Gilpin observer., 1901-11-14
COLORADO'S CAPITAL

The receipts of the secretary Of
states office for October amounted to
$1O624.9O. OF this amount $7,S21.25
was for Ill interpretations.
The Colorado Women's Humane
Society is preparing to ask the next
Colorado General Assembly to enact
a law prohibiting the wearing Of stuff
ed birds in women's hats. They call
attention to the fact that there Is al
ready such law in New York.
Deputy State Engineer John Field
recently went to the northeastern part
of the state to verify surveys for the
new road, which is to be built through
Yuma, Washington and Morgan cOun-
ties along the line of the Burlington
railroad and which Joined to the pres
ent road to Morgan county will give
the farmers in the three counties an
easy access to Denver. The sum. of
$500 was appropriated for the work
by the Legislature three years ago.
Deputy State Boiler Inspector Meal
lister returned to Denver from n tour
Of inspection in the southern part Of
the state few days ago, rather the
worse for an experience which befell
him in Creede. He was mounting u
hired saddle horse and had gotten one
foot in the stirrup when the animal
plunged forward. McAllister was
thrown to the ground and, his foot
having become twisted in the stirrup,
wac dragged a considerable distance.
His foot was finally released and the
horse disappeared. His face and shoul-
ders were badly bruised.
Late advices from Washington state
that another delay has occurred in the
alterations of the plans for the inter-
ior finish of the Denver mint. The
supervising architect had almost COM
pleted the changes suggested by the
director of the mint, when n request
was made for further alterations in
the arrangement of the basement floor.
These suggested changes are regarded
by the architects office as impracd-
cable and n conference is to be held
to determine on satisfactory plan for
this floor. 1t is probable that four
weeks will now be required to complete
all changes that are desired. AS soon
as the plans and specifications are
completed they will be advertised and
the contract let at the earliest possible
date. The department believes Con-
pleted by the tine this award is made.
Judge Palmer in the District Court
at Denver on the 4th inst. decided that
the assessments levied on North Side
property owners to pay for the con-
struction of the Fourteenth Street via
duct We're invalid and made perpetual
the injunction restraining the city
from collecting the assessments. This
$367 600 structure Is deemed a public
or general improvement, benefiting,
more or less, every realty holder in the
city, and therefore it is an injustice,
says the court, to compel n certain dis
trict to stand the entire expense. The
effect of the decision, some attorneys
think, will be that the city will have to
accept the debt and raise the money to
pay the bonds by an assessment
which will be included in the general
levy. The amount of the bonds is
about $37O.OOO, which, il added to the
bonded Indebtedness. would exceed the
statutory limit by about $25O,OOO but
even under those circumstances the
bondholders would have n legal claim
against the city, in the opinion OF many
lawyers, and the municipality would
have to pay Others are said to ex-
press a contrary opinion and Incline to
the belief that the stockholders may
be cheated out of their money.
Herman Chavez, sentenced last JAN
uary 2Sth from Las Animas county for
assault to kill, died in the state peni-
tentiary. His was the only death in
October in the institution, which at the
end of the month had 546 inmates. Re-
ports of the institution have been re-
1xyC ~ nt.x -
the state board of charities and correc-
ton. During the month two women
were admitted, making the total of
women inmates eight. and twenty
three men were sentenced to the insti-
tuition during October. During the
month six men were paroled, four lib
Grated, one died and one was sent to
the insane asylum. A total of 500 pa
tients was confined in the state asy-
lum at Pueblo at the close of the
month, one was discharged and two
were paroled. Two men and one
woman died. There were at the end
of the month 31S men and 1877 women
in the institution. Six nurses were
discharged during the month. At the
State Industrial School for Boys, ut
Golden, twelve were admitted during
the month, one was discharged, three
were paroled and five escaped. -Four
of the five escaped boys Were recap
tured. There was n total of 202 boys In
the school at the end of October.
In the federal court Mt Denver on
the 9Th inst. j. A. Riner rendered
decision in the Wiley concentrating
mining table case which Is of special
interest to mining men. The court
upholds the Wiley patent. The deci-
sion covers all the points contonded
for by the plaintiff and as n result
q number of suits will be filed In Chi
cago. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Gall
fornla, etc. The suit was Instituted
three years ago and 1t is claimed the
expenses of the plaintiffs have amount
ed to $4,000 In bringing the case to
an issue. The Denver Engineering