The state herald., 1899-04-21

ScNeTii cOuntefIeltefS were convicted
ana sentenced Mt Pueblo recently.
o. p. McMaines. who for so many
years fought the Maxwell land grant,
liz dead.
Extensive floods have done consider
able damage in the vicinity of Sheri-
dun. Wyoming.
1t cost the Midland Railroad Com
1mhy SI5.OOO to clear its tracks of snow
during the past winter.
After n blockade of nearly three
months the Midland railroad has sue
ceeded In clearing Hagerman's Pass
OF snow and traffic will be resumed
across the range.
The Pythians of Denver will erect n
handsome stone temple of modern de-
sign at II cost of from $4,000 to $780,
wv. There will be ut least four large
nails, one of which will be set apart for
banquets.
The funeral services over the body
OF ex-senator Tabor We're held mt Den
yer on the 1Ith. They We're partici-
pated In by prominent citizens. public
officials, the militia and Il great throng
of friends.
The publishers Of the Leadville Her
ald-Democrat, who We're hauled up be-
fore Judge Overs for contempt Of
court. have been dismissed. They
apologizcd for what they said about
the jury and the judge forgave them
for what they said about him.
Work Is progressing satisfactorily on
the paint mine near Rawlins. II is ex-
pected that 100 tons per day Of the ore
Will be shipped during the season.
There Is market for all the ore that
can be mined. An effort will be made
to have n spur built from the Union
Pacific main line to the mine.
1t has been discovered that the water
of Lake Minnehaha. 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 and
pike. and thousands of these fish. many
OF them from twelve To eighteen inches
long, have been frozen solid In the Ice.
The Colorado Court OF Appeals has
given n ruling that n county sheriff
may take prisoners to the penitentiary
or reformatory one by one. II he de.
sires. The only provisions are that the
sheriff must act according TO his own
discretion, which IL 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
TO the marshal that all saloons In Col
RADIO City must he closed and kept
closed from II o'clock midnight on
Saturday night until Monday morn
ing. This action upon the part of
Mayor George Is not accepted with
great favor but ms 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 \ firm OF travelling ply
slcinns advertised to give series Of
public lectures and treat chronic dis
eases nj Cheyenne. The secretary OF
the State Medical Board served notice
npon them that they must submit their
diplomas. or failing In this. submit to
an examination. The proposed lee.
lures were NJ once abandoned and the
parties left the city for Colorado.
The Chicago 4 Southern will spend
10000 In improvements on the line In
the immediate future. \ portion Of the
Platte Canon track viii hc relald and
large force Of men viii be employed
there within few weeks. Several
thousand dollars will bc used In re-
building the coaches In use on the
South Park line. New platforms VIII
he hull, for them. and they viii he re-
vnrnlshcd and fitted M with new seats.
Five new standard gauge coaches viii
he built for the road. probably by the
Pullman Palace Car Company.
State Examiner H. II. Henderson
aud Attorney General \. A. Van Ors.
He'll have been ut Evanston, Wyoming,
examining the accounts and lnyestlgnt.
,ng the nets Of John W. Sammon, coun.
ly attorney for rlntn county. They
hlcd n report of their Investigation
with the District Court and the Board
" County Commissioners and recon.
mcnded that n grand Jury be called 10
investigate Mr.. Sammon's transactions.
The report charges him with perjury.
cnbczzlcmen'. cNtortlon Of money ns
u public official aud with compromising
felony.
The regents Of the University
Of Colorado have recently is.
sued the catalogue FOR isas.D.
II ~ n comprehensive statement of the
work of the University. The number
Of students In the University II .t,o. IN
the Preparatory school $40. making u
total enrolment OF 700. an Increase af
fifteen per cent. over last year. The
Increase In the College OF Liberal Arts
II eight per cent: In the school Of En-.
gincering. siNty-one per cent: IN the
School of Medicine. ilfty-onc per cent
In the School OF Law. thirty.slx per
cent; IN the Preparatory School. thir.
teen per cent, Twrnty.-lght states
md foreign countries nrc represented
IN the enrolment and siSiy.two cities
mud towns In Colorado.
Eleven flrcmcn aud two employees OF
the Denver Consolidated Gas Company
were burned 10y the explosion of eight
gns tanks IN the yalv. room nj III.
Pintsch works nj Eighteenth md We.
wniin streets, Denver. on Monday. All
nre expected 10 recover within ten
days. The injured WERE badly burned
ON face. neck h.nd md hands. Fore.
man rcilcnE OF the rtntsch works II
probably most seriously injured. when
the first explosion occurred p.llcnz
was In the valve room. trying 10 shut
on n valve Of on" OF the four large con.
inlncr-. from which rfnwicy had been
drawing on cnrbon. The origin Of the
a. A. a.