The Monte Vista journal., 1897-07-03
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Ths Aspen Gun Club held . successful
sAsst on the 23rd
A gang Of horse thieves is busy in the VI
| cinity Of LonRmont.
The Colorado Telephone Company IL to
build a block ut Cripple Creek.
The depositors Of the defunct Miners
Bank Of Cripple Greek will get only 30 cents
| on the dollar.
| Robert kunxe was drowned In the state
! reservoir near Monument while fishing. lie
| had 4 Mt and fell In.
new company for the National Guard Of
| Colorado has been formed by cadets from
| the high school Of Denver.
| Out of Nifty candidates examined for
! teachers certificates In the First District
| thlrty-one were successful.
James +. Gregg, son Of Rev. Or. Gregg OF
| Colorado Springs, was given the honor OF
writing the class ode for his graduating
class at Harvard this year. He also won
two prizes.
Colorado College Is trying to purchase the
hnc collection Of Colorado fauna owned by
| Professor Carter of Breckenridge. Profes-
sor Carter prefers 10 have 1t go to Denver
as the basis Of a big state collection.
Trinity Methodist Church, Denver. has
wiped out Its debt of 10000 amid great re
small sums, only one pledge of 5000 being
made. DR.. Cobern. the pastor. Will now
take n vacation and 60 to Europe for the
summer.
Captain r. II. WnGneslcr was killed In
the Enterprise mine. near Rico. while re-
tlmberins an old chute IN block Of ground
being worked under lease by W. W. Par
shall and himself. The ground and timbers
were known TO be treacherous, and great
care was being exercised in the work. BY
some means one Of the old Slopes above
started to slide into the chute where waS-
neser was at work pinned him to the bot
tom and covered him to a depth OF six feet
with rocks and dirt. He was smothered.
II is estimated that at least 10000 worth
OF ore Is stolen each month from the sew
cral mines OF the Cripple Greek district.
The mine managers have regularly employed
detectives TO help save the product OF their
mines, but for all they have their leakages'
The lcakaccs come In many ways, but In
summing up the total loss II Is placed by
the chief detective OF the mine owners or
ganizatlon at ut least $4,000 per month. IL
is not an easy thing to trace up the steal
Ing. but rumor has It that within few
days some very important arrests will be
made.
Emperor william OF Germany is soon TO
world. They are a Colorado product, and
less than a year ago adorned the head OF
Colorado mountain elk. They measure
twelve feet from rip Of beam to tip OF beam
across the skull. and have spread OF sixty
two inches They have been prepared ana
mounted by Professor Gus Stainsky OF Colo
rado Springs. and are now on their way 10
Berlin. where they will be formally pre-
sen,ed to the Emperor. TO be placed by him
In his hunting room or celebration haii'
These antlcr- are without exception the
largest yet discovered.
Articles of agreement for race meeting
have been signed at Denver. On Friday and
Saturday. July 10th and 18th. Walter Sanger
and W. W. Hamilton. In conjunction with
the Denver wheel club. will conduct
,wo.days' race meeting. the chief events
Of which Will he three match races between
themselves The match will consist OF
three raccs-onc mile unpaced. two miles
paced and five miles unpaced, The purse
will he sl,o.p to he taken by the man win
ming two out Of the three events. The pro-
cceds of the meet. when all the expenses
have been paid. will he divided between
the two riders. US they will manage the
meet themselves.
The Poudrc Power Company hn. nlcd mr.
tIcl-s OF Incorporation. The object OF the
company l. to create water power In the
Poudr. canon about twelve miles west OF
Fort Collins aud 10 transmit the same TO n
sv.tem Of powerful dynnmos and to there
by furnish Hight. heat and motive power for
Fort Collins. Greeley, Windsor Eaton and
other town. In the Poudrc valley. plat
OF the compsny's proposed power ditch II
Gled with the corporation papers. The
ditch will be '.G'5 feet In length and twenty
feet Wild. on the bottom. II will have n
fall Of eighty, i've feet and will furnish he
tween $500 and G.ono hors. power. The
promoters OF the sntsrprl-. are In CORE
spondcncc with eastern capitalists, who are
fayorably impressed with the feasibility Of
the scheme and without doubt will furnish
the required capital 10 carry II TO compile
tlon.
Governor Adams. In response 10 telc-
gram from tn. New York World asking his
Views upon the recent Ohio lynchinr. said /:
Lynch law never justlnabic. II legal pen
atty for erin. was infnlllble there would be
no lynchlnr-. To make pnnlshmrnts more
certain and terrible. capital punishment
should bc abolished, murder and rape pun
i.hahle hy M" imprisonment. nnd pardon
power over life sentences taken from the
executive. Conviction for capital crime il
often prevented by prejudice or sentiment
against taking life hr law. there being few
juri.s upon which ther, ar" not members
opposed To death penalty. Eliminate capital
punishment deny pardon aud you insure
certain conviction. Destroy the incentive
To lynch. and inspire In criminal = ten fold
greater fear of th. law than under III. pres
snt system. which AFFORDS many oppor.
tunlti.s Of evasion aud escape. Certain ind
speedy punishment for outrageous crimes l.
the only remedy for lynch law"