The Springfield herald., 1904-05-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

| Additional free delivery service VIII
| be established June 1st at Platteyllle,
| 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 tne'
l1th inst.
i At the recent Montro:e school elec-
ton it was voted to issue $4,000 bonds
| for the erection of new county hiSn
school building.
The second trial of John X. Brew
| ster at Cripple Creek on the change
of numbering Eugene McAfee resulted
in a verdict of not guilty"
Boulders bond issue of s65,00O bear
| ing Az per cent. interest, sold at 2Es
per cent. premium. making the cash
bonus to the city of s1,4G2.oO.
The Democratic state convention for
| the nomination of ten delegates to the
national convention at st. Louis Will
be held at Pueblo on June 1th.
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. II, Colorado Springs.
w. S. Harden. pumpman employed
at the Diamond mine, at Leadville. feil
| fifty-tive feet down winZe ana es-
| capped with bruises not considered dan
gerous.
Prof. Norman MCGEE, a graduate OF
Leland Stanford University, has oeeh
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
a score of rs 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 its 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
|
| 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 a 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 q 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
Il 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-
son 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 well.
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
were accompanied by their families.
Sketches for the new Carnegie IL
brary building in Denver have been ap-
/ proved by the board and ground will
be broken for the new structure about
! October 1st The entire cost of the
building proper will be about S250,OOO
The Colorado State Reformatory has
more inmates at the present time than
ever before in it's history-140. The
nearest approach to that number was
l25 for few days during Warden
Smiths term. The regular capacity OF
the place Is los.
1t is stated that Superintendent
Aaron Cove of Denver may soon re-
tign charge of the public schools of the
city, over which he has presided SO
long. and open a boys school on his
bwn account, backed by a number of
| wealthy citizens.
The first anniversary of the starting
OF the Y NJ. c. A. health farm near
Denver, was celebrated on the Sth inst.
| The farm is furnishing home and EN-
| ployment of many men who are con-
sumptives and promises to prove sue
cessful institution.
At recent meeting of the board of
directors in Pueblo Judge J. II. Voor-
hees rendered his resignation as presi-
dent of the Colorado State Fair Asso-
citation, giving as a reason that he
would have to be absent from the
state during the spring race meet.
Senator Henry M. Teller, who has
the appointment of cadet for West
Point. has decided to make the exami-
nation of applicants for the place COM
petitive The examination will take
place about June 1st and in the mean
time all applicants may notify Mrs.
Helen L. Grenfell, state superintendent
OF schools at Denver, of their intention
to compete.
George McWhirter. millman at the
A. Y. and Minnie Mill at Leadville,
committed suicide by cutting his
| throat on the 14th inst, and was
| found dead by his son who went to