The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-25
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Will of Lee Freudenstein Ad-
mitted to Probate.
He WAS ONCE A RICH MAN
Petition for the Probate of the New ALL
port Will Withdrawn-The In
heritance Tax Case Was
Continued.


The will of the late Lee Freuden-
stein was admitted to probate yester-
day and Mrs. Chrystina Freudenstein,
the widow, was appointed executrix
by Judge Lindsay. Her bond was fixed
at only 500, which gives an idea Of
the present value Of the estate of a
man who was a few years ago rated
among the richest men in Butte. The
present value Of the estate consists
entirely of the right to redeem the
property which once belonged to
Freudenstein, but upon which mort
cages have been forecosed A few
years ago he operated the Germania
and other mines and took out great
quantities of the richest silver ore ever
produced anywhere, and he refused
$2S0,000 for his interest in the Ger
mania mine alone. Then came the great
slump in silver and the rich deposit
in his mine gave out about the same
time. After that he spent his fortune
and all he could borrow in a fruitless
mines. Worry over his financial trou-
bles wrecked his mind and he died a
poor man.
When the petition for probate of the
newly discovered will of John D. All
port, deceased, was presented to Judge
Lindsay he suggested to the attorneys
for the proponents that he doubted
whether his court had jurisdiction in
view of the fact that the petition stat
ed that Airport was a resident of JEFF
ferson county at the time of his DEATH
When the matter was called for hear
ing yesterday Judge Wines stated that
he had looked into the question and
was satisfied that the court did not
possess jurisdiction to probate the will,
and he would ask leave to withdraw
the petition, which was granted.
Ex-Governor John E. Richards has
petitioned the court for letters of ad-
ministration on the estate of James
Edwards, deceased, and the petition re-
lates that the estate has property in
Butte valued at $4,000. Edwards died
in Massachusetts on Aug. 30, 1896, and
his widow, Sarah e. N. Edwards was
appointed administrator for an estate
valued at $210000, but no one had ever
been appointed to represent the estate
here. All the heirs live at Quincy,
Mass
The hearing of the inheritance tax
matter in the Davis estate, which had
been set for yesterday, it was con-
tinued until July 8, at the request of
Attorney Forbs for the estate, the at
torney general consenting. Counsel
stated that they would be able to
agree upon the substantial facts to
be presented for determination and
would at the date indicated submit the
matter in controversy upon an agreed
statement.
The petition of Donald Campbell and
Jessie F. Campbell to adopt Frank
Hugh Matheson, an infant months
old, was heard by Judge Lindsay yes
terday. The child's mother is dead.
The father lives in Nova Scotia and
gave his consent. The petition was
granted and the child is now known as
Edward Lyman Campbell.
Lulu F. Largely was yesterday APP
pointed guardian of her four children.
She was required to give four differ
ent bonds aggregating 100000.
Judge Lindsay yesterday set the fol-
lowing civil cases for trial: July 8,
James B. Culver VS.. M. c. Harris;
Ada Recore VS.. John Recore. July 5,
Ellen S. Cornue VS.. Washoe Copper
company; Belle M. Gilchrist VS.. Peter
McDtfIitotl July o, susan Mltchell VS..
Harry Blumkin; John McCreary VS..
James E. Keenan,. July 7, Citizens
District Messenger company VS.. II. L.
Haupt; Mary Ann Craythern VS..
Thomas Winwood; John Parko VS..
John Huerth.
The motion in the case of Monica
Frey Callahan against Emmett Gala
han to compel the defendant to bring
the child of plaintiff and defendant
within the jurisdiction Of the court
and to require the defendant to pay
to plaintiff $40 per month for the ser
vices of servant, was continued to
July 1.
William O'Brien was appointed guar
dian of George O'Brien, a minor. upon
his filing bond in the sum of $1,000.
Arguments were heard in the two
cases of Reynolds against E. J. Laur-
andeau. J. p, and the motions to
strike were by the court sustained
The demurrer of Peter Olson, one
of the defendants in the case of J.
w. Winters ct al. VS.. Ericka Olson ct
al, was sustained
Demurrers to the complaints in the
cases of Ennis Bell and others against
D. Campbell and Martin Turk against
Timothy Harrington, constable, and his
bondsmen, were heard and by the court
taken under Amusement.
A motion to strike in the suit of
Lena Mueller against George Renkes
was argued and submitted.
The motion to retax costs in the case
of John P. Reins against Silas F. King
was by the court sustained as to the
fifth paragraph of the notion: in all
other respects it was overruled
GETTING ADVERTISED.