The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE

ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days
Helena, June 1S.-R. E. Abbott wa
arrested today on a warrant issued OF
an indictment returned by a fedora
grand jury at Seattle, charging fraud
ulent impersOnatiOn of a government
official. It is charged that he posed a!
a secret service official and defraud
ed Tacoma and Seattle tobacco deal
ers.
Butte, June 1S.-A. E. Blixt, charg
ed with the murder of Enoch Burk
heimer February 4, 1914, tonight wa:
convicted by a jury of murder in til.
first degree, and his punishment fixet
at life in the ~penitentiary. Blixt Sc
up a defense that he stabbed Burk
heimer to death during an e~pileptit
fit, when his mind was not in norma.
condition.
Helena, July 1S.-Lynn Groom, AL
fred Miller and Otto Peterson, con
victed of felonies in Rosebud county
were granted new trials by the SUI.
preme court in decisions by Justice
Holloway, on the ground that the
Rosebud county sheriff Intentionally
failed to serve eight or ten persons
whose names had been drawn for
service IN the jury panel from the
members of which were drawn the
jurors that tried the defendants.
Great Falls, June 1S.-Incensed at
his wife's action in going to a dance
in company with some relatives, Will
liam Herring waited until her return
home and then after informing her
that she would regret her action he
stepped out of the real door of the
house and fired a pistol ball into his
breast in the region of his.heart. The
police ambulance was called and he
was taken to a hospital. The attend
ing physicians were unable to decide
what his chances for recovery are.
Helena, June 1S.-Conrad Hide
brand, for 80 years a pressman in
Helena, brought suit today against
the Independent Publishing company
and Manager Will A. Campbell, ask
ing for 100000 damages for alleged
libel. Last Sunday the Independent
printed a list of it's former employees
who had quit it and gone to work for
the Record Publishing company. In
the list was the name of Hildebrand,
and he was labeled as 'Pressman and
A-o,IIo~,c1on Ir;1Jol~or 11o-oo
that the latter designation Injuries him
in his chances of getting employment
at his trade.
Helena, June 1.-THE Montana
railroad commissioners ordered new
coal rates in effect from Bear Creek
and Roundup to every station in Mon
tana on the Great Northern line, in a
decision rendered today. The new
rates take effect in 20 days. Under
the old schedule Wyoming operators,
shipping a greater distance, enjoyed
much lower rates than Montana OPP.
orators, and it was to rectify this con-
dition primarily that the revision was
made. Among other points where
Wyoming producers enjoyed a pre-
%ferential were Cascade, Whiteish, Eu-
reka, Libby and Troy.
Great Falls, June 17.-Lying at the
point of death as the result of having
his brain penetrated by a steel point
of an umbrella rod, Andrew ThOrsen,
a homesteader from Chouteau coun'
ty, is in the Columbus hospital, while
Emil Stone is being held in the coun'
ty Jail awaiting the outcome of Thor
sens injury. His condition is the re
suit of a fight which took place in a
local saloon, where the two came to
gether after they had been drinking
1t is claimed that Stone struck Thor
sen with the umbrella. the point
piercing one of his eyes. Physicians
say it penetrated the brain. Stone
was arrested Monday afternoon b!
the sheriff in the Milwaukee yards
east Of the city. he having p%reviousl!
been employed by that company.
Helena, June discriminating peti
lions of Congressman J. M. Evans
and Congressman Tom Stout for the
congressional nominations on the dem
Ocratic ticket, have been flee will
Secretary of State A. M. Anderson
John A. Lovelace Of Livingston. can
didate for the democratic nomination
of railroad commissioner, has alst
filed his nomination.
Livingston, June 19.-Mrs. j. d
Zimmerman was arrested here tOda!
and placed in the county Jail, wher'
she is held in connection with tn
death of her husband. who a foun'
dead in the stable on his ranch nea
Daily, Mont. on June 10, his skull ha>
ing been crushed by a blow from
club. The arrest followed after til
woman had been questioned by tn
local authorities and a private detet
tive.
Choteau. June 19.-Judge ]. B. LIE:
lie, H. F.. Guth and Frank Linderma
commissioners to adjust the indebted
ness among the counties of Tetol