The Glenwood post., 1904-02-27
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

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Board the bill of the Pueblo soldiers
for $1,000 for loss of clothing and
equipment was denied and the secre-
tary of the board was instructed to in
form the attorney for the soldiers OF
the action taken.
The Board of Capitol Managers re-
Gently ordered LOO feet of fire hose
At cost of $511. 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 inflammable materia!
collected by the State Historical So
ciety.
On the 18th inst Governor Peabody
appointed two new colonies to fill va
cancies on his staff made by death.
A. R. Rollestone of Victor and James
Doyle of Denver were named.
Through the deaths of Colonel Grey
deneSmith 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 a
| 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
31st by the State Board of Health
shows an increase of forty-seven cases
of diphtheria and 44S cases of typhoid
fever over last months statistics The
| epidemic of typhoid fever which broke
| ont in | anlvilIa hptwppn Ilpcam her pnth
| and January 10th shows a total num-
| Der of cases as 450 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
| pletey disinfected 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
penitentiary at Canon City. THE pen
itentiary is overcrowded, 1t is true"
he said but not so crowded as it 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 Creek and Den
yer.
| Stations for the distribution of anti
toxin are to be established in Denver
and Salda by the State Board OF
Health. The board will pay express
charges and Geographic charges when
the antitoxin is ordered by physicians.
| OF course, the physicians will have to
pay for what they order but it is the
idea of Dr. 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
Holmberg and Governor Peabody yes
terday February 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
1t 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 r. R.
Leese James Cowie and Auditor Holm
berg The counties in question are in
the northeastern portion of the state.
1t 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..
SdII oWtISOH, lOuHueI Vi Tie I'LL
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 long one dur
: ing the past two weeks. says the Den
yer News of February 18TH From Sc
we're colds to serious malady has the
affection 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 dou-
Bile purpose in that the state is saved
the expense of many tons of coal
which are required to heat the state