The silver star., 1899-03-02

blockade to Dickey on the Srd.
Edward Rogers was killed In . snow
slide near Silverton on the 3rd.
no storm-bound passengers at . hotel
at Glenwood.
A Fort Worth cattleman won 81, 900
In Denver gambling resort druing the
recent convention.
The South Park line is tied up by
terrible snow storms in the vicinity OF
Como and Breckenridge.
Harry c. Falkenbury of Denver, who
has been q musician At Manila, died
last month of smallpox.
Greeley's Indebtedness. amounting TO
$4,000. has been refunded and new
loan made at four and half per cent.
per annum. The rate Of interest on the
former loan was six per cent.
The first fatal results near Lead
vile from the big snow storm ocurred
on the 1sf, when William Manning met
with instant death on Mt. Elbert above
Twin Lakes through snOwslide.
While trainmen were clearing a
snow slide from the ID. & r. G. tracks
near Glenwood Springs Thursday they
were overwhelmed by an avalanche
that killed three and injured four.
President E. T. JefYery of the Denver
4 Rio Grande has contracted while In
the East, with the Brooks locomotive
works for the ten large locomotives
which are needed by the railway. The
new locomotives are TO be delivered in
April.
The town Of Independence. near As
pen, is cut OF from communication
with the outside world by the heavy
SHOWS. The stock Of food and fuel is
running low. and 1t is feared that the
people will suffer before the blockade
is raised
A special to the Salt Lake Tribune
from Cokeville. Wyoming. says: A
snowslide a mile long occurred on the
Both. burying several men and teams.
All the men were taken out alive with
the exception Of Burt Handy. who was
dead when found.
Reports from the southern part of
New Mexico intimate that there Is
proposition on foot down there to or
ganize a new territory of the southern
half of New Mexico. part Of Arizona
and the western tongue Of Texas, with
FL fHso as the capital city.
The Douglas. Wyoming. oil fields are
the scene OF great activity. Over 100
oil locations have been fled In the
Office of the county clerk this month.
The receipts to the county amount to
over $1,000 from this source alone.
The Pusey- Howe oil syndicates have
secured most OF the locations.
Charles Anderson and Nils Berg
dahl have been arrested at Telluride
charged with stealing ore valued At
1880. One OF the men has been en-
ployed as an ore sorter Mt the Snug
gler Union mines for several years.
The manager Of the mine thinks that
a great deal Of stealing is being done.
J. H. Miles. president Of the Fre-
mont Hot Springs Company Of Wyo-
ming. has gone East to press his offer
Of e2O. 900 for the Sharkey- Fitzsimmons
fight. He says he is fully able to dem
Onstrate his ability to pull OF the hght
without Interference mt that point.
and also to give any guarantee desired
as to the financial end Of the affair.
Oscar Strand. locomotive engineer
on the Missouri Pacific railway. run
ming between Heisington, Kansas, and
Pueblo, Colorado. was shot and NOR
tally wounded at Salida Thursday.
The shooting occurred In the rotunda
Of the Hotel Huckins. l.. e. Hindman,
better known as the "Honeygrove
Kid." an alleged gambler. is accused OF
killing Strand.
Mrs. william Rudolph and two
rht1AeAn int
slide and killed Sunday morning, at
Apex. in the Pine Greek district. An.
other child Of Mrs. Rudolph was also
caught beneath the slide. but was not
dangerously injured. This snowslide
IL said to be the first ever known In
Gilpin county, nt least the hrst hav-
ing disastrous results.
Sixteen horses which were carrying
food to the distressed Inhabitants In
the vicinity Of Independence, are
from Aspen. Two boys. who had been
rowly escaped being overwhelmed In
the tremendous avalanche. which
completely blocks the road and which
threatens to cause intense privation
among the miners at Independence.
Twenty-six inches Of new snow In
thirty-six hours In the latest record
from the higher attitudes Of the noun.
tains a. received At headquarters Of
the Colorado and Southern rond gup.
day. The report came from Breekeu.
Ridge. The snow fell over great area
Of the backbone Of the continent, and
last night the plows md Hangers were
Que In full force In the unequal combat
against the elements. At Breckenrjdge
snow ON the level was reported to be
eight feet deep.
The snow Is general over Wyoming,
ranging in depth from two and . hall
feet In Big Horn county on Q level,
down 10 foot on the Laramie plains,
In the Medicine Bow and Sierra Nadre
mountains the fall Of nnow has been
unprecedented. being hve or ak fes(
on the level. The most conservative
basing their opinion ON tho depth ol
snow, the absence Of wind 10 clear n
from the held for almost n week, and