The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Weld county. with one carrier.
Fifty Russian families from Nebras-
ka have recently arrived to work in the
beet fields in the vicinity of Greeley.
The Colorado State Sunday School
convention closed an interesting ses-
sion of three days at Durango on the
11th inst.
At the recent Montrose school cleo
ton it was voted to issue $4,000 bonds
for the erection of new county high
school building.
The second trial of John X. Brew
ster at Cripple Creek on the change
OF numbering Eugene McAfee resulted
in verdict of mot guilty"
Boulder's bond issue of s65,000 bear
ing Az per cent interest, sold at 212
per cent. premium, making the cash
bonus to the city of sl,462.50.
The Democratic state convention for
the nomination of ten delegates to the
national convention at St. Louis will
be held at Pueblo on June 7th.
The report of the census taker ap-
pointed by the school board shows that
there are 6,62S persons of school age
in District No. IL, Colorado Springs.
w. S. Harden, pumpman employed
at the Diamond mine, at Leadyille fell
fifty-five feet down winze and es-
capped with bruises not considered dan
gerous.
Prof Norman McGee, a graduate OF
Leland Stanford University. has been
appointed to the chair of surveying in
The engineering department OF Colo
rado College.
At the interstate track meet at
Boulder May 11th, the field and track
team of the University of Colorado de-
feated the University of Nebraska by
score of 73 to 81.
Prof. H A. Smith of Colorado Col
lege has been awarded an Austin
scholarship in Harvard university. He
is entitled to the special course pro
vided for teachers.
The Pueblo Title and Trust Com
pany, which failed last December, paid
it depositors and creditors 100000 on
the 10th inst, and will soon pay the
balance of it's indebtedness in full.
The Christian Scientists of Colorado
Springs have announced committee
Of five to secure plans for the erection
of $4,000 church. The members here
tofore have used the Unitarian church
for worship.
The trial of John Hawthorne,
charged with the murder of Merrett A.
Scott at Meredith, in Pitkin county,
last winter was concluded at Aspen
on the 10th inst, resulting in verdict
of not guilty.
w. NJ. Wardjon, organizer of the
United Mine Workers of America, who
was assaulted and badly injured at,
| Sargent short time since, has SO far'
recovered as to be able to leave the
hospital at Salida.
The University of Colorado is ar
ranging to send track team to the
Worlds fair at st. Louis next month
| when big track meet is to take place
between the colleges located in the
Louisiana purchase.
G. F. Hancock of Barr was killed by
"a railroad accident at Denver May
14th. A switch engine ran into the
rear end of the car on the platform of
which he was standing, crushing him
| to death almost instantly.
| In it's first sixteen games this sea-
ison the Denver baseball team of the
| Western League climbed way up to
the top of the heap, winning fourteen
games and losing only two. Colorado
| Springs done nearly as we'll.
A large party Of Colorado editors,
members of the State Editorial Asso-
alton, left over the Missouri Pacific
| from Pueblo May 14th for visit to the
| Worlds Fair. Many of the editors
We're accompanied by their families.
| Sketches for the new Carnegie IL
| brary building in Denver have been ap-
| proved by the board end ground will
be broken for the new structure about
| October 1st. The entire cost of the
building proper will be about $250,O00.
The Colorado State Reformatory has
ever before in it's history-140. The
nearest approach to that number was
125 for few days during Warden
Smiths term. The regular capacity of
the place is 10S.
It is stated that Superintendent
Aaron Cove of Denver may soon re-
| sign charge of the public schools Of the
city, over which he has presided sd
long, and open boys school on his
own account, backed by a number of
wealthy citizens.
| The first anniversary of the starting
| Ol tne i. NJ. y. "A. uedllu ldTm near
| Denver, was celebrated on the Sth inst.
trhe farm is furnishing home and en-
ployment of many men who are con-
sumptives and promises to prove sue
cessful institution.
At a recent meeting of the board of
directors in Pueblo Judge ]. H. Voor-
| :hees rendered his resignation as presi-
dent of the Colorado State Fair Asso-
citation, giving as reason that he
would have to be absent from the
state during the spring race meet.
| 1t is announced that President