The Springfield herald., 1900-05-04
COLORADO NOTES

| capture six mountain sheep A1S! VI
be placed in the geological Y@rA 81
| Washington.
| Sam Kibler. s. blacksmith working
in the Ready Cash mine. Near Lad
vile. nearly lost his life in s2oWs-,ce
last week. After being buried eighteen
hours he was rescued. and none too
soon TO save his life
The Agricultural Experiment Station
has Just issued bulletin - On -Strsw-
berries This give> direcnouS Il ~
gard to the management OF plsEr2T2cls-
| irrigation. cultivation and general c2r'=-
as well as 8 description Of the T2-sous
varieties which have b--e1 tested 81
the experiment station The bulletin
may be obtained free hy address ~ the
Director Of the Experiment station
Fort Collins. Colorado.
Father T H Malone VIII represent
Colorado in the International Congress
of Public and Private Charities from
July 5dTh TO August 9TH. at the Paris
Expos irion. The meeting Wednesday
nich1 OF The State B0ard Of Clarifies
ana Corrections made the appointment
Of Father Malone No none! can b
appropriated By the board fOr e1-
pe1ssS Of lis members beyond the lin
its OF the United States % Faths- Ma
lone VIII hzve TO bar the coS- Of the
trip
The Colorado SchSol Of Mines VIII
turn OuI this year Iven1g-s-ven snci-
ne-=-s- the largest in the history OF the
Institution OF the seventy boys who
years ago. there are left only fifteen 10
receive degrees. this being about the
usual Per cenI that makes the course
4 few left voluntarily. but the majority
we've those who iiunkei out under the
rigorous course that has given the in
stitu1ion is fame as one Of the most
thorough technical schools in the world
Twelve Of the present class were re-
ceived in advance standing
The state convention OF the Peoples
party met al Florence on the 18th and
nominated delegates 10 the national
convention as follows T VI. PatJer-
son d A NILS William Durham. Il
G Sherman. T ]. Harf, Frank Mad
don. I H Stratron. +. L. Hawkins,
John Uslow. i. II. Nichols. ]. 7.
James Jackson RhineS. 7. W Mona
han : +. Euhanks. p. y. McPhee, \.
B. Cray. pora Phelps Buell.. c. ".
Roe J. A Edger1on. Olive VI. Bacon.
J L Wallace +. w overs. /. c. Kin
ikin- Neal Mckenzie. ]. II. Moore, D.
N Campbell. r. /. Hubbard. J. y.
Harris Elmer r BeckwiJh. Mrs Sue
NJ Callahan. W. J Thomas. L. T.
Cray r : F.Stler. b B. Bloom. C. T.
Philn. A y Towney. H. T. O'Reily
and T A Auuiss-
Scientific knowledge and photography
VIII aid the party which leaves Denver
Monday night 10 make new discoveries
in the ruins Of The Cliff dwellers in Col
0rado and New Mexico. There viii be
four men in the party: Rev. Camden
II. Cobern Of Trinity NJ L. Church.
who j. scientist Of noie. and Cecil \.
Desin.. custodian Of the war relics in
the capitol. learned by year, Of expert
ence and scientific study OF the ancient
people Besides himself and Mr..
He5ue. Dr. COberu said that Rev. J. c.
Gullette and Professor J. L. Cutler
would Be IN the party Mr. Gullette l.
n skilled photographer. and Professor
Cutler Is eminenly fitted for such re-
search O. VIII be afforded by 4 visit
to the ruins Of the Cliff dwellers. DR.
Coberu said that the party expected to
spend al least n month In exploring the
ruins Prom the southwest the expedi-
ton viii 20 10 Aztec. New Mexico. and
double back in a northwesterly direc-
zion 20 some entirely unexplOred ruins
that have never been visited by scien-
tific men.
Two cases of Interest to the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company. and to Colo
ardO people generally. have Just been
decided by The United States Court of
Appeals Al -. Louis. Some time ago
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
at Pueblo. iiled bill for Injunction and
damages against the Southern Pacific
company in an effort to restrain the
railroad c1mpany from putting iito
force freight on merchandise from
Pueblo to San Francisco and other Pa
cific coast points alleged TO be extor-
ti0n. viz. Sl.G0 per 100 pounds from
Pueblo TO san Francisco. The matter
was laid before thct interstate com
merce cimmissiOn. and after a hearing
7 the commission ordered the Southern
Paciff. to give a rate of 10 cents DER
100 pounds on steel rails and fasten-
ings, and BIZ cents per 100 on bar iron
I cast iron. water pipe. billets. etc The
commission declared that the rate from
Pueblo to san Francisco should not be
2 in excess Of seventy-fiye per cent. Of
I that in effect between Chicago and san
I Francisco. The Southern Pacific for Il
7 time obeyed the order, but later raised
| the rates to 60 and - cents. Then the
iron company went into court with the
hill for 4 mandatory Injunction. and in
addition asked for 100000 damages
/ The court awarded the Injunction, but
disallowed the claim for damages
Both appealed. The Court of Appeals
declared the fixing Of the Accent and
3T1A-cent rates by the interstate COM
merce commission was Inconsistent
with decisions of the United Safest Su-
preme Court. 1t is held, however. that
the commission had right to recon-
mend the seventy-tive per cent. rate.
The restraining order granted by the
lower court is held erroneous. and the
case is reversed and remanded for an
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