The Elbert County tribune., 1899-02-09
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

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slide near Sllverton on the 3rd
The Rio Grande railroad Is boarding
ITO storm-bound passengers at hotel
at Glenwood.
A Fort Worth catileman won 1900
In Denver gambling resort druing the
recent convention.
Harry c. Falkcnbury of Denver. who
mas been n musician nt Manila, died
last month OF smallpox.
Judge Victor A. Elliott, formerly a
judge OF the Supreme Court, died sud
denly mt Denver on the 9Th.
The preliminary hearing nt Greeley
OF Frank Herald the alleged murderer
OF the O'Harns, resulted in his being
held TO the district court.
The Midland broke through the
drifts on the 9th. but the Rio Grnnue
required a few days longer 10 remove
the numerous avalnnches on It's track
above Glenwood.
Greeley's Indebtedness, amounting to
$4,000. has been refunded and new
loan mnde at four and half per cent.
per annum. The rate OF interest on the
former loan was six per cent
The first fatal results near Lead
vile from the big snow storm occurred
OH the LIST, when William Manning met
with instant death on Mt. Elbert above
Twin Lakes through snowslide.
While tralnmen were clearing a
snow slide from the ID. & X. g. tracks
near Glenwood Springs Thursday they
were overwhelmed by an avalanche
that killed three and injured four.
The bounty bill nppropriating s40.-
900 has passed the lower house OF the
Wyoming legislature by large ma
jority. 1t provides 81 for wolf scalps
and 81 for coyotes.
The Catron capitol bill to provide
100000 in bonds for the completion of
the territorial capitol building passed
/ the New Mexico House without dis
sentlng vote.
Citizens FROM the western part of
New Mexico are lobbying the Legisla-
ture for the creation of n new county
TO be taken from Bernnlillo and Va
lencin counties. with Gallup as the seat
of government.
President Il. T. .Jeffery of the Denver
4 Rio Grande has contracted while in
the East. with the Brooks locomotive
works for the ten large locomotives
which are needed by the railway. The
new locomotives are to be delivered In
April.
The town of Independence, near AS
pen. is cut Off from communication
with the outside world by the heavy
SHOWS. The stock of food and fuel Is
running low, and II Is feared that the
people will suffer before the blockade
Is raised.
A special to the Salt Lake Tribune
from Cokeville Wyoming, says: A
snowsllde n mile long occurred on the
Both. burylng several men and teams.
All the men were taken out alive with
the exception of Burt Handy. who was
dead when found.
Reports from the southern part of
New Mexico intimate that there Is
proposition on foot down there to or
ganize Il new territory OF the southern
half of New Mexico, part of Arizona
and the western tongue OF Texas, with
El Paso as the capital city.
]. II. Miles. president of the FIRE.
mont Hot Springs Company of Wyo-
ming. has gone East to press his offer
of $40, 900 for the Shuri<ey- Fitzaimmons
fight. He says he IL fully able TO dem
onstrate his ability to pull off the fight
without Interference mt That point,
and also to give any guarantee desired
as to the financial end of the affair.
Oscar Strand. II locomotive engineer
on the Missouri Pacific railway, run
ming between Heisington. Kansas. and
Pueblo, Colorado, was shot and NOR
tally wounded at Salida Thursday.
The shooting occurred in the rotunda
of the Hotel Huckins. l.. Il. Hindman,
better known ms the "Honeygrove
Kid" an alleged gambler, is accused of
killing Strand
food to the distressed inhabitants in
the vicinity of Independence. are
buried in great snowslide. nine miles
from Aspen. Two boys, who had been
sent in charge of the relief outfit, mar
rowly escaped being overwhelmed In
the tremendous avalanche, which
completely blocks the road and which
threatens TO cause intense privation
among the miners nj Independence.
Twenty-six inches of new snow in
thirty-six hours Is the latest record
from the higher attitudes of the noun
tains, as received at headquarters of
the Colorado and Southern road Sun
day. The report came from Brecken-
ridge. The snow fell over grent area
of the backbone of the continent, and
last night the plows and Hangers We're
Que In full force in the unequal combat
against the elements. At Breckenridge
snow on the level was reported to be
eight feet deep.
A movement has been inaugurated
to have the first annual reunion of the
Rough Riders of the late war with
Spain held, and the place thus far
mentioned Is El Pnso. from the fact
that the city furnished great num-
Der of riders. Governor Roosevelt has
notified Ex-Governor Prince of New
Mexico that he will visit that territory
this year and while down in the great
southwest the effort will be made 20
hold the reunion of his Rough Riders.
The snow is general over Wyoming.
ranging In depth from two and half
feet in Big Horn county ON level,
down to font on the Laramie plains.
In the Medicine Bow and Sierra Madre
mountains the fall of snow has been
unprecedented. being Ave or six feet
on the level. The most conservative
hasing their opinion on the depth of
snow. the absence of wind TO clear 1t
from the field for almost week, and
the lean condition of cattle. estimate n
large loss of both cattle nnad sheep.
Attorney j. ID. Pitcher and Acting
Mayor Frank Sinner of Creede have
been notified officially by the register
of the Del Norte land nf.ice that pat
ent for the Amethyst town site, which
is part of the city of Creede. and
which has been pending since 1892,
would be issued to the mayor of the
city. in trust for the citizens. This is n
matter of much interest to flin GILL