The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-02
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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 a, gold headed cane
from the employees of his Office.
Gunnison county spent S4,762.95 in
19O2 in caring for forty-four poor per-
sons, twenty of whom were women.
Denver's Charity Organization So
| ciety has received the bronze medal
| from the Paris Exposition for the third
| best showing for organized work.
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 Huff at Gunnison, December
oath, on the charge of cattle stealing.
they were bound over for trial in the
| Circuit Court
The two rival Trades Assemblies of
Denver have agreed to unite into one,
which will be in affiliation with the
American Federation of Labor and the
Colorado State Federation of Labor.
In Denver few days ago, Fred
Whitner put s.. 900 in bank bills in his
"ht'h IothtL anu StdIttu pu' " 'oh
| clude the purchase of a saloon. When
| he arrived at the saloon the money
had disappeared
Iottie Du Pell, described as a beauti-
tul French girl. seventeen years of age,
committed suicide at Victor December
21th by taking carbolic acid. Her
mother committed suicide in the same
! manner six months age.
DR. Henry H. Howland, fifty-three
| years of age, shot himself in the bar
room at the DreXel in Denver On the
afternoon of December 27th. The cause
of his suicide appears to have been de-
spondeEcy occasioned By ill health.
Theodore Rand, seventy years old, a
rider in the pony express service in The
early days, died suddenly at Atchison,
| Kansas. December 27th Rand carried
the mail from Box Elder TO Julesburg,
! Colorado, from April, 1860 to Novem-
Der, 1861.
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.
J. II. jackson of Colorado Springs is
being prominently mentioned TO I
4 .y,rs-..JE u.a..u .G~s... 80 Ne Tfu-als n
nr. Grassland as minister to Liberia.
Mr.. Jackson was formerly editor O
h Western Enterprise" a leading col
ored paper of this section.
The report of the amount OF equp ~
ment ordered for the Rio Grande sys.
TEN during the last year has been
10 md cb bnt +
$2,00O,0O0 was spent. The list includes
55 engines, $500 freight cars, 20
coaches and 20 cabooses.
James Brennan. sentenced to the
penitentiary for life in 1886 for the
murder OF a man near Salida, was par
doned by Governor Orman the day be
fore Christmas. Brennan. who is in
bad health, has an exemplary record
as a prisoner and his pardon has been
recommended by several wardens.
Can't Cecil A. Deane of Denver,
originator and former custodian of the
State War Relic Museum at the capitol
building, has recently returned from an
exploring tour among the cliff dwell
ings in northwestern New Mexico.
where he made 4 large collection OF
relics for the Brooklyn Institute of
Arts and Sciences. Il
Lawrence C. Phipps during his brief
residence in Denver has made two
large ana unsolicited gifts to the char.
ity organization. A Christmas gift to
the poor of 81 900 was the second con
tribution received by Mrs. IZetta
George. secretary of the organization.
Mr.. Phipps gave to the organization
81 1000 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 SIP
900.
The dispute between the Atlantic
and Pacific jurisdictions of the Ancient
order of Foresters in regard to the
control of Colorado. Utah, Wyoming
and New Mexico has eliminated in the
formation of new order known as
the Modern Order of Foresters. The
order was inaugurated at convention
of dissatisfied camps just closed in
Denver and DR.. }. II. Smith was elect
ed high chief forester.
A little crowding has been resorted
10 at the capitol building at Denver to
make room for the committees and
clerks of the legislative bodies. The
Worlds Fair Board has changed its
quarters from the second floor to the
state engineers office. on the first floor,
and the labor commissioner went from
the second floor down to the basement
room ~. Arrangements were also
made for the game warden to remove
to the office of the boar. of health
Mrs. A E. Messenger Of Longmont
is trying to locate the present where
abouts of Walter Hall formerly en-
plcyed by Bartlett Richards. brother
of DeForrest Richards. governor Wy