The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06

many particulars concerning the capi-
tai contest, placing the total eXpendi-
ture in behalf of Anaconda in that con
test at from $350.OO0 TO S45O,O0o.
The United States Supreme Court has
denied the application of Captain Ober-
lin M. Carter, recently convicted by
court martial of defrauding the gov
ernment, for II review of his case by
that tribunal, and thus ended one of
the most desperate contests in the his
tory of military law Although the
punishment imposed upon Captain Car
ter is one of the severest sentences
ever recorded, and the members of the
court have consistently refused to rec
ommend clemency, his attorneys and
many loyal friends still assert his in
nocence and consider him the victim
of conspiracy. No defendant in a
criminal case, however, had better or
more influential counsel, and they have
exhausted every resource that could
be devised Nothing except the pardon of
the President now remains between
| Captain Carter and the penitentiary.
| Carter will probably be taken to Leav-
| cnworth, Kansas mt once, under n
guard, to begin serving his five-year
sentence in the military prison there.
Major General John X. Brooke. who
has been in Washington since his re-
cent detachment from duty as COVER
nor general of Cuba, has been slated
| for the command of the military de-
partment of the East, with headquar-
tiers at New York City. The change in
| that command will not occur until
June next, when Major General Wes-
| ley Merritt will retire. General
Brooke was offered his choice of the
| commands of the Department of the
Lakes and the Department of the East,
and expressed his preference for the
| latter assignment. General Merritts
retirement will result in the promo
ton of Brigadier General Il. S. Otis
major general United States volun-
teers), commanding the military forces
in the Philippines, to the grade of mA-
jor general in the regular establish
ment. 1t will also make a vacancy in
the list of brigadier generals of regu-
lars, which will be filed by the ap-
| pointment of some officer who has rem
dered distinguished services in the
| Philippine campaign.
| Between Lucero and Guadalapita, on
| Coyote creek, in Mora county, active
work is being done by Colorado people
on several very rich copper prospects.
1t is only lately that this section is be
ing exploited on account of the grant
question, which, until few months
ago, clouded titles in one of the richest
copper belts in New Mexico. extending
from western Mora county through
Taos, northern Santa Fe county to Rio
Arriba county, where at Laja Rosa
and other camps Cleveland capitalists
have lately invested. On the Mora
county prospects old shafts We're found
that had been sunk twenty years ago
for gold. On the dumps We're picked
up many nuggets of solid copper
glance. Numerous veins We're discov-
cred cropping out ut the surface and
these We're traceable for miles by dikes
of lime and porphyry, the veins lying
between. The ore carried forty-eight
| TO eighty-five per cent. copper, with Il
little gold and silver. A copper matte
smelter is to be located on the prop
erty, and as there is plenty of water
and timber and coal in that section,
mining and smelling operations can be
carried on very cheaply.
Senator Warren proposes that the
people of Hawaii shall have home
rule. A residence for many years in
territory convinced the senator, he
says. that it is a very undesirable state
of affairs which permits persons who
| live many thousands of miles distant,
and who have no personal knowledge
of the local conditions. to make laws
and prescribe duties for territorial resi-
dents The bill taken up by the SEN
ate recently providing a form of gov
ernment for Hawaii, prescribes that
| the franchise shall only be extended
to male citizens of the islands, thus
preventing local legislation on the sub
ject of franchise. TO correct this Sena-
tor Warren has introduced an amend
ment to the bill. reciting that at any
time after January l, 1903, the Legis-
go.
lawfully qualified voters of the terri
tory such changes and notifications
for electors as they shall see fit; and
the same being adopted by majority
vote, taken in the mode prescribed by
the Legislature, shall be valid and
binding ms law.
Miss Lillian Pauncefote, daughter of
Lord Pauncefote. British ambassador
to the United States, was married at
noon Saturday TO Hon. Robert Bromley
of Stokehall. Neward. Nottinghamshire,
England The wedding was one of the
most notable that has occurred in
Washington for many years. Quaint
old st. Johns church, where the cere-
mony was performed. is one of the
landmarks of Washington. an outward
ly dingy little stucco-coated building of
colonial type. just across from Lafay
cite Square from the executive man
sion. Its capacity is about 500, stand
ing room included. and this did not
serve to accommodate nj 1.-THE of those
who wished to witness the ceremony.
The ceremony was performed by Rt.
Rev. Bishop of Washington. Henry
Yates Satterlee, assisted by Rev.
Charles Mackay Smith, rector of st.
Johns. After the ceremony wedding
breakfast was served at the embassy
to 400 guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Bromley
later left for Palm Beach, Florida. and
will soon return to England, where the
young matron will be presented at
court.
Mr. Tillman has been trying to jus