North Park union., 1900-12-07
COLORADO NOTES.

Frank Gill, a prominent farmer anu
stockraiser Of Morgan county, uieu AZ
Brush, November 18th.
Congressman Shnfroth has filed his
statement of election expenses, whlch
shows that his reelection cost him
$l,14O.
The new Odd Fellows building al
Ward WINS destroyed by fire November
Gath. 1t was a fine building ana COST
about $4,000.
John II. Bennett. deputy CLERK Oh
Clear Greek county, died at Denver No
vember 25th. Mr.. Bennett had peen
sick for but n short time ana was III
Denver for treatment.
The first issue of the Pueblo Even
Ing Journal made its appearance. ~
takes the place of the former fuepio
Press which plant was purchased ny
the stock company issuing the 'o"fn"'
In tho case of Mrs. John Andrews
who sued the city OF Golden Tor SlV'-
600 damages for injuries aliesea 10
have been received by falling OH
bridge in 1896. the jury brought In
verdict In favor of the city.
Herbert Kempton, Socialist LABOR
candidate for regent OF the State I'M
yersity, has filed statement showing
that his entire campaign expenses
amounted to only 50 cents. and auds:
"And deponent saith, not one cent
more"
The secretary of the Interior has de-
MED the motion for a review OIL tne ue-
partmental decision cancelling Wniter
$. Cheeseman's entry of the Miner
placer claim. in the Denver land uls-
trict. This claim is from thirty to hi'y
feet wide and three miles long.
Alonzo welty, the pioneer liveryman
of Cripple Creek. died November soti
from the effects of injuries received Dy
him In runaway on October ith. his
wife suffered mortal Injuries at the
same time and expired on the same
day that the accident occurred.
A stranger by the name OF Smith,
who had arrived only the night before,
fell into the big hot spring at Pagosa
Springs on the night of November
23rd and was found dead in the spring
the next morning. II is thought posi-
BILE TINT II was n case OF suicide.
N. B. Bailey of Eldora. who was re-
Gently shot through the arm by some
OF his employees on the Enterprise mine,
died OF pneumonia four days later. II
was thought that he would recover
from the wound. but pneumonia set In
and he died within twelve hours.
Thomas +. Walsh Of Colorado was
elected president of the National lrriga-
tion Congress mt Chicago. Two meet
ings will be held next year, the first at
Colorado Springs, Colorado, either Just
before or just after the Transmissis-
sippI Congress. and the second at Bur
falo In October. during the Pan-Amer-
lean Exposition in that city.
1t is announced that Governor-elect
Orman has decided to appoint Horace
w. Havcns as his private secretary.
Mr.. IIavens is at present deputy secre-
tary of state. which position he has
held under both Secretary c. ii. S.
Whipple and Secretary Elmer +. Beck
with. He is Lake county Democrat.
Thomas +. Walsh. during his recent
short stay in Colorado, gave $1,000 to
st. Joseph's hospital ut Ouray and an
other $1,000 to the Associated Chari-
ties ut Denver. Mr.. Walsh had n sal
airy OF $1,000 as commissioner, and the
Associated Charities of Washington,
ID. q.
1t is reported in Pueblo that within
the next few weeks the Missouri Pa
cific railway will establish n suburban
service between Pueblo and Sugar City
enabling the people from the new town
to come to Pueblo. transact their busi-
ness, and return home the same day.
and on the other hand permitting Pu-
ebloans to go to Sugar City in the morn,
ing and return to their homes in the
evening.
In his report on the public building
operations in the West the supervising
architect of the treasury says: 1.-The
site of the Lcadville postotiicc has been
selected, but further progress looking
to the erection of the building Is held
up awaiting an opinion from the attor.
ney general rs to the validity OF title
Twelve thousand dollars is now GOV.
cred by contract liabilities, leaving
$12,019 actually available for interior
finish. There has been total eXpendi
ture on the Pueblo postotfice of 1902.
2S6 and the available balance now or
hand Is S1,31O.
Employment agents for the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company are trying Il
new experiment in the matter of EN-
ployes at the steel works, says the Pu
eblo Chieftnin. They have recently
put twenty-eight Greeks to work there
and II they turn out to be good men Il
large number will probably be brough,
to Pueblo and given situations. The
Greeks are n new addition to Pueblo's
population. and besides those now en-
gagged at the Bessemer plant there are
nearly fifty more in the city. They
came from Chicago in n body to secur,
work, and are said to be very indus
trious class.
When interviewed in Denver recent
ly, Warden Hoyt of the state peniten
tiary is represented as declaring him
self in favor of the restoration of cnp
ital punishment. There will undoubt
edly be 4 great many legislators who
will advocate clectrocution." said the
warden. but rs that is not any NOR,
humane than hanging, l favor the lat
ter and cheaper method. There is one
thing, though. l do not favor making
a slaughter house of the peni,entiary
and l do not think that criminals
should be executed there. They SHOULD
be hanged by the sheriff Mt the differ
ent county jails."
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