North Park union., 1901-12-06
COLORADO NOTES.

Florence will soon be under way. Inc
plans are completed and the macnin-
cry ordered
Track laying on the new tramway
line from Elitch's Gardens to Aravada
has been commenced. 1t will be COM
pleted in q month.
Mrs. Finis P. Ernest OF Denver mas
been appointed member from Coiorauo y.
to the Board of Managers of the st.
Louis Exposition.
The Denver Housemaid's Union mas
had to expel several woman managers
Of employment agencies who gained
admission In the guise OF WORKING
girls.
John s. Stidger. special agent OF the
general, land office, has been Trans
ferred to the Denver district from the
Montrose district. He will take up his
new duties on December lst.
On its second pay day at Rocky Ford
the American Beet Sugar Company ols-
bursed $4,000 tc farmers, who are
said to be generally making more from
their beets this year than last.
A. B. Mckinley. who was struck by
car and badly injured some two weeks
ago in Denver, is reported to be mucn
better and his physicians believe that
within a few weeks he Will be aDie 10
walk,
Bud Parrott, tried in the District
Court at Ouray for the murder OF
Charles Randall. was found guilty ana
sentenced to life imprisonment. Inc
Jury stood for some time eleven to one
In favor of hanging.
George f. Peabody Of New York has
offered $1,000 toward the building
fund of the Colorado Springs Y. NJ. q.
A. He is member Of the Board OF
Trustees of Colorado College, having
been interested in the institution by
General Palmer.
Thomas Donovan. young man re-
Gently found guilty in the District
Court mt Cripple Creek Of stealing a
quantity of copper wire from the
Short Line, was sentenced to the state
reformatory at Buena Vista, to be re-
leased mt the discretion of the warden.
A certificate has been filed with the
secretary of state showing that the
town of Pearl, in Larimer county, has
been Incorporated. AT the recent elecl
tion in the town every man and
woman eligible to vote cast ballot In
1uVOr OF the incorporation.
AL: Boyd: William Brown and I. P.
Morgan, youthful cowboys from the
range south of Victor, recently at
tempted to give wild west exhibition
in Victor, riding their horses nt break
neck speed up and down the streets
and firing shots with revolvers. They
were arrested and fined.
The Denver Board OF Aldermen after
defeating resolution to change the
name of City park to Mckinley park.
reconsidered the vote ut subsequent
meeting and adopted the measure. 1t
will have to be passed by the supervis-
ors and approved by the mayor before
1t goes into effect.
Officers were elected at the annual
meeting Of the Pueblo Club November
18th as follows: President, George Il.
Scott; vice president, l.. ]. Tyson; Sec
retary, ]. II. Dimes; treasurer, II. @.
Royce. The club is the leading one Of
its kind In Pueblo and is composed of
the majority OF the business men OF the
city.
The United States government wishes
an assistant astronomer for the naval
observatory, place that commands a
salary of $1,000 n year. An examina-
ton of those wishing the job will be
held at Denver on December 11th, 18th
and 18th. Those aspiring to the place
should communicate at once with II. G.
Hunter at the Denver postoffice.
In the District Court mt Castle Rock.
Douglas county, w. A. Dye pleaded
guilty to shooting out two switch lights
In the Santa Fe yards ut the time OF
the telegraphers' strike In December
last, and was sentenced to three
months In Jail and fined 800. Upon
recommendation Of the Santa Fe rep
resentative both fine and sentence were
suspended.
1t Is estimated that up to November
Goth of this season there has been
shipped to the LOveland sugar factory
from Fort Collins 5,45SS9S pounds or
2,73O tons of beets. An equal number
of tons We're shipped each from Bell
vue, Laporte and Timnath, making the
total shipments from the Poudre val
ley to the LOveland factory about 10,-
600 tons, or 45O carloads.
The Colorado Telegraph nt Colorado
Springs has been sold to syndicate
of local capitalists for S125.O0O. Lewis
Gaylord, owner of the controlling In
terest, retires, his equity being settled
for on n basis of $4,000. The new
owners recently secured control OF the
Evening Mail. and these two papers
will be consolidated under the name of
the Colorado Telegraph, the Mail be-
ing superseded.
The Pope's encourage deny the report
circulated in the United States by
news agency that Bishop Matz of Den
yer has been asked for his resignation
on account of his difficulties with the
1rish-American clergy Of Denver. Fur
ther inquiries brought out nm official
statement to the effect that Bishop
Matz had not been asked to resign.
Prominent priests in Denver declare
that no friction exists.
At meeting of the directors Of the
Colorado Chautauqua Mt Boulder, No
ven,ber Goth, the following executive
committee was selected: Chairman, J.
II. Nicholson; members, Il. NJ. DeLong,
NJ. s. Whiteley. George NJ. Mcclure
and A. A. Reed. The committee to
solicit the guarantee fund reported
progress TO the extent of $1,000 of the
$4,000 which it has in contemplation as
having been pledged for the support
of next years session.
In behalf Of the Board of Trustees Of
the Denver University Vice President
]. w. Gilluly and Secretary Joseph G.
Shattuck have issued statement
thanking the friends of that institution.