The state herald., 1899-03-03

excellent results. The oil has great
reputation as IL wonderful remedial
agent In curing sore shoulders or 9TH
| er bruises or cuts In horses and other
animals. People send great distances
in some cases from other states for
bottles of it to use in the stable
Specimens of free gold ore were
J shown in Canon City last week tina,
will readily assay $3.50 per ton. The
ore was taken from the Jack Warner
mine, owned by Mcssrs. Louther and
Sallee. The claim is located three.
quarters of mile south of the Cop
per King. As might be expected the
news created intense excitement. and
by ten O'Clock the read leading to the
Dawson camp was nlive with teams
Hundreds of men visited the mine. The
claim Is located on the metamorphlc
ridges, extending from Grape creek in
Il northeasterly direction. That the
strike Is genuine. no one In Canon City
doubts. The values are obtained from
rock lying between the sandstone and
granite. The extent OF the lead Is un.
known. for as yet the work consists OF
nothing more than n twelve-fo tunnel
face. The owners of the mine are res:.
dents of Cimarron, Kansas.
| Noou ul'pIlOl. ustu us u DtNtTupt,
has killed three miners nt Blanca min
Ing camp. Several other men are dan
gerously i'll from the same cause. The
dead are James Bowerman. John Rhi-
ner and John Anderson. John Bower
man, Lewis Goodnowln and others are
seriously Ill. Jim Bowernnn came 10
Hooper Sunday and purchased one
/ quart of wood alcohol. claiming he
wanted 1t for scientific experiments.
Bowerman returned 10 Blanca Monday,
and, with number of friends, dilut-
ed the alcohol with water and mixed
II with rock candy. Then he and his
friends drank the mixture. Physicians
were summoned from Hooper.
Great excitement prevails. The miners
blame the drug clerk. He SAYS. how.
ever. that he properly labeled and ex-
| planned the use of the wood alcohol
and that his proof Is positive a coro-
ners inquest will probably he held
Blanca camp is twenty miles east Of
Hooper 1t has n population of about
100. No physician lives In the camp.
Game Commissioner Swan has re-
ceived Il letter from w r. Wilcox.
game warden IN the northwestern
part OF Colorado. who writes that the
situation is critical and that unless
the weather modcratcs the number of
elk on the range viii he hardly large
enough to attract an eastern hunter TO
Colorado, even though the Legislature
should decide upon Il short open sea
son upon this class of game. He
states that the snow Is over three feet
deep ON n level throughout RUutt and
Rio Blanco counties. only the jut-
ting ridges and promOntories are clear
of the white coating. Thus the elk
find 1t practically impossible to
browse. for the shrubs upon which
they feed do not flourish upon the
ridges and mountain tops. They are
swarming in immense bands into the
valley close to Steamboat Springs. hut
even there they find little relief. for
the snow is as deep in the valley as in
the gulches of the mountains. An at
tempt will he made TO spread out n
few tons Of hay. in the hope that the
animals may he saved from starvation.
One thousand people in the district
between Como and Lcadvillc have been
unable 10 secure food supplies for a
month. and railroad men who fully re-
allze the situation express fears that
many have lost their lives in the en-
deavor 10 escape starvation. The Colo
! ihh' " s''uiIlfn Iilllttu HIS virtually
been tied up In the district for a
month and no present prospect exists
of the road's being opened for weeks 10
come. The Colorado & Southern Off
clals are working day and night TO get
their road open so that they may reach
the towns and thereby relieve the suf-
fering, but II Is impossible for any one
to be of assistance to the Isolated miner
ana his family. II Is believed that many
OF the miners, approaching their pre-
dicnment, have attempted to cross the
mountains and have become lost In the
snow and that the spring viii disclose
| scores OF bodies scattered over the
mountains. II Is argued by some that
/ the men would come Ia a full realZa.
/ tion Of the fact that to remain In their
cabins would result In slowly starry
Ing 10 death and that they had better
take their chances In an cndeavor 10
reach one of the towns.
William Wayne Bclyin WINS arrested
| saturday night nj the Waldorf-Asio.
l ria hotel, ON the charge that he was
unable 10 pay a board hill of Sli3.
which he owed the hotel. He told
/ Magistrate Meade that his arrest was
the result OF conspiracy. He said
| that he was able 10 pay. and asked TO
| bc pnroled. hut the magistrate held
! him In 500 hail for examination
! Though the charge against Bclyin Is
| violation Of the hotel law. the real rca.
son for his arrest wns that David II.
| MOint, the well-known Denver mil.
! llonalrc, n guest Of the hotel. had com.
| planned that Bclyin had threatened 10
| kill him. Bclyln declares that Mr..
| Mofrat owes him large sum Of
money, aud That when he requested
| payment he was arrested on tile
/ charge. which he says was trumprd
/ M for the purpose Of getting rid NJ
/ him. nj n time when he could not oh.
! tain ready money 10 free himself.
! Bclvin Is well known ms promoter
In Wnll street, and for years has been
n familiar figure In the hotels Of the
city. Bclvin's hill against Monnt is
based on u claim for commission on the
| sale Of the Victor mine. when mr..
/ rnlgncd Bclvin's bill was paid by n
/ friend and he was discharged.
The United States Supreme Court
| hns decided two bond cnscs of great
Interest to Gnnnlsnn aud Lake counties.
The Gunnlson county ease is decided
against the county The aggregate NJ
the bonds and coupons ls about $500.
OOo. The county claimed that the
bonds had been issued In excess Of the
Limitation imposed by the constitution
Of Colorado. there could he no tax laid
IN pay them, aud that the obligation
was void. In the United States Circuit
Court NJ Denver. Judge llnllctt upheld
this view of III" ease The Circuit
/ ruurt of AuppniH rpyprEpI tbls dppia.