The silver star., 1897-09-30
WESTERN NEWS.
The Bank Of Rico faiea on the 18th.

James H Eckels. comptroller OF the
currency Is visiting Colorado and Is
much pleased with what he sees
Eighty-seven wagon loads Of toma-
toes were received by the canning fac
tory at Rocky Ford in one day. They
now employ ninety people and are run
ming night and day.
Charles s Davis OF Denver, was
elected supreme representative OF the
Knights q Pythias and John I. Bot
tom chosen grand chancellor at the
session al Colorado Springs
Governor Adams has appointed Rod
$. King of Cripple Greek. as his pri-
vate secretary. Mr.. King is civil
engineer by profession and formerly
lived in Leadville- He is secretary of
the Democratic State Central commit
Zee.
For some time past the state dairy
commissioner and his assistant have
been quietly investigating the mater
ial used in the manufacture of che>e
and the methods employed by factories
in the vicinity of Denver. They think
that filled cheese are being made.
Through new mutascope inven-
ton. made by Denver man. the pic
fures of the big festival parades will
be preserved and presented life like
on the picture machine next winter.
The invention is important for the
reason that a factory may he built
Peter j. Sweeney. an old and re
spected citizen of Douglas county. was
accidently shot and Instantly killed by
his son. Eugene sweeney. at his home
in Rappy Canon. five miles east of Par
l. + T-1.r
ridge exploded while he was loading
the gun.
The Union Pacific. Denver l. Gulf
Railway company and the express com
pany operating over that system an
nounces a reward of S1,1S for the ar
rest and conviction of four men who
held up passenger train near Des
Moines. New Mexico. on the Sd inst.
and blew open the money safe with
dynamite.
Rock Island passenger train No. %.
west bound. running over the Union
Pacific tracks. and an east-bound Tn
ion Pacific stock train collided head
on on the Goth. two miles west of
Muncy. Kansas Both locomotives We're
completely wrecked. the baggage car
of the Rock Island train was badly
shattered and several of the stock cars
were wrecked, but no one was killed.
As grain threshing goes on in the
Poudre valley. the results on some
ranches exceed the expectations of the
most sangulne. William Mcclellan. an
old time resident. is having his wheat
threshed and so far as the work has
been done. it shows sixty bushels to
the acre. His son. William r., is also
having his wheat threshed and ii
shows fifty-seven bushels to the acre.
The President has appointed Arch-
bald ]. Sampson of Arizona. minister
to Ecuador. and +. G. Kennedy Of
South Dakota. United States marshal
Of South Dakota. A. j. Sampson is at
present resident of Phoenix. Arizona.
but he formerly resided in Colorado.
He is n lawyer by profession and was
the first attorney general Of Colorado
after the state was admitted into the
Union
The closing of the Bank of Rico has
jeopardized one very material addition
to the welfare of the town. t. e.. the
starting of public concentrating
works. and may seriously cripple a
number of our business men. The
county funds. announcing to between
5000 and $1,000 were held by the
bank. besides the funds Of number
of lodges. Nothing definite can be
learned as TO The banks liabilities and
assets.
The visit OF Warden Cleghorn to the
Eastern penitentaries to devise means
of putting a convict labor system in
the state penitentiary was a failure.
The appropriation of $4,000 by the
last Legislature for the erection Of n
plant Is entirely too small. the COVER
nor says. The $1,000 will probably
remain unused. as there is no legal
way In which IL can be used for other
purposes than those designated 10y the
legislature.
The jury in the case of Juan Pach.
eco. j. NJ. Lucero and Ruperto Arch
uleta. the San Isidro murderers.
reached verdict of guilty. Lucero.
who was one Of the active participants
in the killing Of Miguel Reveille. was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, while Pacheco and Archuleta,
who. as shown 10y the evidence, were
merely members of the crowd when
the crime was committed, were given
second degree verdict.
The ~ Paso Times says that work
on the White Oaks railroad will be
commenced soon. c. b. Eddy will be
In Ei Paso IN n few days to ask for
bids. The first stretch will take the
road from III Pnso to Flccks and 1t
will be pushed rapidly TO the Salado
coal fields and probably to Roswell.
There Is no doubt now about the build
ing of the White Oaks road. Mr.. Eddy
has organized his company with plenty
Of capital to carry the enterprise
through.
The United States Court Of Private
Land Claims has handed down nm opin-
ion rejecting the Otto dc las MedanOs
grant claim. involving 63.443 acres Of
land in Valencia county. New Mexico.
as per the court calendar and four
square Leagues as the Testimony dis
closed. II wns con;ended that the four
squire leagues OF land in controversy
were granted 10 Antonio Sandoval in
1919 The court holds that only tenn
porary possession wns given to SandO-
val and that this was abandoned with
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