The Springfield herald., 1900-03-30
COLORADO NOTES.

CuuESt anu lett tue Guy. Ilc VIII pe
succeeded by Rev. John Kenny, late
chaplain of Montcalm sanltarium.
| The new officers of the Womans Re
| lief Corps are Mrs. Minnie Il. Kings
| ford of Rawllns, Wyoming, depart
ment president; senior vice, Mrs. Jen-
ME Paddock of Leadyille; junior vice,
| Mrs. Sarah Tucker of Pueblo.
Secretary of State Beckwith is busy
recording the last of the brands as re-
quired by the new law, and says the
work will be finished about the middle
| Of April. He has already turned into
the treasury from this work more than
$4,000 in fees.
After considerable litigation between
the Colorado x Southern Railroad Com
pany and the city of Pueblo, the for
mer, In consideration of the city va
eating certain ground for its benefit,
has made an appropriation of $4,000
to the city, to be used In the construc-
ton of the First street viaduct across
the Fountain river and the Colorado
& Southern tracks. Work Will be re-
sumed on the new viaduct.
James f. Burns has contributed $5,-
600 toward the 100000 TO be raised by
Colorado College before the first of
April, and Frank Peck $1,000. This
leaves to be raised $4,000 in order to
secure the gift of IL friend Of the col
lege of $4,000 for the endowment of
n scientific building. 1t is expected
that the full amount will be raised In
few days.
Judge HaIlett has decided that goods
belonging to bankrupt, held under
attachment ut the time he declared
himself unable to meet his obligations
and had his case formally entered in
the United States Bankruptcy Court,
must be mt once turned over to the
officer having the other goods In
charge. The effect of the decision is
that the attachment loses Its priority
of claim against the goods.
John Jacob Astor Powell, attorney,
is alive, well and practcing law in
Virginia. However, he is not the John
Jacob Astor Powell of Ouray, who
disappeared from Denver not long ago.
John Il. Barnett. II lawyer, is sponsor
for this statement. He thinks the
Ouray lawyer used the Nirginian's
name. Friends of the missing man
think that he is in South Africa, and
one of them says he has letter from
Powell, under recent date, from Jo-
hnnnesburg, where he says Powell is
protecting his South African mining
interests.
A series of suits has been commenced
in the United States courts covering
the taking of timber, coal and other ma
terials from government land. The
first of the suits was filed on February
18th, when the government accused the
Denver Tramway Company of cutting
ties on government land without per-
mission. This suit includes not only
the Tramway company and its officers,
but also the Denver, Leadville & Gun
nison railroad. The suit is n civil one
for the value of the timber taken. The
damages are placed nj S1O,4S9. Last
Friday second suit was filed for dam
ages against Allen NJ. and L. T. Ghost,
1t being charged that they had taken
$3.50 worth of coal from government
land.
The franchise of the Ouray and Red
Mountain toll road, the connecting link
on the Ouray route of the circle trip
SO many people from all parts of the
world have travelled, will expire next
month. The people of Ourny county
expect the company, at the head of
which Is Otto Mears, to give up pos
session at that time, although n new
corporation Is said to have been organ
lied for the purpose of assuming con-
troll. a recent decision in Clear
Creek county case held that no indi-
vidual or corporation could take charge
of toll road after the life of first
franchise had expired. The Ouray road
has been travelled for twenty years by
passengers taking the stage at Silver
ton, and has been n bonanza for the
owners.
Deputy Revenue Collector j. d. AL
lard has returned from near La Veta,
where with X. l.. Myers, deputy from
ln 1nS
chase after an Illicit still The outfit
was located on Beatty creek, eighteen
miles north Of La Neta, in a common
shanty covered with canvas. A copper
still and worm were found that We're
not merely makeshift devices. The ca
pacity was five or ten gallons per day.
The plant was destroyed. Nobody was
found at the shack. but 1t was evident
that moonshine had been made there
recently. Last fall another still was
located and destroyed by Mr.. Allard on
the other side of the Spanish peaks In
Maverick canon. 1t is believed both
stills Were operated by the same men
and arrests in the next few days will
perhaps be made, though on this point
the officers refuse to talk.
That the shipments of meat sent to
the penitentiary have not been full
weight, but have been from fifty to
100 pounds short on almost every
shipment. is claimed by ID. Cognevich.
the former steward of the place. He
was relieved from duty us steward
last month and transferred to the yard
work. This work he refused to do.
and left the pcnitentiary. The stew
ard has memoranda of the weights of
the meat and says he has shown them
to Warden Hoyt, each of the peni-
tertiary commissioners and the gov
ernor. According TO Cognevich. who
says he was discharged from his place