The Monte Vista journal., 1897-06-05
WESTERN NEWS.

The governor Of New Mexico has ap.
pointed thirty delegates TO attend the Gold
Mining convention ut Denver.
A sage brush machine made In Cincinnati
at cost of 5000 has reached Uintah, Wyo
ming and will be tested there.
W. II. &. McKasson OF Clayton has struck
n very strong flow Of water at II depth of
40 feet. In making test they pumped
100 gallons per hour and could not lower the
water an Inch.
Some men OF Sheridan, Wyoming, have
lately purchased 1900 head of stock cattle
In eastern Washington, Oregon and Idaho
Heretofore these buyers went south for thelr
annual supplies.
A large flock owner of Wyoming has leased
a large body OF state lands and fenced II to
protect himself from the rnvagcs Of trail
bands. Others have also applied for leases
on state lands for sheep pastures.
Reports of renewed deprciatlons by the
denizens Of Robbers Roost. In the San Ra
fael country. Utah, are coming In. The
latest is Of an old and unurmed psddlcr.
who was relieved Of about 500 near Hunt
ington. Butch Cassady's gang and other
noted Utah desperadoes are now supposed TO
he entrenched In the Roost also
A special from ARABIA, Wyoming. says
ern Wyoming and southern Montana. The
Cheyenne Indians on Tongue river are caus
ing alarm and an uprising j. feared. A
sheep herder was murdered few days ago
and the sheriff demanded that the In
dians surrender the murderer but they re-
fused.
Rates To the Christian Endeavor convcn.
,on In San Francisco have become badly
demorallzcd. Low as Il the So onc-wny
rate agreed on from Chicago for the occa.
sion. ther. Is no likelihood Of the roads re
ceivlng anything like 1t for each passenger
carried. A Wild scramble for the busines'
has been begun by the competing roads, nnG
each has Its agents out contracting all the
business they can md.
J. r. Lord. assistant superintendent Of the
Metropolitan Insurance Company. which
State Insurance Commissioner McNall has
ordered to discontinue business In Kansas
has received II letter from Vice President
Fisk Of the New York office nstructing him
tu disregard McNaIr, order and continue In
business The letter asserts that McSallr
action Is absolutely without authority OF
law. Counsel for the insurnnc. company Is
said to Ice en- route from New York to act
In opposition to McNall and protect the
company's representatives In Kansas.
Edgar NJ. Biggs, president Of the New
Mexico Lumber Company. owning an eSten-
slvc plant In Rio Arriba county, on the Colo
RADIO line, and who was convicted In the
United States Court January year ago of
cutting timber on the public domain, has
been pnrdOned by President Mckinley. He
was sentenced to pay n hne "f sl.'p and
serve four month. In prison. The pardon ex'
tends only to tho matter Of Imprisonment.
The amount II the fine and costs have
been paid to United States Marshal Hall.
so Mr. BgeS goes frc. for time, at least
There are other criminal suits of similar
nature pending against him In the United
States Court. also three civil suits for SGun
each. In which III. government claims dam
ages from the New Mexico Lumber Com.
pany and the Denver a Rio 1randc Com
pany on the charge of unlawful cutting Of
timber. A fourth suit for S;NjrH against
the Denver \ Rio .rundc resulted In n
Judgment for s3o.uo hut was set aside by
the court u, excessive. and on n second trial
the jury returned n verdict placing dam
ages at SCI