The Lamar register., 1899-01-04
S OF THE
WESTERN REGION.

-. sN,H lht pFouuction WIS S3tss7
SO, ahd while the increase is not a.
sseat as many would wish the figures
SNOW that the industry In this section
Is not slumbering.
Rio Grande freight train No. 90
Nes'-eenud, and extra eas;-hound en-
80 'pi- In charge OF Engineer
Miles Counor and Conductor II \
Reese. met IN head-cnd collision fortr
miles west OF Fiorcnce II : o'clock ri.
day morning. Engineer Melville I.rnl
ana Conductor Rhodes We're In charc,,
OF train No %, Dnd they had received
orders 20 wait AZ Florence until IN.
arrival or the extrn engine. hut In some
way the order was not ol,eyed. with Dc
result that fifteen freight cars on tb,.
West-bound train were demolished
Both crews saved themselves bv fumn
ing and all had miraculous escapes.
for both engines We're running about
hfteen miles an hour and We're pretty
! BADLY damaged. a wrecking train was
sent out from Pueblo and the trnek
vas cleared early this afternoon. pa
scnser trains got around the wreck b.
running between Florence and Canon
City on the santa he tracks. aud thprr
was no delay 90 travel
willard Teller. Charles NJ Campbail
and A. NJ. Stevenson u the Colorado
Board ef Commissioners for the promo,
.lon of uniformity of legislation ia the
United States made their report 10 Gov
ernor Adams this morning Tor the hi.
enlial rep1ri. Important rrcummertlas
,ions % the General Assembly are en-
bodies In ihc report Among the acts
which the beard urges the Legislature.
10 adopt Is a law uniform
VIII the laws OF other states
Tor the acknowledgment and execution
o. written instruments. an act to estah.
iish law Uniform with the laws OF
other stntes relating 70 the sealing Of
deeis and other written Instruments.
Uniform law relating 10 marriage and
divorce n uniform law regulating III.
execution of Wills: a uniform Inv Tor
uniform standard " weights and
measures; and Uniform law relative
70 the transfer of stock in corporations
The proposed new marriage and al
yorce law for Colorado has been fash.
ioucd after the District OF Cnlun,hia
law. and IS already being considered hy
lnany q the State Legislatures now IN
session
The Colorado Springs correspondent
of the Rocky Mountain News ava.
Considerable agitation Of the county
division question has been going Oh
among the politicians OF ~ PasD
county for the past six weeks Both
sides have champions and II Is fore
gone coneiusiun thut a big nEht Will
b inargurated before the next session
Of the legislature. The Inhabitants nf
the ives; end % the county almost
unanimously arr In favor OF the a..
vision. several Interested parties have
hcen compiling facts aud tguues con.
csrpinE the expenses OF the new county
should It be- secured No poIl Of the
representatives or the senators fruGi
this district has yet been taken nor of
the other representatives throughout
the state aud IL Is a diifcnit matter 20
decide which faction win he success-
fuL The dlvisionists nre claiming
victory and say that they will have the
county divided and tha, the new
county embracing all the territory west
Of Pixies peak and the front range aud
including Cripple Greek and small
slice of Fremont county viii 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 b. given
up 10 its owners. The danger OF il be-
ing stolen Is so great that Commis-
sloncr Lee does not care 10 be respOn-
Sible for lts keeping and has notified
the owners that il would be advisable
for them 20 take II away from the
capitol as soon rs 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 producer of the gorid-famous Nollle
Gibson mine at Aspen. Though 1t
weighs 3IgIs pounds. IL would be a
comparatively easy matter for II to be
carried away In the night by two men
with n wagon. unless watched con-
stautly. The nugget Is 01 per cent pure
silver In the 3T9H pounds there are
A. 10 ounces, troy weight. At 60 cents
an ounce the total value would be
s.. .Sd2. or less per cent. S2,60i.
A dispatch from Fort Steele. wyo-
ming. TO the Rocky Mountain News
saws: One of the boldest and most sem
sational robberies ever known in this
section was pcrpetrated here last even
ing Mt Cosgriff Brothers store. AT 6:3O,
when most of the employees We're ut
supper, two masked men with reyoly-
ers in their hands entered. There We're
two men In the store at the time, j. NJ.
Rnmsey and w. IL. Scott. One of the