The state herald., 1902-07-11
COLORADO BRIEFS.


have been made domestic money order
offices.
The Fourth of July celebration at
Leadville wound up In a lively snow
Storm the ground Mt midnight being as
white as in winter.
The Colorado Automobile Club has
recently been organized at Denver and
is expected to take in most of the 13o
owners of automobiles in Colorado.
about 100 members from all portions
of the state attended the fifth annual
meeting of the Colorado Bar Assocla-
tion at Colorado Springs, July 1st and
End.
The first midsummer meeting of the
Colorado Horticultural Society will be
held at Boulder on July 23rd and oath.
Premiums will be given on the best
displays.
| A carload of registered shorthorn
bulls, twenty-five in number, were re-
Gently driven into Rio Blanco county
| by Foreman Il. II. lines of the Bar
Triangle ranch.
The number of pieces handled in the
baggage room of the Union depot at
Denver during the month of June was
same month last year, a gain Of TO-
22S.
Five separate surveying parties for
the Denver & Northwestern, the new
Moffat railroad. are at work on the
east side of the main range, and anoth-
er party is making preliminary sur
Teys on the west side.
A great army of caterpillars has been
devastating the aspen trees south and
east of Victor and has reached nearly
all the mountains in the vicinity. On
several instances they have impeded
and stopped the progress of trains.
Special rates will be made by the
Western Passenger Association for the
meeting of the National Irrigation Con-
gress at Colorado Springs October 9th
to 9th. The National Forestry Asso-
ciation will meet at the same time.
The Denver union stock yards last
month broke all records for cattle re-
celpts. The total number received
during June was 75.491 head of cattle,
5,3Uo hogs and o,O29 sheep. This beats
any month in the history of the yards.
Mrs. Hooper, the mother of Maj. $.
X. Hooper, general passenger agent of
died at New Albany, Indiana, June
Both. at the age of eighty-nine years.
Major Hooper had been in attendance
on her for two weeks before her death.
Charles +. Lacombe, president and
chief promoter of the Lacombe Elec-
tric Company Of Denver, attempted sui
eide on the morning Of July 3D. during
an attack of nervous prostration
brought on by business perplexities.
He cut his arm with razor, but failed
TO reach an artery.
Gen. William j. Palmer has written
letter from Athens. Greece, TO Cap
tain Watson of Colorado Springs, ex-
pressing his aversion TO becoming n
candidate for governor OF Colorado. as
II would be ito much like getting into
business harness again." General Pal
mer recently retired from active bust
ness.
Miss Pauline l.. Davidson, aged
twenty. beautiful and accomplished.
committed suicide In Denver on the
ID inst. because of unrcpulttcd love
and poverty. She icf. letters TO sew
eral friends and one to the newspa-
pers, along with photograph which
they all used in their account of the
tragedy.
The coroncr's jury In the inquest
held over the remains OF 4. II. Allen
at Big Elk Park returned verdict
AS follows: THAT +. II. Allen, de
ceased, came to his death ON June 30.
1892. 10y gunshot wound In the head
made by gun held In the hand OF
Gustavc Plum. ana that said killing
was not felonious."
The new First Methodist Church
building at Colorado Springs was dcd-
icated by Bishop Henry W. Warren
ON Sunday. July 9th, In the presence
Of an immense audience. The occasion
will long be memorable in the annals
Of the church from the fact that s3s.-
G5i was raised TO pay on the entire
Indebtedness ON the building.
The board or trustees OF the Denver
and Gross College OF Medicine. mcdl.
cal department OF the University OF
Denver, has selected the following
teaching force: Dr. T.. G. Rivers. presl.
dent OF the board. and Drs. Thomas II.
Hawkins. T.. j. A. Rogers. :. q. bon.
ney. &. Il. Fleming. w. A. Jayne. Rob.
crt Levy. Leonard Freeman ana Henry
Sewall.
The large two-story building at No.
3is Harrison avenue In Leadylllc,
owned by VI. Iiymnn OF Denver and
occupied by Sands Bros, clothlcrs. was
wrecked hy gasoline explosion ON the
nigh, Of July 3d. The explosion was
followed Immediately by fire. The
two together completely wrecked the
building aud destroyed almost the en-.
tire stock. There were -four men In
the store. three of whom were Injured,
one seriously and the other slightly.
one man was badly injured and n
two-story building was wrecked by the
explosion Of large tank of acctylcnc
gas In the basement of the baking es.
tabllshmcnt Of ]. Knrrmnn & Co. at
Longmont nj $50 o'clock on the night
OF July :d. Albert Houscn. who was
In the -iot" purchasing goods. was In
| jnrcd by being dashed against the wall
and also had his hands aud face burned
so ms 10 prevent him from pitching for
the Longmont baseball team In their
game with Denver team on thu
Fourth.
The coroncf's Jury Mt Pueblo In the
case OF the death ~ George Eiwin re-
turned n verdict ms follows. I'VE, III.
| Jury, ilnd that the said George Elwin
cnine TO his death by gunshot wound
n, III. hands ~ one Jacob Dodgson.
with felonious intent to-wli. being
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