The silver lance., 1899-01-13
WESTERN NOTES,

Rev. Myron w. Reed of Denver is
very sick.
Morris Mecklenburg of Como, Park
county, has been appointed postmaster,
vice A. j. Wallace, removed.
John l. Thompson has been appointed
postmaster at Andrews, Sierra coun-
ty, New Mexico, vice G. w. Delama-
ter, resigned.
Governor Leedy of Kansas has
signed the bill reducing telegraph rates
and placing telegraph companies un-
der the supervision of the court OF
visitation" The rate fixed in the bill
on messages is - cents for the first
ten words. day or night, and / cent for
each additional word. On newspaper
reports the rates are reduced to one
third of a cent for each word during
the day, and one-sixth of cent for
each word at night. 1t provides that
no lower special rate shall be granted
to anyone.
A disastrous confiagration occurred
mt Crested Butte on the 1th. A firc
broke out in Quinn's saloon, with de
fective flue as the probable cause. The
fire was burning for some time before
its discovery The fire department and
citizens worked heroically for two
hours to save the fine Kofp building
which was divided from the burning
structure by only fifteen feet. The sa-
loon was totally destroyed. Jack Ken
nedy was suffocated in the building
where he was sleeping. He was ABOUT
45 years of age, and it is supposed he
was under the influence of intoxicants.
A legal hitch has come in the nego-
tiations for the control of the victor
company, in the southern part OF the
state, by the Coloredo n Southern
road. The negotiations towards TINS
end have been on for several months
and last week it was found that posi-
bly, the road could not go into the busi-
ness of coal mining or even hold stock
in n company doing such work. The
matter has been placed in the hands of
the legal department of the road with
n view of formulating some plan
whereby the deal will not be dropped
entirely.
With the disappearance of snow
comes renewed activity at Dawson
City. The stir on the streets of Canon
CITY is increasing to something like the
early days of the great gold strike at
the Dawson mine. Groups of men con-
gregate on the corners of the streets
discussing and examining rock taken
from the various prospect holes in the
Greenhorn range. Many are here await
ing assay returns, but as the local as
sayer is overrun 1t may be many
days before their wishes will be real
ized Little information regarding
mining matters has been obtainable
from Dawson, owing to the heavy fall
of snow. In reality there has been but
little prospecting for more than
week. Now that the weather has mod
Grated work is commencing again, and
reports of strikes are rife.
A special from Provo, Utah, says:
Sheriff Storrs returned this evening
from Gouveneur. New York, with Mrs.
Jennie Wright, wife Of George II.
Wright. Wright is believed to be the
man who killed the three young men
at Pelican Point, Utah, in February,
1895, for which crime Harry Hayes is
now suffering life imprisonment, and
Mrs. Wright's knowledge of her hus-
bands habits will materially aid Sher-
iff Storrs in effecting his capture, and
her knowledge of the case will also aid
Mr.. Hayes attorneys, it is thought, in
showing Hayes innocence so clearly
that he will be released. Mrs. Wright
is thoroughly convinced of her hus-
bands guilt. Shortly after the mur.
ders We're committed Wright was ar
rested for cattle stealing and went to
Colorado, Mrs. Wright going to her
mother in New York, where she was
located by Sheriff Storrs.
Receiver Frank Trumbull has been
elected president of the new railroad
corporation which will be known as the
Colorado & Southern. Charles Wheeler
was elected secretary and treasurer of
the company. Other officers and direc-
tors will be elected at a meeting to be
held in New York in few days The
election of Mr.. Trumbull as president
is no surprise. A joint committee
from the Union Pacific and the Union
Pacific, Denver & Gulf has been nego-
tiating for the final transfer of the
Julesburg branch. The date has been
fixed, January 11th. The Julesburg
branch is 151 miles long and extends
from Julesburg to La Sale junction.
which is forty-siX and a half miles
from Denver on the Union Pacific. If
this change is made, the corporation
now known as the Union Pacific. Den
yer Il Gulf will be merged into the
Colorado & Southern at midnight
Wednesday, January 11th. Until that
date, at least, the several branches of
the Gulf system will remain in the con-
troll Of the United States Circuit Court
of the Colorado district; but, it is said
there Is no reason to apprehend any
further delay in closing up the deal
and turning the Gulf property over to
the Colorado & Southern,