The Lamar register., 1891-09-26

mitted the crime.
Dennis Sullivan, a blacksmith, per-
ished in the burning jail at Rico last
week. 1t is supposed that he fired
the building himself.
The fifteenth annual convention OF
the American Humane Association
will be held in Denver, beginning
October s. This is the FIRST meeting
ever held west of the Mississippi
river.
The international Geological Asso-
citation, represented by nearly hun
dred eminent scientists has been
taking view of the West and exam
ining its geological formation. They
were Hospitality entertained in Utah
and Colorado.
A special election was held at
Brighton on the 2lst at which the city
ordinance for water franchise was
submitted to the voters The ordi-
nance was passed by an almost unan-
imous vote, there being only two
: votes in the negative. The plant will
be put in at once.
There are 10 inmates in the Colo
rado industrial school The farm at
tached TO the school has proved
most useful adjunct, both as to profit
on the work and as an advantage in
educating the boys in farm and gar
den affairs. The crops have been
very good and afford a great variety
of food.
An enthusiastic convention OF rep
resentative men has been in session
at FL Paso, Texas, to consider the
possibility of constructing railroad
from that point to Denver. 1t is pro-
posed to run the line through White
Oaks and Las Vegas, New Mexico,
and Trinidad and Pueblo, Colorado.
The proposed route is to be surveyed
at once.
D. F. Burt, teamster, while cross
ing the Santa Fe track at Trinidad
with his team, was struck by. an in
coming passenger train and instantly
killed. The wind was blowing and
the dust was SO dense that it was i'm
possible for the engineer to see the
team. and it is presumed for the
same reason the unfortunate man
A colored man by the name of Will
liam Collins has brought suit at
Salt Lake against the Salt Lake Thea
ter Company, claiming $1,000 dam
ages. Collins alleges that on June
last he purchased ticket to a
performance in the theater, and when
IN his seat an usher came and ordered
him out He maintained that his
rights under the fourteenth amend
ment and the civil rights law eutitle
him to these privileges.
Denver Markets. Eggs-2O@23c;
Butter-Jersey creamery %, dairy
15c; Hay-new upland s12(ds13, sec
ond bottom seG$10; alfalfa $500:
Wheat-$1.35 2 100 lbs; Oats-Sl. .0S
(6s1.1o;-- New potatoes-Sz0c(dSl. as
r 100 lbs; Cattle-choice steers 81. 80
SdS2.80, good hay-fed cows Sl.75d
81. 90, native feeders. $1,000 81. 80;
Hogs-choice s5 100 50 40; Sheep
choice mutton s2.75(9sS.00, common
feeders 81. 25Gs2.5o.
Baron Nordenskjold, the Swedish
baron who has been shipping relic:
from the Cliff Dwellings in Colorado
TO Sweden. has been arrested on the
charge OF removing this property
from the Ute Indian reservation The
charge was preferred by Indian Agent
Bartholomew. A hearing was had
before Justice Newcomb at Durango
and he was placed under $1,000
bonds for his appearance on October
to answer to the United State:
court on the charge of violating his
passport privileges. An attempt will
be made to prevent the relics from
leaving New York.
The Colorado board of equalization
had a meeting Saturday afternoon.
The levy made for state purposes il
as follows: General revenue funds
: 11-30 mills, mute and blind asylum
1-6 OF l mill; Colorado university, i
OF mill; agricultural college, 1-6 O
l mill; insane asylum, l-5 of / mill
stock inspection, Ills of mill; cap
itol building, ] Of / mill; norma
school. 1-6 OF l mill; military poll
tax, 81; state school of mines, 10 o.
l mill. On motion OF Secretary Eaton
levies in excess OF the general levy
were made for the discharge of tn,
Ute war debt, ! OF l mill; to pay in
terest on the capitol building bonds
2-15 of mill.
A New York dispatch says: Th,
report OF an alliance between tht
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and the
Denver and Rio Grande railway com.
panies has received official confrma.
tion in this city. The Atchison Off
cials to-day (the 17th) stated that il
was true that an alliance had beer
formed between the two companies
They gave information very grudg,
ingly, and declared that nc consoli-
dation or lease had been consum
mated. This, it was admitted, was
partially due to the TACT that the law.
of the State OF Colorado prohibited
coalitions. A close traffic agreement
however. is conceded to have beer
entered into. The information from
the offices here was confirmed by re-
ports from Chicago.
Annie Prindle has been sentenced
by Judge Anderson OF Salt Lake to
six months imprisonment Annie
had made an unsuccessful attempt to
kill her lover, Sanford Masterson last