Gilpin observer., 1900-02-15
COLORADO NOTES.

property at Idaho Springs will soon be
transferred to company which will
develop the place.
The ceremonies and exercises at Col
orado College last week. in celebration
Of its twenty-fifth anniversary were
very successful. The new hall was
dedicated.
James Wheatly died in Leadville
from the effects of a bullet fired by
John Mccarthy, late Sunday night,
while Wheatly and companion were
trying to rob Mccarthy.
1t appears that Mrs. Shute and Pres
ident Brothers of the State Board of
Horticulture We're both asked by the
board to resign as result of continued
friction. They both did so.
At Cripple Creek on the Sth, Mrs.
Kate Williford shot and killed her hus-
band. j. Ia Williford. and attempted
unsuccessfully to kill herself. Jealousy
is supposed to be the cause.
The city council of Victor has re-
moved A. b. Boylan, police magistrate,
for malfeasance of office. being charg
ed with appropriating $1,000 in fines
Campbell was removed for refusing
Il. NJ. Allen shot his wife, his daugh-
ter Iula and himself at I o'clock
Wednesday morning in their rooms in
Black Hawk. The daughter is still liv-
Ing, but her death is momentarily eX-
pected. Aliens wound is not necessar-
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 X Cripple Creek railroad Wednes-
day evening at the switch called Glen
brook, by which J. G. Nevins. fireman,
and Il. NJ. Alverson, brakeman, We're
killed. The train was leaving siding
and on account of the air brakes refus
ing to work because of the snow on the
track, the engineer lost control. 1t raced
for half mile on a steep grade, when
it struck n curve and the engine left
the track. Eleven carloads of ore were
piled on the engine, all within Il 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.
come for a decade of years from the
royalties that is paid over to them
daily as the smelter settlements are
made. The Home Mining Company
mines are now outputting between 35C
and 400 tons of ore per diem, netting
the company an average of S4 per ton
over and above everything.
About year and half ago the
mr. of 40 rr.,h Mi11S
company on Fryer hill, Leadville, was
ordered sold under writ of execution.
After the death of II. a. w. Tabor his
widow thought to stay the sale of the
property and secured an injunction.
The parties who desired the property
sold and who held n Judgment against
Mr.. Tabor endeavored 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 at least and in that respect is
a victory for Mrs. Tabor. The Match
less mine, which is involved, was Ia
bor's last holding in the camp, and he
took out of it from SS,00O,O00 to S1O,-
100000. 1t Is still good property, and
Mrs. Tabor is cndeavOring TO save it
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 Il 10000 bond and will re-
tain possession of the collection until
its legal status is decided. With this
news comes also the assurance that,
come what may, the professors plan of
making his collection the neuclcus of Il
great museum of natural history in
IN tx+il l., inI al vn,.a
Carter of Oneida, New York brother
of the deceased naturalist. is in Brccli-
enridge, where he attended the funeral
services. lie declares that it Is 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 that plan. As they are the sole
heirs to the estate, this announcement
removes the last vestigc of doubt that
the collection will be 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
IF the Mollie Gibson Mining Company.
was called. The information charges
him with polluting the waters of the
Roaring Fork river from the conceu-
traitor mt Aspen, rendering the water
unfit for domestic or irrigatlng pur-
poses. After n jury had been secured.
District Attorney Shumatc, for the peo.
pie, and Attorney O'Bricn of Aspen
for the defense. made their opening
statements to the jury. The court then
took n recess until tomorrow morning.
Judge Stevens of the Seventh district
Is presiding. as Judge Ruckcr, being n
resident of Aspen and familiar with the
case. does not care to sit in judgment.
Senator William II. Adams ana 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 II 900 acres OF land