Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
COLORADO BRIEF S.


fornia
Alien +. Alexander, an old resident
OF Fremont county and an eS-confed-
crate soldier. died at Canon CITY Feb
| ruary 9th.
Denyer's second charter convention
/ finished its work February 9Th. having
completed and adopted charter, and
| adjourned sine die.
The business men OF Fowler. Otero
county. met few days ago and organ
lied a board of trade. The sum Of s5uo
| was subscribed to give IL a start.
William Hendricks. a bricklayer, was
| killed at Denye. February 9th. by fall
of ninety feet down the elevator shaft
| of the Litjletou Creamery building.
The appointment of Paul j. Sours as
postmaster of Denver was confirmed by
i the Senate without delay OF debate.
The motion for confirmation being made
| by Senator Teller.
/ ihe loss OF many valuable dogs In
Grand Junction by poisoning has in
uueed the mayor and the Humane So
ciety to offer rewards for the detection
Of the poisoner,
City Physician c. F. Taylor OF Pu-
ebio has discovered typhoid fever
germs in the water of the Arkansas
river and advises consumers to boil the
water before drinking 1t.
Two hundred box car loads of pota-
toes shipped from the Greeley district
during the past few weeks ior points in
| Texas. Kansas and Missouri. went
! through safely without potato being
frozen.
he Colorado promotion and pub
iicity committee is now installed in its
new headquarters at sl3 Seventeenth
street, Denver. where Secretary Thorn
as ID. Parker is already beginning to
send out advertising literature
Srs- Lena Corwin of Glenwood
| Springs .hose husband died a year
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-
senile Court In Denver. says that the
practice Of selling cigars. cigarettes and
liquor TO minors must be broken up.
even II he has to put every dealer in
The city In Jail to enforce the law.
DR. Charles o. Rice Of Pueblo. who
was acquitted of the murder OF Police
man Narts on the plea Of insanity and
afterward confined at the Moodcraft
5anitarium. has been given into the
custody OF his wife to be removed 70
lower altitude.
The effort TO Incorporate a saloon
town between Fort Collins and the
sugar factory has failed. not enough
names having been signed TO the pet-
ion The proposed town Was 10 have
been called buckingham. so much
for Buckingham"
A special feature Of the new press
service of the Colorado Promotion aud
Publicity Committee will be the local
ana state news service Every weekly
and daily newspaper in the state. under
he plan. will he given chance TO pub
ish something about Colorado Interests
and prospects
State Superintendent OF Instruction
Mrs Helen NJ Crenfell has accepted an
invitation to attend the convention ol
the National Association at Atlanta.
Georgia. which conYenes in that city
| in March She wifi deliver an address
bn Increasing the Efficiency OF the
| Rural Schools"
The Otero County Stock Growers
Association held It's annual meeting at
La Junta February 9Th and elected the
following officers: J. Watson. presl-
dent: NJ. A. Lee, secretary. and Charles
Reynolds. vice president. Twelve dele
gates were elected 10 attend the annual
meeting OF the state association TO be
held In Denver in March
Dean A. c. Peck of Denver preached
In the First NJ l.. Church at Colorado
Springs on Sunday the eth inst. and
raised $500 with which 10 open the Pro
fes;ant hospital. Though valued az
SIS 600. the hospital was sold TO the
Woman's Home Missionary Society Of
the Methodist Church for 81 900 BY the
Deaeoness Society Of Chicago
William NJ. Frey OF Aryada commit
ted suicide February I'D in grove
near the Moffat railroad track. by TAX
ing cyanide of potassium. being driven
to desperation by pain caused by blood
I poisoning from defective teeth. Mr..
Frey was a Grand Army man and
! member Of the A. o. t. w. and was
widely known as an expert millwright-
/ According to statement issued by
Secretary William D. Haywood of the
| Western Federation Of Miners. the con-
tributions TO the eight-hour strike fund
received up TO January /. 1904. amount
10 SO O97. 50. OF this sum the locals of
| the Western Federation of Miners do
mated s22 563 81 Exclusive OF assess
ments). while other unions have con
tributed s22. .534.i5.
Pansy Lee Grant. the l5-year-oid
coiored girl who shot and killed her
stepfather Rufus Lee. at the coal mines
north Of Colorado Springs, and who was
found guilty of assault, was sentenced
nv County Judge Orr to remain In the
state home for girls until her 21st year
| rbie is the first murder trial ever held
/ in any~ county court IN Colorado under
the new juvenile law.
Rev. b. F. Moore, who established In
| Canon City in 1867 the First Cumber-
| land Presbyterian Church in the West
| was run over and killed by a Rio
| Grande passenger train at Cotopaxi.