The Colorado statesman., 1913-04-05

May.-State Council, ]. o. U. A. NJ. at
June 17-19.-National Press Association
Meeting at Colorado Springs.
June.-German funniest at Denver.
Conyention at Greeley.
ug.-Thirty-second Trennial Con-
clave of knights Templar, Denver.
Aug. 26.-Knights of Pythias Grand
Lodge Meeting at Trinidad.
Oct 21.-Coiorauo State Baptist Asso-
citation at Pueblo.
The late Max Kuner of Denver left
an estate worth $4,000.
The Colorado relief fund for the
flood sufferers now amounts to over
$4,000.
Kersey farmers will try growing
spuds again this year and have sent
men to Wisconsin for seed.
Denver is in line for the national
motorcyclists' convention in July.
Chicago is its only competitor.
Mayor Arnold's veto of the Denver
Broadway extension bill was sus-
tanned by the Board of Aldermen.
The board of charities and correc-
berculosis sanatorium at the Denver
county farm.
The State Board of immigration, a
bureau founded to advertise the re-
sources of Colorado, has formally
closed its doors.
Fred Snow, aged nineteen, probably
will die as the result of an accident
while riding on the handle bars of L
motorcycle at Canon City.
Abram j. Randall, the Oldest person
of Georgetown since 1868, celebrated
his ninetieth birthday anniversary.
Denver bankers are a unit in the
opinion that Mr.. Morgan's death will
have no injurious effect on the finan-
cial situation in the country or on
banking generally.
Governor Ammons signed the Hes
bill that transfers the records of
stock brands from the office of the
secretary of state to the department
of livestock inspection.
Austin Morrell, sixteen. year-old son
of Augustin Morrell of Denver, was &C
cidentally shot and killed while hunt
ing with two boy companions three
miles east of Aurora
Pearl Randall, II years old, barely
escaped death yesterday afternoon,
when a motorcycle on which she was
riding crashed into moving freight
train at Colorado Springs.
A suicide, two probably fatal stab
bing affrays, an abduction case and a
near death as the result of motorcy-
Gle accident, is the record of forty
eight hours in Canon City.
The domestic troubles of Thomas
d. Richards, matinee idol Of the
Chocolate Soldier" and Mrs. Martha
Miner Richards, the Denver cafe
singer, will be aired in the Denver
County Court.
At a receivers sale at Boulder the
plant of the Central Colorado Power
Company in Boulder cafion was
bought in for S2,5OO,OO0 by Attorney
William Hodges of Denver, represent
ing the bondholders.
spiritualist and millionaire, who was
near death a few weeks ago and sub
mitted to serious operation in order
that his life might be spared, is on
the road to recovery.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has decided to uphold the rates
proposed by the railroads last Septem-
from eastern points to the Pacific
coast and lowering rates from such
points to Denver.
A check for $3.50 signed by ]. Fos-
ter Symes and made payable to Geo.
w. Barnes, was cashed by the Salt
Lake Security & Trust Company in
Salt Lake early last week. 1t was one
more forgery credited to the maste.'
Jim the Penman" who has procured
over $1,000 in the past two months.
That the city of Denver, through
narrowing and restricting the channel
of Cherry creek was not responsible
for damage incurred from the flood on
July IA, 1912, was the decision of
Judge Perry, in sustaining the de-
murrer to the complaint brought by
the Merchants Biscuit Company,
against the city for flood damages to
its property at S24 West Walnut
street.
Thirty men. and women guests of
the Standish hotel in Denver fled
from their rooms to the street in
night clothes and various stages of
dress in panic caused by fire in
the rear of the Bristol restaurant,
1912 California. Smoke from the blaze
filled the hotel and the guests feared
that structure, too, was on fire. Fire
men extinguished the flames in few
minutes.