The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07


sixth level A number of workmen
Were engaged at this point, among
them We're Phineas Hopkins and 10.
seph Podieux. An immense rock
weighing ton crushed Hopkins
against the side of the drift. He was
instantly killed. The rock struck Po-
dieux. breaking his ankle and injuring
him internally.
The preliminary report OF the In
surance commissioner Of Colorado for
the past year has been issued. II
shows that the fire insurance COM
panies cleaned up more than 100000
during the year. The risks written
amounted TO S101 500. .S66.S1. the pre-
miums amounting TO 81 .534, 1861. The
losses paid amounted to So5l .&2.G4
though the damage incurred was S642,-
S9S27. The expenses amounted TO
$3.50 49J.O4 and the state tax to SOL
0s4 IS. This left about $3.50, ,593.sS Tor
the companies to place to the proht
column. The life Insurance companies
had in force December 81. 1897. S5o,'
l50, ,5Os.T5 on 23.764 lives; 9.7O3 policies
being written during the year for S1l,-
So4. .025.13 of insurance.
The land department Of the Union
Pacific road has just completed one of
which it sells 2S.OOO acres of land east
of Fort Steele. Wyoming, to Cosgrove
Brothers. sheepmen. The purchasers
of this land also leased from the rail-
road company 1850 acres of land in
the same vicinity. L. C. Miller. also
n sheep man, has purchased 1000
acres north of Fort Steele and leased
90. 600 acres in the same vicinity. Ne
gotiations are also pending with
number of other large sheep raisers
for the sale of other large tracts in
this part of Wyoming. If the sales
are completed it will result in practic-
ally turning this section Of the state
over to the sheep men.
Thomas Il. McSweeney. section fore
man on the Santa Fe Pacific, died al
the railway hospital at Albuquerque
as the result of three bullet wounds
received at Winslow during an alter
cation with n discharged employe. His
slayer is in custody and well guarded,
as there was some talk of Il lynching.
Trouble is in prospect over the di-
vision of the range in the Platte valley
between sheep owners and cattlemen.
A special meeting of the Wool Grow
ers' Association was held recently to
take action in reference TO the declared
intention of the cattlemen to extend
the area of the cattle range beyond
the limits established by former
agreement. The result of the meeting
has been kept secret.
Governor Thomas has announced his
appointments for Teller county. Sher-
in-Town Marshall Stewart. Victor,
Democrat clerk and recorder-James
W. Gaughan. Altman. Populist; county
judge-W. P. Seeds. Cripple Creek.
Democrat: treasurer-Frank Creamer.
Cripple Creek. Populist: assessor-Ed-
ward Bell. Cripple Creek, Democrat;
superintendent of schools-Mrs. NJ. j.
Hangs, Cripple Greek. Democrat; cor
oner-P. F. Dunn. Victor. Democrat;
county commissioners-E. W. Pfeiffer,
Altman. Democrat: C. l.. Harrington,
Woodland Park. Democrat: A. r. Bur
ton, Cripple Creek. Silver Republican.
The Governor appointed the county
commissioners first and allowed the
three members TO name the other Off
cials. at the same time that he an
nounced their appointment himself
This was done that there might be no
mistake as to the legality of the ap-
pointments. The new officers will take
office Immediately. and the machinery
OF the new county will be set in mo-
ton.
The Union Pacific railroad has in
n circular letter of invita-
ton which is unique in the history Of
railroading. Its purpose is to promote
the interest of science and largely in
crease the interest of students of geOl-
ogy. paleontology and mineralogy in
Wyoming and her extraordinary fields
of gigantic fossil remains. The com.
pany will extend to upwards OF 800
colleges and universities of the United
States invitations to send an expert
geologist or paleontologist. with n
corps of assistants. to Wyoming this
summer. The invitations will offer in ]
the interest of science free transporta-
ton from Chicago on the east and San
Francisco on the west to Laramie.
Wyoming, and return for all members
of such parties, the transportation be-
ing good during the summer months.
There is no doubt whatever that the
will be largely accepted and
that more extended knowledge of the
wonderful fossil beds of this state will
be the result. and that many museums
will be greatly enriched by the collec- /
tions made Botanists. entomologists |
and ornithologists will find in the high /
plateaus and scmi-arid plains regions |
of this state an exceedingly rich field /
for work.
Two thousand acres of school land.
living in the valley of Bear river at
Maybell. We're sold the other day by
Register Chipley of the Colorado State |
Land Board. The price is $3.50 per
acre, payable 10 per cent. down and bal /
ance in eighteen annual installments,
with interest at 6 per cent. The pur-
chasers of the land have formed n
Mr.. Humphrey Jones of Craig
is at the head of the organization. The |
holdings vary from 10 to 40 |
acres to each family. and there are
thirty families. They come from Den
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