The Meeker herald., 1903-01-03
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The care Of the poor. eighteen in.
number. cost Nontross county e2,257.so
In 1903. 10y
Great preparations are bsing made in
Denver for the Inauguration Of Gov
crnor Peabody January 18TH.
Secretary Of State Mills ON Christ
mas Eve received gold headed cane
from the employees Of his once.
Gunnison county spent $4.762.s5 in
1909 in caring for forty-four poor per-
sons. twenty Of whom were women.
John w. Quick. pfoprfetos. 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 .
permanent Colorado building on the
grounds Of the ST. Louis exposition.
On the preliminary hearing Of Byron
and Joe Hun At Gunnison. December
24th. ON the charge Of cattle stealing.
they were bound over for trial in the
Circuit Court.
reservoir for Central City and 1t will
probably be completed within the next
! ninety days. 1t will store about w.
000.0 gallons.
In Denver, q few days ago. Fred
Whitner put $4,000 in bank biiis 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 rs beauti-
tul French girl, seventeen years OF age,
committed suicide at Victor December
, 9th by taking carbolic acid. Her
mother committed suicide in the same
manner six months ago.
William Grifith, Christian Science
practitioner OF Denver. has fled $40
claim against the Strattpn estate for
eight weeks treatment given the late
millionaire In Colorado Springs last
January and February.
DR.. Henry H. Rowland. ffty-three.
years of age, shot himself In the bar
room at the Drexel in Denver on the
, afternoon of December 9th. The cause
of his suicide appears to have been de-
spondency occasioned by i'll 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.
e. e. 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.
i After being lost in the mountains
for thirty-six hours during terrific
snowstorm Rev. e. o. Butler, pastor
of the Baptist Church OF Saguache.
was found on December Goth by people
In search Of him. He was on horse
back and spent one night In . deserted
sheepherders 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 1000 was the second con-
tribution received by Mrs. Izetta
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 q
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
| houn lot y,roporfv 1,to1 ot about 40 a
00O
There WAS light vote cast in Golden
, at the special election December 9th
on the proposition Of bonding the city
| for 31OO, 600 for gravity system OF
water works. The bond issue carried
by ninety-fve majority. The totalsvote
cast was 205. At previous election,
the proposition carried but defect in
the ordinance necessitated q reelection
to satisfy purchasers of the bonds.
4 The Continental Fuel Company has
| been organized and filed its 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 1t is to buy coal lands
and operate coal mines in Boulder.
Arapahoe, Huerfano Gunnison. Weld
and Las Animas counties.
Commissioner-In-C Chief Thatcher Of
the worlds fair board has received
telegram from the authorities at st.
Louis informing him that the grounds
and buildings committee of the exposi-
tiOn has received q copy of the ordi-
nance drafted by the mayor of St.
Louis to cover the location Of per-
mAnent Colorado building in Forest
4 park. and that there is no objection on
| the part Of the commission to the erec-
ton of permanent building.
| The Lamar Beet Sugar Company
has filed its Incorporation papers with
the secretary Of state. The capital