The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-12-29
COLORADO BRIEFS.

opf1nSS gives away snap Shot Ph"'
graph with each marriage certificate.
The date of the state fair at Pu-
eblo next fall has been liked upon, 1t
will begin September Gath and con-
tinue until the close OF the 2sth.
William Kammelar. Denver pi-
cycle thief, has been sentenced by
Judge Malone to term of from nVe
to ten years in the penitentiary.
! Recruiting for the United States
Navy will be conducted in Denver uui-
ing the two weeks from January 4th'
Lieutenant George Pettingell Is in
charge.
County Assess " De Vault reports the
valuation of property in Ticker county
at s11,672 900. The valuation in Grip
| pie Creek is 81 1,665, 900 and in the city
of Victor $1,064,Oo0
Richard Tremayne, one of the most
prominent citizens of Park. owning
large ranch and stock interests ON
West Four Mile. recently suffered
severe stroke of paralysis.
Russell Boles, who is charged with
the murder of Harold Friedborn on the
night of December 81, 1901. was ar
raigned in the District Court at Den
yer December 10th and pleaded not
guilty.
Edward Dale one of the pioneers of
Leadville. died of pneumonia on the
18th inst. Mr.. Dale served two terms
as county clerk of Lake county and was
widely known in business and political
circles
The Rev. w. T. Jordan, pastor of
the Calvary Baptist Church in Denver,
has resigned for the purpose OF de
voting his whole time to the work OF
th4 Colorado Woman's College to be
established at Denver under Baptist
auspices.
John Ryan and MISS I.eonora Zor
mig were drowned in Berkeley lake at
Denver on the night or Sunday. De
cember Goth. They were skating on
the lake and broke through the ice.
Their bodies we're not discovered az
til Tuesday Ryan was butler for a
private family and Miss Zornig was
employed at boarding house.
Fourteen bids for the construction of
the steel bridge across Clear creek be-
tween jefferson and Adams counties
were opened December 18th by State
Engineer Carpenter The lowest was
made by the NJ. j. Patterson Construc-
ton Company of Denver at S2,377. The
concerns bidding represented all sec
tions of the country.
1t is said to have been decided that
the cruiser Denver will be ordered TO
Galveston as soon as practicable after
being placed in commission late in the
month. and the date for the presenta-
ton OF the silver service will be fixed
for late in February or early in March
Efforts will be made to arrange a large
excursion from Denver for the occa-
sion
C. III. Prince a Carbondale carpenter
who went to California about year
ago committed suicide at Los Angeles
December 18th by turning on the gas
in his room The act is supposed to
have been due to fit of despondency
He left a note for his wife. who. with
four small children. is living in Car
bondaIe. requesting her not to let the
children know how he died.
A Washington dispatch says that
the division OF the Southern Ute In
dian reservation has been decided
upon. The dividing line runs north
and south following the course of the
Animas river. The eastern half re-
mains under control of Joseph Smith.
superintendent at Ignacio and the
western half passes to the charge of
Superintendent Peterson Of Fort
Lewis school.
After serving one year of twenty
'five-year sentence for the murder Of
Charles j. Withern at Coaldale. two.
years ago. Street Mccoy died in che
penitentiary at Canon City. December
22d About five minutes after his
death a pardon arrived from Governor
Peabody Mccoy had been sick for
some weeks. and an effort was made
to secure a pardon so that he might
die at his home.
Attorney James II. Teller. Pueblo
has directed an open letter to the Cit
izens' Alliance. in which he condemns
the action of both the alliance and the
police department in ordering C. H.
Meyer. president of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners to leave the city
He asserts that the rights of indvid-
ual citizenship have been usurped and
that such conditions are fair samples
of the monarchial rule that prevails in
Russia.
Friday December 18th, was day of
accidents in Colorado. John Herbeck.
a Bohemian miner, was killed by fall
ing coal in the Simpson mine at Lafay-
ette; Edward Percy had right leg cut
off by an electric car at Elkton; Bert
Martin, employed in the Sunnyside mill
at Eureka fell ten feet and broke his
neck, and John Darby. Fort Collins
Carpenter, fell into the basement of the
Elk building on his way home, sustain
ing injuries that paralyzed his lower
limbs and were found to be fatal
Edward Somins, boy only twelve
years old was arrested at Colorado
Springs December 10Th on the charge of
having caused the wreck of Rock ISL
and train near Elsmere on the 18th
inst. the damages to which were near
ly $4,000. He was charged with hav-