Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
COLORADO ITEMS.

1t Is stated that the mills at Cripple
Creek refuse to treat ore carrying less
than two ounces of gold.
Three Leadville firemen were injured
by the overturning of a truck while
going to fire recently.
]. b. Orman, who has the contract
for building the Crystal river railroad,
says that the road will be completed
to Marble this year.
The State Federation of Labor has
placed itself on record in the fight
which has been commenced by the Or
der of telegraphers against the Colo
RADIO & Southern railway. The fedora
tion upholds the telegraphers In their
contention. and calls upon all union
labor bodies to aid in making the fight
effective by boycotting the road.
A disastrous fire broke out Friday
morning in the heart of Colorado
Springs, and before the flames could
be checked about $4,000 worth of
property was destroyed. The greatest
sufferers were the May Clothing Com
pany, w. s. Nichols 4 Co., wholesale
gracers, and A. IL. Whaite & Co.,
clothiers. The losses are covered to
great extent by insurance.
A dispatch from Cripple Creek on
the 10th said: A cave-in occurred this
afternoon at l o'clock at the fifty-foot
level on the Rose mine, on Battle
mountain. Two men were working
in the drift in which the cavern oc-
CURED. One of them, ]. German, hap
pened to be on the shaft side of the
cave-in and escaped without injury.
His partner, John West was caught by
the cave-in and at n late hour tonight
was still imprisoned. The relief corps
is hard at work removing the debris
and endeavoring to release him. Much
trouble is experienced by continuous
caving, but it is thought that the man
will be at liberty before morning. The
Rose mine is owned by the Rose-Nicol
Gold Mining Company.
The body of man recently found
hanging in the woods near Florence
has been identified as that of Joe
Graindarge, Frenchman. Holes in
the clothing indicated that he was
shot. Two people, suspected of
numbering him have been arrested at
Rockvale. Their names are Joe Chevie
and Mrs. Devivers. Both are French.
Relations known to have existed be-
tween the victim and his alleged
muruerers support the murder theory
and furnish the motives of cupidity
and jealousy. 1t develops now that
Graindarge was not bachelor. He
left wife and two children in Bel
gium, but lived with the woman Devi-
vers. About three years ago Joe
Chevie appeared upon the scene and
in time won the affections of the
woman Graindarge was living with
Intense jealousy sprung up between
the two men, and it is now alleged
that the woman and her present para
mour shot Graindarge. carried the
body to the desolate spot in the noun
tains and there suspended it from a
tree. The house which belonged to
Graindarge was torn down and the
lumber hauled away and appropriated
by Chevie. Deputy Sheriff Mooney
found Graindarge's horses, harness
and wagon on the premises of the
woman and man. Mr.. Mooney is
highly commended for his wor, -
this case. %, .,-.oS
The apphc;.tiv. of the Midland Ter
minal railway, the Florence & Cripple
Creek railway, the Metallic Extraction
Company, and the other companies
that We're enjoined by Judge Steven
son in November from perfecting their
alleged sale and reorganization at the
suit of the attorney general. by direc-
tion of Governor Thomas, for the disso-
luton of the injunction. came on in
the District Court before Judge n. Wal
ter Dixon of Pueblo, who was called in
to hear the application. After presenta-
ton of evidence and argument by the
attorney, Judge Dixon held that the
state had wholly failed to sustain the
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practically without contradiction that
there was no purpose whatever to con-
solidate the lines of the two railway
companies, but that the intention was
to maintain-an organization by the sew
eral corporations distinct and to oper-
ate each under its separate and dis
tinct boards of directors and officers.
He further held that the sales of the
stock and securities of the several cor
porations We're actual and bona fide,
and that he knew of no law that pro-
hibited either an individual or COM
pany from purchasing the stocks of
corporations and owning them and u.s.
ing them in legitimate manner. He
further said that the facts of the case
as established did not bring the trans
action under the head either of trust
or monopoly. and there was nothing to
snow that II was n violation OF the
constitution or laws of the state.
Preparations are in full blast Mt
Colorado Springs for the celebration of
the twenty-iifth anniversary of Colo
RADIO College, and the dedication of the
new Perkins Fine Arts building Just
nearing completion. A period of four
days, February 7th to 10th, Is to be
devoted to this joint celebration, and
every effort Is being made to render it
an occasion worthy of the growth OF
the college In the past and the promise
1t gives for the future. The new build
ing contains Il large and handsome
auditorium and n valuable organ, the
gift of Miss Elizabeth Cheney of
Wellesley, Massachusetts, has already
been placed In position. The upper
floor Is arranged to meet the needs of
the departments of music and fine