The Grit-advocate., 1902-11-28
COLORADO BRIEFS.

his partner, Everitt Davis.
fire in the ware house of the Gra
den Mercantile Company at Durango,
November 22nd. resulted in damages
mostly by smoke and water, estimated
at $4,000.
The situation at Telluride is greatly
improved. owing to the decision of the
mine managers, other than those of the
Smuggler-Union. not to close down
their properties.
The Orpheum Theater Company will
soon begin the erection of a new thea
teenth. in Denver.
A fire in the Simpson cJal mine al
Lafayette nearly caused the death oi
the night shift. but as the result or
heroic work on the part of their fellow
miners all were rescued.
District Judge w. p. Seeds has or
dered Sheriff Robertson to destroy by
fire all the gambling paraphernaiia
valued at about $4,000. now stored in
the basement of the county jail al
Cripple Creek
II Colorado Springs druggists adhere
to the agreement which they are said
to have made recently. Springs people
will have to buy their liquor by The
quart until the present reform move
ment blows over.
w. w. Whine. who has been secrc-
tary of the Leadvile Y. NJ c. A. for
the past year. has just received the ap
pointment of secretary of the Prospec,
Park branch OF the Brooklyn, New
York, Y. M. c. A.
Because she would not stop laughing
when requested. Fred ShOckler shot
and instantly killed Ella Callitore.
Both are colored. The shooting oc-
CURED at o'clock this evening at
Chandler. coal mining camp in FIRE.
mont county.
Officers of the SmugglerU Min
ing Company ran special train t"
Pandora bearing Mrs Collins and
three surgeons to the bedside OF Ar
thus l.. Collins. who was shot by an
assassin. The time made was very
fast-thirteen hours and eight minutes
for 422 miles.
Colorado Springs authorities are IN
vestigating report that resident of
Ell Paso county. whose name is with
held, recently stated that he was the
individual who five years ago admin
istered terrible beating to Charles H.
Frowine of the Manitou Journal and
that he was paid $50 for the job.
Work is progressing rapidly on dou-
BILE tracking of the Santa Fe line over
Ration pass in Colorado. The double
track will extend from FL Moro to jan
sen on the Colorado side and from
Morley to Ration in New Mexico. Part
Nf iS oil in
Grafton and it will be completed early
in the spring.
1t cost approximately $25 900 to pub
lish the five constitutional amendments
that were voted on at the recent cleo
tion. The secretary OF states force has
just finished tabulating the accounts
for the publication of these amend
ments and find that the sum will go
little above this amount. Publication
in the daily newspapers cost S13,2O0
and in the weekles sl0,S00.
About twenty-five members Of the
Cripple Creek Press Club rode TO Colo
RADIO Springs on a special car on the
morning OF November 23rd, tc attend
banquet at the Antlers hotel as guests
of the Denver & Southwestern railroad.
Representatives of the Colorado
Springs and Denver press were also
present. A series Of such outings will,
it is said. be given by the road.
Nearly ton CT powder WIS burned
in fire which destroyed the magazine
OF the Golden Cycle Mining Company
near Goldlieid. Ii .nere had been giant
powder caps stored in the place there
would have been an explosion which
would have destroyed the town OF