The Delta independent., 1900-04-06
coLoaAoo MorEs.

Tie total value Of the building PEI.
mits issued by the building inspector at
Colorado Springs for the month OF
March u x1O2, $50. this being for ave
houses begun during the month. Alto
gether the amount Of building going o.
In the city amounts to nearly. II no6
quite &1.OOO,OO.
Harpar d. Ofahood. department corr
mander Of the Department Of Cosorado
and Wyoming. g. A. H.. elected at tne
last encampment, has made snnounce-
ment Of the following appointments:
Thomas ]. Foote. assistant adtufmf
general, Denver; Marshall B. Craw-
ford. assistant QuArtermastef general.
Denver; Charles Grabert. department
inspector, Leadville; II. n. AtDor.
judge advocate. Longmont; @. A. Ham
ilton. chief mastering Omcer, De1ver;
A. 8. H0lbrOOk. chief Of sta6, Colombo
Springs: George X. Kimbal. senior
aide, Golden. Each post commander
Of the department In requested BY Gen
eral Orahood to forward the name OF
one comrade suitable for aide on the
department sta6 and one for assist
ant inspector.
Ex-Governor Alva Adams and urA.
Adams are In Washington en- route
from an extended visit In Cuba to their
home in Colorado. Governor Adams,
in an interview, said that his visit to
Cuba had convinced him that the Island
should become . part OF the UAited
States. "It II rich." be said, 'tn agri-
cultural and mineral resources, and
with the protection Of American laws
extended to capital. will become
profitable held for investaD. What
impressed me greatly was the cheap
freight rates upon products shipped
from the island to United States poets.
Rates on sugar are but IL cents hun
dred pounds from Havana to New
YORK, . marked contrast to our west
ern freight rates. With equitable
greatest wealth. producing regions Of
the republic"
An opinion handed down By Erwin
I. Regennitter. district attorney for the
First judicial district Of Colorado. indi-
State School OF mines and s0me en-
plOyes Of the State Industrial School 1t
Golden. will be prosecuted II they At
tempt to vote ut the coming fall elec-
tiOn. The opinion was requested ~
an instruction covering the questioned
legality Of votes in Jefferson county.
The construction OF the state coastitu-
ton by District Attorney Regennitter
applies ~ well to students Of every col
lege In the state and employees Of ev-
cry state Institution, and should the Of
ncials Of the First Judicial district
make Z test case in Jefferson coanty,
a. h the intention Of the district attoe.
ney, the Supreme Court would doubt-
Iess be called upon to conotrue the cos
stjtutional limitations. which, Attorney
ReGeanittef insist are violated In ev.
cry county where state isstitutioas ars
located.
l. r. CIeary and Dewitt cseary. &c
cised Of caftDe rustllng IL the westes1
part Of Douglas county, were tTied -
fore Jus&ice CFawshaw ~ Castls BACK
on ths 10th. The case attracted 0neh
afteatiea. 4 Hnmhes Of H. witnesses
examined adsa1ttel cs0plic1y u ths
ktlng u catt1e bat elAinss1 tAot H.
Clsafys we're the psins nsvssa ]. =.
Clesry, tn, fathee ens1ne1od aaw
MIN aod bOafde4,a n1Dbee- - nea.
the stolea beef .Nas taken, bst -
nothing of Il NTH later his 90, De-
witt, admitteA that be ard Newton
Bus6ee, . eoa-in-law Of Cleary, had
killed tie sessG The e6ost ef The DE-
fense seemoA to be to shift tie blane
to young Cleafy, Who b net yet q age.
I. r. CSeary was bound over IN 900
boads and Dewitt Cleary In Loo.
The father win probably be sbie 70
give hoods. The prosecution was coa-
Quoted By the Colorado Cattle Grow
efs' Association. represented By Ralph
Talbot ef Denvef. George z Dann
and L. G. withaup were for the r.
fense. II either Of the prisoners gives
bail he win be arrested again on other
charges.
The Repubiican State Coavention to
choose two delegates at large and two
alternates to the national Convention
viii be held In the Broadway theater
May 10th. TIE number Of delegates de-
cided on is 7B2. The convention for the
nomination Of Candidates for state o.
ices and foe presidential electoes win
be held in Denver, September 7th. The
convention Of the First Congressional
district to choose one deleRnte and one
alternate to the nati0nal coaventioa
will b. held In Deaver May 11th. The
c0nventiou TO nominate Q coagfeasman
to succeed John r. Shafroth wjI1 ~
held in Greeley Septembes oth. TIE
cOnvention OF the Secoad district to
cheese natiouai delegates WIN be heId
May nh In Pueblo. The couventioa In
that district TO choose . nominee for
congressman 10 succeed J. G. Bell WIN
be called after the May conventiOa.
In . quarrel over . measurement ef
timber on which they had been work
Ing, near Breckenridge. Aamuel Copper
struck bis partner. Philip wIllicks.
with an axe, killing him almost In
stantly. The murder wos committed
st the Mount Pride u1ne. Copoer's
blow caught Wiilicks % The head, near.
" seveSing Il In two. Afser the killinx
COpper gave himself up TO the sheriff.
J. J. Frey. who. untfl January 1st of
this year, wss general manager Of thr
Atchison, Topeka Z s.nta Fe railroad.