The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-11-12
COLORADO NOTES,

halloWe en- so vigorously tnat tney
were arrested and put into Jail.
William Stevens is preparing to es-
tablish creamery at Erie, having Sc
cured the promise of IA good quantity
of milk
Denver's building permits during
October aggregated S350,965. Over
one-half of this amount is fer eighty
six residences.
The Denver & Rio Grande freight de-
pot at Denver will be enlarged by the
addition of a new two-story building
4S1 feet long and forty-eight feet wide.
The police court at Loveland heard
| complaints against about thirty boys
for disorderly conduct on Halloween.
twenty-five We're found guilty and
each fined $5 and costs.
Sales of tickets during October at
the Union depot in Pueblo amounted
to so, ,954.4O, against S21, 215.SO for the
corresponding period last year, an in
crease of nearly $1,000.
1t cost n number of students of the
University of Denver the sum of $50
to toss a postgraduate student in
blanket He was badly injured and
they had 10 foot the doctor bills.
The Portland Cement Company has
decided upon n location seven miles
east of Florence. 1t will take four
months to erect the plant, and when
completed it will have Il capacity of
1000 barrels a day.
Frederick II. Morley, junior member
of the Shields-Morley Grocery Com
pany of Colorado Springs, died in Phil
adelphia November 3rd, of lung dis
ease. His wife, mother and son were
with him at the time of his death.
1st -fS -ttr
servant girls met in the Charles block
in Denver and organized union under
charter from the American Federa-
tion of Labor. They will insist on
shorter hours and one day off each
week
Judge w. S. McElroy of Cripple
Creek, who broke two of his ribs by
falling over an embankment while
walking fast to catch an electric car at
Anaconda n few days ago, was at
tackled by pneumonia as n result of
the accident and died on the 9th inst.
Mrs A. c. Johnson. department prcsi-
dent of the Women's Relief Corps, re-
Gently visited Pueblo on an annual
tour of inspection. After visiting Up
ton and Butler circles she was tend
cred banquet in Butler post hail, to
which the officers of the G. a. Il.
Were invited
The hoodlums of Denver celebrated
Halloween on the night of October
3lst by derailing electric cars, cutting
telegraph wires. tearing up bridges
and culverts, stealing gates and per-
forming many other kinds of deviltry.
All this in spite of n considerable de-
tail of extra policemen.
Bishop Spalding of the Colorado dio-
cpsn pf tho Enigronnl ('burpb has de-
cided that owing to failing health he
needs the assistance of n coadjutor
bishop. He has therefore called n spe-
cial council to meet in Denver January
Sth for the purpose of electing II coad-
jutor bishop and making provision for
his support.
Charles Taylor. said to have been re
Gently released from the Canon City
penitentiary, was caught few days
since near Atkins, in Larimer county,
in the act of criminally assaulting
Pansy Burford eight years of age, and
turned over to the sheriff by Clarence
Smith and William Catlett, who over
powered him after n hard struggle.
John Brlsben Walker, publisher of
the Cosmopolitan magazine, has writ
ten to Mayor Wright of Denver offer
ing to sell TO the city what is known
er between that and the Union depot.
He values the property at S1,OOO,OOO,
but will donate 100000 Of the amount
If his offer is accepted.
President William S. slocum of Col
orado College at Colorado Springs has
been granted leave of absence for
one year. and will leave Colorado De
cember 10th for trip abroad that
will continue until next September
Professor Edwin S. Parsons, vice pres
ident of the college. will be in charge
curing the absence of DIR. Slocum.
According to the monthly statement
of Baggage Agent J. G. Campbell at
the Union depot in Denver, he and his
men handled i.4i4 pieces of baggage
in October. year ago IS. l9S pieces
were handled. showing an increase of
1926 pieces for 1901 over 1900. Dur
ing September of this year 92.334
pieces We're received and forwarded.
The verdict of the coroner's jury at
Telluride that investigated the murder
of Norbert Savignac, who was killed
in his cabin on the night of the LIST
inst, charged the nephew of the dead
man, Arsene Latour. who was alone
in the house with him. with being ac- !
cessory to or principal in the murder. {
Latour was n witness at the inquest (
and Immediately after the return of /,
the verdict was arrested and placed in |
jail.
a consolidation has been effected be-
tween the stockholders of the Colorado I
Portland Cement Company. controlled
by Geddis & Seerie of Denver, and the I
Portland Cement Company, composed .
principally of Florence capitalists. The
consolidated company has reconsidered .
the plans of the new company. and
will locate their plant on the south side
of the river, close to the present plant
at Florence. The board of directors
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