The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-03-22
COLORADO NOTES.


The Democrats of Colorado Springs
have nominated w. G. Jones for mayor.
A mass convention at Rocky Ford
nominated Hon. q. W. Swink for may
| or.
DIR. L. ]. Crane was nominated Tor
| MAYOR of Cripple Greek by the Demo-
cratic convention.
DIR. w. w. Rowan has been noIni-
mated on non-partisan ticket ior
mayor of Ouray.
The county commissioners OF Lari-
mer county have appointed w. "A. hhh-
kins horticultural inspector.
The fourth annual session OF the I'll I'll
orado Chnutauqun ut Boulder WIN
open on July 4th and continue 10 aug
ust 10th.
President Francis l.. Patton, OIL
Princeton University has written lhae
he will visit Colorado and Denver
some time this spring.
Charles G. Chever, '59er In Colo
RADIO and prominent real estate owner
In Denver, died in Denver on the 18TH
inst. at the age of seyenty-tour years.
The Democrats of Denver have nom
mated Judge L. L. Wells for mayor.
ii. V. Johnson, the present mayor mas
announced that he will run on an lnue-
pendent ticket.
Peter McCourt, manager OF the TABOR
and Broadway theaters, is ut CORONADO
Beach, California. He has acquired
part ownership of the Wyatt theater
in Los Angeles.
Two immense eagles. measuring over
eight feet from tip to tip, We're recently
captured on the divide south OF Den
yer by Leslie Meyers and Henry New
man of Denver and given to the CITY
park.
John Darling. formerly travelling
freight agent for the Rio Grande, died
on the 11th instant at the Hot Springs
hotel in Canon City. tuberculosis
was the cause of neutrality-suspicious.
by dropsy.
The Denver & Rio Grande and Rock
Island railroads will erect new joint
freight station between Eleventh ana
Thirteenth and WaZee and Wyncoop
streets in Denver. 1t will be l32No4o
feet in size and cost $4,000.
Rev. Robert f. Coyle, who recently
resigned the pastorate of the Central
Presbyterian Church in Denver, mas
withdrawn his resignation and VIII re-
main with the church, greatly TO the
delight of the congregation.
Robert Il. Wright, Jr., was noml-
mated for mayor of Denver by the Ike
publican convention which met on the
18th. to run against Judge f. i. Wells,
the Democratic nominee. Both are re-
garded as exceptionally strong canul-
dates.
A consignment of 10000 rainbow
trout from the state hatchery Ut
Brighton have been placed in LeaVeh-
worth creek, eight miles above George
town. From Georgetown the cans con-
tanning the fish We're transported on
burros.
The woman voter was distinctly in
evidence ut the Prohibition convention
in Denver and none but women We're
nominated. The ticket is headed by
Mrs. Antoinette a. Hawley, CANDIDATE
Tor mayor, and every maine on it Is that
of Mrs. or Miss.
The state convention of the Colorado
Retail Credit Mems Association met in
Denver on the 18th instant and elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: A. C. Foster OF Denver, presi-
dent; II. C. Stone of Leadville. vice
president; w. NJ. Dickinson of Cripple
| Creek. second vice president; Il. a.
Howell of Denver, secretary; f. q.
MoyS of Boulder. treasurer; NJ. h.
Lewis of Florence, director.
The derailment of switch engine Mt
| Diamondville, Wyoming. caused the
death of John Cush. foreman, who was
standing on the footboard and was
thrown under the wheels and badly
mangled. Death was instantaneous.
| He was well known in Denver having
run a passenger train on the South
| Park railway for years. He leaves a
| wife. who is now residing in Denver.
| Curator William C. Ferril of the
| State Historical and Natural History
Society at the capitol building. Denver,
| lays claim TO being the first man to
| suggest the Louisiana Purchase Cen
| tennial exposition in 1908. His first
contention for the exposition appeared
in Kansas City paper July IA, 1889
His second article was published in
the Denver News of November %
1891.
Rev. Frank T. Bayley of Plymouth
Congregational Church, Denver. eN-
changed pulpits with Rev. j. b. Gregg
of Colorado Springs, on Sunday, the
! 18th instant. and was treated to Il sur
prise on his return home. During Mr..
Bayley's absence his congregation vot-
ed him four months vacation, at full
pay. to make a trip to Europe. and
raised $1,000 to help pay the expenses
of himself and wife while absent.
d. S. Bennett. who was arrested by
Deputy Game Warden Boyd of La
| Junta on the charge of unlawfully kill
ing game in the Cedars, forty miles
| south of La Junta in Las Animas coun
ty, was taken to Trinidad for trial and
on being convicted WAS fined $40 and
costs, which amounted in all to about
$50. This is the second arrest and
conviction by Deputy Boyd within