The state herald., 1902-11-14
COLORADO BRIEFS.

few days In the state while crossing
the continent to San Francisco.
Ground for the new sugar factory
the buildings this winter.
The switchmen employed in the
yards of the Union Pacific railroad at
Denver have asked for an increase In
wages.
The Rocky Mountain News claims
that Alva Adams is elected congress-
man-at-large by plurality OF sixty
three votes.
Not a straight Populist vote was
cast in Mesa county at the last cleo
tion. This was formerly a banner
Populist county.
Mrs. Kate Parker. wife of kid"
Parker, the Denver pugilist, swallowed
an overdose of morphine the other day,
but will recover.
The University of Colorado has been
presented with valuable collection of
native minerals. fossils and skulls, by
James p. Maxwell.
Thomas r. Mann, n formerly well
known capitalist of Boulder, commit
ted suicide at Lock Haven. Pennsylva-
mia. last Thursday.
Hugo Todenwarth, Denver taxi
dermist. has procured the arrest Of
James S. Bush, game warden, for dis
turbance of the peace.
Indications are favorable for the dis
posal of the Denver Northwestern &
Pacific roads $20,000,O00 of bonds by
the 18th of this month.
James Williams, a former sporting
man of Pueblo, strayed from his party
while hunting near El Paso, Texas.
and died from exposure.
Miss Ethel Moses. daughter of II.
Moses. a leading merchant of Trinidad
was married to Joseph BRAKEMAN of
New York City Wednesday.
Considerable damage has been done
to property in Eagle River canon by
the bursting of the Denver & Rio
Grande dam at Pando. near Red Cliff.
The Revenue mine at Ouray has fin
ished its tunnel to the Telluride side
of the range, distance OF 1000 feet.
A rich vein of ore was struck near
the apex.
Postmaster Davie of Florence has
ANNNANtu lloih th'
partment at Washington that free de-
livery will be installed in that city
March LIST.
A. ID. Searl. a Leadville pioneer who
died recently. LETT funeral address
with the request that il be read at his
funeral without other services of any
religious nature.
Colorado's valuation, as shown by
State Auditor Crouter's certifca,ion to
the various county treasurers. is $751;
002, sol. Based on the four-mill levy,
the state tax is sl.i16.0l0.
The State Land Board has acted ia
vorably on the application for sale of
forty acres of land near Littleton, Col
orado, TO be used as site for the Geo.
Leyner Air Compressor and Drill Com
pany.
II is stated that John w Gates has
scheduled George Refs to be head of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
should the control of the company pass
into the hands of Mr.. Gates and his
friends.
The next session OF the Colorado
Chautauqua Association at Boulder
will probably open on Saturday. July
4. 1908. and close on Friday. August
7th. though longer session is not i'm.
probable.
Information has been filed charging
DIR, George Elliott with murder. Eli
oft is proprietor OF the sanitarium at
Denver In which the operation which
cost the life OF Sarah Vance was per-
formed.
Rev. George Doane O'Neill. chancel-
lor and secretary of the Roman Catho-
lie diocese OF Newark. New Jersey.
died at St. Anthony's Sanitarium ut
Denver. Tuesday. He was reckoned
one of the ablest priests OF his dio-
cese.
J. II. Springer has been appointed
commercial agent OF the Colorado &
Southern road at Colorado Springs.
He succeeds II. ID. Milton. who has
been appointed general manager Of
the road from Boulder TO Ward.
known MS the Switzerland Trail.
Frightened by an approaching auto
mobile ut Canon City. horse backed a
carriage containing three people into
swift-running mill stream. Mrs. Kate
q. Furnald. aged flfty-nine years. was
drowned and w. G. Mcclure. aged six
ty-hye years. and Mrs. Emily Sournier
were slightly injured In the accident.
Judge b. u. Lindsey OF Denver has
Issued a citation to State Treasurer
Chipley and County Treasurer Elder,
ordering them TO appear In court on
November 2bth and answer the petit
ton OF the administrators of the Me-
Clelland estate that the state inhori-
lance law be declared unconstitutional
The railroads have arranged one
and one-Gfth fare for the Arkansas
Valley Teachers Association meeting
which will be held In La Junta Satur-
day, November goth. Every county In
southeastern Colorado from Canon
City TO the Kansas state line. will be
represented and II Is believed the asso.
eiaiion's meeting will be ono OF the
mos, largely attended In It's history.
City Auditor La,shnw has received
the total assessed valuation OF the city
of Pueblo for 1909 from the county as-
SCISSOR. The valuations are ms follows:
Former city OF Pueblo. ss,is5.i2i. for
mer city OF South Pueblo. 397G.395:
former town of Besscmer. 2.iS0. 1886.
making n total OF the consolidated city
of Pueblo Of sli.G52,s mn Increase of
ssO0,ioG In this valuation Besscmer
shows the largest Increase. II being
,i3i.3i more than In 1901.
Byron iinmoa and j w. Dlnckwood.
proprictorn NJ two Colorado City m.
looms, have turned over 10 the sheriff
about 81 900 worth OF gambling par.