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HUSBAND CONTESTS
MRS. TOOMEY'S WILL BEFORE THE
DISTRICT COURT.
T0OMEY TRYING TO BREAK 1T.
Wife Gave Property to Her Sisters and
others-Money at Stake Amounts
to $4232-Jurymen opposed
To Wife's Rights.

In Judge McClernan's court today the
contest instituted by Dominick l..
Toomey to the probatng of the will of
his deceased wife, Kate Toomey, was be-
gun before jury, the proceedings taking
the form of a jury trial.
The property involved in the contest
consists of $4,232. deposited in the banks
of the city, and household effects. The
case occupied most of the day, it being
2 o'clock before a jury was obtained.
1t was still in progress at 4 o'clock.
The parties to the contest We're Toomey
and the sisters of the dead woman. The
latter are Annie T. Clarity and Della
Pitts.
Mrs. Clarity filed writing in the dis
trict court after her sisters death, two
years ago, which was alleged to be Mrs.
Toomeys will. The document gave most
of her property to her sisters, her child
and her mother.
Mrs. Clarity asked the court to pro-
bate this instrument as her sisters will.
Toomey came in and contested the
probating of the writing on several
grounds. In his petition he stated that
Mrs. Clarity had filed two petitions ask
ing the probate of the writing designated
as Mrs. Toomey's will. This was one
STOuIu VI oDJcCtIOI. he SecOilu STOunU
of contention Is that the writing is not
a will, and the third ground is that the
paper was not entirely written and dated
by Mrs. TOomey.
Toomey asks that all the probate pro-
ceedings be declared null and void. ard
that he be given third of his wife's
property, as authorized by law.
The new law of the state makes it i'm
possible for wife to will away from
her husband more than two-thirds of her
property. The law gives the husband a
third of the property, will Or no will.
This was not sufficient for Toomey, how
ever. and if the will is broken all Of his
wife's property goes to him and his
child.
Great difficulty was encountered in SCI
curing jury, owing to an unusual rea-
son. Twenty-Five jurymen were called
before IL men to try the case had been
accepted.
Nearly all Of the jurymen who were
rejected were disqualified for the reason
they objected to the law allowing wife
to will away two-thirds OF her property. |
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against vice, the former persOnified by q
pure woman, the latter by scarlet
woman who. by virtue of her wealth, Is
lin society,""
When the sin of the past arises Lord
Chitern wants to buy the secret. but Is
told mo man can ever buy his past;'
his answering speech is in itself a SER
mon.
So many truths are told by the char
acters in the play that it made it of alb
sorbing interest. 1t is a simple story; a
youth of % sells a cabinet secret for
money; years afterwards an adventures
learns of it and tries to use it to her
advantage. His wife, in her pitiiess per-
lection, at first scorns him, later as all
true women do, fOrgives. ~
AS the adventures Edythe Chap
man was perfect; Neill, with easy grace.
walks through the play utter:ng tru-
isms and affecting the dandy, at heart
the English nobleman of whom honor is
his dearest possession. Julia Dean IL
lying ill in Salt Lake; her role was
played by Louise Brownell most effect
lively: Caroline Francis Cooke, as the
Lady Chiltern, did some clever work. I
Lillian Andrews, as the cynical odd
Lady Markby, made her usual hit.
Frank MacVickars did some strong
acting as Lord Chiltern; in fact, all de-
served and received curtain calls.
In the audience among others were
the following:
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Holbrook, DR.. and
Mrs. F. McCrimmon, DR.. and Mrs. Don
aid Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs. J. X. Hes
let, Miss Hattie Young, F. A. Heinze,
John MacGinniss. Mrs MacGinniss.
Miss MacGinniss, Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
Bellinger, Mr.. and Mrs. G. " Fulton.
Mrs. j. d. Slemmons, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
tombstone, Miss Mary O'Neill, Miss Jose
Duke, Wilfred Johnson, Miss Sim, Mr..
and Mrs. Sewall Davis, Mr.. aud Mrs.
Rosensweig, Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Nor
gan, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Barker, Miss
Flora Green, NJ. Howard Jones. Judge
and Mrs. w. NJ. Bickford, Frank Sulli-
van. Mr.. and Mrs. Mech, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Green, Mrs. S. c. Blackiston,
Mrs. Alexander. Mrs. NJ. NJ. Miller, Miss
Ida Scott DR.. Wix, MIR. and Mrs. Silver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Heilbronner, Mr..
and Mrs. Ike Heilbronner, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. M. Newbro, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Goldberg, DR.. Bryant, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Copenharve, Mrs. Rachel JEFF
ferson. Mrs. Matteson, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
r. Kennedy, Mr.. and Mrs. Graham Far
Kiss, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Gilbert. Mr.. and
Mrs. Best, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker
Clark, Miss Adah Roberts, DR.. Renick,
Harry Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey
Lauzier, Mr.. Bacorn, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
Gray, George Wesley Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wertheimer, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Harding, Miss McKechnie, Mr.. and Mrs.
e. w. Schively, Miss Lucille Dore, Mr..
and Mrs. e. v. Barrett, Mr. and Mrs.
John G. Norvelle, Miss Kennedy, Jack
Knowlton. Mr.. and Mrs. Trent Jones,
Miss Madge Marks, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Lavell, Mr.. and Mrs. Dickson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Barry, Mr.. and Mrs. Yates,
the Misses Sanders, Miss Edith Bick-
ford. Mr. Templeman, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Leonard. Mrs. Stewart, Miss
Stewart, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bouche,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Oswald and others.
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JURY PLACES BLAME
CONTRACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR
DEATH OF WIN. DoUGHERTY.
C0R0NER'S MEN so REPORT
lowing Decedent to Plunge to
Death, Was Bad and Work.
manship Poor.

The following verdict was returned
this afternoon by the coroners jury in
the case of William Dougherty, killed by
a fall from the new Oppenheimer build
ing, Saturday:
That Dougherty came to his death by
accidentally falling from the roof of the
Oppenheimer building, now in course OF
construction. and that the jury is of the
opinion that the material used in the
construction of pier that gave way
was bad and not fitted for such work
and that the work performed on said
pier was not done in a workmanlike
manner, and both causes combined
caused the death of Dougherty. and in
the jury's opinion the contractors are
responsible for said material and work"
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"A million glasses a day"
Somebody Must Like it.
Centennial beer.
SOCIETY AT THE PLAY,
Well Known Butte People Witness "A,,
Ideal Husband. at Suttou,s

A society play and society first night
was a happy combination at Sutton's
new theater last night. The play was
An Ideal Husband" which admirably
suited the .Neill company. 1t was writ
ten by Oscar Wilde and. like all his
plays, is most brilliant
1t is epigrammatic. and fairly scintil-
lates with bright lines. While it shows
up the little idosyncracies of modern
society life with much caustic comment
thereon. it brings out prominently the
fact that at sometime or other evil doors
are punished. generally when they least
expect it.
And that sometimes virtue arl good
ness win the battle when arrayed
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-22

steady at 3A per cent; prime mercantile
paper, 4a05 per cent. Sterling exchange
strong. with actual business in bankers
bills at $4.S41aM4.S4A for demand, and
$4.S4A for 10 days; posted rates, $4S4la
W4.So and S4S'1a; commercial bills, $4S31a
V4.o4. bar silver, 51asc; Mexican dollars
49'4c. Government bonds, weak; rail-
road bonds, irregular.
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Funeral Nnfiroe

Mrs. Anna Bell Miller, aged Y years,
died this morning. The remains will be
shipped tomorrow evening, via the North
ern Pacific to Summer Side, Prince Ed
ward Island, Canada, accompanied b.
her daughter, Mrs. DR.. T. A. Grigg.
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Snow Bird Injunction Changed.
Especial to Inter Mountain

Especial 10 Inter MOuntain)
Helena, Oct. 22,-The supreme court to.
day SO changed the wording Of the in
junction preventing the NJ. O. p. Co.,
from working the Snow Bird mine as to
result in the complete shut down of tho
Snow Bird. Johnstown and Pennsyl.
vania mines.
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All members of Montana Lodge, No. As.
United Moderns, are requested to attend
the funeral of Brother James Cooney, 22s
Anaconda Road. at the Catholic church.
Wednesday, Q. m. By order of the
chancellor. G. NJ. GANOTE.
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Now for your autumn costume. A
hundred $500 to $4,000 sample suits for
ladies on sale in the Symons store at
s1i.95.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-22

Symons' cloak department offers to
Butte women a hundred sample cos
tune suits worth $500 to $4,000 at
$1495.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-22

There is a lady's suit sale in the
Symons' store tomorrow. You should
see those $500, $4,000, $500 and $40 90
garments that are being sold a. $14.95.
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And the Incompatible Neill company
direct from 20 weeks of unparalleled
triumph in San Francisco Presenting
Sunday and Saturday evenings. THE
Lottery of Love" Monday evening. AN
Ideal Husband" Tuesday evening,
The District Attorney Wednesday
evening. "A Social Highwayman."
Thursday evening, The Royal Box
Friday and Saturday matinee, Rose
mary"
NOTE-Children under years Of age
not admitted to any Neill performance.
No advance in prices.
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IA million glasses a day!'
Somebody Must Like it.
Centennial beer.
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A lady's costume suit that's worth
from $500 to $1,000 for $1495 in the
Symons store tomorrow.
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Visiting Old Friends.

w. e. Stevens, with Chicago shoe
house, is renewing old acquaintance in
Butte. Mr.. Stevens has many friends
here.
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Caused by Vibration.

Architect H. Nj. Patterson stated that
it was his belief that the accident had
been brought about by the vibration of
the roof, due to the wheeling of brick
back and forth by the workmen.
Joseph A. Riddle, contractor, told the
jury he had been in the contracting
business for a number of years, and
that he believed the accident had been
the result of the poor quality of brick
that had been awaited of in the building
of the pier.
The inquest was resumed this morning
and concluded this afternoon.
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COPPER MINING QUOTATIONS

Especial to Inter Mountain.)
Boston, Mass, Oct. 22.-The copper
mining shares closed today as follows:
Amalgamated s 0Ol2
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Probed to the Bottom.

From the evidence presented at the
inquest over the remains of William
Dougherty, who was killed by fall
from the Oppenheimer building, Sat-
urday, it was seen that there is a de-
termination to- delve into the matter in
the most complete manner possible.
Coroner Johnson began taking the evil
dence last evening at o'clock.
Peter Jordan, bricklayer. working
with Dougherty, said he heard the crash
Of falling timbers and the tumbling
of brick. and made quick movement
to avoid going down with the rest.
Nothing would have saved him, how
ever. had not his feet caught thus
on the building by the workingmen was
without fault, but that the blame should
be placed at the door of those who had
the construction in charge.
The men who were working on the
building at the time were all called, and
gave much the same testimony as had
Jordan. They believed the responsibility
should be laid on the shoulders of the
contractors.
Mr.. oppenheimer Testifies.
J. E. Oppenheimer, owner of the build
ing. said he had inspected the building
but few moments before the accident
He noticed that one of the piers was
cracked and called the foreman's atten-
ton to the matter. While the carpenter
was constructing a support the crash
came.
Building Inspector Lane said that in
his opinion nothing whatever had been
the matter with the construction, the
regulations and specifications of the city
ordinance having been carried out to
the letter.
The accident, he thought. was due
either to the bricklayers themselves. or
to someone having carelessly removed
the short support underneath the roof
joist. He further stated that he had
thoroughly inspected the plans of the
architecture and had approved them.
The brick, he said, was Of the same
quality used in other Butte buildings for
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-22

New York Money Market.
New York Oct. 22--Money on call
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We are headquarters tor fine cof-
fees. We not only suit your taste,
but we keep on doing so, as our cof-
fees are always uniformly good; not
good one time and poor the next.
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They Are

If you want one you had better
buy now. The sizes will soon be
broken, and you may not be able
to get just the size you need.
There is No Stove Near So Good as
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the Estate Range.

For Fuel Saving.
For Keeping Fire.
For Giving Out Heat
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took the place of ferry, which sug-
gested that there ought to be bridge
at that particular spot. The same old
story applies to one of the newest on
the river, built quite recently at Clifton
Hampden, in Oxfordshire. 1t was built
by Lord Aldenham in the place Of
very ancient ferry owned by Liter
College, which sold him the ferry
rights for nominal sum. 1t is built in
the Gothic style, to resemble an early
English model. But the Gothic design
is heavy, just as that Of New Bridge"
is. 1t blocks the view up and down
the river, and the situation is chosen
river, and the take off," as people
say of jump. is bad. The Thames
might change its course in flood and
break the weak approach on one side.
The bottom Of the river is rock, which
is in the bridges favor. This is an
good intentions, but which is not en-
tirely a success.
Over the Avon.
The great and sumptuous bridge"
over the Avon at Stratford, with four
teen arches and long causeway of
stone, is still called by the name of
its founder, Sir Hugh Clopton, one of
the greatest benefactors of Shakes
peare's town. Sir Hugh was born in a
village near, and probably often felt
the inconvenience of crossing the ferry.
Many folk either refused to come to
the town when the river was up, or,
crossing there, stood in jeopardy of
life" Sir Hugh almost remodeled
parts Of Stratford, and was in all ways
a great citizen and a great builder.
New Place, the pleasant house in which
Shakespeare ended his days In pros
perity and comfort, belonged originally
to Sir Hugh, who built it as a town
residence. The Avon is spanned by
what, on the whole, may be considered
the most beautiful series of bridges Of
all kinds, large and small, which any
English river can boast of. lexington
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ty-two arches, through various sizes,
like tie quaint little stone bridges
over the Windrush at Bourton-on-the-
water. down to those of mixed store
and wood, such as that, now destroy
ed, at Castle Eaton on the Thames, or
the tiny bridgelets with one handrail
on footpath causeways by the roadside,
where frsshets were wont to break out
in winter and wet the village girls
shoes. They are infinitely various;
and, except the churches, there are no
structures in England SO good, so full
of familiar story, or so old. 1t is q
thousand pities that they should ever
be removed, where sensible advice can
be had whereby the old fabric can be
made strong enough for new wants.
But if the old bridges have to go, the
examples of their varied and sound de-
sign may suggest ideas and models for
the new ones. The county councils are
now very accessible to any sensible
proposal for retaining historical build
ings and are aware that cheap bridges
if iron girders and blue clinker bricks
are poor substitutes for the old ones.
But there is plenty of evidence that
the mischief is already begun, and that
where old bridges are not pulled down,
hideerls new ones are often built, with
out regard to good models close by.
Two of the very worst instances are
the new brick bridge over the Wey at
Godalming, and the blue clinker arches
which now cover what was the love-
liest of little roadside fords over the
Chess, just below Lord Cheshams
house at Latimer.
Wonderful Roman Works.
The Romans, who were the first great
bridge-builders in Europe, built the
oldest in England as a necessary part
of their military roads. They had a
conscience about roads and bridges,
just as Frontinus, waterworks engin-
eer to the Emperor Nerva, had about
his aqueducts. The oldest guild of early
Rome were the pontifexes, the makers
Of bridges. 1t became a great and
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OLD ENGLISH BRIDGES
TOO MANY OF THEM ARE BE-
ING REMOVED.
Can He streng thened - Ancient Struc-
lures In Many Cases Show Surface
Wear Alone-Foqndations Are Solid
Wonderful Roman Works.
(London letter.

(London letter.
At present there are in England
many hundreds of old bridges which
are very much in need Of champions.
The society which exists for the pro-
lection of ancient buildings has just
issued an appeal to save an old Gothic
bridge at Aylesford, over the Medway,
which is threatened with destruction
because it is inconvenient for the new
heavy steam traction. Properly
strengthened, and with sidewalks of
timber added, as is done on many old
bridges on the continent, it will do as
well for centuries to come as for the
seven centuries during which it has
stood. But the best protection of all is
public opinion. Examples of the good
and serviceable old bridges of England
are not difficult to find. Among them
all there is hardly one bad one.
Many Varieties of Bridges.
They are of all kinds and calibers,
from that which Sir Hugh Clopton
built over the Avon at Stratford, and
the old London bridge with its twen
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honorable society, like the Elder Breth-
rem of the Trinity Heuse. Later it
was made a close corporation for aris-
tocratic heads of the state. The en-
perors took the name of Pontifex Max
linus as one Of their titles of honor.
And, lastly, we see the pope, Christ's
vice-regent on earth, the high pom
tiff" or, in plain words. the head build
er of bridges, no bad title for the chief
of those who maintain the road from
earth to heaven.
Roman and Gothic Bridges.
Several old bridges in the north of
England are believed to be Roman,
among them Swarkestone bridge in
Derbyshire. But the greater number
Of the more ancient structures were
originally Gothic, or are renewals Of
bridges made in the middle ages. One
Of the most curious points about them
10 that though they are known to have
been built in the days when every ar
chitect in England used pointed arches,
nearly all Of them have rounded arches
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HER SIMPLE
TASTES AND
CHA RACTER-
T.TTICS,
ENGLAND'S
QUEEN

to each person. The punctuality OBJ
served is noticeable. and the cooking
is comparatively simple and always
rather English in style.
1t is those who know Queen Alex
andra best who are most devoted to
her service, and she never appears
more natural and more charming than
in her own home, simply dressed in
the slightly-trained and tight-sleeved
frocks she has always affected, and out
of doors in tailor made tweed.
A Great Letter Writer.
The Queen skates gracefully, and al
though she prefers to ride on the right
side of her horse, she is quite at her
best when mounted, and at one time
was very often in the hunting field.
She generally then affected a simple
habit of rather bright blue serge, and
often wore a little knot of violets on
her bodice.
How She Dresses.
Everyone at some time or another
has had something to say about the
Queens distinctive dress. Never in
front of French fashions, she is at the
same time attractively attired in the
way which suits her so well-always
simple clinging garments, with no fur
bellows or frills and only on one occa-
sion, when she sat for a portrait, has
she ever affected what has been called
the picture" sleeve
bo oripn1inn niop hat
were in vogue when she was first mar
lied, and as a girl in Denmark she had
happy talent of making her own
hats; while later on it was she who
gave the name to the close-fitting prin-
cess bonnet with had so long reign,
and she was responsible, too, for the
graceful garment which was cut all
in one and called the princess robe.
AS a very young woman she wore
her hair parted simply in the middle
and knotted low on her neck, and only
small necklace, if any, around her
slender throat; but latterly she has
worn her hair high with fringe, and
nearly always appears in the evening
with a high collar of diamonds and
pearls. Her jewels are superb, but she
wears few except on state occasions.
Queen Alexandra formerly was fond
of long walks, and when in Scotland
where she used to go every year, she
delighted in the hills and moors. She
has been accustomed, too, to taking
little trips incognito, and last year at
tended the Paris Exposition, it is said,
as Mrs. Stevens"
1t is expected that the chief charac-
teristic of the new court will be its
brilliancy and gayety Both the King
and Queen are fond of having young
people about them, and before the
troubles Of last few years oppressed
them the balls at Marlborough House
were the most splendid and successful
of each season. The Queen, although
she is not strong, has high courage
and great sense of duty. 1t has been
said of her that she is the only prin-
cess who has never been known, when
she held drawing room, to leave it
until it came to a natural end.
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and differ very little in general design
from the rules laid down by Palladio
for bridge building Possibly some OF
these bridges were mostly made in the
first place with stone piers and wooden
tops, like the bridge at Castle Eaton,
and the round arches were added later.
A perfect and most delightful surviving
Gothic bridge, in which the pointed
stone arches remain, is that at New
Bridge on the Thames, opposite Fyheld
in Berkshire. Leland says that 1t was
the Oldest bridge on the river. 1t was
built by Sir John Golafe, 1420. He
had a manor house near at Fyheld.
and during floods in the winter the
approach to the river was probably
overflowed and the bridge must have
been an immense convenience, though
ferries were then less objectionable
than now, because nearly every one
travelled on horseback, and luggage
was carried on pack horses instead OF
in carts.
Bridge Defenses.
The most important of the medieval
bridges were defended by one or more
gates and towers. Those on old Lon
don bridge were the regular place of
exhibition for the heads Of traitors.
And even more common. and indeed
the most usual, equipment of those Of
any size was a little chapel, generally
Sc. on the center pier. Old London
bridge had one, so had that at Wake
field, and that at st. Ives in Hunting
don.
In nearly all cases the first bridge
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An epidemic of suicide appears to be
one of the evil results of the Paris
Exposition. The number of suicides in
Paris is very large at present, and the
chief cause is thought to be the general
retrenchment following the exposition,
which has thrown many people out of
work. Throughout France, however,
suicide seems to have been increasing
for some time. In the five years
ended January 1, 1901, the number OF
suicides was no less than $1,000.