The silver star., 1899-05-12
GOSSIP FROM DENVER
AND THE STATE CAPITOL.

Drought iOrfn an oruef l1dt al. pN-1
shall be shut up FOR thirty days
The teachers Of Arapahoe are op-
posed to teachers agencies IL Is
claimed that the agencies bring In out
side schoolma ans, thus shutting out
the home product
The Northern Coal Company. which
has heretofore had but one competitor
In the coal fields of northern Colorado.
has now bought up It's rival and VIII
have thines its own way.
The consumption Of live stock in this
cIry for last April was 2-3s,i cattle.
s.322 hogs and 4.rgG sheep. Since the
first Of last january the local CON
sumption has been 1854 cattle, 81 -Si2
hogs and 13.17s sheep.
Representatives Of nearly all the
state institutions met at the Albany
Monday 70 discuss the deficit in their
appropriations They adopted reSolu-
tions asking Governor Thomas to call
a special session Of the Legislature.
The new mayor. Mr. johnson. wants
a municipal light plant. In a message
sent to the city council be says that
plant could be built for s1Gs-9i0. The
cost Of lights now furnished the city
by private corporation Is about s1rc,-
go per annun.
During April Secretary OF State
Beckwith turned si4.Gj2 Into the state
treasury. The usual monthly pay
ments from the office aggregate about
5000. Last Months aggregate was
made so much larger than usual by the
5000 check from the smelter conbi-
nation.
Governor Thomas has signed soma
tor Tayior'- road blll. It provides for
the construction. Improvement and re
pair of a STATE wagon road from Buena
vista TO Grand Junction. Several
other bills appropria;ing money for
roads and arteSian wells were vetoed.
All bills have now been disposed Of
The hump backed devotee Of the
wheel has received 4 setback from the
District Court. Some farmers near
Litfleton over who's. land the cycle
path runs have obtained lnjunctions
fOrhidding wheeimen 10 cross their
property hereafter The land owners
complaint il that blcyclists trespassed
on their land and stole fruit.
Denver city bonds are held in high
esteem by local brokers'. This was
demonstrated by the eaecrncss dis
played by those who attended the
opening Of bids for city bonds by the
Board Of Public Works Monday morn
ing. More bidders were present than
at any time since the panic OF 1893,
and premiums were offered averaging
from two 10 five per cent
Denver's proposed auditorium is sure
to be ready for use In 1902. a. the
tenth session Of the International Sun
day School convention win be held
here. as the result Of the earnest and
eloquent speech before the convention
at Atlanta by Major +. ]. Halford.
paymaster in the Department OF the
Gulf who extended 10 the convention
a cordial Invitation from Denver
The presidency Of the State AgricuI-
tural College was formally offered
Chancellor Mcdowell of the Denver
University Saturday. The chancellor
and board met the governor in his pri-
vate office and every argument was Of
fered TO induce the chancellor to ac-
cept the place. He would not. how
ever. consent to take the presidency,
but agreed to consider the matter. He
was told 10 take his own time in de-
Gliding.
Chief Of Police Farley has Instructed
his officers to enforce the ordinance
against the high checking OF horses.
Members Of the department are
ordered 10 arrest owners of horses that
are refined too high. The enforcement
of this order, together with the recent
enactment Of the law prohibiting the
docking Of horses tails, viii prove n
boon to the horses and disagreeable
shock TO those wealthy citizens who
are more stylish than humane.
The serious and probably fatal In
Jury Of DIR. Eleanor Lawney by run
away horse Sunday, calls attention
anew TO the danger Of horses on the
city streets. Many serious or fatal ne
cidents Of this kind have happened OF
late, due to the driving Of high-splrited
or unframed horses by careless or ig-
norant drivers. When anyone Is run
over by n bicyclist n great cry is
raised about II. but ns n matter OF fact
the serious accidents caused by horses
are the more numerous
The resources of the state are likely
TO be- substantially Increased by the
payments Of fees Of Insurance com
pnnles. The Insurance commissioner
estimates an Increase In the receipts
OF his department Of $4,000 year
becnnsc additional companies are TAX
Ing out Colorado licenses under the
new law. Many applications are on
hand. The law requires MI compnnics
10 have locnl license. With the I'm.
crensc In the number Of licenses comes
the incrensc In the aggregate Of the 2
per cent. of the gross receipts.
The lndetcrmlnate sentence bill be.
comes n law without the governors
approval. II provides for the parole
OF convlcts In the states prison. Ac.
cording to this law. sentences shnlI be
pnssed for nm Indefinite term, the court
liking maximum and minimum term
OF imprisonment. Another blu which
becomes n lnw without the governors
approval II Scnntor TnylOrs bill 10 en-.
able several counties In the stnte IN
Issue bonds In satisfaction OF iudp.
fncnts. This bill provides also for nm
election to be held by the pcople OF
counties where II IL found necessary 10
vote bonds for the purpose specified.
A dispatch from Washington to tho
News says TINT Senator WoIcott bns