Gilpin observer., 1901-11-28
COLORADO NOTES.

line from Elitch'S Gardens to Aravaua
has been commenced. 1t will be COM
pleted in month.
Mrs. Finis p. Ernest of Denver has
been appointed member from Colorado
to the Board of Managers of the st.
Louis Exposition.
The Denver Housemaids Union has
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 1st.
| On its second pay day at Rocky Ford
the American Beet Sugar Company dis
bursed $14OOOO to farmers, who are
said to be generally making more from
their beets this year than last.
A. B. Mckinley, who was struck by a
car and badly injured some two weeks
ago in Denver, is reported to be much
better and his physicians believe that
within a few weeks he will be able to
walk
Bud Parrott, tried in the District
Court at Ouray for the murder OF
Charles Randall, was found guilty and
sentenced to life Imprisonment. The
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. G.
A. He is a member of the Board Of
Trustees of Colorado College, having
been interested in the institution by
General Palmer.
A ten per cent. dividend is about to
be declared to the depOsitors of the de-
funct Peoples Savings Bank of Den
yer, by +. J. Spencer, assignee. This
will bring the total dividends paid to
S61a cents on the dollar. Mr.. Spencer
says that all the depositors will event
ually be paid in full.
The Denver Board of Aldermen after
defeating a resolution to change the
name of City park to Mckinley park,
reconsidered the vote at subsequent
meeting and adopted the measure. 1t
will have to be passed by the supervis-
Ors and approved by the mayor before
it goes into effect.
The Colorado Telegraph at Colorado
Springs has been sold to a syndicate
of local capitalists for S125, 700. Lewis
| Gaylord, owner of the controlling in
terest, retires, his equity being settled
for on a 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ing superseded.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
Irish-American clergy of Denver. Fur
| ther inquiries brought out an official
statement to the effect that Bishop
Matz had not been asked to resign.
Prominent priests in Denver declare
that no friction exists.
| At a meeting of the directors of the
Colorado Chautauqua at Boulder, No
vember Goth, the following executive
committee was selected: Chairman. ].
III. Nicholson; members, r. NJ. DeLong,
J 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
J. w. Gilluly and Secretary Joseph G.
| Shattuck have issued statement
thanking the friends of that institution
who assisted in the efforts to avert the
sale Of the University hall, and an
nounce that compromise has been
made under which the University pays
its interest in full and is allowed fif-
teen months longer on the principal.
The annual meeting of the Associated
Charities of Pueblo was held at the
Grand Opera House November 24th
and was largely attended. Rev. f.
Evan Darlington of Colorado Springs
was the principal speaker and gave a
resume of the work of the organization
throughout the state. Mrs. Izetta
! George, secretary of the Associated
Charities of Denver gave an Illustrated
lecture on the conditions existing in
the capital city among the poor.
| The Weld County Teachers Associa-
tion held its eighteenth annual conven-
tion ut Greeley November 23rd a large
proportion of schools throughout the
county being represented. The officers
chosen for the coming year are: Presi-
dent. County Superintendent ]. Il.
Shook; vice president, A. Il. Cooke Of
Erie; secretary and treasurer, Edna
West of Greeley. Executive commit
tee: Bertha Brooks of La Sale, w. G.
Weber of Greeley and Il. S. Dickey Of
| Windsor.
Unless some relief Is soon found for
the congested condition In the Pueblo
yards, and a remedy for the present
shortage of cars, 1t is asserted that
there Is likely to be n coal famine, as
well as serious delays in the delivery
to Pueblo of orders for all kinds OF
merchandise. The blockade existing
n month ago has been intensified by
the recent switchmen's strike. until
now the. serious problem of securing
sufficient cars to handle the business