The silver star., 1897-09-02
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Deen SOIu Tor $SDUVU 10 81. Louis
company.
A st. Louis syndicate is said to be
contemplating the building of a winter
hotel at Manitou.
Nelson Olson, a Silverton miner, was
killed while picking out a missed shot
the other day. james Guard was bad
ly hurt.
The Teller Institute and Colorado
Midland bands have been engaged TO
play at Grand Junction on Peach Day.
A great hose tournament Is promised
also.
w. Il. Van volkenburgh, substi-
tute mail clerk on the Florence 4 Grip
pie Greek line. was arrested Sunday
night, charged with rifiing the United
States mails. He admitted his guilt.
Night Marshal Rowan and Officer
Fitzpatrick of the Victor police have
been suspended on the charge of ac-
cepting bribes from bunco-game gam
blers.
The county commissioners and City
Council at Telluride have donated $500
to pay the expenses of the band from
that town ut the Festival of Mountain
and Plain.
There will be big crowd Mt Denver
for the Festival of Mountain and
Plain If railroad rates cut any figure
as the Colorado roads have announced
IA very low schedule from all parts of
the state.
AS result of quarrel between
John Candell and Hiram Baker at the
latter's home near Grant, they shot
each other and Crandell is dead.
jury acquitted Baker on the ground of
self-defense.
1t is understood that the owners of
the Leadville mines embraced in the
pumping contract are seriously Ques-
tioning the advisability of starting the
pumps while the price of silver con-
tinues to fall.
Advices to the Agricultural Depart
ment from private and indirectly Off
cial sources confirm the predictions of
II considerable deficiency in the EurOp-
can wheat crop. while rye. while rye.
which is the chief bread grain of East
ern Europe is also short.
The last of the water was pumped
out of the Consolidated shaft at New
castle on the 10th. and men went down
into the mine, finding about three feet
of mud at the bottom. Work of clean
ing up will begin ut once and the mine
will be running again by the 1st of
September.
Judge Butler, sitting in the District
Court at Leadville has dismissed the
indictment brought by the grand Jury
against Judge Overs. The latter was
accused of negligence In not prosecut-
ing violations of gamblers, saloon men
and disreputable women. Judge But
Ter took the ground that it was no,
Judge Overs business to act as com
plainant.
The investigation and opening of the
caves in the marble beds near West
cliffe, have jus, been completed. Thus
far ten subterraneous passages have
been found, the longest Of which has
been penetrated to the distance of 800
feet. BY paying strict attention to the
notations made at intervals in these
caves, visitors can enter them with
safety and considerable ease.
The flower carnival Mt Colorado
Springs was more successful than ever
this year, and n big crowd from Den
YER and other points were present.
There was the utmost variety In the
decorations Of the carriages, In the cor
responding costuming of the occupants
and in the vehicles themselves. There
WAS plainly much rivalry and the most
casual looker-on could hardly fail to
see that considerable money had been
expended In making this flower carni
val greater than all Its predecessors
Regular soldiers and the state militia
appeared In the parade.
An interesting operation was per
formed by means of the X-ray In the
Denver Homeopathic hospital a few
days ago. George Rider. the nIne-year-
old son Of David Rider of Kansas City,
was shot In the leg by n bullet from the
gun Of n careless tourist ut ManitOu.
The physicians there prObed for the
bullet but were unable to find 1t. The
boy wns brought to Denver and placed
under the care Of DIR. Tennant and ].
Wylie Anderson. and the bullet was To-
Gated by means of a microscope and
removed. Owing to Its close proximi-
ty to an artery, the peculiar position in
which II lodged, made II an extremely
dangerous operation, and, without the
use Of the X-ray, the boy might have
lost the limb.
II is stated IN Leadville that the
work Of pumping out the city mines
will be commenced mt once. The
trouble has been caused by the failure
OF one Of the parties TO the agreement
To pay the amount necessary through
some misunderstanding. A few days
ago lending merchant OF the city
headed n subscription list with check
for 500 and began n soliciting tour
among business men with such success
as to make up the required amount
something like $500. This was ten.
dered the mine managers. but they de-
clded. however, not to accept II, but
to place an additional assessment on
nll the downtown mines except the
Smlth-M0ffat group. There Ia now no
obstacle In the way OF pumping and
the big pumps will probably start at
once.-News-Iiep0rter.
The annual report Of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company for the year
ending June 10. 1897. shows the COM
pany to be In nourIshlng condition,
the total net earnings from all sources
amounting to ss25, ,020.f4, which, after
the payment OF all fixed charges, sink