Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-31

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n Indians. This order comes as n We
come Christmas gift to the settler
N aud stock raisers OF that section, WI
/ had protested vehemenuy against th
e inclusion of this vast area In the NJ
I vajo reservation
r owen Fitzpatrick, a Rio Grande ell
4 gineer, committed suicide at Gran
:, junction Christmas night, by putin
: a bullet through his brain. dying IL
: stantly He had been out OF work. ov
ing to i'll health and was In straightai
ed circumstances. Not cent wa
} found on his person. but valuabl
gold watch was in his pocket. He LEI
no message of farewell or explanation
On the mantel was note which read
We want you to come home for Chris
mas.-FATHER AND MOTHER"
The first number OF La Follettei
Weekly as the publication which ths
Wisconsin senator intends to Issue
VIII be known, will be out about
January list. Mr.. La Toilette is find
Ing that Mr.. Bryan with the Commonei
has no easy job and is hustline for
copy. He intends to make the initial
number characteristic and an appeal
to the reformer's heart. The senator
has gone through good many nerve.
racking experiences, but this Is the
first time he has tried to be a real
live editor. He says his work is filled
with more grief than imagined. but
he thinks he will be repaid.
For the Advancement OF medical and
| surgical science. twenty monkeys. i'm.
portde very recently from the tropics,
are about TO be sacrificed at the Geo.
Washington University laboratory. The
monkeys are to be killed one by one
and their brains preserved and sub.
jected to the closest of microscopic
| examination, SO that the growth or de
terioration of their brain cells may be
observed by the watching specialists
In this way It is hoped to discover
to what extent the brain of a mon.
key is capable Of development. and
wonderful results are confidently ex,
pected by medical science.
During the four and one-half months
Intervening between July 18th and No.
vember 81 last, the resources of the
state. private and savings banks and
the trust companies of Colorado, In.
creased s2,702,15S. In July the re.
sources amounted to s29,907,143, while
In November they had grown to sS2,
610,30l According TO the last call of
State Bank Commissioner Beatty, the
resources of the state banks amounted
to $9.93s.962; those of private banks,
to $6Il3,2iS; trust companies. $i2, ,lS2,-
ils; savings banks $4,S75.9si The to-
tai surplus funds for the various insti-
tutions amounted to sgs9,o93, an in.
crease OF more than s13.13s
Leaving his wife to face saddened
| Christmas alone, Thomas SamlIn, aged
20. committed suicide by shooting him.
self through the head Christmas Eve in
Denver, just after his young wife had
taken him 10 the parlor to show him
the presents which they had received.
Hamlin had returned to his home
about $3.50 o'clock after searching in
vain throughout the day for work. His
wife, determined to cheer him up at
least on Christmas Eve, met him at the
door. and grasping him by the hand
dragged him into the parlor and there
exhibited to him the peresents, which
had come to them. Without word
Hamlln went to the bed room. opened
suit case, and taking out revolver
shot himself through the right tenn
pie.
David Wolput and Asa Sterling, pi
| oneers Of Colorado OF As years ago,
have Just held reunion at Greeley
for the first time since the fall OF
1860. when both were working on a
ran ch near Denver. Wolput. who is
well-to-do finally purchased ranch
! near the one on which he first worked
and on which he has lived continu-
! ously since 1860. The Indians caused
the separation OF the men. the savages
attacking the ranch at night and driv-
ing off all the stock. leaving the two
without Job. Sterling came to the
Poudre valley with his earnings
bought the nucleus OF herd, which he
held for 25 years and which made
him one OF the richest men In Weld
county.
New York is soon TO produce win
ter garden and a skating rink 800 feet
In the air. II will be on the roof ol
the new Fifth Avenue Office building
which is rising on the site OF the ole
Fifth Avenue Hotel and which will bs
ready for occupancy on May LIST. viii
the exception of the Metropolitan Life
1, will be the largest office building II
the world and the roof, where the no
vel garden will be established will
have an area of 36.G50 square feet
Suggestion that the great space be utl
lied as an outdoor skating rink. wa
made by NJ. ]. Mereler OF Montreal. II
is confident that even SO large a spac
= as that on the Fifth avenue roof. ma
be kept In proper shape for skatin
| for thrao and perhano four ,noptho 4