The Springfield herald., 1902-07-18
COLORADO BRIEFS.

stock show next February.
G. e. Palmer of Denver took four
| first prizes ut the St Paul horse show
this month.
S. b. Komaiko, Isadore Ehrlich and
| Samuel Rosen will start a Hebrew pa
per in Denver some time next month.
Deputy County Clerk Henry o. Bar
rett of Gunnison county died suddenly
at Gunnison on the 9TH inst. of heart
failure.
| AT caucus of prominent Democrats
held at Gunnison July Tth, Samuel p.
| Spencer was endorsed and advocated
as the party candidate for governor
| next fall
| AT special meeting of the Gale
DOMAIN Club of Pueblo it was decided
| TO assist in erecting the Robert Burns
monument to be placed in the City
park. Denver.
At Cripple Creek one the 9th inst,
Roy Shields. aged twelve, died of lock-
| jaw occasoned by wound in the
hand made by blank cartridge fired
from toy pistol.
The contract for erecting the new
| Stratton hall of metallurgy for the
School Of Mines at Golden has been
| let to w. N. Atkinson Of Colorado
| Springs for $35,SSO.
A 3,OOO-pound bell, costing 26 cents
| per pound. has been ordered for the
| new county court house at Colorado
| Springs. 1t will be the largest and
deepest-toned in the city.
| Perry Maupin of Denver, an old-time
| overland freighter between Denver and
| the Missouri river, died at the resi-
dence of his son, w. c. Maupin. in St.
Joseph, Missouri, on the 10th inst.
Mrs. Gabrin, whose name recently
figured in the case of the alleged pois-
oning of her husband, Representative
Albert Gabrin. at Denver, fell down
stairs a few days ago and broke her
left arm in two places.
The number of pieces handled in the
baggage room of the Union depot at
Denver during the month of June was
44.553 as compared with 34,325 for the
same month last year, gain Of 1c,-
22S
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-
citation will meet at the same time.
Henry Williams. Colorado pioneer
and prominent smelter manager in
Montana. died at Butte on July Sth
Mr.. Williams was Intimately asSociat-
ed with the late Senator HILL Henry
II. Wolcott and Senator Clark of Mon
tana.
On July 9th the Denver baseball
team had fallen from second to fourth
place in the Western League of eight
cities, while Colorado Springs stood
sixth. All the teams of the League are
good ones and the pace is remarkably
hot.
Colonel Edward F. Browne has de-
clared himself to be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for Con
gress from the Second district to sue
ceed Congressman Bell. "All 1 ask is
the nominations; l know 1 can win,'
said Mr.. Browne.
At Palmer Lake on the 9th inst the
store of w. NJ Clark was struck by
lightning and several persons severely
shocked. The current tore off the shoe
from the right foot of Charles Clark, a
fourteen -year-old son of Mr.. Clark,
dnd made Il cash in the flesh.
Fort Collins has taken a postottice
census and the postal authorities have
found that over 5000 citizens get
mail at that office. This was done at
request of the Elks of that place. who
seek a diSpensaton from the grand en-
aited ruler for a lodge at Fort Collins.
President w. f. Slocum of Colorado
College has written to n friend at Col
orado Springs that he proposed to sail
for home on July 18th. He leaves Liv-
erpool with Mrs. Slocum on the Devo-
nian. and expects to arrive in Colorado
Springs August 1st. Mr.. Slocum has
been absent year.
DIR. George L. Tyler, who died of ty- |
phoid fever at Denver on the 7th inst,
was a son-in-law of Senator Henry NJ. !
Teller. At the time of his death DR. !
Tyler was secretary of the State Board |
of Health and a member of the Den |
yer board of examining surgeons for !
the bureau of pensions.
A surprise was sprung in the trial
of the damage suit of the Insurance
companies against the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad at Colorado Springs
when the attorneys for the defense ]
placed two witnesses on the stand who |
testified to seeing two small boys start |
Il fire on the railroad track about five |
minutes before the outbreak of the ho-
tel fire.
The handsome residence of Walter |
C. Westcott at Goldtield was badly |
wrecked by Il dynamite explosion on
the morning of July 9th. Mr.. West |
colt, his wife. and Miss Grant. who
We're in the house at the time. We're not |
seriously injured. Westcott was wit
ness in the late ore stealing trials at |