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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 10th, goth and.
21st. 49,
After long siege OF snowslides, all
the railroads running into Silverton
were able to run trains regularly on.
the 7th inst. n.
The new reservoir and site in Colo
rado Springs will cost about $500, 900.
The capacity of the reservoir will be.
17.500.00O gallons. rl.
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.
Colorado Springs book binders are
making efforts to secure the location
OF the proposed home of the Interna-
tional Union of Bookbinders for Colo
RADIO Springs. I.
The many friends of Gen. H. G. Mer--
riam in Colorado will be pleased to
know that the United States Senate
has passed bill advancing him to the
grade OF major general on the retired.
list.
f. M. Prior committed suicide by
hanging himself at the Rocky Noun
tain hotel in Denver, on the End inst.,.
after losing his last $45 at gambling.
He was a machinist and had worked
In Denver and Cheyenne.
The Boulder Chautauqua board will
engage Capt. Richmond P. Hobson, the
hero Of Santiago harbor, for a lecture
on the afternoon of July s. A strong
effort will be made to eclipse the at
fractions Of all previous years.
After Withholding the donors name
for about six years. President Slocum
has just announced that the donor who
gave Ticknor Han to Colorado Col
lege is none other than Miss Elizabeth
Cady of Wellesley, Massachusetts.
The factory of the Colorado Portland
Cement Company near Florence has.
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of interests with the Portland Cement
Company, which has a plant with suf-
ficient capacity to supply the demand.
David H. Moffat and the First Ma
tional Bank of Denver have been
granted judgment for $56.979 and $31,-
166 respectively, against Otto Mears'
Chesapeake Beach railway, in tho
Circuit Court Of Calvert county, Mary
land.
]. f. Maloney. assistant chief dis
patcher for the Denver & Rio Grande,
has resigned his position in Pueblo,
and will leave soon for Laurel. Miss,
where he will take charge as superin-
tendent Of the Laurel & Northwestern
Railroad.
The County Assessors Association.
which closed its meeting in Denver on
the 4th instant, elected the following
officers: President, S. II. Alexander OF
Denver; vice president. Hugh Taylor
OF Garfield county; secretary. Martin
A. Carey of Pueblo.
The trial of Herman Anderson on
the charge of killing John Rabb. in
the District Court at Leadville. result
ed in verdict of murder in the sec
ond degree. The tragedy took place in
a saloon where the two men got into
quarrel over a finger-pulling con-
test.
Senator Teller has offered an amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill.
appropriating $4,000 for the purpose
OF constructing a mess hall and en-
plUyes' quarters at the Grand Junction
Indian school. This raises the appro-
priation for this school for the next
fiscal year to STILES.
Holiness workers all over the state are
interested in the meetings to he held
at st. James Church in Denver, Feb
ruary 18th to 23rd, and there will be
state gathering on the 18th, The ser
vices will be conducted by Rev. Charles
j. Fowler of Boston. Mass, assisted
by Prominent evangelists and eyange-
listic singers. 'r -''
In the District Court at Pueblo on
the End. Alfred Chavez. a Mexican, was
found guilty OF an attempt to murder
his wife. Last December in a rooming
house. where Mrs. Chaves was lying
Ill. Chaves shot her once In the arm
and once in the side. He denied the
shooting at the time OF his arrest,
claiming that the woman shot herself
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.
All the camps along the Good G. Co.
contract line on the new Moffat road
will soon be lighted by electricity and
telephones will be put into all the
camps. Night shifts will be put In as
soon as the weather permits. Men are
being sent forward by hundreds The