The silver star., 1899-02-09


show that the industry in this section
IL not Numbering.
Chief Roberts and the Denver fire de-
partment generally were given a sur
prise Christmas afternoon. 1t came
from Colorado Springs and was brought
by q delegation from that city, consist
Ing Of Mayor NJ. B. Irvine. f. e. Baty.
chief OF the fire department, and Alder
man w. H. Mcintyre, chairman of the
council committee on fires. The sur
prise was a brass testimonial plate
from the city council Of Colorado
Springs, with 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 1st, when the Artlers hotel
was burned and the whole city thrcat
ened with destruction.
Rio Grande freight train No. Gg.
west-bound and extra east-bound en-
] gine No. SCI, In charge of Engineer
(, Miles Connor and Conductor f. y
Reese, met I'm a head-end collision four
miles west of Florence at ; o'clock Fri
day morning. Engineer Melville Lunh
and Conductor Rhodes were in charg
Of train No. 60, and they had received
orders to wait at Florence until the
/ arrival of the extra engine. but In SOM
way the order was not obeyed. with thr
result that fifteen freight cars on tlis
| 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
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 bi-
ennial report Important recOmmenda-
tions to the General Assembly are en-
bodies in the report. Among the acts
which the board urges the Legislature
to adopt is n law uniform
with the laws of other states
for the acknowledgement and execution
of written instruments; an act to estab-
lish law uniform with the laws of
other states relating to the scaling OF
deeds and other written instruments:
a uniform law relating to marriage and
divorce; n uniform law regulating the
execution of wills; a uniform law for n
uniform standard of weights and
measures; and a 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 FL Paso
county for the past six weeks. Both
sides have champions and II Is fore
gone conclusion that 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 d.
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 senators from
/ this district has yet been taken nor of
the other representatives throughout
the state and 1t is difficult matter to
decide which faction will be success
ful. The divisionists are clniming 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 small
slice Of Fremont county will be christ
ened Sylvanite county.
The biggest silver nugget In Colo
rado. which has been stored In the
vaults Of the bureau Of mines mt the
capitol since II was returned from the
Omaha exposition, IL about to be given
up to Its owners. The danger OF II be-
Ing stolen Is so great that COmmis-
sioner Lee does not care to be respon-
sible for its keeping and has notified
the owners that II would be advisable
for them to take It 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 II con
stantly, gazing upon the nugget with
respectful awe. The silver nugget is
a product Of the world-famous Mollie
Gibson mine at Aspen. Though Il
weighs 379is pounds. II would be a
comparatively easy matter for It to be
carried away In the night by two men
with . wagon, unless watched CON
stnntly. The nugget IL 0l per cent. pure
silver. In the 370H pounds there are
4.770 ounces. troy weight. At 90 cents
an ounce the total value would be
1882. or less per cent. S2,G04.
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 pcrpetratcd here last even
Ing at CosgriR Brothers store. At $50,
when most Of the employees were nj
supper. two masked men with revoIv.
ers In their hands entered. There were
two men In the store Mt the time, j. NJ.
Rumsey and w. II. Scott. One OF the
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