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Show 0. 0. P. CHAIRMAN OF MflHTAM GILS II FIGHT LIVINGSTON, Mont., Dec-23. O. M. Harvey, Republican state chairman, and one of the most prominent attorneys attor-neys In Montana, died at 6 o'clock tonight to-night from a fractured skull sustained In a fill to the sidewalk during a fist fight on the streets here half an hour earlier, with Postmaster J. Swlndle-hurst, Swlndle-hurst, Swlndlehurst gave himself up to tho sheriff and is in the county jail. Political differences between the two have been commonly known for three years past, say friends of both men, and this enmity resulted in their encounter en-counter on the main street of Livingston Living-ston this afternoon. Harvey was widely known throughout through-out the state as a Republican leader. As state chairman of the Republican party he conducted the campaign this fall. Until a few days ago he was local lo-cal counsel for the Northern Pacific Railway company. nn |