The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-07

cret meeting. decided to close the
church and telegraphed Mr.. Hyde and
family not to come to Santa Fe, as the
congregation had seeded and closed
the church. Mr.. Hyde and family,
however, came anyway, and arrived
this week. They took possession of the
parsonage, and Mr.. Hyde has announc-
ed services for next Sunday, maintain
ing that as the church is partly a mis-
sion church, it belongs to the church
at large, and not to the local congrega-
ton.
White River Utes to the number of
fifty or more have left the Uintah res
ervation and crossed the line into Colo
RADIO, where they are now slaughtering
game. Indian Agent Nyton of White
Rocks, has received n telegram from
the prosecuting attorney of Rio Blan-
co, telling of the depredations of the
Indians. Mr.. Nyton says that this is
not an official notification, and he will
not act until some one of the Colorado
game wardens advises him of the facts.
Before he left the agency Mr.. Nyton
refused Il number of the Indians per-
mission to cross over into Rio BlancoI
county to hunt. 1t is supposed that as
soon as he left by stage for Price the
reds set out for the hunt. Advices
from Vernal. Utah. are that there are
Indians in the mountains twenty-five
miles north of that place, all killing
deer free1H. They claim to have pass
es from Agent Nyton, but Indian police
are to be sent after them.
A dispatch from Buena Vista says:
Mutterings for foul play in the Tyler
case are growing louder, and develop
mentS made to-day indicate that they
are well based The finding of n RI
volver beside the charred remains OF
Tyler, and the fact that n jug of whis-
ky was saved from the flames, while
Taylor was left to his fate, is regarded
as corroboration of the frequently ex-
pressed belief that if Tyler was not
murdered outright. his companions, or
some of them, wanted to get rid of him.
1t is quite thoroughly established that
the dead man had n large sum, in both
bills and coin, on his person that night,
and no traces of either, or of his gold
watch have been found. One witness,
OF the twenty or more summoned, will,
it Is said, swear that he heard shots at
the cabin Sunday night, but thought
nothing of it until he heard of the fire
and death of Tyler. Atheory of sui
eide because of inability to save him
self. has been advanced, but finds little
credence.
Vice President Winchell of the Colo
President Shannon of the Pennsylvania
OIL Company north over the Cheyenne
" Northern, Wednesday, in n private
car. At Orin Junction the gentlemen
We're met by special train on the Elk
horn route bearing party of four
wealthy Englishmen. From Orin
Junction the party will go to Casper,
where an investigation of the oil fields
Will be made. The visit to the Wyo1
ing oil fields at this time is of great
Importance not only to the state, but
to the West generally, as it is the first
step towards closing one of the largest
deals ever made in oil properties. The
TOUR Englishmen are said to be among
the wealthiest and most influential citi-
Zens of London, and while their names
are not given, they are said to be heav-
lily interested in number of American
industries. and come to Wyoming for
the purpose of making n deal for the
purchase of large tracts of oil lands in
Natrona and Converse counties. upon
which they will erect oil refineries for
the manufacture of light and lubricat-
ing oils on n gigantic scale.
y Washington dispatch gives reports
or decisions by the Supreme Court
concerning land grant cases. The first
was an opinion handed down by Jus
tice Brown in the case of the appeal of
the United States rom the decision of
the Court of Private Land Claims in
the case of the Cuyamungo land grant.
in Santa Fe county, New Mexico The
land court decided that the title to the
grant was properly held by Maria de
la Paz de Conway and associates, and
declined to except in the decree lands
covered by patents issued to Pueblo
Indians covering a large portion of the
grant. The decision rendered by the
Supreme Court holds that these lands
should have been excepted, and accord
ingly reversed the opinion of the lower
court. The court affirmed the opinion
of the Private Land Court in the case
of the claim of the town of Real de Do
lores del ORC to land also located in
New Mexico, affirming the decision of
the Court of Private Land Claims. ~
this case the Supreme Court foI "a
that the land in controversy wal n-
cluded in the Ortiz mine grant and
that appellants were without legal re-
dress. The court reversed the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court of Arizona
in n case involving the title to the
Sonvito grant, Arizona. This title was
at issue between Santiago Ainsa and
the new Mexico & Arizona Railroad
Company. The reversal was based
upon the ruling of the court below that
the case could not be tried in the or
dinary courts,
A dispatch from Riff says: The
third and last day of the zion hunt was
quite devoid of interest. Less game
came in than on either of the two pre-
vious days. A. S. Rumsey came In at
noon with a fine lynx that was killed
six miles east of here. General j. G.
Kennedy of Denver Brought two fine
buck deer. Allen OF Colorado Springs,
and ]. II. Boyan returned with four
bucks. All of these gentlemen left here
Wednesday. The net results of the
three days hunt are three lions, one
lynx, three bear and an unnumbered
nm Of loor md 1,ll-