North Park union., 1901-09-06
COLORADO NOTES.

EX-Lleute0d0t-GOVeEu rAnnSAS S
ney Is seriously Ill at Ouray.
The Colorado Springs horse SHOW
which closed August 22nd. was de-
clnred to be a decided success.
The first Colorado & Southern traih
since the washout of August I'd reach.
ed Buena Vista from Como August
25th.
On his short private visit to Boulder
August Goth, w. j. Bryan spoke 10
small impromtu gathering In the court
room.
President David Starr Jordan OF Le-
land Stanford University, preached IN
Calvary Baptist Church, Denver, on
Sunday, August 25th.
The people of Arvada, on the Colora-
do & Southern line between Denver
and Golden, expect to have an electric
line into Denver this winter.
The Central City lodge of Elks is
preparing to hold fair and festival
from September 14th to 21st to raise
funds for the erection Of building.
The proposed new power house and
plant of Strattons electric street raii-
way system In Colorado Springs Will
cost about $15O,OOO and will be one OF
the finest in the West.
a Victor Ladies' Pioneer Club mas
been organized by the ladies who came
early to Victor. Mrs. II, H. Atchlson
was elected president and 1t was de-
cided to hold annual meetings.
The five large steam laundry plants
in Pueblo are endeavoring to enect a
combination and have been consider
ing the erection of a big plant to nc
commodate the whole business.
Thomas E. Barr, founder Of the
Peoples Pulpit" work in Milwaukee,
will endeavor to reorganize the famous
Broadway Temple Association OF the
late Myron w. Reed at the Broadway
theater In Denver.
Francis Truth, the so-called "healer,"
who has been operating In Denver ana
who was arrested on several charges,
has agreed to go out of the business in
Denver and endeavor to get heeled IN
some other vocation.
There was great rejoicing among the
baseball enthusiasts In Denver when
the Denver Western League team
climbed from eighth place to fourth,
leaving Des Moines and Colorado
Springs to fight for the BOBBY prize.
Mrs. Matte Wilson has been appoint
ed county superintendent of schools by
the county commissioners Of Fremont
county. She succeeds the late super
intendent, J. NJ. Hanks, who died re-
Gently, and Is a sister Of Mr.. Hanks.
The annual picnic Of the State
Grange. Patrons of Husbandry, will be
held at Fort Collins in the college
grounds on September 11th. Among
the speakers are President b. o. Ayles-
worth, ]. f. White. Professor l.. @.
Carpenter, James NJ. White, ]. A. New
comb and w. Il. Thomas.
Richard Humphrey. an old resident
of Coal Greek, committed suicide Au-
gust 28th, by shooting himself through
the heart. He was sixty-one years Of
age and leaves wife and several
children. He had been suffering from
an abcess In the brain caused by In
juries received In mine.
The Beaver Creek Reservoir Com
pany has been Incorporated at Fort
Collins with Philip Wilson. E. J. Greg
ory and Charles A. Button as incor-
porators. The purpose of the corpora
ton is TO construct and maintain six
reservoirs above the source of Beav-
er creek in Larimer county.
James A. Fleming. formerly OF Den
yer. but now wealthy mine owner
of Phoenix, Arizona, has been sued for
$4,000 damages by Miss Jessie NJ.
Graham, who alleges that Fleming
promised to marry her In 1850, and
has failed to do so. Miss Graham for
merly lived In Butte, Montana.
United States photographer A. S.
Fellows, who returned to Denver few
days ago from a trip through the west
ern part of the state, says that there is
more water in the rivers on the western
slope this year than there has been be-
fore for fifteen years. Mr.. Fellows
measured many Of the rivers while on
his trip.
Grant Crumley. who shot Sam
Strong, WAS well known In Colorado
Springs in 1894, as was also his broth
tr, Sherman, who went to Cripple
Creek and soon attracted public at
tention by being accused of participa-
ton in the robbery of n Florence &
Cripple Creek passenger train a short
distance from Victor.
John Bradford and Brick Price, cat
tlemen living six miles of Erie, en-
gagged In an argument few days
finally resorted to firearms. A couple
Of shots were exchanged but no harm
was done. Bradford Is the man whose
cabin was rIddled by bullets some two
months ago by unknown parties.
A Mancos dispatch to the Denver
News, dated August Goth. says: At
11:30 this morning an electric bolt
killed valuable horse ridden by Ar
thur Spencer and Spencer himself is at
the point of death. Hyde Fielding,
who was riding beside him, was
stunned and thrown from his horse.
Tue accident occurred about one mile
east of town.
A Cripple Creek dispatch says: A. j., |
j. r. and j. f. Woods yesterday killed |
a female bear and two cubs on Black |
mountain, some twenty-five miles west
Of this city. They brought the animals
into town this morning, where they
were sold. A. ]. Woods stated that |
two other cubs escaped them. He |
shot the old bear In the foot and she
took after him and he ran 100 yards or
more with the bear In close pursuit and
then climbed tree. His father came
up and put q ball thorugh the heart of
the bear.
In the District Court at Denver
Judge Carpenter denied the applica.
ton Of Hirano. the Japanese restau-
rant keeper, for an injunction to pre-