The Glenwood post., 1905-12-30
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

and vicinity
The annual meeting of the Colorado
State Editorial Association will be held
at the Albany hotel in Denver, Mon
day, January Sth.
The second trial Of Mrs. Helen
Schmidlap at Denver on the charge OF
numbering her husband has been set
for January 10th.
John Leigh, aged fifty-four, was
killed on the 10Th inst. between Lafay-
ette and Louisville by being thrown
from his buggy in runaway.
Sixteen designs for the proposed SOL
diers monument at the capitol in Den
yer have been submitted and are now
on exhibition at the governors office.
A big clock is to be installed in the
clock tower Of the city hall at Den
yer, on which the handless dials have
long reproached the folly of the mu-
nicipal builders.
Michael Skorec, an Austrian en-
ployed at the ore crushing plant Of
the Pueblo steel works, was caught in
the crusher and almost ground to
pieces. He lived three hours.
There were 736 deaths in Colorado
uui Ing, lAC AhouLh VI NNoNGhpCi- VI
this number twenty-siX were caused by
typhoid fever, which is much less than
during the previous month.
The annual report of the Denver
Board OF Public Works ending Decem-
ber 10th has been made public. In
that time $600,7S950 had been ex-
pended in public improvements.
The new chime of fifteen bells at ST.
Johns Cathedral in Denver, was rung
for the first time on Christmas eve,
pealing out "Hark, the Herald Angels
Sing" at midnight, after having been
formally blessed by Bishop Olmstead.
E. D. Childs, son of the Rev. II. S.
Childs and a former telegraph operator
on the Santa Fe road, was run over
and killed by d. G r. G. train at
Canon City on Christmas day. He was
thirty-five years Of age and unmarried.
A Washington dispatch says that
Lyman l.. Pierce. formerly of Denver,
for the past five years general secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian As
sociation, has resigned, to take effect
December 81, on account of impaired
health.
Mrs. Stephen R. Bamber of Denver
found gold nugget the size of a small
pea in the crop of a goose that she was
dressing for her Christmas dinner.
This may have been the goose that laid
the golden eggs-unless it was
gander.
Ten loaded coal cars at the Garfield
coal mine at Coal creek in some man
ner started down the tipple into the
mine, and after travelling at almost
lightning speed for nearly 1000 feet,
struck the face of the coal and most
of them were demolished.
Since April /, 1908, there have been
planted in public waters by Commits
sioner Woodard 12,4G7,000 fish. The
government hatchery at Leadville has
planted in Colorado streams during
this period 17.50O,O0O fish, making a to-
tai of nearly 3O,000,00O fish.
Firebugs made another attempt Sat
urday night to burn Canon City and
only by the prompt work Of the city
fire department We're several disas-
trous fires averted. About 7:45 o'clock
fires started almost simultaneously in
three different parts Of the city.
William ]. Wilson, the well-known
cattleman, who was murdered by But
termilk Bill" Hensley at Denver few
days ago, left his entire estate, valued
at about $225,0O0, to his wife and two
young sons. The wife died few years
ago, leaving the sons the sole heirs.
Col. j. II. Stead, one of the Oldest
and best known citizens of Salida, died
Christmas morning, after four months
illness, from typhoid fever. He was
seventy-nine years of age and leaves
widow and one son, Charles, the lat
ter being well-known resident of
Leadville. He was member of the
G. A. r. and the Odd Fellows.
Florence officials of the c. F. and ].
state that the Bear Gulch coal mine at
Fremont will be made the largest in
the Arkansas valley. Before the fire in
September. which destroyed all the
buildings. the mine maintained a pro
duction of 400 tons day. After the
new machinery is placed and several
acres of new coal land opened, its ca
pacity will be 1000 tons a day.
The annual conference OF the Asso
citation of Colleges of the Interior will
be held at Colorado Springs, February
21st and 22d, representatives OF twenty
institutions of higher learning being
expected The conference was held
last year III CUlcdSo, SOlOIiuO springs
being chosen for 1906. Among the
vital topics for discussion will be that
of the revision of football rules and
school discipline.
John Fl. Alphin, pioneer of Colo
rado, Utah and Nevada, died at Cripple
Creek December 26th from spinal trou-
BILE. He was sixty-eight years old. He
leaves five children, Charles Alphin,
formerly manager of the Empire Thea
ter. Colorado Springs; Mrs. J. A.
Hamlin of Denver, Mrs. Katherine Ba-
con and Mrs. Ethel Atkinson, both OF
Cripple Creek. and Frank Alphin of
Goldfield, Nevada.
A letter from I. N. Smith, former
Idaho Springs attorney, now residing
in the state of Washington, says that
his son, 1. Chester Smith, met his death
in a .typhoon off the coast of Manila.
Young MIR. Smith was born and raised
in Idaho Springs. After attending the
public schools he studied at the School
of Mines at Golden He was well