North Park union., 1900-02-23
COLORADO MOTIFS.

8o0Wu1luo uEUE AG8uVhtE VA tAs% ssAss
Hinsdale county has refunded its
bonded indebtedness At four per cent.
1t il expected that a large block Of
property At Idaho Springs will soon be
Transferred to a company which Will
develop the place.
The ceremonies and exercises at Col
orado College last week. In celebration
Of Its twenty-nfth anniversary were
very successful. The new hall was
dedicated.
James Wheatly died In Leadville
from the effects of bullet fired by
John Mccarthy. late Sunday night.
while Wheatly and Il companion were
trying to rob Mccarthy.
1t appears that Mrs. Shute and Pres
ident Brothers OF the State Board Of
Horticulture were both asked by the
board to resign ms a result Of continued
friction. They both did 80.
At Cripple Creek on the Sth. Mrs.
Kate Williford shot and killed her hus-
band, ]. Il. Williford, and attempted
unsuccessfully to kill herself. Jealousy
b supposed to be the cause.
The city council of Victor has re-
moved A. b. B0ylan, police magistrate.
for malfeasance Of office, being charg-
ed with appropriating 5000 In fines
collected by him. Night Marshal
Campbell was removed for refusing
to testify against Boylan.
e. NJ. Allen shot his wife. his daugh-
ter Zula and himself at Z O'Clock
Wednesday morning in their rooms In
Black Hawk. The daughter ia still liv-
ing. but her death In momentarily ex-
pected. Aliens wound Ia not necessnr-
| lily fatal. The cause of the shooting Is
believed to have been temporary aber-
ration, superinduced by domestic dis
agreements.
An accident occurred on the Flor
ence & Cripple Creek railroad Wednes-
day evening at the switch called Glen
brook. by which ]. G. Nevins, fireman,
and r. NJ. AlversOn, brakeman, were
killed. The train was leaving n siding
and ON account OF the nlr brakes refus-
| ing to work because of the snow on the
track, the engineer lost control. 1t raced
for half mile on u steep grade, when
II struck curve and the engine left
the track. Eleven carloads of ore were
piled on the engine, all within n space
| OF two car lengths.
The Home Mining Company of Lead
Vile has secured an extension OF Its
leases, making them cover period Of
ten years. This important concession
was readily granted by the owners,
who now see before them steady In
come for decade OF years from the
royalties that Is paid over TO them
daily us the smelter settlements are
made. The Home Mining Company
mines are now outputting between $50
and 400 tons Of ore per diem, netting
the company an average OF ~ per ton
| over and above everything.
| About yenr nnd half ngo the
property OF the TnbOr Mines and Mills
company ON Fryer hill. Leadville. was
ordered sold under n writ Of execution.
| After the death OF ii. A. w. Tabor his
widow thought to stny the sale OF the
property md secured m Injunction.
| The parties who desired the property
sold and who held II judgment against
Mr.. Tabor endcnvored TO have the In
junction dissolved. but Judge Overs
has decided not to do so. This pre-
vents the sale OF the property for the
present nj least and In that respect IL
| II victory for Mrs. Tabor. The Match
less mIne which IN involved. was Ia
boris last holding In the camp. and he
took out OF II from *S,0OO.0OO to $1O-
OOO,OOO. 1t IL still IL good property. and
out Of the wreck OF her husbands for
tune.
The Carter collection at Breckenridge
has been turned over to the custody Of
George Engle. banker of that city.
who gave II $4,000 bond and Will re-
tain possession of the collection until
Its legal status IL decided. With this
news comes also the assurance that.
| mi l,n ,,f
making his collection the neucleus of II
grent museum OF natural history In
Denver. will be carried ont. Theodore
Carter OF Oneldh. New York. brother
OF the deceased naturalist. Is In Breck-
| enridge, where he attended the funeral
services. He declares that It IL his
will. and the will OF his sister. who
lives In Michigan. that the wishes of
Professor Carter be carried out, and
that they will do all In their power to
further TINT plnn. Az they are the sole
heirs to the estate. this announcement
removes the last vcstige OF doubt that
the collection will liz brought to Den.
yer.
A dispatch from GlenwOOd Springs
says: In the District Court this morn-
| ing the trial OF the case OF the People
against William J. Cox. superintendent
| OF the MOllic Gibson Mining Company,
was called. The information charges
him with pollutIng the waters OF the
Roaring Fork river from the concen-
traitor at Aspen, rendering the water
unfit for domestic or irrigating pur-
poses. After jury had been secured.
District Attorney Shumate. for the peO-
pie. and Attorney O'Brien OF Aspen
for the defense. made their opening
statements to the jury. The court then
took recess until tomorrow morning.
Judge Stevens OF the Seventh district
Ia presiding. as Judge Rucker. being IL
resident OF Aspen and familiar with the
case, does not care to sit In judgment.
Senator william II. Adams and his
partners in the land leasing scheme for
the San Juan country won their point
before the State Land Board In the
fight for lease on p 600 acres of land
to be fenced and added to the 1900
acres they now control. The state
board Mt It's last meeting allowed a
lease on this land Mt rentals from to
cents an acre. A protest was re-
reived from sheep men who objected
to the lease and asked the state to have
part of the land turned back to the fed
eral government for their use. so that
there would be no rent to pay for 1t.
The board refused this request, and the
fight hecaple SimDly n difference be-