The Meeker herald., 1902-09-20
COLORADO BRIEFS.

days ago and led It home in triumph.
Senator James W. Bucklin of Grand
junction 10 making a tour Of the state
in advocacy Of his Australaslan Ianu
tax amendment.
The winning Of a game from Mh1au-
kee ON the 10th instant placed tine Den
Yer hasehall team at tile head Of the
Western League.
The Denver Chamber Of Commerce
II preparing to welcome the crown
prince Of slam, who is expected 70
reach Colorado October 18th.
A widely circulated report OF the
death Of J..W. Benson, former mana
ger of the Camp Bird mine at ouray'
proves to have been unfounded.
Professor F. H. Ormsby Of Denver
has been selected as Instructor OF the
Agricultural College Glee Club, which
he successfully managed last year.
The newspaper artists Of Denver VIII
give an exhibition Of original drawings
during the week Of October 18th. Near
" one thousand drawings Will be dls-
played.
The, ordinance closing barber shops
ON Sunday, which was recently ADOPT
ed In Denver, has been sustained Dy
Judge Lindsey OF the County Court OF
Arapahoe county.
CAPT. Lyulph Ogilyy and wife left
Greeley few days ngo for SCOTLAND,
where they will spend the next year a.
Castle Airlie, the ancestral home OF
the captains family.
At Grand Junction on the 18th inst,
G, w, Hon died from the effects Of In
turtles received two days previous BY
accidentally riding his bicycle over
high embankment.
At Denver, on the 10th inst. F. J.
Moore, carpenter, was fatauy
stabbed by A. H. Flood, butcher, In
n quarrel which arose over some beef
steak purchased by Moore.
James H. Peabody, Republican can
didate for governor, with his wire ana
daughter, has engaged rooms at the
New Adams hotel in Denver. He Will
remain In Denver during the campaign.
The State Normal School at Greeley
has opened this fall with the largest
attendance ever known. The seventy
four members of the class which grad
uated last spring have all secured good
positions as teachers.
Charles F. Smith of Boulder, brother
of the late Mrs. Charles Fair, has pur-
chased the ]. B. Teagarden home on
University hill, In Boulder, one Of the
handsomest new residences in that
part of the city.
NJ. j. O'Brien, special agent OF the
United States land office, who has BEEN
fighting fires In the forests arOunl rs
ties Park, reports that the situation is
greatly improved and hopes that no
further serious damage will result.
A dynamite bomb made Of piece of
gas pipe was found few days ago in
the Presbyterian church at Boulder by
Edwin Baker, the Janitor, who lost the
fore finger Of his left hand In inyesti-
eating the strange apparatus.
w. II. Montgomery has resigned the
ONCE Of president Of the incorporated
trades assembly Of Denver on account
of his having become candidate for
the state Legislature from Arapahoe
county on the Republican ticket.
Work ON the new xinc Smelter at Pu-
eblo has fairly. begun. One hundred
and fifty carloads Of structural iron
will be used In Its construction. The
American Bridge Company has charge
Of the work. The smelter will be the
largest Of its kind In the world.
The Socialists Of Mesa county have
nominated the following ticket: Sen
ator, G. p. McCary; representative,
Matt F1ynne; county commissioner, T.
NJ. Todd; surveyor, G. E. Daugherty;
Justice Of the peace, James H. John
SON; constable, Murray Corver.
A brilliant meteor was seen on the
night Of the 9th inst. by the citizens OF
lola, ten miles below Gunnison. 1t
looked ~ large as the moon and broke
in two pieces before disappearing. A
search 10 being made for fragments as
struck.
superintendent Dietrich Of the Colo
RADIO Springs schools reports record
breaking enrolment, over $500 pupils
already being registered. The increase
In attendance is 80 great that the
school board will have to take up the
question OF providing additional accom-
modations Immediately.
The United States Geological Survey
party in Estes park has put up two
bench marks, one at the postofi1ce and
one ut the old Union Pacific bench
mark. This geological survey gives
the old Union Pacific bench mark q
lowering Of ten feet, making its exact
altitude 1926 feet. This Is the point
from which Professor Carpenter Of the
State Agricultural College ran his line
Of levels to the top Of the peak. Unless
final correction alters these figures the
height of Longs peak will remain ~
1t has long been knowp--14,376 feet
above the sea.
A railroad wreck on the Santa Te
railroad little after O'Clock on the
morning Of September 18th, fourteen
miles south Of Denver, resulted In the
death of three men and serious injury
to another. A string Of runaway freight
cars, starting from Struby, four miles
south, ran Into the early morning pas
senger train. known rs the '.newspa-
per train" The dead men are Engineer
Mack Barnhart Of Denver and Firemen
Edward J. Pettingill Of Colorado
Springs, and John r. Rogers Of La