The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-07
FOR MANY DOLLARS
The Climax Of the Butte & Boston
Financial Troubles.
ALL PROPERTY ATTACHED
Suit Is Brought In the District Court
for the Sum Of s4o6.5i6 43. and
the Plaintiffs Are Eastern
individuals.
ALL PROPERTY ATTACHED


yesterday IN a suit brought in the dis
trict court against the company for
s4o6, 516.43, and an attachment being
levied on all the property of the COM
pany in the county, including 81 quartz
lode claims, developed mines. placers,
mill, water rights, fumes. bitches. town
lots and developed mines. The suit was
brought in the name OF Edward c. Per-
kins, a Boston attorney. who. 1t Is un-
derstood. also represented the company.
Perkins appears as assignee OF
q number of creditors Of the company,
Including Lewiston Brothers. the Bos-
ton & Montana Mining company. the
Massachusetts, Loan & Trust company,
Globe National bank of Boston and A.
s. Bigelow. The amount represented by
the suit Is the floating Indebtedness of
the company and has no connection
with the claims of bondholders or
stockholders. Perkins is represented in
the action by Attorney James w. For
bis of this city.
The suit contains eleven separate
causes of action, the substance Of them
being as follows: On Feb. 6, 1896, the
defendant made and executed to Lew
ishon Brothers of New York Its prom
issory note for $4,000 with interest at
the rate of 8 per cent. per annum pay
able on demand. no part of the sum
having been paid. On the same date
the company became or was indebted to
the Boston & Montana Consolidated
Copper and Silver Mining company In
the sum of 100000 for money advanced
for the defendant for freight and labor
and for treating ores and matte for the
defendant during the years 1885 and
1896 at the special instance and request
of the defendant. Also on the sixth of
Il 49, he IlrNffA g. limo
and was indebted to the Lewisohn
Brothers In the sum of $4,000 for money
advanced to and for the defendant at
its special instance and request, and on
the same day the decedent executed a
promissory note for s3S, 700 in favor of
the Massachusetts Loan & Trust COM
pany, payable on demand and drawing
six per cent. interest. On the 9Th of
February another note for $4,000 was
executed in favor of the Globe National
bank OF Boston and also made payable
on demand. On March 81. 1891, at Bos-
ton, the defendant gave its note for
s6,557.7s at per cent. payable on de-
mand, to A. 8. Bigelow, and on May 9.
1891. another note to the same Bigelow
for s10,0S3.64, and another on May IL,
1891, for s12,6s2.73; another on Aug. i.
1890, for s., 760; on Aug. 1, $780, another
for $2,732.2s; on Sept. 16, 1891, one for
$4,000. all payable on demand and
drawing per cent. interest and all re-
naming wholly unpaid
Judgment is asked for $406, SIG 43 and
interest on the sum of $4,000 from
Feb. s, 1886. at per cent; 100000 with
interest at the same rate from
Feb. 6, 1896; $4,000 and inter-
est, s33, 700 and interest and &c., 900 and
interest, all from the same date at 6
per cent; $6,557.7S with interest from
March 21. 1891; s100,0s3.64 with interest
from May 3, 1891; $12,6S2.73 with inter
est from May IL, 1891; 81 go with inter-
est from Aug. 1. 1890; $2,732.2s with in
terest from Aug. /, 1890, and $4,000 with
interest from Sept. 16, 1891.
The usual affidavit on attachment re-
lates that the claims are not secured
by any mortgage or lien upon real or
personal property or any pledge of per-
sonal property. and that the claim Of
the Globe National bank for $4,000 was
originally secured by a pledge of per-
sonal property but that such security
has been exhausted and that the pay
ment of the balance is not secured in
any way. The attachment ii is alleged, |
is not sought and the action is not
prosecuted to hinder, delay or defraud
any creditor of the defendant. An I'M |
dertaking on attachment for $4,000 was
signed by ]. r. Wharton and ]. X. Hes |
let
The attachment was placed I'm the |
hands of the sheriff and he levied on
the following property of the company /
in Silver Bow county: The Gray Rock, |
Josephine. Sister. Midnight, La Platte, |
F'ree-For-All. Lone Tree. Gabriila. Chi !
eago. Del Monte. Buenos Ayres. Allie /
Brown. Allie Brown mill site, Wap- |
pelo. Alexander. Silver Bow, Missoula, /
Flag. all quartz lode claims; a placer |
mining claim designated as mineral en-
try No 491. and Isl acres of land; a |
placer claim known as mineral entry |
No. ass; fractional placer claim des- |
ignated as mineral entry No. 53s; a |
placer claim designated as mineral en- |
try No. 597, and another tract of land |
containing 20 acres; placer claim des-
ignated as mineral entry No. SIS, and /
20 lots in the Talbot e. Jones addition |
to the city of Butte; a placer claim |
comprising 80 acres; the Belle of Butte. /
Transit. Annie and Ida, Atlantic, !
Crotch and Baltic lodes. including all /
that portion OF the Baltic upon which /
the old Lexington mill stood; the water !
rights OF Town gulch, situated east |
and north of the city. all the water
rights of Silver Bow creek as used at /
the Silver Bow mill and the bitches,
reservoirs and pipes conveying the /
water TO the mill; also the Silver Bow
mill on the Silver Bow lode with all |
outbuildtngs and appurtenances; the /
park water ditch or the Noyes e. Bar
nard ditch. formerly known as the ALI |
son a Humphrey ditch. used to divert |
the water from Summit creek and |
Fourth OF July creek. headwaters of |
the Boulder creek in Jefferson county /
and from Park canyon. Dixie and Yam
kee Doodle creeks TO the placer mines /
in Butte and vicinity, with all reser-
voirs. side bitches, fumes and other ap-
purtenances belonging to the bitches: /
also the water rights in the creeks /
and tributaries; the Wedge. Michael /
Davitt and Never Despair lodes; the /
Harrington placer; the Emma lode ad- |
joining the Silver Bow mill site on the /
east of the Harris Tunnel on the west. |
as well as all interests in the Emma |
lode claim standing in the name of /
Charles II. Palmer; lots Is, l6. II, IS /
and 10, in the Thornton addition, and a /
portion OF the Blue Jay lode claim: also /
standing on the records in the name OF /
G. IL. Palmer; portion OF the Baltic /
lnda claim ~ I