Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-09

church, preached sermon Sunday
on DO Women Clothes Help to In
crease Mems Temptations"
B. II. Cannon, a peddler, was the
fourth thief to burglarize Hill's sa.
loon in Denver He was caught in
the act Mr. Hill thinks the burglars
have pick on him
Frank Gelonardi. a miner of Trim
idad was mistaken for rabbit by
Antonio Rosetti and shot and instant
ly killed. Gelonardi was kicking a
pile Of brush, and his partner on the
other side thought it was a rabbit.
The Asiatic Exclusion league OF
Denver will forward petitions to Colo
radios members of CONGRESS- to have
them take steps to prevent the yell
low peril from further invasion of
America.
The contest by the government
against ranchers for several thousand
acres of land near Trinidad was com
menced Monday. The government al
leges that the land was taken up
fraudulently.
Timothy J. Collins is sueing the
Florence & Cripple Creek road for
$4,000 damages. He was struck on
the head with q maui in the hands
of section hand while at work on
the section. and partially paralyzed.
A small boy ran onto four masked
men in Pueblo, supposed to be lying
in wait for John Rushmere, a jeweler
Monday night. The boy was badly
frightened and ran. He was com
manded TO stop, but ran all the faster.
The holdups took fright and hid out
Eaton has just paid the last $1,000
of debt incurred for the building of
a sewer system. Other improvements
are planned for the town. Eaton
farmers are feeding thousands of cat
tie and sheep and have made nearly
all their shipments in the high mar
ket.
Gus Mathews, who is charged with
killing Frank Smith in Pueblo, Jan
16, 1906. was arrested Sunday in Los
Angeles. Chief of Police McCafferty
of Pueblo received message from
Los Angeles saying that Mathews has
admitted his identity, but will not
come without requisition. Both Math-
ews and Smith are colored.
George j. Kindel finds puzzle
which he is unable to solve In the
new classification of rates for Colo
rado common points, issued by the
Southern Pacific and the Morgan
Steamship line, and Mr.. Kindel asks
%. H. Hartman a number Of Ques-
tions, the answers to which will be
eagerly looked for by large shippers.
The Grand Junction News urges
the appointment of a desk police of
ficer so there will always be one at
the office at night to answer calls for
the police. The News says there is
hardly night that someone does not
want policeman and 1t is necessary
to call or chase all over town some
/ times in order TO find one
| Contrary to all expectations, the
state supreme court on Monday failed
to render a decision in the railroad
case. About 40 cases of minor i'm
portance were disposed of the first
day, some of which were sent back TO
the lower courts for retrial. The
most important case disposed of was
the Canon City Elks' club case. The
Canon City council had passed an or
dinance declaring all places where
liquor was sold a nuisance. The oflic.
ers at Canon City undertook to sum
marily close the club because liquor
was sold The club secured an in.
junction on the ground that the ofiic
ers should close 1t through the courts,
If at all, and that 1t must be proven
that the club is nuisance in the
court before II can be closed. The
supreme court upheld the decision OF
the lower court and specifically stated
that II was not passing upon the right
of the club to sell liquor or the right
of the city to enact It's ordinance, but
simply that the city did not go about
the enforcement of It's ordinance IN
the right manner. Under the decis
ion 1t would be impossible for the po
lice authorities to close any place
without first going to court to do 1t