The Holly chieftain., 1900-06-29
ITEMS FROM DENVER.

ager. According to the statement
printed in the Times the paper was
sold to Mr. Hasbrook and associates
1t is understood that Mr.. w. S. STRAIT
ton is interested in the purchase and
this statement is strengthened by the
further announcement. that new
Times building will be erected on the
cathedral property on Stout street, re-
Gently purchased by Mr.. Stratton.
President Trumbull OF the Colorado
& Southern on Wednesday went over
the line in Platte canon which was re-
Gently washed out by the flood from
the breaking of the Goose Greek dam
of the Denver Union Water Company.
He was accompanied by engineers Of
the road, and 1t is understood took the
trip with view Of making an estimate
OF the damage done the line by the
flood. 1t is the intention Of the rail-
road company to institute suit for
damages as 1t accuses the water com
pany of negligence. The railroad will
make application for about S20O.0
damages, that being the estimate Of
the destruction made at the time Of
the disaster by the engineer Of the
road. This will include the work nee
essary to put the track in order. and
the loss Of revenue from the inter
rupted traffic.
At last the gates OF the penitentiary
are about to swing outward for Harley
p. Mccoy, the slayer Of Police Captain
Charles A. Hawley. Governor Thomas
yesterday issued an order committing
McCoy's sentence from imprisonment
for life to a term of sixteen years, dat
ing from the time Of his conviction.
This Communication also credits Mccoy
vyft Il 10 In Ina Ia -aH Hn. pn1
conduct. He will be a free man on
September next or within less than
three months from now. The pending
release Of Harley P. Mccoy 10 due
largely to the faithful and continuous
efforts made in his behalf by members
of his own family and a small coterie
of friends. He has promised, when set
at liberty, to leave the state and make
his future home with his one surviy
ing family relative, Mrs. Mills, who
resides in California.
State Labor Commissioner Smith is
endeavoring to evolve some plan
whereby he can prevent the importA-
ton of Chinese and Japanese coolies
into Colorado. He states that during
the past six months the number esti-
mated to have arrived in the state is
not far from 1000 and this is having
the effect of stirring the various labor
organizations TO action. IF 1t con-
tinues," remarked the commissioner.
there will be repetition of the anti
Chinese crusade inaugurated in Colora
do twenty years ago. At that time
Leadville, Denver and all the towns
and cities Of importance fired them by
sheer force, and for time 1t was
feared that international complica-
tions might result. At the present
time it is evident that there is n SNUG
Cling point on the coast somewhere or
the large number who have entered
the state during the past half year
could not have gotten in. The matter
is becoming one of such serious i'm
port that l propose to state matters
bearing upon 1t fully in my next re-
port" ''Where do majority of them
find employment was asked "As
rule they are engaged by the railroads
in grading and construction work, but
many of them find employment in the
mines and where they do not they ca
ter the field of placer mining and Gre
ate plenty OF trouble" Mr.. Smith al
SO states that the railroad work now
being done in the vicinity of Poncha
is carried on with Chinese labor, and
1t is creating considerable trouble
probable that the attention of the fed
eral authorities will be called to the
recent influx of the Celestials and
some steps taken to prevent a recur-
renee of the rather bloody scenes of
twenty years ago.
Through the action of the Depart
ment Of the Interior, the district in
habited by the cliff dwellers probably
will be protected from relic hunters,
while free to explorers. State or fed
eral guards may be posted on the mesa
to watch the ancient ruins The ef-
forts of the Woman's Club, backed by
the earnest efforts of Mrs. D. v. Nc
Clurg, seem about to reach fruition.
To the fact that the women of ColOra-
do were the first to see the immense
value to history Of the relics in the
southwest of Colorado, is due the ex-
pected success of the project for a re-
serve. under national or state supervi-
sion. Max Pracht, special agent in
the employ Of the Department of the
Interior, was at the Brown Palace ho-
tel Friday. Mr.. Pracht was sent by
the Secretary of the Interior to look
over the country which the Woman's
| Club recommended should be made a
reserve, and to report upon its value.
| He spent six weeks in the country Il
have not the slightest doubt that the
| Secretary of the Interior will act IA
vorably upon the report which SUBJ
mitted to him." said Mr.. Pracht. Il
| reported strongly in favor Of establish
ing the proposed reserve. The cliff
| dwellers' country has a historic value
| beyond comparison. There Is abso-
lutely no end to the value Of the relics
| which have been unearthed there, and
Stilt IN ba upan rfh hod Tho vorly