The Elbert County tribune., 1899-04-20

Nv n tire In n lodging house mt victor
n man was burned to death.
severuI counterfciters were convicte"
and sentenced at Pueblo recently
II cost the Midland RaiIroad Com
pnny ST. 600 to clear Its tracks Oh Blu"
during the past winter
A complimentary dinner was osn.
dered Senator Francis T.. warren w
the citizens of Cheyenne last "eeh.
Reports are In circulation tbai ~, rpe
Missouri Pacific. Rock Island anu an" 20 20
nois Central are planning TO pu'iu ~
the coast by way OF Denver.
The District Court OF Arapahos
county has decided that owners %
property must file their scha,,,a scheouie
property with the assessor ncc"ru'"e
TO law
After n blockade OF nearly three
months the Midland railroad mas sue
ceeded in clearing Hagernan inn
Of snow and traffic will be resuneu
across the range.
The Santa Fe city council has voteu
TO ask President Mckinley TO give w
the city the abandoned fort Mny ~,
reservation of seventeen ana one-n"ii
acres for school purposes.
The Pythians OF Denver Will erect
handsome stone temple OF modern ue
sign nt n cost of from St5.Ouo TO Sl"'-
600 There Will be Mt least four iarge
halls, one OF which will be set apart for
banquets.
Tho funeral services over the body
OF ex-senator Tabor were held at Den
yer on the 14th. They were paruci-
pated In by prominent citizens. puphc
officials. the militia and great throng
of friends.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. n. Stevens, national
president of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. Is soon to VISIT
Colorado. She will speak In Denver
April "a and %. For nearly twenty
years she has been elected to the pres
idency OF the Maine union without one
ballot for any other candidate.
II has been discovered that the water
OF Lake Minnehalia, which forms part
of one of the Cheyenne city parks
froze solid In many parts of the lake
during the past winter. The lake was
stocked two years ago with bass ana
pike. and thousands Of these fish, many
OF them from twelve to eighteen inches
long. have been frozen solid in the Ice.
Commissioner Hermann says that
sheep grazing on the forest reserves
will be permitted In the southern part
OF Wyoming and In Colorado and New
Mexico. In Colorado and New Mexico
the reserves have already been thrown
open. In Wyoming they will he open
ed next week. Grazing Will be rc-
stricted to 1,OOO,OW head of sheep on
each reservation.
Chester l.. Ainsworth, deputy sher-
In of Cochise county. Arizona. and n
brother of Charles II. Ainsworth. nttor-
ney general OF Arizona. was killed and
Edward Moore. young cow boy was
mortally wounded Saturday mt VIII
gus. in the Chiracahua mountains
They were killed by the Haiderman
brothers,. whom the murdered men
were trying to arrest.
The Colorado Court Of Appeals has
given n ruling that n county sheriff
may take prisoners TO the penitentinry
or reformatory one by one. If he de-
sires. The only provisions are that the
sheriff must act according to his own
discretion. which is unlimited, with the
exception that he must not practice
fraud by making unnecessary trips and
thus creating useless expenses.
The newly elected prohibition mayor
OF Colorado City has issued an order
fp the marshal that all saloons in Col
RADIO City must be closed and kept
closed from IL o'clock midnight on
Saturday night nntir Monday morn
ing. This action upon the part of
Mayor George is not accepted with
great favor. but as the mayor Is en-
forcing state law the council can
not interfere.
The Wyoming Medical Board has
made an effective application of the
medical law, passed by the last State
Legislature. 4 firm OF travelling ply
sicinns advertised to give n series of
public lectures and treat chronic dis
eases Mt Cheyenne. The secretary of
the State Medical Board served notice
upon them that they must submit their
diplomas. or failing in this. submit TO
an examination. The proposed lee
lures We're nj once abandoned and the
parties left the city for Colorado.
The Chicago & Southern will spend
S3O0,OoO in improvements on the line In
the immediate future. A portion of the
Platte Canon track will he relaid and
n large force of men will be employed
there within few weeks Several
thousand dollars will he used in re-
building the coaches in use oil the
South Park line. New platforms will
be built for them, and they will be re-
vanished and fitted up with new seats.
Five new standard gauge coaches will
be built for the road, probably by the
Pullman Palace Car Company
The Denver superintendent OF the
Pullman Palace Car company has re-
ceived word that the proposed reduc-
tions In berth rates will take effect on
April 10 The reduction will affect the
country from New York to San Fran
cisco and throughout the south. From
Denver to Ogden the former rate was
81: II will be 81. State rooms will be
reduced from S14 to S11.J0, and draw
ing rooms from SIS to Sill From Den
yer to Oakland the berth rate of S11
will be cut TO $3.50, and drawing rooms
from $40 to S34. Similar reductions
will be made on the lines to the east
State Examiner II. b. Henderson
and Attorney General ]. a. Van Ors.
dell have been at Evanston. Wyoming
examining the accounts and Investigate
ing the acts of John w. Sammon. coun
ty attorney for Uinta county. They
filed n report of their Investigation
with the District Court and the Board
of County Commissioners and recon-
mended that grand jury be called tc
investigate Mr.. Sammon's transactions
The report charges him with perjury
embezzlement. extortion OF money as
a public official and with compromising
felony.
At the executive meeting of the Sol
dlers' Aid Society OF Denver held Fri
dnv n .yne dacida,l a oftar ,,,,ah 1nltt,