The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-11
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS


to from one TO five years. She was
sentenced from Pueblo county. May 20.
1903, to from three to five years in the
penitentiary Tor larceny of live stock.
Governor Peabody recently issued
| requisitlon papers on the governor or
| Kansas for he delivery of William II.
| Granstah to Deputy Sheriff James II.
| F'risbte o. Prowers county. Granstaff
was under arrest at lliawatha. Kan
sas. for bigamy
Paul Wilson. commissioner in chief
of the Worlds Fair Board left Denver
March Sd for st. Louis. where he will
remain until after the opening of the
exposition. He will at once make ar
rangemenls Tor the opening of Colo
rado headquarters at 800 Washington
boulevard
At the meeting of the State Board OF
Pardons resolutions commencing War
| den John Cleghorn of the penitentlary
| at Canon City, were adopted. The
| board recently visited that institution.
and in spite of its crowded condition
found 1t in a cleanly and sanitary con-
dition, with the highest order OF dis
cipline prevailing
| he oNludl inquiries dttlul W lht vi
| fee of Secretary Of State James Cowie
as charges for annual reports and ar
ticles OF Incorporation during the
month OF February, is sl2,9205O, show
ing considerable increase over the pre-
! vious month. The state insurance de-
partment has taken in s152,0OO in fees
since December lst.
John II. Knaebel. special counsel for
the government in the timber case
against the Denver & Rio Grande Rail
road Company. recently informed
Judge HalIett that the government de-
sired to amend the complaint by en-
larging its scope. The petition for the
amendment names many counties in
addition to the thirteen covered by the
injunction The day of hearing was
fixed for April 4.
A writ of supersedeas was filed in
the Supreme Court, March 1st
in the case of Jacob Zip
perlan, charged with the muir
der Off iMatt Lutsinger Durango cat
tlemarI. The murder appears to have
been one Of the most brutal in the his
tory of the state. Zipperlan was tried.
convicte, and sentenced for life. His
attorney seek to have the evidence re-
viewed, e,aiming some sixty errors IN
the conduct of the trial.
At.tla >lace of the secretary of state
collections have been large for some
time, he average receipts being over
81 900 a day. This money represents
fees paid for the filing of annual re-
ports by the corporations of the state.
The annual report law was enacted in
l.tf !, Sc. ,e b. IN
results have been seen to such good
Advantage. 1t is estimated that the
revenue from this source the present
year VIII amount to about 100000.
Attorney General Coleman an
nOunCcs that the Colorado Kansas lltl-
CATION regarding the water in the Ar
kansas river will come up in the Unit
ed States Supreme Court in April. He
expects that a special master will be
appointed to take testimony from both
sides and that final disposition OF
the suit will not be made for several
months The testimony will involve
the flow of the Arkansas river in Colo
RADIO, both before irrigation was start
ed ana at present
An order has been issued by Gov
ernor Peabody, commander-ln chief OF
the National Guard, through Ad. Gen.
Sherman Bell. calling for an inspec-
ton Of the National Guard of Colora-
do. under the provisions of the mill
tarv act of 1902, by an officer of the
United States army. to take place be
tween March 2lst and April 18th. The
orders demand that immediate and
thorough preparation for this inspec-
ton be made by all officers and enlist
ed men Of the National Guard.
At meeting of the state capitol
manages it was decided that insurance
on the late house ought to be carried.
The dis.ussion of the subject was Occa-
STONED by the recent disasters Whlch
have visited eastern capitols, and al
though The Colorado state house Is con-
sidercd strictly fire proof building
with very little combustible material
; in its instruction, it finally was de-
cided best to be on the safe side. Sec
retary Herman Lueders was authorized
to obtain statistics as to the cost OF in
sLrfng the state house in the sum OF
500 uuu and will take up the work at
once
The attorney generals office will
present a petition to the next session
of ih, legislature, asking that the
law rrgarding applications for writs OF
supcrst cas- be changed. Many mex
cusabI. delays have been caused by
the a,r passed by the last Legislature,
il is Md. The present law allows
sixty lays in which a writ to stay eX'
ecufiuu IF sentences in criminal cases
may ID applied for to the Supreme
Court 1t is claimed that attorneys for
convicted persons delay the execution
of lust ce to the last possible moment
under The law. The Youngblood case
in Denver is cited as an instance OF
this.
As The result of conference with
Game Commissioner Woodward a
flock of European pheasants may be
brougb to Colorado for propagation
purpos $. Lars P. Nelson, who is the
Denvor correspondent for several Swe
dish-Amcrican newspapers in the East
ic dpCIrDuS of bringing the pheaSants