The silver star., 1899-01-05
NEWS OF THE
WESTERN REGION

Last wear the production was S3.631.-
7O5. and while the increase Is not a.
great as many would wish the figure
show that the industry in this sectior
is not slumbering.
Chief Roberts and the Denver fire de.
partment generally We're given a sur
prise Christmas afternoon. II came
from Colorado Springs and was brought
by delegation from that city. consist
ing Of Mayor NJ. Il. Irvine. Il. Il. Baty.
chief OF the fire department. and Alder
man w. ii. Mcintyre, chairman of the
council committee on fires. The sur
prise was brass testimonial plate
from the city council of Colorado
Springs. with check for 5000 from the
citizens OF that place. in recognition of
the services OF two companies of the
Denver department in fighting the fire
October LIST, when the Artlers hotcl
was burned and the whole city threat
ened with destruction.
Rio Grande freight train No. e.
west-bound. and extra eaSt-bound on
gine No. 567. in charge of Engincc,
! Miles Connor and Conductor +. y
Reese, met in n head-end collision -four
miles west of Florence AT = o'clock Fri
day morning. Engineer Melville I,ind
/ anu CONDUCTOR hnoutS were III tIufSN
of train No. 80 and they had received
orders to wait at Florence until the
arrival of the extra engine. but in some
way the order was not obeyed. with the
result that fifteen freight cars on the
| west-bound train We're demolished
! Both crews saved themselves by Jump
\ ing, and all had miraculous escapes
for both engines We're running about
fifteen miles an hour and were pretty
badly damaged A wrecking train was
sent out from Pueblo and the track
was cleared early this afternoon. Pas
senger trains got around the wreck by
running between Florence and Canon
City on the Santa Fe tracks, and there
was no delay to travel
Willard Teller. Charles NJ Campbell
and A. NJ. Stevenson of the Colorado
Board of Commissioners for the promo
ton of uniformity of legislation In the
| United States made their report to Gov
ernor Adams this morning for the bi-
ennial report. Important recommenda-
tons to the General Assembly are en-
bodies in the report. Among the acts
which the board urges the Legislature
10 ADOPT is law uniform
with the laws of other states
for the acknowledgement and execution
lish law uniform with the laws of
other states relating To the sealing OF
deeds and other written Instruments:
a uniform law relating to marriage and
divorce; uniform law regulating the
execution of wills: uniform law for n
uniform standard of weights and
measures; and uniform law relative
to the transfer of stock in corporations.
Inc proposed new marriage and di-
vorce law for Colorado has been fash
ioned after the District OF Columbia
law. and is already being considered by
many Of the state Legislatures now in
session.
The Colorado Springs correspondent
or the Rocky Mountain News says:
considerable agitation Of the county
division question has been going on
among the politicians of Ell Paso
county for the past six weeks. Both
sides have champions and Il Is a fore
gone conclusion that big fight will
be inaugurated before the next session
of the legislature. The inhabitants OF
the west end of the county almost
unanimously are in favor OF the d.
vision. Several interested parties have
been compiling facts and figures con
cerning the expenses of the new county
representatives, or the senators from
this district has yet been taken nor of
the other representatives throughout
the state and il Is a difficult matter to
decide which faction will be success
ful. The divisionists are claiming
victory and say that they will have the
county divided and that the new
county embracing all the territory west
of Pixies peak and the front range and
including Cripple Creek and small
slice OF Fremont county will be christ
ened Sylvanitc county.
The biggest silver nugget In Colo
rado, which has been stored In the
vaults Of the bureau OF mines at the
capitol since II was returned from the
Omaha exposition, Is about TO be given
up TO Its owners. The danger OF II be-
Ing stolen II so great that COmmis-
sioner Lee does not care TO he respOn-
/ sible for It's keeping and has notified
the owners that IL would he advisable
for them to take II away from the
capitol ns soon as possible. At the
} Omaha exposition this remarkable
/ specimen attracted more attention than
4 any other part OF the mineral display
and visitors crowded around II con
stantly. gazing upon the nugget with
f, I'fpe'tiui AWE. ut SILVER nugget ~
. product OF the world.famOus Mollie
) Gibson mine NJ Aspen. Though Il
, weighs 3I9h. pounds. II would be a
comparatively easy matter for II to be-
; carried away in the night by two men
with n wagon. unless watched con
stantly. The nugget IL 91 per cent. pure
silver. In the 370is pounds there are
4.1I0 ounces. troy weight. Al 90 cents
nn ounce the total value would be
$2.sG2. or less . per cent. $2,G04.
A dispatch from Fort Steele. wyO.
ming, to the Rocky Mountain News
says: One of the boldcst and most sen
. sational r0bberics ever known In this
! ! section WINS perpetrntcd here Inst even
Ing mt Cosgrifr Brothers store. Al 6:3O
, |, when most OF the employees were u,
! supper. two mnskcd men with revoiv
: ers In their hands entered. There were
Z two men In the store Mt the time, J. N