Gilpin observer., 1900-06-07
ITEMS FROM DENVER.

of the cemetery on Memorial Day, was
again the center of the throng Wednes-
day afternoon. Lovingly his words and
deeds We're recalled, by priest and
working man, when the monument
erected at his grave in Fairmount was
unveiled under the auspices of the
Trades Assembly that gave it. The
modest granite block, beautiful in its
simplicity. good taste and deep mean
ing, was surrounded by mass of the
plain people, such as Myron Reed loved
and considered the salt of the EARTH
Addresses were delivered by Rabbi
Friedman, Father Organ and ]. e.
Faulkner of the Trades Assembly.
The Woman's Club is exercised over
the increase in defective vision among
school children. Their committee re-
ports: 1.-The increasing number of
spectacles worn are mute witnesses
that a fault exists. We very earnestly
desire that the school boards shall pro-
vide for testing the eyes and ears of
every child in school. 1t can be done
very quickly, at no great expense. The
report discloses tiguratively, that near
sightedness is on the increase and that
deafness is more observed nowadays
than of late years. The causes are left
more to conjecture than statement.
However it is intimated in the report
that many school rooms are poorly
| lighted and that parents should re-
strain their children from too attentive
application to studies under gas and
electric lights at home"
The state treasury has been enriched
by the addition of S11,531, with inter-
est since $685. paid by the bondsmen of
George w. Kephart former state treas
urer, AS n result the states suit
against the bondsmen will be with
drawn by the attorney general and the
incident of the treasurer'S shortage will
be closed, so far as the state is con-
cerned. The shortage was caused by
the failure of the First National Bank
of Montrose, in which Mr. Kephart had
deposited S11,995. OF this sum $463
was afterwards paid by the bank. Mr..
kephart was unable to collect from the
bondsmen of the bank. and when his
term of Office expired, the state brought
suit to recover from his bondsmen.
They are David II. Moffat. James A.
McClurg. Henry Wolcott. Bennett X
Meyers. l.. f. Campbell, s. I. Smith,
l.. II. Eicholtz, C. ]. Hughes. George
Ross-Lewin and Thomas Keeey. Mr..
Kephart's bondsmen will begin action
against the bondsmen of the bank for
relief.
Mgr Sebastian Martnelli. archbish-
op of Ephesus, papal ablegate and
apostolic delegate to America, Is in
Denver. as the guest of Bishop Matz.
Archbishop Martinelli's errand in Den
YER is, it is said, TO settle the dispute
which has divided the Italian colony.
\ part of the Italians. headed by
Frank Damascio have been for eigh-
teen months in revolt against Father
/ ST pf 'n,. ahI y..f.h
They have a chapel under construction
which they have called San Rocco
church. Bishop Matz was appealed
to to provide a pastor for the new con-
gregation, but he refused, and ordered
the dissatisfied Italians to return to
Mt. Carmel. An appeal was taken
from his decision to the papal ablegate
who finally decides all such matters
for this country. there being no appeal
from his mandate. Mgr. Martinelli
Is returning from a trip to Portland,
The Carter collection Is now the prop
erty of the Colorado Museum and Maj.
ural History Society, and if the advice
of Secretary f. W. Merritt is acted up
on will be brought to Denver as soon
as possible. Rudolph Borcherdt, the So
ciety's taXidermist Is now at Brecken-
ridge, working among the pelts and
mounted specimens. While all skins
mounted were found to be in very ex.
cellent condition, very many duplicate
pelts. which had not been properly
cared for, were found alive with white
moths. Secretary Merritt. Rudolph
Borcherdt and two assistants worked
for hours in spreading out and exam
lining these pelts and threw out about
fifty which We're considered too badly
damaged to be preserved. Under the
agreement the society has the use of
the Carter building In Breckenridge.
rent free. until October 1st, but as the
building is full of moths. Secretary
Merritt will recommend the removal of
the collection to Denver ut once. As It
will be probably year before the col
lection is completed and ready for en-
hibition. a storage room in Denver is
wanted. One of the conditions of the
transfer is that the collection shall be
known as the Carter collection, and
that the collection. when transferred to
Denver, shall be open TO the public free
of cost for a reasonable number of
hours at least one day in each week.
The board of directors Of the society is
composed of Joseph A. Thatcher. Da-
yid ii. Moffat John f. Campion. Frank
Trumbull and Il. NJ. Merritt There
has been raised so far by the society
S2I 600, of which about one-half has
been spent. The Carter collection is
considered by the society the nucleus
of n larger collection.
The perils Of the Grand Canon of the
Colorado are to be braved by n party
of scientists from eastern colleges.
Yale, Harvard, Columbia and Cam
bridge, England, will be represented
among the explorers, who will travel
in the treacherous canon Yesterday
DIR. Herbert Il. Gregory of Yale ar
rived In Denver. He went to Colorado
| Springs after n few hours stay In the
city. AT Colorado Springs he will join