Show o r. r t j j f 1 WESTERN NEWS NOTES I IThe The Grand Hotel at Leadville was ms down on tho the 1st A valuable bed of asphalt has been I near Parachute t I S James McKibben McKibbon ot of T has I seen een convicted of ore stealing The The trial of Dr lr Graves for for tho the murder of Mrs B Bar Barnaby Is in pro pro- ress TOSS at Denver Denvor John Tisdale while returning to his ome in northern Wy Wyoming ming tho to other lay Jay ay was shot and killed by an un unknown un un- known assassin It Is claimed by omo ome that ho he Avas vasa wasa a rustler An of the Rocky Mountain Oil il Company n named ed dooK oo foil fell fel from an anoil anoil oil oi derrick at at Florence Fl and was wn rightfully frightfully injured His Is skull was fractured and sev several ral ribs broken A young man an of ot Delta Dola was wa married marred to o a girl gir under 18 years of ago age tho the the other day and was ws promptly put in n jail jaU for abduction but finally paci- paci tied led the relatives and gained gaind his free free- S dom dem Jud Judge o Rising of Denver sent Fred W. W Bell Bel t to jail Jai ail for contempt because while being examined for ury service he lie declared that h he ho would bel believe vo the papers before he would believe tho the testimony in court Tho The official voto vote in the recent elec election elee tion tien ton for chief justice of Colorado was wasas wasas wasas as follows le Helm m Republican 40 17 Goddard Democrat Croxton P Peoples s 6 The Tho capitol capitol capitol capi- capi tol bonds were were carried by a n majority of 5 5 It SIt is expected that a petition will willbe willbe wi be forwarded to Washington Washington asking that the tho law establishing the Pikes Pike's Peak National Park shall contain a proviso permitting for form m mineral and that all al s under the mining laws las shall hall ap apply l o the park as asto asto asto to all al other lands within the state The Wray flouring nUns nUns' c completed and was formally opened on the 1st A great gathering of the people manifested manifested mani mani- fasted the interest taken in the enterprise enterprise enter enter- prise by all al our citizens The Tho mill mii has a capacity of sixty barrels per day aay and the machinery is all al of the latest and most improved roller roler pro cess S S A dispatch from Florence s says ys Mrs Mra Herman Amundson while her husband who is isan an well oil wel oi-wel driller drier was was' on an ati ir arte artesi artesian ian I well wel at Ridgway Ridgway way vay deser deserted desert d b her rhome home in Florence Floren o running away with another man taking taking taking tak tak- ing three small children with her A desperate effort w will l 1 e made ito to get the children back A resolution was unanimously adopted by tho the board of trade in Santa SantaFe SantaFe F Fe asking C Congress Cones i lo to me amend he the alien alen act so as to permit foreign money to tobe tobe tobe be invested in the mines mies of the territories terri tern tories tores and a copy of the resolution was directed to o bo ho sent to Delegate Joseph with a n request that he ho lay it ii before Congress S S. S A. A Phipps p st as er at at Fl Florissant Floris ris sant has issued a call for a convention of postmasters postmaster of El Paso county to to tc meet at the Alamo Hotel Colorado Springs Springs December 15 The object o othe ol oj the convention is to make provisions provision for uniform action in att attempting to secure better better sa salaries a ies f for r postmasters rs in I fourth-class fourth offices and ald t to J. J S state delegates delegates State Carl has received as interest on the state funds deposited in banks for the ten and one half months during which he heas heas has as held office All Al of this sum is ie placed to tho the credit of tho the state where as asit ast it is presumed it was pocketed pock ete eted eted by previous state tate tr treasurers This sum represents interest on de do posits ranging j from to 1 while tho the previous administrations adminis had on deposit all aU tho the wa way from to A Astrike strike is if on at tile the Colorado Coal S and Iron Company's mines in Crested Bl Butte te The The c company ordered r 4 a 10 per cen cent t. t reduction on day hands anc and 10 cents p per r. r ton for digging coal which would be 65 cents per ton instead in in- stead of 75 c cents The reduction was to take ake effect December 1 I and Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- Tues Tues- day morning morning when it was to to tak effect nobody went to work Everything Every thing Is i peaceable and quiet and the theS themen themen S men seem determined while tho com p pany n claim that they y cann cannot i pay the theold theold theold old rates and compete with other mines in the state find and nd say the mines minee will wi be sh shut down sooner than yield The Tho To majority of the workmen are Austrians and Italians It I has leaked out that the regents ol 01 t the S university have i Fec th the presIdency pres of the institution t to Professor Profess r rJames James H. H Baker of tho the Denver High fc School ool tIt Jit It is said the pr professor fessor has has agreed to take the position on n certain conditions and that the regents will wil wi meet in Denver next week to take further fur ther thea ther action in tho matter Dr Hale the present president resigned his hi position last spring sprin but has held the place by request of f the regents until unit they c could uld find some one to fill fl his hie place some place some ono one who would be capable ca en- ca pablo pable of performing all al tho the duties o 01 president of the State Un University sat President Hale wants to retire January 1 I and his successor must be selected at once T. T A. A Brady station agent at at Wingate Win Win- gate on the Atlantic and Pacific railway rail rai way was held up and robbed by men masked on th No 2 passenger pas train stopped at o'clock remaining only a second or two and then moved oved on Th The tra train n was hardly out of sight ht when when t two Q masked men galloped up to tho the station hitched their horses to a 0 post and entered They Thoy presented revolvers at the tho head of the agent and told tod him Ibn hi to turn over overall overall agent all al the themon money yand and v valuables he he had hac around th the station Ho He first pulled o oft of isis his gold w watch ch and chain valued at al which were handed to them They were angry and threatening appearing ap as if i they were after a b bi big haul but had been frustrated and when they thoy brought down their revolvers re re- ra a n second tie time to a level with wih the agents agent's gent face rind and nd demanded all al the I money he had in in his possession h ht ht gave gave them several hundred dollars ol 01 his own money and aud about belonging belong ing to the tho Wells Wels Fargo company company and considerable funds belonging to the railroad company They asked lot foi lotmore moro more and they thOy threatened to fill fl the i body of the agent with lead but j they had bad satisfied themselves thaI that they had nad secured all al they mounted their heir horses and rode off of in the direction liOn tion n of the San Matteo Mountains t I J I J |