La Junta tribune., 1903-02-14
COLORADO BRIer&


one.
A new company has been incorpor-
ated in Denver for the manufacture OF
canes.
The Colorado Kennel Club will hold
its annual Dog Show at Coliseum hall
in Denver on February 18th. goth and
21st
After long siege of snowslides. all
the railroads running into Silyerton
were able TO run trains regularly on
the 7th inst.
Meyer Friedman has been elected
president Of the Denver Chamber OF
Commerce. Arthur Williams will con-
ttnue TO act as secretary.
A meeting of hardware men will be
held in Pueblo February 10th and 18th
for the purpose OF organizing State
Hardware Dealers Association.
State Bee Inspector James Mitchell
OF Jefferson county died on February
4th. He was widely known among the
agriculturists and bee keepers OF the
state
The managers OF the Overland Cot
ton Mills Company at Denver have
been fined $50 and costs in the District
Court tor employing boys and girls
under age. The defendants took an ap-
peal.
After Withholding the donors name
for about six years. President Siocum
has just announced that the donor who
gave Ticknor Hall to Colorado Col
lege Is none other than Miss Elizabeth
Cady OF Wellesley. Massachusetts.
Tho first annual convention of the
COLORADO Cattle and Horse Growers
Association will be held in Denver.
February 26th. 27th. 2sth. being pre-
ceded by the Denver Fat Stock and
Feeder show February 23d. gath. 25th.
The factory of the Colorado Portland
Cement Company near Florence mas
been closed. owing to consolidation
Of interests with the Portland Cement
Company. which has plant with SUI
fcient capacity to supply the demand.
David H. Moffat and the First Ma
tional Bank of Denver have been
granted Judgment for s5G.979 and $31,-
166 respectively, against Otto Mears
Chesapeake Beach railway. in the
Circuit Court Of Calvert county. Mary
land.
The trial OF Herman Anderson on
the charge of killing John Rabb, in
the District Court at Leadville. result
ed in n verdict Of murder in the sec
Ond degree. The tragedy took place In
O saloon where the TWO men got INTO
a quarrel over tnger-pulling con-
test.
Mrs. Laura T.. Cranston, wife OF
Bishop Earl Cranston of the Methodist
church and mother of District Attor-
pey Earl NJ. Cranston OF Denver, died
In Silao. Mexico, February 18th. of ner-
yous prustration Her health had been
failing since her terrible experiences in
Pekin. China. during the Boxer siege.
The first annual exhibition OF the
Denver Fat Stock and Feeder Show.
which will be held the last week OF
this Iianth in connection with the an
nual convention OF the Colorado Cattle
and Horse Growers Association. is ex-
pected to bring several thousands OF
stockmen to Denver during that week.
AS the result OF the breaking of
chain suspending huge ladle in which
molten metal was being conveyed from
the blast furnaces to the new Bessemer
converter at the Minnequa steel works
at Pueblo, three men were killed. Two
probably fatally injured. and four 9th
ers, Including the superintendent OF the
converter, were badly burned. on the
morning OF the 9th.
John T. Dean, a weaver in the Over
land cotton mills at Denver. was taken
from his home at / o'clock on the
morning OF Sunday. February Sth, by
"whitecappers," or masked men, and
taken some distance in his night
clothes After being badly beaten he
was turned loose. 1t is supposed to be
the result OF neighborhood scandal In
which Dean was charged with talking
too much.
There have been numerous entries
to the Denver Fat Stock Show which
opens on the 23d instant, and as all
cattle west of the Tooth meridian are
eligible the whole West Is interested.
Several thousand dollars In prizes Will
be given away and buyers are coming
from all over the East to purchase the
winners in the feeder classes. which
will be put on feed for the big shows in
the East next fall.
Professor v. G. Corbett Of the chair
of history and literature at the State
Agricultural College has been honored
by the Astrological Society of Lon
don by the presentation of an elegant
engraving OF the famous Rosetta stone
and plates explaining the method OF
deciphering the inscriptions. 1t Will
be placed In the department of his
tory.
The Otero county Stock Association
at its meeting in La Junta February
7th recommended for appointment the
following officers: Robert Grant OF
Pueblo, member of the advisory COM
mittee: NJ s. Reed for re-appointment
as stock inspector at Pueblo; NJ. ].
Mcmillan, member of the advisory
board for Prowers county. at Lamar;
NJ. J. Lee. stock inspector for this
district; DR.. A. B. McCapes. for state
veterinary surgeon.
Directors Of the State Historical and
Natural History Society just elected
are: William N. Byers, r. w. Wood
bury, Aaron Cove, Edward b. Morgan.
Charles r. Dudley. Nathan A. Baker.