Gilpin observer., 1899-12-21
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE
STATE CAPITOL.

trying to buy the corner OH Arapahoe
across from their present large build
ing. If successful their store will be
increased in size.
Brigadier General John w. Browning
of the National Guard and Head Clerk
of the Woodmen of the World, has re-
signed his position with the lodge here
and will leave for New York to assume
the duties there as Head Clerk in the
chief office of the order.
There will be a general war on trusts
operating in Colorado and on combina-
tons attempting to carry on business
here. This is the announcement made
by Attorney General d. NJ. Campbell,
who says that the proceedings of his
office under the direction of Governor
Thomas to prevent the consolidation
of the Moffat interests at Cripple Greek
into the Denver & Southwestern Rail
way Company is only the first move in
general crusade against all combina-
tons of wealth which tends to bring
about monopolies in restraint of COM
petition.
A party OF Mormon emigrants on
their way from Utah to Mexico passed
through the city the other day. They
started from Payson, men, women and
children--mostly women and children
besides horses, ploughs, wagons and
implements. Plows have never before
touched most of the ground on which
they will colonize. For 10000 acres of
the land in that valley in the state of
Sonora, which was purchased by the
Mormons by the Mexican Colonization
Company, they paid 20 cents an acre.
Another tract in an adjoining valley
has been purchased and will be occu-
pied by another party of Mormons.
The first convention of the Colorado
State League of Municipalities finished
Its labors Friday afternoon with the
establishment of state league, the
election of officers, the selection Of
place for the next convention, the
adoption of a constitution and mutual
congratulations OH the success of the
experiment. Because of the time limit
some papers which were scheduled to
be read We're omitted, but will be in
corporated as part of the official record
of the convention. Fridays session
was devoted to a discussion of munich
pal ownership. parks, public schools,
police regulations and tramps, city i'm
provement societies. municipal finance
and public libraries. The officers elect
ed are: President, Mayor w. G. Baker,
Greeley; vice president. Mayor J. r.
Robinson. Colorado Springs; secretary
treasurer, Mayor +. n. Thomas, Eaton;
trustees, Mayor G. L. Mcconnell, Du-
range: Mayor Jesse Il. Mcdonald,
Leadville; Mayor George f. West, Pu-
eblo. The next meeting will be held
at Pueblo.
A trainload of fourteen broad gauge
cars of ore from the Taylor and
Brunton sampler. at Cripple Creek. ar
rived in Denver last Friday night. This
shipment is worth more money than
any trainload of ore ever sent out from
any camp in the state, and probably
from any mining district in the entire
world. One carload of first-class ore
from the Isabella is without question
the richest that was ever known on the
globe. This car contains in the neigh
borhood of thirty tons, and it is esti-
mated at $200,OO0. The other thirteen
cars are also high grade. several being
from the Isabella, some from Stratton's
Independence, and ore from other
mines throughout the camp. Five
armed guards arrived with the train,
and the ore was carefully watched un-
til turned over to the Omaha & Grant
smelter. A few weeks ago two car
loads of Isabella ore, containing in all
fifty-one tons, were sent out, which
brought $164, 900, or $3,213 a ton. There
We're ten other cars in the train at this
tue eullTe lOt Is Sulu 10 nave
been worth 1884, 900. The lot shipped
yesterday is little more than half the
weight. and it will bring nearly $780,
900 more money. What the entire
trainload Is worth is not known, but
those in position to be posted are in
clined to believe that $5OO,OOO would
not be n bad guess. The utmost secrecy
was maintained until the ore was well
on the road to Denver. Manager Geo.
Kilborn of the Isabella had no little
trouble in inducing the Midland Ter
minal Railway to accept the ore at all
1t Is understood that the express COM
panies refused to handle 1t, and the
railway officials took 1t on the con
ditlon that they would be responsible
only to the extent of $500 ton. The
ore came from the tenth level of the
Isabella.
The Carter collection of Colorado an.
imals, now at Breckenridge, will be
placed in the Colorado Museum of Nat.
ural History to be built In Denver. The
negotiations for the collection, which
have been pending for more than Il
year, We're concluded Monday after.
noon. Professor Carter returns to
breckenridge. not as the owner of the
stuffed birds and animals that he has
been collecting for thorty-nlne years.
but as the curator and custodian OF the
Denver museum. The old scientist Is
proud and happy over the change. He
hopes TO build up great museum. The
supporters of the museum plan are by
no means all Denver men. The hearty
support of wealthy men all over the
state is pledged. 1t is expected that as
the museum takes form. expeditions
Will be sent out into the parts of North
America that are yet unclvillZed to Sc.
cure specimens of mammals and birds
that have long since disappeared else.
where, and are rare even in the wilder.
ness. Wealthy men will pay the ex.
penses of these expeditions. and the
specimpns secured will bp added to thp