The silver star., 1899-01-12
WESTERN NOTES.

Rev. Myron w. Reed of Denver L.
very sick.
Morris Mccklenburg of Como. Park
county, has been appointed postmaster.
vice a. j. Wallace, removed.
John |. Thompson has been appointed
postmaster at Andrews. Sierra couil-
~, New Mexico, vice G.. w. Delama-
ter, resigned.
Governor Leedy of Kansas ha>
signed the bill reducing telegraph rates
and placing telegraph companies un-
der the supervision of the court OF
visitation" The rate fixed in the bin
on messages is II cents for the frs
ten words. day or night and l cent foi
each additional word On newspaper
reports the rates are reduced to one
third of Il cent for each word during
the day. and one-sixth of Il cent for
each word AT night. II provides thai
no lower special rate shall be granted
To anyone.
\ disastrous confla cra ton occurred
ut Crested Butte on the eth. a fire
broke out in Quinn's saloon. with de
fcctive fiue as the probable cause. The
fire was burning for some time before
its discovery. The fire department and
citizens worked hcroically for two
hours To save the fine kofp building
which was divided from the burning
structure by only fifteen feet. The 81
loon was totally destroyed. Jack Ken
nedy WAS suffocated In the building
where he was sleeping. He WAS about
- years of age. and il is supposed he
was under the influence of intoxicanfs.
A legal hitch has come In the ncgo-
tiaiions for the control of the Victor
company. in the southern part Of the
state, by the Coloredo X Southern
road. The negotiations towards this
end have been ON for several months
and last week 1t was found that possi-
bly, the road could not go into the busl-
ness of coal mining or even hold stock
in n company doing such work. The
matter has been placed in the hands of
the legal department of the road with
"A view OF formulating some plan
whereby the deal will not he dropped
entirely.
With the disappearance of snow
comes renewed activity at Dawson
City. The stir on the streets of Canon
City Is increasing 10 something like the
early days Of the great gold strike at
the Dawson mine. Groups of men con
gregatc on the corners of the streets
discussing and examining rock taken
from the various prospect holes In the
Greenhorn range. Many are here await
ing assay returns but as the local as
sayer is overrun 1t may he many
days before their wishes will he real
ized. Little information regarding
MINING fnnffars hps i...nn al, Ia, Al
from Dawson. owing to the heavy fall
of snow. In reality there has been but
little prospecting for more than n
week. Now that the weather has mod.
Grated work is commencing again. and
reports OF strikes are rife.
\ special from Provo, Utah. says;
Sheriff Siorrs returned this evening
from Gouveneur. New York, with Mrs.
Jennie Wright. wife OF George II.
Wright. Wright is believed 10 be the
man who killed the three young men
nt Pelican Point. Utah. In February,
1888, for which crime Harry Hayes il
now suffering life Imprisonment. and
Mrs. virgins knowledge OF her hus.
bands habits viii materially aid Sher.
IN Storrs In eifectlng his capture. and
her knowledge Of the ease Will also MD
Mr.. Hayes attorneys. II is thought. In
showing Hayes innocence 80 clearly
that he will he released. Mrs. Wright
Is thoroughly convinced OF her iius-
bands guilt. Shortly after the muir.
ders were committed Wright was ar
rested for caftlc stealing and went to
Colorado. Mrs. Wright going to her
mother In New York. where she was
located by Sheriff Siorrs.
Receiver Frank Trumbuil hns been
elected president Of the new rnilrond
corporation which will he known M the
Colorado Il Southern. Charles Wheeler
was elected secretary and treasurer Of
the company. Other officers nnd direc.
tors Will be elected mt meeting to bc
held In New York In few days. The
election Of Mr.. Truinbuil M president
u no surprise. A joint committee
from the Union Pacific nnd the Union
Pacific. Denver X Gulf hns been ncgo-
tintInR Tor the final transfer Of the
JuIesburR brnnch. The dnte Inns been
liked. Jnnilnry iith. The Juienburg
branch ls i51 miles long and extends
from Juicsburg TO In snlic junction,
which In foriy-six and n hnIf miles
from Denver on the Union Pncific. If
ms chnngc n made. the corporation
now known M tho Union 1'nciflc. Den.
w.. o"i! VIII be merged Into the
woIorndo southern mt midnight
wcnhesuny. Jnnunry nth. Until TINT
ti'e our system will remain In the ct,n.
troll Of the United Htntcs (,Ircnit T,cs,r,
Of the Colorado district: but. n IN ssid
there In no rensDn to apprehend snv
further delay In closing IN the Ssci
and turning thu fls1S sss<.s.sss.. 49, 4.