Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-27
IN The DIS
TRICT COURT
The Bordeaux Order to Show
Cause Hearing.
TWO SUITS FOR o
Both Plaintiffs Are WOmen--CaseS
Set For Trial. ffenheim.
er'S Answer.

At the afternoon session of Judge
Clancy's court Saturday the hearing of
the order to show cause why the plaintiff
in the case Of Bordeaux against Bor-
deauX should not pay the attorney for
the defendant $4,000 and not be allowed
to handicap his property pending the
determination of the suit was heard. 1t
was developed that instead of having a
million in cold cash on hand in the bank
the plaintiff has an overdraft of 81, 800.
He testified as to his property possess
sions, enumerating all he owned, and
saying he desired to hide nothing. Alex
j. tombstone, cashier at Clark Bros
bank, testified to the overdraft at the
bank, showing the plaintiffs business
with the bank since January 1, 1897.
James A. Talbot testified that Mr.. Bor-
deaux had no business relations with the
First National bank.
w. S. Cobban stated that the Ella
group of mines, in which Mr.. Bordeaux
has a mall interest, was worth $1OO, 900,
but on cross-examination he admitted
that he had never been down the shaft
and NEW nothing about it's real value.
He valued the Little ST. Lawrence at
$4,000 and the real estate at $50, 900.
j. H. Maloney, the business partner of
e. A. briggs, father of the defendant in
the suit, testified that the Ella claim was
worth 500 600, provided it was a full
claim. He said he knew nothing about
the size of it or what it contained, but
was familiar with it's location.
On redirect examination Mr.. Bor-
deauX said the Ella, Mascotte and Bor-
deauX claims comprised about ten acres
of surface ground.
At the conclusion of the hearing the
judge made an order to the effect that
during the tendency of the action the
defendant should receive $500 a month
with which to defray her expenses, $500
as incidental expense money, and that
her attorneys should have 5000.
Anna Harris has instituted divorce
proceedings against Frank r. Harris
and alleges non-support as the reason.
She alleges that the marriage took place
in this city on June 5, 1889, and three
children are the result; that said chill
dren can be cared for and educated at
the Providence of the Sacred Heart at
MiSSOula for $50 per month; that de-
PENDANT has failed to provide for her
and the children. She asks for a di-
vorce, the custody of the children, and
that the defendant be compelled to pay
the $50 per month for their education.
J. E.. O%ppenheimer, owner of the old
York block, on West Park street, the col
lapse of which last summer caused con-
siderable excitement at the time, has
filed an answer to the damage suits in
stituted against him by John Zelmer,
James A. Meyers and M. H.. Shadinger,
three Of the men who went down in the
crash. In the document Mr.. Open
heimer denies that the collapse of the
building and injury of the men was due
to any negligence on his part. He fur
Their alleges that the accident was due
to the fault of plaintiffs-through their
own carelessness, and that Of their fell
low servants; that d. X. Whitney was
not engaged by him to act as superin-
tendent, but was working as foreman
under direction of the architect, II. M.
Patterson.
c. Anna FAM is suing W.. L. FAINT for d.
VOrce. In her complaint she alleges that
the marriage of Mr.. FAINT and herself oc-
Cured in this city May Ia, 1890; that in
January of 1898 he deserted her and has
contributed nothing to her support since;
that he has property valued at 81, 200 and
earns 500 per month; that they have a
child four years old which defendant has
in his keeping and refuses to let her see
sale child. In addition to a decree of di-
vorce she asks for the custody of the child
and the return Of her nader name,
c. Anna Chauvin.
The following cases have been set for
trial in the district court:
Department Mrs. John F. French VS..
James McFayden; March 3, Felix Nc
Alevy VS.. P. H. Regain; March 6, Villa
Bessel VS.. r. E. Hogarth, Mary McDon-
aid VS.. Jessie G. Knox, J. H. Maloney ct
al, VS.. Harley N. Merwin; March I, Amos
Booth VS.. J. McGovern, Mary Mcdonald
VS.. Jessie c. Knox, Henry Muntzer VS..
Andrew Jones ct al; March s, Mary Ann
Hurley VS.. Patrick O'Neill, Elizabeth
Coleman VS.. Oliver N. Perry ct AL; March
9,Montana Bill Posting and A. D.. Sign
Service vs.. w. E. Kendrick ct al, C. f.
DuttOn, VS.. George A. Cobban ct al;
March 10. Elizabeth Davis VS.. Catherine
Evans, Susan Mitchell VS.. Harry Blum
kin, Moses Benoit VS.. School district No.
1, S. b. county; March 10, H. L. Haupt ct
al. VS.. Elias Simmington ct al, Ruth F.
Leggat ct al, VS.. Butte City Water COM
pany; March IA, John Mccormick VS.. J.