Gilpin observer., 1914-12-17
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


to the state militia is being planned by
officers of the guard.
Mrs. Joseph Fels, widow of the late
millionaire soap manufacturer OF
Philadelphia, is Ill at Pueblo.
The miners sent a telegram from
Denver to President Wilson asking
that the federal troops be withdrawn.
For the first time since its incor-
poration, in 1908, the town Of Num-
Is out Of debt, with q small surplus
in the treasury.
Mrs. Martha ]. Cowan, who celebrat-
ed her eightieth birthday last August.
died at the home of her son, H. w.
Cowan in Denver.
Mrs. Anne Valiant Burnett Johnson.
wife Of Charles A. johnson Of Denver,
who died Dec. 2, left an estate valued
at approximately $170.000.
The first two white children born in
Denver attended the twenty-third an
nual banquet and ball given by the
Pioneer Ladies' Aid Society in Denver.
An alleged plot to make wholesale
delivery of prisoners at the state PEN
ftentiary was revealed to Cripple
Creek authorities by officials at Canon
City.
The smallest judgment remembered
in Pueblo county has been granted in
the suit of C. w. Shaver against Lee
Coats, in which Shaver was allowed 40
cents.
Governor-elect Carlson will make
his home in Denver at 111S Downing
street, formerly the residence Of Judge
Lewis Of the United States District
Court.
Despondent over failing health and
financial matters, Rio Grande Station
Agent G. +. Garland of Villa Grove
committed suicide by shooting himself
with shotgun.
Nicholas Metropolis, %, Greek, Is
being held in the Pueblo county jail
as suspect in the killing of the
mother of Greek priest in Salt Lake
City two weeks ago.
Ralph Given, four, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. e. Given, prominent ranch
owners of Mesa county, died from
burns he received when he fell into
tub of scalding water.
George Quinn. slayer Of William r.
Herbertson, was sentenced to death
by Judge Perry of the West Side
Court in Denver, after his petition for
new trial had been denied
Brooding over disappointment in
q recent love affair is given as e rea-
son for the suicide of Chas Hutton,
twenty-five, a mine operator, whose
body was found in his room at La
Plata city, twenty miles from
Durango.
The fifth annual convention of the
Colorado Good Roads Association will
be held in Denver Jan. 20 and 81. fol-
lowing Immediately the meeting of the
State Association of County Commits
sioners, which will be in session Jan
Is and 10.
After a meeting of stockmen and
officers of the stock show company,
held at the Denver Union stockyards,
it was announced that the tenth an
nual National Western Livestock
show would be held at the stadium
| from Jan. is to 23-
The committee in charge of the
plans for holding an Indian pageant
next year says that it has $25,000 at
| its disposal and that syndicate is
ready to underwrite $4,000 more. pro-
vided Denver citizens subscribe an ad-
ditional $25,oO0.
Mai. Gen. Frederick Funston visited
in Denver with friends with whom he
went to college at the University of
Kansas. Funston was on his way to
the Preside at San Francisco. where
he is Fastening in order to see baby
he has never yet held in his arms.
The bulk of her savings of $1,000,
which Mrs. Martha Speer of Denver
spent the last quarter of century in
accommodating, was stolen from its hid
ing place beneath the cover of an old
organ. Only $50 was left to Mrs.
Speer, who is the widow OF an Indian
fighter and a resident of Colorado for
forty-four years.
Edwin w. Benton. twenty-six years
old, dairyman living at 5000 Quebec
street in Denver. was killed when he
was accidentally struck In the neck
by charge from shotgun held in
the hands of his eight-year.old
nephew, Archie Stratton. The acct
dent occurred at the home OF Ben
tons father-in-law. ]. o. Stratton, $500
| Quebec street.
To avoid that provision Of the di
vorce decree which he secured a few
days ago, forbidding him to marry
again within year. Harold H. Shaw
a Boulder teamster, went to Cheyenne
with Miss Hazel Briscoe, the 17.year.
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Briscoe. and was married. The mother
OF the young bride gave her consent
to the ceremony and the couple re-