The Holly chieftain., 1904-02-12
COLORADO BRIEFS.

aye-Euory addition 10 ST Josepb's hos
| yitsI IL Denver
Allen r Alexander. an Old resident
| of Fremont county and an sx-CCnfed-
craze soldier. died at Canon City Feb
rl4ary 5th ..
Denyers second charter convention
| finished ita work February 9Th, having
| completed and adopted charter and
adjourned siEe die.
The Business men Of Fowler. Otero
county. met d few days ago and organ
lied q board of trade. The sum Of $500
vas subscribed 10 give it d start.
William Hendricks. brickiayer, was
killed at Denver February Gth. by fan
Of ninety feet down the elevator shaft
Of the Lit,ieton Creamery building.
Arthur Casady, aged ten, son OF
Harry Casady, treasurer Of the Colo
RADIO Commission to the Worlds Fair.
died al Boulder. February lst. OF
siphtheria.
Two hundred box car loads Of pota-
| toes shipped from the Greeley district
during the past few weeks for points in
Texas. Kansas and Missouri. went
| through safely without potato being
frozen.
nrs. Lena Corwin OF Glenwood
/ Springs, whose husband died year
| ago, committed suicide February 9th
by jumping into the Roaring Fork
river. She had for some time shown
evidence OF mental arrangement.
Judge Lindsey. who conducts the ju-
yenile Court in Denver, says that the
practice Of selling cigars. cigarettes and
liquor to minors must be broken up.
even IL he has to put every dealer in
the city in Jail to enforce the law.
Upon the advice Of Attorney d. NJ.
Campbell, the members OF Company G
Of the National Guard at Pueblo de-
cided to make one more plea to Gov
ernor Peabody for settlement Of their
claims before instituting suit against
the state.
Eight hundred students have been
| enrolled in the State Normal School at
| Greeley this year, of whom 300 are In
the normal department proper. COM
posed Of high school and college grad
| mates. who are studying the art of
teaching
The grass and grain exhibit of Colo
rado, collected for the Louisiana Pur-'
chase exposition at st. Louis. was on
exhibition at Denver on the Sd inst.
and was highly praised by all who
saw 1t. Colorado will shine as an agri-
cultural state at the big fair.
| A special feature of the new press
service of the Colorado Promotion and
! Publicity Committee will be the local
and state news service, Every weekly
and daily newspaper in the state, under
The plan, will be given n chance to pub
ish something about Colorado interests
| and prospects.
, Walter S. Noltie OF Denver formerly
member of the Colorado National
guard. who was discharged with other
members OF his company on Its return
from Cripple Creek, committed suicide
at Hamilton. Ohio, February Sd by TAX
Ing carboi.c acid. His act Is attributed
to disappointment In love.
Mr.. Dallas j. Osborne, prominent
ranchman and wool man from Las We
gas. New Mexico, has purchased tract
| of land adjoining the Union stock
yards in Denver on which he is prepar
ing to build an extensive wool-scour-
Ing plant. The building will be 150x40
i feet in size and two stories In height,
and is to be completed by May 1st.
! An electric light wire which was
blown down by the wind storm in
Denver February lst occasIoned the
death Of two young men, Charles
Ormsby and William Daniel. who sim
ultaneously took hold of 1t to remove it.
| ormsby lived with his father and
mother in Denver and Daniel had re-
Gently came from Butler. Missouri.
Tho will of Horace NJ Warner. n
philanthropic real estate man who died
at Denver a short time since, leaves a
portion of his estate of $50, 900 to be di-
vided equally between Colorado College
and Harvard College for the purpose OF
establishing scholarships "for deserv
ing young men and women. regardless
of race. religion. nationality or color"
William NJ. Frey of -AEvada commit
| ted suicide February Sd In n grove
near the Moirat railroad track, by TAX
| ing cyanide of potassium. being driven
to desperation by pain caused by blood
| poisoning from defective teeth. Mr.
Frey was Grand Army man and a
member of the A. o. U. w. and was
widely known rs an expert millwright
Joseph J. c. Woolcot, who died at
Denver January 3lst, was probably tho
lagest man In the state. his weight be-
ing nearly 400 pounds. He was vet
eran Of the Civil war and at the time
Of his death had charge of the Or
lando flats. Mr. Woolcot was five
feet ten inches in height and of enor-
nous girth. He weighed about 400
| pounds.
Pansy Leo Grant. the 15-year-old
! colored girl who shot and killed her
stepfather. Rufus Lee. at the coal mines
north Of Colorado Springs, and who was
found guilty OF assault, was sentenced
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