Gilpin observer., 1899-04-06
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

erts ct al, treasurer Of Laramie coun-
ty, 1t was decided that the bondsmen
Of the county treasurer were not liza
BILE to the county for funds lost by the
treasurer in the bank of Thomas A.
Kent. In the case of the Standard
Cattle Company against the treasurer
Of Weston county, Wyoming, some in
teresting questions relating to the tax
alton of the stock interests were de-
cided. 1t was held by the Supreme
Court that the cattle were taxable only
In the county in which the company
had Its home range. and not in another
county into which the cattle had stray
ed.
A trainload Of grading machinery ar
rived In Wyoming from Nebraska a
rev days ago. The outfit will be used
In the extensive work which is to be
undertaken along the line of the Union
Pacific in Wyoming. 1t is estimated
by employment agents that ZOO labor
ers will be required in Wyoming rail-
road construction this year. although
one would naturally imagine that the
protracted snow storms in the noun
tains would throw many idle men on
the market" said Denver employ
ment agent, "tne impression is wrong.
We are crowded with orders for men
which we are unable to fill and never
in the history of the city has the de-
mand been more pressing than at the
present time. If had 500 men could
give every one of them n railroad pass
to some point in the mountain region
where labor is demanded"
Engineer William G. Taylor was
crushed to death by the Denver & Rio
Grande engine No. 700 in a wreck one
and One-quarter miles west of Texas
Greek last Friday. The accident oc-
CURED at point where gang of Sec
ton hands was at work repairing a
broken rail. Rounding the curve at
Texas Greek the train was moving at
speed of about twenty miles per
hour, according to the statement of
Frank Jewell, and the first danger sig
nal noticed by the crew was when
within n short distance Of the wreck.
Engineer Taylor reversed his engine
and put on the air brakes, but too late
to prevent the terrible scene that fol-
lowed. The 1OS-ton locomotive left the
track and tumbled down IN embank-
ment into the Arkansas river, twenty
five feet below, carrying with it En-
gineer Taylor, whose death was instan-
taneOus.
Denver, on the 21st dismissed the ap-
plications made by the anti-divisionists
for writ of injunction preventing the
commissioners of Teller county from
organizing. The ruling was made on
demurrer interpOsed by the Teller ad-
vocates, and which was sustained. The
courts decision is unsatisfactory to
Walter Frost. and he prayed an appeal
to the Supreme Court. The appeal
came up for hearing in the Supreme
Court shortly after 9 o'clock and lasted
until 4:3O. Justices Goddard and Cab
bert were on the bench. Chief Justice
Campbell being absent. 1t was after
o'clock when the opinion was hand
ed down in favor of the infant county.
In reading the opinion Justice God
dard said the court held the District
Court had no jurisdiction over the mat
ter, and that 1t might infiict irrepar-
able injury to the citizens of the new
county by temporarily depriving them
OF civil government BY consent May
LIST was fixed as the date for arguing
the merits of the case, before which.
time all briefs and answers must be
filed with the clerk of the Supreme
Court.
The Union Pacific rnilroad has in
preparation n circular letter of invita-
tiOn which is unique in the history Of
railrOading. Its purpose is to promote
the interest Of science and largely in
crease the interest Of students Of geol-
ogy, paleontology and mineralogy in
Wyoming and her extraordinary fields
of gigantic fossil remains. The COM
pany Will extend to upwards Of 300
colleges and universities OF the United
States invitations to send nn expert
geolOgist or paleontologist. with a
corps of assistants, to Wyoming this
summer. The invitations will offer in
the interest of science free transporta-
tion from Chicago on the east and San
Francisco on the west to Laramie,
Wyoming, and return for all members
of such parties, the transportation be-
ing good during the summer months
There is no doubt whatever that the
invitation will be largely accepted and
that n more extended knowledge of the
wonderful fossil beds OF this state will
be the result. and that many museums
will be greatly enriched by the collec-
tlons made. BOtanlsts. entOmologists
and ornitholOgists will find In the high
plateaus and semi-arid plains regions
of this state an exceedingly rich field
for work.
Win much grumbling the men OF
Emperor Williams navy have now
bowed to the kaiser's decree regarding
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