The state herald., 1904-02-12
COLORADO BRIEFS.

| hNe-otoAS duultlOu W ~. SooSpu AOS-
pital In Denver.
| Allen +. Alexander, an old resident
of Fremont county and an ex-Confed-
crate soldier, died at Canon City Feb
ruary 9Th.
Denvers second charter convention
finished Its work February 9Th, having
completed and adopted charter, and
adjourned sine die.
The business men of Fowler, Otero
county. met few days ago and organ
/ lied board of trade. The sum of $500
was subscribed to give it n start.
William Hendricks, bricklayer, was
killed at Denver February 9th. by fall
of ninety feet down the elevator shaft
of the Littleton Creamery building.
Arthur Casady. aged ten, son of
Harry Casady, treasurer of the Colo
rado Commission to the Worlds Fair,
died at Boulder, February 1st, of
diphtheria.
The appointment of Paul ]. Sours as
postmaster of Denver was confirmed by
the Senate without delay or debate,
the motion for confirmation being made
by Senator Teller.
Two hundred box car loads OF pota-
toes shiL Jed from the Greeley district
during the past few weeks for points in
| Texas, KansaI, and Missouri. went
through safely without potato being
frozen.
Mrs. Lena Corwn 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-
venile Court In Denver, says that the
practice of selling cigars, cigarettes and
| liquor to minors must be broken up,
even If he has to put every dealer in
the city in Jail to enforce the law.
Joseph l., Bailey. prominent Dem
yer pioneer for a long time well known
throughout the state as proprietor of
the Bailey corral on Sixteenth street,
died at his home in Denver February
lst, in the sixty-nintk year of his age.
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 a 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 800 are in
the normal department proper. COM
posed of high school and college grad
uates 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. l. cry weekly
and daily newspaper In the state. under
the plan, will be given n chance to pub
lish something about Colorado interests
and prospects.
An electric light wire which was
blown down by the wind storm in
Denver February 1st occasioned the
death OF two young men, Charles
Ormsby and William Daniel, who sim
ultaneuusly took hold OF IL to remove 1t,
0rmsby lived with his father and
mother In Denver and Daniel had re-
Gently came from Butler, Missouri.
Tho will OF Horace NJ. Warner. a
philanthropic real estate man who died
at Denver a short time since. leaves a
portion of his estate of SEQ 600 to be dl-
ylded equally between Colorado College
and Harvard College for the purpose OF
establishing scholarships ''for desery-
ing young men and women, regardless
of race, religion. nationality or color"
William NJ. Frey OF Aryada commit
ted suicide February Sd In n grove
near the MoiIat railroad track, by taxi
ing cyanide OF potassium. being driven
TO desperation by pain caused by blood
poisoning from defective teeth. Mr..
Frey was Grand Army man and n
member of the a o. u. w. and was
widely known as an expert mlllwright
Joseph J. C. Woolcot. who died at
Denver January 3lst. was probably the
lagest man In the state. his weight be-
Ing nearly 400 pounds. lie was vet
eran Of the Civil war and at tho time
OF his death had charge of the Or
lando iints. Mr.. WOolcot was five
feet ten inches In height and Of enor-
nous girth. He weighed about 400
pounds.
Pansy Lee Grant. the l5-yoar-od
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, vas sentenced
by County Judge Orr to remain In tho
state home for girls until her 2lst year
This is the flrst murder trial oyo- held
In any county court In Colorado under
the new Juvenile law.
Another oiicr has been made for the
water system Of Colorado Springs, Bos.
ton capitalists proposing TO pay $500.
600. II h not thought that the ofct
will be considered. and II is also stated
that neither city council nor the resi-.
dents Of Colorado Springs has authorI.
ty to sell the water system. since Ger.
tain grants In IT, given by Congress,
cannot be held by a private corporation.
Philip proaslcr. Sr.. formerly OF
Black Hawk, n man seventy years of
age. who has been mining for the past
ten years IN New Mexico. committed
suicide by taking carbollc acid at Gal
lup. New Mexico. ON the night Of Feb
runry 9th. lie leaves n wife. daughter
and aon, residing at Golden, tho son
being n student Mt the School OF Mines.
lie carried $4,000 insurance In tho Gu
/ dowmont rank. knights Of pythna
Rev II +. Moore. who established In
! Canon City In 1867 the First Cumbcr-
I land Presbyterian Church In the West,
Nur VUu .,s.. AMI LlIfaI lao M.