The Bessemer indicator., 1893-04-22
NEWS OF THE WEST.

4 fro u orAsads on the nth destroyed the
Union block Of eight buildines-
The machinists Of the Union Pacinc at
Denver quilt work on the 18th.
Paderewski, the pianist, captivated the
Denyet people with his playing.
Governor Waite has appointed Henry L.
Acker Of Salida Us insptc.or Of metalliferous
| mines.
| Colorado 10 the first state In the Union to
pass law foroiddipg the insurance OF child
rem under ten years OF age.
! 1t ts stated that the Chicago 4 Northwest
crn Railway has secured q right OF way into
Denver Mt the cost OF 81, 100000.
Caleb Smith, travelling freight agent, has
been named temporary agent Of the Rio
| Grande, at Aspen, to succeed j. u. Waters,
resigned.
| Rev. o. Z. Ostenson, who has built up .
good sized congregation Of EpiscopAlians At
Grand Junction, has accepted call 10 do the
same work at Meeker.
| The city superintendent section OF the
| Colorado Teachers Association met at Pueblo
April Is, IA and Is, at the Central High
School, to consider \ programme OF topical
| discussion.
Chief of Police Veatch OF Denver shipped =
Chicago on the 10th. They are tough gang
| OF professionals whom It wRs found to be i'm
| possible to convict
| The State Land Board h as decided TO aban-
| don the auction system of oral bids for leaves
| of state lands and in future will advertise for
| sealed bids. Not more than one bid Will be
| received from one person.
The Denver & Rio Grande announce a
great reduction In passenger rates between
Denver and Pueblo and the Western slope.
This should and undoubtedly will prove a
decided stiinulant to travel between these
sections.
Governor Waite has removed john W. Nc
Daniels OF Rocky Ford superintendent of
Irrigation District No. 2, aud has appointed
William Matthews to fill the uneIpired term
OF two years. The ground for removal was q
charge of neglect of duty.
The slopes in the Bsssick mine caved in
Sunday night from the S0-foot to the 5O0-foot
levels. The shaft WAS not damaged. Mr..
Bassick is preparing to sink 500-foot shaft
on the Augusta, adjoining the Bassick niue.
This property Is thought to be AS good as the
Bassick II properly developed.
An appalling calamity occurred at the
Busk-1vanhoe tunnel on the 18th prena-
ture explosion instantly killed five workmen,
tearing their bodies In pieces. Several others
were severely injured. The cause of the eY-
plosIon is not certainly known but is sup
posed to have been caused by the electric
wires being connected too soon. All shots
are exploded by electricity.
Denver Markets-Eggs ranch 16c, state
l5c; butter. best creamery 30632c, dairy 22c !;
hay, upland bAled &llC9$i2, second bottom
s00(SS9. 90 alfalfa &c 90 ;whcatg0c ;corn, bulk
Use; sacked s3c; oats, q. lo, sacked sl.23;
potatoes Los; cattle, choice steers o.. 15
ga .25, cows 81 5Otat8 80, native feeders 81. 10
g$3.50; hogs, choice g. 65; spring chickens
14c; hens, $3.50 y doz
1t Is currently rum ored that after May
the offices Of the treasurer and auditor Of the
Colorado Midland railway will be removed to
Topeka Kansas. This move Is the result OF
the consolidation of the Colorado Midland
into the Colorado branch of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fc. The offlces are at pres
ent located In Colorado Springs, and the
change will mean the loss OF twenty-five or
thirty men, In the employ of the offices, and
their removal TO Topeka.
Frank Black, employe Of the Dave
Wood stage line, was seriously injured at
Cripple Creek few days ngo. lie was trying
to hold the lead horses of his team by the
bits, they being scared at the whistle Of an
engine. In some way he slipped and the
horses ran away. Black fell under the
wheels of the heavy Concord coach and was
badly hurt, but 1t is thought he will recover.
The stage was overturned after the team ran
block. No great harm WAS done.
An accident occurred In the Burns niue on
Bull Hill, Cripple Creek, Tuesday evening" by
which Hiram Harrit lost his life. The shaft
on the Burns is down about 150 feet, and at
the ffty-foot Level a drift was run In which
Harris was employed rs trammer. At this
level there is trap door over the remainder
been left open, nnd as Harris came out with
the car, not knowing but what 1t was shut,
he fell to the bottom, distance of 100 feet.
He was killed instantly by the fall, probably
being dead before he struck the bottom.
Governor Waite has vetoed the bill amend
ing the assessment law, assessing property at
its full value. He says: "The amendment
provides penalty for not assessing property
at its full value now required by law. 1t
throws the burden OF seeing that county as
SCISSORS assess property at its full value upon
the State Board OF Equalization, who must re-
port all violations of the law TO the attorney
general OF the state, whose duty IL is to pre-
sent such violations to the proper court of the
state. No appropriation is made 10 the at
torney general 10 pay the Increased expense.
1t might possibly be payable from the general
contingent fund, with other expenses OF the
State Board of Equalization. My objection
to the bill Is that 1t Is impractical. Our pres
ent system of taxation Is unjust; professcdly
equal 1t imposes the burden OF taxation upon
those least able TO bear It. The present bill
docs not strike at the root OF the difficulty"