The Springfield herald., 1899-06-02
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

James O'Neill was run over and
killed at Colorado Springs on the Goth.
James v. Dexter, the well-known
mining man, formerly of Leadville,
died on the 23rd.
The South Park line to Leadville was
opened on the 26th. after being block
AIDED by snow and ice since January.
1t has been determined to bore for oil
Mt Pennington, New Mexico. Every
indication of the presence of the valu-
able product is favorable.
The Cerrillos smelter was sold on the
22nd, under judgment for $4,000, in
favor of Stephen Baldwin of Detroit,
Michigan. The smelter has never been
operated, but it will be, unless the
smelter trust buys it.
One of the worst hailstorms in the
history of that section visited Chey-
enne last Saturday. Rain began fall
ing at $50, but shortly changed to hail.
The stones were us large as English
walnuts, and were as clear as crystal.
The jury in the case of Fred Harold.
charged with the murder of Mr.. and
Mrs O'Hara, near Brighton, Weld
county. returned verdict of guilty Of
Grating three hours and twenty min
| uteS.
The Albuquerque Guards are to be
reorganizcd under the law providing
for the regulation of the National
| Guard. Many of the returned volun-
/ teers have signed the roll. The cap
| taincy will be offered to Lieutenant
Louis McRae, lately an officer in the
! First tprritoriol rppimnnt
A report comes from Moab, Utah,
/ that four Italians have been arrested
for alleged participation in the destruc-
ton of the La Sal mine in Colorado,
six miles from the state line. Two hun
dred pounds of giant powder was eN-
ploded near the mouth of the mine.
The mine is owned by n Michigan syn
| licate. The men had been working on
| the mine but We're recently discharged.
II. o. Miller has struck artesian wat
| er in well on one of Ex-Governor Is.
| II. Eaton's farms, six miles west of
Eaton. Water flows over the top at
the rate of about six barrels per hour.
| This is the largest flow ever struck in
northern Colorado. The well is 4SO
feet deep. Mr.. Miller believes he has
found an artesian water basin in this
section.
The coal chutes of the Santa Fe
road at Las Vegas, with contents, We're
entirely consumed by fire last week.
The total loss will reach $4,000. More
than 500 tons of coal and 200 cords of
wood We're destroyed. A very strong
wind was blowing and with the great
est difficulty the fire was prevented
from communicating to the ice house
and many freight cars near by.
Several carloads of machinery. In
Guiding four large boilers of 1O0-horse-
power each, also three additional car
loads of rails for its electric road.
have arrived in Boulder. The founda-
| ton for the power house is completed
and brick masons are now at work.
Much of the surfacing has been COM
pleted. and as there are many ties on
hand, the work of track laying will be-
| gin next week.
The will of the late Byron L. Carr,
! formerly attorney general of Colorado.
has been filed for probate with the
county judge at Boulder. He makes
his wife his sole heir to hold in trust
the property for the benefit of his son
and daughter, the latter the wife of
Captain l.. P. MCGUIRE. The estate
is valued at $4,000, of which $4,000
is in cash in the bank, realized from n
farm lately sold, and $4,000 in life in
surance.
The estimated wool clip of Casper,
Wyo. and vicinity this year. is 3.1OO.-
900 pounds. which is about 100000
pounds short of last years clip. The
shortage is accounted for by the fact
that this years wool is much cleaner
than that of last year. The quality of
the wool put on the market this spring
has never Deen better. With few ex-
ceptions, it is very clean, and Is long in
texture and staple. Prices have ranged
from II to - cents.
A dispatch from Wardner, Idaho,
says: This, the third week since riots
occurred at Wardner ends with greatly
improved prospects. OF 1.200 men di-
rectIy implicated in the affair. not one
remains with his former employer.
Letters from miners al! over the West
are being received making inquiries
regarding the situation, and when once
it becomes known that all men who
can bring satisfactory letters as to
character and proficiency will receive
protection and employment. it IL prob
able the mines will soon fill up.
A strange coincidence has occurred
during the last week concerning two
Jurors in court at Las Vegas. New
Mexico. One, named Vidal Bustos,
disappeared and nothing was heard
from him until six days later, when
he suddenly reappeared at his home.
He could give no account of his ac-
tions, and on obtaining n razor killed
himself by cutting his throat after
making several Intellectual attempts
with a penknife. Another juror, Juan
Padilla. while serving on the United
State petit jury, suddenly lost his
mind. and was taken to the territorial
insane ASYLUM.