Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-18
DELAYED DENVER NEWS LETTER

NJ. E. church of Durango, three years
ago TO the Leadville church. has been
appointed state superintendent of the
| Colorado Society for the friendless.
! His office Is in the rooms NJ the State
Board OF Charities and Corrections in
the state capitol building He has
moved his family from his ranch near
Buera Vista to 1880 Washington ave
nue.. Denver
Miss Edith b. NJ. Young was obliged
to shorten her holiday vacation in
Denver and TO return home a week
of urgent school business in the coun-
ty superintendents office,
Miss Genevieve +. Simpson. of 2216
West Twenty-eighth avenue. resigned
her position in the schools of Duran
go TO accept work in the Denver
schools. Miss Simpson is n graduate
of the North Side High school, Denver,
class of 80
Miss Anna NJ Longan spent the
the State Teachers association and in
visiting her family at 1920 Lafayette
street.
Miss May +. Gillis, who taught last
year in the Durango schools. is now
| te e-Ichlng in the Grant school, Denver.
Mrs. ] L. Rachofsky and family are
located at 17l0 Washington avenue
Miss Dora Rachofsky is attending the
East Side High school,
Mrs. Morris Stein, whose two sons,
Nathan and Emil, are at the Sacred
Heart college. came to Denver and
passed the holiday season with them
at the Albert hotel The boys are en-
joying college life immensely. and
show the good results of their train
Ing.
Mrs George A. Slough is in town 10
place her daughter, Reva, in Loretto
Academy Mrs. Slough will spend,
two weeks at 1916 Marion street
Misses Mr1licent White and Jane
Rider have returned to their studies
at Miss Wolcott's school.
The religious society known official
ly as the Pentecostal Union. but pop
ularly known as the Jumpers" are
dedicating their new building at lS45
Champa street by services lasting
from Jan. to Jan. H. Their enthu-
siasm expressed by jumping. shouting
and clapping their hands reminds one
of the primitive Methodists or of the
colored brethren on the southern
plantations "befo' de wah." Their
insistence in holding services on the
streets without permission from the
fire and police board led recently to
The arrest of rs or 80 OF them. They
were found guilty and fined. but refus
ed either to appeal to a higher court
or To pay their fine, and accordingly
they were all sen, 10 Jail, but were set
free alter day or two on promise to
abide by the ciGs ordinances hereafter
A Denver y -Lcr says: The doors
were openei ior them as the angel
opened the ioors for the Apostle Paul
some two centuries ago"
At the morning service at the Christ
ian Science church. 18th and Logan
avenue. last Sunday. forty were re
ceved into membership with the
church.
There has been considerable contro-
versy in the Denver papers over Col.
II. c. Demming's report that tin is
found in the Atlantic Cable mine at
Rico.
IL is not safe to bear" real estate
in Denver An article, which appear
ed in the Boston Transcript, giving
what purported to be good reasons
why one owning real estate In that
city ought to sell 1t at once-incident-
ally making business good for brokers
in real estate-caused a storm of in
dignation against its author, and
threats were made of lynching him. If
he could be discovered. AS an anti
dote to the article in question, a
Boosters club was organized and a
meeting held in Coliseum hall which
was addressed by many prominent
citizens. The consensus oil opinion
was that the worst knocking" which
Denver had received was at the hands
Of its daily newspapers, which have
spread broadcast through The country
| accusations OF the worst kind against
the government OF the city and against
its most prominent citizens. This di-
sease is not confined to Denver alone.
The attempt to unite the Daughters
II the Reyoiution and the Daughters
If the American Revolution not only
iailei. but led to the secession of
| about fifty or sixty OF the Daughters
of the Revolution, who are to organ
ize new chapter of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution. The lead
ers in this movement are Mrs. J. l..
Mcneil. Mrs. J. d. Whltmore and Mrs.
j. b. Grant.
| From Fridays Daily:
1t is said that women dress TO please
| the men, but IL is the men who are al