 years
old, died of starvation in a little room
in an Arizona street lodging house
early this morning. A daughter who
has been nursing her was taken care
Of by the associated charities.
Billings, Jan. 5.-The advance guard
of the army of unemployed men on
the Pacific coast has appeared In Bill
ings and already the police have ex-
perienced considerable trouble. The
men are said to be beating their way
east and while many of them are hon.
estly looking for work, others are OF
the ordinary type of hobo among
which there is always small criminal
element. They are not permitted to
tarry in the city on penalty of arrest
for vagrancy.
Great Falls, Jan. 5.-Digging a hole
in the stone wall of the east wing of
the county jail, Jack Logan and Pat
confessed lawbreakers await
Ing trial, made their escape, and are
still at liberty. Information of the es-
cape was transmitted to the sheriff
about o'clock by another prisoner in
that wing, who managed to attract the
attention of the officers. There were
in this section of the Jail %
prisoners, but none of the others took
advantage of the opportunity to get
away.
Butte, Jan. 5.-With the quarantine
ing of the county jail because Is cases
of smallpox have broken out among
the prisoners held there, a question of
supremacy between federal and state
officials has arisen which may not find
a solution until the officials at Wash
ington render a decision. Among
those who have developed smallpox
Is Benjamin Blakely, charged with
murder in Canada and whose case is
now before the federal authorities for
Sheriff DriscOll sought to
have Blakely removed to the pest
house under guard. Deputy United
States Mashal Mckay refused to al
low his prisoner to be removed from
the Jail. The result was an unani-
nous protest from the other prison.
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