Gilpin observer., 1904-08-18
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


der closed very successful season
August 7th.
An effort is being made to interest
the women of Denver in the formation
of an athletic club.
Mrs. R. B. Ruby. the recently ap-
pointed justice of the peace at Colorado
Springs, married couple on the 9Th
inst.
The labor organizations of Denver
have invited other unions throughout
the state to join them in a big demon
stration on Labor Day, Monday, Sep
tember 5th.
The next grand lodge meeting and
encampment of the Uniform Rank.
knights of Pythias. will be held at
Trinidad in August of 1905, the date
to be selected later.
An effort is being made to interest
the Luthern synod embracing the
states Of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois in
the establishment of home for con-
sumptives at Denver.
The Socialists of Otero county have
nominated ticket which is headed by
DR.. A. P. Kendig of Rocky Ford for
state senator and o. M. Barton OF
Grand Valley for representative.
H. H. Stephenson, a brakeman on
the Midland Terminal railroad, was in
stantly killed about 2 o'clock on the
morning of the 10th inst, at Divide.
by being crushed between two couplers.
Returning from Canon City to Pu-
eblo Governor Peabody passed over
the bridge near Eden, when the terri
BILE railway disaster occurred, only
about fifteen minutes before the
wreck.
William o. Anthony, secretary Of
the Anthony Motor and Manufactur-
ing Company at Colorado Springs was
killed in an automobile accident twelve
miles north Of the Springs on the 7th
inst.
Two new postoffice sub-stations are
to be established in Denver. One Of
them will be located at 100 Broadway,
and the other at 2101 Champa street.
They will be known as stations IA and
i15.
/ There are now eighty-seven Knights
of Pythias lodges in Colorado, with a
membership of 1889. The receipts for
last year were SIS, 1868 and the dis
bursements $s.57O.7s. leaving balance
Of $6,S26.15.
The cooperative stores OF the West
ern Federation Of Miners will not be
reopened by the federation, but instead
have been sold to outsiders for invest
ment and will be taken over by the
new purchasers.
E. E. Edwards, dairyman living
near Florence, saw a mass Of boulders
that had been washed on the Rio
Grande track at Chandler creek and
tagged No. 1 train with his coat In
time to avert smash-up.
Over 500 men and 300 teams are
busy at work on the extension Of the
narrow guage road from Sunset 10 Ell
dora in Boulder county. Superintend-
ent Robert Law expects the grading
to be completed within sixty days.
The coroner's jury at Telluride. in
the case of Moren Umsted, who was
killed by Frederick Leaning in the
fremont gambling hall on the 9th inst.
returned verdict generating Lean
ing, who was released from custody.
Patents have been issued to the fol-
lowing Coloradoans: Conrad Miller
and w. D. Urich, Denver. folding chair;
Thornton B. Rennell, Denver, vehicle
frame; Fred Russell. Cripple Creek,
drill; Daniel Townsend, Denver, tram
car.
Rev. ]. N. Sheridan, who was
charged with criminal assault on 12-
year-old Vida Reese at Pueblo was
discharged by Justice Hart after a
preliminary examination, there not be-
ing sufficient evidence to warrant hold
ing him for trial.
Miss Stella Mcdonald, principal OF
the Central high school at Pueblo. and
DR.. James d. McGregor. who were both
lost in the Eden wreck. would have
been married in a few weeks, their
engagement having been announced
during the last month.
The Civil Service Commission an
nounces an examination to be held in
Rocky Ford August 9th, for the posi-
tions Of postoffice clerk and mail car
rier. The commission says that 1t will
not be necessary to have a medical GER
tificate filed with the application.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion will hold session in Denver Sep
tember 10th to consider the complaints
of stockmen. At the same time the
complaint filed by George ]. Kindel.
mattress manufacturer Of overcharges
on cotton goods will be taken up.
The Colorado Springs Forestry Asso-
citation. at an enthusiastic meeting, in
dorsed the government plan for the re-
foresting of the denuded areas in tho
Pixies Peak forest reserve, and will
use every effort to aid the United
States commissioners now on the
ground.
The Rocky Mountain Interstate Med
ical Association will hold its annual
meeting on September 9th and 7th at
the Brown Palace hotel in Denver.
There will be cheap rates from all over
the country and prominent physicians
from every part OF this region will ad-
dress the meeting.
Pixies Peak Camp No. 5, Woodmen