The state herald., 1915-12-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
'ertern Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS,


Colorado Poultry Fanciers' Associa-
tion at Denver.
Jan. 17-l9.--Meeting Colorado Retail
Groeers and Butchers Association
Jan. 19.--Sixth Annual Convention of
Colo Good Roads Assn at Denver.
Jan. I6-22.-western Live Stock show
March 2o-Aprii &C Retail
Merchants Associations Food and
industrial Exposition ut Denver.
Colorado Springs Elks will enter
tain 1000 poor children on Christmas
Day.
Nearly 100000 Christmas packages
left Denver through the postoffice
Saturday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Leonard, sc years
old, who had been a resident of Colo.
rado twenty-five years, died in Den.
Yer.
Only four cases of diphtheria, ex-
cept those in the Steele hospital, have
been reported to the Denver Health
Department.
The mine strike cases have been
transferred from Trinidad to FL Paso
county for hearing in the Fourth Ju-
dicial district.
Miss Helen Pratt, 40 years old, and
for 25 years teacher in the Denver
public schools, died suddenly at Park
Avenue hospital
Englewood now has Great White
Way" 1G0 tungstens now lighting her
streets. replacing the fifty-four arc
lights heretofore used.
Two armed bandits beat John ].
Fitzgerald, Denver saloonkeeper,
but were frightened away before they
had obtained anything.
The annual session OF the Farmers
Congress will be held Mt the Colorado
Agricultural College in Fort Collins
during the week C. Jan. 3.
A coroner's jury at Cripple Creek
places tho blame for the death OF
Lawrence Seerey, Dec. 16, on the
Cresson Gold Mining Company.
On the charge OF passing two
worthless checks, C. II. Linn. mine
operator, was arrested by Under
Sheriff Euler OF Boulder in Denver.
E. f Smith Denver Tramway
employ6, risked death to rescue his
three young children when the family
home at Edgewater was destroyed by
fire.
Charles Adam Murray. musician and
composer, who came to Colorado 25
years ego, died at his home, 1874 Lin.
coin street. Death was due to pneu.
monia.
Ten thousand persons will gather
before the Pueblo court house Christ.
mas night and take part in the first
municipal Christmas celebration ever
held In Pueblo.
The tody OF Claude l.. Poston. who
disappeared from his home in Edge
water Dec. 3. was found frozen In
ravine n mile west OF Louisville by
\ rabbit hunter.
Judge James l.. nenus OF Boulder,
prominent in many ways. being wor
shipful master OF tha Masonic order,
has pledged himself not to shave OF
have his hair cut until peace prevails
In Europe.
Formal opening of Denyers new
se.50o.OOO marble postoffice at Eight
oonth and Champa streets took place
when hundreds thronsed into the new
building bearing Christmas packages
to send by parcel post.
Tony lombard. l7.ycarold North
N ha l.,.. 49,.
death OF Sandy Antonio. rs. In "a fist
fight over a girl. was acquitted by a
jury OF involuntary mnnslaughter In
the Wes: Side Court In Denver.
Six men and one woman under In
dictmcnt In connection with the death
OF Miss Louise Mansfield. who died
ton days ago following "A beating she
received In Petersburg roadhouse.
were given a preliminary hearing NJ
Englewood.
ED Cody was taken from lilo
Grando train nj Colorado Springs
charged With the theft OF n draft for
92i1 In Denver Cody was accom-.
panied ON The train by his wife and
six children, the latter ranging In ascs
from 10 II years,
Tho submission OF a new llauot
amendment at the general election
next fall has already boon tentatively
agreed upon by anti prohibition forces
according 10 information from Denver
sources. II the plan M proposed h
carried ont the question submitted
for consideration by the voters viii
provide for the return OF local option
In place Of absolute prohibition. sup
plomenied by a high license system
and other restrictions designed %
eliminate tho evils which now attach
TO tho liquor traffic.
While Mrs. Jane NARROW. Sc. n pIo
tecr Denver woman. formerly pro
hrieior OF tho old American house. II
dying In n Denver hospital. court
contest for her 5000 estate. ropro
fentiup tho saNfnHa af a Itfatfu,. h..