Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-01

a petition Before the governor asking
that he appointa committee of three,
to Investigate the asy-
lum at Pueblo.
Thomas Lockhart of Pueblo, aged
"a, swallowed the contents of two
ounce phial of carbolic acid by mis-
taking it for bottle of medicine. His
condition is serious.
Mrs. Annie Cook, a domestic in Den
yer, remarked that life was not worth
living and her mistress. in the way
of a Joke. banded her, some strychnine.-
which she swallowed before she could
be prevented Her death followed 9f
Foxhall Keene, millionaire polo play.
er and owner of one OF the finest
strings of horses in the country, was
a guest oil Tuesday of General Bulke-
ley Wells at Grand Junction.
Thomas Gray of Trinidad, saloon
keeper, 60 years old, took carbolic acid
with suicidal intent. Suffering terri
BILE pain and evidently thinking that
the acid would not accomplish its pnr-
pose. he took 40 caliber revolver
and literally blew off his head. He
was despondent He had no relatives =,
there, afE
Harry Dowell, formerly ps incipai of
the Victor schools, has a SNOWFALL
hush in his yard in; Grseiey upon
which three fcarills Of the blossoms
are bright scarlet. Ii has attracted
much attention but the owner refuses
10 divulge his process, saying only lnat
the blossoms have not been dyed or
sprayed.
The Journal says that during the
month of April more than S207 900 in
gold retorts was shipped from Tellu-
ride to the Denver mint-this exclu-
sively of the crude ore and concentrate
shipments which shrewd guessers say
will run the total close to half
million, and more than this including
Ophir and Sawpit.
Six Greeley business men, happy
over the rain of Saturday and Sunday.
have computed that the fall, which
was 2.75 inches in the Greeley district,
means that each acre received 315 tons
of water and that, If the entire rain
fall in this district, estimated as com
ing from height of / 500 feet, had
fallen on one acre. II would have gen
Grated 10000 horse power.
A body of ore eighteen inches thick
| and assayins sixteen ounces gold and
| iOi ounces silver is reputed discovered
in the American Nettie mine at Ouray.
| The property has been operated by
lessees for several years and the own
ers had supposed all the big ore shoots
had been exhausted. The report of
this rich discovery has created in
tense excitement.
| A freight of eighteen cars of coal
and three of lumber, was wrecked five
miles west of Las Animas Tuesday
morning, the cars We're splintered into
kindling wood. The wreck was caused
| by hot box. Passenger trains Nos.
!, 3, and . were held here until
nearly noon until temporary track
could be built around the wreck. No
one was hurt but the damage WAS
about $4,000.
Specimens of buffalo grass and blue
grass, five feet high, grown without
irrigation on perfectly arid soil. have
been presented to Mrs. Martha Shute,
secretary of the state board of horti-
culture, for exhibition purposes. Ira
House of S25 Wyandott street, the
donator, said the grass was grown on
desert public land just north of Keen
esburg Weld county thirty miles from
Denver on the Burlington road. The
roots of the grass are from two TO
three feet long.
Governor Buchtel has issued an or.
der appointing Henry Watson, the new
department commander of the Colo
rado and Wyoming G. A. r., an ex-
officio member of the soldiers and sail
ors home. 1t requires an order from
the governor to make it complete
When this was discovered those who
have been backing John w. Wingate
4 wondered II the governor would have
issued the order had they elected him.
1t seems that the governor held
trump car even in that little scrap and
even il he had been defeated at Fort
Collins.
/ Governor Buchtel has granted the
request of California authorities and
VIII grant parole to George Voortan.
alias Fred Howard so that he may be
tried for murder. The governor says
If the fellow does not hang he viii
revoke the parole: About six months
ago Voorten was sSent up from Pue-
bio for forgery. Wb.An the prison Eu-
thorities distribute his photo the Cali
tornia people recognized him as Fred
Howard. one of the let \as of Jail
break AT Folsom penitentiary about
three years ago. There we're thirteen
prisoners connected with the jailbreak.
They killed two guards. Since then
twelve of the prisoners have been
hung and Voorten was the only one
not yet captured. AS soon as the Cali
fornia authorities saw his picture and
I.aax Il IL.