The silver star., 1899-10-27

the Importance of this Industry to the
state. All they have to do is to breed
their cattle along lines that produce
the largest amount of butter fat. The
stock is already in the state and the
Kinds wanted for this purpose nre kept
principally by owners of small
ranches. few districts are now de-
voted entirely to dairymen. Some Of
| these make in clear profit several huu-
dred dollars q month with compare.
lively small facilities, besides being
able to raise crops.
Two men on horseback held I'M the
stage from Snefiies at 3 o'clock Mon.
day afternoon about three miles soutl,
OF Ouray. up the mountain road, Mt the
second watering trough, place well
ntted for such deed. The men pre-.
sented revolvers at the four occupants
or the open stage and endencored to
get out the iron safe. but could not
break the fastenings. The bandits
were after the gold bags brought down
daily from the Camp Bird mine. but
were unaware that the bags are al.
| ways placed in an iron safe with an
armed guard to protect 1t. A telephone
message from Sneffies shows that the
men kept up on the road and passed
through Snefiies. Sheriff Edgar is us.
Ing the wires and will dispatch n posse
to endeavOr to capture the highway
men. The occupants of the stage were
not molested and no property was TAX
en- from the stnge. which carries the
United States mail.
| The railroads have been having con.
siderable trouble in the mountains with
| slides of snow and mud. A dispatch
from GlenwoOd on the 18th says: 1t
has now been thirty-six hours since
n trnin has passed over the Rio Grande
Junction track. The slide ut Morris
nils in as fast rs removed and new
slides are reported tonight. The
storm has now lnsted five days. and
Tonight 1t shows no indication of
abatement. All west-bound trains are
being held here. Two passenger trains
left here this afternoon, but only went
down the road as far as DebeQue Both
the Midland and Rio Grande sent out
stub trains eastward from here to-
day. Reports from the hills indicate
serious trouble to several parties of
hunters who have recently left here.
On the northern mesas snow is report
ed from two to four feet deep. This
leaves the hunters stock without food
and makes travelling almost impossible.
The temperature is not severe and a
cessation of the storm would soon set
matters right
Governor Thomas will personally
investigate the manner of the escape
OF James X. StrattOn. the notorious
mail robber. who walked out of the
penitentiary week ago. and he will
endeavor to place the responsibility II
Is freely stated that Warden Clarence
+. Hoyt will he deposed after the in
vestigatiOn Is concluded. This state
ment is partly prompted by letter
written by Night Captain James Glib
bOns. who was depOsed without any
explanation by Warden HOyt immedi-
ately after the escape of the desperate
burglar who had such tremendous in
fiuence with many influential officials.
In this letter. which was received yes.
terlay by Hon. james r. Smith. stutc
labor commissioners. the depOsed night
captain talks plainly and to the point.
| He tells the whole story of Strutton's
recent treatment mt the penitentinry
and most emphntically asserts that he
had many privileges. He says that
Warden Hoyt neglected to put STRAIT
ton under proper surveillance even
when warned by the guards thnt he
should do 40. THAT'S all right" Is
what the letter reports Hoyt TO have
said. ''Stratton will not run away
and Twill he responsible for him.
and l will be responsible for him."
What promises to he one of the mos,
extensive and systematic eases of
counterfelting railway tickets has re-.
Gently been discovered by the passen-
ger department of the Colorado Mid.
land railroad. J. Il. Wigginliorn. chief
clerk In General Passenger Agent Bal.
lcys office. with several other mem.
hers of the force. has been working on
the case for n number of weeks ana
have at lust obtained conclusive evi.
| al nf 10 nf fx a
specimens Of the counterfeited tickets. |
The extent Of the issue has not ns vet
been fully determined. II was large
enough to excite suspicion some time
ago. hut the imitation was No clevcrly
made. and the method of issue NO In. |
gcniOus. nnd NO In accordance with the |
regular railway methods. that most of |
the tickets pnssetl through the condIuc.
tors and even the main offices wIthou,
being detected. They have been hon.
Orcd whenever presented. and the clos.
est vigilance was necessary to bring Ia
light the Wholesale fraudulent issue
which has been going ON for several
months. Whit the monetary value OF
the tickets II. and how much lOss "
Will mean TO the rond upon which they
were issued. cnn not nv yet IN cnlc,I
lated. AZ the tickets were ns n rule
made out to points In the enst. some tu
the Atlantic cOnst. the total will prob.
ably he large.
Bias LicerO. II In reported. was muir.
dered near ChaperitO. New Mexico
Saturday night. presumably by tlu
Mexlcans. thnt murdered Fl0rcntino
Gonzales aud badly wounded hIs H.
ycar-Old boy the preceding Thursday.
l.iicerO Ind seen and fired upon the
band Of outlaws when they committed!
u robbery recently at ChnIpritO. aud II
In supposed TINT the Rnng desired to
get rid Of him In order To avoid In.icnti.
iIcati0n In casc amy Of them were
caught. Both LucerO and tho man
Gonzales. who wns murdered ut Corn.
xOn. were well-tO-tiO. lN.ncenble and
highly respected citizens. D0nicinno
lopez. u wcll-tO-tlO sheep mnn, was
murdered nt Pucrtocit0 dc PecOs, non,
Lncucstn. New Mexico. thirty miles
south OF I.ax Vegas. lust Friday. shcr.
IN Montana received u mcsxnRc from
lsltera. New Mexico, to 70 down and
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