The state herald., 1899-02-17
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

the 9th owing to the inability of the
Rio Grande railroad to furnish cars.
Communication with outside camps Is
practically cut OF.
The most heroic incident Of the
storm In Wyoming was Mrs. Holmes
leaving the Ferguson ranch, near Sill.
yer Crown. 10 go to Iron Mountain
twenty miles, losing her way in the
storm and laying out two nights. The
first night she spent between the two
horses of her team, and the second in
an old dry well. She had some food In
the wagon. She got home safely, but
is sick from the hardships endured.
The funeral services at Denver over
the remains of Rev. Myron w. Reed
were remarkable for great out.
pouring of people of all classes. The
throng was immense. 1t filed the
Broadway Temple to overhowing. A
thousand men and women stood In the
street outside, cold as the weather
was, unable to see or hear any of the
ceremonies, but 10th to leave the build
ing where the last honOrs were being
paid the man they loved. In the serv.
ices Jewish rabbi, n Catholic clergy.
man and several Protestant ministers
participated.
Announcement is made that the cast
iron pipe mills OF the Colorado Fuel 4
Iron Company ut Pueblo will resume
in the course OF the next few days
They have large orders ahead. This
means the employment of about 100
additional men. 1t Is currently report
ed and generally believed that the com
pany will soon begin the construction
| nf fnp
city of 100 tons of pig iron per day. 1t
S at present impossible for the furnaces
to supply all the crude iron that is re-
qulred in all departments Of the plant
In operation on full time as they now
| are.
| The judges of the Wyoming Supreme
| Court who, by request of the Leg
islature, have been for two weeks eX-
amining the revision of the statutes
repudiated by the Legislature of 1S96.
verifying the presence of all statutes
| indicated therein, and eXpurgating for
eien matter incorporated by the revis-
ors. have about concluded their work
and will report tomorrow. The re-
vision verified and eXpurgated will be
ordered published as the revised stat
utes OF the state. The chapters on
revenue and municipal corporations
! interjectcd into the revision by the
former committee have been eSpurg-
ated.
The Rocky Mountain News says: 1t
Is expected that there will be "A great
shaking up among mining companies
recently organized and Incorporated
when the books Of the secretary of
state have been thoroughly examined
by representative Of the internal rev
enue collector. The collector decides
that companies should pay govern
ment war tax at the rate of 81 per
| 1000 shares, whereas some OF the new
ly fiedged companies have tried TO get
or with stamps costing only 81 In all.
Under the ruling OF the collector. the
company Incorporated for SJoO,0O0
should pay government tax to the tune
of 500.
A dispatch TO the Rocky Mountain
| News from Salt Lake City says: Moses
| Thatcher. formerly an apostle OF the
Mormon church. has declined a Unit
ed States senatorship rendered him by
the Democratic members of the Utah
Legislature. Thirty-thrce members
pctltloncd Mr. Thatcher. asking him TO
become candidate and piedring him
their support. Thirty-two would
elect. Thatcher Is n polygamist and
has four wives. his status being SINH
lar TO that Of Brigham II. Roberts, re-
Gently elected TO Congress. and II was
because OF this status that he declined
the senaiorshlp. In an Interview he
said he did not want TO antagonlze
Christian people of the country.
\ dispatch from Kokomo on the Sth
said: Yesterday Mt noon the snow
storm resumed and has been showing
ana blowing increasingly ever since. 4
quarter Of beef and mutton We're
brought from the snow-bound train at
Wheeler yesterday, and was all sold be
fore Il arrived NJ 10 cents per pound for
mutton and - cents for beef. There
Is no butter In town. Ham sells nj 81
n pound. The business men coniem-
plate cutting on the supplies OF unmnr.
rlcd men and make them get ont for
| grub. thus leaving something for the
families. Numbers have gone to Lead.
VILE nnd every day takes more. Things
ARE approaching n crisis when some
thing viii have to be done or people
VIII suffer.
writ dismissed and petitioner re-
manded." was the decision of the SUI
| IlflNf 'hHtt hl iffllNiI lANl W hfhHtN'liA
In the original application OF James
Doyle for n writ Of hnbens corpus.
Doyle had been directed 10y Judge Lunt
of Colorado Springs not 10 prosecute n
suit IN Iowa against the Portland Min.
Ing Company, He violated the order
nnd obtained n Judgment FOR over 500.
600. The court therefore held him In
contempt and from that Judgment he
sued ONT "A writ of error In the Gouft Of
Appeals aud applied for supersrdcns
which was denied. After this denial
further proceedings were had IN the
ease In the III Pnso District Court aud
| the petitioner was placed In jail. lie
then asked the supreme Court for u
writ of hnhcns corpus, which the court
refused. lie VIII go bncis to Jail
The Colorado Supreme Court has de.
! clird ngniust Assessor AmrS of Arnpn.
hoe county In his contest with the State
Board NJ Equalization. Assessor Ames
| refused tn extend tho tax of 1900 of
| the state Bnnrl of Equalization on rail.
road. telegraph and telephone proper.
| ~ Ia tliis county aud proceeded to make
/ nn assessment ~ his own. In ~ doing
he had th" interests OF the county
/ iinnnccs In consideration. rs his tax
would have brought In much moro rev,
onup The Rtntr Blnrd values all the
railroad property IN the state, lovlCs a
\ general tax nnd divided u among the
counties according Ia the number 0f
| miles Of trnck In onCh county. Mir
Am"E levied u tax upon all the
! switches. tracks, yards. terminus
buildings rnuud houses nnh other pfnp,
"riy IN the county owned by railroads
lie calculated TINT In this manner tho