The silver lance., 1899-03-24
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

Work on Boulder's electric street raii-
way will be commenced soon
A telephone line is being put up pe-
tween Pueblo and La Junta.
The long-standlng feud between "a 70
Gus Daily and Senator Clark rs saiu ~
have come to an end.
Judge Wilbur f. Stone of Denver iiaa
Just been reappointed associate J"''
of the Court of Private CLAIMS
The imprisoned LeadvAle miners
have not vet been released and II may
be some time before they get out
A murderer and cattle thief, VINO i'ir
been convicted, sawed ther wa! doys
the Arapahoe county JAN d rev 'H' .
ago.
The claim to a slice Of lsapeiia p any
erty made by the RoNala esca ot
has been rejected by the lana olnee
Pueblo.
Pending decision by ea con
Thomas. DR.. Thombs has resuiieu ~ tha
troll of the Colorado Asylum i'i
Insane.
At the meeting Of the SUI sor at
camp. Woodmen OF the n,,.a,.
Memphis, f. A. Falkenburg OIL ben'ei
While the passenger train on nd ,n
Cheyenne & Northern was sno"
last week the soldiers at for'
volunteered to help shovel IL ou''
SURVEYS are being made and plans
developed for the building OF INV W
new railway from Denver 10 LII ,m.
coal fields of Boulder county. 1he pui
pose of the promoters IS 10 eonip
with the Northern Coal COMPANY
At the coming municipal election
Rocky Ford will vote upon the propo
sition of issuing water Dohus IL u,
sum of $17 600, for the purpose VI an
| ing on 81. 900 seven per cent. bonds anu
nrovidinq funds for the extension ana
| Improvement of the water works.
The people of Colorado Springs, !,
| was asserted yesterday. nave resoi. .su W,
on testing the constitutlonaity Vi ~,
Teller county bill. The meetings which
have been held in the Ell Paso capital
for several days have resulted III d
feeling that the bill will be killed II
| the courts get chance at H.
The wyoming State Board of Equali-
| xotion has raised the valuation upon
live stock for purposes of taxation thlr'
tv nor cent. over last years rates
| 2snge cattle are raised from SD 10 sl'
Der head; range sheep from Si.'' "
s2. .o5. and other classes or STOCK eA-
| centinp horses which are uncnahee
| are raised in the same proportion. Inc
| mise in these valuations will increase
the assessed valuation of the STATE
million dollars.
The sheen raisers of Colorado and
| adiacent states are endeavorlhg 10
| hove the forest reserve thrown open TO
sheen herders, and it is thought their
efforts will meet with success. Inc
forest reserve people say that II the
sheep men win it will mean the de-
struction of the forest reserves, as for-
est fires will destroy the shrubbery.
which will destroy the very object OF
the reserves The order to throw open
the forest reserve is now pending with
the commissioner of the land office.
An attempt was made last Saturday
nipht TO rob the Bank of LOveland.
An entrance was made through WIN
dow at the rear of the building, and a
revolver and IS cents in pennies, which
had been left in the money drawer,
were secured. No attempt whatever
was made to open the vault. The
thieves were, no doubt, disappointed
and expected to find n large amount
of change in the money drawer. There
are no clews as to who the thieves
were.
DR.. I. A. WinternitZ. city physician
of Colorado City, was shot and per
haps fatally wounded about o'cloci
Saturday night Mike Mcclure, pro
nrietor of the Nickel Plate saloon il
Colorado City. fired the shot. But on,
shot was fired and that passed through
the fieshy part of the doctors left fore
I'M.
arm and lodged in his left side. Th'
only cause assigned FOR the deed Is Nc
Cures grief over the death OF MS httl'
girl two wears old. He seemed not t
realize what he had done.
Oliver NJ. Lee. wealthy cattleman
Dona Anna county, New Mexico. ant
James Gillland. one of his employees
charged with the murder of Colone
Albert ]. Fountain and eight-year-ol'
son in Dona Anna county, three year
ago, have surrendered themselves t
United States Judge Parker at La
Cruces, New Mexico. Lee and Gill
land were indicted with others for tn
crime one year ago and have beel
hunted by officers ever since. In
| Ditched battle between Lee and Gill
. land and posse of officers severa
| months ago one of the posse wa
killed.
The rumored resignation of Cassiu
NJ. Moses of Pueblo lieutenant colont
of the First Colorado volunteers at Ma
nila. has been confirmed by n TELEGRAM
received by Governor Thomas: Ger
eral Otis wires from Manila that he ha
declined to accept Lieutenant Colone
Moses resignation for the reason tina
his services cannot ut this time be dis
pensed with or his place be filled"
has been known among members G
. the militia in Denver for some time tina
: Lieutenant Colonel Moses was not sa
/, isfied with his treatment at Manil;
Many assert that he was not friendl
with Colonel Coy owing. it is said.
the latters treatment of him.
Reports from all sections of Colorad
are telling of the great loss of horse
| -, +I,,, manga Ranpa horses are not n