The Springfield herald., 1899-02-03

SolHo uuu bTeckenTluKe.
John Nicholson and Esa Salmela
were killed in the Smuggler- Union
mine by drilling into Il missed shot.
The National Live Stock Association
met Mt Denver on the oath. Twenty
eight states and territories were rep
resented.
The Wyoming Legislature, on the
oath, elected G. ID. Clark as senator Tor
the term commencing the Attn OF
next March.
The plans and arrangements are now
| well In hand for the carnival to take
place in Casper, Wyoming, April l4th,
| 18th and 10th.
Officers from Ration. New Mexico,
have finally removed from the Jail at
Springer the cells that have caused so
much contention.
| Local capitalists are considering
the feasibility of building an electric
line from Fort Steele to Saratoga and
the Battle Lake mines.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany is being sued by employees VINO
were crippled by an explosion OF
blast furnace last year.
The Roaring Fork is frozen from
bnnk to bank at Glcnwood Springs,
condition which has not existed WIN
in the memory of the "oldest inhapi-
tant.
The coal land contest involving the
famous Monroe mine in Rio ArriDa
county, New Mexico. has been settled
in favor of George w. KutZ, the orig
inal purchaser.
Nellie Dalton alias big May Muir
ray, who has been under arrest AT
Denver, will be taken back to New
York, where she will have to race
charges Of grand larceny.
The New Mexico capitol commits
sioners wish to get bill through the
Legislature authorizing the issuance or
$50, 600 worth of bonds with which to
complete the new copitol.
Mr.. Jeff McWilliams. an ex-sherif
of Olney, Illinois, has arrived at Cas-
per with his family and twenty one
greyhounds, with which he will chase
wolves and coyotes during the present
winter and spring.
AT Silver City. Lizzie Weaver. 10
year-old girl, became acquainted with
James Brooks while the latter was
shut up in jail under Indictment for
murder, and was married to him last
week.
Governor Roosevelt has written to
Ex-Governor l.. b. Prince of Santa Fe
that "The one place l am surely going
| to visit during my incumbency as gov
ernor is New Mexico. l shall be down
there this year without fail"
Cerillos people are stirred up over
newly discovered silver leads OF unus-
ually high assays and fine smelling
properties. This will largely aid In
starting the proposed new smelter
there aud cut Off the shipments to El
Paso.
The District Court at Denver has
decided that Charles T. Atkins Is en-
titled to certificate of graduation as
| a mining engineer from the School OF
Mines. The trustees will appeal. He
WINS refused diploma Mt the time OF
graduation.
Word has been received in Denver
! of the death of John Knodel, miner,
who was caught in snowslide near
Kokomo last Friday and Instantly
killed. The victim made frantic ef-
forts to escape, but the mass OF snow
soon overlook him.
1t is reported that the Crystal River
| Railroad Company will place 100000
trout fry in the Crystal this spring as
| n preliminary to making the river one
of the best trout streams in the state,
thus attracting tourists and creating
business for the new road.
The Douglas. Wyoming, oil fields are
| the scene Of great activity. over 100
oil locations have been filed In the
Office Of the county clerk this month.
| The receipts to the county amount to
over $1,000 from this source alone.
| The Pusey-Howe oil syndicates have
secured most of the locations.
Charles Anderson and Nils Berg
dahl have been arrested Mt Telluride
charged with stealing ore valued at
S1,5OO. One of the men has been en-
ployed ms an ore sorter nt the Snug
| cler Union mines for several years.
The manager of the mine thinks that
n great deal of stealing Is being done.
| The ice crop of Palmer Lake in reg
ular figures shows that $4,000 tons of
ice was cut. 12.OO0 tons loaded in cars
| for shipment and G,OOO tons packed in
| the Ice houses at that place. -Four
teams were employed and about forty
men assisted. How the boys in Ma
Mia would like job of working in the
| ice.
Governor Otero Of New Mexico has
appointed Robert G. Rankin of Las
Vegas to be lieutenant colonel of the
| First New Mexico regiment, of In
fantry; also w. II. Taylor of Las We
gas, to be captain of Company 1, vice
Captain w. II. Kelly, resigned.
The report of Coal Mine Inspector
Noah Young states that the tonnage of
coal produced by Wyoming for the
year ending September 30, 1898, was
slightly In excess of 3,OOO,OOO. The
number of fatal accidents in the mines
| for the year were ten, or one for every
294, ,GS4 tons mined.
The New Mexico penitentiary library
Is assuming large proportions, and Il
| new and large library case has been
set up In the Office of the institution.
The selection Of literary works Is ex-
cellcnt, and there is n fine opportunity
there for the prisoners to equip their
minds with the best standard litera-
turc.
The sum of $4,000, instead of S24.-
600, the amount of the last appropra-
tion. has been agreed upon for wolf and