Gilpin observer., 1899-10-12


ed postmaster at Cripple Greek on the
Recommendation Of Senator Wolcott.
The body of Charlie volker, who was
accidentally drowned in Sloan's lake
near Cheyenne, has been recovered.
The hod carriers at Victor have
struck for higher wages. They have
been getting 50 and $3.50 per day Of
eight hours.
Ex-United States Senator John ]. In
gals spent several hours in Albu
querque last night. He is in very
poor health, being scarcely able to
speak above a whisper. He Is on his
way to Las Cruces In search Of relief
Longmont inaugurated n new fest
val on the 5th-Pumpkin Pie Day. Five
thousand old-fashioned New England
pies are reported to have disappeared
within short space of time, besides
gallons Of cider. A great crowd Wis
tied the town.
Llewellyn and Greenway Of Las
Cruces, have located $4,000 acres OF
soda placer mines in the vicinity OF
White Sands, near the Dona Ana-OterC
county lines. The location is on a pro
posed branch line of the Santa Fe rail.
road from Las Cruces to Tularosa.
An appropriation Of S25,OOO was
made by the last Congress to increase
the efficiency of the school service at
Fort Lewis, Colorado. The money will
school supplies and hiring more teach.
ers. No additions to the school will be
made, as the appropriation Is insufti'
cient.
The parole of a prisoner who pre-
tended to be serving his first term was
Cancelled by wire by Governor Thomas
Thursday when he learned the man
had been in the penitentiary before.
Thus B. E. Glazier. convicted in Den
yer in 1892 and sentenced to ten years,
was forced to turn backward just as
he reached the prison door.
Norman Newman, an outlaw and fu-
gitive from justice from Greer county,
Oklahoma, was shot and killed at Cox's
ranch, at San Augustin, New Mexico,
by Jose Espalin, deputy sheriff.
Newman in November of 1898 murder
ed and robbed his partner. He was
arrested and kept in jail until July !
last, at which time he escaped.
Senator Wheeler, who for nearly
twenty years has published the Daily
and Weekly Times at Aspen. has
leased the paper and plant for one
year to A. s. Thompson and w. H.
Breach, secretary and stockholder, re-
spectively, in the Times Publishing
Company. Senator Wheeler will spend
a portion of his time in the Cripple
Greek district, where he has recently
become interested in some promising
gold properties.
The work of rebuilding the business
section of Victor. consumed by the
fire of Aug. 81, continues. Many hand
some structures are springing up, and
in several cases the walls have been
completed. Pressed brick is being
used almost exclusively. The streets
are being graded, and in a few
months the business sections in point
of beauty and volume of business
transacted will compare favorably
with many larger cities of the state.
Hundreds of men are at work.
The case of the Territory versus Will
liam III. McGinnis, the train robber, on
trial all this week for the killing of
Sheriff Edward Farr of Walsenburg,
came to close at Ration Saturday. The
judge instructed the jury at 8 o'clock,
and at o o'clock the jury retired. The
jury at 1910 brought in a verdict of
guilty of murder in the second degree
Counsel for defendant entered n gen.
eral exception to the judges charge to
the jury and especially to the special
charges suggested by counsel for the
state.
Freight rates between the Atlantic
coast and Denver will be advanced in
all the classifications on the 18th of the
present month. The so-called 205 scale
will be advanced to 233 and lower
classifications will be raised according.
ly. The return of the old tariff is due
to the decision of the Federal Court In
the boycott case of the Kansas City
Pi.tsburg & Gulf railway. The court
ordered the Pittsburg & Gulf to re,
turn to the old schedule existing before
the fight, and the long lines immedi
ately took advantage of the opportun
ity to restore the former basis.
The arrest of Theodore Craig, n shif,
boss at the IbeX mine, Leadville, re-
vealed plot having for its object the
stealing of n quantity of valuable ore
Not long ago the IbeX opened very
rich pocket of ore carrying nearly 1,OO(
ounces in gold to the ton. A consid
cradle amount of this was taken out
but acting under instructions from the
foreman 1t was not placed in sacks.
few days ago sack was found neal
the pile of rich mineral which later
disappeared. Suspicion fastened OF
Craig and to-day his house wa,
searched. resulting in the discovery of &
sackful of ore valued at about $1,000
Captain G. NJ. Boynton. the globt
trottor now making n walk from New
York to San Francisco and back in {
year, without cash or sleeping in {
bed. to-day broke the walking RECORD
for the round trip up Pixies Peal
over the cog railway. The former rec
ord, held by an Italian musician. wni
hours and 40 minutes. Boyntor
made the trip in 500, his time for tn,