The Elbert County tribune., 1900-03-08
COLORADO NOTES.

carried HNHl ttC
Considering that the month just END
ed has only twenty-eight days. the pro
duction record of the Cripple creek ols-
trtct was good one While not rec
ord breaker. II by no means scored .
bacpward step. The figures show that
"a o00 TONS were treated. the gross bull
lion value of which was $2,U99,9oo.
The bodies OF the following Colo
rodo soldiers have reached san fran
cIeco from Manila: Privates George
w. Warrington. II. u. Spr1ngstea1'
Charles Lille, Cass White. Harry j.
Reisig. Harry L. Doxsee and Cnar'es
Phenix.
The engineer of the Union racine
e.nress was signaled to stop at a
ionelv spot near Sterling. but seeing
that three armed men were waiting to
hoard the train he pulled open ihe
throttle and sped by them TO avoid
train robbery
l. B. Gale. agent for the Maxwell
Land Grant Company at Trinidad.
saws many OF the settlers have leased
ranches they have been living on, from
the land grant company, and others
will do so. This action Is in accord
ance with the agreement between the
company and the settlers made last
fall.
Another large lot of Fort Collins
lambs were sold OIL the Chicago mar
ket Wednesday nt S1.35 per hundred
weight, being the highest price on rec
ord. Charles f. Blunck. Drake X Mors-
man and Scott q Strachan on Monday
sold four car loads at 81 20 to St.2o per
hundred weight. The lambs weighed
from seventy-sevep TO eighty-one
pounds each. Feeders are mucn einteu
over the prospects of continued high
prices.
war is one among the hardware
merchants of the Cripple Creek dis
trict. For over two years an agree
ment on prices has existed between
all dealers. Recently II was ascer-
tained that n large firm there was
quoting prices to several of the large
mines. and In retaliation one house an
nounced a reduction of ten per cent.
on the price of powder, caps. fuse AMI
candles. All of the dealers have met
and cut and merry war is now on.
The American Beet Sugar Company,
otherwise known as the Oxnaru com
pany. because its president and prin'
cipal owner bears that name, is con-
templating a Rocky Ford addition.
something on the order of Pullman
before II was declared to be an Illegal
ly-conducted institution. But the OK
nard company will avoid such proceed
ings as Will give its enemies any
ground for making the same complaint
against 1t. The addition will he on the
$40 acres of land secured from the
state board at its recent meeting.
The Spring Gulch coal mine OF the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company near
| Glenwood is on fire, and 1t Is feared
the property will be wholly destroyed.
| Fortunately no lives were lost. The
fire originated at the pump house at
the very bottom of the mine and rapid
ly followed the air courses to the sur
face, burning both coal and timbers.
At midnight the flames were still
raging and there is small hope that
any portion of the mine will escape
damage. The origin of the fire Is n
mystery. All the surface openings
have been sealed for the purpose of
smothering the fire and the manage
ment says 1t will be at least three
months before work can be resumed
The entire force of 200 men are laid
of. The superintendent has been in
structed to send all the men to -Placita
that can be used there. as the COM
pany Will make an effort to supply the
$50 coke ovens at Cardiff from that
point.
Colonel Macarey and Lieutenant Col
onel verdeckberg conducted m exam
nation of the charges preferred
against Captain Lew Walsh of COM
pony II, N. G. c. at Boulder on the 2nd.
The examination lasted from 7:45 until
1:15 a. m. The charges preferred were
that the captain was incompetent: that
he has misappropriated company funds
and finally that he was conniving with
members of company II, Colorado vol
unteers, which was formerly the mill
tia compahy OF Boulder, to throw the
control of the company officers in their
hands. From all these charges the
captain stands vindicated. Upon re-
ceiving this judgment he Immediately
resigned his commission. The dis
charge of the ringleaders of the attack
upon Captain Walsh was considered
but II was finally decided to administer
a severe reprimand. This reprimand
wns given by Colonel Macarey to the
entire company.
The j. c. Teller railroad tic case thai
has recently occupied the attention OF
the courts in Wyoming has now
reached the Federal Circuit Court o.
Denver. The United States. through
District Attorney Greeley Whltford. or
the instruction of the attorney general
has filed suit against John G. Teller
and the Union Pacific road for tn,
value of the ties said to have beer
chopped from the public domain nea,
Fort Steele on the North Platte and OF
Mullin creek. Mr. Teller is defendant
in petition for Judgment of S4l,
343.OS, and the Union Pacific railroad
is sued for S26.692.50. The petition sets
forth contract which Mr.. Teller Il
said to have entered into agreeing tt
abide by the decision of Special Agent
George r. Abbott of the general lanf
office, with reference to the number oil
ties In the disputed batch that be
longed to the government The ngen
decided that 11l.7Os We're taken from
government land, and that G7.713 wer,
transferred to the Union Pacific rail
road. The ties are said to have beer
chopped between December, 1897, ant
September, 1898.
Baca land grant No. 4. comprisinp
the richest mountain In the Sangre dc
Cristo range and some of the mos
fertile meadow lands in the San Lui.
valley, will change hands. The It'll,
OF the land Will pass from Quincy A
Shaw OF Boston to the San Luis Valley
Land and Mining Company. which /:
composed of several wealthy and In
fiuential Philadelphians. The 99,2S!
acres OF valley and mountain lant
was sold for S1.4O0.0OO. The deal ha,
not yet been closed, and the money /,
In the hands of n trust company II
. Philadelphia. but II is understood tha
the purchase price will be paid In cash
The land is immensely rich In mineral
the Independence mine. located oil
, Spanish creek, being one of the mos
, promising properties In the south ol