The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-24

The new 1900 class engines which
were recently sent to Cheyenne from
the East to be used between Cheyenne
and Sidney, Nebraska. are not proving
~ satisfactory as was expected. II
was claimed that the locomotives,
which are the largest In use by the
Union Pacific. would haul sixty-hve
leads from Sidney to Cheyenne, but
thus far they have only been able to
haul nifty loads. TrainIuen are Of the
opinion now that the new locomotives
will not materially affect the working
force Of train and eEyinemen on the
Union Pacific.
Two prisoners escaped from the pen.
itentiary at Canon City the other after
noon. They were William Lewis. No.
410&. and Fred Price. No. 4226 Their
vacation was brief. Warden Hoyt has
instituted a new ruling since he took
charge by which the whole town IL
aroused when there Is an escnpe. The
signal, which In prolanged blast from
the steam whistle. sounded at 4 o'clock
ana within fifteen minutes 100 men
and boys were In pursuit OF the refu-
gees. At : o'clock the convicts were
back In the pen. having been captured
by Chaplain Rhudolph and two boys.
VIII Hannigan and Paul Forncy. The
cnptors had 500 divided between
them. this being the amount offered by
the warden. The men were only four
blocks from the penItentiary when they
were captured. having taken refuge In
an old adobe house. The men were
working on the limestone lunrries and
quietly walked away while the guard
was not looking In their direction.
A dispatch from Crested Butte on the
18th said: For the past eighteen hours
Crested Butte has been Inundated with
II flow OF water. The excessively warm
weather Of the past several days has
causcd the snow In the high basins 10
melt very rapidly with the result that
all the streams In this vlcinase have
been swelled to high degree. Coal
Greek. which runs through the town
In n diagonal course. has been swollen
to an abnormal degree and hns gone on
a rampage through the principal
streets. filling them with debris. wash
ing away culverts and sidewalk fOun.
dauors and flooding number Of
houses. The streets are practically
impassable and the depot unnpproach.
able. force Of men has been work
Ing for the last week In an effort 10
stem the tide Of the water. but their
Efforts were unavailinR to any great
extent. Every team in town and
lnrgc force Of men are now mt work.
but the water will be higher tonight
than ever.
The Miners Bank OF Creole closed
Its doors at 2:l5 o'clock Wednesday.
Later IL was announced that the banks
ut Monte Vista and Hooper. operated
under the same management. had also
closed. Whether the failures are due
TO the threatened business conditions
caused by the smclter strike Is not
known. but that is commonly nc.
ccpted ns the cause The three banks
are under the management Of ID. ].
Maben. who Is president OF each con
cern. He Is absent In Denver. and for
this reason II is announced no figures
can now be made public us to the AS
sets and liabilities Of the several in.
stitutions. Great excitement prevailed
In Crcedc, rs the Miners was the only
bank In that place. md many mer-
chants and mining companies had de-
pOsits there. The cashier would give
no Information other than to state that
the doors were closed on orders from
President Mnbcn from Denver. Prexi.
dent ID. J. Mnben WIS at the Albany
yesterday and left on last evenings
early train for Crecde. In response, he
said. 10 telegram. LATER the news
Of the three banks closing was made
public In Deavcr.
AdJutnnt General Stitz.r and Coy.
crnor Richards OF Wyoming have re-.
ceivcd messages from Buffalo, advising
them that II detail OF mounted militia
had been sent across the Big Horn
mountains by way Of Spring Creek and
Red Bank To Thcrmopolis to intercept
the train robbers should they cross the
--.g Horn basin. Another detail was
sent to the tiolc.in.thc-Wnll country,
from there to 30 ncross the big Horn
range by the y II trail. The comhina.
tion which has set out TO run the han.
dts TO earth II powerful one. The
general government has Instructed the
United States marshal Of Wyoming
TO employ NIL the men necessary aud TO
continue the chase until the outlaws
are captured. The Wyoming state MI.
thoritics have called out the state mi.
lltis, equipped them In cowboy style.
and sent them to the assistance Of the
marshal, The Union Pacific has large
force Of officer. and pack OF blood.
hounds In tho field. while nearly every
sheriff OF eastern and northern Wyo
mIng Is serving with some one OF the
posses. II has been decided to make Il
n fight 10 n finish. and the chase will
bc prolonged II II reaches across Wyo.
ming and Montana into the British pos.
sessions.
In Response 10 a protest sent TO the
secretary OF agriculture by John Clay.
ir, OF Cheyenne. In connection with
the orders issued by the Department OF
the Interior, prohibiting tho grnxlug on
government forest reservations. and
particularly the order relating 10 graz.
Ing on the Uintah reservation. which
had been used by sheep owners
Of Wyoming. Colorado and Utah. the
following has been written by tho src
rrtnry Of the Interior. Hon. E.A. Hitch.
cock: Tho uintAh forest rrserve en-.
braces both slopes of tho Uintnh
mountains In northern Utah and the
northern slope only Of the western part
OF this range. These mountains src
covered with valuable forests Of
spruce that protect tho sources Of sew.
erai large streams which eventually
discharge Into Green river. those dow.
Ing northward from the rnnge b~lmS
already utilized for irrigation. There
" u large agricultural population I'M.
mctiiately adJacEt 10 thu reserve who
iind II their only local timber supply
aud the chief source Of water supply
for irrigation purposes. Both Of these
supplies would l,r endangered by sheep