La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07

show that the industry in this section
is not slumbering.
Chief Roberts and the Denver Gre de. !
partment generally We're given sur.
prise Christmas afternoon. 1t came |
from Colorado Springs and was brought
by delegation from that city, consist. |
ing of Mayor NJ. Il. Irvine, L. T.. Baty, |
CHIEF OF the fire department, and Alder |
| man w. IL. Mcintyre, chairman of the |
council committee on fires. The sur
prise was brass testimonial plate
from the city council of Colorado
Springs, with Il check for $500 from the
citizens of that place, IN recognition of
| the services of two companies of the
Denver department In fighting the fire
October lst, when the Antlers hotel
was burned and the whole city threat
ened with destruction.
Rio Grande freight train No. 60,
| west-bound. and extra east-bound en-.
| gine No. JGT. in charge of Engineer
| Miles COnnor and Conductor +. y.
Reese, met in a head-end collision -four
, miles west of Florence nj ; o'clock Fr!
| day morning. Engineer Melville Lund
| and Conductor Rhodes we're in charge
OF train No. 10. and they had received
orders to wait at Florence until the
/ arrival of the extra engine, but in some
| way the order was not obeycd, with the
! result that fifteen freight ears on the
| west-bOund train were demolished.
Both crews saved themselves by jump
| ing. and all had miraculous escapes.
| for both engines were running about
| fifteen miles an hour and We're pretty
badly damaged. A wrecking train was
sent out from Pueblo and the track
| was cleared early this afternoon. Pas
! SenEer trains got around the wreck by
! running between Florence and Canon
| City on the Santa Te 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 bi-
enninl report Important recommenda-
| tions 10 the General Assembly are en-
bodies in the report. Among the acts
which the board urges the Legislature
| TO adopt is II law uniform
with the laws of other states
| for the acknowledgement and execution
of written Instruments: an act to cstab
! lish n law uniform with the laws of
other states relating 10 the sealing of
deeds and other written Instruments:
II uniform law relating to marriage and
divorce; uniform law regulating tho
execution of wills; n uniform law for n
uniform standard of weights and
measures; and u uniform law relative
| to the transfer of stock in corporations.
| The proposed new marriage and di-
vOrce law for Colorado has been fash
! ioned 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 I'll Paso
| county for the past six weeks. Both
I, sides have champions and it is fore
gone conclusion that a 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 di
| vision. Several interested parties have
been compiling facts and figures con
cerning the expenses of the new county
| should 1t be secured. No poll of the
representatives or the senator's from
this district has yet been taken nor OF
the other Representatives throughout
the state and it is difficult matter 10
/ decide which faction will be success
| ful. The divisionists are claiming
| 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 it 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 II 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 mt Aspen. Though 1t
| weighs 379la pounds, it would be a
comparatively easy matter for 1t to be
carried away in the night by two men
| with wagon, unless watched con
| stantly. The nugget Is 91 per cent. pure
| silver. In the 3T9la pounds there are
| 4,77O ounces, troy weight. At 60 cents
| an ounce the total value would be
81, 2,S62, or less o per cent, $2,GO4.
| A dispatch from Fort Steele, Wyo-
ming, to the Rocky Mountain News
says: One of the boldest and most sem
sati0nal robberies ever known In this
| section was perpetrated here last even
ing at Cosgriff Brothers store. At G:30.
| when most of the employees were Mt
supper, two masked men with reyOlv-
ers In their hands entered. There were
| two men in the store Mt the time. J. NJ.