The silver lance., 1898-08-12
WESTERN NEWS.

Denyer-Cripple Greek lines.
Colorado railroads experience great
difficulty in securing enough sec''o"
hands.
If is stated that the Crystai hi.ea
Railroad will soon be compie.eu " 'Ae
mouth of Coal creek
The Northern Coal Company is I,ah n.
ing an effort to start up its n'iheS
Lafayette with non-union men.
The Goldfield city council mas
passed an ordinance providing Ior ,le
issuance of bonds with which 10 con-
struct water works.
seventy-two members of company
of the Fifteenth infantry haNe
been ordered from Fort Logan 10 'ei-
ferson barracks. near ST LOUIS
The Colorado Telephone Company
has established a new line from Leau, t,,
Vile to Granite, distance OF elgm.esn
miles. The, line runs through i"'n
Lakes.
The Colorado Soldiers Aid Society
is planning. for, an elaborate 1ete az
Senator Wolcott's country nome, neaa
Denver. on August 21ttf, the fuhds 10
be used for the soldiers
w. III. Mantz, an omnibus driver at
I,eadville, was stabbed by Zeke Daw-
son. n hack driver early SUNDAY
morning, and died in few moments
from the effects of the injuries. Daw-
son was drunk at the time
Game Warden Swan has been no
tilted by n man at Steamboat Springs
that he has seen herd of DuIaio
cows tbirty-fiye miles from that place.
If correct this statement is Oh great
importance, as buffalo are very
scarce.
Elias s. Kimball of Mendon. Utah,
is the first Mormon to be appointed
chaplain in the army of the United
States. President Mckinley has as
signed him to the chaplaincy OF the
Second regiment of volunteer engi-
neers, of which Willard Young OF Sale
Lake is the colonel.
DIR. Rose Kidd Beere. who has been
a practicing physician in Denver Tor
about six years, will be sent to the
philippines by the Colorado Soldiers
Aid Society. She will join the Red
Cross Society, but her salary and ex-
penses will be paid by the Colorado
organization.
r. NJ. Friend, who has been buying
the report that the government would
he in the market for 10000 cavalry
horses is incorrect. The only requisi-
tion at present is for 100 head OF
horses for the Seventh cavalry. and OF
these forty-two head have been ac-
cepted by the horse purchasing board.
Otto Mears' reported recent trip to
| the Silverton district is likely TO re-
suit in practical benefit to that local
| ity. A surveying party has already
| been put in the field to look over the
most favorable route for an eight-mile
railroad from Silverton up Cement
creek to Gladstone This will connect
Silverton with territory of a very
rich nature. in which are located the
Smuggler. Gold King. Sampson, Lib
occidental mines.
Three Mexicans of Las Luz, New
Mexico. have. just passed through a
thrilling experience. They were driv.
ing from the town TO the railroad
camp near by with LOO pounds of
blasting powder when they were over.
| taken by storm. Two of the men
| took refuge under the wagon and be-
| fore the third one had got down the
wagon was struck by lightning and
| the powder, sixty-eight kegs, was ex-
! ploded. The men and the mules were
fearfully burned and wounded, but
We're not killed outright. The men
are Jacinto Rivera of Dona Ana, New
Mexico Cello Medelin and Mauricio
Medellin, brothers, of Zacatecas, Mex
leo.
In response to an inquiry from an
eastern paper, Governor Adams ex-
pressed the following opinion about
the Philippines: "As the war was ip-
augurated against the inhuman, bar
barous fifteenth century methods of
Spain in ruling her island colonies, no
terms of peace should be considered
that permit a Spanish flag to remain
upon the Western hemisphere or the
Philippines. The course of liberty and
humanity imposes upon the United
States the great moral obligation of
ruling and guiding the destinies of
the islands rescued, at so great a sac
rifice of life and treasure, from CEN
turies of misrule and oppression. To
this obligation the American nation
must be true"
Citizens of Grand and Boulder coun-
ties are again agitating the building
of n wagon road between Boulder
and Middle Park. The Tenth Cen
eral Assembly appropriated $4,000
for the road and part of this was ex-
pended in preliminary work. Failure
of Grand and Boulder counties to
guarantee the necessary sum over the
amount appropriated by the state
stopped the work. State Auditor
Lowell has been asked If the balance
of the appropriation is still available
for the work. The auditor is not quite
certain upon the point and will have
an opinion from Attorney General
Carr before rendering n decision. If
it is found that the money is still
available the probability is that n
concerted movement will be made by
residents of Grand and Boulder conn
ties to push the project to completion.
Miss Virginia Xickers of Colo,a