The Dolores star., 1904-03-11
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

Governor Peabody recently issued
requisition papers on the governor of
Kansas for the delivery of William H.
Granstaf to Deputy Sheriff James II.
rrlsDie OF Prowers county Granstaff
was under arrest at Hiawatha, Kan
sas. for bigamy
| several hundred yards OF new car
pets direct from the government car
pet factory at Washington, ID. c., re-
Gently arrived at the Federal building
and VIII be fitted at once to the rooms
! or the postmaster, the marshal's Of
nee and to several other offices in the
building
Paul Wilson. commissioner in chief
OF the Worlds Fair Board, left Denver
March Sd for ST. Louis, where he will
remain until after the opening of the
exposition. He will at once make ar
rangements for the opening of Colo
rado headquarters at 800 Washington
boulevard.
The actual figures accruing to the Of
fice OF Secretary of State James Cowie
as charges for annual reports and ar
ticles of incorporation during the
month of February, is S12,920.50, show
ing considerable increase over the pre-
vious month. The state insurance de-
! partment has taken in $152 900 in fees
since December 1st.
A writ of supersedeas was filed in
the Supreme Court, March 1st
in the case of Jacob Zip
perlan. charged with the muir
der OF Matt Lutsinger. a Durango cat
tleman. The murder appears to have
been one of the most brutal in the his
| tOry 10 G at trio
convicted and sentenced for life. His
attorneys seek to have the evidence re-
viewed, claiming some sixty errors in
the conduct of the trial.
At the Office OF the secretary of state
collections have been large for some
time, the average receipts being over
$1,000 day. This money represents
fees paid for the filing of annual re-
ports by the corporations of the state
The annual report law was enacted in
1901. but this is the first year that it's
results have been seen to such good
advantage. 1t is estimated that the
revenue from this source the present
year will amount to about 100000.
The anual report of the Colorado
Telephone Company filed with Secre-
tary of State James A. Cowie, shows
that the total holdings of the company
are valued at $4,S9O, ,426.30. The in
debtedness of the concern is placed at
| S292, ,474.O7. In Colorado the company
has 1O3 exchanges and S96 toll stations
and the value of the equipment is
placed at $S45 ,019.42. The Underground
conduits are valued at $lS4, 4,S93.G9,
and the cables Underground at $685.
S93.S4.
Attorney General Coleman an
nounces that the Colorado Kansas liti-
CATION regarding the water in the Ar
kansas river will come up in the Unit
ed States Supreme Court in April. He
/ expects that special master will be
appointed to take testimony from both
| sides and that final disposition OF
the suit will not be made for several
months. The testimony will involve
the flow of the Arkansas river in Colo
rado, both before irrigation was start
ed and at present.
An order has been issued by Gov.
ernor Peabody, commander-in-c of
the National Guard through Ad., Gen.
Sherman Bell. calling for an inspec-
tion of the National Guard of Colora-
do. under the provisions of the mill
tary act of 1902, by an officer of the
United States army, to take place be-
tween March 21st and April 18th. The
orders demand that immediate and
thorough preparation for this inspec-
tion be made by all officers and enlist
ed men of the National Guard.
Insurance Commissioner Frank S.
Tesch announces that his department
expects an increase in collections this
year of over $4,000 over last year.
| rrl, Of ha bot M
cember 1st, but already the insurance
/ department has collected approximate
ly $152,O0O in fees and taxes, almost
as much as was taken in during the
whole of last year. The receipts of
the department last year approximate
1y were $155,0O0. Several more COM
panies are to be heard from and it is
expected that the increase in the in.
| surance business in Colorado will
mean an addition to the funds of the
state of over $4,000 more than in the
previous fiscal year.
pleted between the Colorado Worlds
Fair Board and the Colorado Promo
tion and Publicity Committee. the lat
ter will supply the board with vast
amounts of Colorado literature to be
distributed from the Colorado head
quarters at the fair. The committee
has already arranged to maintain a
branch bureau at the fair for this pur-
pose, but the board is desirous, as we'll.
of helping in this work, and Secretary
Parker and Commissoner-in-C Chief
Paul Wilson have completed the
terms by which thousands of books
and pamphlets which the committees
special writer's are now preparing, will
be given to the people of the world at
the Colorado headquarters. The con-
summation of this plan insures, not
/ only a complete cooperation of these
two organizations at the fair. but the
most thorough advertising of Colorado
that is possible at the great exposi-
tion. The books and pamphlets that
| have heen ordered to be preDared by