The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-02

| children. and also represented Mr.
| Callahan. and that he had never re-
| ceiNed any notice of the proceedings
| to remove the guardian. and he did not
| know where Mr.. O'Donnell received
| his authority to appear in the case.
| He said it was his intention to petit
! ton the court to appoint a new guard
| ian, and would do so as soon as he
| could hear from some of the heirs. He
| thought that if anyone should move
| for an accounting it would be the new
guardian. In reply to. Mr.. Cavanaugh
| the chancellor stated that he was sur
prised that Mr.. Cavanaugh, if he was
attorney for the guardian and minors,
had not done something to preserve
their estates. He also stated that he
appeared in the case at the request Of
one of Mr.. Callahan's bCndsmen.
Judge Lindsay said the court would
on its own authority, take action in
the matter, and asked Mr. Cavanaush
if he could make an account for he
guardian or explain why one had
not been made, and Mr.. Cavanaugh
said he knew nothing about the affairs
of the estates at all. The court then
said that he would give the attorney
until Saturday to present his petit
ton for the appointment of new
guardian and no further action viii he
taken in the matter until that time.
]. P. Collins ives yesterday appointed
special administrator of the estate OF
Philip J. Rumbeck, alias Philip J.
Roberts, tailor who died a few DAYS
ago. In his petition to the court Mr..
Collins stated that Roberts had no
was in such a shape that some one
had to take charge of it at once. The
estate is valued at about $1,000. and
consists of small stock in a tailor
shop valued at $500. house and lot in
the Rice addition worth $500. some
household effects valued at 5000, and
$3.50 in cash The public administrator
informed the court that he had made
search for will but could not find
one. He found papers, however, which
indicated that he had a wife somewhere
to whom he was married on the 4th
Of last July. An undated letter from
her was found, in which she told her
husband that she would never return
to him, and expressing her opinion
that he was no good.
M. ]. Cornell, one of the jurors who
had been summoned to appear in court
on Tuesday and for whom an attach
ment had been issued, was in court
yesterday morning and made a salts
factory explanation to the court and
was then added to the regular jury
panel. He told the court that he had
fully fixed in his mind that the sum-
mons read for Wednesday, and that
he had arranged his business SO as to
attend court on that day. and was
very much surprised when the attach
ment was served on him and he dis
covered that he should have appeared
on Tuesday. He said he knew the i'm
portance of promptness on the part of
jurors, and recognized that he lad
unintentionally caused the court some
inconvenience. He had no excuse to
offer why he should not do jury duty
In the case of John B. Spencer
against NJ. F. Hersam and Others
which was dismissed yesterday because
an important witness for the plaintiff
had gone back on him, new complaint
was filed in the afternoon The action
is one to set aside a deed to some prop
erty in the Lawler addition, which the
plaintiff sold to Eersam for 5000 and
four notes for $50550, Hersam agreeing
TO assume a mortgage of $500 which
was on the property. AS part payment
Hersam turned over to Spencer the
four notes, which had been given him
by one l.. E. Dubois, the absent wit
ness in the case, it being reported to
Spencer that the notes were good. 1t
turned out afterwards that the notes