The Holly chieftain., 1900-01-19
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM rssni
STATE CAPITOL. NJ


Frederic G.. BonfIis had SO far i'm.
proved Monday night that for the first
time since he was shot by w. w. An
tlerson his doctors thought 1t safe to
leave him, and only the nurses and
his family We're in attendance uponf
the wounded man after the early even-
ing. DIR. Charles n. Hart assured Mr..
Bonfils' family that the crisis had I.
passed and there was no immetiiateS
danger. He expressed not only hope
OF ultimate recovery, but his words
We're so encouraging as to lead the
family to believe that the sufferer was
practically out of danger. II. H. Tam
men, the other owner of the Evening
Post, who also received two Of Mr.
Anderson's bullets, is pronounced OUT
Of danger.
The Supreme Court has denied 70
Judge Moses Hallett rehearing OF his
tax suit against the assessor Of Arap-
ahoe county. The amount involved ise
$4,000. as an assessment upon notes
and credits" and the judge will now be
expected to pay the tax upon it. Last.
gear Assessor Ames fixed the value sSsS
Judge Hallett's notes and credits at
$2JO,OOO, and this year the assessment
Is $3JO.OO0. The protests on the latter
ks
reason given by the assessor for nam-4
ing these amounts was that Judge Hal
lett made no return on his tax schedule
opposite the denomination .moneyS1s
notes and credits" He said the Law
gave him the right TO supply omissions
in the schedules to the best of his
knowledge.
The Colorado & Southern road no.
longer owns its own telegraph lines.
AT midnight the title in the property
was transferred 10 the Western UnionS
company. under whose management it
VIII be operated. The status of thn
operators, so far as their difficulty
with the railroad company is con- .
cerned. will not be affected as they wiIH
continue In the roads employ as be-
fore. While the Western Union will :.
own the lines and keep them in repaiSst
the railroad company will operate
them under joint traffic agreement
under which the tolls on all messages
Will go entirely to the telegraph com
pany. So far as the employees are cong
cerned there Will be no difference ex-
cept in the formality. of reports and
checking business
The United States Land Court IS
about 10 undertake one of the most
important land cases ever heard by
the tribunal. The case involves the
ownership of not less than 100000
acres OF land, a great portion of whicNt
lies in the southern part of San Luis
valley. The tract is known in south
ern Colorado as the Valdez grant. 1t
dates back as far as 1888. when the
governor of New Mexico presented
princely gift of real estate to several
OF his friends and admirers, of whom .
(,lleflNnfn XnIdpz fl.a1
area in controversy is anywhere be-
tween 100000 and 1000. 900 acres and
covers some highly mineralized tracts
as well as great bodies of grazing landV'
Inc case is In many respects similar
to that of the Trinchera grant, and
the latter terminated favorably for tho
contestants. 1t will require many
months to take the voluminous testi-
mony. In the meantime the progress
of the case will be noted with great
interest by thousands of residents of
southern Colorado This is the last
of the large land grant cases affectiu4
the southern part of this state.
The holders of leases on mining lanth
owned by the state may breathe freq
ly awhile. The State Land Board, at
its meeting Monday, practically gave
up its crusade against alleged violaA
tors of these leases so far rs past trans
gressions are concerned. The board
decided several days ago that 1t could
not cancel the leases of miners under
what are known as 'old leases" that
is, twenty-year leases. But 1t went
further, and in the matter of the shoEt
leases, or eight-year leases and the
coal leases. into which the investiga-
,tion was first begun, it decided that
owing to variance of views on the mat
ter it would not attempt to cancel any
of them. 1t ordered the register to
notify holders of eight-year leases that
they would be allowed until ApriA
1st next to begin improvements re-
quired by the leases. The question of
improvements does not enter into the
twenty-year leases, and the only cause
for which they can be Cancelled is fr
non-payment of rental. None were
Cancelled on this ground Monday, aly
though some may be recalled on th
ground at the next meeting. At th1
meeting the report of Mining InspectG
Lee will be taken up.
The machine shops Of the F. NJ. Da.
Wis Iron Works Company, at Eighth
and Larimer streets, were destroyed.hy
fire early Wednesday evening. IN
total loss. including buildings al
material is roughly estimated BY Maj
ager w. G. Davis at $l30,OOO. This
damage is fully covered by Insurance.
The fire originated in the boilar room
and spread with great rapidfty. a
large twO-story brick building. uged as
n machine shop and pattern roo and
a story and half brick building used
as foundry room are the buildings
burned. The main. foundry. however,