Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-29
Judge Clancy's Department
Completely Rejuvenated.
ILLNESS OF VIM. FORBIS
Calls His Brother From Duty in the
Big Mine Vein SHUTDOWN
Still On.

which has been in the hands Of decorat-
ors and other artists during thu aast six
weeks, was turned over to Judge Clancy
last evening n this morning the Judge
convened his session there instead of de-
partment No. i. The improvements made
In No.. 2 are extensive, the entire room
having undergone a complete change in
the way of being dressed up. The walls
and ceiling hav been covered with a
coat of new paper with a gilt border to
match. The chandeliers have been pol.
ished until they shine like the cOunte-
nance and of the man that
owns his own dwelling house in Butte.
The floor has been covered with a pat
tern of made-to-order carpet as neat as
has ever been turned out OF a Missouri
loom. The old benches on which specta-
tors frequently snagged their wearing
apparel by reason of the numerous pro-
truding splints, ave been replaced with
wired chairs. The tables, desks n
heaters have been vanished, and even
the judges iced water pitcher and ink
we'll lcok as If they had crossed the line
that separates common glass from the
cut article. In fact the entire interior of
the department is now SO neat and clean
that it is doubtful il any man charged
with a lesser degree of crime can resist
the temptation to plead guilty to murder
in the first degree. In the opinion of Mr..
Hardcastle, clerk of the department all
that is lacking to give the room the
recognition it now demands is a collec-
ton of historic paintings on the walls
and the removal of the squeak from his
chair.
AS a fitting tribute to the artistic work
and the presiding judge under whose per-
sonal supervision it was made possible,
all the attorneys, stenographers, clerks
and spectators who entered the room be-
tween 10 and IL O'Clock today Wore suits
o fnew clothing and b~outonnieres.
Win the trial of the big mine vein suit
was resumed this morning Judge hewitt
stated to the court that Attorney Forbis
had received intelligence last evening to
the effect that his brother William was
very sick in Seattle and 1t would be nee
eseyary for him to go to Seattle. He would
be absent several days and possibly dur
Ing The balance of the trial. MI. Forbls
was consequently xcuse
T. T. Baker, formerly county surveyor,
was the first person called to give testi-
mony today in regard to the survey OF
the Jamestown and Rarus claims, which
was made at the time Mr.. Baker was
deputy UNITED States mineral surveyor,
but am objection was made by Attorney
Patterson and the witness was excused
for the time being. The c~rOss-exarnlna-
tion OF Austin Brown was then resum-
ed.
The examination Of Mr. Brown was
continued throughout the day, but the
ground covered was practically the same
as that over which previous witnesses
had gone. The location of the apex OF
the veins in controversy was one of the
principal points on which the witness
was questioned. After It had been con-
tinued some time Mr.. Scallon rema rked:
I'VE will have to quit this apex busi-
ness Sometime
He then put up another map and asked
MI. Brown to tell him the distance be-
tween the apex of the Rarus vein through
the southeast corner Of the JohnstoWn
and the north side line Of the Rarus. The
witness said it was 295 feet. Farther
west 1t was only 70 feet to the north side
line Of the Pennsylvania.
Calling hts attention to the model, Mr..
Scallon asked If the Michael Dewitt shaft
and As and IS of that property were south
Of the Rarus apex.
The question met with an objection on
the ground that it was not roper cross
examination, for the reason that the
question related to workings outside Of
the realm to which the controversy was
supposed to be confined.
The objection was overruled, and the
witness said he was not prepared to an
swer the question.
The witness thought the Johnstown dis
covery vein extended into the Rarus
lode.
James Ryan Of Dublin gulch is what
might be termed a peach. Yesterday he
furniture to a dealer in secondhand
goods for SIS and thumped his wife as
a side issue. He was arrested and Jailed.
This morning he was released. Mrs.
Ryan took steps today to get her furni-
ture back. She enlisted the services of