The state herald., 1897-07-02
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The Aspen Gun Club held successful
shoot on the 23rd.
A gang of horse thieves is busy in the Vi
cinlty OF Longmont.
The Colorado Telephone Company Is to
build block at Cripple Greek.
The depositors of the defunct Miners
Bank of Cripple Creek win get only 30 cents
on the dollar.
Robert Kunzc was drowned In the state
reservoir near Monument while fishing. He
had fit 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,
thirty one We're successful.
James y. Gregg, son OF Rev DR.. Gregg OF
Colorado Springs, was given the honor OF
writing the class ode for his graduating
class ut Harvard this year He also won
two prizes.
Colorado College Is trying TO purchase the
fine collection OF Colorado fauna owned by
Professor Carter of breckenridge. Profes'
sor Carter prefers to have 1t go to Denver
ns the basis Of n big state collection.
Trinity Methodist Church. Denver has
wiped out Its debt of 100000 amid great re-
joiclns. The money was raised mostly IN
small sums, only one pledge Of So,ooo being
made. DR.. Cobcrn, the pastor, Will now
take vacation and go to Europe for the
summer.
Captain II. II. Wagnesler was killed In
the Enterprise mine, near Rico, while re-
timboring an old chute In n block OF ground
being worked under lease by w. W. Par
shall and himself. The ground and timbers
were known to be trcachcrous, nnd grent
care was being exercised In the work. by
some means one of the old slopes above
started to slide into the chute where Wng-
nesler was Mt work, pinned him to the bot
tom and covered him to depth of six feet
with rocks and dirt. He was smothercd.
1t Is estimated that at least $4,000 worth
OF ore is stolen each month from the sew
cral mines of the Cripple Creek district.
The mine managers have regularly employer
detectives to help save the product of their
mines, but for all they have their lcokages.
The leakages come In many ways, but In
summing up the total loss It is placed by
the chief detective OF the mine owners or
gnnization at at least $4,000 per month. IL
is not an easy thing TO trace up the steal
ing, but rumor has II that within few
days some very important arrests Will be
made.
Emperor William of Germany Is soon Ia
receive the largest pair of elk horns In the
world They are Colorado product anu
less than n year ago adorned the heau OF II
Colorado mountain elk. Thcy measure
twelve feet from tip Of beam TO tip OF pehhl
across the skull. and have spread OF sixty
two inches. They have been prepared ana
mounted by Professor Gus Stainsky OF Colo
RADIO Springs, and are now on their way 10
Berlin, where they will he formally pre-
scntcd to the Emperor, to he placed ny MN
In his hunting room or celebration nail
These antlcrs are without exception the
largest yet discovered
Articles Of agreement for race meeting
have been signed at Denver. ON Friday ana
Saturday. July 10th and 18th. Walter sanger
and W. W. Hamilton. In conjunction with
She Denver Wheel Club will conduct n
twodays' race meeting, the chief events
of which will be three match races between
themselves. The match will consist OF
three raccs-onc mile unpaecd, two miles
paced and five miles unpnced. The purse
will he $1,000 to I've taken by the man win
ming two out Of the three events. The pro-
cceds Of the meet. when all the expenses
have been pnld, will he divided between
the two riders. ns they will manage the
meet themselves.
The Poudrc Power Company has filed ar
,iclcs of Ineorporntion. The object Of the
company Is TO create water power In tue
Poudre canon about twelve miles west OF
Fort Collins and to transmit the same TO
system OF powerful dynamos and to there
by furnish light. heat and motive power for
Fort Collins. Greeley. Windsor Eaton and
other towns In the poudrc valley. A plat
of the company's proposed power ditch Is
filed with the corporation papers. The
ditch will he 1913 feet In length and twenty
feet Wide on the bottom, II Will have
fall Of elghty.nve feet and Will furnish be-
tween 5000 and 5000 horse power. The
promoters Of the enterprise are In CORE
spondcnce with eastern capitalists, who are
fnyorahly impressed with the feasibility Of
the scheme and without doubt will furnish
the required capital to carry II to compile
tlon.
Governor Adams. In response to tele-
gram from the New York World asking his
Views upon the recent Ohio lynchnr. said;
Lynch law never jnstlnablc. II legal pen.
atty for crime was lnfalihle there would be
no lynchlngs. To make punlshments more
certain and terrible. capital punishment
should he abolished. murder and rape pun.
ishable by life Imprisonment, and pardon
power over life sentences taken from the
executive. Conviction for capital crime Is
often prevented by prejudice or sentiment
against taking life by law. there being few
Jurlcs upon which there are not members
opposed to death penalty Eliminate capital
punishment, deny pardon and you Insure
certain conviction. Destroy the Incentive
10 lynch. and lnsplr" In criminal a ten fold
greater fear Of the law than under the pres.
ent system. which affords So many oppor.
tunltles Of evasion and escape. Certain and
speedy punishment for outrageous crimes Il
the only remedy for lynch law"
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