The Colorado statesman., 1913-03-01

Convention at Greeley.
Oct. 21-Colorado state Baptist Associ-
alton at Pueblo.
The mercury dropped to 8 below
zero at Pueblo Sunday.
Fire at Segil Brothers dry goods
store in Cripple Creek caused a loss
of $4,000, fully covered by insurance.
Mayor Arnold has named Arnold
Bloedt as successor to former Alder
man O'Driscoll of the Sixth ward in
Denver.
Mrs. Helen R. Grenfel has been ap-
pointed to succeed herself as mem
Der of the State Board of Penitentiary
Managers.
John w. Shrock, Denver pioneer.
who died February 16, left an estate
valued at $151, 900, according to an
inventory filed in the county court.
The "Gideons," a travelling sales
mans Christian association, is maxi
ing a vigorous. effort to bring the 1914
convention of this organization to
Denver.
George NJ. Piper, known to Denver
hardware dealers, is seeking parole
from the Indiana state penitentiary,
according to information received by
District Attorney John Rush.
Edwin Gaylord, well known and
wealthy race horse and mining man
of Denver and Cripple Creek, and
Mrs. Florence Burke of Cripple Creek,
were married in Ogalalla, Neb.
Little interest was shown in the
charter election at Colorado City. The
proposed measure for commission gov
ernment won by 497 to lat. The nor
NAL voting population is 1900.
"Annie Rooney" also known as
Mary Ryan, who held the record OF
having been arrested more times than
any other woman in Denver, was
killed by a Burlington switch engine.
Harold F. Henwood was set at lib
erty on the charge of killing Sylvester
Won Phul May "a, 1911, in an opinion
handed down by Judge Charles c.
Butler in the West Side Court of Den.
yer.
DIR. L. G. Crosby of Wray, DR.. A
w. Scott of Fort Collins, and H. F.
Meryweather of Denver, have been
named by Governor Ammons as mem
bers of the state board of health for
sixryear terms.
The Denver Trades and Labor AS
sembly went on record as opposed to
war and militarism in every form, and
specifically against armed interven-
tion by the United States in the af-
fairs of Mexico.
Twenty head of cattle were crushed
to death and Alfred Pipes, owner, mar
rowly escaped death in a snowslide.
Three buildings, including the home.
were destroyed. The loss is estimat-
ed at about sS,000
Thieves broke into the Van Horn
Drug Company store at Grand juno
ton and stripped the place of all the
morphine, cocaine, whiskey and other
drugs they could find. They also took
about 5000 in cash.
The Denver mint has started work
on the new 1918 nickels and is turning
out an average of $4,000 a day. The
new coin far surpasses the old one in
beauty, having on one side an Indian
head and the figure of a buffalo on
the opposite.
An unidentified man and woman at
tempted the life of a 17-year-old boy
in the Italian colony of North Denver,
by shooting him after having beaten
him into helplessness. The boy,
Harry McAndrews, son of c. H. Nc
Andrews, is in serious condition.
Twenty-four carloads of army equip
ment from Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.,
with a detachment of the Eleventh in
fantry, passed through Denver en-
route for Texas City, Texas, in re-
sponse to the call to the border line
of, Mexico. Lieutenant C. E. Della
plane was in charge, aided by Lieuten-
ant William j. Conally.
Word has been received at Colora-
do Springs of the death OF G. F.
Daynes at Washington, d. C. He was
76 years old, and is believed to have
been the last survivor of the 600 who
made the famous cavalry charge in
the battle of Balaklava, in the Grim
can war Prior to eighteen months
ago Daynes had lived in Colorado
Springs a number of years.
Christian Bisgaard, a porter, living
at 1926 Thirty-fifth street, Denver,
was scrubbing the floor of the Symes
building, when he received word from
the Danish consul that SS0,900 in cash
was awaiting him from the settlement
of his fathers and sisters estates in
Copenhagen. Mr. Bisgaard went
to the consul's office and received
part of the money. He placed the
checks in a bank and went back to
work.
George ]. Kindel, one of Colorado's