The Meeker herald., 1899-04-01

appraisers. The water works company
asked 100000, but finally came oo""
to $35O,0O0.
| The western roads have denhiteiy
decided to abolish the feeding IN tran
sit rates which have been granted 70
stock men for the last several years.
The date has not been definitely declo-
ed, though 1t will probably be May
10th. The Kansas roads cannot cnange
the rate much sooner than thar, as the
state law requires sixty days notice
, of changes. 1t Is the expressed opin-
! ion that all roads will make the change
at the same date to avoid CONFUSION.
The stock men in the western range
country have made vigorous Dut IN
fYectual fight to retain the rate, as II
has been of immense benefit to them.
, The reason given by the railroads Is
that the privilege has been abused by
stock men selling the cattle and Dill OF
ladIng after they have been unloaded
and placed In the feed yards, and also
| that the corn consumed deprlves the
roads Of just that much freight
| The Supreme Court at Denver heard
arguments Thursday upon the in1unc-
tion sought to be secured against the
governor to restrain him from making
the appointsments. Judge ]. G. Helm
and Attorney NJ. +. Taylor appeared
for the petitioners and took up most
of the day. Mr.. Montgomery and Cal
vim E. Reed, assistant attorney gener-
al, appeared in opposition. but the gov
ernOr was not represented. Mr.. Mont
gomery appeared but few moments
in behalf Of Teller county, and MFR.
Reed as friend Of the court. The PIE
titioners assert that the bill is uncon-
stitutional, because the question of
county division was not submitted to
a vote of the people. The main conten-
tion was as to the right of the court
to restrain the executive. the latter be-
| ing the representative of state de-
partment coordinate with that of the
judiciary.
Will C. Shepard. Jr.. a Denver news
paper man. is likely to find himself n
national celebrity. Last summer when
the government agents were in Dem
yer buying cavalry horses for the use
Of the army in the war with Spain,
there was a great deal of discomfort
over the reflections of animals by the
inspectors. Ugly stories were current
that there were other considerations
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in the decisions of the officers in charge
of the selections. On January 3rd the
Denver Times printed an article Civ
Ing specific charges of crookedness and
quoting assertions that the agents of
| the army had rejected horses one day,
and accepted them the next after they
had come into the hands of certain fav
Ored parties, and had been sugar
coated" The charges were brought to
the attention of the War Department,
and Colonel Hathaway of the Commits
sary Department was sent out to In
vestigate. He learned that viii G.
Shepherd was the reporter responsible
for the story, and called upon him as
soon as he arrived in Denver to get
ants. ant nsI 4sIs Il informstieR M saRns Shepherd re-
fuses to give and he will probably be
hauled mp before the court and ordered
to testify. He says he will 60 to Jail
! first
A Leadville dispatch says: Now that
the two miners are safe above ground.
the rescuers speak with almost bated
breath of the dangers that menaced
the men above and below the ground.
While Reuss and Frey We're prisoners,
q roseate picture was presented to
them and their friends, but now that
1t is all over, some of the true condi-
tions have become known. From the
time that the ground gave way in the
main shaft, two weeks ago. every per-
son employed in the rescue staked his
life on the merest casualty. 1t was
never known what moment the shaft
ground would give away, and all the
workers would be dashed to the bot
tom Of the shaft. The least displace-
ment would have cut off all communi-
cation with the two men, and they
would have slowly starved to death.
There was danger not only to those
working In the rescue shaft. but also
to those that worked In the Starr
drift, as there wns a constant caving
of dirt throughout the time that the
men were pushing forward. In fact,
all the rescuers were working in
treacherous ground, and they knew 1t.
Tomorrow morning the cleaning out
of the old Bon Air shaft where the
cave occurred will be continued. and
as rapidly as possible the dirt and rock
will be raised to the surface. and the
old shaft placed in condition to con-
tinue the important operations upon
this property being conducted by the
I-eadville pumping Association.
A dispatch to the Denver Republican
from Lake City says: 1t leaked out to-
day that the military board of inquiry
would report to Governor Thomas that
the calling of troops to Lake City was
| without warrant, censurina Sheriff
Deck in strong terms and pointing out
that the commissioners are not entirely
| blameless in the matter, the evidence
going to show that they had in a
measure interfered with the sheriff In
the performance of his duties. The
report will also show, 1t is said. that
the Italians were more sinned against
4, than shining, they having been led into
the trouble by a few American miners
who had had trouble with the Ute and
Ulay and Hidden Treasure Companies.
1t will also state that 1t Is the belief of
! the board that the Italians are not re-
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