The Springfield herald., 1899-01-06

DIR. Il. BENJAMIN Andrews OF Chicago
lectured before the Colorado Teachers
Association in the Both.
The new telephone line connecting La
Junta with Pueblo has been staked and
the poles and wires will soon be up.
james Roche, n brakeman. was
| ground to pieces on the IbeN branch OF
the Rio Grande, near Leadville, trl-
day.
Miss Lucy Rider Meyer. mother OF
the Methodist Deaconess movement, Is
| going to establish n home at Pueblo 1or
sick girls of her order. Miss FINLEY OF
Chicago will have charge of the home.
A complimentary reception and ban
| Quet to Colonel w. j. Bryan was ten
dercd by the Nebraska Travelling
Mems Bryan club at the Lincoln hotel
| Invitations were sent to 20 admirers
of Mr. Bryan. which We're. with few
exceptions, accepted. Mr.. Bryan again
stated his views on the subject of eN-
pansion.
The physicians OF Pueblo are taking
steps to stop the ravages of smallpox.
The official report of the city physician
gives thirty-four cases and ten deaths.
All dogs and cats running about the
streets are TO be Killed and guards Will
be placed over the promises where Inc
disease has gained n foothold. Inc
strictest quarantine is to be enforced.
For 1898 the books at the Denver
branch mint We're closed at p. IN.
Thursday-to permit the making up of
the official reports. The total for the
year reads $50, 195 ,995.64, compared
with $12373 451 in 1897. The gain
equals S7,S22,544.6i, or a fraction in eN-
cess of G3 per cent The full statement
will appear in the New Years News
The Business Mems Association of
Pueblo is having an ordinance drawn
and an effort will be made 10 have II
passed by the City Council. which Will
require that all classes of business be
taxed. The object is TO raise funds TO
clear up the city indebtedness and
eventually reduce the taxation.
The Denver & Rio Grande directors
met on the 23rd and increased the divi-
lend rate on the preferred stock. The
last semi-annual dividend on Denver X
Rio Grande preferred was III per cent,
making 1t n 3 per cent. stock. The d.
rectors have now declared per cent,
and officially stated that 1t was for
half year, thus making the stock
per cent dividend payer. People close
to the Denver & Rio Grande manage
ment have been anticipating such
action for some time past.
The report of the Denver fire depart
ment for 1898 shows that the total loss
by fire in the city during the last year
has been less than in any single year
since 1884. The losses have been $780,
31S.ST. against $T2.033.27 for 1854, the
least previous loss happening in any
one year. against $26I .263.05 in 1893.
q h. In in
against SSG,2i9.5S. the loss for 1897.
The number of alarms answered has
been 42l. exceeded but once. by 434
alarms, in 1898. There We're but 1876
alarms in 1884.
At the special water election held AT
Florence on the 29th the advocates of
mountain water and ownership won
complete victory. carrying the propo-
sition for the erection of waterWorkS
by 12S to o. Owing to Il snow storm
in the afternoon the vote was light,
but the feeling for waterworks is so
strong that the opposition did not try
hard to defeat it, 1t is the purpose oil
the city to advertise for bids on CON
struction and negotiate the sale OF
bonds at once and 1T as early date as
possible begin work Oh the system.
The Colorado Teachers Association,
at its convention at Denver on the 10th,
elected the following officers: For
president, DR.. w. +. Slocum of Colo
fado Springs: director. DR.. Howe. Uni
versity of Denver: auditor. Professor
Fenneman of the State Normal School.
1t was resolved that n committee of
.hree be appointed by the chair for the
purpose of cooperating with the coun-
ty superintendent committee i'll con-
sidering Il revision of the school law
Of the state referring TO the eXamin-
ing of teachers and the powers of the
superintendent and school boards.
Reports received at Evanston, Wy
oming, from the Jacksons Hole coun-
try state that nine arrests have been
made recently of persons charged with
unlawfully killing elk. -Four convic-
tions were secured and fines ranging
from $50 to $500 imposed. 1t is estima-
ted that over 1000 head of elk We're
killed in the Teton reserve during No
vember, the offenders being Idaho
hunters. A mass meeting of the resi-
dents of JacksOn's Hole was held last
Saturday and 500 dollars subscribed
to employ local force to patrol the
game country to drive out and arrest
violators Of the game laws.
At public auction sale in the office of
the state land board, Denver, Register
Paddock disposed of $50 acres of state
land in Douglas county to good advan-
tage. A price of 81 per acre was PAID
by S. l.. Johnson, the only bidder. This
figure is unusually high for land of
that character and located in that sec
tion of the state. 1t is likely that
Johnston will erect sawmill upon the
property within short time, in order
that he may make good use of the tim
her. which covers it in large quantities.
His tract is situated just north of
Palmer Lake, about three miles from
Greenland.
II. Dale. tie hauler. met with what
might have been n fatal accident at
Beach Blow, eight miles east of Ba-
salt Thursday. He was hauling ties ana
shooting them over bluff nearly 300
feet high. The ties became jammed
Mt the top of the bluff. He went down
to start them, when they all started,
catching him and carrying him down
into the Frying Pan river. Gus Olson,
who lives near by, say him and assist
ed him to his house. Medical aid was
summoned, and he was found TO be
quite severely cut about the hend and