The Holly chieftain., 1902-02-07
COLORADO BRIEFS

Judge Cunningham of Colorado
Springs has declared that scaled ver-
diets are Illegal. =.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Edwin Price to bs.
postmaster at Grand Junction. Colo-
rado. and the nomination was con
frmed
Local parties are to erect a big pa-
| vilion nj Idaho Springs near the hot
springs They win provide tatttaetion
In the way o6 missile and enteftain-
ments for tourists.
William Brinkley of Fort Morgan
was found dead in his barn the other
day, supposedly having committed sui
eide after qtnlrrelinx with his wife.
The coroner is investigating. 40
The city of Florence has Int the con
tract to Bert Gardner for the eonstruc-
ton of new city reservoir. The con
tract price is 5000 aud the work must
| be finished by the mhiille OF Any.
| ]. ]. Burns, superintendent OF thcs
| first division of the Denver & Rio'
Grande. with headquarters at Pueblo
for the last ten years. and one of the
best known railroad men in the West.
has resigned.
| hhotueE HiitH HIS Oten dTTtsLeu. SIS-
| pected of the murder of Harold Frid-
born. He was captured thirty mues
northwest Of Fort Collins. When an Z
| rested he tried to shoot the officers and
| then wounded himself. & .s,. y u
Thomas Holden, an old time miner.
was instantly killed ut the A. NJ shaft. z
Leadville, on the 2nd. The supposition
| Is that he was riding on car loaded
"a IL.
car in some way upset and he fell down
the shaft n distance of 45O feet.
r. Inge and ]. f. Anderson who
have been prospecting for coal about
thirty miles south of La Junta. have
found two veins. one five feet and the
other seven feet in thickness. This has
| coused quite a stir here and etlier par
ties are organizing. 1t Is thought the
belt extends for several miles.
A board of officers. consisting of Ma
Jors E. B. Mosely. A. C. Sharpe, j. A. Z
Irons and Captains +. g. Wales and +.
]. Herman, Second infantry with Cap
tain H. s. Whipple as recorder, has
been appointed to meet In Denver for
examination of officers ordered before
1t for promotion. Second Lieutenant
Haywood Robbins. Fifteenth Infantry,
The Grand Junction postoffice was
robbed recently by Night Clerk Eu-
gene Phillips. About $50. in stamps
and $40 In cash was taken. Phillips
who has lived there for the last eight
years and has been we'll thought Of
confessed that he committed the rob-
berry, breaking the window and1rlfing ,.
the mail pouch to give the appearance
NJ q f1,nf tod 1,xy nlI
Arthur +. Francis. secretnry of the
Cripple Greek Chamber OF Commerce.
has received a letter from President
Trumbull of the Colorado & Southern
railroad, thanking the chamber and
the business men for the interest dis
played In the building Of the cutoff
from Denver to Cripple Greek. Mr..
Trumbull assured the secretary that
undoubtedly the road would be built
In the near future.
B. s. Kelly, manager of the Kelly
tunnel, at Georgetown, had a narrow
escape from death last night. He was
awakened by loud noise and found
that a boulder Weighing over ton
had crashed through the building and
stopped within a foot of his bed. A
search Of the mountain side failed to
locate the place from which the rock
broke loose. Mr.. Kelly considers 1t
most marvellous escape from death.
A fire at Goldfeld on the 22pd. hav-
ing an incendlary origin, destroyed sew
eral frame business houses on Portland
avenue, between Eighth and Ninth
streets, causing a loss estimated mt
from fiji. 900 to 5000. No one was In
jurcd, but the roomers In lodging
house, one OF the structures. burned,
had barely time TO escape in their
night clothes The losses are partially
covered by insurance. No arrests have
been made and the police have NO clues
as to who the arson fiend Is. The town
was entirely without water supply and
the fire stopped burning when the
hames could not find further material
to feed upon.
Marble cave, recently discovered
northwest Of Florence In the lower foot
hills, promises to be entered BY hun
dreds Of tourists the coming season.
The entrance is just large enough for
the admittance Of an ordinary man.
while the interior OF the cave is sixty
feet high 200 feet from the opening.
Some Of the openings to the chambers
need enlarging before a person can
enter. After entering a rumhlIng
sound from underneath Is heard, which
leads to the conclusion that the cave Ia i
underlnfd with subterranean body OF
water 1t is not great distance from
ttxar rtk 10 ax,R III.