The state herald., 1915-02-19
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Frank j. Croke. brother of Senator
Thomas B. Croke, died at Sacramento,
CAL, of heart disease.
Thirty-three indictments were re-
turned by the federal grand jury in
its report to Judge r. f. Lewis at Den
yer.
The salaries of seven employees Of
the House and eight of the Senate are
held up by the civil service commits.
sion.
Joseph Allesia, two years old, Of Pu'
eblo. plunged into a bathtub full OF
boiling water and was scalded to
death.
William T. Hickey. secretary of the
State Federation of Labor. and Eli
Gross, vice president, were released
on bond at Pueblo.
More than 100000 books from the
Denver public libraries were read in
the city last year. according to the an.
nual library report.
Chiropractors of the state are max.
ing determined effort to have enact
ed their bill regulating the practice OF
chiropractics.
The Rev. Ira Calllhan, pastor of the
Vona Baptist church. died in ST.
Luke's hospital In Denver after an Ill.
ness of more than month.
1t cost Commissioner Nisbets de.
partment 7k cents apiece for each
meal furnished prisoner in the Den
yer city jail during January.
For the first time in three years
Denver public schools celebrated
Abraham Lincolns birthday anniver-
sary by closing for the day.
VIM. Dick, wealthy mining man,
was shot and killed on the La Veta
road. near Walsenburg, as he was TAX
ing $4,000 to the mines to pay the
men.
Lieut.. Ernest John Munby Of tho
Royal engineers, British army, who
the dispatches from London stated
was killed in action, was known to
many Denver people.
Nathan Dodge. aged SO. died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. r. d. Shap-
colt. In Denver. He had been con.
fined to his bed for three weeks.
Death was due to old age and paraly.
sis.
The mysterious sleep OF Elmer Mel.
ton, government High Line employd
at Palisade, who has been unconscious
for 1i4 hours or six days, is puzzling
Grand Junction and Palisade physi.
clans.
Frank l.. Andre, eighty-one. re.
tired mining man, was instantly killed
IN Denver when he was struck by an
inbound Lawrence street tramway car.
His skull was crushed and his right
foot was mangled.
Mrs. Harriet J. McAdoo, eighty.three
the Oldest plaintiff in damage suit
on record in the Denver District Court,
was awarded n verdict OF $1,000 by the
jury which heard her case against the
Denver City Tramway Company.
Colorado horses are finding favor IN
the eyes OF the experts sent by for.
eign governments to purchase horses
for war purposes. according to C. NJ.
Rand, kansas City and Garden City
horaemen, who was In Denver.
The first conviction for white alay.
cry ever returned in the city and
county OF Denver was brought In by a
Jury In the West Side court against
rrixlo Gaughn. accused OF operating
mn establishment at 1923 Market street
during 1914
itequests for new contract with
the Great Western Sugar Company,
made by n committee from the Inter.
state Farmers Association meeting In
Denver to Chester S. Moroy and other
heads OF the Great Western. were re,
fused by the company officials.
Letters advertising scenic and eli.
matte attractions OF Colorado which.
II Is expected. will bring Thousands
more Eastern tourists 10 Colorado dur
Ing the coming summer. who would
ordinarily visit Europe. have been sent
TO leading newspapers OF the East BY
'H' thN ehhfAFh fAANi fVIUlllffft OF
the Denver Chamber of clmmorce.
Just ms everything apparently was
nicely fixed by tho enactment of lor.
ialatlon oxomptlng legislative en-.
ployen from the classified service and
those employees whose right 10 posi-.
iions Is questioned by the civil scr.
yioo commission thought they would
ret their pay. another obstacle hnH
popped up and the oiyil scrylce mud.
die is M bad M ever.
The laying OF the cornerstone for
the Lincoln memorial. which tool
place In waHhinston. In OF especial
Interest 10 the people OF Colorado. M
the marble Of which tho memorial ln
10 be constructed In from the lunrrics
Of this state, Already 100 ears OF mar.
bic have been shipped from Colorado
for the memorial in Washington. and
about 500 more oarn will be shipped.
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