The Elbert County tribune., 1899-07-06

&uteo 70 uedtu py uuli rcccntys
A boy was Killed at Denver on FRI
day BY touching q live electric light
VIM. @,'II''.|
Tueuty-four recruits from Clcve-
hnd, Ohio and ndjolnine cities. bound
for the Philippines. started a small
riot 10 the Union depot Friday after
noon. They had been drinking.
Clerks handlIne The re.recordipe Of
1(ock brunds n the office OF tho se'.re-
nnds OF letters from brand owners
who want to comply with the new law.
The ofiiec is sixtecn days behinh y
brand work and n the heavy mail
continues. the end Will he many days
ahead.
The closing or the arguments upon
the constitufIonnlity OF the eight-hour
law In the Supreme Court Friday wns
marked by addresses by attorneys J.
NJ. Waidron In opposition. TO Its cnnsti-
tutionallty and +. NJ Patterson IN IA
vor OF the law. The Supreme Court nd-
journed until the Bird. Mt which time
decision n hoped for, but Scarcely
expected. -1tH ~ .Et.E
The city fathers both Of Denver and
of GIobcviile believe that prize fights
sh60ld besp sourcesof revenue to the
toWn. The Denver board OF aldermen
and the GlobcvIIle town council have
passed ordinances providing for an nm
nuGl liccnse for all athletic clubs I'M
der whose uuspIcc1 glove contests for
prizes nre hid. In Denver the
amount OF license In hxed nt $500 n
yenr; In Globcville nt $1,000.
The water committee OF both
branches Of tho City Council have nd.
dressed n Communication to the Board
Of Public Works. nsking TINT body to
request the Denver Union Water Com.
pany to place a Price on the plant cf
the company. with n view to It's pur-
chase by the city. The board Ia also
asked TO get the company 10 give this
Inflammation ns.soon as possible, 10 that
~ Il can be done. the question OF vos-
ine bonds may be submitted to the peo-
pie nt the election next November.
Governor Thomas Will give out for
publication In day or two the deter
minntlons of the State Board OF Equal
lxntion which have been finally agreed
upon Home weeks nEo II WIS stated
TINT the board would succeed III raising
railroad valuations nbouf $4,000. 900.
A graduated increase has been made,
hut the total has not been by amy
mems sufficiently Increased. one OF the
members said Yesterday, to provide
anything like the amount of revenue
needed to meet appropriations.
On behalf Of the state Land Bonrd
Governor Thomas Inns ordered Attor-
ney General Campbell TO proceed
against w. ]. Blntchford In both civil
and criminal proceedings unless Mr..
BIntchford settles with the stnfe for
the conhscntIon Of half million feet
OF timber, worth about $i.2b a thous-
and. Blntchford ,nskcd for a renewal
Of q Iense OF grazing lind. and when
Stnte Appraiser Paddock was sent to
look over the land he found TINT the
timber had been cut. Mr.. Blatchford
admitted that he did the cutting and
said he Ind used the proceeds In i'm
proving the place. t rHr
The new mining stock exchange is
now nan accomplished fact, the only
thing remaining to be done being the
perfecting OF the organization by the
selection Of the officers and the COM
pletion Of the details Of the dissolution
OF the old body. Monday next n meet
ing Of the brokers elected to member
shlpis to be held at the hall of the ex-
HIHAlkE. AVi A1lr Hui IfNrS- vi lIu kiuK kuE-
Kestions to the board OF governors for
oflicers Of the body and members Of
the standing committees. These sug-
gestions will be considered by the
board md acted upon some time next
I week. the infssntlon he!as g have the
organization perfected SO that the first
call can be held Monday, July 10Th.
An increase of s4,123.S0s has been
made by the State Board OF Equnllxa-
tlon In the valuation of railroads,
street railways sleeping car compa-
niles, telephone and telegraph compa-
nies, foreign and independent cars. In
all these lines only two decreases
were made. The largest increase was
over e1.250.0o0 on the Union Pacific
property. The one big decrease, that
OF the Colorado & Southern valuation
and the Increase In the Union Pa-
ciflc's valuation Is explained In pnrt
\ by the fact that the Julesburg road
151 miles long, which was last yenr
included. In the Colorado < Southern's =
nssessable property. has been trans
ferred to the Union Pacific road. The
Increase Is sintended to be 16 per
cent. raise. which is per cent. higher
than the valuation Of 1897. Governor
Thomas Will issue a statement show
ing comparIsons between the railroads
and property valuations In Arapahoe,
Ell Fns0 ana other counties. On street
railways. the valuations OF the Denver
companies were raised S16O,560, the
Denver Consolidated Trumway alone
being raised f114 .381. and valued al
an even $650000. The 4-mlli tax on
"a 100000 will be only small
drop In the empty treasury buck
ct. SO that this action OF the board
Will not serve to prevent an extra ses.
sion. The increase is from $3O, 900. 600
to $34. .0O0,00
! According to statistics gathered nv
Secretary OF State Beckwith for Judge.
Moses Hallett of the United States
court In this city, It In shown that there
are 10. 773 corporations ON the books OF
the stnte. Deducting the odd number
for expiration by limitation, the secre
tary says there are 1900 corporations
doing business within the state with
out paying one cent to the stnte for
that privilege In many OF the Eastern
states the corporations are taxed fro'u
$50 to VS. annually and not one in
stance has ever been recorded .auainsx
the payment OF the tax excepting In
the case Of the Standard OIL Company
ngninst the stnte OF Pennsylvania, mud
u ts, generally known that that vast
trust opposes every tax, no iunfter
hoy Just II may be. Judge HaIlett IL
making study of the business of cor
porations within the state for his per.
sonal Information and requested the
figures SO that he may be posted on
the subject Secretary Beckwlth has
'udopted the system Of notifying each
corporation MS Its life expires that II II
cares TO resume It may do so within
year under the new law by the pay
ment OF the regular incorporation fee
now charged for original filing. He
hopes In that way 20 bring iuto the