The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-23
IT is DECLARED OFF
That Is the Latest Report About the
PO0Fman Sale.
SOME TIPS FROM THE NORTH
a Party OF Prominent Mining Men
Visit the Trail Creek Country
The Tyler and Last
Chance suit Again.
SOME TIPS FROM THE NORTH
snecInl pIsnntch TO tho standard.

Special Dispatch TO the standard.
SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. CIT transpires
that tie deal for the sale of the Poorman
and Tiger mines has not been completed,
and there is very little chance of the sale
being made now. Gentlemen prominently
connected with these properties say the
transfer will not DO made 10 tho English
syndicate unless n new option is taken.
Judge John r. Mcbride left to-day for
Washington. ID. C., where he will appear
before the United States supreme court
in the famous Tyler-Lnst Chance mining
suit, which comes up for hearing March
on n writ of certiorarI issued by the SUI
preme court against the United States
circuit court of appeals at San Francisco.
Mr.. Mcbride will appear for the Tyler,
and associated with HIM will be Senator
Dolph of Oregon and Arthur Brown of
Salt Lake. Counsel for the Last Chance
are United States Attorney-GeneralO iney,
Charles S. Voorhees,. attorney for the re-
ceiver of the FIRST National bank, and w.
b. Hepburn, attorney for the mining COM
pany. Mr.. Olney comes in by reason of
the First National bank being one of the
principal creditors of the Last Chance
mine, the bank, by reason of insolvency,
being in charge of the comptroller of cur
rency. '''
This is one of the most noted mining
cases in the history of the country. The
ground in dispute is worth 100000; there
is also involved over 100000 worth of ore
taken out of the disputed area 10y the Last
Chance and claimed by the Tyler. The
mines are at Wardner, and the litigation
has been one of the exciting features of
the Idaho courts for several years. The
case was carried up to the United States
circuit court of appeals, where tho Tyler
people won. Then the Last Chance peo-
pie went before the supreme court and
asked for writ of ccrtiorari, and the
petition was granted, an action seldom
taken by the supreme court.
IL the supreme court should decide
against the Last Chance, manlfcstly the
decision would be final. On the other
hand if the supreme court should order n
new trial, the Last Chance people contend
that II would also be practically final, be-
cause the court OF appeals would have to
decide in their favor. This view is not
conceded by tho Tyler counsel, who con-
tend that the result of new trial would
depend on the nature of the instructions
sent back by the supreme court.
If the Last Chance should win, IT is be-
lieved that the paper held by tho FIRST
National bank against the mino and its
owners would DO worth par, and this
would go long way toward helping the
bank TO pay its depositors.
A large party OF mining men and capi-
talIsts have gone up TO the Trail Creek
country. In the party are: J. 4. Coram,
president of the Butte & Boston company
{. ii. Palmer, manager of the company
Charles :. Warren, one Of the owners of
the Poorman mine at Burke, Idaho, and a
Montana mining man, and l. l.. Merrill,
the expert of the Butte & Boston. Among
those from Spokane are Patsy Clark. NJ.
II. Galusha, $. |. Silverman. Col. !. y.
peyton and George NJ. Forster. Peter
Porter of Wallace. Idaho, will go along.
1--WE are looking over tho country" MI.
Morrill, explained, land wo are going up
TO Trail just TO SEQ the camp we have
heard SO much about. There is nothing
TO be said in advance about what might
be DONE
Upon the application OF L. b. Hyde, a
receiver has been appointed for the Hotel
Spokane. The property Is in a bad finau-
cial condition, tho indebtedness amount
ing to about 10000.