The Colorado statesman., 1905-10-21
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Denver people are not all supersti-
t1ous. Four marriage licenses were
taken out on Friday, the 18th inst.
Lewis II. Breeze, assessor of Mesa
county, died on the 18th inst. after four
months illness from appendicitis.
Martin u. Turpin. who died at Lead
vile on the 18th inst, was Civil War
veteran and one of the pioneers of
the camp.
The Ell Paso County Horticultural So
ciety has selected August 22d, Esd and
Gath of next year for the next annual
flower show.
The Denver Republican says that
Joel F. Vaile will be candidate be-
fore the next Legislature for election
to the United States Senate.
George Gouson, a Denver dairyman,
had his house burned a few days ago.
and with it 5000 in money that he had
been unwilling to trust to the banks.
Andy Adams, the famous cowboy
author of Colorado Springs, will
shortly issue new book, Cattle
Brands" dealing with his own Texas
range experiences.
Alvin Cummins, who escaped from
the State Reformatory at Buena Vista,
September 10th, was recaptured at st.
Louis and brought back by Deputy
Warden Richard L. Shaw.
Frank Buster, charged with the mur.
der of Martin O'Connor at Victor III
April last, has been released and the
case against him dismissed, there being
no evidence to warrant trial.
Isaac N. Reed, well-known resi-
dent of Denver and Chicago, died in
Chicago October 5th. Mr.. Reed was
publisher in Chicago and a man of
considerable wealth, having real es-
tate in Colorado and California.
The 1000 acre ranch of the Earl of
Dunraven in Estes Park has been pur-
chased by Miller Porter of Denver, to-
gether with hotel, cottages and live
stock on the place. The price is said
to be 100000.
John Doyle. employed in the rail
mill at the Bessemer steel works, was
drawn into the machinery and in
stantly killed. He was twenty-five
years of age, unmarried, and had for
merly lived in Denver.
Patrick Horan, an old soldier, who
came to Denver from Omaha for the
G. A. r. encampment, and was sup
posed to have been missing, has been
located He has written friends in
Omaha from Evansville, Ind
Judge Malone of the District Court
at Denver will bar professional jurors.
He has issued an order that persons
who have served on juries during the
year shall not be eligible for further
service until the year expires.
The Colorado delegation in Congress
will use every effort next winter to
obtain an appropriation for new post
Office and federal building in Denver
and to secure an enlargement of the
accommodations at Fort Logan.
Judge ]. c. Abbott, aged about sixty
five years, an old-timer of the San
Juan country, was found dead in his
bed at the Hoffman House at Silverton
| on the morning of the 10th inst, death
having been caused from heart fail
ure.
James w. Wilson, who was injured
by street car at Pueblo in February
of last year, has been awarded a 1udg-
ment of $4,000 damages agains. the
Pueblo and Suburban Traction and
Lighting Company. The case will be
appealed.
DR.. Hugh Taylor, secretary of the
state board of health, has appointed
Miss Grace Courtney and Miss A. l..
Hartner to compile the mortality sta
tistics for Colorado for 1906, TO be
used in the next United States cen
sus bulletin.
The naval recruiting station in Den
yer has just been closed after gather
ing in forty-six physically perfect
young men. Three-fourths of all those
who offered to enlist stood the examin-
of I,i
uncommonly large percentage.
The first report of the new Weather
Bureau station at Lake Moraine, on
Pixies Peak, 10000 feet above sea
level, was issued October 18th. The
instruments were imported from
France through the generosity of Gen.
w. ]. Palmer.
Colorado militiamen are to be trained
in athletics. Sergeant Mckay of Troop
c, First squadron cavalry. has been as
signed to conduct the athletic work.
He will visit the various armories and
put the men through training exer-
cises. This will include various forms
of athletics. leaping, running, sword
exercises, etc.
Through the generosity of Simon
Guggenheim the State University has
acquired an important set of plants
from Routt county-a region hitherto
little known to botanists. He re-
Gently placed sum of money at the
disposal of the regents for the pur-
chase of museum specimens and the
collection of plants.
Aaron Cove, the widely-known for
mer superintendent of Denver schools,
recently yeturned from the Philippines,
where he spent several months in in
vestigating the prospects of the cane
sugar industry. Mr.. Cove thinks sugar
can be made there so cheaply that it
will eventually prove serious menace
to the makers of beet sugar in this