North Park union., 1900-04-06
DO1NGs AT DENVER.
f>sns e Inssrsst Bss1 shs City and tAs
STATE Capital.

| 0t0to Capital
Henry Allen, a deputy In the county
treasurer's Office, has absconded with
$4OO of public funds and detectives
are in search Of him.
Denver's cable cars will soon be
| thing Of the past. As result OF the
passage of mn ordinance granting the
privilege, the Tramway Company IL
changing the line to electric and thls
work IL being rushed.
The new ofiicers of the Woman's Re
lief Corps are Mrs. Minnie E. Kings
ford of Rawlins, Wyoming, depart
ment president; senior vice, Mrs. Jeh-
ME Paddock of Leadville; Junior vice,
Mrs. Sarah Tucker OF Pueblo.
| Th e new department commander,
Harper NJ. Orahood. has just announc-
ed his appointments and Quartermas-
| ter Baker is superseded. He has serV-
ed two terms, and 1t was thought there
should be change, so Commander
Orahood appointed Marshall s. Craw-
ford, secretary Of the G. A. Il. Memo
rial Association, to be quartermaster
In Bakers place. T. ]. Foote wns cho-
sen assistant quartermaster OF the de-
partment. Baker refused to turn over
| this office to the new nppOintee, but 1t
Snow which remained unmelted In
| the mountains all last winter ana inst
summer will aid in saving the state
| from a water famine this year. rms
is one of the facts which appears from
| the report of James ]. Armstrong,
| superintendent Of irrigation. The r.
rigation superintendent. from advance
reports received from all the commits
sioners In this district, thinks the out
| look for the year very encouraging
| when the poor condition Of few
| weeks ago are taken into considera-
| tiOn.
The twenty-flrst annual encampment
of the G. A. H., Department Of Colo.
RADIO and Wyoming, was concluded
yesterday afternoon. when the officers
were publicly installed Mt Windsor
hall. The list Of officers elected was
as follows: Department commander.
Harper NJ. Orahood, Denver: senior
vice commander, NJ. j. Hogarty,
Greeley: Junior vice, A. s. Artist,
Cheyenne; chaplain, John L. BOYD,
Denver; medical director, DIR. George
w. Curfman, Denver; council of ad.
ministration, ]. NJ. Essington, 8. IL.
Fisher, +. p. Pitkin, H. s. Vaughn
and g. X. Carson of Evans. Colorado.
A Inv making 1t compulsory to use
an electric exploder for discharging
blasts in mines will probably be intro
duced at the next Assembly. Such
measure Is advocated by many as the
only snfe method of setting OF blasts
and ms such provision to be made
obligatory by law. ut Is the only safe
method" says Coal Mine Inspector
Denman. "Of course In coal mines
there is very little blasting, md but
few accidents due thereto, but In met
aliferous mines great many occur. A
missed shot is almost impossible when
an explOder Is used, but is very easy
to have when fuse is depended upon"
The Denver L. Rio Grande Railroad
Company Is planning TO spend $25O,OOO
on improvements and enlargement OF
the Burnham repair and construction
shops Plans are being prepared by
the company engineers to be submit
ted by President Jeffery to the board
Of directors. IL the board approves,
the Rio Grnnde shops will be enlarged
SO rs to build and repair cars for the
Denver L. Rio Grande road and the
Rock Island and the Missouri Pncitic
us well. The plans even take into ac-
count the time when the Rio Grande
will need to build Its own locomotives,
and 1t is probable that when the en-
luTkeu suUUs WOIh VI
kind Will be done here. to save the
enormous expense OF bringing all loco
motives from the East. The present
shops are the largest west Of the Mis-
souri, river, but 1t Is said that their
capacity will be almost doubled.
Authoritative advice was received
from President Ristine of the Midland
railway Monday that the pending deal
has been closed. One-half the securi-
ties OF the Midland will be owned by
the Rio Grande Western Construction
Company and one-half by the moneyed
men who control the Colorado x South
ern. The Rio Grande Western rail-
way and the Colorado & Southern rail
way do not appear officially In the
transaction, but the practical working
will be the same as II each line owned
one-h half of the Midland. The present
Midland voting trust was created to
run till 1904 and can only be dissolved
by consent. The consent has been OBJ
tanned, and 1t is likely that new
| voting trust Will be- created by the
new owners OF the stock. 1t was also
announced that the construction of
the Cripple Creek short line to Denver
| by way of the canon of the South
| Platte river Will be built with the least
possible delay and that 1t Is expected
| to be In operation in one year from
date. The short line will be standard
gauge and will make the terminus of
the Midland at Denver instead of at
Colorado Springs. though the short
line will be constructed by separate
company controlled by the men be-
hind the other corporations. The Mid
land, the Colorado & Southern and the
| Rio Grande Western will continue us
separate corporations, but with close
relations.
F. o. Papenoe owner of the Topeka
Capital, was In the city Monday. In
an Interview about Mr.. Sheldon's news
paper experiment, he said: zone of the
results will be that great Christian
daily will he started in some city like
New York or ChlcaRo-but not right
away. 1t will take time, us l do not
think Sheldon will lend himself to such
work permanently. He desired only
to mark the path in which others
should follow. But l know that to-day
II he should signify his willingness to
| stand at the head of such IN enterprise
and agree to be managing editor of
such periodical for n year or more,
that $1,OO0,OOO could be raised easily
to support such newspaper. But the
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