The Elbert County tribune., 1900-03-29
coLoRAp } NOTES.

Rev. J. B. Francolon. pastor o. ,ns ne
narisb Of Manltou, has resigneu LIS
charge and left the city. he win ~
succeeded by Rev. John Kenny in''
cbapIaIn of Montcalm sanitarium.
Secretary OF State Beckwith Is busy
recording the last Of the branos as ,e
ouired by the new law. ana says e
work will be finished about the miuuie
~ Anril. He has already turned in,o
the treasury from this work more tnnh
SIS 900 In fees.
James f. Burns has contributed SS,-
600 toward the 10000 to be raised "
Colorado College before the nrsa ol
AnriI. and Frank Peck Sl,OuO. inns
Ieayes to be raised S1o,3Oo IN o,uei ~
secure the gift OF friend OF tne eo
Iege ~ $4,000 for the endowment Oh
n scientific building. 1t is expec,eu
that the full amount will be raised III
few days.
A person convicted of a crime less
than n capital offense may nave re-
course TO only one writ of error, says
Tho Suprene Court. This statement IL
made in connection with the refusal py
the court to consider the case OF nu
ward Caviness The crime OF ChViness
was murder in ,Le second degree. as
his counsel applied for a WITT OF erlva i'..
a year ago, then refused to prosecute
II the court denied him privilege OF
again attempting a similar action
Judge HaIIett has decided that goods
belonging to bankrupt, heiu uhue,
attachment at the time he ueciareu
himself unable to meet his obiightlons
and had his case formally entered III
the United States bankruptcy Oou,',
officer having the other goods IN
charge. The effect of the decision Is
that the attachment loses Its priority
OF claim against the goods of the
bankrupt.
After considerable litigation between
the Colorado & Southern Railroad COM
pany and the city Of Pueblo, the for
mer. in consideration of the city va
eating certain ground for Its benent,
has made an appropriation OF So.oV
to the city, to be used in the cohstruc-
tion of the First street viaduct across
the Fountain river and the Colorado
* Southern traces. Work will be re-
sumed on the new viaduct.
John Jacob Astor Powell, attorney,
is alive. well and practicing law IN
Virginia. However, he Is not the John
Jacob Astor Powell OF Ouray, VINO
disappeared from Denver not long ago.
John 7. Barnett, n lawyer, Is sponsor
for this statement He thinks the
| Ouray lnwyer used the Virginian'
name. Friends of the missing man
think that he is In South Africa, ana
one of them says he has a letter from
Powell, under recent date. from Jo-
hannesburg. where he says Powel is
protecting his South African mining
interests.
A series of suits has been commenced
in the United States courts covering
the taking OF timber, coal and other ma
terials from government land. Inc
first of the suits was filed on February
14th, when the government accused the
Denver Tramway Company of cutting
ties on government land without per
mission. This suit includes not only
the Tramway company and its officers,
but also the Denver, Leadville Gun
nIson railroad. The suit is civil one
for the value of the timber taken. The
damages are placed at S1O,4S9. Last
Friday second suit was filed for dam
ages against Allen NJ. and Il. I. Ghost,
1t being charged that they had taken
$3.50 worth of coal from government
land.
The franchise of the Ouray and Red
Mountain toll road, the connecting link
on the Ourny route of the circle trip
so many people from all parts of the
world have Travelled, will expire next
month. The people of Ouray county
expect the company, at the head of
which is Otto Mears, to give up pos
session Mt that time, although a new
corporation is said to have been organ
lied for the purpose of assuming con
troll. A recent decision in a CleaI
Creek county case held that no indi
yidunl or corporation could take charge
of toll road after the life of first
franchise had expired. The Ouray road
has been Travelled for twenty years by
passengers taking the stage Mt Silver
ton. and has been bonanza for the
owners.
Deputy Revenue Collector ]. D. AL
lard has returned from near La Veta
where with X. l.. Myers, n deputy from
Denver, he went last Saturday on {
chase after an Illicit still. The outfi
was located on Beatty creek, eighteeI
miles north of La Veta, in a common
shanty covered with canvas. A copper
still and worm were found that wer,
not merely makeshift devices. The ca
pacity was five or ten gallons per day
The plant was destroyed. Nobody wal
found at the shack, but 1t was eviden
that moonshine had been made ther,
recently. Last fall another still wa
located and destroyed by Mr.. Allard OF
the other side of the Spanish peaks IL
Maverick canon. 1t is believed boil
stills We're operated by the same mel
and arrests in the next few days vii
perhaps be made, though on this poin
the officers refuse to talk.
That the shipments of meat sent t.
the penitentiary have not been full
weight, but have been from fifty t,
100 pounds short on almost ever,
shipment, is claimed by ID. Cognevich
the former steward of the place. II,
was relieved from duty as stewar,
last month and transferred to the var,
work. This work he refused to dc
and left the penitentiary. The stew
ard has memoranda of the weights O
the meat and says he has shown then
to Warden Hoyt, each OF the peni
tentiary commissioners and the gov
ernor. According to Cognevich, VIII
says he was discharged from his plac
as steward because he brought the nj
tention of the commissioners to tn
meat question, there have been differ
ences In the weights for some months
The arrival of spring heralds tn
coming of the colonists from othe
states to settle in the fertile valleys o
Colorado. The railway men of the cit
are firmly convinced that 1900 Wi
be more prolific In this regard thal
last year, and are consequently max
ing arrangements for the reception o
the additions to Colorado's rural popu
lation. ]. p. Hall, general agent o
the Santa Fe, has announced that
large number of colonists from Mort
Dakota have forsaken the hardship
of that bleak country for the sunshin
and grent farming possibilities of Coll