The silver lance., 1899-05-26


snrings has been elected president or
the Sons of Veterans
The safe in the Alamosa postoffice
was blown open the other mgnt ana
eonO taken. The officers have no clue
es to the burglars.
An abstract of the report of the ne
,ionaI banks of Colorado, made OIL
AnriI 5th. shows an average reserve OF
4362: loans and discounts, S2o,9o3,-
oI7 O7. total specie, $3,64S, ,151.59; law
SIi money reserve in bank, $6,O34,-
a17 50: individual deposits, $780, 49,
s5S sf. total resources, $54, ,6S6, ,454.1O.
The Internal Revenue Department
reports 1,5O0 boxes of cigars turned IN
from Georgetown, Idaho Springs, FLOR
once and Laramie, Wyoming, during
tbe last two or three days. All We're
saized because stamped with counter
feit revenue stamps. About $4,000
such boxes have been brought in ana
Denver is nearly cleared of the fraud
ulently stamped cigars.
II Norris has brought suit for S1O.-
mo against II. A. Petit, superinten-
dent of the Gillet Reduction Works.
The case comes under the blacklisting
,tatute and is the first to be entered in
the new county. T. Morris in his
complaint alleges that he was en-
nloyed by Mr.. Petit and was dis
charged and employed in a neighbor-
ing mill. and that he lost his position
by the influence of Petit.
II is announced that Bishop Anson II.
Graves of the Episcopal diocese of
Laramie. Wyoming. will remove from
Kearney, Nebraska, and take up his
residence at Laramie. Bishop Graves
was made bishop of the Laramie do
cese in October last. He had previous
lv served as bishop of the diocese of
tbe Platte for ten years. The diocese
of Laramie includes the eastern por-
tion of wyoming and the western por-
ton of Nebraska.
Colorado can produce beets contain
ing n greater percentage of sugar than
can he grown in New York. Tests
made with IA carload of sugar beets
raised at Grand junction showed that
the Colorado beets yielded 10 I-1O su-
gar of S5 purity. The result obtained
from tests made at the experimental
college in New York showed percent
age of sugar IA 2-1O of .S5 purity The
standard of excellence in sugar beets
is ~ sugar and rs purity.
Sheriff Stewart of Eddy, New Mex
leo. and posse reached Ell Paso, Texas,
Thursday, from the Jarrillo mountains,
with four shackled men in custody,
who were lodged in the county Jail and
will be taken to Eddy county. The
men were captured at Parker's Wells,
New Mexico and seventeen miles from
TURQUOISE, a small railway station.
They passed through Eddy county last
Tuesday and stole six horses. There
were then five outlaws in the gang.
Sheriff Stewart and three men fol
lowed them and rode day and nignt
until they caught them.
The annual report of Eugene B.
Brinden of the United States assay of
fee, Just published. shows the Mon
tana mineral product for 1898 to be as
follows: Gold, 253, 1867 ounces; value
1924, ,91291; silver. 14,S1S,661 ounces
coinage value, $40, 159. .4S2.17; copper,
216979354 pounds. value. $26, 1O2,-
61629; lead, 21, 1,4O3. .592 pounds, value,
$80905579; total value of mineral pro-
duction, S51 ,319, ,067.15. The state leads
the world in total mineral output, but
is the third state in the production of
gold, Colorado and California leading
In that product
In division B of the District Court at
Pueblo, before Judge Voorhees, Will
lam Hastings, white man. was found
guilty of unlawful marriage. Lima
Bradger, a negress, who has claimed
Hastings as her husband, withdrew
her former plea of not guilty and
pleaded guilty. Both We're fined $50
and costs. The couple were married
there September 2, 1897, and have lived
together until their arrest. Another
case of the same nature is now pending
trial in the District Court, wherein it
is alleged the woman is of white par
entage and the man is a negro. Both
are deaf mutes.
The annual encampment of the G.. A.
X. was held at Denver last week. The
following officers were chosen: Depart
ment commander, Andrew Royal, Pu-
ebo; senior vice commander, Harper
NJ. Orahood. Denver; junior vice COM
mander, G. G. Washburn, Rocky Ford
medical director, DR.. George w. Curf-
man, Denver; department chaplain,
Rev. John L. Boyd, Denver. The most
hotly contested election was that of
department commander of the G. A. r.,
Andrew Royal of Pueblo and II. c.
Watson of Greeley being the candi-
dates. Royal won by vote of ia to
1l2. Commander Royal was captain of
the Twenty-seventh Missouri, First
brigade. First division. Fifteenth Army
Corps, during the Civil war.
This month will witness the inaugur-
alton of a number of important Trini-
dad enterprises. One of the most i'm
portant is the extension of the branch
OF the Colorado & Southern road from
the mouth of Longs canon up the river
TO the beautiful Stonewall valley. and
then over into New Mexico to the Ponil
park, on the Maxwell land grant a
section heavily timbered. 1t is under
stood that corps of engineers will be-
gin surveying this route next week
and that active work of construction
VIII follow. In connection with his en-
terprise is a branch road TO tap large
body of coal lands near Stanford. The