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The state herald., 1902-11-14
WAR OVER ASSESSMENTS.
Teller County Makes a Cut that is De.
ciared Illegal.

Denver. Nov. 1.-THE first gun in
the battle to be waged by county OFF,
cials against the State Board OF
Equalization. In the mater OF al
legged unfair equalization OF assess
ments, was fired yesterday by Coun-
ty Assessor Lysight OF Teller county.
The state auditor received from AS
SCISSOR Lysight an amended abstract
OF the Teller county assessment. re-
ducing the total valuation OF all prop
erty In the county from s20.300.75 to
sl2.309,o9o.
This is a cut OF nearly 5000 900. or
more than one-third OF the total yalu-
alton. Auditor Crouter was not In his
Office when the communication was re-
ccived. but Deputy Auditor Daniels.
who has charge of such matters. was
overcome with surprise. County As
SCISSOR Lysight's letter states that the
figures he submitted were ''as amend
ed by our County Board of Equaliza-
ton in their meeting" and included
the reductions in railroad valuations
made by the state board.
Where the Teller county officials
got their authority to make any such
reduction cannot imagine" said
Deputy Auditor Daniels. "The county
abstracts were all In n month ago. and
the state board passed on them and
made the tax levy. and we have certi-
fled the levy and the amounts due
from the various counties. II is rath-
or late In the day for n county asses
sor to amend his abstract. especially
when he cuts down his total by nearly
ss.O0o.000 In my opinion the action
is clearly Illegal. and ! shall recon-
mend that no attention be paid TO this
amended abstract"
Tho revenue law provides that tho
county commissioners shall sit ms n
board OF equalization on the first and
third Tuefdays In September. and n,
no other time. Section 92 OF the law
provides that the county board may
cqualize. but expressly prohibits II
from making any Increase or decrease
In the total valuation OF u county.
The state herald., 1902-11-14
Non.union Miner Beaten.

Cripple Creek. Colo. Nov. 1l.-C.
II. Michey. n miner employed on the
War Eagle. was brutally assaulted and
beaten by three masked men about IL
O'Clock last night. His assailants
came TO the mine. and. covering c. $.
Johnson. Michey's brother.in-law.
with rcyolyors, ordered him to call
their victim up from below.
Thinking his relative had been hurt.
Michoy climbed the ladder. and on
reaching the surface was Immediately
set upon. lie was taken a short dis
tancc Into the timber and there was
kicked and beaten into unconscious
ness. When he rcgaincd conscious.
ness he came to town and was taken
10 n surgeon. who dressed his wounds
Mlohey Is non.unlon man. and
about ten days ago was requested to
Join the union. This he consented to
do after the next pay day. His bro.
thcrin.law was In arrears In the or.
ganlzatlon, Michcy In member OF
the Odd fellowa. the members OF
which will make every effort. aided by
the police. To approhond his assail
ants.
The War Eagle mine In only n short
distance fro.i the Wild Horse. whore
Mnr'in Gleason was mystcriously mrr.
dorcd about n year ago.
The state herald., 1902-11-14
Engineering Courses in Colorado
College.

With the completion of its new sci
ence hall now being erected at cost
of S250,000, Colorado College will es-
tablish school of engineering. Sew
eral courses will be offered, namely,
a general course in engineering and
special courses, civil engineering and
irrigation, electrical engineering. min
ing engineering and sanitary engineer
ing. The general course will be of
on.professional character, giving op-
portunity for the student to combine
liberal culture studies with those OF
applied science. The first two years
work In the special courses will be
much the game in all, chief emphasis
being laid upon the mathematical
studies preparatory to the later work.
In the last two years the student Will
specialize. having large amount OF
shop work with frequent visits to fac
tories, engineering works, electrical
plants, etc, under the direction of in
structors. It Is intended TO make this
new work very thorough, and several
new professors will be added to the
faculty. men who are thoroughly
trained both on the theoretical and
the practical side Of engineering.
The college will also establish
courses In commerce and finance, and
preliminary courses in medicine and
law. The former will be designed 10
train men In broad way for the
modern forms Of business and com.
mercial life: the latter will be the
equivalent Of the first year In the col
leges OF law and OF medicine OF high
repute, and will thus make 1t possible
for the student to shorten his medical
or law course.
At the compilation of four years
course In engineering the degree OF
Bachelor OF Science In Engineering
will be given: at the completion of
n four years course In commerce. the
student will receive the degree OF
Bachelor OF Science In Commerce
These courses will be offered for the
first time next year. and II is thought
that there are large numbers OF
young men In the state to whom they
will especially appeal.
The state herald., 1902-11-14
Blow to Sal. Combine.

San Francisco. Nov, l0.-Afte'
United States Attorney Woodwork
had concluded argument to-day In th'
United States Circuit Court upon hi
petition to destroy the Federal Sal
Company and its associates. as n trust
United States Circuit Judge Morrow
ordered that the temporary injunction
be made permanent ms TO all the dc
PENDANTS except the Imperial Sal
Company. which was not shown d
have been member Of the trust.
Judge Morrow intimatcd broadl,
that. should his decision be appealc'
from, the United States Circuit cour
Of Appeals. following Its reasoning II
the Red Cedar shinglc trust. the tile
mantel and crate trust and the Goa
trust. would sustain the Injunction.
The decision Kills the snit trust.
An order was made citing the ON
clals Of tho Inland Crystal Salt Com
pany Of Salt Lake to show cause VIII,
the Injunction should not be made per
pctnal against that firm also.
The state herald., 1902-11-14
INEXHAUSTIBLE BEDS OF COAL
ALONG THE NEW MOFFAT ROAD

| vein by strong bench of sandstone a
few feet thick
On top OF each one of the three coal
measures Is cliff of hard sandstone
from thirty to fifty feet high.
The area covered by the Laramie
group. as marked on the geological
map of Colorado. by Hayden. is much
too small. This map shows gulch
penetrating south of the Bear river,
between Hayden and Steamboat
Springs. The limit between the coal
measures Of the Laramie formation
and the other cretaceous deposits be-
low is marked as line directly north
of Hayden. In reality the eastern
limit of the coal fields is north-south
line following few miles to the west
the county road between Steamboat
Springs, as shown on map No. l. That
increases the coal fields by many
thousands of acres.
The coal fields can be subdivided into
four groups, each one having special
characteristics. These are:
The Oak creek coal fields. These oc-
cupy the southeast corner of the coal
deposits and have their outlet towards
Yampa.
These are well developed in several
mines along the river between Steam
boat Springs and Hayden. Only the
outcrops easy of access and close to the
road have been developed.
Third-The Williams river noun
tains coal fields. These coal measures
crop in the north-south valleys. or
rather canons. connecting Hayden and
Io In Riyar vo1Ipyy reaching
either of these two points. They are
directly south of Hayden, which is their
outlet.
The coal of the three fields above
named is a lignitic coal, often of much
better grade than that of the well-dc-
veloped fields of the eastern slope of
the Rocky mountains. ] have seen
piles of large Jumps Of coal, which had
been exposed to the air for several
years, and which had Stacked only
little. Such coal could support trans
portation and long storage.
Fourth-The Pilot Mountain coal
fields. These fields surround the sum-
nit of Mount Pilot, which is mass of
eruptive andesite. and are characterized
by the presence of bituminous coal and
of anthracite. The coal measures out
crop high in the mountain. in very
thickly wooded country, with numer-
Gus shrubs and high grass. so that,
with the exception of a few places
where the creeks have cut their way
through the measures, 1t is nearly i'm
possible to follow the outcrops for any
distance. These fields have two out
lets. one for the west side of the
mountain, to the southwest towards
Hayden, and another for the coal beds
of the eastern slope towards Steamboat
Springs, along the three forks of Deep
creek.
The analyses of the coal show that
the grade is very fair. The percentage
of volatile matter for sixteen anlyses
varies from go to 4i.30 per cent. while
the fixed carbon ranges between $50
and S79S. The moisture is as low as
l.S9 or as high as 1910 per cent. The
ashes give 1.S5 and 22G5 per cent. as
extreme numbers. As will be seen, the
sixteen analyses are taken from all
parts of the coal fields.
The state herald., 1902-11-14
wATTERsoN FINDS HOPE.
Believes Result OF the Elections Fa.
vorabie to Future Of Democracy.

Louisville. Ky. Nov. 6.-Henry Wat
terson regards the result OF Tuesdays
election AS victory for the Democratic
party.
The results OF the general elections"
he says" offer little ground for sur
prise by either side. except. perhaps In
New York. where Golfer has lifted the
Democracy OF the Empire State to its
old position OF leadership In the ma
ton"
The Republicans may profess Ella
tlon because they have been able to
hold the House with most off-year-pre-
codcn,s against them. but after all. con-
sidering the recent decentralization and
divisions In the Democratic party. n
Republican defeat at this time would
have been much more ominous than
the usual off-year defeat OF the party In
power. especially since the Republicans
had made such desperate tight this
year to prevent reverse. the Prcsi-
dent going the remarkable lengths In
usurping power and fcyolutionizing
his constitutional Office to take this
trick In the game OF politics. which he
has played wide-opon and to the limit.
But the Democrats have shown that
they are In better position for the real
measure OF forooa two years hence than
their opponents. and they themselves.
In the main. suspected Except In n
few localities they have proved that
they have come together again: that
they have abandoned the rubbish OF
thf past which they once mngnlncd
into diEscnslon- brocodin. issues. and
have united pgnin In the common cause
OF practical Democracy"
The state herald., 1902-11-14
Bank ReceIver Loses suit.

Denver. Nov. 1.-THE prolonged
litigation growing out Of the dispute
over the building occupied by the
Peoples National Bank of Denver has
ended IN n decision by Judge Sanborn
OF tho United States Circuit Court OF
Appeals. against Edwin +, Brown. re
cciycr OF the bank. Brown sued to re-
cover back the building, claiming that
the national banking act prohibited
such n contract aa that by which the
directors of tho bank turned the build
ing over to George &, Schlcior The
courts held otherwise IN the suit tried
In Alorado and Judge Sanborn NJ
frl b. decision. Schiller owned the
grd which he leased to the bank
for ulIety nine years on certain terms,
Tho bank built n sis-story building up
on II. but after going into liquidation
turned the structure over TO Schiller
under the contract,
The state herald., 1902-11-14

Quite naturally, much interest is be-
ing manifested in the natural re-
sources of the region to be opened up
by the new Moffat railroad. The fol-
lowing article concerning the coal de-
posits of that section is therefore OF
value. 1t is taken from the Engineer
ing and Mining Journal of recent date,
and says:
The new railroad line between Dem
yer and Salt Lake City, which will
pass through Routt county in north
western Colorado, has attracted n
great deal of attention in that coun-
try. Its possibilities are great in all
the agricultural lines, but the main
resources, which will receive the
greatest benefit from the construction
of the new line, are without a doubt
the coal deposits. Their exploitation,
which is only attempted In small
way now, in order to supply the local
demand. will receive a great impetus
when the higher grades Of coal can
reach larger market.
There are extensive deposits of lig-
nitic coal of the same quality as that
exploited in the northern coal fields
of the eastern slope of the Rockies in
Lafayette. Erie, Scranton and the
neighboring towns between Golden
and Boulder AS the output of these
fields could be easily increased, the
coal fields of the western slope, with
an additional freight over the range.
can be only very poor competitor.
However. the home market will be
largely increased with the advent OF
the railroad and demand could be
created in Utah for this grade of coal.
But the future of the coal fields of
Routt county is much more in the
tracts of high grade coal which have
been opened in several localities.
Since the deposition of the coal the
country has been subjected to strong
earth pressure, which has folded up in
long anticlines and synclines the coal
measures with the other formations.
Moreover, the measures have been in
several places cut by dikes and
masses of eruptive rocks, which have
forced their way through. In many
places. by their heat and large out
pouring of steam. they have effected
the transformation OF the coal from a
Ignite with large percentage of
volatile matter into bituminous and
coking coal and even into anthracite.
The coal measures in Routt county,
as everywhere else in Wyoming. Col
orado and New Mexico, are found in
the deposits of the Laramie formation.
They belong to the latest part of the
cretaceous epoch. Just before the dawn
OF the tertiary. 1t is soft-water form
alton. deposited in large. shallow Ia
goons. with semi-tropical vegetation.
In many cases the marshes were prob
ably more or less in communication
with the open sea. The strata are an
alienation Of massive or thick-bedded
sandstones with beds of shale. The
Laramie formation is from 1000 to l.
800 feet thick. with three levels of coal
measures. one at the bottom. anothe:
in the middle and the third one at the
top. Each of these three coal meas
ures has several veins and often sew
eral of workable size, of thickness
varying from four to fifteen feet, OF
course, veins from a few inches up oc-
cur yet more frequently. AS rule.
each vein is separated from the next
The state herald., 1902-11-14
An,I.Trus, Law Sustained.

Lincoln. Ncb.. Nov. G.-Thc Nebras
kn Supreme Court to-day gave doci
sion sustaining tho conhtltutlonality
of the state antitrust law. which had
been attacked by the Nebraska Retail
Lumber Dealers Association. m de
fondant. In suit for damage. chnrg
ing that the retail dealer had been
forced out ~ the business, The law
esomp,H laboring men, The conr,
holds the association 10 he unlawful
but dlsmisscs the suit M 10 the an
socia,ion because II Ia not incorpor,
atcd. The members of the association
are held liable for damages.
The state herald., 1902-11-14
DEMOCRATS SAVE ONE
Republicans Concede Election of Sharoth, but Claim
Defeat of Entire Democratic State Ticket.

Denver, Nov. 7.-This mornings Re-
publican says:
The entire Republican state ticket
was elected last Tuesday. John A.
Holmberg for auditor led the ticket in
The state by about 1900 votes, accord
ing to the imperfect returns so far re-
ceived on the rest of the ticket, besides
governor and congressman. The ma
jority on the head of the ticket remains
in the neighborhood of 5000.
Mrs. Helen Grenfell led her ticket by
approximately 1000 votes, but is not
within walking distance of the prom
lsed land. Mrs. Anna B. Brandt
of Teller county will secure her
certificate of election with 1000
votes to spare. Mrs. Grenfell had
the help of the Populist vote and she
also had some votes from the Repub-
licans on account of her personal pop
ularity. The reports which formed the
forlorn hope of the Democratic sheets
that Mrs. Grenfell had squeezed
through, were punctured by more de-
tailed reports. She gained in the
towns but lost in the country.
The Democrats have carried Arapa-
hoe county, on the face of the unotn-
cial returns, by a plurality somewhere
between $500 and 1000. The former
figure is given at the Republican coun-
ty headquarters after very careful
compilation of the returns and the lat
ter figure is the Democratic claim.
The actual result is somewhere be-
tween these two.
+. L. Brooks and II. NJ. Hogg are
certainly elected to Congress. John
Il. Shafroth appears on the unofficial
returns to have plurality OF some
thing like 800. Mr.. Bonynge yesterday
put an expert accountant to work to
add up the returns from Arapahoe
county. He telegraphed to the county
clerk of each of the other counties in
the district for the official figures.
With these. and with reliable figures
and estimates from counties where the
clerks did not respond. Mr.. Bonynge
found that outside of Arapahoe county
he had a plurality of 2,5iO. The
Shafroth plurality in Arapahoe
county he figures at 1852, so
that Mr.. Shafroth's net plurality
will be only about 500. 1t may be said
that Mr.. Bonynge's figures on the
county agree with those Of the coun-
ty committee, though computed sep
arately.
Twelve of the eighteen senators have
been elected by the Republicans, and
there is one Republican hold-over, SO
that after the number of the senators
has been reduced to fit the constitu-
ton, by one means or another, there
will be on joint ballot a Republican
majority of at least ten and perhaps OF
thirteen members. A report has been
circulated that Elect
Garcia and Riley from the southern
)art OF the state had agreed to vote for
Teller, but Senator w. II. Adams, who
zones from the same section and Is
Democrat, said yesterday that he had
never heard OF any such promise.
The only way the Democracy may
prevent the election of n United States
senator by the Republicans is by hav-
Ing the Democratic Senate refuse to
20 into Joint session. This was the
reason why such interest was shown in
the possibility that Thomas Annear
had been elected lieutenant governor
With Democrat presiding over a
Democratic Senate. all kinds OF delays
could be caused.
The state herald., 1902-11-14
PEACE in The PHILIPPINES.
Good Report sr'usht by Governor
Wight.


Honolulu, Nov 1.-The transport
Sumner arrived here October 30th en-
route to San francisco with Gen. A.
r. Chaffee and Vie Governor Luke e.
Wright of the Philippines on board.
The steamer passed through terrible
experience In a typhoon soon after
leaving Manila. She lost one of her
boats and had several damaged, and
for number of hours was in grave
danger.
In an interview published by the
Commercial Advertiser, Governor
Wright had the following to say OF
conditions in the Philippines and
their future:
"The development following the in
auguration OF the civil government of
the islands have been most satisfac-
tory. We have now civil government
almost everywhere and the people
seem to be learning it's advantages.
The system of provincial and munici-
pal government has worked well. Dur
Ing the past year there has not been
single defalcation and very few thefts.
There Is degree of peace and safe
ty in the Philippines now that was
never reached under the Spanish rule.
The Spaniards used to pay the brig
ands to keep the peace and we have re-
fused to continue this system. After
the passage of the Philippine bill last
year. we established the insular con-
stabulary and we now have 5000 of
these police. Hs find that they are
the best men for the business and
they have cleared the provinces oflaw-
breakers with great rapidity. The SER
vice is one which appeals to the ma
tives. for the police are chosen from
the tribes where they must serve.
THE future of the islands will be a
great one What are needed most are
railroads and, these may be built soon
by American capital. There is trunk
line on the island of Luzon now under
consideration, and its building Will
help matters greatly"
The Sumner left Honolulu last Mon
day and is expected to arrive here TO-
morrow with Major General Chanee
and Vice Governor Wright on board.
The state herald., 1902-11-14
unsuee.ss,ul A,,.mp, to Rob a Train.

Austin. Tex. Nov. i0.-Thc st.
Louis nyor to Mexico city over the
International and Great Northern. due
here n o o'clock tonight. owes It's
safety To the fact that n local pnsScn.
ger ahead of II running two hours and
n half behind time crashed into pile
Of debris placed ON the track prcsum.
ably To wreck the ilyor,
Five mllea from the city. Just on
the edge Of III. mountain ranges and
near the scene of three famous hold.
ups. tho local train smashed into u
biz pile OF rocks aud cross ties that
had bccn driven between the rails.
The train had slowed M To discharge
passengers and was not dcraiicd. Two
suspicious characters were noticed
near the scene earlier In the day.
The state herald., 1902-11-14

Chicago, Nov. ii.-Scnatora Bcycr.
ldgo of Indiana. Nelson Of Minnesota.
Dillingham; Of Vermont, hate Of Ton.
nosheo and Heltfeld of Idaho viii
leave Chicago tomorrow night for
Oklahoma. New Mexico and Arizona.
To investigate those tcrritoricn' claims
10 statehood. The nyc senators nrc
the members of the senatorial sub,
committee on territories. and II In
likrly that their report will have much
weight with the upper House OF Con.
grenn.
senator Dillingham; arrived hero TO.
nlRhi, and IN awaiting the arrival Of
the other members Of the committee.
The state herald., 1902-11-14
Women as Walking Calendars.

In Siam every woman is a walking
calendar. On Sunday red silk. with q
parure Of rubies. is worn: Monday
orings a silver and white dress and a
necklace OF moonstones; Tuesday il
dedicated to light red. with coral orna-
menis; Wednesday is devoted to green.
with emeralds; Thursday sees display
OF varieeated colox. with eats eyes:
Friday the lady is arrayed in pale blue.
with flashing diamonds. and Saturday
In more somber. darker blue. with sap.
phires TO match.
The state herald., 1902-11-14
Democrat. Claim Gain. In Wyoming

Denver. Colo. Nov Tho Chey.
cnna correspondent of the Rocky
Mountain News says; IA returns
from outlying precincts In tho state
come In !, lH evident that Republican
claims were overconfdont The ma
iofitlcs for Republican state candi
dates viii not be 10 great m predicted
yesterday, The Democrats have
gained twelve members of tho Lcsls
latufo over the number two years ago
The state herald., 1902-11-14
wanhInrton. Noy. ii-Iy a dlyldc

Washington. Nov, ii.-l,y n divided
court, the United States Supreme
Court to-day affirmed the decision Of
the Supreme Court Of New Hampshire
In the cnnc of Clarence y. Collins YER
suH that state. The case involved the
constllu,ionnliiy of the New lInmp.
shire state law requiring olcomargn.
rinc 10 be- given color different from
the color ~ butter, or 10 be labeled.
The validity Of the law was suH.
inined by the court below. aud the NJ.
feet Of the action of the federal Su
prcmo Court II 10 validate tho opln
Ion. Notwithstanding tho court was
evenly divided.
The state herald., 1902-11-14
Liability Of Express Companies.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE Supreme
Court handed down decision to-day
that AN express company may not
limit its liability for property lost
through It's negligence because Of the
statement ON It's printed receipts that
II viii not be liable for any sum OK.
ceedlng $50. The decision was rem.
dered In an appeal from Judgment
rendered In favor NJ Jacob G. Simon
against Dunlap'a Express Company.
Simon sued for 1850. the value of n
pair Of lace curtains. and secured
Judgment.
The state herald., 1902-11-14

slr Henry Irving has a new roln
iion for tho deserted" village prob.
lem. lie proposes to abolish high
kicking" In tac thsaiofs SO that IL
why We arc becoming ovorcon,ralixed.
Down with high kicking and restore
the equilibrium
The state herald., 1902-11-14

The uu,u,ored negro once boy In
virginia who revealed TO the admin.
is,ra,or Of an estate the hiding place
Of fortune In cash. the existence OF
which was not even suspected. ought
20 be mric cashier of bank regard.
ieHs Of his color or age,