The Lamar register., 1902-09-24
COLORADO'S CAPITAL.

work is to be begun at once and to be
| completed by the time of the meeting
of the next general assembly. 1t will
take three months.
Columbus b. Skies. who was convict
ed in 1894 of the murder Of William
Smeduth in Ouray county, is now free.
He was sentenced to the penitentiary
for life, but this was afterwards COM
muted to fourteen years. He is now
living with his brother-in-iaw at Beaver
park. In support of the application Tor
pardon affidavits were filed stating that
Smeduth has been seen alive since the
alleged crime. The man that Skies Is
supposed to have killed was never iden-
tified
At recent meeting of the Board of
Capitol Managers, Architect F. G. Ed
brooke appeared before the board and
stated that the experiment with certain
bronze varnishes, which 1t was pro-
posed to use for the painting of the eN-
terror of the dome had not proved sat
isfactory. He recommended that gold
leaf be used. This 1t is said will last
much longer and will look much better.
He stated that the probable cost of
this work will be in the neighborhood
of $1,000.
The Humane Society has inaugurnt-
IL
mony in regard to animals that are
abused The society now has a cam
era, and when horse is found emacl-
ated its photograph is to be taken and,
If necessary, where the court Will al
low it, the photograph will be present
ed in court as evidence. I'VE think
said Secretary Whitehead, that this is
good plan, for when photographs are
shown it is pretty good evidence that
the testimony we offer is correct"
Lodoyico Napoleon, fifteen years old,
did some work on the basement of the
state house under Contractor w. ID.
Richardson. He worked one day and
then the contractor left town, it Is al
legged, without paying his men. The
Legislature made an appropriation OF
5000 to pay the bill. Napoleon came
to the meeting of the board of capitol
managers and presented bill for 81
for one days work on the foundation
of the present state house. AS his
claim was found valid it was ordered
paid. Napoleon is now located in San
tn Fe, New Mexico. Secretary Lued-
ers of the board stated that there are a
number of these old claims on tile in
his office. and that there was still
money left to pay them.
Governor Orman on the 10Th inst.
granted an unconditional pardon to
Leo l.. Loeb, who was serving term
of twenty days for larceny as bailee.
The governor investigated the case and
satisfied himself that the man had been
honest in his intentions. Loeb has
made restitution of the suit Of clothes,
which he was convicted of stealing.
Leo Loeb. who is sometimes called the
Paul Revere of Colorado, rode ahead
of the great flood down Ute Pass in
Mantou and warned the people of their
danger. 1t is said that he saved NUM-
Der of lives by this act The flood did
an unusual amount of damage in Man,
itou. A short time ago B. e. Clark of
the Ell Paso Cleaning and Pressing
Company had Loeb arrested on the
charge of larceny as bailee of suit of
clothes. Clark loaned him suit to
wear. while his own We're being pressed
and he failed to return them until af-
ter his arrest.
The sanitary bulletin of the Colorado
State Board of Health for the month
of August has just been issued. 1t
shows that the total number of deaths
in Colorado was $50 and shows the an;
nual death rate to be 1I.14 per 1000.
The total number of deaths from scar
let fever was two. and from typhoid
fever fifty-one The number of deaths
III ATupilUOe county WIS -ov, ol WHlNh'
go were in Denver Compared with
July. the present month shows a de
crease of four cases of diphtheria: thir-
ty-four cases of scarlet fever. and an
increase Of one case of smallpox and
415 cases of typhoid fever. The report
closes with a few words of advice in
regard to typhoid fever, as follows
Causes of Typhoid Fever. 1t has been
definitely shown by the recent investi-
n II l.r,,
inspector to the board, that in num-
ber of instances typhoid infections
have come from other sources than wa
ter supply, such as contamination of
milk vegetables. by the organism be-
ing carried by flies from water closets.
and by careless handling of the excretai
OF typhoid patients. The attention of
the health officers is urgently called to
these facts and they are requested to-
inspect milk and other food supplies
and see that there is no chance of di-l
rect or Indirect contamination"
A Denver News reporter goes into
ecstasy over the improvements made
in the Denver city hall since the fire.
He Tor she) says: quite as splendid
as the throne of any king is the council
chamber room. If one could not havei
the milky way for throne, the stars
for n swinging chandelier. and the
earth for footstool one might com
promise cheerfully enough with Mayor.
Wright's handsome council rostrum
With equal cheerfulness might one rest.
in one of the great leather-seated. SOL
i'd oak chairs. provided for councilmen.
and in its great depths of comfort find
solace for being sentenced by a rash
public to serve ON an aldermanic
board. AT night one is first conscious
of the maze and flood of light From