La Junta tribune., 1900-11-24
COLORADO NOTES.

inst.
N the District Court at Creede Oh
| the 18th inst. Daniel W. Tan was found
guilty OF embezzling $3,1OA while city
treasurer OF Creole.
An O.ero county sentence against
Mrs. James Byrns" has been ser
aside by the Supreme Court 'becaus.
the woman was convicted and tried as
Mrs. Nora Burns"
Clarence Williams. the nine-year-old
son OF Joseph Williams. living near
Fort Collins, was instantly killed
few miles south Of I,oveland by being
run over by loaded wagon
Former State Senator II. II. White
ley and his brother, Mayor NJ s
| Whiteley, of Boulder. have gone on a
business and pleasure trip to the home
OF their youth. Bainbridge, Georgia
1t is positively asserted In Denver
that w. s. Stratton proposes to build
an immense business block next spring
on the corner Of Seventeenth and Wei
ton streets at a cost approximating ST.,
100000.
The comptroller OF the currency has
authorized the First National Bank of
Sterling, Colorado. to begin business
with a capital Of 5000. G. A. Hen
derson is president and Charles Yah
cashier.
An alteration about wages led TO a
shooting ARRAY at Eldora on the 18th
inst, In which Manager Bailey OF the
Enterprise mine was shot in the arm
by one of the miners who had come in
4 body to demand their pay.
Railway mail service will be estab-
lished on the Brush Alliance branch of
the Burlington railroad between Den
yer and the Black Hills OF South Da-
kota. Mails will leave Denver at ll:2Or
p. m. and arrive ut 1855 p. m. daily,
c. F. Martin, secretary Of the Ma
tional Live Stock Association, has gone
from Denver to Salt Lake City, where
he will open his census office and also
attend to matters in connection with
the annual meeting OF the ASSOCIATION.
A large number OF hold-urs hav. oc-
Cured in Leadville recently, causing
serious uneasiness among pedestrians
who are out late at night. Two stores
have also been robbed and as result
the city council has doubled the police
force.
John Holm, also known rs Jack De
lane, Swede, aged twenty-three and
unmarried, while attempting to step
across a shaft In the Tambourine mine.
near Wall Street, in Boulder county,
fell to the bottom, distance OF lvo
feet, and was instantly killed.
The people OF Loveland and vicinity
are confident of securing the proposed
beet sugar factory. A surplus OF acre
age for storing beets has been SUB
scribed and s., 900 toward cash bonus
promised The donation of land for the
factory has not yet been fully pro-
vlded.
The board OF aldermen Of Denver
have passed m ordinance providing
that all overhead wires in the city shall
be removed and placed underground
within the next five years. Before be
coming law the measure must be-
! passed by the supervisors and approved
by the mayor.
The Denver horse show OF 1901 will
be given In the second week of Sep
tember and will run through four day
and night sessions. The show will be
opened in the evening-and At that
time OF the year evenings win be warm
enough for outdoor performancee-and
will close in the afternoon.
The Indian office has been advised by
the agent Mt the Uintah agency, Utah.
that all the Indians from that reserva-
| ton who had crossed into Colorado and
were killing deer had been taken back
to Utah and that In the future close
watch would be kept to see that none
escaped from the reservation.
The Supreme Court has decided
| against the bondsmen Of Matt Adams.
defaulting clerk Of the District Court
Of Arapahoe county, and the admins
| traitors Of Job A. Cooper and @. L. Nc
Intosh will be required to pay the
shortage of 5000. The finding Of the
| lower court Is affirmed.
In accordance with recommendations
made by the State Board OF Pardons,
| Governor Thomas has issued the fol-
| lowing executive orders: Uncondition-
| al pardon, George w. Grace, Arapa-
hoe; combinations, John r. Frey, from
| ten years to three years and four
months, and X. G. Spencer, fifteen
years to five years
At meeting Of the Chautauqua guar
antee fund subscribers the committee
reported that $40 had been promised.
or the amount the citizens Of the place
raised at least $4,00O. II they did this'
the Colorado road would subscribe
$1,000. This fund il to be used IN case
Of emergency to pay any denctt which
may arise next summer.
The members Of the Denver Board Of ,
Public Works recently made q trip to-
inspect the st. vrain river with . view
to ascertaining the feasibility Of de-
riving water from that source for the
city water supply. They will visit all
the other streams that seem to carry
water not appropriated or where water 4
rights may be purchased.
Mira. Christine Sand Of Golden, who
shot her neighbor and frieDd, Mrs. "
B. Mitchell, was tried in the County
Court for insanlty. The nrst jury dis
| agreed and second venire was or
dered. The second Jury promptly de,
clared tho woman insane and she Will
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