The Meeker herald., 1900-04-07
COLORADO NOTES.

uF tOIsll Va tht ouhhihk ~
mits issued by the building Inspector at
Colorado Springs for the month of
March is SlO2. 900, this being for five
houses begun during the month. Alto
Kether the amount of building going on
In the city amounts to nearly, II not
quite $1,0OO,WU.
Harper VI. OrahoOd, department conf
mander of the Department of Colorado
and Wyoming. q. A. H., elected at the
last encampment. has made announce
ment of the following appointments:
Thomas j. Foote, assistant adjutant
general. Denver; Marshall 8. Craw-
ford. assistant quartermaster general,
Denver; Charles Grabert, department
inspector. Leadville; II. N. Minor.
Judge advocate, LOngmont; g. a. Ham
ilton, chief mastering officer, Denver;
A. .. HOIbroOk, chief of staff, Colorado
Springs: George X. Klmball, senior
aide, Golden. Each post commander
OF the department is requested by Gen
eral Orahood to forward the name OF
one comrade suitable for aide on the
department staff and one for assist
ant inspector
Ex-Governor Alva Adams and Mrs.
Adams are In Washington en- route
from M extended visit In Cuba to their
home in Colorado. Governor Adams,
In an Interview, said that his visit to
Cuba had convinced him that the island
should become a part of the United
States. at is rich" he said, "in agri-
cultural and mineral resources, anu
with the protection of American laws
extended to capital. will become
profitable field for investors. What
impressed me greatly was the cheap
freight rntes upon products shipped
from the island TO United States ports.
Rates on sugar are hut IL cents hun
dred pounds from Havana to New
York, marked contrast to our west
ern freight rates. With equitable
laws cuba should become one Of the
greatest wealth-producing regions of
the republic"
An opinion handed down by Erwin
l.. Regennitter. district attorney for the
First judicial district Of Colorado, indi-
Gates thet next fall students OF the
State School Of mines and some EN-
ployes Of the State Industrial School ut
Golden. will be prosecuted il they ut
tempt to vote mt the coming fall cleo
ton. The opinion was requested as
mn instruction covering the questioned
legality Of votes in Jefferson county.
The construction OF the state cOnstitu-
ton by District Attorney Regennitter
applies as well to students of every col
lege In the state and employees of ev-
cry state institution. and should the Of
ficials of the First judicial district
make test ease in Jefferson county,
rs is the Intention of the district attor-
npy. the Supreme Court would doubt
less be called upon to c0nstrue the con-
stitutional limitations, which, Attorney
Eegennitter insist are violated in ev-
cry county where state institutions are
located.
p. Clenry and Dewitt Cleary, nc
cused Of cattle rustling In the western
part of Douglas county, were tried be-
fore Justice Crnwshaw mt Castle Rock
on the Both. The case attracted much
attention. A number of the witnesses
examined admitted completely In the
killing of cattle but claimed that the
Clenrys were the prime mOverH- I. i.
Cleary. the father, conducted saw
mill and boarded IA number of men.
and 1t was to his boarding house that
the stolen beef WIS taken, but he
swore that he wns absent and knew
nothing of 1t until later his son, De-
witt, admitted that he and Newton
Buzbee, son-in-law of Cleary. had
kllltu the StceT. luc tuOEt Vi TIE ue-
Tense seemed to be to shift the blame
to young Cieary, who Is not yet of age.
/. p. Clearly was bound over In $500
bonds and Dewitt Cleary in $1,000.
The father will probably be able to
give bonds. The prosecution was CON
Quoted by the Colorado Cattle Grow
ers' Association. represented by Ralph
Talbot of Denver. George T.. Dunn
and l.. c. Withaup We're for the de-
Tense. If either of the prisoners gives
bail he will be arrested again on other
charges.
The Republican State Convention to
choose two delegates ut large and two
ulternates to the national convention
will be held in the Broadway theater
May 10th. The number of delegates de-
cided on is 1872. The convention for the
nomination of candidates for state Of
fees and for presidential electors will
he held In Denver, September 18th. The
convention of the First congressional
district to choose one delegate and one
alternate to the national convention
will be held in Denver May 11th. The
convention to nominate II congressman
to succeed John i. Shafroth will he
held in Greeley September Sth. The
convention of the Second district to
choose national delegates will be held
May 9th in Pueblo. The convention i'll
that district TO choose II nominee for
congressman to succeed j. e. Bell will
be called after the May convention.
In n quarrel over II measurement of
timber on which they had been work
Ing. near Breckenridge. Samuel Gopher
struck his partner. Philip Willicks
with an axe. killing him almost in
stantly. The murder WIS committed
AT the Mount Pride mine. Copner's
blow caught Willicks ON the head. near
ly severlng 1t in Two. After the killing
Gopher gave himself up to the sheriff.
j. ]. Frey, WHO. until January LIST Of
this year, WAS general manager of the
Atchison. Topeka " Santa Fc railroad.
las been elected president of the Flor
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