La Junta tribune., 1899-02-11

| nature. and also that the Washington
| department had been inexcusably neg
liyent. In view of the peculiar cir
i cumstances, the commissioner reduced
| the bond to $500. The case will be
| heard before jury at the spring ses-
/ sion of the court
The funeral services at Denver over
+, the remains Of Rev. Myron w. Reed
/ were remarkable for great out
| pouring of people OF all classes. The
| throng was immense. 1t filled the
Broadway Temple to overfiowing. A
thousand men and women stood in the
street outside. cold as the weather
| was, unable to see or hear any of the
| ceremonies, but 10th to leave the build.
| ing where the last honors were being
| paid the man they loved. In the serv-
/ ices Jewish rabbi. a Catholic clergy
man and several Protestant ministers
1 participated.
| Colonel Thomas Collins of the Saliva
Z tion Army was In Denver a few days
1 ago ON his way to his present home at
/ the Salvation Army settlement In the
valley of the Arkansas. He has Just
4 returned from California. where he
visited the colony on the Pacific coast.
I'VE have three colonies,i said he.
| -DUt tUe one III 1pitrato Is the ulCSt
successful and has the brightest out
! ok. In California. we are greatly
| troubled on account of scarcity of wat
er and have expended 5000 in boring
an nrtesian well. without satisfactory
| results. Next month we will bring 100
more settlers to the valley of the Ar
kansas
| After thirty-two years in the harness
as editor of the Colorado Transcript,
published at Golden. General George
! West retired from active service last
4 Tuesday at the age of 76 years. He
came to Colorado from Boston during
( the Pixies Peak excitement In 80. He
aided in building the first house in
Golden and was prominent in the early
development of the town. In the fall
of so he established the Western
Mountaineer" one of the first news
I papers in the state. In the spring of
1862 he entered the army rs captain
of Company II, Colorado infantry, and
served in Arkansas and the Indian Ma
tion. He served throughout the war.
| Letters from Senator Teller and Con
gressmen Shafroth and Bell have been
received by Adjutant General Barnum
with reference to the claims of the state
against the government for the mobli-
zation of the Colorado troops last
spring. Senator Teller says 1t will be
impossible to get special appropria-
/ ton through Congress this season, Ow
ing to the lateness OF the date and the
press of business Congressman Shat
roth characteriZes the situation as an
outrage, in view Of the fact that money
was appropriated so liberally by Con
gress last spring. The greater part
OF the states claims has been rejected
and the only way the money can now
/ be secured is by special act.
The officials of Weld county have
come to the conclusion that more than
one person committed the horrible mur-
ders at the O'Hara ranch. Frank Her
old, the farm hand, who, 1t is believed,
has guilty knowledge OF the crime
and who is accused of the killing Of the
couple, is now in Jail at Greeley. The
circumstantial evidence in the posses
sion Of the officials indicates that Her
old was assisted In his bloody work by
another man. Vernon McKelvey, ad-
ministrator to collect, has discovered
that valuable papers, watch and
other personal property of the de-
ceased couple are missing. The mur-
derer or murderers took possession of
the papers, 1t seems. and a search Of
the ranch house for them has been
| without good result.
| Governor Thomas has revived an old
law that has been in disuse for several
| gubernatorial administrations. He has
appointed Fl. NJ. Fosdick, Jr., OF
| Fowler. and Fields Il. McMillen and
/ w. +. Calhoun Of Undercliffe roundup
commissioners for roundup district No
2. There is no salary connected with
the position Of roundup commissioner
Persons bearing that title are expected
to aid the cattle inspectors by super
vising the general round-ups in their
districts, discovering any infringements
upon the brand law which may have
been practiced. In most parts of the
state where the cattle industry thrives
these officers of the state are left with
out an occupation, the ranchmen band
| ing together and appointing roundup
foreman to suit themselves. For many
years the governors of the state have
made 20 appointments OF roundup
commissioners.
| William Wood, the insane heir of
William ]. Wood. who is represented by
Attorney +. j. Mott, gained very i'm
portant point in the United States cir
cult court at Denver Saturday. James
o. Wood, brother Of the insane heir.
had levied on all of the property of
the Aspen Mining and Smelling COM
pany, and the same was authorized to
be sold on the 7th. Attorney Mott pre-
sented the situation to the court and
asked that the execution be quashed
because of Irregularities, and further
urged that this sale was being made
under an agreement with the mining
company and would deprive the in
sane heir of his rights to have his judg-
ment paid from the property of the
mining company. Judge Hallett sus-
tanned this contention Of Attorney Mott, !.
ordered the execution qnashed and the
sale stopped. and held the property
should be sold to pay the claims OF
both heirs.