The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-28
NO LACK Of RELATIVES
The DARTS Estate Will Not Go
to the State.
HE COMMITTED SUICIDE
An Old Miser Who Accumulated $780,
600 for Which the Heirs Are on
Hot High Water
in the Gallatin.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Bozeman, June 26.-When "Old Jim
my DARTS" the miser of Gallatin coun-
ty, died over year ago it was thought
he had no relatives living. and that his
estate would escheat to the state of
Montana in the due course of time. 1t
now appears he has no lack Of rela-
tives, providing the proper evidence of
their relationship to old Jimmy can be
established. AS reported several weeks
ago, an attorney named Jay Williams
arrived in Bozeman as the representa-
tive of Mrs. John Young of Baltimore,
Md; Samuel Collins, William L.
Daughters and Colonel Collins of Sal
isbury, Md, who are the children of
Jimmys brothers and sister, and are
anxious for the $4,000 he left behind
him. and who say his name was Daugh-
teris. From Virginia come three other
heirs who are the daughters of uncles
and aunts of the old miser and his
| cousins, who of course have no right to
| the estate of James DARTS, if the other
| heirs mentioned above are his nephews
| and nieces, and these heirs claim his
| name to be Daughters. Old Jimmy
Accomack county, Virginia, about 60
years ago. From all accounts he was a
rover by disposition and had Travelled
across the ocean several times and Wis
tied the old countries. When the civil
war broke out he Joined the confederate
| army and fought on that side for
, awhile. Getting tired of fighting for a
losing cause he deserted and joined the
union army and helped to bring about
| the downfall of his former comrades in
arms. What he did after this is hard to
conjecture but he managed to get to
| Montana somehow or another after the
war without dollar to his name, prob
ably, but by using the utmost economy
| in food and clothes and living a hard
| life and subjecting himself to the odium
| and ridicule of his fellow men, he ac-
cumulated cent by cent and dollar by
| dollar the round sum of about $4,000.
| For all his misery actions he did not
| press his debtors very hard and the
administrator of the estate has num-
Der of old outlawed notes upon which
| not a cent was ever paid.
The funeral of Andrew Cowan, who
committed suicide last Tuesday, took
place yesterday afternoon. 1t had been
| deferred on account of Miss Jennie
Cowan, his oldest daughter, being on a
visit in Kentucky and for her arrival
| home. She came on yesterdays de-
| layed east-bound passenger train but
few hours before the funeral. The re-
mains had been brought to the town
| residence of the family the latter part
| of the week, and the funeral services
We're held from the Baptist church. the
| ceremonies being conducted by Rev.
| Hickman, the pastor of that church,
who preached very eloquent sermon.
4 AS the deceased had lived SO long in
the country, and was greatly liked and
| respected by the whole community, 1T
was but natural that the attendance
should be large. The Baptist church
was crowded with the friends and rela-
tives of the family and the funeral pro-
cession was a very long and imposing
one. The casket was covered with
| flowers and wreaths The blow is a
great one to the family, Mrs. Cowan
being Frustrated with grief, and especi-
| ally SO owing to the manner of Mr..
Cowan's death A few days before his
death he had sold his large herd of cat
tie for good price, but had sold, or
contracted to SELL his ranch for small
figure. His mind had been unbal-
anced for week or more before he de-
stroyed his life, as subsequent events
tend to show. His estate is roughly es-
timated as being worth from $4,000 to
100000
The cool weather of the last five or
six days has had the good effect of low
ering the high waters existing in every
stream and river in the county. Al
though the report received from Logan
last week was somewhat exaggerated,
yet the water was higher than it had
| been for many years, and fears were
entertained for all the bridges on the
West Gallatin river. In the West Gal
latin canyon nearly all the bridges
above the mouth were taken out in one
day so high was the water. 1t is now
thought that the worst is over, al
though there is an immense quantity Ct
snow in the higher ranges south OF
| Bozeman, The West Gallatn river
inches, and Middle creek went down IS
inches If the waters had stayed high
for few days more the large dam CT
the Farmers Canal company, at the
mouth of West Gallatin canyon, would
| have been swept away. as the immense
weight of water was beginning to wear
away the foundations. County Sur
veyor Thorpe has had plenty to do the
last few weeks trying to save the
county bridges from the floods
A number of citizens called on Mayor
Award Saturday evening for the pur-
pose of getting him to lend his aid in
the matter of smoothing the streets OF
the town. DIR. Foster was the spokes-
man of the party and while trying tG
awake the sympathies of the mayor
gave a graphic description of the ruts
and holes on every street. The mayor
finally accepted an invitation from Dr
| Foster to drive around the town and
view the situation and thus form his
| own views County Attorney Stewart
Hon A. l.. Love, Charles Fransham
and Colonel Chisholm were among the
chief speakers in support of DR.. Eos.
ter's cause Though it has not bean
| definitely settled what will be done yet
there seems to be bright prospect 70,
good streets in short time As 1t is
now there is not street outside OF
| Main where two vehicles can pass with,
out one having to stop for the other te
go by, so rough are they from end tc
end.