, 1899-11-30
WYOMING NOTES.

I "a hNoHh lAON
examination of the property prepare
tory to have the bathing facilities i'm
proved. The hotel will Immediately
be furnished with seven more porcelain
tubs and a plunge tank Y feet will
be constructed, adding greatly to the
pleasure of bathing.
The Rawlins Brick Company Is to be
ORGANIZED for the purpose of making
fire clay brick. The Chicago Brick
Company is behind the concern and
will put in a modern plant, with the
understanding that the local company
has the privilege of buying 1t at any
time for $4,000. Fire clay of excel
lent quality is abundant in this vicin-
ity.
The w. G. T. U. Woman's Club and
Clergymen's Association of Laramie,
have Joined forces to start n crusade
against the saloons, houses of prosttu-
ton and gambling dives of Laramie.
The rcfOrmers request that all saloons
be closed Sundays, II that h keep
ers of poker games who nave openly
violated ordinances be arrested and
fined.
The unwilling of the WOOdmen Of
the World monument. erected to the
memory of the late Josiah HaZen, took
place on the oath at the Douglas GENE
terry with appropriate ceremonies In
the presence of "A large crowd. Hazen.
while sheriff of Converse county, was
killed by bandits who dynaInited the
Union Pacific express at Wilcox last
June.
The striking Union Pacific ma.
chinists and the officials of the com.
pany have reached a temporary, and
probably n permanent settlement of
their differences and the entire force
of machinists, apprentices and helpers
has returned to work at the old scale,
or Mt the prices received prior to the
strike, but will work nine hours per
day instead of eight. The boiler
makers are still out.
David II. Phillips, on trial in the
United States Court on the charge of
robbIng the mails. was found guilty
and sentenced by Judge Riner TO -four
years in the state p~enitcntiary. Phil,
lips is about - and has Il reverend
look. This will be his second term In
the Wyoming p~enitentiary. he having
beer at liberty but three months since
serving three years for grand larceny.
o.. L. Sparhawk. n professional hun
ter and trappcr operating in Fremont
county and the Teton mountains. says
wolves and coyotes are more numerous
llllN NtslI III Ilfill'lll county lllstl tNtl
before. He has killed an average OF
100 wolves each year by trapping
S%parhawk has been induced to remain
neal Cheyenne and will work for the
big bourties paid by stockmen of this
section.
A dispatch from Seattle says: Harry
Hall, alias Ferguson, has been in jail
three weeks here, and has been partial
ly identified as II of six men who
held up n train at Wilcox. Wyoming
last June. and who killed Sheriff Ha.
zen of Fremont county during Their
flight. The Identification was made by
Engineer Jones of the train. which wa
held up. Jones says the man bears Il
striking resemblance to one of the ban
dts. but lie is not yet positive of hi
identity. Hall was arrested by luca'
officers on Camano island. Puget
Sound. His presence there was told 10y
an old fisherman with whom he haU
been living and to whom he confidcj
the plan to hold up n depot ut a town
on the mainland. In the cabin whpr,
Hal WIS found an immense amount of
stolen plumber vas found. From the
first he avowed Il willingness to plead
guilty to receiving stolen goods and
serve n term in the Washington pcnI
Tertiary. 1t WAS this willingness that
convinced local officers that he was
badly wanted elsewhere. Hall admits
that he was in Wyoming last summer
but say he does not remember
whether he was there in June or not
He COnfcsSes being Il criminal. The
prisoner fits the description of one Of
the Wyoming bandits in every detail.
Grand President Mcneil of the
Boilermakers' Union will arrive soon
and personally investigate the trouble
between the bOilormakers and the
Union Pacific nj Cheyenne. Before
leaving he Will probably try to have II
settled. Pending settlement the strik.
ers are receiving money from outside
and are confident they will win. MANY
bOilCrmakers have been sent to work In
the shops. hui without exception have
refused to take the places of strikers.
As soon as n new man arrives he is
waited upon by n committee. Informed
of the strike and requested to leave
The railway officials feel confident that
the trouble will be settled soon.
The case Of the United States VS.
John G. Teller was opened in the
United States court at cheyenne on
the 24th. The suit is brought to es.
tnblish the claim of the government to
1000 railroad croSs-ticS seized by
Special Agent G.. b. Abbott, after they
had been cut by Teller and fioated
down the North Platte river to Fort
Steele, Wyoming. 1t was claimed by
the agents Of the government that the
ties had been cut on government land
Illegally. ON the part of the defendant
1t Is claimed that the government.
through Special Agent Abbott, released
the ties after the seizure and by an
agreement with Teller the property
was restored to his possession. TO be
paid for when the government should
determine the number and value of the
ties Il from the public lands to which
Teller had no claim.
An important decision has been rem
dered by Judge X. II. Scott in the
Laramie County District Court, giving
the right 30 owners of water to dispose
of the same Independently of the land
which 1t irrlgateS. The case was that
of the Little Horse Creek Irrigation
Company VS., George $. johnson ct al,
in which the plaintiff sought To re
strain the defendant from Interfering
with lis rights TO use certain waters of
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