The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM Th1
STATE CAPITOL.

Zen ps Tue mem berS or The lodge last
wednesday evening. when prize fight
ing was the main amusement provided
Ior the entertainment of members and
their guests.
Charles +. Kunssmiller's sentence of
hve years has been commuted TO one Of
three years. Under this order he still
mas twenty-one months to serve. The
communication is the only result achieved
nS the petition signed by large num-
Der OF Denver citizens, which was sent
TO the President. asking for the uncon-
dluonai pardon OF the prisoner Mr..
hunsemiller was bookkeeper of the old
German National bank of this city. the
failure OF which ruined a great many
poor persons.
There will be general war on trusts
operating in Colorado and on combina-
lions attempting to carry on business
mere. This is the announcement made
by Attorney GeneralsD. NJ. Campbell,
Who says that the proceedings OF his
ONCE under the direction OF Governor
ihonas TO prevent the consolidation
OF the Moffat I'M, rests at Cripple Greek
INTO the Denver x Southwestern Rail
way Company is only the first move in
a general crusade against all combina-
tons OF wealth which tends TO bring
about monopolies in restraint of COM
petition.
A party Of Mormon emigrants on
their way from Utah TO Mexico passed
through the city the other day. They
started from Paysou. men, women and
chiIdren-mostly women and children
besides horses. ploughs, wagons and
implements. Plows have never before
touched most OF the ground on which
they will colonize For 2O,o1O acres of
the land in that valley in the state of
sonora, which was purchased by the
Morinons by the Mexican Colonization
Company. they paid 10 cents an acre.
Another tract in an adjoining valley
has been purchased and will be occu-
pied by another party of Mormons.
The patrolmen Of the police force
have been provided with emergency
checks or orders with which to relieve
those calling upon them for assistance,
as lar as their Immediate wants are
concerned. The checks will be made
out in duplicate and will be honored
within thirty days by the fire and po-
lice board. The little slips will be CIV
en- TO the needy. BY them they can be
presented to any lodging house keeper
or restaurant. and meal or bed Sc
cured. They will then be turned In to
the board by thoss honoring them, and
the cash equivalent paid to those to
whom they Were presented. The new
plan Is expected 70 accomplish much
good. and at the same time systemat-
ize the work of tie police.
The first convention of the Colorado
State League Of Municipalities finished
It's !abors Friday afternoon with the
establishment of state league the
erection OF officers. the selection OF a
place for the next convention. the
adoption of a constitution and mutual
CONGRATULATIONS on the success of the
experiment. Because of the time limit
some papers which We're scheduled to
be read We're omitted. hut will be in
corporated as part of the official record
OF the convention. Fridays session
was devoted 10 a discussion of munich
pal ownership. parks, public schools.
police regulations and tramps, city i'm
proyement societies, municipal finance
and public libraries. The officers elect
ed are: President. Mayor W. C. Baker
Greeley; vice president. Mayor ]. R.
Robinson, Colorado Springs: secretary
treasurer. Mayor +. \. Thomas. Eaton;
trustees, Mayor C. E. Mcconnell. Du-
range: Mayor Jesse F. Mcdonald.
Leadville: Mayor George F. West. Pu-
eblo. The next meeting will be held
AT Pueblo.
The Carter collection of Colorado an.
imals, now AT Breckenridge. will be
placed in the Colorado Museum of Nat
ural History TO be built in Denver The
negotiations for the collection, which
hare been pending for more than a
year, Were concluded Monday after
noon. Professor Carter returns to
Breckenridge. not as the owner of the
stuffed birds and animals that he has
been collecting for thorty-nine years.
but as the curator and custodian of the
Denver museum. The old scientist is
proud and happy over the change. He
hopes 10 build up great museum. The
supporters of the museum plan are by
no means all Denver men. The hearty
support of wealthy men all over the
state is pledged. 1t is expected that as
the museum takes form. expeditions
Will be sent out into the parts of North
America that are yet uncivilized TO Sc
cure specimens OF mammals and birds
that have long since disappeared else
where. and are rare even in the wilder
ness. Wealthy men viii pay the ex-
pSnses Of these expeditions. and the
specimens secured will be added to the
museum collection with the names of
the donors engraved on the cases or
otherwise suitably recorded, The first
Of these expeditions into the far north
west i already practically assured.
The name OF the corporation will be
rhe Cslarfio Museum of Natural His
tory ard Library Association Just as
soau as the association has legal ex-
kseenes the work will begin of securing
money with whoch TO put up the frs;
wing q The museum building Abou,
sIn1f1 was appropriated by special
b~Ty hs- year for the purpose of build
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