The Holly chieftain., 1899-09-29
DENVER GOSSIP.

DA1A1&/1>D~1HHA
KOUntze of the Colorado National
Bank, who is former school mate of
the Presidents brother. Abner McKin-
ley resembles his brother considerably
In public appearance, but he has never
had taste for public life. He said
that the President was contemplating
western trip In the near future and
that Denver would undoubtedly be one
Of the places to be visited.
Great Indignation is manifested
among parents over the order In effect
In the various school districts of the
city making vaccination compulsory,
An organized effort is on foot to have
the rule annulled. Scores of children
are prevented from attending school on
account of this rule, and therefore
their parents run the risk of being sum
moned before the County Court by the
| truancy officer. The compulsory edu-
| cation act, which went into effect re-
Gently. provides n penalty to be impos-
ed upon parents whose children are
habitual nOn-attendants at school. The
school boards have ordered strict en-
forcement of the vaccination rule un-
| der which children must have been
vaccinated within five years. in order
to be admitted to the schools. Parents
who hold the conviction that vaccina-
tiOn Is not only unnecessary but dan
gerous, are therefore between the devil
| and the deep sea. II they send their
children to the school unvaccinated the
youngsters will not be admitted IL
they keep them Mt home they violate
the compulsory education law.
A temporary injunction has been OBJ
tained by A. b. Seaman, attorney for
Rhodes Bros. against the Colorado &
Southern railroad, preventing that road
from further trespassing on land on
the south fork of the Platte river"
claimed by Rhodes Bros. On this
ground the Colorado & Southern have
been constructing part Of its 1.2O0-fOot
spur and Rhodes Bros. claim the prop
erty under n federal reservoir grant.
The order Of the court 80 far does not
compel the taking up of the track al
ready laid. but simply stops further
work until the case is decided on its
merits. The contest over the site will
no doubt be long drawn out, as the
canon will some day be OF great value.
The possibility that the canon will ere
long be the short line route from Den
yer to Cripple Creek is said to be the
principal reason for the railroads de-
sire to put up n strong fight for the
spur site as selected. But A. B. Sea-
man says that lie is confident that
James Il. Rhodes. his client, will win
out. If he does the Colorado & South
ern Will be Obliged to take up that part
of the spur already laid
The Republican says: That Adjutant
General Overmyer will resign, yolun-
tnrlly or involuntarily, is predicted.
The charges preferred against him ut
last Saturdays session of the Military
Board are considered so serious that
military men look for no other DISPOSE
ton of the matter. There will be no
public parading Of sensations, how
ever. But 1t Is understood that already
General Overmyer Is arranging the af-
fairs of his office under direction of
the governor. For uniforms and other
donated articles the adjutant general
mas accepted from contractors he will
be asked to pay. After all these mat
tiers are settled General Overmyer is
expected to resign. The charges
against General Overmyer ON the
clothing account are not considered
serious enough to require his forced
resignation, but the fact is proven that
he drew a revolver on Colonel Ben
Block of the governors staff and
drove him out of the office is consider
ed fatal mistake. 1t Is on this charge
that further investigations will be
made on Saturday Of this week. Over
myers resignation may not come until
late In October.
Representatives OF the owners OF the
Maxwell land grant recently applied
fnfn al D,u
Denver to eject the sQuatters from the
grant. Accordingly thirteen deputy
marshals have been sworn In and have
started for Trinidad. Preparations for
the campaign, which may last two or
three months, have been completed. A
camping outfit and cook are now n.
Trinidad, awaiting the arrival of Mar
shal Baiiey's warriors. From Trinidad
the force of deputies will take quiet
departure on horseback, with their ef-
fects packed In wagons, southwark,
twenty-eigh miles to Stonewall creek.
There they will make a permanent
camp. or at least 1t will be their head
quarters until the squatters have been
driven ont of that portion of the Max
well land grant lying within the bor-
ders of Colorado. This tract of land
lies to the south and southwest of Trim
dad, ranging east and west from the
Sangre de Cristo mountains to n line
on which Ration mesa is the chief land
mark. 1t is understood that the Den
yer flying column will operate over the
New Mexican line after their work In
this state is ended. No close estimate
OF the number of persons to be evicted
summarily from the free holdings that
have for years been their homes can be
made hpra Tho prrunIar nf orun,ta,
families is given us 800, so that the to-
tai individuals Is likely to be from
1900 to 1900. Many of these families, 1t
Is stated, exc out no hotter than a hare