The Springfield herald., 1902-12-05
COLORADO BRIEFS.

vember 23rd. He was Welshmah
about thirty years of age.
J. C. Waters. who was overcome by
foul gases in the Last Dollar mine at
Cripple Creek short time since, died
at Cripple Creek November 25th.
In the District Court at Glenwood
Springs DIR. j. w. Collins, dentist
at Rifle, was acquitted of the charse
of criminal assault on a young woman
patient.
j. f. Wolf of Denver, who has had
three trials In the District Court az
Greeley on charges of obtaining money
by false pretenses, was finally acquit-
ted of all charges.
DR.. +. II. Welles of the Victor hos
pital, whose foot was amputated sew
eral days ago. will receive 100000 Tor
the loss of the member. He was In
sured in an accident company.
Nearly every large town in Colorado
had one or more football games on
Thanksgiving Day and the number OF
players more or less injured will prob
ably foot up eleven or more to each
team.
Guy Russell. guard at the State
Reformatory at Buena Vista, was
found dead on the morning of Novem-
ber cath on the floor of the tailor shop.
His death was caused by hemor-
rhage.
Philip Davis, the miner who, it is
believed, tried to blow up the house
occupied by Superintendent Griffith at
Tercio. short time ago. has been ad-
judged insane in the County Court at
Trinidad.
The Reed Investment Company of
Colorado Springs is preparing plans for
the construction of $4,000 one-story
brick business block IN Grand juno
ton. The block will take the place of
the hotel originally planned by Mr.. V.
z. Reed.
The dolls of all nations will be eX-
hibited by the Woman's Club OF Den
yer December Sth, 9th and 10th Among
the attractions will be the internation-
al doll exhibit. which is collection OF
500 dolls gathered from all quarters
of the globe.
A fire in the Belle Vista hotel at
Golden on the morning of November
25th, was eXtinguished before much
of the building was destroyed, but the
damages are estimated at about S1,5O)
The postofiice, which is located in the
building, was not injured.
Ell Paso county is SIT 900 richer by a
Judge Moses Hallett of the United
States Circuit Court, compelling the
railroads owning property in the coun-
ty to pay the twenty-five per cent
withheld by them from the 1897 levy.
Fifteen minutes after the pupils had
left the Victor high school building on
the afternoon of November 2ith, an
explosion in the trench that was be-
ing dug in the street for big conduit
in front of the building broke the win
dows, injured the walls and desks and
made holes in the floor.
Word recently reached Colorado of
the death in Corea of Miss Christine
! Collbran. She was the daughter of
Former President Collbran of the Col
orado Midland. Though only twenty
wears old. Miss Collbran had written
and published a little book of travels
which received much praise.
On the evening of November Gath
Victor Adams and Clay Hoover were
imprisoned for two hours in a fire
clay tunnel. about six miles from Can
on CITY. Some fifty feet Of the tun-
mel caved in while they were at work,
but other workmen succeeded in liber-
| ating them through the air shaft.
1t is expected that the new plant Of
| the Denver Packing Company will be
/ in operation by December 18th. This
/ plant is expected to make Denver one
| of the great packing centers OF the
! country. The outlay, so far, has been
nearly 100000, and the total invest
ment is likely to reach sl,OOOOOO by
the time the business is fully estab-
! lished
James Ernest Andrews of San Ber-
nardino California, has presented a
fine collection of California insects to
| the University of Colorado. There are
, upwards of 5000 specimens in the col
I lection, representing every known spe-
1 cies to be found in southern California
Mr.. Andrews was former student of
the university, his specially DelnS plol-
ogy and entomology.
The Colorado Springs and Cripple
Creek District Railway Company will
issue bonds amounting to $3,OO0,OOO to
refund the outstanding first and sec
ond mortgage bonds, which amount to
50 977 900, and toprovide for extensions
and Improvement of the system. The
bonds will be forty-year gold bonds,
bearing five per cent. interest, and
! payable semi-annually.
Eight hundred poor children were fed
by the charity organizations of Pueblo
on Thanksgiving Day. The Volunteers
of America made their spread in their
barracks on Main street. Capt. j. p.
Lister of the social religious movement
had tables in the dining rooms of the
ROYAL hotel. George Lousteau, res
taurant proprietor, fed fifty newsboys,
who. after the dinner, organized
union and elected officers. The asso-
ciated charities sent out large donations
to several hundred families in the sub
urbs.
The business men of Holyolle met on
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