The silver star., 1899-02-16
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION:

/ III AsSuttlst StOtk.
Mine operating mt Anthracite and
Crested Butte was at siandstill on
the 9th owing TO the inability of the
Rio Grande railroad to furnish ears.
Communication with outside camps is
practically cut or.
Governor Thomas on the S.h received
reply TO his cablegram to General
Hale asking who was injured or killed
In Saturdays fight at Manila. The re-
ply was: "Shot and instantly killed In
action, Charles Carleson, l.; Cass White.
ID; Doran. 1: slightly wounded in ac-
tion, Haughwout; wounded in action,
Boyce. l.; Weaver, b."
The most heroic incident OF the
storm in Wyoming was Mrs. Holmes
leaving the Ferguson ranch. near Sil-
yer Crown. to go to Iron Mountain.
twenty miles, losing her way In the
storm and laying out two nights. The
first night she spent between the two
horses of her team. and the second in
an old dry well. She had some food in
the wagon. She got home safely. but
is sick from the hardships endured.
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 filed the
Broadway Temple to Overlooking. 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 We're being
paid the man they loved. In the serv-
ices Jewish rabbi, a Catholic clergy
man and several Protestant ministers
participated.
Announcement Is made that the cast
iron pipe mills of the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Company at Pueblo will resume
in the course of the next few days
They have large orders ahead. This
means the employment of about 100
additional men Ii is currently report
ed and generally believed that tie COM
pany will soon begin the construction
of fourth blast furnace with a capa-
city of 100 tons of pig iron per day. 1t
is ai present imp ss.ble for the furnaces
TO supply all the crude iron that is re-
quired in all departments of the plant
in operation on full time as they now
are.
The judges of the Wyoming Supreme
Court who. by request of the Leg
islature. have been for two weeks ex-
amining the revision of the statutes
repudiated by the Legislature of 1896
verifying the presence of all statutes
indicated therein. and expurgating for
eign matter Incorporated by the revis-
Ors. have about concluded their work
and will report tomorrow. The re-
vision verified and expurgated will be
ordered published as the revised stat
utes Of the state. The chapters on
revenue and municipal corporations
interjected into the revision by the
former committee have been expurg-
atcd.
The Rocky Mountain News says: 1t
Is expected that there will be a great
shaking up among mining companies
recently organized and Incorporated
when the books OF the secretary OF
state have been thoroughly examined
by representative Of the internal rev.
enue collector. The collector decides
that companies should pay govern
ment war tax at the rate of 81 per
1000 shares. whereas sorne of the new
ly fiedged companies have tried to get
of with stamps costing only 81 In all.
Under the ruling of the collector. the
company Incorporated for S5OO.OOO
should pay government tax to the tune
OF $500
A dispatch to the Rocky Mountain
News from Salt Lake City says: Moses
Thatcher. formerly an apostle OF the
Mormon church. has declined Unit
cd States senatorship rendered him by
the Democratic members of the Utah
Legislature. Thiriy-threc members
pctltioned Mr.. Thatcher. asking him to
become II candidate and pledging him
their support. Thlrty-twO would
elect. Thatcher is polygamist and
has four wives. his status being siini-
lar to that of Brigham II. Roberts. re-
Gently elected to Congress. and II was
because OF this status that he declined
the senatorship. In an interview he
said he did not want TO antagonize
Christian people Of the country.
writ dismissed and petitioner re-
mnnded." was the decision OF the Su.
preme Court nj Denver last Wednesday
IN the original application OF James
Doyle had been directed by Judge Lunt
OF Colorado Springs not to prosecute n
suit In Iowa against the Portland Min.
Ing Company. He violated the order
nnd obtained u judgment for over $780,
oW. The court therefore held him IN
contempt and from that judgment he
sued out writ OF error 10 the Court Of
Appeals and applied for n supcrsctleas
which was denied. After this denial
further proceedings were Ind IN the
case In the I'll Pnso District Court and
the petitioner was placed In jnil. lie
then asked the Supreme Court for n
writ OF hnbeas corpus. which the court
refused. lie Will go back to Jail.
The Colorado Supreme Court has de.
cided against Assessor Aincs OF Arnpn.
hoe county In his contest with the State
Board Of Equalization. Assessor Amcs
refused TO extend the tax Of 1906 OF
the Statc Board Of Equalization on raii.
rond, telegraph nnd telephone proper
" III THIS county and proceeded 10 make
an assessment Of his own. In NJ doing
he had the interests OF the county
hnnnccs In consideration. as his INK
would hive brought In much more rev.
en,ic. The Stnic Board values all the
rnilroad property In the state. Ieylcs n
general tnx and divided II among Tho