The Delta independent., 1903-01-02
COLORADO BRlEFA


The Fourteenth General Assembly oei
Colorado convenes January 7th.
The care Of the poor. eighteen tni
number, cost Montrose county $2,267.S0
in 1902.
Great preparations are being made In
Denver for the Inauguration of Gov
ernor Peabody January 18th.
Secretary of State Mills on Christ
mas Eve received q gold headed cane
from the employees Of his Office.
Gunnison county spent S4.762.s5 in
1902 in caring for forty-four poor per-
sons. twenty Of whom were women.
John w. Quick, proprietor Of q Pu-
eblo livery stable, committed suicide on
the morning of December 9th by
shooting himself through the head.
The Colorado Worlds Fair board
still adheres to its plan Of erecting q
permanent Colorado building on the
grounds Of the st. Louis exposition.
On the preliminary hearing OF Byron
and Joe Hun at Gunnison. December
gath. on the charge of cattle stealing.
they were bound over for trial in the
Circuit Court.
Work is being pushed on the new
reservoir for Central City and 1t will
probably be completed within the next
ninety days. 1t will store about H.
O00. 900 gallons.
In Denver, q few days ago. Fred
Whitner put $4,000 in bank bills in his
watch pocket and started out to con-
clude the purchase of a saloon. When
he arrived at the saloon the money
had disappeared.
Governor-elect Peabody has an
nounced that he will appoint John
Cleghorn to be warden of the state
Penitentiary upon the expiration OF
the term of Warden Martin next
March.
Lottie Du Pell. described as beauti-
ful French girl. seventeen years Of age.
committed suicide at Victor December
eth by taking carbolic acid. Her
mother committed suicide in the same
manner six months ago.
William Grifiith. Christian Science
practitioner OF Deliver, has filed a $40
claim against the Stratton estate for
eight weeks treatment given the late
millionaire In Colorado Springs last
January and February.
DR.. Henry II. Howland. fifty-three
years of age. shot himself in the bar
room at the Drexel in Denver on the
afternoon of December eth. The cause
of his suicide appears to have been de-
spondency occasioned by Ill health.
A regular meeting of the Lincoln
County Cattle Growers is called TO meet
in Hugo January 7th and the sheep
growers association will meet the FOL
lowing day at the same place. Dele
gates to the national will be selected at
the same time.
L. L. johnson. who froze his feet
and ears on the night OF December
18th while walking from Montezuma
to Breckenridge. was found by jury
to be Of unsound mind and ordered by
the court to be committed to the In
sane asylum at Pueblo.
After being lost In the mountains
for thirty-six hours during terrific
snowstorm Rev. Il. o. Butler. pastor
OF the Baptist Church OF Saguache.
was found on December 10th by people
in search of him. He was on horse
back and spent one night In deserted
sheepherder's cabin.
Lawrence c. Phipps during his brief
residence In Denver has made two
large and unsolicited gifts to the char
ity organization. A Christmas gift TO
the poor of 81 900 was the second con-
tribution received by Mrs. lzetta
George. secretary of the organization.
Mr.. Phipps gave to the organization
81 900 shortly after he came TO Den.
yer.
John Singer. veteran OF the Civil
War, poisoned himself and his aged
wife with strychnine at Denver on
Christmas day. After their death
letter was found In which Singer states
that he committed the deed because he
and his wife were worn out and unable
to work hard. The two are said to
have left property valued at about 312.-
0OO
There was light vote cast In Golden
at the special election December 9th
on the proposition Of bonding the city
for 100000 for a gravity system OF
water works The bond issue carried
by ninety-fve majority. The total vote
cast was 2O5. At a previous election
the proposition carried but defect In
the ordinance necessitated a reelection
to satisfy purchasers Of the bonds.
The Continental Fuel Company has
been organized and fled It's incorpora-
tion papers. The incorporators are
John w. Springer, president Of the Ma
tional Live Stock Association; Wilson
B. Reid and Hugh Alexander. all OF
Denver. The capital Of the company
is $500, 900. and It is to buy coal lands
and operate coal mines In Boulder.
Arapahoe, Huerfano, Gunnison, Weld
and Las Animas counties.
Commissioner-in-Ch Chief Thatcher OF
the worlds fair board has received a
telegram from the authorities at st.
Louis informing him that the grounds
and buildings committee OF the cxposi-
ton has received copy OF the ordi-
nance drafted by the mayor OF st.
Louis to cover the location of per-
manent Colorado building In Forest
park, and that there is no objection on
the part Of the commission to the cree
ton Of permanent building.
The Lamar Beet Sugar Company