Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-10-10
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The Pueblo drug stores have all put
in nickel-in-the-slot telephones and
the instruments are now devoted more
10 business and less 10 gossip.
A telephone line has been established
from the top OF the range on the Moffat
line 10 the company Offices in the Ma
iestic building az Denver. The length
OF the line is sixty miles.
d. H. Moffat empha,icaily denies the
rumor that his line is IN some way to
be connected with the Western Pacific
railway project. He has no thought
OF any extension beyond Salt Lake.
Allen b, Seaman. prominent attor-
ney Of Denver died OF heart disease
on the night of Sept 18th He went
TO bed apparently in his usual health
and was found dead in the morning.
Edwin ]. Eaton OF Colorado Springs
has been appointed by Governor Pea
body as a trustee of the State Home
for the Deaf and Blind. He takes the
place Of ". G. Rice. recently deceased
John Crump, negro who claimed TO
be i04 years old. died at the Denver
county poor farm and was buried nn-
der the auspices OF the G. a r.. oeto-
ber LIST. He was in the service at Mo-
bile.
Miss Alfreda Stebhins. late Of Lin
coin. Nebraska. has been elected IL
brarian at Fort Collins. She is an es-
perieneod librarian. having taken a
regular course in library work in Phil
adelphia.
BY the cayIng in OF the earthsn roof
Of house eight miles east Of Aguilar.
a short time since. Elferino Aguilar.
aged 10. was Killed ard six grown peo-
nile mora n The hoy
died from sufiocation.
A commission appointed by Mayor
Wright is at work in Denver investi-
eating Titles TO land along Cherry
creek. IL is proposed to wall the banks
and construct a boulevard along at
least one Of the walls.
Mrs Samuel E. Ward OF Boston. died
at the home OF her sister, Mrs. II. II.
Wh.tely. in Boulder. September 31th.
Mrs. Ward. formerly Miss Lillian Ty-
Ter. was the first woman graduate of
the University Of Colorado.
c. II. Bader. form erly an oil pro-
rnoter and real estate man. was de
clared insane by jury in the County
Court at Boulder. October I'd. At times
Bader has been SO irrational As TO
threaten 10 shoot people.
William f. Wallace and Lawrence
T.. korr have been appointed
rural letter carriers at Rocky Ford.
Colorado. to begin service November
ID. and Mabel Wallace and Jennie
korr are named as substitutes.
During the month OF August twenty
three men were enlisted for the regu-
Jar army in Denver and seyenty-siX
rejected At Pueblo eight were en-
listed and forty-two rejected. and al
Trinidad three were enlisted and
t~enty-three rejected.
James Hugo. foreman OF the Mar
tells a Mcdonald gang OF graders on
the Moffat road, while at work about |
six miles northwest of Marshall. Sep |
iember 30th. was. killed by a falling |
rock from blast. having failed TO go
far enough away for safety.
The Live Stock Company. eorpo-
ration. has sold its ranch lands six
miles northwest of Fort Collins. TO 5.
H. Clammer and John Schwartz. The
total embraces 4, 200 acres OF pasture.
meadow and cultivated land, carrying |
water rights for all the meadow and
cultivated Hand.
Word was received few days ago /
at the Denver Office of the Santa Re |
line that.four new 1i3-ton engines were
AItAA y ~ ~ AffAhfA ARf 0tA ~
tween Denver and Palmer Lake The |
new engines will pull seven coaches
up the grade there al the rate OF hty |
miles an hour.
LoseIand calls attention to the fact |
that the foundations are being laid ford
two large business bios'xs. a new
church building and $1,000 residence |
within the radius OF less than two
blocks. The old town hall is being |
torn down and plans are being pre-
pared for new one.
The Democratic judicial district con- |
veniion at Colorado Springs nominated |
c. l.. Mckcsson for district Judge by |
reclamation and unanimously adopted
the report Of the committee on resolu- |
tions condemnlng Governor Peabody |
for his action in sending the troops 10 |
the Cripple Creek district
Ray X. jackson. employed in the |
wire mill Of the c. F. q l. company |
at Pueblo. died September 10th. on his |
nineteenth birthday. of injuries re-
ceived by contact with the machinery. ,
He was a graduate Of the Colorado |
Springs high school. his father being j. |
NJ. jackson, former treasurer OF El
Paso county. , 4
Father J. Ii. Malone left Denver oe.,
tober % on trip OF investigation inl
the different penal and charitable insti- |
tutions of the state. Father Malone isl
a member of the State Board OF Chaxs,
iies and Correction, and il is: N con- /.
uection with this that he makes the
trip. He arranged to visit the state
penitentiary. the state reformatories |
and the, insane asylum before return-t
ing. ~
The following well-known men of /,
Colorado Springs have been appointed
appraisers by Judge J. a. Elstun TO |
determine valuations in the Strafton |
estate T.. l. Della Nergne and Ed |
ward Samuel johnson, for the mines:
for real estate, Charles T. Fritz and l.. |