The state herald., 1904-02-26
COLORADO BRIEFS.

der will conduct six weeks summer
school, beginning on the 10th OF next
June.
The idea has been broached in sew
eral quarters of a semi-centennial cele-
bration of the founding OF Colorado, to
be held in 1909.
| The amalgamated assembly OF labor
unions and the building trades council
will unite in establishing co-opera-
tive store In Denver.
George Waybright, deputy city mar
shall at Hastings. was assaulted and
badly injured by striking Italian min
eys at Aguilar February goth.
1t is reported that many members OF
the National Guard of Colorado are Sc
riously considering the idea of going
east to enlist in the army of Japan.
An attempt to change the date of
the meeting of the Republican State
Central Committee did not succeed. 1t
will be April I'd. as at first announced.
Two hundred lawyers were present
at the annual banquet OF the Denver
Bar Association on the night of Feb
ruary goth at the Brown Palace hotel.
Pueblo is to have an open air am
phitheater at the corner OF Sixth and
Main streets that will seat 1000 people.
1t Is proposed to complete the structure
by June lst.
The Colorado Promotion and Publi-
city Committee has collected III diff
ferent publications about Colorado at
It's rooms in Denver. hraim Is to nave
every county in the state fully repre-
sented.
Paul ]. Sours, the new Denver post
master took charge Of the Office Feb
uary 18th. John Corcorfn Is assistant
postmaster. Mrs. Ina 4. Thompson.
cashier, and Mrs. Edith =. Baggs tinan-
cial clerk.
The Denver city and county govern
ment is sadly short of money to pay
expenses principally because the pub
lie utility corporations claim that their
property has been over assessed and re-
fuse to pay their taxes.
Samuel Raugh, one of the principal
ranch and horse owners of the Platte
valley, died at Brush February 18th.
He was the owner of the NH brand,
and had been resident of this valley
for over thirty-five years.
Rufus Wall. janitor at the city hall
at Pueblo has been selected as steward
of the Colorado building at the Worlds
fair. Wall is a prominent colored citi-
zen of Pueblo county where he has
lived for twenty-five years.
Mabel Joseph, three-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. |. w. Joseph OF
Pueblo, died February 18th as the re-
suit of burns received a few days be
fore. Her clothing caught fire while
playing near fire in an alley.
DIR. John r. Bass. a Denver osteo-
pathic practitioner. is speing the state
board of Medical examiners for alleged
false Imprisonment. DIR. Bass was
arrested for practicing without Ii
cense and the district attorney dis
missed the case.
Judge Voorhees,, In the District
Court at Pueblo, condemned attaches
OF the sheriG's office and police de-
partment for permitting the increase
of houses Of III repute and saloons of
n questionable character in certain dis
tricts Of the city.
The explosion OF an acetylene gas
plant in the Mossman hotel at Walden
on the night of the 18th inst. blew Mr.
Mossman, the proprietor and Mr.. Sny-
der. n waiter out through n window.
The fire was soon put out, but consider
able damage was done.
W. A. Saville. United States mechan-
ical engineer. has come to Denver to
assume charge Of the mechanical equip
mcnt Of the new mint Under his d.
rection the placing of the machinery
for the electric lighting. heating. etc.
of the building will begin at once.
Tunnel No. on the Moffat line is
about completed. II is thirty miles
from Denver and is 722 feet In length.
being one OF the fret long tunnels on
the road This will make the eighth
tunnel finished. tho track having al
ready been laid through seven of them.
Two Methodist ministers who for
merly lived in Denver and who hayo
many friends In Colorado are now in
Korea and some concern Is felt as to
their safety. They are Rev. Phillip
Gillette and Rev. W. d. McGill. the lat
ter n graduate OF tho lin School OF
Theology.
Pat Dermott. one of the pioneers of
| tflpplc tTeek, WnV WuN NI'ulA'u WIN
having been the locator OF the Last
Dollar mine, was found dead In his
cabin nt Independence on Tuesday. the
10th inst. He had not been seen since
Saturday and II is supposed that he
died Sunday.
The Pueblo Title a Trust company.
which became insolvent three months
ago. has paid 80 per cent to all depos-
itors who filed claims In accordance
with tho law. Two thousand depos-
itors had filed claims and on the 18th
inst. Si59, 900 which had been collected
was distributed among them.
There wns large attendance at the
meeting OF the Bent and PrOwers Coun-
ties Cattle and Horse Growers Asso-
citation Mt Las hnimas February 18th.
The following OtiicerA were elected for
the ensuing year NJ. II. Murray. preSl-
dent; A. n. Parrish, FIRST vice presi-
dent; J. G. Johnson. second vice presi-
dent. =. q. Scott. treasurer. ~. J. Me-
MILAN. secretary.
The ouray correspondent Of the
Denver News. under dae Of February
| 18th. says: From s'von'y-nye TO
cighty-hye deportod miners Of the Tel
iuride district arrived OF tho passenger
train from Montrose thaa evening, In
charge OF President Frnak smoltEer Of
tho San Juan district uaion. The de-
/ ported men Will stop NJ the st. Elmo