The Springfield herald., 1903-10-23

"A UeClSlOu was rendered Dy tHe ou-
preme Court on the 14th instant that
the election on November Bird is a
general election" under the law and
that elections can be held at that time
to fill vacancies in county offices. The
decision was on Cripple Creek case.
but 1t is said it will apply to number
of counties. where vacancies have taxi
en- place by death, resignation or ap-
pointment.
Their are fifty or sixty insane patients
at the county hospital at Denver await
ing admittance to the Pueblo asylum
to which they have been committed by
the County Court. Unless provision is
made for their reception within the
next few days the county charity COM
mittee. consisting of "Parson" UzZell.
A N. Patton and Alex Nisbet will bring
court proceedings against the state for
the recovery of damages.
Disbarment proceedings have been
instituted against Frank b. Taylor. a
Denver lawyer, who has been advertis-
ing that he could secure divorces le-
gally and quietly for $40. The COM
plant against Taylor is brought on be-
half of the Colorado Bar Association.
The complaint was drawn by Attorney
General Miller. Taylor was given thir-
ty days to show why he should not be
disbarred There are several counts
against Taylor of alleged misconduct.
Register Woodruff of the Land
Board has completed his report of re-
ceipts for the period beginning March
/ and ending September 30, 1903. The
receipts amounted to $147,Sl3.40. which
is $22, ,0S0.43 more than during the cor
responding period of the previous year.
1,1 hos
increased by this amount. This does
not include payments made to the
board by Skinner and Tabor and other
large delinquent lessees of the state
land.
A campaign through influential
sources is about to be made in behalf
of a new government building for Den
yer And because the present building
is so lamentably inadequate it is ex-.
pected that the campaign will be en-
| tirely successful. Some two weeks ago
r. e. Armstrong. first assistant secre-
tary of the Treasury, was in the city,
and made a thorough inspection of the
building. 1t was not an official in
spection. as Mr.. Armstrong was in the
CITY only incidently. But as he was
next to head of the department to
which public buildings belong, the Gus
todian of the building took advantage
of the opportunity to give the depart
ment some occult proof of the truth of
| his representations. He took Mr. Arm
strong through the building and showed
him the congested state of affairs. The
First Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury was much impressed by what he
saw. and in conversation with Mayor
| Wright and others, expressed himself
quite freely. He said that he had not
realized the congested condition of the
| federal building. or the great expense
| to the government and inconvenience
| to the departments arising from the
necessity of locating offices outside of
the buildings. Denver seems to need
new building badly" he said. There
is no city of its size and business in the
country so poorly equipped TO take care
of tie governments business"
State Engineer Carpenter on the 10th.
inst. examined the bids submitted for
the bridge to be built across the Ar
kansas river nine miles from Pueblo
at the mouth of the St. Charles river
All of the bids We're too high, the low
est being S., 900 in excess of the amount
the state has to spend. The lowest bid
ders were NJ. J. Patterson & Co. of
Denver, and the Pueblo Bridge Com
pany. The first was $12.9S0 and the
second $12. 300. For a combination wood
and steel bridge the Patterson company
bid $10.690 and the Pueblo company
$3.50. 1t was decided to take the two
lowest bids under advisement and con-
4 fer with the county commissioners of
Pueblo county and see II they are will
Ing to pay the difference.