The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-05

<737 $50: shipped to mints since III,
statement, $4,000; total. S3,74f, ,3s2
Last year the production wns <3,G31.
705, and while .he Increase Is not n.
grent ms many would wish the figure;
show that the industry In this sectioi
is not sIumbering.
An important feature of the last
meeting OF the Stnte Board OF Charities
and Correction was the unnnimIty ex
pressed by the board upon the question
OF whether or not the state should pnr-
chase n farm upon which to employ
the prisoners OF the pcnitentinry. All
agreed that n sum expended In the pro
curing and improvement of such a
\ farm would be as well spent MS II pos
sibly could be In nny other way. and
recommended that 5000 he set apart
for that purpose. and also that 100000
the amount suggested by Warden Cleg-
horn, be appropriated for the use OF
the Institution. The suggestion of the
State Board OF Pnrdons, that n law
providing for an indefinite sentence,
i with parole feature, to apply to con-
victs sentenced to the penitentInry. be
adopted. was seconded by the Board Of
Charities and Correction. and a recon-
mendation to that effect Will be includ-
ed in the report.
Rio Grnnde freight train No. GO.
west-bound. and extra east-bound en-
ginc No. 567. In charge OF Engineer
Miles Connor and Conductor +. N
Reese. met In head-end collision four
miles west of Florence Mt 3 o'clock Fri
day morning. Engineer Melville Lund
and Conductor Rhodes We're In charge
| of train No. GO. and they had received
orders TO wait at Florence until the
I..x Ia.
way the order was not obeyed. with the
result that fifteen freight cars on the
wcst-bound train were demolished.
| Both crews saved themselves by jump
| Ing, and all had miraculous escapes
| for both engines were running about
| fifteen miles nm 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 Fc tracks, and there
was no delay to travel.
A bill for the creation by the Legis-
iature of State Board of Lunacy
Commissioners Will be submitted early
nfter the convening of the next Colo
rado General Assembly. The bill has
already been prepared, under the direc-
| tion OF the members OF the State Board
of Charities and Correction, by Secre-
tary Stonaker OF that organization. II
will 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 fea-
lures of the lunacy bill are: That the
commission shall consist of five men,
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-
tains to the nbollshment OF the present
system, which has prevailed so long Mt
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 BIZ
ennial report. Important recommends
tl0ns to the General Assembly are en-
bodies in the report. Among the acts
which the board urges the LegislatnrS
with the laws Of other states
for the Acknowledgement and execution
OF written Instruments; nm act to cstab-
llsh law uniform with the laws of
other states relating to the sealing of
deeds and other written Instruments;
n 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.
The proposed new marriage and d.
vorce law for Colorado has been fash
loned after the District of Columbia
law, and IL already being considered by
many Of the state Legislatures now in
session.
The Colorado Springs correspondent
of the Rocky Mountain News snys:
Considerable agitation of the county
division question has been going on
among the politicians of El Paso
county for the past six weeks. Both
sides have champions and 1t 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.
| 'iripAs t'tftAai ihttitottu DAt hitb hA We
been compiling facts and figures con-
cerning the expenses OF the new county
should 1t 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 II IL a difficult matter to
decide which faction will be success
full. The divisionists are claiming n
Victory and say that they will hnve the
county divided and TINT the new
county embracing all the territory west
OF Pixies peak and the front range and
Including Cripple Greek and a small
slice OF Fremont county Will be christ
cned Sylvanite county.
The biggest silver nugget In Colo.
rndo. 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 is SO great that Commits
sioner Lee does not care to be respon-
sible for its keeping and has notified
the owners that It would be 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
| uhy otuei phii VI iht hiheiAi uispihy
and visitors crowded around II con-
stantly, gazing upon the nugget with
respectful awe The silver nugget Is
n product of the world-famous Mollie
Gibson mine at Aspen. Though II
weighs 370H pounds, 1t would he a
comparatively easy matter for 1t to be
carried away In the night by two men
with n wagon, unless watched con
stnntly. The nugget is 0i per cent. pure
silver. In the 370h pounds there are
4.770 ounces, troy weight. At go cents
| nm ounce the total value would be
go Qco .x lovS a nor cont go COZ