The Springfield herald., 1902-05-23
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The United States navy recruiting
station in Denver was open for n weeA
and secured twenty-nine enlistments.
Senator Patterson has made applica-
tion for the establishment of rural
free delivery route at Highland Lake,
Weld county.
Civil service examinations will be
held ut Leadville and Pueblo, on May
2Sth, for the purpose of filling positions
in the postotlices of the two cities.
Kate, the lioness at Elitchs Gardens
in Denver, gave birth to three cubs on
the 9th instant. all of which seemed
likely to survive the perils of infancy.
Denver wants motto and will pay
SO in gild for the best one that
reaches the Colorado Press Bureau OF
Information before May 2lst at p. III.
President Roosevelt has selected Da-
yid ii. Motfat to take charge of the
contributions made in Denver for the
relief of the sufferers from the recent
disaster in the West Indies.
Civil service examinations will be
held in Aspen and Fort Collins on May
2Sth for the purpose of filling the posi-
tions of clerk and letter carrier in those
places.
The cornerstone of the new Chris
tian church at La Junta was laid ON
the 18th inst. with appropriate cere'
monies. The church will be of brick
and stone and will cost $1,000.
Postmaster L. G. Dana of Colorado
Springs has received notice from Wash
ington that his request for four extra
clerks during the summer season would
be allowed.
The civil service commission Will
hold an examination at Denver on June
1Ith. 18th and 10Th. for the purpose of
filling the position of cadet i'll the reNe-
nue. cutter service.
The Leadville Christian Endeavor So
ciety has appointed its committees ana
is making preparations for the four
teenth annual state Christian Endeav-
or convention to be held at Leadville
July Sth
The members of school board No. ..
Pueblo, have accepted the offer OF the
Minnequa Town Company to donate
eight lots if the board would erect II
$4,000 high school building within Il
reasonable time.
The Santa Fe has announced that it
will build the first modern hotel in
Trinidad to cost about $4,000. The
city has given the company lease on
ing will be erected.
a design has been accepted for the
new Catholic cathedral to be erected
in Denver The style is pure Gothic
and it will be one of the finest church
buildings in the West. Two spires Will
rise to the height of 2IO feet.
In the District Court ut La Junta
Seaman and Hannahan, the confessed
bank robbers who dynamited the vault
in the Bank of Fowler and got away
with 81 900 last month. We're given
from four to ten years each in the pcni-
tentiary.
1t is reported that Pueblo is likely to
have genuine sky scraper." Charles
Henkel. in association with New York
people. is said to be planning the early
erection of ten-story steel building
at the southeast corner of Third and
Main street.
The bodies of two more Telluride
snowslidc victims, Fred C.. Clemmer,
the steward. and Wade Grow, the
School of Mines boy. who We're killed
in the Liberty Bell snowslide of Feb
ruary 2Sth were recovered from the
snow sepulchres on the 18th inst.
The trial of former City Treasurer
Moses T. Hale, at Colorado Springs,
charged with embeZzling 100000 of the
citys funds. has been set for June 9th
before Judge Seeds of the District
court c. Il. Smith. an alleged ac-
complice, will be tried on the same
day.
The Santa Fe will put on a new
through Colorado train for a daily run.
beginning June 1st The new train
will be composed of one composite ear.
"A chair car. an observation car, two
sleepers and IL diner. The putting on of
this train will necesSitate Il change in
the time card.
Was has begun at Pueblo on eXten-
sive Improvements which are estimated
20 cost $4,000. to be made mt Lake
Minnequa by the Minnequa Townsite
Company The changes include the
building of handsome pavilion and n
small theatcr, which Will be opera ted
during the summer.
In the joint meeting of the county
judges and county attorneys held in
Denver on the 10th something of II
sensation was sprung by County Attor-
ney g. ID. Todd of Weld county, who
startled the gathering with IL PROPOSE
tion to revolutioniZe the system of
judicial procedure now in vogue, and
in vigorous language advanced his
ideas. We have too many courts i'll
this state" said Mr.. Todd. owing to
the peculiar conditions existing it is
likely that the centerS of population
will continue for many years to come
TO be very unevenly distributed. If
we had but two courts the state would
be much better off. All attorneys
know that much of their time is taken