The Springfield herald., 1899-07-07

nothing more than twelNe-ioot tunnel
face. The owners of the mine are resi-
dents of Cimarron, Kansas.
A Colorado case was decided by the
United States Supreme Court the other
day that is of considerable interest to
cattle men. The other Colorado case
was that of j. X. Mullen ct al, plain
tiff in error. VS.. the Western Union
Beef Company. This case was dis
missed for want of jurisdiction, JUS
tice Harlan giving opinion. J. X. Null
len and C. ID. McPhee We're the plain
tiffs against the Western Union Beef
Company The case originated in
Arapahoe county. Mullen and Nc
Phee sued to recover for several hun
dred head of cattle that died i'll the
summer of 1891 from Texas fever.
They claimed that the defendant com
pany had brought up from Texas
herd of cattle that spread the fever.
The case was tried in Denver in Sep
tember, 1894. and the jury returned
verdict for the defendant. The Su-
preme Court has declined to reverse
that decision.
Wood alcohol. used MS a beverage,
has killed three miners at Blanca min
ing camp. Several other men are dan
gerously i'll from the same cause. The
tts'l puN'l lilii. loiiii iN''
ner and John Anderson. John Bower
man. Lewis Goodnowin and others are
seriously i'll. Jim Bowerman came 10
Hooper Sunday and purchased one
quart of wood alcohol. claiming he
wanted 1t for scientific experiments.
Bowerman returned TO Blanca Monday,
and with n number of friends, dilut-
ed the alcohol with water and mixed
| it with rock candy. Then he and his
friends drank the mixture. Physicians
We're summoned from Hooper.
Great excitement prevails. The miners
blame the drug clerk. He says, how
ever, that he properly labeled and eN-
| planned the use of the wood alcohol.
and that his proof is positive. \ coro-
ner's inquest will probably be held.
Blanca camp is twenty miles east of
Hooper 1t has a population of about
100. No physician lives in the camp.
One thousand people in the district
| between Como and Leadville have been
unable to secure food supplies for
month. and railroad men who fully re-
| alize the situation express fears that
many have lost their lives in the en-
deavor to escape starvation. The Colo
RADIO & Southren railroad has virtually
been tied up in the district for
month and no present prospect exists
| of the roads being opened for weeks 10
come. The Colorado & Southern Off
| cials are working day and night to get
| their road open so that they may reach
the towns and thereby relieve the suf-
I fering. but ii is impossible for any one
/ TO be of assistance 10 the isolated miner
and his family. Ii is believed that many
of the miners. appreciating their pre-
! dicament, have attempted to cross the
mountains and have become lost in the
. and that the snripV will disclose
scores of bodies scattered over the
mountains. Ii is argued by some that
/ the men would come TO Il full realizh-
tion of the fact that to remain in their
cabins would result in slowly starry
ing to death and that they had better
take their chances in an endeavor to
reach one of the towns.
The United States Supreme Court
has decided two bond cases of great
interest To Gunnison and Lake counties.
4 The Gunnison county case is decided
against the county. The aggregate of
the bonds and coupons is about $780,
OOO. The county claimed that the
bonds had been issued in excess of the
limitation imposed by the constitution
of Colorado. there could be no tax laid
TO pay them. and that the obligation
was void. In the United States Circuit
Court AT Denver. Judge Hallett upheld
this view of the case. The Circuit
Court of Appeals reversed this decis-
ion and rcmanded the case for new
trial. directing that further evidence
be secured to determine the rights of
the plaintiffs to sue on some of the
bonds. The Supreme Court reverses
both Judge Hallett and the Court of
Appeals. 1t holds that as the bonds bore
on their fact positive declaration that
they We're issued in compliance with all
the provisions of the constitution and
statutes. the county cannot now plead
that the constitution was violated in
their issue. In deciding the case of
Dudley against the county of Lake. the
same issues We're not discussed. The
court holds that the plaintiff, who held
the coupons by bill of sale from the
holders of the bonds. was not entitled
to appear ms plaintiff in n case involv
| ing the validity of the bond issue. This
case is therefore ordered dismissed.
The bondholders. who in this case are
also represented by Rollins Il Sons.
will at once rc-establish the cases with
this legal flaw corrected.
A dispatch from Silver Plume to the
Denver Republican on the 9th says:
In the hope that the instinct of animals
might succeed where the efforts of 200
men failed. Two ST. Bernard dogs We're
| to-day brought over from canon city
| and taken to the scene of the fatal
snowslide in Brown gulch. The res
cuers. who had been unable to find the
remains of Benjamin Nelson and John
Anderson. thought that the dogs might
be able TO get scent of the bodies. bur
after working some time without sue
cess the dogs We're taken away. 1t is
thought the bodies are so deeply buried
in the snow and ice that it may be ne
cessary to wait until spring before the
remains are uncovered. To-day the