The Lamar register., 1900-12-05
COLORADO NOTES.

The trial of the State School of
Mines students at Golden, charged
with illegal voting at the last election,
has been postponed.
d. X. Pearson the noted philan-
thropist of Chicago. has announced
his intention to make another dona-
alton of $4,000 to Colorado College
January list.
Augustus Anderson, bridge car
penter employed on n Denver q Rio
Grande construction gang. was almost
instantly killed on the Ind by piece
of rock hurled by a blast.
Charles Green, who was shot in the
| election day riot at Denver while act
ing as special policeman, has been
released from the county hospital, hav-
ing entirely recovered. Policeman Car
penter is improving.
ii. ii. Shepard, the veteran travel
ing agent of the Chicago x Alton road,
was made general agent of the Al
| ton at Denver December 1st 1t Is
| thought there will be no other changes
| in the local force. Mr.. Shepard for
thirteen years has been in Denver.
The stomach and other digestive or
gans of George A. Barber, who died
at Pagosa Springs with symptoms or
| virulent poison, have been received by
DIR. j. A. Sewall, of Denver, for analy-
sis. 1t is feared that Barber was pois-
oned to obtain his Insurance, amount
ing to $500.
| General Passenger Agent Eustis of
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
railroad, who was III Denver a few
days ago, says that H. is personally in
favor of Il one cent mile rate to Col
orado for the &. A. X. national en-
campment next summer, and thinks 1t
is likely to be granted.
Charley Campbell, the man who shot
and killed A. +. Gribbel on the sum
nit of Veta pass last July, and who
has been confined in the county jail at
San Luis, was acquitted at an ad-
journed term of the District Court of
Costilla county by jury of nine Mexi-
cans and three white men.
l. ii. Robeson. manager Of the Peli-
can, Dives, 7:30 and bismarck mines.
as has been his custom for several
years past, gave to each employe on
the mine n turkey for Thanksgiving.
Two hundred and twenty turkeys
We're distributed, amounting in the az
| gregate to over 5000 pounds.
The Texas House on Harrison ave
nue., Leadville. was partially burned
| November 23rd. the damage being es,
timated at nearly $1,000. partially in.
sured. The Texas was famous as the
greatest gambling resort for many
years in the city. II was the scene of
many tragedies, one of the last ones
being the murder Of Mart Duggan.
The Denver Evening Post gave n
big dinner to $50 newsboys on Thanks
giving Day mt the Brown Palace hotel.
Governor Thomas and Mayor johnson
were present and made speeches. The
menu was as follows Blue points, eel
cry, potatoes, turkey, with cranberry
sauce, mashed potatoes, asparagus, Ice
cream and cake, milk, coffee, nuts and
raisins.
Or. Riley of the Colorado sanitarium
at Boulder has received word from
Commissioner General Peck that his
sanitarium has been awarded bropze
medal for their exhibit in class three
at the international Exposition at
Paris, and the first prize and gold
medal for the best and purest sanitar-
ium foods These foods We're made In
the factory of the sanitarium in Boul.
der.
DIR. Solomon Book reported upon his
return from Wray, Yuma county, that
the epidemic among cattle that he was
| called there to investigate was caused
by ergot poisoning. The belt of corn
land is excessively moist and IL fungus
growth has appeared upon the corn.
The veterinarian warned the cattle
men to destroy the corn that has been
contaminated and keep the cattle there
from.
At Castle Rock ON the 9th, Judge
Harris sentenced the Palmer Lake
hold-ups, George Parker and Thomas
Macdonald, to not less than eight or
more than ten years in the penitenti-
ary. Anthony Thomas was given
seven years in the refOrmatory at
Buena Vista. Dewitt Cleary, of Night
| hawk, convicted of cattle stealing, was
sentenced to period not exceeding
ten years in the state reformatory.
The Glendale hotel, two stories and
basement high, at Ophir Loop, was
completely destroyed by fire at 2
o'clock Thanksgiving morning. An ad-
joining vacant store building and two
small warehouses We're also burned.
The loss to the hotel and contents is
estimated at about $1,000, to the va
cant store room $1,000, and to Skillen
| & Martins warehouses and contents,
$1,000, all of which is partly covered
by insurance.
| Tho now reservoir constructed by the