The Elbert County tribune., 1899-05-11
|GOSSIP FROM DENVER
i AND THE STATE CAPITOL


shall he shut up for thirty days.
Tie teachers o. ArnpaIioe are op-
posed to teachers agencies, IL u
claimed tint The agencies bring IN out;
side schcolma'nms. thus shutting out
the home product
The Northern Coa}s Company. which
hns heretofore had but Que. competitor
In tile conl fields OF northern Colornno;
has now bought up lis rivai nnd WI"
hive things Its own way.
The consumption OF live stock In this
city for last April WINS 2.36f eatfle,
D,022 hogs md 1000 sheep. Since inc
first Of lnst january the local con,
sumption has been fo4Gt thtfle, 3I.342
hogs and i4.17s sheep.
Representatives of nearly. all the
stntc institutions met ~ gthe Albnny
Afoulayfto discuss the deficit N their
appropriations. They adopted rcsoiu,
tlons asking Governor Thomas 10 eau
specinrscssion Of the Leglrinsure'
The new D,nyor. Mr., Johtp~n. wants
n municipal light plnnt. In message.
sent to the city council he says that q
plant could be built for SlGs. Vlu< Ine
cosfrdf lights n0nv Ffurnlshed1 3h& city
'by Irivntc cdrpWatIen n. aboutslo
900 per annum.
During April Sccrctary q fstnt
Hccltwltl. .rtrncd TLd5e INTO fhe sta =
trensury.l..S The ukfnl monthly pay
inents from tho office aggregate nbout
$4,000. Last Months aggregate was
made 50 much larger than uspi ny the
50 0D0 clieels from the smeltcr conpi-
milton. 1SFh - - -
Governor Thomas. Inns signed SENT
Tor Tnylor's rond bill. Ill provides for
the cofstructlon. improvement and re-
piiir fa stnte wagon rond nom BucnI
Vista to Grand Junction. Several
other bills npprpprinting money for
roads md urtesian wells were vetoed.
All bills. hnvc now been disposed Of
The hump-bncked dcvotee OF the
wheel has received n setback from the
District Court, Some farmers near
Littlcton over whose land the cycle
pntli runs lmye obtained. injunct1ons
forbidding whcelinen to cross tielr
property hcrenftcr. THE Innd owners
complaint Isl that bleyclists itrespusscsl
on their land and stole fruit
Denver city bonds are held In high
esteem by local brokers. This was
demonstrated by the cngcrness dis
played by those who attended the
opening OF bids for city bonds by the
Bohriof Public Works MondnyI morn
ing. Moro bidders were present than
,lt any time since the panic Of 1893,
and premiums were offered averaging
from two to five per cent.
pcnvcr's proposed auditorium h sure
to. .be -ready- for use in 1902. aa the
tenth session of tile International sun
day School convention Will be held
here. MS the result of the earnest and
eloquent speech before the convention
ut Atlanta by Major IL. j. Ilnlford,
paymnster in tile Department OF the
Gulf, vito extended to the convention
d cordial Invitation from Denver.
The presidency or tho State, Agrlcul-
t,irnl College WINS formally offered
Chancellor Mcdowell OF the Denver
University Saturday. The chancellor
mud board met the governor In his prI-
vutc office and every argument wns Of
fercd to induce the chancellor to dc-
cent the place. He would not. how
over. consent TO take the presidency
nut itvrppn % cutISi,irr the matter. lie
wns told 10 take his own time In de
Gliding. ~ fc '7l,i irf iifa
Chief of Police Farley hns instructed
his officers to enforce the ordinance
ngninst the high checking OF horses.
Members Of the. department nre
ordered to urrcst owners Of horses tint
are rcined too high The enforcement
Or tbis order. together with tllS recent
enactment of the law prohibiting the
49,. ~ Isr tat tpl Va,
boon 10 the horses and n dlsagreeable
shock TO those wealthy citizens who
are more stylish than humane.
The serious and probably fatal In
Jury OF nr. Eleanor Lawncy by n run
away horse Sunday, calls attention
nnew to the danger of horses ON the
city streets. Many serious or fatal DC
cIdcnts OF this kind have happened ,oi
late, dine, TO the driving OF blgh-spiritet
or unframed horses by careless or TX
nornnt ttlyers. When anyone is rur
over by blcyclist great cry Is
raised about II. but MS matter OF faci
the serious ,nceldcnts caused by horses
are she morv numerous.
Before departing Saturday evening
for three-days' business trip to ST
Paul, Governor Thomas vetoed larg,
number OF bills, the most important OF
which are the indetermlnate sentence
bill, the anti-emblem bill and the boy
colt bill. Just before leaving the city
the governor issued instructions that
. none OF his veto messages, with the cx
ception OF thntzrelatlng to the boycott
act, should be given out for publica.
tion. They were prepared during the
evening, but were not signed by the
exccutive.s
to be substantially increased by the
panics., The insurance commissioner
estimates mn Increase In the receipts
of his department. OF $4,000 N year
Ing out Colorado licenses under the
new law. Many applications are ON
hand. The law requires all companies
10 have a local license. With the In
crease In the number of licenses. comes
the iperease. in the aggregate OF the 2
per cent, OF the gross receipts.
The State Board OF Land Commits.
sioners has refused to sell 10000 acres
to the Great. Plains Company at $3.50
per acre. The lands lie near Lamar.
Land mny be sold yet to this concern
.ip Quantities as large MS II desires. II
the demands OF the board are met.
Some members OF the board are will
Ing to sell 10000 ncres to the Great
Plains Company at $3.50 per acre. pro-
.vldcd that instead of one large tract
the company take every alternate sec
tton. leaving the intervening sections
for the state md agreeing to irrigate
the whole-state land as well as Its
own. IL
A dispatch from Washington TO the
News says, TINT Senator wolcott has
receded from his original determInn-
tlon to recommend Mrs. Tabor. His
political ndhercnts In Denver We're
nearly all strongly opposed to the sug-
ses.ion ihal he secure the appointment