The silver lance., 1899-09-29
DENVER GOSSIP.

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A bid for the new auditorium bonds
offered a premium of $13,76S over the
face value.
The fund being raised to pay the fare
of the Colorado volunteers from san
Francisco to Denver is growing RAPID
| ly and the movement promises TO De
| successful.
The employees of the Metallic Extrac-
| ton Company of Florence took up
collection amounting to $1OS.51 to be
| given to three boys from the works
who enlisted in the late war.
At o o'clock Saturday morning the
gubernatorial party started Tor san
Francisco to meet the troops. Major
s. X. Hooper was the host, and others
in the party were the Governor and
Mrs. Thomas. Mrs. 8. X. Hooper, the
governors brother-in-law, Mr.. Fletcher
and his wife, Adjutant General j. q.
Overmyer. DR.. Parkhill, who was
regimental surgeon of the First Colo
RADIO. and Delevan Washington Gee,
the governors assistant secretary.
"The failure of the smelters to do
business says the state labor commits
sioner, has already cost the state over
| 81 COO 900 and as the idleness OF their
plants is prolonged, the losses Will in
crease in greater proportion. Beslues
! the direct loss in wages to the smeltef
| employees. the loss in wages to men in
| kindred occupations amounts to many
thousands of dollars a month. The loss
to the railroads. coal and metalliferous
mining Industries will begin to tell in a
| short time. unless operations are re-
sulned by the snelters."
Adjutant General j. G.. Overmyer
stopping for few days in Denver on
| his way from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific brings the glad news that prac-
| tically all of Colorado's war claims
against the national government have
| been adjusted OF the $4,000 still due
the state General Overmyer has ad-
| justed $4,000, certainly and has the
promise that if the vouchers and re
ceipts for the additional $1,000 are
sent at once the whole $4,000 will be
| forwarded within two months.
| The annual convention of state rail
| road commissioners was held in Den
| yer last week. Many matters pertain
| ing to the legal control of. railroads
| We're considered. The officers of the
| organization were reelected on recon-
| mendation of the committee on nomina-
tons, and Milwaukee was chosen as
| the place for the next convention. All
| future conventions will be held on the
second Thursday in May. The officers
are: Cicero |. Lindley, president; w.
ID. Evans. first vice president; w. w.
Ainsworth, second vice president; K.
A. Moseley. secretary; Nj. S. Decker,
assistant secretary.
| The fund for the purchase of medals
I for Colorado participants in the Span
ish-American war has been raised. The
medals are a certainty and now all the
attention of the friends of the soldiers
will be devoted to the free train fund.
| This announcement was made officially
| Friday by Governor Charles s. Thorn
as. Major S. X. Hooper and DIR. G. j.
Hartung of the committee in charge.
Governor Thomas and Secretary of
State Beckwith will sign certificates of
service, one of which will be presented
with each medal. The fund was quick
ly raised because of the energetic and
uersevering action of the committee.
The new Thirty-fOurth regiment of
volunteers is rapidly filling up. The
recruiting officers scattered throughout
the West are doing excellent work, and
| the recruits are coming In at an en-
couraging rate. Colonel Lyman w. V.
Kennon, who was ordered from New
York to report at Fort Logan, via
Washington, is expected about the
10th. Colonel Eennon comes with a
splendid record. He has been until re-
Gently major and assistant adjutant
general at Havana, and previously was
captain In the Sixth regular infantry.
He is believed by the officers Of the
War Department to be the first man
who reached the summit of San Juan
hill.
Governor Thomas has appointed a
commission to investigate the advisa-
bllity of the removal of the Colorado
State Soldiers and Sailors Home from
Monte Vista. The commission Is COM
posed of Orsen Z. Adams of Arapahoe-
county; Delos L. Holden. Pueblo cOun-
ty; d. w. Robbins. Ell Paso county: G.
s. Aldrich, and J. NJ. Brashear, both of
Rio Grande county. 1t is proposed that
the home shall be located at or near
either Denver, Colorado Springs, Col
den or Brighton. The appointment of
a commission to investigate the advisa-
bility of the removal of the home was
authorized by the last Legislature. The
commission will soon begin work and
will report to the Thirteenth General
Assembly such recommendations as 1t
may decide upon.
Assessor Willard l.. Ames believes
that the assessment of Arapahoe coun-
ty will show slight increase over that
of last year. The apparent assessment
of 1898 was about $69.O0O,OOO, but the
difference of S2.OOO,OOO in the railroad
valuations between the lists of the
county assessor and the State Board of
Equalization made the actual ASSESS
ment about S67. 100000. I'VE have in,
creased valuations on a few classes of
property" says Mr.. Ames, land al
though it is almost impossible to guess
correctly, believe the total assessment
will be larger than a year ago The law
reads that we must report to the state
auditor by August Goth of each year