The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
COLORADO BRIEFS

Its annual Dog Show ut Coliseum hail
in Denver on February 18th. goth and
2lst.
After long siege OF snowslides. all
| the railroads running into Silyerton
were able to run trains regularly on
the eth inst.
The new reservoir and site in Colo
RADIO Springs will cost about $500 900.
The capacity of the reservoir will be
II 100000 gallons
Meyer Friedman has been elected
president OF the Denver Chamber OF
Commerce. Arthur Williams will con-
tinue 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 arc
making efforts to secure the location
| or the proposed home of the Interna-
tional Union of Bookbinders for Colo
RADIO Springs.
The many friends OF Gen. II. c. Mer-
riam in Colorado will be pleased TO
know that the United States Senate
has passed u bill advancing him TO the
grade of major general on the retired
| list.
T.. NJ Prior committed suicide by
hanging himself at tho Rocky Noun
tain hotel in Denver, on the End inst,
after losing his last S45 at gambling.
He was maehinist 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 Hail 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
been closed. owing to a consolidation
of interests with the Portland Cement
Company, which has plant with suf-
ficient capacity to supply the demand.
David II. Moffat and the First Ma
| tonal Bank of Denver have been
granted judgment for s56,979 and $S1,-
166 respectively. against otto Mears'
Chesapeake Beach railway, in the
| Circuit Court of Calvert county, Mary
land.
| j. +. 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 a verdict of murder in the Sec
ond degree. The tragedy took place in
a saloon where the two men got into
a quarrel over a finger-pulling con-
test.
Senator Teller has offered an amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill.
appropriating S2l .000 for the purpose
Of constructing a mess hall and en-
ployes' quarters at the Grand Junction
Indian school. This raises the appro-
priation for this school for the next
! fiscal year to $77 ,125.
Holiness workers all over the state are
interested in the meetings to be held
at St James Church in Denver, Feb
ruary 18th to 23rd. and there will be
a state gathering on the 10Th. The SER
vices will be conducted by Rev. Charles
]. Fowler of Boston. Mass. assisted
by Prominent eyangelists and evange-
listic singers.
In the District Court at Pueblo on
the 2nd, Alfred Chavez. a Mexican, was
| found guilty of an attempt to murder
his wife. Last December in rooming
house, where Mrs. Chaves was lying
i'll. Chayes 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 Y. 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 & Co.
contract line on the new Moifat 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
J 0rman & Croo6 camps at Marshall,
Colorado. hav been furnished with cleo
trio lights and telephones.
Rev. John H. Cushing. the deposed
priest, is again trying to make trouble
for Bishop Matz in Denver On Sun