The state herald., 1899-01-06

| crease Of $1OG,GI7 over last year, when
the product was the largest In her his
tory. The table showing the production
Is as follows The mint statement end
ing with December %: 60,1S2 tons of
mineral. $2.096,993; mint purchases,
$737,3S9; shipped to mints since the
statement. $4,000; total. S3,I4i,3S2
Last year the production was S3,G37.-
105, and while the increase Is not at
great as many would wish the figures
show that the industry in this section
is not slumbering.
| Rio Grande freight train No. 60,
west-bound, and extra east-bound en-
gine No. 507, in charge Of Engineer
Miles Connor and Conductor +. N.
Reese, met in a head-end collision four
miles west of Florence at : o'clock Fri
| day morning. Engineer Melville Lund
| and Conductor Rhodes were In charge
of train No. CO. 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 were running about
fifteen miles an hour and were pretty
| badly damaged A wrccking 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.
A bill for the creation by the Legis-
lature OF State Board of Lunacy
Commissioners will be submitted early
after the convening Of the next Colo
RADIO General Assembly. The bill has
already been prepared, under the dircc-
ton of the members OF .he State Board
OF Charities and Correction, by Secre-
tary Stonaker of that organization. 1t
VIII be approved tomorrow at the
meeting of the board, which will be
held for the purpose of adopting its
fourth biennial report, submitted re-
Gently to Governor Adams. The fca-
lures of the lunacy bill are: That the
commission shall consist of five mem
bers who shall serve the state without
pay, their appointment TO be made by
| the governor for period of five years
The principal provision Of this bill per-
talns to the abolishment Of the present
system, which has prevailed so long at
the state insane alysum. 1t gives the
commissioners the authority to appoint
the superintendent of the asylum, and
to exercise a general supervision of the
institution.
Willard Teller. Charles NJ. Campbell
and a. NJ. Stevenson of the Colorado
Board of Commissioners for the promo
tion of uniformity of legislation In the
United States made their report to Gov
ernor Adams this morning for the bi-
ennial report. Important rccommenda-
tions TO the General Assembly are EN-
bodies In the report. Among the acts
which the board urges the Legislature
TO adopt Is n law uniform
with the laws of other states
for the Acknowledgement and execution
OF written Instruments; an act to cs,ab-
lish n law uniform with the laws OF
other states relating TO the sealing OF
deeds and other written Instruments:
uniform law relating TO marriage and
divorce: uniform law regulating the
execution OF Wills: uniform law for
uniform standard OF weights and
measures; and n uniform law relative
TO the transfer of stock In corporations.
The proposed new marriage and d.
vorce law for Colorado has been fash.
loned after the District Of Columbia
law, and Is already being considered by
many of the state Legislatures now In
session.
The Colorado Springs correspondent
OF the Rocky Mountain News says:
Considerable agitation OF the county
division question has been going ON
among the politicians OF III Paso
county for the past six weeks Both
sides have champions and II Is n fore
gone conclusion that big fight will
be inauguratcd before the next session
OF the legislature. The inhabitants OF
the west end OF the county almost
unanimously are IN favor OF the dl.
vision. Several interested parties have
been compiling facts aud figures con
cerning the expenses Of the new county
should II be secured. No poll of the
representatives or the senators from
this district has yet been taken nor OF
the other representatives throughout
the state and It Is n difficult matter 10
decide which faction win be success
ful. The dlvlsionists are claiming u
victory and say that they will have the
county divided and that the new
county embracing all the territory west
Including Cripple Creek and small
slice OF Fremont county will be christ
ened Sylyanite county.
The blggcs, silver nugget In Colo
rndo, which has been stored In the
vaults OF the bureau OF mines nt the
capitol since II was returned from the
Omaha exposition, ls about to be given
up 10 Its owners. The danger OF II be.
| Ing stolen is 70 great that Commits
sioner Lee does not care TO he respon.
siblc for It's keeping and has notified
the owners that II would be advisable
for them TO take II AWAY from the
capitol as soon ns possible. At the
Omaha exposition this remarkable
specimen attracted more attention than
amy other part OF the mineral display
and visitors crowded around Il con.
stnntly. gazing upon the nugget with
respectful awe. The silver nugget II
n product OF the world'fnmous Molllc
Gibson mine mt Aspen. Though II
weighs 3IDis pounds, II would be-
comparatively easy mnttcr for II 10 DO
carried nwny In the night by two men
with n wagon. unless watched con
stnniiy. The nugget IL ~ per cent. pure
silver. In the 3IDh pounds there are
i,IIo ounces, troy weight AZ 10 cents
nm ounce the total value would be
SISSY, or less . per cent. s2,Doi.
A dispatch from Fort Steele. Wyo.
ming. to the Rocky Mountain News
snyH. One Of the boldcst and most sen.
anilonnl robbcricH ever known In this
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