The Elbert County tribune., 1904-08-11
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Hardy.
Miss Mary Aldrich OF Denver is one
OF the lucky drawers of a homestead
In the Rosebud reservation.
Frank w. Howbert. internal revenue
collector OF the district of Colorado
collected s55l.3l5 during past fiscal
year.
Otto p. Baur. the well-known pioneer
confectioner and caterer OF Denver,
died August Sd from stroke OF par
alysis.
Mr.. Lawrence II. Fitzgerald OF Den
yer has been elected president of the
Journeymen Stonecutters' Association
of North America.
The automobile clubs Of Denver and
Colorado Springs are discussing the
project of an automobile boulevard be-
tween the two cities.
August srd was Republican Day" at
the Boulder Chautauqua. Speeches
were made by Governor Peabody and
Congressman Bonynge and Brooks.
1t is proposed to build a dam and
form handsome artificial lake on the
grounds OF the state School for the
Deaf and Blind at Colorado Springs.
Notices have been posted In the Pu-
tOlO Dttel w OIkc ADt
tice OF bringing liquor into the works
in dinner pals or otherwise. the pen
atty being suspension or discharge.
L. f. Edwards, dairyman living
near Florence. saw a mass of boulders
that had been washed on the Rio
Grande track at Chandler creek and
tagged No. train with his coat in
time to avert smash-up.
citation has announced its fair and race
meet to begin September 2lst, for
three days with $4,000 already in hand
for purses and prizes at Durango fair
grounds. More money will be raised.
Frank Dalra, timberman at the
Camp Bird mine at Ouray, was killed
August Sd by being drawn into an ore
chute and buried with muck to a
depth o. fifteen feet. He was an
Italian forty-tive years OF age and un'
married.
1t is stated that the Beulah marble
from the quarries near Pueblo, now on
exhibition at the Worlds Fair in st.
Louis, has attracted the attention Of
German marble dealers. who may
make arrangements to handle the ma
terial extensively.
The board of trustees of the State
School for the Deaf and Blind have
decided to provide additional manual
training work in the curriculum. Mrs.
Mary Thedinga, graduate of the
State Normal School. will have charge
OF this work.
At Boulder. July Both. Richard w.
Morgan. a representative in the Gen
eral Assembly Of Colorado. while act
Ing as deputy sheriff. shot and killed
n Mexican at Lafayette. The Mexican
resisted arrest and shot at Morgan
three times, kllliH4 his horse.
Receiver II. B. Cozad of the defunct
Bi-Metallic Bank OF Cripple Creek has
obtained the consent of Judge Seeds,
by whom he was appointed. to declare
a second dividend OF fifteen per cent,
amounting to $4,000. A dividend of
fifteen per cent. has already been paid.
The postofice at University Park. the
site of the University of Denver, situ-
ated inside the city limits of Denver,
which was discontinued few months
since, has been reopened with j. G..
Shattuck. widely known in educational
and A. o. U. ". circles. as postmaster
Judge W. C. FELTON,, formerly OF the
Canon City Record and later OF the
Canon City Clipper. has retired. at
least temporarily. from the newspaper
field, to assume the management of
the Kountze company orchard, seven
miles north of Denver. in which 1876
acres are already set to fruit. with
275 more to be put into cultivation.
The Western Slope Fair at Montrose
next fall promises TO be great event
Uncommonly liberal premiums are Of
fered. The management has divided
the days. September Goth will be
Montrose and Children's Day; Septem-
Der 21st will be Western Slope Day;
September 22nd Will be Ouray Day,
and September 23rd will be Gunnison
Tunnel Day.
Arrangements have been completed
by the Colorado members of the So
ciety of the Philippines to attend the
sixth anniversary OF the fall of Manila
at St. Louis. The delegation will be
more than 100 in number and the Mer.
chants Service Club of st. Louis has
been appointed by the commissioner of
the Worlds Fair to look after the men
from this state.
Mrs. Hattie Stuffelbean committed
suicide August 4th near Brighton by
drinking carbolic acid. She had been
living about two miles south OF Brigh-
ton, with John Cooper, according to
report. She was the daughter of
! George Stuffelbean. who committed
suicide about a year ago by shooting
himself. Her mother died several
months ago OF typhoid fever.
The application for supersedeas in
the case of Samuel Enrich, the detec-
tive who murdered William Malone In
Denver. was denied by the Supreme
Court July. Both. This means that the
sentence of from fourteen to sixteen
years in the penitentiary for Enrich
will begin Immediately. Deductions
for good behavior would bring this SEN
tence down to about eight years.
Ben1amin Hennick thirteen veara