The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-20
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

II. MOyer h4Oe1S corpus case, nleo u
supplemental brief in the Supreme
Court on the 10th inst. In which he
contends that the averments OF the
petition for the writ ought not to ba
taken ~ true for the reason that they
are not denied in the return.
''If any merit lies In punctuality.
completeness and tasteful installation.
then the citizens OF Colorado may rest
we'll satisfied with their exhibition ae
the Worlds Fair" said Thomas J,
O'Donnell Of the Worlds Fair board
pn his return home to Denver from
st. Louis. in point Of effect and At
tractivenees ColoradO's educational.
agricultural. game. mining and hort,
cultural exhibits will scarcely be sur.
passed by those OF any other state in
the Union. The agricultural and edu-
cstional exhibits are both very nearly
complete, and are excellent in every
respect. The mining exhibit promises
exceedingly we'll. but 1t is not as far
advanced as the others. Much may be
expected of the horticultural display.
especially when the season OF the ber-
Iies, peaches. melons and similar
products approaches. All our exhibits
have been awarded splendid locations"
In the United States Court Judge
Moses Hallet sustained the contention
that a civil court cannot enjoin fed
eral officer from the performance OF
his duty. Judge Hallet dissolved
temporary Injunction issued by Judge
Carpenter restraining Postmaster
John TwGmbley of Denver from with
holding the mail of the English Re-
storative Company. 1t was ruled that
the names of the present postmaster,
Paul J. Sours. and his assistant could
not be substituted in the suit nor
brought into it. The judge then dis
missed the case. throwing it out OF
court. The injunction was secured in
Judge Carpenters court by Mary E.
Alkire, the president of the English
Restorative Company. Ex-Postmaster
Twombley withheld the mail Of the
concern at an order from the postmas-
ter general. 1t was alleged that the
company was using the mails for
fraudulent purposes.
Striped suits at the state reformatory
may be seen now only in the museum
of that Institution. Prisoners have
been stripped of them and now the fell
lows who have been condemned to
serve for an indefinite time In the place
are fitted out in a neatly fitting uniform
Of cadet gray trimmed with braid.
Stripes are degrading" said Warden
A. C. butcher at the Oxford in explana-
tion of the change from the old custom
to the new, "and that is not an institu
tion that is meant to inflict degrading
punishment. The reformatory is meant
70 reform those who are sent to 1t, and
] am glad to say that it is doing so.
Wherever I go I meet men who have
come out Of the place and are now
good. Trustworthy men. Those who are
sent there from now on will never have
to reflect on the fact that they have
worn stripes. Unless there be some OBJ
streperous fellow who needs the de-
graduation that goes with stripes. and
must be punished with striped suit.
no one will have to wear them again"
Denver Republican.
In the Court Of Appeals May 9th. the
Judgment of the lower court was also
affirmed in the case Of Prof. William J.
Meyers against the State Agricultural
college. Meyers contracted with the
college board to teach one year in the
department OF mathematics, beginning
July l, 1896. In December the board
held meeting at which it decided that
his work was unsatisfactory and gave
orders for his removal Meyers. how
ever. refused to leave and completed his
years work. after unsuccessfully en-
deavoring to secure employment else
where He brought action July 8, 1897.
to recover his salary for the year.
amounting to 81 500 He was given a
Judgment for this amount in the lower
court, and in sustaining the decision
the opinion of the court of appeals
NJ
ing upon the appellant and appellee as
like contract would be between other
parties competent to contract We see
no reason cited by the appellant to JUS
tify the conclusion that this contract
could be violated without responsible
ity for such violation"
Fish and Game Commissioner Wood
ard returned yesterday from a trip to
Gunnison, where he went to inspect
the two spawning stations. He said
yesterday that one and half million
rainbow trout eggs have been placed
already in the hatcheries in Gunnison,
Denver and Durango. and altogether
before the season is over 1t Is expected
that 5000, 900 eggs will be taken. June
1st the work of gathering rainbow
trout eggs will begin at Emerald
Lakes, about forty miles from Du-
range and the commissioner will also
open a spawning station at Trapper's
Lake very soon. Both of these places
have been tried before and brought
goou results. Four million fish will
be placed in the streams Of the state
during the spring and summer months
this year. There has been some criti-
csm of the game commissioner Of
flee because of fish going into irrigat-
ing bitches and dying in meadows. At
present the department says the law
does not require ditch owners to
screen or put paddle wheels in ditch
heads to prevent fish from passing
through. The condition has been con-
sidered by the department, however,
and it has frequently refused to place