The Springfield herald., 1902-06-13
COLORADO BRIE FS.

1 Int 1blt INttll'iS -hSs'Ni't
ton will meet nj Denver Septem Der "a
for "A three-days' session.
The publishers of the new Denver
| directory, just out estimate tie popu-
| lation of the city ut 1J2, l52.
The strike in the La Plata coal fields
was declared off by the miners at a
mass meeting held at Durango June
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Denver is proud of the fact that
there is no smallpox in the city and
| very few cases of diphtheria or scarlet
| feve'. srHe e..
A moving picture of the Denver fire
department. making its best time on a
\ run down Sixteenth street was taken
a few days ago.
| The large grand stand at Chutes
park in Denver. was burned on the
night of June 4th. 1t cost $1,000 and
was not insured.
| w. S. Stratton has about completed
all his street car extensions al Colo
RADIO Springs and will now inauSurate
| Il system of transfers. ..
| On June 3rd the Agricultural college
cadets from Fort Collins went into
camp at Poudre canon for weeks
drill. About 12O men We're in line for
the march.
| Postmaster Moorhead of Boulder re-
ports an increase of siNty-nine per
cent. in the business of the postcfiice
for May over what it was last year
| for the same month.
The tillable land that remains open
| for location in Rio Blanco county CON
sists principally of large tracts that
| will require long bitches. There is a
good opening for companies or colonies.
f. T. Dillon of Fort Worth, Texas,
recently caught Il trout in the Platte
river at Bailey's that measured sew
| enteen and one-half inches in length
and weighed six and one-half pounds.
The session of the grand jury in the
Gabrin poisoning case at, Denver still
drags its slow length along. Detective
Carberry has brought Mrs. Van
Fossem, the nurse, back from Idaho to
testify.
EN- Governor John L. Routt has re-
turned 10 Denver with his daughter,
after n two-yearS' sojourn III Ihrls.
He says that Denver looks dirty com
pared with the clean streets of the
French metropolis.
Charles Hussey b. L. Morgan and r.
Blake, charged with the murder of
Oscar Noegel at Leadville few
months since, We're tried and acquitted
May 29th. the prosecution failing to
make case against them.
C. A. Walker, who shot and killed
Jay Taylor at a boarding house near
Leadville in April, was tried in the
District Court and found not guilty.
The quarrel was about a young lady
and Taylor was the attacking party.
The salary of the postmaster at La
Junta has been increased from $1,000
to $1,000; Montrosc has been Increased
from S1.70O to Sl.S0O. lanes Young
has been appointed postmaster at Alt
man. w. ii. Hersum has been appoint-
ed postmaster ut Olathe.
Three students were graduated from
the State School for the Deaf and
Blind at Colorado Springs on the Sd
inst. The graduates are Frank Il. Sev-
ern of Durango from the department
of the blind, and Frank c. Horton and
Edna Drumm of Denver from The deaf
department. #U. afE o.
Diplomas were granted to 2S6 grad
yates from four high schools in the
city of Denver on Thursday. June 9th,
as follows: District No. l tEast Den
verC, 40; District No. . CNNest Den
ver), &C; District No. IL (North Den
veI). e.; Manual Training high school,
District No. l, As.
Postofiice Inspectors Fredericks
and Small were in Florence Il few days
ago and arranged for the establish
ment of free mail delivery service to
commence October LIST. The Blunt
block is being remodeled for the re-
moval of the postotlce which will oc-
cur about July 1st
Charles Lundberg died at the Sisters
hospital in Cripple Creek May 10Th Of
pneumonia. He was one of the famous
rock drilling team of Lundberg and
Lindquist who hold the championship
of the world. Lundberg had only re
Gently returned from a trip through
Arizona ana New Mexico, where he
and his partner competed against all
comers.
President Slocum of Colorado Col
iege. who has been spending Il year
in Europe for travel and study. is now
ut the University of oxford in Eng
land. After spending the fall and
winter in Italy and Greece. lie went 10
! Berlin for special work ut the univer-
sity and will complete the summer
term at oxford before sailing for
| America.
The graduating class in the regular
course at the Colorado Agricultural
College this year numbered fourteen.
| They We're given their diplomas on
| commencement day. June 2nd, as fol-
| lows: Ladies' course. Misses Lorna
Annis, Addie Bristol. vii, elmina
Douglas, Nellie Iiillgore. Olive l..
| sheldon, Eleanor ToGlih; agricultural
/ course, II ]. Faulkner T.. q. Bishop
| Estes u. lay or; meLhaGica course
| Ernest Graves; civil and irrigation en-