The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-04
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The railroads will make rate of one
fare for the round trip for the encamp-
ment of the G. A. r.. Department Of
Colorado and Wyoming, to be held at
Rocky Ford next June.
The school census for 1901 shows
1872, 2,17S children of school age in the
state. OF that number, 81 1856 are boys
and SO,S42 are girls. There are 1856
men and 1878 women teachers.
w. II. Williams. twenty-five years
old, an electrical engineer in the en-
ploy of the Denver Gas and Electric
Company, was accidentally electrocut-
ed In the power house of that company
at Twenty-first and Wewatta streets
Tuesday. Fourteen hundred volts OF
electricity passed through his body.
The following postmasters have been
commissioned: William II. Davis, Flor
ence; william V. Roberts, Fort Col
fins; Richard G. Dalton, La Junta;
Daniel E. Cooper, Lamar; Homer II.
Grafton, Manitou; James b. Johnson,
Montrose; James ". Long, Ouray; LIB
bic Herman, Elizabeth; Carl FELTON,.
Swandyke.
Harry ID. Zimmerman of Colorado
Springs, who ranked first in the re-
cent examination for the West Point
cadetship, has received instructions
from Washington TO report at Fort Lo-
gan on May 1st for physical eIamina-
ton. Mr.. Zimmerman is a nephew of
Captain j. NJ. Johnson, an attorney of
the Springs. Captain Johnson is a West
Point man and served in the Civil
War.
Petitions have been reaching Wash
ington from the citizens of Florence,
asking the Postoffice Department to in
terfere in the matter of the removal
of the Florence postoffice. 1t is claimed
the postmaster has located it in an in,
accessible part of the town. The de-
partment informed Senator Teller that
the protests came too late, that per-
mission had been given the postmas-
ter to establish his office where he has
and that the case would not be re-
opened.
Michael Stassi, an Italian coal miner
who has been working at Hastings.
died in violent commissions last Friday
after having eaten breakfast that was
cooked by his wife with whom he had
had trouble. The woman has been ar
rested. The body has been brought to
this city and an autopsy will be held
by Drs. White, Lenthial and others, as
soon as the report can be had from a
chemist who has been employed to an
alyze the contents of the stomach of
the dead man.
The biennial reports of the state au-
ditor, which is now being prepared.
will show that there are II, ,2S6.4TT
acres of agricultural and grazing land
in the state, valued Mt $50, ,3S1 ,6SS. The
classifications are as follows: Agricul-
tural land. 1886. 1OT acres, valued at
S30,971 ,4OS: grazing land. 1O,S6S, 200
acres. valued at S14 .S4T 400; coal lands,
1853, 500 acres, valued Mt 4 4,542S79. The
returns made by the assessors in the
fifty-seven counties of the state show
that there are coal deposits in nineteen
counties.
Pueblo has formally accepted the gift
Of 100000 from Andrew Carnegie for
n library. The conditions attached to
the written offer were complied with.
Royal park pretty little triangular
spot of some three acres, at the juno
ton OF Union and Abriendo avenues,
was chosen as the site of the new H.
brary. Acting Mayor ]. Il. Rizcr Sup
b erintendent Keating of District No. 20.
public schools, and ]. ]. Burns were
appointed committee to have entire
charge OF the planning and construc-
tion OF the building.
Denver Is to have May festival
broad lawns of City park, and thou
sands of people join iE celebrating the
festival of spring according to the good
old English customs. The festival Is
to be feature of the opening of the
first spring exhibition OF the Denver
Floral Club. The exhibition ~ to be
opened in the City park pavilion
Thursday, May 1st, and will continue
four days. 1t will be absolutely free,
the florists themselves paying the ex-
pcnses of fitting up the pavilion and
Installing the exhibits.
Representative ]. II. Whitelow of Sill
vcrton has received the following let
ter from the private secretary of the
President, written in response to one
he had sent the chief executive con-
cerning the life in Dodge City of Ben
+. Daniels: My Dear Sir-I am di-
rected by the President to acknowledge
the receipt of your favor of the 18th
instant, concerning the case of Mr.
Benjamin II. Daniels, and to say that
he would have stood by Mr. Daniels,
but unfortunately he concealed from
the President the fact that he had been
in the penitentiary and therefore rend-
cred it out of the Presidents power to
do anything but recall his commission.
Very truly yours. George b. Cortelyou,
secretary to the President
The board of the State Industrial
School has made batch Of appoint
ments which caused some surprise.
They appointed Dr. W. w. Ranson of
Golden superintendent; L. NJ. Paddle
ford, assistant superintendent: Mrs. w.
w. Branson. matron; ]. z. Wright Of
Victor, principal; and accepted the res
ignat ton of Acting and Assistant SuDer-
intendent James Lynch, who was ex-
pected to have been appointed super
intendent. The successful man was
dark horse, as his name had not been
mentioned in connection With the place.
DR. Rra has lnar, G.apnectcd with