Show ME BEFORE JAMES A ai MIB MINER JUDGE the ahern caso case decided against petitioner settlement IN THE LA PLATA case may be effected within the next few weeks of ortho the divorce mill slowly grinding judge miner was engaged 41 in the tile fourth district court yesterday most of the time in in listening to tales of do domestic m estic borrow sorrow and sad endings of blissful beginnings of wedded life tho the divorce mill of tile court ground in tao two one ono marriage tie tic which has become hateful and this morning another woman will probably bo be restored to the name which she bore before her lier last marriage contrary to expectations tile ahern habeas corpus case was called for hearing this case lias has been before tho tile court for several months and it t WAS supposed it would never be called but the petitioner john ahern was evidently not satisfied will tile existing of affairs and insi insisted U upon on the bearing hearing the other parties to tte the case were prepared for the legal invests investigation alioti and when the case was called yest yesterday erday were on oil hand most of tho tile d day Y was devoted to the hearing and when w hen the case was submitted judge minor gave the custody of the four minor chil children en to mra ahern and denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus it haun having been shown conclusively that none of the children had bad any affection for their fat fatherland father and were not being forcibly detained by their mother five of the children the mother and the tile father were put upon the stand anft a n their r testimony revealed an anfort unfortunate a state t toco of affairs the children all cling ing to their mother and repudiate ti their i f ti ler who it seems has always treated tre iiii t them with the greatest cruelty and severity verity tins this family difficulty has been benoro the public on several previous occasions and the details of the many in disputes 0 familiar to the readers of the daily press mrs ahern was represented by A R Iley wood while L R rhodes appeared for ahern it now looks as though tho the famous la plata mining suit which has done more to hinder binder ane development of the youns young camp than all other things combined 4 i may rny be settled out of court by coin compromise pr the tile attorn attorneys qs of both sides and nj the interested parties have held several meetings and consultations and some understanding may eoon soon be reached at the request of the attorneys judge miner has continued the case which should have been tried on wednes wednesday day indefinitely should the suit be settled se in the near future the hills at la plata will be filled with men before fall tho the hearing of the divorce case of alice P burk vs 0 L burk occupied several hours at the afternoon see session A J weber appeared for the plaintiff winie while thomas B wilde ilde represented the defendant who was not riot present in person r the charges preferred ered bd by clr mrs burk were failure to provide and an desertion several witnesses wore were examined ifor both sides and at 5 the cas case was submitted and taken under advise anent by the court jonanna tand was given a decree of divorce from nicholas tand on report of the referee the plaintiff charged hei her husband with desertion and failure to provide |