The silver lance., 1899-01-06

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Chief Roberts and the Denver f,re de.
partment generally were given a sur
prise Christmas afternoon. 1t came
from Colorado Springs and was brought
Dy a delegation from that city. consist
ing or Mayor NJ. b. Irvine E. f. Baty.
chief OF the fire department. and Alder
man w. III. 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 1st, when the Antlers hotel
was burned and the whole city threat
ened with destruction.
Rio Grande freight train No GO
| west-bound. and extra east-bound en-
Slne No. 56I. in charge of Engineer
J Miles Connor and Conductor +. y.
Reese, met in a head-end collision fo,n
/ miles west of Florence at > O'Clock Fri
| day morning. Engineer Melville Lund
| and Conductor Rhodes were in charge
of train No. 60 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 were demolished
Both crews saved themselves by jump
ing, and all had miraculous escapes.
Tor both engines were running about
nfteen miles an hour and We're pretty
badly damaged A wrecking train waa
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 BIZ
ennial report Important recommenda-
tons to the General Assembly are en-
bodies in the report Among the acts
which the board urges the Legislature
with the laws of other states
FOR the acknowledgement and execution
OF written Instruments: an act to estab-
ilsn 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: a uniform law for a
uniform standard of weights and
measures; and a uniform law relative
10 the transfer Of stock in corporations
Inc proposed new marriage and di-
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 lei Paso
county for the past six weeks. Both
sides have champions and II is a fore
gone conclusion that big fight will
be inauglrated before the next session
of the legislature. The inhabitants OF
the west end of the county almost
unanimously are in favor of the di
vision. Several interested parties have
been compiling facts and figures con
corning 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 1t is difficult matter 80
decide which faction will be success
full. The divisionists are claiming n
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 a small
slice of Fremont county will be christ
ened Sylvanite county.
The biggest silver nugget IN Colo |
RADIO, 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 it 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 1t away from the |
capitol as soon as possible. At the |
Omaha exposition this remarkable
specimen attracted more attention than
any other part of the mineral display |
and visitors crowded around it con
stantly, gazing upon the nugget with
respectful awe The silver nugget Is
product of the world-famous Mollie
Gibson mine at Aspen. Though it
weighs 3791a pounds. it would be a
comparatively easy matter for it to be
carried away in the night by two men
with a wagon, unless watched con
stantly. Inc nugget Is III per cent. pure
silver. In the 3I9la pounds there are
4,770 ounces, troy weight. At 60 cents
an ounce the total value would be
$2,S62, or less 8 per cent, $2,GO4.
A dispatch from Fort Steele, Wyo-
ming, to the Rocky Mountain News
says: One of the boldest and most SEN
sational robberies ever known In this
section was perpetrated here last even
ing at Cosgriff Brothers store. At 6:30
when most of the employees were at
supper, two masked men with revolv-
ers in their hands entered. There were
two men in the store at the time, J. NJ.
Rumsey and w. ii. Scott One Of the
HI Il LII.