The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

| the action taken.
The Board OF Capitol Managers re-
Gently ordered LOO feet of fro hose
| at cost Of s5i1. 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 infammable material
collected by the State Historical So
| ciety.
On the 18th inst. Governor Peabody
| appointed two new colonels TO NIL va
| cancies on his stan made by death.
| A. II. Rollestone Of Victor and James
Doyle Of Denver were named.
| Through the deaths of Colonel Grey
deneSmlih OF Canon City and Col.
| Henry Newman OF Chicago the vacan-
| cies were created. Colonel Rollestone
is cashier OF the Victor bank. at Vic
| tor. and the representative of David
| II. Moffat at that place. James Doyle
is the well known mining man, who
| located the Portland mine. and is
member OF the State Board OF Par
dons. He accompanied the governor
on his recent trip through the Cripple
| Creek district
The sanitary bulletin for January
| 3lst by the State Board of Health
/ olNWH GU lnAltd VI -6tNtAA Nt-s'NAf
OF diphtheria and 44S cases of typhoid
fever over last months statistics. The
epidemic Of typhoid fever which broke
out in Leadyille between December goth
and January 10th shows a total num-
ber of cases as $50 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 disinfeeted and no new cases
were reported during the two weeks
prior to the issuance OF the bulletin.
On his return from his recent visit
| to the Cripple Creek district and
| Canon City, Governor Peabody denied
| the rumor that he intended recon-
mending changes in conditions at the
| penitentary at Canon City. THE pen
itentiary is oyercrowded, It is tue"
he said, but not SO crowded as 1t has
been prior to this time. At present
there are $50 convicts confined In the
institution. Warden Cleghorn has not
requested me to refrain from sending
more prisoners there. While there Is
perhaps demand for additional room.
conditions are as perfect there as Is
possible in a penal institution" The
governor said there is absolutely no
foundation for the report published in
Denver paper that two attempts
| were made to wreck the executive
train between Cripple Greek and Den
yer.
Stations for the distribution OF anti
toxin are to be established in Denver
and Sallda by the State Board OF
Health The board will pay express
charges and telegraphic charges when
the anntoxin is ordered by physicians.
or course the physicians will have to
pay for what they order. but It is tho
idea OF DIR. c.. e. Cooper of the board
OF health to place the preparation with
In reach of all Of the physicians in the
state. The stations will be at drug
stores in Denver and Salida. and all
physicians of the state will receive no.
tice shortly as to what druggists will
be ready to forward the antitoxin un-
der the instructions from the board of
health. OF the 500 typhoid fever cases
reported in Leadville to the State
Board OF health there were only
twenty-six deaths. This is regarded as
a small mortality, considering the num-
Der Of cases.
A conference between State Auditor
Ilolmberg and Governor Peabody yes
terday CFebruary 18th regarding the
forthcoming meeting Of the county as
SCISSORS of the state resulted in fixing
March Goth as the probable
date, and the meetings will no doubt
be held in the Senate chamber.
II has been thought best by the Board
of Equalization to call this meeting be-
fore 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
committee, which consists of II. r.
Leese, James Cowie am Auditor Holm
berg The counties in question are In
the northeastern portion OF the state.
II 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
after 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
county will be fixed by the middle OF
June.-Denver Republican.
The sick list OF the state officials
and employees has been a long one dur
ing the past two weeks. says the Den
yer News of February 18th. From se-
we're colds to serious malady has the
affiction ranged. overheating of the
building was said to have caused the
former and so frequent were such
complaints that the board OF capitol
managers ordered that two OF the boil
ers be shut down. This serves a dou-
BILE purpose In that the state is saved
the expense Of many tons OF coal
which are required to heat the state
house. II. II. werley, in the office OF
| Secretary OF State Cowie. is suffering