The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-26
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

At meeting of the State Military
Board the bill of the Pueblo soldiers
for 81 1.2OO for loss OF clothing and
equipment was denied and the secre-
tary of the beard was instructed to In
form the attorney for the soldiers of
the action taken
The Board of Capitol Managers re-
Gently ordered LOO feet of fire hose
at a cost of $5il. Four hundred feet OF
the hose will be distributed upon each
floor OF the building and 100 feet in the
sub basement. where are stored the pa
pers and other irflammable material
collected by the State Historical So
ciety.
On the 18th inst Governor Peabody
appointed two new colonies to fill va
cancies on his staff made by death.
A. X. Rcllestone of Victor and James
Doyle OF Denver We're named
Through the deaths of Colonel Grey
dene Smith of Canon City and Col
Henry Newman of Chicago the vacan-
cies were created. Colonel Rollestone
is cashier Of IKE Victor bank. at Vic
tor and .he representative of David
II. Mofsat al that place. James DOYLE
is the well known micing man, VINO
located The Portland mine. and is a
membe: OF the State Board OF Par
tons. lie accompanied the governor
On his recent trip through the Cripple
Creek district.
The sanitary Bulletin for January
3lst by the State Board of Health
shows an increase of forty-seven eases
of dlphthcria and AIS cases of typhoid
fever over last months statistics The
epidemic of typhoid fever which broke
out in Leadville between December 20th
and January 10th shows a total mum
Der of cases as 45O with twenty-three
deaths, not including cases OF walking
typhoid where the patients were not
IN care of physicians. The State Board
Of Health ascribes the seepage of sew
erage into the water mains as the cause
Of the epidemic. The city. was COM
pletely disinfected and no new cases
W ere reported during the two weeks
prior to the issuance of the bulletin.
On his return from his recent visit
to the Cripple Greek district and
Canon City, Governor Peabody denied
the rumor that he intended recon
changes in conditions at the
itentiary is overcrowded. it is true"
he said. but not SO crowded as it has
been prior to this time. At present
here are 800 convicts confined IN the
Warden Cleghorn has not
requested me to refrain from sending
more prisoners there While there is
perhaps demand for additional room.
are as perfect there as is
possible in penal institution" The
governor said there is absolutely no
for the report published in
A Denver paper that two attempts
were made to wreck the executive
rain between Cripple Creek and Den
yer.
Stations for the distribution Of anti
oxin are to be established in Denver
md Salida by the State Board OF
Health The board will pay express
charges and telegraphic charges when
he antitoxin is ordered by physicians.
0f course, the physicians will have to
pay for what they order, but it is the
Gea Of DR.. c. E. Cooper of the board
If health to place the preparation with
n reach of all of the physicians in the
state The stations will be at drug
stores in Denver and Salida, and ali
physicians of the state will receive no.
ice shortly as to what druggists will
oe ready to forward the antitoXin un-
ier the instructions from the board OF
health. OF the 500 typhoid fever cases
in Leadville to the State
Board of health there were only
.wenty-six deaths This is regarded as
/ small mortality, considering the num-
ler OF cases.
A conference between State Auditor
|Iolmberg and Governor Peabody yes
erday February 18th regarding the
meeting of the county as
SCISSORS of the state resulted in fixing
March goth as the probable
late. and the meetings will no doubt
be held in the Senate chamber
It has been thought best by the Board
IF Equalization to call this meeting he
tore assessments are fixed for the rea-
son that the annual meeting of the as
SCISSORS in August of each year occurs
too late to be of aid in fixing the ratio
For the various counties. Ten counties
are yet to be visited by the inspection
which consists of r. R.
Leese. James Cowie and Auditor Holm
berg. The counties in question are in
the northeastern portion of the state
It is improbable that the committee will
be be able to make the trip next week
as intended. as Auditor Holmberg !
leaves soon to attend the funeral Of Dr.
Carl SWenson, founder of the Lutheran
College at Lindsberg. Kansas. but the ,
committee will finish its work the week
Efter The returns from all railroad
and kindred properties in the state will
be submitted by the first of April, and
the proportion of assessments for each
will be fixed by the middle of
Republican.
The sick list of the state officials
and employees has been long one dur
ing the past two weeks, says the Den
yer News of February 18th. From Sc
we're colds to serious malady has the
affliction ranged. Ovcrheating Of the
building was said to have caused the
former and so frequent were such