The silver star., 1897-09-23
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Telluride is to have large new
hotel.
The State Normal School has an en-
rollment of 425.
Nearly 10000 people visited Grand
Junction on Peach Day.
The State University of Boulder will
probably have $50 students this term.
Democrats. Populists and Silver Re-
publcans of Washington county are TO
fuse.
Grand functions big celebration end
ed on the 9th with cowboy tourna-
ment,
English capital has been secured to
build the Colorado Springs 4 Cripple
Creek electric railway.
George Kallo who murdered q fellow
Italian at Newcastle IA year ago has
just been arrested in British Columbia.
The woman's Club VI Denver has un-
dertaken to entertain and chaperone
the young ladies who are TO act as
maids of honor at the Festival Of
Mountain and Plain.
The coroner's jury at Newcastle de-
cided that the blame for the terrible
collision near that place on the 9th
rested upon the engineer and conduc-
tor of the Midland freight train.
A terrible collision occurred a mile
and half west of Newcastle on the
9th, between Il Rio Grande passenger
train and a Midland freight. AT least
fifteen persons were killed and many
others injured.
The Monte Vista Milling and Eleva-
81,
ton of a second elevator in Monte Wis
ta TO hold 10000 bushels of grain. This
is made necessary by the immense
wheat crop which is now practically
harvested.
On October II the state land commits
sioner will sell at La Jara, 1,600 acres
of state school land adjacent to the
Mormon settlement at Sanford. The
land will be sold in small lots and it is
expected that nearly all the land will be
bought by Mormons.
Judge Lunt of Colorado Springs has
rendered a decision in favor of County
Clerk Bates in the mandamus pro-
ceedings to compel the clerk to register
votes at Cripple Creek by canvassing
as ordered by the county commission
ers. The decision will be appealed to
/ 'AS A-hPithio tohtN III a NNAy iSW Nhy o.
Register Paddock of the State Land
office has been investigating in regard
| to the land due the state from the gen
eral government as indemnity for
school lands coniiscated for forts. mill
tary and other reservations. He esti-
mates that the land due the state
amounts to over 20O,O0t acres. and a
special agent will probably be sent to
/ Wnc Nj h.A dc in
the General Land Office to get exact
data, so that the state ~ make its Sc
| lections.
o. Il. Miller. the Denver man who 10
in the penitentiary for helping TO wreck
the Commercial National Bank of Den
yer, has been granted "A new trial by
the Court of Appeals. Miller says that
| during the former trial he hnd not be-
lieved that II would result in his going
to the penitentary, and had kept quiet
and was the scapegoat of others. This
would not be the ease in the next trial,
which would be solely on its merits. He
said that the judge who heard the case
during the former trial had $1,000 of
his indorsed paper in his possession AT
the time and should never have been al
lowed to try the case. Miller states
that he has recovered some of the pa
per since his trial and conviction.
The Gulf road will inaugurate train
gale system on the division from Den
yer TO Boulder and thence to Fort Col
lins. 1t is the first system of this sort
TO be tried in Colorado. The gates are
five feet high and are operated by lev
ers from the inside of the ear. Before
the train is in motion. and until 1t
comes to Il full stop. the gates are
= closed. No accidents, such az being
thrown from II platform or falling
from the train, or an attempt to catch 1t
after it starts will be impossible. AT the
stations the gates will he opened only
on the depot side. Confusion is avoid
ed and the liability of accidents Is
greatly lessened. The system will be
In operation after September 18th.
a meeting was held al Denver on the
9th to form n state bar association. 1t
was attended by leading Denver attor-
neys. and several from other cities.
The officers will consis, of president.
two vice presidents, secretary and
treasurer These Will all be elected at
the next meeting which will be held in
the Brown Hote! mt = o'clock. October
9th, the day preceding the festival. The
following permanent committees were
provided for: Executive. admission
grievances, law reforms, legal educa
ton. legal biography. A special com
mIttee consisting OF Hugh Butler Ed.
ward l.. Johnson, Lucius w. Hoyt and
Caldwell Ycaman, was named TO con.
slider the advisabilty of Incorporating.
The date OF the first annual meeting
and banquet was set for July s. 1898,
and Colorado Springs will be the place.
The receiver OF the Colorado Midland
road aciing on the suggestion OF the
new owners OF the properly, has finally
decided to abandon the present contract
with the owners OF the Busk- -Ivanhoe
tunnel. which has been lensed by the
Midland since December, 1893. at nm
annual rental OF SS7 800. During the
negotiations preliminary to the reorgnn n.
ization OF the Midland various PROPOSE
tions were considered by Receiver Rls.
tine relative to either the purchase or
the Leasing OF the tunnel at moderate
sum. The receiver felt that the price