The Ordway new era., 1906-07-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

ciuD DuiIuins.
Louis Lncero. n Mexican. who claims
to be sun worslipper. has been ad-
Judged insane by the county court OF
Las Animas county.
Mrs. u. X. Snyder. wife of President
Snyder OF the State Normal School,
has been re-appoinicd by Governor Nc.
Donald as Il member OF the State Tray
cling Library Commission.
Prof. +. w. Crasin. formerly OF tho
faculty Of Colorado College, is compil.
Ing history OF the Rocky Mountain
region. 10 be published this fall. and
later Professor CragIn will issue an his
torical dictionary OF the West.
The new railroad passenger rute Sof
cents "A mile in Colorado. recently es.
tablished by the Western Passenger
Association. went into effect July lst
II Is expected that the increase In
travel will fully compensate the rail-
roads.
Because he thought 1t was dis
grace TO labor organization. Antoine
Langrou. an Italian at Trinidad. tried
to commit suicide but was unsuccess-
ful. He was tried In the County Court
on n charge of insanity and sent TO
the state asylum.
OF the First Avenue, Presbyterian
church Mt Denver Of which the Rev. w.
A. Hunter is pastor. was laid Sunday.
July list. IL is designed to seat about
500 people. the present building being
used for Sunday school purposes.
Judge Ben b. Lindsey OF Denver
says that he has never refused Ave
million dollars. or any other sum Of
money. from John ID. Rockefeller for
juvenile reform work. One good rea-
son Is that Mr.. Rockefeller has made
no offer OF money.
l.. C. Dana. commander.in-chief of
the Department OF Colorado and Wy
oming. G. A. r.. has been formally ac-
credited by Governor Mcdonald as
| eX-ofiicio member OF the board OF trus-
tees Of the Colorado Soldiers and Sail
ors' Home ut Monte Vista.
The Rev David Utter. pastor of
Unity church In Denver. and the Rev.
James Il. Gregg, pastor OF the First
Congregational church at Colorado
Springs. were both honored by Har-
ward University with the degree OF doc
tor OF divinity at its recent commence
ment.
The people of Colorado Springs are
making n vigorous protest against the
action of the Senate committee In re-
| ducinE the additional postofice build
ing appropriation from 100000 TO
| $4,000. II the special appropriation
Is not cut Colorado Springs will get In
! all $275.000 for its new federal build
ing.
C. T.. Hale, Silverton miner, was
recently committed Ito the county jail
at Denver on complaint OF Humane
Ie,.Fs r..l..~ taf "A
failed to pay the sum OF $50 month.
as agreed upon by him. for the support
of his son, boy OF ten, who is under
treatment at the Denver county hos
pital for curvature of the spine.
The forty-second grand lodge meet
| ing and twentieth annual reunion OF
the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks will be held at Denver July
| 18th to goth. The gathering will not
| be restricted to Elks alone-the dears
are coming with them. and the Colo
RADIO game laws have been abrogated
| for the occasion.
The body OF Henry Rudy, prospect
or, who was swept down the mountain
by a snowslide last winter at the head
of Junction Creek, sixteen miles above
| Durango, was found in a snowbank on
the goth of June by his brother, who
had been looking for him since tearly
Spring. He had been struck by q slide
while going from his mine to his eabin.
In the Cripple Creek District on
| July 1st, B. F. Wildman. en-
gineer at the Cameron power house.
was struck by bolt OF lightning and
paralyzed. He was walking to the door
after oiling his machinery. when the
flash came, knocking him down. He
was removed to the Red Cross hospital
| for treatment with little chance OF saw
ing his life.
DR.. Louis M. Strauss. former Mayor
of Aurora, suburb of Denver, died
suddenly at his desk In the Exchange
building in Denver on the morning OF
the 3Oth of June. DR.. Strauss was six.
ty years old and leaves widow and
five children. He was president OF the
school board of Aurora. and secretary
and treasurer of the Crystal River
Marble company.
Clayton Daniels,a a we'll known miner
of Gilman, was instantly killed by
Denver & Rio Grande freight train on
July 1st Daniels. with companion.
was fishing in Eagle river canon and
undertook to board a moving train for
Red Cliff He missed his hold and fell
underneath the train being terribly
mangled. He leaves widow and a
young child, and was member OF the
| A. o. U. w.
| w. A. Conant. pioneer resident OF
| Colorado Springs, In response to a let
ter written to President Roosevelt ask
\ ing him II he intended to run for ONCE
/ another term. has received a reply
| from Secretary Loeb which says: You
| will have to vote for some other Re
/ publican next time" Conant was q
| delegate from New York to the nrst
| national Republican convention, more
than nifty years ago.
| william A. Otis and associates. In
| cludine q. fAs<TAfR. president Of the
| Fike's Peak Hydro Electric C0mpany.