La Junta tribune., 1899-03-04

I day that Is or considerable interest to
| cattle men. The other Colorado case
| was that Of ]. 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. ]. X. Null
len and c. ID. McPhee We're the plain.
THIS against the Western Union Beef
| Company. The case originated In.
| Arapahoe county. Mullen and Nc
/ Fhee sued to recover for several hum
| dred head of cattle that died in the
| summer of 1891 from Texas fever
They claimed that the defendant COM
| pany had brought up from Texas a
herd of cattle that spread the fever.
1 The case was tried in Denver in Sep~
| tember, 1894. and the jury returned
verdict for the defendant. The Su-
I preme Court has declined to reverse
that decision.
Wood alcohol. used as beverage.
I has killed three miners nj Blanca min
! ing camp. Several other men are dan-s
gerously i'll from the same cause. The
dead are James Bowerman. John Rhi-
ner and John Anderson. John Bower
man. Lewis Goodnowin and others are
seriously Ill. Jim Bowerman came TO
Hooper Sunday and purchased one
quart of wood alcohol. claiming he
wanted 1t for scientific experiments.
Bowerman returned to Blanca Monday,
and. with number of friends. dilut-
ed the alcohol with water and mixed
| 1t 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 exy
planned the use of the wood alcohol,
and that his proof is positive A coro-
st xx-in bal, ha hnI
Blanca camp is twenty miles east of
Hooper. 1t has population of about
100 No physician lives in the camp.
One thousand people In the district
between Como and Lcadville have been
unable to secure food supplies for Il
month. and railroad men who fully re-
nlize the situation express fears that
many have lost their lives in the en-
deavor to escape starvation. The Colo
RADIO Il Southren railroad has virtually
been tied up in the district for
month and no present prospect exists
OF the roads being opened for weeks to
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-S
fering, but II Is impossible for any one
to he OF assistance to the isolated miner
and his family. 1t is believed that many
OF the miners, appreciating their pre-
dicament. have attempted to cross the.
mountains and have become lost in the
snow and that the spring will disclose
scores Of bodies scattered over the
mountains. 1t is argued by some thaS
the men would come to full realiza-
ton OF the fact that to remain in their
cabins would result in slowly starv-
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.
The Gunnison county case is decided
against the county. The aggregate of
the bonds and coupons is about $780,
GOO. The county claimed that the
bonds had been issued in excess Of the
Limitation imposed by the constitutions
OF Colorado. there could be no tax laid
10 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 decisA
ion and remanded 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 reyerses
both Judge Hallett and the Court of
Appeals. 1t holds that as the bonds bore
on their fact n 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
n ,Iui,,
ing the validity of the bond issue. ThM
case is therefore ordered dismissed.
The bOndho1ders, who in this case are
also represented by Rollins & Sons,
will at once re-establish the cases with
this legal flaw corrected.
A dispatch from Silver Plume to the
Denver Republican ON the oath says:
In the hope that the instinct Of animals
might succeed where the efforts of 200
men failed, two st. Bernard dogs wers
to-day brought over from Canon City
and taken 10 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, blK
nfter 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 Zee that 1t may be ne
cessary TO wait until spring before thtn
remains are uncovered. To-day the
large force of rescuers which COM
prises The miners in the Seven-Thirty
nnd Pelican mines besides many others
working In smaller properties, took up
the search again. This time they conls
meneed at the foot of the great snow
in Browns gulch and worked
upward. Tons and tons of the great
slide were Overhauled and not until