Gilpin observer., 1901-07-11
COLORADO NOTES.

DIR. Cherrie and associates are build
Ing ten-ton Ice plant in Canon City.
The new Antlers hotel at Colorado
Springs will be run strictly on the
European plan.
Late reports from many sources In
dicate a heavy cantalOupe crop in the
Arkansas valley.
A fifth sub-statiOn of the Denver
postoffice is to be established, located
on Capitol hill, and three new carriers
added to the force.
Benjamin Pettingell of Denver
claims to have invented a method by
which nitro -glycerine can be safely
tired from cannon.
William IL. Snider, one of the own
ers of the ManitOu Grand Cayerns,
died at Nfanitou on the 9th instant, ut
the age of fifty-three.
Denver hotels are reported full to
overflowing with tourists. The Brown
Palace, after placing many cots, was
compelled to turn people away.
In eXcavating for the basement of n
new building at the corner of -Four
teenth and Lawrence streets. Denver,
the workmen found the tooth OF II
mastodon.
There was a very large attendance
at the opening of the Chautauqua AS
sembly at Boulder. July 4th. The ora
tion was delivered by Father Malone
of Denver.
The new law permitting the inflic-
ton of the death penalty for murder
went into effect July l. but the quo
tatiOns do not show any rise in the
price of hemp.
At Ouray, on the Fourth, in the min
ers' double-hand drilling contest,
Hupps and Lindquist drilled in the
regulation contest time 1914 inches In
Gunnison granite.
The club women of Denver are con-
sidering the erection of Il handsome
building for club purposes, with an
auditorium in it to seat in the neigh
borhood of 1000 people.
w. f. Bailey, formerly general pas
senger agent of the Colorado Midland,
has been appointed manager of the
railroad department of Rand, McNally
& Co., publishers of Chicago.
The American Microscopical Society
will meet in Denver at the same time
with the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. One hundred
members are expected to be present.
The Glen Park ChautauQua at Pal
mer Lake was opened July 9TH, Presi-
dent Main of Iowa College delivering
the opening address. Present condi-
tions indicate an exceptionally success
full assembly.
There We're fifty-nine cases of diph-
iberia in Denver during the month of
June, as compared with fourteen the
year previous, and the health commits
sioner has instituted an investigation
to try to find out the causes.
Pretty four-year-old Esther Oliver
of Denver was killed instantly on the
9th instant, by a dynamite torpedo,
which had been carelessly dropped in
the yard the day before by Fourth of
July celebrators. 1t exploded in her
mouth.
Chancellor III. A. Buchtel of the Uni
versity of Denver reports that the uni
versity had S7S students last year in
all departments, Il gain of 24S over
the preceding year. He says the at
tendance will easily reach 1000 this
fall.
From all parts of the state come the
usual reports of Fourth of July acci.
dents. If all the victims could be
gathered in one crowd it would furnish
an appalling object lesson, for there
would be fully 100 sufferers, some very
seriously hurt.
AL. Cassidy was shot and killed on
the 7th instant while trying to escape
from Policeman ]. ]. Mcdonnell. Cas-
sidy had injured Howard Fisher in
saloon quarrel and was arrested by
Mcdonnell, who fired at him when lie
tried TO run away.
President Mckinley has signed the
following Colorado commissions: Per-
ry Hobkirk, receiver of public moneys
at Del Norte; David C. Fleming, reg
lister of the land office at Sterling ire
appointedD; Charles b. Timberlake, re-
ceiver of public moneys at Sterling (re-
appointedD.
Judge Northcutt of the District
Court at Lamar O.erruled the de-
murrer of the attorneys of Irowers
county 10 the complaint filed by the
attorney generals office, in the suit to
compel the payment of interest collect
ed on delinquent state taxes by the
county.
The safe in the postoffice at Manza-
nola was blown open about = o'clock
in the morning on July 4th and 500
stolen by robbers, who escaped. IL
was n good time for the safe blowers
as the explosion attracted no special
attention on account of the celebration
of the day by firing guns and crackers
On Sunday, the 18th instant. prac-
tically the whole clergy of Denver de-
nounccd Judge Palmer, who had few
days before publicly reprimanded two
of their number for contempt of court
in critlcising his injunction in favor
of Sunday liquor selling In restaurants
and permitting wonsn TO frequent sa-
lnnps