The Holly chieftain., 1900-04-27
DOlNGs AT DENVER.
items of Interest From the City and the
STATE Capitol.

teenth street. about o'clock Friday af-
| ternoon and carried away jewelry
worth about $500 The house was un-
occupied at the time, and it was not
until Mrs. Stonaker returned home,
about an hour later, that she discov-
cred the loss.
! Professor James II. Van Sickle. su-
I perintendent of School District No. IL
| of Denver. has been elected superip-
tendent OF public education by the
J School Board of Baltimore. Professor
4 Van Sickle will succeed Professor Hen
ry A. Wise, who has been the superin-
| tendent Of public schools for nearly
twenty years.
1t is reportsd from the East that the
proposed consolidation of the interests
controlling the Colorado Midland, the
Colorado & Southern and the Rio
Grande Western railroads has moved
the Denver 4 Rio Grande road to med
itate deal OF enormous proportions.
As the Rio Grande Western and the
/ Colorado Il Southern roads went into
the market and bought up the stock OF
the Midland, Il is now suggested that
the Denver & Rio Graude competitor
OF the proposed union is in the market
to buy the stock OF the Colorado &
Southern, and Of the Rio Grande West
ern roads. 1t is known that the Den
yer & Rio Grande road tried to buy the
Colorado Midland line but was de-
feated in Its aim by the iinanciers Of
the Colorado & Southern and Rio
Grande Western roads.
The Majestic hotel Is the name by
which the McMurtrie block will be
known as soon as the Interior Is COM
pleted and furnished. The unfinished
eight-story building at the head of Six
ieenth street Friday passed into the
hands Of syndicate of local capital
lists, and will be completed at once. The
Majestic. Investment Company is the
title of the company. It's incorporation
papers We're filed Thursday. and its
capital stock is 100000. u. II. Mof-
fat. James ii. McClurg, Thomas Kee-
ley and Horace W Bennett are the in
cprrorators. James A. McClurg is
president OF the company and Julius
W. Myers is secretary. The price paid
for the property is placed by those IA
miliar with the deal at 900. 1t is
the purpose of the new owners TO spend
100000 in finishing the building and
fitting it up. The McMurtrle building
was started five years ago by ]. A. Nc
finest office building in the city. 1t is
absolutely fire proof built of steel. with
floors of hollow brick throughout. The
building, in It's unfinished condition.
would cost S2500JO to build to-day. 1t
was put up when steel and structural
materials We're at their lowest quota
tions and cost $4,000, exclusive of
i the land.
| The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Thursday began the rehearing of
The Kindei freight-rate case, which was
first taken up five years ago and heard
In Denver. There We're present yester-
day TO listen to the testimony Judson
c. Clements and Joseph w. Fifer of
the commission, score of prosperous
looking lawyers representing the rail
ways, the attorneys for the complain
ant and thirty or forty business men
and shippers, several of whom testified
as to alleged inequalities in freight
rates. Following are the specific
charges against railroad companies:
First-Ihat the rates from Denver to
the Pacific coast are unreasonable and
should be lower than the rates from the
missouri river points easterly thereof to
the Pacific coast. Second-That the
rates from the Pacific coast to Denver
are unreasonable and should be lower
than the rates from the Pacific coast
10 the Missouri river and points easter
ly thereof. Third-That the rates from
Denver to points at and east of the Mis-
souri, river are unreasonable and should
be lower than the rate from the Pacific
coast to such Missouri river and east
ern points. Fourth-That the rates
from points at and east of the Missouri
river are unreasonable in themselves
and as compared with each other.
\ The Colorado Society Sons of the
American Revolution concluded its an
nual meeting Friday with the election
OF officers for the ensuing year and the
transaction of some routine business.
| General Irving Hale was reelected
president of the society. In the course
of his address General Hale made a
plea for national legislation which
should impose penalty upon persons
who desecrate the flag in any way,
whether by using It for advertising
purposes or rs political emblem or
who wilfully and knowingly insult it.
A formal resolution embodying Cen
eral Hale's suggestion in this particu-
lar was afterward prepared and adopt
ed by the society. Another point of in
terest touched upon In General Hale's
speech is the lack of harmony between
the two societies. the Sons of the
American Revolution and the Sons of
the Revolution, which are generally
understood to be on anything but good
terms with each other General Hale
advocated union Of the two, saying
that a division Of forces and energies
was manifestly absurd. General Hale
suggested that until some arrangement
is arrived at by the national societies