The Springfield herald., 1904-04-15
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Denver next Fourth of July. The
statue is ten feet in height.
On East,r Sunday the Twenty-thirt
Avenue Presbyterian church of Den
ver celebrated it's twepty-iirst aAni-
veisary ana ldised $4,000 TO pay on It's
Indebtedness.
The Baird House at Durango, for
merly used as hotel. but OF late rent
ed to housekeepers, was burned on the
afternoon of April 9th, leaving eleven
families homeless.
Mrs. Mary Gillispie. who died in the
county hospital at Denver lew days
ago at the age of e!shty-siX. was dur
ing her life time the mother OF titeen
pairs OF twins.
Louis X. Blackstock, proprietor OF
the Blackstock hotel at Fort Collins,
died on the 9th inst as the result OF
surgical operation performed 1ew
days before in Denver.
The State University has begun the
publication of new periodical eSltled
THE University of Colorado Mes.caI
Studies" 1t is proposed to make II I
high-class rledical journal.
Winfield S. Hughes charged with the
cmbezzlement of 81. l64 while acting as
clerk in the city water department at
Colorado Springs. has been bound over
for trial in the District Court
Dr. Rose, a wellknown veterinary
surgeon of Salida, was found dead IN
his room on the night of April 3rd.
coroner's jury decided that his death
was occasioned by heart failure.
Texas Colorado railways will arrange
low excursion rate from various
places in Texas to St. Louis via Colo
10, ,;,r;, tn,t "a chance
visit the mountains and cool off going
OIL coming.
The statements of the two national
Eanks and one savings bank in Trini-
dad show that the total resources are
$25S2 .O75, and deposits aggregating 81
sO9, ,OSO. One of these banks has 400
individual depositors.
Col L. c. Ellsworth. one OF the pio-
neers and most prominent citizens OF
Denver, having taken a leading part
in many important public enterprises,
died at his home in Denver April 9th
from paralysis.
1t is stated that Mary Rouse. the
twelye-year- old girl who accidentlly
shot herself in the neck at Brecken-
ridge, and who was taken to Denver
hospital where the bullet was extract
ed. is doing well and will recover.
Little EtheIyn McGill, the three-year-
old daughter of Representative ana
Mrs. e. ID. McGill of Wray, was badly
bitten by two vicious hogs a few days
sincc. but her injuries were not con-
sdered dangerous.
DR.. N. X. Morris and Frank A.
Knight propose to erect mill IN Dem
yer for the treatment of fulier's earth,
which they will procure from a rahch
near Akron. where the deposit is said
to be of exceptional purity.
Prof. +. r. Wolcott of the State
School of Mines has found evidences OF
iridium in the hot mineral waters OF
Glenwood springs. He says the radio
activity of the waters is greater than
that of any that he has previously test
ed.
William Danner has just been elected
secretary of the Young Mems Christian
Association at Denver for the seventh
consecutive term. His work in connec-
tion with the establishment of the
health farm near Denver is attracting
national attention.
The knights of Maccabees OF the,
World, at their state convention In
Denver elected j. A. Griffin of Denver
state commander for the coming three
elected Mrs. Murrea Marvin of DenTer
as state commander
At Breckenridge on the 4th inst
Mary Rouse, aged twelve years, acci-
dentally shot herself with a revolver,
receiving dangerous wound. On ad-
vice of her physician she was immedi-
ately sent to st. Luke's hospital at
Denver for treatment.
The federal grand jury at Pueblo
made its report to Judge Hallett on the
9th inst, and returned twenty-one in
dictments. Most of them are revenue
and timber trespass cases. Only a few
names of those indicted were given out.
because pany arrests have not been
made.
The Anti-Saloon League at Colorado
Springs is proceeding against num-
ber of druggists for the sale of liquor
in quantities less than one quart. One
of the druggists, who has been fined to
the extent of 5000 has appealed five
| cases from the Police Court to the
| County Court.
Jimmy Brennan. known as the her
init of Independence. who had lived
| alone for twenty years in a cabin at the
old mining camp of Independence, near
| Aspen, was found dead in his cabin a
snort ilfne since, MS Gedtl ilaNluS eNi-
IDENTIFY resulted from natural causes.
| He was about seventy-two years old
and was confederate veteran.
1t is said that DR.. C. o. Rice is con-
| fined in jail at Ashland, Virginia, for
/ safe keeping as a result of his behavior
| there several days ago. DR.. Rice shot
| and killed Policeman Silas Marts in
| Pueblo recently while in an intoxicated
| condition. He was cleared of the
| charge on plea of insanity and left
Pueblo in charge of his wife several
| weeks ago
Gen. John w Browning of Denver,
who died on the 9TH inst at Mobile,
Alabama. served in the National Guard
| of Colorado from 1887 to 1901 and was
| promoted to the rank of brigadier gen.
eral November 3, 1898. Adjutant Cen
eral Bell has issued an order requiring
the officers of the guard to wear the
usual badge of mourning for thirty
| days in honor of the memory of Gen
| eral Browning
Dr. L. p. McHugh, mayor of Fort Col
| Inns, and r. l.. McCulloch, also of Fort
| Collins apDeaIed before the county