Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-12-08
WESTERN NEWS.

Owing to the blockade on the South
Park line caused by snow last week
several towns ran out of coal
DIR. Oscar T.. MentZer. Of Telluride.
charged with numbering his wife on
the night of October Tth, has been
sentenced by Judge Stevens to twenty
years in the penitentinry. The Jury
nfter being out eighteen hours brought
In n verdict of murder In the second
degree, with a recommendation Tor
mercy.
Thirty-eight of the forty-four med
ais awarded Colorado horticulturalists
nj the Omnhn exposition have been re-
ceived by Mrs. Martha A. Shute. Sec
retary of the State Board Of Horticul-
ture. The medals received were en-
closed In handsome cases of velvet.
The list included six medals Of gold.
% of silver and o of bronze.
The Supreme Court of Utah has
handed down decision holding that
the state equalization boards action
in apportioning the value of railroad
equipment to counties on track
mileage basis is invalid. BY the de-
cision the taxing values must be np-
portioned on II car mileage basis. The
effect Is important to Salt Lake and
larger counties. where the tax rates
are higher.
The Colorado contingent of Torrey's
Rough Riders will form permanent
organization. 1t will include many
members OF Companies A and B OF
the Second United States volunteer
cavalry who are of Colorado. These
are the boys who accompanied Colonel
Torrcy to Camp Cuba Libre. In Flor
ida, last summer. They We're mus
tered out recently. without catching
even glimpse Of Spnniard.
Colonel Torrcy states that he is now
engaged In collecting evidence In re-
lation to the wreck of one of his trnins
at Tupelo. Mississippi. preparatory to
commencing suit against the railroad
company in behalf of the relatives Of
the boys killed in the wreck. The com
pany has made settlements In this
cases where minor injuries Were re.
ceIved but has failed to make any ade-
quate offers to the relatives of the
men killed.
william .anstlell OF Edlowc. while
returning i:om Cripple Greek with his
lumber wagon the other day. was ac-
costed on the road by tramp. whom
he invited to ride. When n convenient
opportunity was presented the tramp
knocked Ranstlell on the wagon.
picked his pockets, securing about So,
and left him lying by the roadside un-
conscious. The cold being severe,
Ransdell's feet We're frozen before he
recovered and 1t Is feared nmputation
may be necessary. The highwayman
hns not been apprchended.
Leslie W. Popcjoy, the alleged
wealthy contractor of Colorado
Springs. is penniless. He received S2s..
T50 In cash from W. s. StrattOn n
year ago last May. but he hasn't
cent now, and lie can't account for
about $4,000. He has lost all In gam.
bling, bad Investments. horse races
and cid debts. This Is what he told
Judge Lc Fevre when he was up for
contempt of court In not paying his
common.law wife. Annie Il. PopcJoy.
$50 Il month. beginning August 1st
last, us ordered several weeks ago.
In the United States Supreme Court
has been rendered an opinion by JUS
tice McKenna in the case OF the Terri
tory OF New Mexico against the
United States Trust Company ana the
receiver OF the Atlantic and Pacific
railway. The case involved the right
of the territorial authorities to tnx the
improvement OF the railroad company
on Its rigls Of way without taxing the
right Of way itself. The decision did
not sustain this contention. but affirms
the decision OF the territorial Supreme
Court adverse to the taxation OF the
concession.
A. b. Seaman. chairman OF the Re-
publican state central committee. and
w. II. Brisbane. secretary, have filed
sworn statements with the secretary
of state In regard to the receipts OF
the committee during the recent cam.
paign. They state that Senator VOL
colt give $4,000. His brother. Henry
II. Wolcott, Is put down for $500. and
]. +. Sanders OF LeadvIlle gave the
same amount. Chairman John Cor
coran, cx-postmnster of Denver. OF the
committee to solicit subscriptions In
aid of the campaign fund. turned In
S1.235 more. The total receipts OF the
committee We're S16.235. This sum was
all disbursed except $229.5O.
Warden Hoyt of the State Reforma-
tory, CT Buena Vista, said that with
few exceptions the prisoners received
at the reformutory We're little better
than tramps. Some could wash
dishes, others could cook. but the ma
jority could not even curry horse
The construction of shops, he averred.
was the great necessity mt the Re-
formatory. These would enable many
men being put to work. He told the
board that he desired the ex-convicts
1t the Reformatory eliminated and
transferred to the state penitentinry.
OF the $50 Inmates who had been con-
fined at the Reformntory up to No
vember Both. Mr.. Hoyt stated that he
positively knew that slxty-eight were
cS-convlcts.
Game Commissioner Swan has re.
ceived II communication from Binger
Hermann. the head of the general
land office. stating that he agreed with
the proposition to place the govern