The Dolores star., 1904-02-12
COLORADO BRIEFS.

pe in operation within few weeks.
The State Normal School is prepar-
ing large exhibit for the Worlds Fair
Work will soon be commenced on
hve-story addition to st. Joseph's hos
pital in Denver.
Allen +. Alexander, an old resident
| Oh Fremont county and an ex-Confed-
crate soldier, died at Canon City Feb
ruary 5th
Denver's second charter convention
| finished its work February 9Th, having
| completed and adopted charter, and
| adjourned sire die
The business men of Fowler. Otero
| county. met few days ago and organ
lied board of trade. The sum of $500
was subscribed to give it start.
| William Hendricks. bricklayer, was
killed at Denver February 9Th. by a fall
of ninety feet dowr the elevator shaft
| of the Littleton Creamery building.
Arthur Casady. aged ten son of
Harry Casady, treasurer of the Colo
RADIO Commission to the Worlds Fair.
died at Boulder. February 1st, OF
diphtheria.
The appointment of Paul ]. Sours as
postmaster of Denver was confirmed by
| the Senate without delay or debate,
the motion for confirmation being made
by Senator Teller
Two hundred box car loads of pota-
toes shipped from the Greeley district
| during the past few weeks for points in
| Texas, Kansas and Missouri, went
through safely without potato being
| frozen.
Mrs Lena Corwin of Glenwood
.l.-
ago, committed suicide February 9th
by jumping into the Roaring Fork
river. She had for some time shown
evidence of mental arrangement.
| Judge Lindsey. who conducts the ju-
venile Court in Denver says that the
practice of selling cigars, cigarettes and
liquor to minors must be broken up.
even if he has to put every dealer in
the city in Jail to enforce the law.
Joseph l.. Bailey, prominent Dem
yer pioneer. for long time well known
throughout the state as proprietor of
the Bailey corral on Sixteenth street.
died at his home in Denver February
1st, in the sixty ninth year of his age.
Upon the advice of Attorney d. NJ.
Campbell, the members of Company G
of the National Guard at Pueblo de-
cided to make one more plea to Gov
ernor Peabody for settlement of their
claims before instituting a suit against
the state.
Eight hundred students have been
enrolled in the State Normal School at
Greeley this year, of whom 800 are in
the normal department proper, COM
posed of high school and college grad
uates, who are studying the art OF
teaching.
The grass and grain exhibit of Colo
RADIO, collected for the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition at St. Louis. was on
exhibition at Denver on the Sd inst.
and was highly praised by all who
saw it. Colorado will shine as an agri-
cultural state at the big fair
A special feature OF the new press
service of the Colorado Promotion and
Publicity Committee will be the local
and state news service. Every weekly
and daily newspaper in the state, under
the plan, will be given chance TO pub
lish something about Colorado interests
and prospects.
An electric light wire whl>a was
} blown down by the wind storm III
! Denver February 1st occasioned the
death of two young men. Charles
Ormsby and William Daniel, who sim
ultaneously took hold of il to remove it
Ormsby lived with his father and
; mother in Denver and Daniel had re-
Gently came from Butler, Missouri.
The will of Horace NJ. Warner q
philanthropic real estate man who died
! at Denver short time since, leaves q
portion OF his estate of 100000 to be di-
+, vded equally between Colorado College
and Harvard College for the purpose oi
: establishing scholarships for desery-
,, , ing young men and women, regardless
of race, religion, nationality or color
, William NJ. Frey of Arvada commit.
ted suicide February Sd in grove
near the Moffat railroad track, by talk
! ing cyanide of potassium, being driver
to desperation by pain caused by blooc
poisoning from defective teeth. Mr.
Frey was a Grand Army man and {
member of the A. o. u. w. and was
widely known as an expert millwright
r Joseph j. c. Woolcot. who died a
! Denver January 31st, was probably tn,
6 ! lagest man in the state, his weight be
, ing nearly 400 pounds He was vet
, eran of the Civil war and at the time
of his death had charge of the Or
lando flats MIR. Woolcot was fiv,
feet ten inches in height and of enor
nous girth He weighed about 40,
pounds
= Pansy Lee Grant. the 15-year-olt
coored girl who shot and killed hel
, stepfather. Rufus Lee. at the coal mine!
. north of Colorado Springs, and who was
found guilty of assault. vas sentenced
by County Judge Orr to remain in thu
, state home for girls until her 21st year
: This is the first murder trial ever helt
$ in any county court in Colorado undel
/ the new juvenile law.
D Another offer has been made for tn,
4 water system of Colorado Springs. Bos
e ton capitalists proposing to pay $4,000,
600. 1t is not thought that the offe
!. will be considered, and it is also statet
, that neither city council nor the resi-
:. dents of Colorado Springs has authori