The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-17

plant on the grounds that the COM
plant in the case does not state facts
sufficient to constitute a cause of ac-
ton and further that the complaint is
ambiguous, unintelligible and uncer-
tain, in that it does not allege whether
the pieces of land sought to be taken
by condemnation include the whole or
only a part of the parcel or tract.
Sept. is was set as the date of hearing.
An information was filed in Judge
Clancy's department of the district
court yesterday against Edward Erick-
SON. charging him with assault in the
second degree. Erickson and Michael
CaVanaugh got into an alteration on
the 18th of August and Erickson stab
bed Cavanaugh with a knife, infiicting
a serious wound.
The hearing on the order to show
cause in the condemnation proceeding,
entitled Eugene Carroll VS.. Mary Ann
Ward, which was set for hearing be-
fore Judge Clancy, was continued for
one week, owing to Judge Clancy being
engaged with the big mining case.
Yesterday was motion day with Judge
Clancy, but the court decided to go on
with the Pennsylvania case without in
terruption, and all matters went over
to the 23d
Jay P. Lee was admitted to pract-.
tice pending the action of the supreme
court, on motion of Attorney Frank
Corbett.
In the case in which H. r. Walker
sues A. H. Taylor, C. L. Woods, NJ. C.
Harriss and T. J. Wilson for damages
for illegal arrest, the defendants yes
terday filed demurrer to the complaint
on the grounds that the complaint does
not state facts sufficient to constitute
a cause of action, and that the alleged
Illegal arrest is not alleged to have been
malicious or without probable cause.
The sale of the quarter interest in
the Blackfoot and Finding mining
claims. held by the estate of Michael
McNamee, was finally closed yester-
day by Judge Clancy confirming the or
der of sale to John Gillie. The matter
has been before the court for some
time. Originally the estates interest
was bid off for 5000, then an offer of
$4,000 came in and a resale was or
dered. This time the property only,
brought $500 and was knocked down
to John Gillie. After this c. r. Leonard
asked to have the order of sale set
aside offering $500 When the matter
came before Judge Clancy yesterday
Attorney Charles o. Donnell, on behalf
of Gillie. raised the offer $1,000 and
Gllie for $500.
Mrs. Elizabeth Reese. widow of the
late John T Reese, applied to the court
yesterday for letters of administration
of the estate left by the deceased. The
estate is valued at $4,000, the property
consisting of the Plymouth Rock and
Plymouth Rock extension mining
claims, ice ponds and ice houses To-
Gated thereon and other property ap-
pertaining thereto
In the injunction proceedings, en-
titled Libby Newberry VS.. X. ]. McRae,
S. r. Solveson, p. H. Regain and Frank
T, Newberry, involving the ownership
of a piano. three of the defendants,
McRae, SolvesOn and Newberry, filed
their answer yesterday. The answer
denies that the plaintiff ever owned
the piano, admit the mortgage given
by F. T. Newberry. plaintiffs husband,
to McRae and Solveson, but denies that
it was with intent to defraud, and al
leges that the plaintiff authorized her
husband. one of the defendants, to
mortgage the piano for 800; that he
got $l05 on the mortgage and sent the
money to the plaintiff at San Francis