The Meeker herald., 1896-02-15
COLORADO CONDENSED.

The State Land board ID receiving
many application for the lease and pur-
chase Of Land.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
and Manufacturers' Exchange have de-
cided to consolidate.
Owen Deeming injured himself in a
Denver gymnasium a few nights aga
and died in two hours
The railroads are still at outs on the
coal question and the price has dropped
another notch, northern coal selling at
S2.45 and southern at $3.50.
In the Supreme court Justice Goddard
has handed down decision which rules
that an Insurance policy on the life OF
dead person cannot be garnisheed for
debt
Denver's first cycle show opened At
Denver on the 4th, and the big hall has
been crowded ever since. The show is
a fine one and besides all varieties Of
wheels there are all sorts of novelties on
exhibition.
Judge Northcutt In the District court
at Trinidad. has passed the death SEN
tence on Noble, Holt and Romero. the
three men who were convicted Of mur-
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man John Solomon last November.
The Colorado Midland railroad has
let out the contract for the building OF
their mammoth depot at Cripple Greek
to Contractor Murphy Of Omaha The
building II to cost $4,000 and will be
OF sandstone and pressed brick, the In
terror being of hard wood.
The mean temperature at Denver dur
ing January was 81 degrees above
zero. which is, with the exception OF
1898, when 1t was 80. higher than any
year of which the weather bureau has
any record. The average for twenty
four years has been % degrees.
The six foot Of coking coal, which tha
Union Coal and Coke company have
been tunneling after for three months,
has been struck. The new find is 10
Gated fifteen miles from Glenwood On
the line Of the Midland coal branch,
and IL figured as a big advantage to
that section.
T. G. Henry has almost perfected
plans for bringing colony OF farmers
from Eastern states to locate on lands
along the Platte. There is prepared for
them large tract Of land under ditch
about 100 miles from Denver, and Mr..
Henry has been working upon the
project more than year.
Representative John W. Lowell was
elected secretary of the State Board OF
Charities and Corrections, to succeed J..
H. Gabriel, at a meeting Of that BODY
held Saturday afternoon in Governor
Mc1ntire's office. His eligibility to hold
the position was questioned, but an opln-
ion rendered by Attorney General Carr
disposed Of the objection.
One of the three suits which have
threatened to take from the owners OF
tho little Johnny mine at Leadville part
Of the wealth OF the famous properly
was dismissed in the United States Cir
cult court Thursday by Judge Riner on
the ground that the charges OF fraud
made as the basis Of the suit were not
established. There remain two other
suits, each like this one. for a sixth
interest. to be decided In the federal
court.
President w Il. Slocu.a of Colorado
college, has rendered his resignation as q
member Of the State Board Of Pardons
and the State Board of Charities and
Corrections to Governor McIntire, and j.
has been accepted. The governor has
appointed Chancellor w. F. Mcdowell
Of Denver university to the vacant place
on both boards. The resignation OF
President Slocum was due to the increas-
ing burden Of his college work, which
made 1t necessary for him to devote his
entire time to his educational labors.
Considerable talk has been caused at
Durango by the development of the fact
that several thousand acres of land on
the Florida river and Mesa, part of
which has been patented to white set
tiers for years, has been given to the
Ute Indians by Agent Day and Allot-
ment Commissioner Schutze. The set
tiers are all right, but the Indians will
suffer II the secretary OF the interior ap-
proves the allotment. This condition Of
affairs La here believed to prove that the
work was done at the agency, instead Of
on the ground, as is required by law.
The last chapter In the Wells-Fargo
robbery case. which occurred In Colo
RADIO Springs last November, was closed
Wednesday afternoon In the District
court, where George Krout, the night
express agent at the depot. came into
court and pleaded guilty to the robbery,
and was sentenced to five years In the
penitentlary. This was In accordance
with the confession which he had pre-
viously made. All Of the $4,000 taken,
with the exception of $125, has been re-
covered at his home in Illinois and In this
city. His father was deemed by the
Wells-Fargo officers as Innocent Of any
criminal intent In the matter and he will
therefore not be proceeded against.
Krout was taken to the penitentiary uu-
der guard of officers.
The handsome new school building at
Telluride, which Is nearly completed,
collapsed on Thursday morning. Il
was to have been finished March at
a cost Of sec, 900. The contractors must
stand this loss. Various theories are
advanced as to the cause Of the catas-
trophe, but all are merely speculations
and the primal cause, perhaps, will
never be known. The roof of the huild-