The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
COLORADO NOTES.
The Burlington's new Brush-Alliance
line will run through Sterling.

mits issued by the building inspector at
Colorado Springs for the month OF
March is $1O2,O3O, this being for five
houses begun during the month. Alto
gether the amount of building going on
in the city amounts to nearly, If not
quite S1,0O0,0OO.
Over 100 homestead claims have been
filed in the Pueblo land office during
this month, ON lands located principally
in the counties of Otero, Huerfano ana
Las Animas. This is the largest num-
Der of claims of this character filed
in the land office for any previous
month in the past five years.
The Otto Mears toll road between
Ouray and Ironton was thrown open
on the 3rd for free use, ms the charter
had expired. The county commission
ers were prepared to enforce the open
ing, If not done voluntarily. This is
| the road the county endeavored TO
have the state buy at the last session
of the Legislature. The opening OF
the road will greatly stimulate the
traffic of the city.
Municipal elections were held In
many cities of the state Tuesday. Lo-
cal issues predominated, but in the i'm
portant centers the elections were
fought on political lines. The license
question was paramount in places, and
under the head of citizens and non
party tickets, the political views Of
candidates were not considered. The
Democrats carried Leadville and lost
Victor. At Cripple Creek the Repub-
iicans elected three candidates, which
gives them a majority of the council.
| The Republicans carried Palmer Lake,
Greeley and captured nearly all the Of
| fees in Trinidad and Golden. The en-
| tire Republican ticket was elected in
Colorado Springs with the exception
of marshal.
| An opinion handed down by Erwin
| l.. Regennitter, district attorney for the
First judicial district of Colorado, indi-
Gates that next fall students of the
State School of mines and some en-
ployes of the State Industrial School at
Golden, will be prosecuted IL they at
tempt to vote at the coming fall elee-
| ton The opinion was requested as
an instruction covering the questioned
legality of votes in Jefferson county.
| The construction of the state constitu-
ton by District Attorney Regennitter
applies as well to students of every col
lege in the state and employees of ey-
cry state institution, and should the Of
flcials of the First judicial district
make test case in Jefferson county,
as is the intention of the district attor-
ney, the Supreme Court would doubt
less be called upon to construe the con-
stitutional limitations, which, Attorney
| Regennitter insist are violated in ey-
cry county where state institutions are
| located.
/. p. Cleary and Dewitt Cleary, ac-
cused of cattle rustling in the western
part of Douglas county, We're tried be-
fore Justice Crawshaw at Castle Rock
on the Both. The case attracted much
| attention. A number of the witnesses
examined admitted completely in the
killing of cattle but claimed that the
Clearys were the prime movers. /. T..
Cleary, the father, conducted saw
mill and boarded a number Of men.
and it was to his boarding house that
the stolen beef was taken, but he
swore that he was absent and knew
nothing of it until later his son, De-
witt. admitted that he and Newton
Buzbee. n son-in-law of Cleary, had
killed the steer. The effort of the de-
fense seemed to be to shift the blame
TO young Cleary who is not yet of age.
l. p. Cleary was bound over in $500
bonds and Dewitt Cleary in $1,000.
The father will probably be able to
give bonds. The prosecution was con-
Quoted by the Colorado Cattle Grow
ers' Association, represented by Ralph
Talbot of Denver. George Il. Dunn
and L. c. Withaup We're for the de-
fense. If either of the prisoners gives
bail he will be arrested again on other
charges.
The Republican State Convention to
choose two delegates at large and two
alternates to the national convention
will be held in the Broadway theater
May 10th. The number of delegates de-
cided on is 702. The convention for the
nomination of candidates for state of
fees and for presidential electors will
be held in Denver, September 1th. The
convention of the First congressional
district to choose one delegate and one
alternate to the national convention
will be held in Denver May 11th. The
convention to nominate congressman
to succeed John Il. Shafroth will be
held in Greeley September Sth. The
convention of the Second district to
choose national delegates will be held
May 9th in Pueblo. The convention in
that district TO choose a nominee for
| congressman to succeed j. @. Bell Will
| be called after the May convention.
In quarrel over measurement of
timber on which they had been work
ing, near Breckenridge, Samuel Copner
struck his partner, Philip Willicks,
with an axe, killing him almost in
stantly. The murder was committed
Mt the Mount Pride mine. Copner's
blow caught Willicks on the head, near
Iy severing it in two. After the killing
Copner gave himself up to the sheriff.
j. j. Frey, who, until January 1st of
! this year, was general manager of the
! Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad,
has been elected president of the Flor
ence & Cripple Creek, the Canon City
& Cripple Creek and the Golden Circle
railroads, to succeed Sylvester Il.
Smith. WHO resigned the presidency
| en.,p aftn, tbo roads yyara cold to tho