Gilpin observer., 1900-04-26
DOINGS AT DENVER.
1..n. OF in.sr..s FROM tn. CITY and .a.
state Capitol.

| Whlle employed in the county treaSu-
rer's office, has been arrested in Wash
tington.
Professor James II. Van Sickle,
superintendent of the North Denver
school district, has been appointed
superintendent Of the public schools of
Baltimore, where he will have charge
of 1,S00 teachers and $4,000 pupils.
Professor James II. Van Sickle, SUI
perintendent of School District No. II
of Denver. has been elected superin-
tendent of public education by the
School Board of Baltimore. Professor
Van Sickle will succeed Professor Hen
ry A. Wise, who has been the superin-
tendent Of public schools for nearly
twenty years.
Thieves entered the residence of Mrs.
II. II. Stonaker, No. 144O South Fif-
teenth street, about 5 o'clock Friday af-
ternoon and carried away jewelry
worth about $500. The house was un-
occupied at the time, and it was not
until Mrs. Stonaker returned home,
about an hour later, that she discov-
cred the loss.
The Majestic hotel is the name by
which the McMurtrie block will be
known as soon as the interior is COM
pleted and furnished. The unfinished
|
teenth street Friday passed into the
hands of a syndicate Of local capital
lists, and will be completed at once. The
Majestic Investment Company is the
| title of the company. Its incorporation
papers were filed Thursday, and its
capital stock is $25O,OOO. ID. II. Mof-
fat, James II. McClurg Thomas Kee-
ley and Horace w. Bennett are the in
corporators. James A. McClurg is
president of the company and Julius
w. Myers is secretary. The price paid
for the property is placed by those IA
miliar with the deal at S225. 900. 1t is
the purpose of the new owners to spend
100000 in finishing the building and
fitting it up. The McNIurtrie building
was started five years ago by ]. A. Nc
Murtrie. who planned to make it the
| finest office building in the city. 1t is
absolutely fire proof, built of steel. with
floors of hollow brick throughout. The
building, in its unfinished condition.
would cost S25O,000 to build to-day. 1t
was put up when steel and structural
materials Were at their lowest quota
| tons and cost $4,000, exclusive of
the land.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Thursday began the rehearing of
the Kindel freight-rate case, which was
first taken up five years ago and heard
In Denver. There We're present yester-
day to listen to the testimony Judson
G. Clements and Joseph W. Fifer of
the commission, a score of prosperous
looking lawyers representing the rail-
ways, the attorneys for the complain
ant and thirty or forty business men
and shippers, several of whom testified
as to alleged inequalities in freight
rates. Following are the specific
charges against railroad companies:
First-That the rates from Denver to
the Pacific coast are unreasonable and
should be lower than the rates from the
Missouri river points easterly thereof to
the Pacific coast Second-That the
rates from the Pacific coast to Denver
are unreasonable and snould be lower
than the rates from the Pacific coast
to the Missouri river and points easter.
ly thereof. Third-That the rates from
Denver to points at and east of the Mis-.
souri, river are unreasonable and should
be lower than the rate from the Pacific
const to such Missouri river and east.
ern points. Fourth-That the rates
from points at and east of the Missouri
river are unreasonable in themselves
and as compared with each other.
The officers for the western division
of the rural free delivery will be
opened in Denver May 1st. At that
time corps of special agents will be
assembled in Denver and the special
agent in charge of the division will be
ready to receive petitions from resi-
dents in districts which may desire the
privileges of rural free delivery, and
ready to send his subordinates out to
investigate such petitions as may be
presented to him. This is the infor-
nation brought by w. Il. Amin, who
has been appointed special agent for
this branch of the postal service in
the western division. Il. NJ. Dice Is
now in charge of the territory in
which Denver is situated and Mr..
Annin's headquarters have been in
indianapolis. Now. under orders from
the Postoffice Department, Denver is
to be the center of the western d.
vision, which will include all states
and territories west of the Missouri
river with the exception of Kansas,
and, in addition. will take in Arkansas
and Texas. Kansas will he placed
under the new central division, which
VIII be In charge of Special Agent
Dice. "There Is some misunderstand-
ing as to the exact ends which the
rural free delivery system Is supposed
TO serve" said Mr.. Amin last night.
1T is not n suburban delivery. or an
extension of the city delivery. 1t is not
Il free village delivery. 1t might be
aptly called an agricultural delivery.
AS 1t Is intended to ill the wants which
farmers have for mail service. Many
farmers when they want mail have TO
ride twenty miles and back for 1t, and
it is just in such places that the rural
free delivery Is expected to be useful.
1t Is supposed to furnish postal facili-
ties TO districts that have none Mt ALL
The service Is obtained through pc
tition to the first assistant postmaster
general, signed by those who desire
the service. The petitions should