The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-07
IN The DISTRICT COURT
Report of the Montana Power
Company's Receiver.
HEIRS OF DAVIS ESTATE
Petition the Court for a Supplemental
Decree of Distribution-A Suit En-
tered Against the Minneapolis
Gold Mining Company.

Gold Mining Company.
Fred L. Sterling, receiver of the Mon
tana Power company, flied report in
Judge Lindsay's court yesterday, show
ing the work being done by him in
completing the power plant on the Big
Hole. The report shows that the re-
ceiver has entered into a contract with
G. j. McSherry for the construction of
a drain tunnel at the dam and that he
has become Undecided to different per-
sons in the following amounts: Ana
conda Copper Mining company. hard
ware. $26656; Anaconda company, ISL;
Big Blackfoot Milling company, lum-
ber $4,794S5; Western Iron Works,
work and material, $2S3.44; Winters,
Parsons & Boomer, on contract, So
967.39; pay roll account, $780, Port
land Cement company, cement, $73260;
j. NJ. Keith, freight advanced. S4S4. 20;
sundry expenses, $5OO92 total, s15,-
1876. The report also states that the
assessed valuation of the company's
property in Silver Bow county is s4S.-
1l5, and that the receiver has paid
$667.52 in taxes due for 1898 to avoid
the sale of the property and save the
penalty, and he asks the court to au-
thorize him tofssue receivers certifi-
cate for the amount. the certificate to
be in excess of the $67, 900 already au-
thorized.
A number of the heirs of the Davis
he ,,io
terday for an amended and supplement-
al decree of distribution SO that the re-
spective interests of the heirs might
be determined. The petitioners arc
Henry A. Root, Sarah NJ. Cummings,
Ellen S. Cornue, Henry A. Davis and
James A. Coram. Coram, in his petit
ton states that he has acquired the
interests of Elizabeth S. Ladd and
Mary L. Dunbar and he desires to have
the respective interest of the different
petitioners defined separately.
F. w. Cowan yesterday commenced
a suit against the Minneapolis Gold
Mining and Milling copany and c. H.
Anderson and w, A. Larkin, president
and secretary of the company, for $3.50
due him as superintendent of the COM
pany.' He says in his complaint that on
Oct. II, 1898, he entered into a con-
II dCl Will uile utlIHudulS 10 ACT as
superintendent for $1,000 a year. He
was to be paid $3.50 the first month,
5000 a month for the next five months
and 5000 a month for the remaining
six months, the balance, $2,050 to be
paid in stock at % cents a share. On
December u there was due him $3.50,
but he has not yet been paid anything.
Cowan alleges that Anderson and Lar
kin as officers of the company, have
failed to file for record an annual state
ment of the affairs of the company ard
that they are therefore possibly liable
for the claim. '',i'"
The following matters are on Judge
Lindsay's calendar for hearing this af-
ternoon:
Estate of Michael Cannon, order to
show cause; estate of A. J. Davis, set
tlement of account and objections
thereto; estate of Thomas Nobett, petit
tion for letters: estate of Annie Nc
Parland, petition for letters; estate of
Michael Cunningham, settlement of ac-
count and petition for distribution; es-
tate of N. B. Davidson, return of sale
of personal property.
William Wilson VS.. city of Walker
vile ct al, demurrer of city of Walker
Vile and of Driscoll.
Ben Baker VS.. Butte City Water COM
pany; demurrer to answer.
Winters, Parson & Boomer VS.. the
Montana Power company; hearing On
receivers report.
Judge Clancy will hold court this
morning and hear the following mat
tiers on his motion calendar:
Charles P. Kellogg Co. vs. w. w.
Wilson, motion to dismiss action and
for security for costs; State of Mon
n Y
State of Montana VS.. Ferdinand Eth
Ter, plea; Rose Schiller VS.. Evan Her
bert, motion to strike. memorandum of
costs, motion to strike from and to
annul judgment: E. Y. Smalley VS..
George H. Savage, motion to Withdraw
deposition; William w. Jones VS.. Chris
tina Jones, plaintiffs proofs A. TAFT
ct al, vs. Butte Butchering company,
motion to correct error; State of Mon
tana VS.. Patrick Quinn and John R.
Burke, plea; State of Montana VS.. John
Ryan, plea: State of Montana VS.. Mar
tin Harrison plea State of Montana VS..
Thomas Brown, arraignment and mo
ton to dismiss; o. III. Burbridge VS..
Tim V. Lowney ct al, demurrer; r, NJ.
Cobban ct al, vs. c. c. Frost, default of
judgment.
Judge Lindsay yesterday appointed
James Madison as referee in the ap-
peal cases of the county printing con-
tractors, whose bills have persistent,y
been cut down by the county auditor
Judge Lindsay yesterday appointed
L. o. Evans, Colin Campbell and T.
BARLEY Lee as appraisers of the es-
tate of Patrick L, Reagan.
James Ryan brought suit against
Michael Reagan for $446.57 claimed to
be due on store account contracted IN
Leadville three and four years ago.
Beautiful Paris-the handsomest pre-
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