The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

mas Deen suppressed.
The Union Pacific has paid fee of
81 10 to record its new capitalization
in Colorado.
Nancy Greer, colored woman sup
posed to be 107 years old, died at Colo
rado Springs the other day.
is investigating the management OF
the Insane Asylum at Pueblo.
A coal mine of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company, near Glenwood, is be
ing nodded to eNtinguish fire.
Mrs. j. b. Belford has been appoint
ed trustee of the State Normal School.
She takes the place of Governor
Thomas.
Frank +. Snow, who has obtained
the contract for the 5O0-foot tunnel at
the Goose creek reservoir, above Buff
falo, has begun work. This work Will
probably give employment for from
POO to 300 men for several years.
A bill has been introduced in the wy
ominG Legislature providing for the re-
moval of the state prisoners from the
present occupied penitentiary mt Lara
mie to the newly erected penitentiary
at Rawlins.
Albert G. Craig was shot and instant
ly killed in his home in Denver by MS
son-in-law, Il. l.. Brooks, because the
former would not surrender to him his
little daughter, who has been intrusted
to Craig by the court.
The Christian Endeavor Society in
the penitentiary at Santa Fe, com
posed of converted prisoners, is the
largest in the territory. Last year by
going without tobacco. the members
contributed $50 for Testaments and re
ligious literature.
The commission of Postotfice lnspec-
tor George IL. Waterbury has been re
voked. This action is the result of an
Investigation which has been in prog
ress for fortnight. During that in
terval Inspector Waterbury's commits
sion has been withheld.
Colonel William j. Bryan, accom-
panied by Mrs. Bryan, visited Denver
on the 10th. and was given warm
welcome. He put in busy day, hold
ing reception, talking to politicians
and reporters and accepting the hospi-
tality of private citizens.
The platform holding Colonel and
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan and
400 others at Coliseum hall, at Den
yer, fell with n terrific crash, and the
silver leader and his wife, with those
who occupied posts of honor, mar
rowly escaped death or serious in
jury.
Detective George a. Scarborough. ex-
Texas state ranger, who killed Kid
johnson and shot and captured Bron-
cho Bill, most notorious desperate
and train robber is in Santa Fe working
fnr h., mt, linz ha Of
Mexico rangers about to be created by
the territorial Legislature.
A. j. Boutwell, of Wyoming will
read a paper before the National Live
Stock Association on the "Extermina-
tion of Wolves" and will illustrate his
talk by producing on the stage pack
of real live gray wolves, captured on
the range in Wyoming. and as savage
and untamed as brute creation ever
gets to be.
The city engineer of Cheyenne says
that the charges of the electric light
plant to the city are higher than in any
western city or town except Leadville
Colorado Cheyenne pay S162 each for
her thirty-two arc lights. He says that
an adequate city plant would cost S14,-
900. He advises that unless the pres
ent eXtortionate charge is remedied the
city ought to build its own plant.
The contract for grading the Denver
X Rio Grande railroad standard gauge
over the Neta pass into the San Luis
valley has been awarded to Clough *
Anderson of Colorado Springs The
work is of the heaviest type known in
mountain construction and is expected
to cost 100000. The necessary force
will be secured ut once. as the contract
requires for the running of trains by
october 1st.
Rev. I. T. Martin, pastor of the Bap-
tist church of Cripple Creek, has ten
dered his resignation. This action was
taken as Mr.. Martin considered that
his remaining might injure the church.
1t will be remembered that Federal
Labor Union No. 10 passed resolutions
mt meeting censuring Mr.. Martin for
some remarks said to have been made
by him condemning labor organiza-
tions. He may be induced to remain.
Colonel w. II. Combs is the origi-
nator of n proposition calculated to
employ the convicts of Colorado prof
itably to the state. The colonels prop
ostion is, in brief, to use the convict
labor of the state in the construction
of a big double-track drainage and
transportation tunnel starting at n
point near Malta, extending thence
under the city of Leadville and on to
the Mosquito range.
1t is stated that the 100000 min
ing suit that has been in the courts for
the last eight years between w. A.
Clark of Montana against Duke and
Ferguson of Prescott and Hayden and
Farrell of Ansopa, Connecticut, for
the possession of valuable claims in
the copper zone, six miles from Val
verde, has been compromised at pri-
vate agreement. During the trial it
was brought out that there We're S15,-
100000 worth of gold, silver and cop
per ores in sight and the claims are
valued at S50,00O,OO0
The opening of the new Atchison,
Topeka * Santa Fe depot and Harvey