The Holly chieftain., 1900-05-25
ITEMS FROM DENVER.

spent the winter The Grand Mesa
lakes form "A chain five miles long. and
are as picturesque as any tbat can ne
found in Colorado. Mr.. Radcliffe Will
give to the state this year 2ooo.cn
trout with which the state game ana
fish commissioner will be able to stock
lnrge number of private lakes ana
public streams. The only expense 10
the state will be cost of transportation,
which will be trihing in comparison
with the value of the fish
Tom Ii. Johnson. state game and
fish commissioner, will try to secure
for the state the private fish hatchery
near Brighton. This is the oldest
hatchery In the state. and Is near
enough to the state hatchery at Bright
on to form valuable addition to it.
Jim" Broadwell came TO Colorado al
most a generation ago. and this hatch
cry and fine horses were his hobbies.
But reverses came so that when he
died month ago his property was not
az large as had been generally sup
posed. The widow Is therefore willing
to dispose Of the hatchery at a low
price.
Between 200 and 400 liners en-
ployed by The Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company at Sopris, camp located
about five miles west OF Trinidad. went
out on a strike Monday morning. The
men assert that the company has not
been giving them correct weights on
the coal mined. They also say that
they are arbitrarily compelled to pay
two per cent of their earnings for
insurance. The strikers held two meet
ings to-day. Everything was quiet and
orderly and after discussing the mat
ter. they appointed n committe TO wait
on the officials of the company y and pre-
sent the grievances. In the meantime
they decided to return to work to-
morrow morning.
Under the laws of the state superin-
tendents of schools are the authorized
agents and custodians of the state
land board for all school lands in their
respective counties. In the past, for
some reason. the superintendents have
never exercised these functions with
any assistance to the land board. At
the annual meeting Of the superintend-
ents held at Trinidad, DIR. j. n. Chip
ley of the state land board delivered an
address upon the subject OF how the
superintendents could best assist the
land board in reporting on the true val
uations of the public lands in their re-
spective counties: of getting the best
possible rentals and for the protection
of the foresi reserves. Governor Thom-
as communicated with the superintend-
ents upon the same subject.
Game Commissioner Tom II. John
son has learned through T. j. Holland,
state superintendent of fish hatcheries.
that in the vicinity of Silver Plume fox
hounds Were being allowed to roam the
country and kill big game. which. was
afterwards used by the owners of the
hounds for eating purposes. Mr.. Hol-
land received letter from a friend of
his at Silver Plume. which set forth
that Henry Thomas, Thomas Williams
and James Pomeroy allowed their fox
hounds TO run wild and that as a re-
suit two deer had recently been attack
ed by them and mortally injured. The
owners Of the hounds are laborers.
who. II is said. want the game for food.
Mr.. Holland was told by the commits
sioner to write to his friend and see If
he would not accept n position as dep
uty game warden so as to bring these
men TO justice.
The carelessness of Jacob Watkins
in taking the bride off an unruly horse
Tuesday afternoon, is the direct cause
of the death of Watkins wife. Sarah,
the dangerous injury of Joseph Kal-
menson. neighbor's child, and the
bruising of Harry Kalmenson and Leo
Watkins. When Watkins tooff of the
bride. the horse, hitched to light ex-
press wagon. was standing before S.
NJ Conicks harness shop, Thirteenth
and Market. In the wagon sat Mrs.
Watkins and the three children. Quick
as flash. the horse. relieved of the
bride. dashed down Market street to-
ward the Watkins house. No. 1437
Eleventh street. A sharp turn around
the corner OF Eleventh and Market and
the woman and three little boys We're
thrown violently to the ground. The
woman struck squarely on her head
and suffered a fractured skull. She
lived ten minutes and died in great
pain in her home, only thirty feet from
the spot where she was fatally hurt.
The Western Labor Union completed
Its work Monday and adjourned and
the Western Federation of Miners end
ed its sessions Tuesday. Wednesday
night the delegates go to Cripple Creek.
where they will be taken on a tour of
the mining district by committees of
Cripple Creek and Victor unions. The
morning session of the labor union was
short, the business before the conven-
tion having practically been completed
Saturday. After an hours session ad-
journment was taken until the after
noon, when the two conventions met in
joint session. The federation perform
ed its usual amount of work. including
the adoption of resolutions on various
subjects. One was in condemnation
Of the practices of insurance. The
federation will instruct all Cripple
Creek mining companies and the smelt-
ers in forcing their employees to take