The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Our
ING the Past Few Days

ice sent an indemni,y IL, 10 s1st Gas
gov land Office coverins k>,A00 acres
Of land lying ahou. * rifles "t-ta al
Glasgow that he state had &~~ Gc5
to select in lieu II Ia- ; -elsrcaiSsr$
within forest reserves.
Butte. May .>-Fi7s, supposedly
originating in a new Kiln .s>: Starta5
in the brick yard department. q. tbs
Anaconda Copper M.nins company
early today. destroyed the mill. 6-ie->
blacksmith and carpenter shops, Ell
failing a loss estimated 81 $4,000.
covered by approximately $4,000 Ill
surance
Helena. May c>.-Tl.e expectation
of the school consolidationists is that
within a week they will have a sUf-
ficient number of signatures to the
initiative petitions to insure the Ques-
ton being voted upon in November.
When the petitions are secured the
moved to Great Falls. later. possibly
in August. the headquarters will be
opened here again.
Bozeman, May 27.-Dean, the T.
year.old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Williams. was drowned this afternoon
when the automobile in which they
were riding plunged into a cut wash
ed through the approach to a bridge
cross Baker creek. The other mem
bers of the party escaped with slight
bruises. The machine was thrown
across the cut and onto the opposite
bank.
Helena, May 2S.-Removal of the Of
flee of collector of internal revenue
from Salt Lake to Helena has been
authorized in Washington, to be made
in August. according to Martin Dur
kan of Great Falls, deputy collector
of income tax. who is here today.
Quarters will be taken in the assay
office building. According to Mr.. Dur
kan, n of the chief arguments ad-
vanced for the removals of the Office
was furnished by the revenue receiv-
ed. the figures showing that last year
Montana furnished as much as both
Utah and Idaho combined.
Butte, May 2S.-On a charge that
nine days ago she was forcibly taken
to the parsonage of a we'll known
minister in IN automobile, carried
from the car to the doorway of the
parsonage. and then, by threats, fore
ed to go through a ceremony, we're
the sensational grounds upon which
Mildred Irvine, we'll known in young
err society circles of Butte, had her
marriage to Verne V. Mason annulled
by District Judge Donlan yesterday
afternoon. The story became known
only yesterday. The groom is a Hell
the school of mines.
Helena. May 27.-The state board
of examiners has voted to retire $780,
600 of the $25O.OOO issue of state cap
itOl building bonds, which were sold
to Thomas Cruise. a Helena banker,
in 1899. The bonds will be taken up
July l. The bonds ran for 30 years
and drew 6 per mi interest, but it
was stipulated that they could be re-
tired at the option of the state at the
end of Is years. The bonds are "A
lien on the state capitol land grant.
and were voluntarily purchased by
Mr.. Cruise Is years ago after they lad
been advertised and there we're no
takers.
Butte, May 31.-Word was received
here tonight of the death at Los An.
geles yesterday OF George S. Lander,
millionaire Butte furniture dealer. Mr..
Lander vas in i'll health for nearly
four years, and sold cut his interests
here last fail, going to California.
The malady which caused his death
had it's inception from a bruise on the
knee. received four years ago. In eff
forts to save Mr.. Lander'S life sur
geons amputated both legs.
N~issoula. May 3O.-Women of three
generations-a child. her mother and
her grandmothar-this morning re-
ceived injuries which have already
caused the death of the grandmother
and it is very likely that it will
prove fatal to the others. They were
hurt when the surrey in which they
were returning from a visit to the
Missoula cemetery was struck by the
Northern Pacitic's Occur d'Alenc
train. They had been placing flowers
on graves of dead relatives.
Great Falls. May GOWN. Schmidt
81 years old, shot and fatally wound
ed Miss Mary Widowski and prob
ably fatally wounded Otto Rick to-
night on Fourth street. one of the
busy thoroughfares of the city. After
shooting his victims. Schmidt stood in
the middle of the street. reloaded his
revolver and then ran into an alley
and shot himself in the right temple,
dying instantly. The shooting, the re.
suit of jealousy, created great excite
ment. as there were many people on
the street. Schmidt fired seven shots
before he quit firing upon his vic
tins.
Billings, May 3O.-Forty-four hogs,