Cheyenne record., 1916-02-24

Industrial Exposition at Denver
April l3-Democratio State Convention
at Pueblo.
May First Congressional District
Republican Convention at Colorado
May 2.-Republican State and Third
and Fourth Congressional District
Convention at Pueblo.
The San Juan tungsten district is
booming.
Sugar advanced from $3.50 to $685.
per cwt. in Denver.
r. l.. Metcalfe Of Omaha. spoke in
Denver on Washington's birthday.
Over $4,000 was paid leasers on the
Ibex mine at Leadville last week.
Denver's new federal court was
dedicated In the new postoffice build
ing
President Wilson nominated Sam
uel w. Barber as postmaster at Chey.
enne Wells.
M. D. Thatcher aged Pueblo banker.
Is reported sinking. and the end ex-
pected at any time.
William Mari. 6S years old, Colo
RADIO pioneer and widely known cattle
man OF North Park, died at St. Luke's
hospital.
Mrs. Alice Wallace. 50 years old,
dropped dead from heart disease
while being fitted for a coat In u
Denver department store.
The highest price ever recorded on
the Denver market for fat lambs,
el0.50 per cwt.. was paid for two car
loads In from Fort Collins.
A call for the Democratic state CEN
trail committee to convene In Denver
Saturday. March 4. was Issued by
Chairman Wellington Gates.
The Littleton primary" to select a
candidate for postmaster was held,
and Lew F. Allen was high, with 159
votes. Eight persons we're voted for.
Jay Denham. 5s years old. resident
OF Colorado for thirty-eight years, and
well known stockman. died at his
home near Deer Trail, after a long
illness.
Mrs. Margaret Osborn, So, wife o..
Judge w. B. Osborn. died at Loveland
She was one Of the first settlers al
Gold Dirt. mining camp near Cen.
trail City. in 1850.
An order for 100000 worth Of tung
Bten ore for an Eastera steel concern
to be used in the manufacture OF
munitions for European governments
was received in Denver.
One hundred and ten arrests In.
volving alleged violations of the pro
hibition law were made by the Den.
yer police and the district attorneys
office in the first six weeks of a
"dry" Denver. according to records OF
the two offices.
Risking his own life to remove a
Jeopardy to probably scores OF 9th.
ers. Jesse B. Ronaldson. 20. a car.
penter and contractor. picked up
live electric light wire on the Denver
& Rio Grande railroad tracks south
Of Bayaud street in Denver and
moment later fell dead under the
shock OF 1900 volts
Prompted by what is believed BY
friends to have been a despondency
over a shattered love affair, Gustavs
Liljeberg. IT, living at 2501 Harlan
street. Edgewater, ended his life by
swallowing several ounces of chloro-
form and cutting his wrists with a
razor. He died at the county hospital
In Denver
DR.. Bennett Graft. released on ST.
500 bail several days ago on a charge
OF murder. growing out OF the death
OF Mrs. Ruth Kamp at Mercy hospital
vas rearrested in Denver on the or
der OF Coroner Sherman Williams In
connection with the death of Mrs.
Beulah Hatch. wife OF George e.
Hatch OF Longmont.
Tho Rev. Otis L. Spurgeon, who was
kidnapped from his hotel in Denver
after delivering religious lectures in
1914. has filed $4,000 libel suit
against the Knights Of Luther and
their manager, F. M. Shipper, accord.
Ing to dispatches from Des Moines,
iowa. He represented the organiza.
ton while In Denver On a speaking
tour.
Hurled headlong against a stone
curb In a crash Of autos at Eighteenth
avenue and Grant streets In Denver,
Mrs. Fulton Jack. 38 years old, wife
OF q prominent attorney Of Beatrice,