The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
COLORADO'S CAPITAL.

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work is to be begun at once and to be
completed by the time of the meeting
of the next general assembly. 1t will
take three months.
Columbus b. Skies, who was convict
ed in 1894 of the murder of William
Smeduth in Ouray county, is now free.
lie was sentenced to the penitentiary
for life, but this was afterwards COM
muted to fourteen years. He is now
living with his brother-ln-iaw at Beaver
park In support of the application for
pardon afiidavits were filed stating that
Smeduth has been seen alive since the
alleged crime. The man that Skies is
supposed to have killed was never iden-
tilted.
At recent meeting of the Board of
Capitol Managers, Architect f. G. Ed
brooke appeared before the board and
stated that the experiment with certain
bronze varnishes, which it was pro-
posed to use for the painting of the eX
terror of the dome had not proved sat
isfactory. He recommended that gold
leaf be used This ii is said will last
much longer and will look much better
He stated that the probable cost of
this work will be in the neighborhood
of 5000.
The Humane Society has inaugural
ed novel method of obtaining testi-
mony in regard to animals that are
abused. The society now has n cam
era, and when horse is found enact
ated its photograph is to be taken and,
If necessary, where the court will al
low it, the photograph will be present
ed in court as evidence. I'VE think"
said Secretary Whitehead, that this is
good plan, for when photographs are
shown it is pretty good evidence that
the testimony we offer is correct"
Lodovico Napoleon, fifteen years old,
did some work on the basement of the
state house under Contractor w. ID.
Richardson. He worked one day and
then the contractor left town, 1t is al
legged. without paying his men. The
made an appropriation of
81, 900 to pay the bill. Napoleon camei
to the meeting of the board of capitol
managers and presented a bill for 81
for one days work ON the founda ton
of the present state house. As his
claim was found valid it was ordered
paid. Napoleon is now located in San
tn Fe. New Mexico Secretary Lued-
ers of the board stated that there are
number of these old claims on file in
his office. and that there was still
money left to pay them.
Governor Orman on the 18th inst.
granted an unconditional pardon to
Leo l.. Loeb. who was serving a term
OF twenty days for larceny as bailee.
The governor investigated the case and
satisfied himself that the man had been
honest in his intentions. Loeb has
made restitution of the suit of clothes,
which he was convicted of stealing.
Leo Loeb, who is sometimes called the
Paul Revere of Colorado, role ahead
of the great food down Ute Pass in
and warned the people of their
danger. 1t is said that he saved num-
ber of lives by this act. The flood did
an unusual amount of damage in Man
itou. A short time ago b. E. Clark of
the Ell Paso Cleaning and Pressing
had Loeb arrested on the
charge of larceny as bailee of suit of
clothes. Clark loaned him suit to
wear. while his own were being pressed
and he failed to return them until af-
ter his arrest.
The sanitary bulletin of the Colorado
State Board of Health for the month
of August has just been issued. 1t
shows that the total number of deaths
In Colorado was S36 and shows the an
nual death rate to be 11.14 per 1000.
The total number of deaths from scar
let fever was two, and from typhoid
fever fifty-one The number of deaths
in Arapahoe county was 239, of which
300 We're in Denver. Compared with
July. the present month shows n de-
crease of four cases of diphtheria; thir
ty-four cases of scarlet fever, and an
increase of one case of smallpox and
415 cases of typhoid fever. The report
closes with a few words of advice in
regard to typhoid fever, as follows:i
Causes of Typhoid Fever. 1t has been
definitely shown by the recent investl-
CATION of DR.. H. r. McGraw, medical.
inspector TO the board. that in n num-
ber of instances typhoid infections
have come from other sources than wa
ter supply. such as contamination of
milk. vegetables. by the organism be-
ing carried by flies from water closets.
and by careless handling of the eXcreta
of typhoid patients. The attention of
the health officers is urgently called to
these facts and they are requested to
inspect milk and other food supplies
and see that there is no chance of di-
rect or indirect contamination"
A Denver News reporter goes into
ecstasy over the improvements made
in the Denver city hall since the fire.
He (or she) says: quite as splendid
as the throne of any king is the council
chamber room. If one could not have
the milky way for throne, the stars
for n swinging chandelier. and the
earth for a footstool, one might com
promise cheerfully enough with Mayor
Wright's handsome council rostrum.l
With equal cheerfulness might one rest
in one of the great leather-seated, sol
id oak chairs. provided for councilmen,
and in its great depths of comfort find
solace for being sentenced by rash
public to serve on an aldermanic
board. At night one is first conscious
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