The Lamar register., 1902-07-16
COLORADO BRIEFS.

HlSt prizes III tHe 81. Iaui Hofse sho"
this month.
S. B. Komaiko, Isadore Ehrlich and
Samuel Rosen will start n 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 18th, Samuel Z.
Spencer was endorsed and advocated
as the party candidate for governor
next fall.
AT special meeting of the Gale
DOMAIN Club of Pueblo 1t was decided
to assist In erecting the Robert Burns
monument m. N. % to be placed in the City
At Cripple Creek one the 9th inst,
Roy Shields. aged twelve, died of lock-
jaw occasioned by wound in the
hand made by a blank cartridge fired
from a 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 S35,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 Maupn 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. ut Denver. fell down
stairs n few days ago and broke her
left arm. in two places.
The number of pieces handled in .he
baggage room of the Union depot at
Denver during the month of June was
44.553 rs compared with 34.325 for the
same month last year. gain OF IT,
22S.
A great army of caterpillars has been
devastating the aspen trees south ana
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 tile
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. n 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
Il. 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 n candidate for
the Republican nomination for Con-
gress from the Second district to sue
ceed Congressman Bell. "All I ask is
the nomination l know l 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, n
fourteen-year-old son of Mr.. Clark,
and made n cash in the flesh.
Fort Collins has taken n postotfice
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 dispensation from the grand ex-
aited ruler for 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-
MAN. and expects to arrive in Colorado
Springs August 1st. Mr. Slocum has
been absent year.
DIR. George E. Tyler. who died of ty-
phoid fever at Denver on the 7th inst.
was 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 n 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
fire on the railroad track about five
minutes before the outbreak of the ho-
tel fire.
The handsome residence of Walter
c. Westcott at Goldfield was badly
wrecked by a dynamite explosion on
the morning of July 9th. Mr. West
cott his wife, and Miss Grant, who
were in the house at the time. were not
seriously injured. Westcott was wit
ness in the late ore stealing trials at
Victor and had received threatening
letters.
For the six months ending June Both
the Denver branch mint paid for $S.-
Oo2,5OS.61 in gold, mostly from Colo
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