The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-14

VIII DeSlH lHls year Oh SepteLipei -f'h
to last six days.
on the 9th the Denver & Rio Grande
road reported its track clear of snow
ana ready for through traffic.
Robbers broke into st. Johns Cathe-
dral at Denver and stole the commun'
ION plate. They were captured.
As a result of the smallpox epidemic
IN Victor the schools, churches and thea
tiers have been ordered closed by the
mayor.
A trainload of passengers on the
Cheyenne Il Northern were blocsadeu
by snow forty-five miles north OF Chey-
enne for several days. Their food sup
ply ran very low.
Marshal Pierce of Leadville recently
rescued from starvation two mountain
sheep that We're found helpless in the
snow drifts of small park in the
mountains. They We're taken to Lead
vile and are being cared for
The most stubborn senatorial contest
in the history of Nebraska ended alb
ruptly Tuesday night when Judge Mon
roe l.. Hayward of Nebraska City was
nominated in the Republican caucus as
the successor William V. Allen, Popu-
list.
Governor Otero OF New Mexico has
issued a proclamation suspending the
game laws in Dona Ana county, so that
general quail killing may be inaugur
ated. The birds down in that county
have become SO numerous as TO endan-
ger the crops.
At funeral held Friday afternoon in
Leadville it was impossible 10 get with
in 200 yards of the grave with the team,
and owing TO the depth of the snow il
was necessary for the undertaken and
an assistant on snow shoes to carry the
coffin to the grave.
Governor Smith of Montana has We
toed the bill passed by the late Legisla-
ture legalizing boxing contests. Such
contests are absolutely forbidden by
the law in force. The governor signed
the bill extending TO smelters and mills
the right of eminent domain.
The Utah Legislature adjourned or
the 9th without having elected a sue
cessor to Senator Cannon. The Repub-
licans are jubilant over the fact that on
account of party dissensions, the Leg
islature. overwhelmingly Democratic,
has failed to elect United States SEN
ator.
j. A. Little of Loveland. Colorado, is
at Salt Lake investigating the beet
sugar industry with a view of putting
in n factory at Denver. Mr.. Little Wis
tied the Ogden factory. interviewed its
officers and collected much data from
merchants and farmers regarding the
operations of the industry there and It's
effect on business.
The report of the Denver post office
for February. 1899, shows that the to-
tai business done amounted to SD
474.72. The business for February last
year amounted to S2I,2S4.S2. making
the increase for this year S2,lS9.9O.
This revenue is derived entirely from
the stamp sales and box rents. over
100000 stamps We're sold.
Western sheepmen have been at n
loss to know whether wool Should be
classed us n ranch or an agricultural
product. The Treasury Department at
Washington has lately ruled that wool
is an agricultural product and when II
is offered for storage by the producer in
the regular course Of trade, the ware
house receipt covering the same is not
subject TO taxation under the war reve-
nue. act.
Governor Thomas has appointed
George w. Baxter member of the
State Board of Capitol Managers to
succeed former Governor Job \ Coop
er, deceased. Mr.. Baxter resides at
1912 Grant avenue and in politics is a
Democrat He is president of the West
ern Live Stock and Land Company. In
1856 Mr.. Baxter was appointed terrific
rial governor of Wyoming, but has lived
in Denver four years.
In Utah sheep men report the feed
very short on the range. n prominent
fiock-mastcr has made preparations to
feed his range sheep rs they were los
ing flesh daily. Sheepmen generally re-
port the feed shorter on the range than
1t has been for years Mt this season, and
should the winter be prolonged, feed
ing may become quite general. There
may be loss to flocks in the desert II
the month of March should prove
stormy.
Gray wolves in large numbers have
made their appearance twelve miles
north of Fort Collins and are supposed
to have drifted down from Wyoming
in the track of the recent storm. Mr..
Brindle. who has charge of a lot of
colts on the Cradle place for the War
ren Live Stock Company, reports that
the wolves have killed on an average
of one colt each night for the past
two weeks. Their loss to date amounts
to fifteen head.
Five Italians have been arrested at
Lake City. charged with the attempted
murder of Miss Kitty Lawrence, an en-
ploye of the Ute and Ulay mines. With
the apparent intention of killing Miss
Lawrence a stick of giant powder was
exploded last night outside the bedroom
in which she was sleeping. The wall
of the room was shattered, but Miss
Lawrence escaped with only cash on
the wrist, made by fragment of glass
from the window.
The War Department has made an
announcement of the apportionment of
1O1 second lieutenants created by the
army reorganization bill among the