The state herald., 1900-03-23
DO1Ntis AT DENVER.
Itsms 1t Intsrsst From the City and the
state Capitol.

Detective Carberry Of this city was
shot and killed the other day by man
named lake, while the former was out
duck hunting. lake claims that 1t was
an accident.
A person convicted Of crime less
than a capital offense may have re-
course to only one writ Of error, says
the Supreme Court. This statement is
made In connection with the refusal by
the court to consider the case of Ed
ward Caviness. The crime of Cavlness
was murder In .Le second degree. As
his counsel applied for writ of error
year ago, then refused to prosecute
1t, the court denied him privilege of
again attempting Il similar action.
Mrs. Harvey Payne was reused from
her sleep last Saturday night to find II
man bending over her holding IL pistol
to her head. He ordered her to get up
and give him all the money she had in
the house. With threats he made her
so to her hiding place, sugar bowl
I She handed him 500 which she had
saved and had hidden there. She stag
gered to neighbOr's and fell senseless
on the steps. Hearing her fall, the oc
cupnnts of the house hurried out and
found her.
The coming census may Increase
Colorado's representation in Congress
by two. Governor Thomas predicts
this. Another congressman should
nave been allowed In this state when
the last appOrtionment was made"
says the governor, III the census had
been accurately taken, and l am con.
fident that the new census will add n,
least one and In NIL probability two
congressman to our representation In
the lower house."
John Jacob Astor Powell, attorney.
alive. well and practicing law in
N1rglnin. However, he Is not the John
Jacob Astor Powell of Ouray. who
disappeared from Denver not long ago.
John Il. Barnett, n lawyer, is sponsor
for this statement. He thinks the
Ouray lawyer used the virginian's
name. Friends of the missing man
think That he is in South Africa, and
one of them says lie has letter from
Powell, under recent date. from Jo-
hannesburg, where he says Powell is
protecting his South African mining
interests.
Captain Cecil A. Deane, custodian of
the war relic room Mt the state capitol.
has received the first flag made in Gill
pin county. Its dimensions are 10x14
feet and there are thirty-four stars ON
the field of blue. The original size of
the flag was 10x2S feet, and II was cut
i'll two ut some time not exactly known.
The other part has been destroyed or
lost. The ladies of the Gold Dirt min
ing camp made the flag in 1861 and
when the camp went down the emblem
was taken in charge by j. Q. A. Rol-
lins, whose widow now presents the
flag to the state.
Advises have been received Mt the
general offices of the Colorado Mid.
land that :he New York grand jury
had indicted William ]. Blaze on the
charge of countcrfeiting the tickets of
that railroad. Since last October the
officials have been trying to run down
an issue of forged tickets, the Pinker-
tons being NJ work upon the ease.
Blaze Is now said to be under arrest
In New Orleans. The detectives have
not yet discovered the persons who
did the actual printing. but they are
said to have well grounded suspicious
us TO who they are.
The Army and Navy Memorial Hall
Association Is now n reality, and n
hall will soon be built. At meeting
In the state capitol last evening, rep.
resentatives of the G.. A. Il. posts ana
auxiliary organizations In Denver
agreed upon n constitution and by
laws. Secretary Crawford said that
articles OF incorporation would be
filed. Not until this is done viii any
effort be made To raise the necessary
funds. but II Is semi-ofiicially an.
nounced that the committee In charge
knows Just where to raise substantial
amounts. This new organization will
erect hall for use by all the q. A. IL.
posts OF the city. all the auxiliary So
cieties and naval organizations. The
idea Is TO establish some central meet.
ing place ms headquarters for the
rapidly diminishing q. A. II. assocIa.
tlons.
The sale Of 100000 feet of state
timber, scheduled to take place last
Monday, WIS postponed because of
the discovery OF nm error In the adver-
tlsement OF the timber. which makes
readveriising necessary. The adver.
tiseinent read the south range" when
II should have been ''the north range"
Bidders appeared In plenty. The ~
advertising may cause n delay OF u
month. This mistake In advertising Il
not the first OF recent date. A similar
error was made In the sale OF the 600
acres of Otero county land to the OK.
nnrd Beet Sugar Company. Senator
Swink discovered this mistake and
came to Denver for the purpose OF hnv.
Ing II rectliicd. To ]. W. Vickers, lO6,.
600 feet OF Park county timber wns
sold mt 81 a thousand feet. This tim
bcr IL ON school land near Hnrtzell. 4.
NJ. Harsin bought eighty acres Of o,ero
county land ut S25 nm acre. This land
" where he has made his home for
several years. lcnslng II from the state
and improving II ut his own convcn.
iencc.
The National Rural. an agricultural
paper printed In Chicago. has under.
taken 10 locate a colony OF eastern
farmers on trnct OF about 100000
acrcs. situated In the BlJou valley In
Arnpnhoc county. about thirty.sis
miles east OF Denver. About $4,000
acrcs hns been purchased from the
Union Pacific Railroad Company and
viii bc sold 10 settlers FOR xi..5 mn
acre. or they mny purchase the alter.
nate sections from the government
under the desert lnnd net u, the same
price. or locate them under the home.
stead law. NIL getting their water from
the promoters OF the settlement. The
water for irrigation II ~ proposed so
get from the nndcriiow OF the grnyclly
bed OF Bijou creek. The gravel nnd
the whole Irrigation scheme have been
examined by ciyil engineers. whose ~