The Colorado statesman., 1906-08-11
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Wnlle playing with matches, which set
fire to her dress.
Governor Mcdonald will be request
ed to open the annual flower show to
be held in North park, at Colorado
Springs, August 22nd to oath inclusive,
by the Ell Paso County Horticultural
society.
A terrific hail storm struck the coal
mining camps of Primero and Secundo
in Las Animas county on the 5th inst,
hailstones covering the ground to the
depth of six inches. Many windows
were broken.
Gaetano Fiurino, an Italian, living
on Delgany street in Denver, was shot
and killed by his wife on the 9Th, inst,
because he accused her of going with
other men and started to write let
ter to her brother in Italy, telling him
SO.
The body of the man found dead at
the headgate of Robinson's lake and
lrrigating reservoir, eight miles north
Of Denver on the Globeville road, on
the 5th, inst, has been identified as
that Of Fred Luksik, a resident of Den
yer.
The offer of Abraham Bosler of Phil
adelphia to purchase certain of the
assets Of the defunct Western Bank
at Denver, said to be worth $4,000
for $4,000, was refused after an ex-
preston against it by meeting of de-
positors.
During a panic on an Interurban
electric car at Trinidad, caused by fear
of being run down by a Santa Fe en-
gine, Mrs. Thomas Dowd, wife of a
Colorado & Wyoming engineer, resid-
ing at Jansen, fell and fractured her
right leg at the knee in an attempt to
jump from the car.
Notice of the dissolution of the Ii
mon State bank has been filed in the
office Of the secretary of State. The
notice says that the bank has been
sold out to ]. M. Bailey and J. M. Nc
clure, who will continue the business
as private bank. The institution was
capitalized at $4,000.
The September term Of the District
| Court at Trinidad promises to be one
| of the longest ever held in the county.
| There are twenty-one cases on the
criminal docket at the present time
and the officers state there probably
will be ten or twelve added during the
month. Three are murder cases.
Ell Paso county is given valuation
of $23, $50 900 in the annual report of
| Assessor f. F. Schreiber. The valua-
ton is about fifty per cent. of the ac-
tually due, making the wealth OF the
county approximately s5O,O00,000. OF
the assessors estimate, s16,350,000 is
on real estate, S4O00,000 on personal
property and s3,500,000 on railroads.
| Governor Mcdonald attended the pic.
mic of the Caledonian Club at Military
Park near Denver, on the 4th inst. and
watched with great interest the numer-
Gus Scotch games and diversions. He
also donated gold medal for putting
the sixteen-pound shot, which was
awarded to Thomas Mccall. There
were several other medals and valu-
able prizes.
J. ]. Manuel, an employe at the state
capitol, Rev. John E. Ford and b. w.
| Fields have been selected by the Poo
pies Sunday alliance and the colored
business men of Denver rs delegates
to the National Negro Business League,
which organization will hold a conven-
ton in Atlanta, Georgia, August 27th,
2Sth and 29th. The Denver delegates
will endeavor to secure the 1907 con-
| ventlon.
The engineer In cnarSe OF tne WOrh
on the Gunnison tunnel Uncompahgre
irrigation project, reports that us
feet were excavated in July and to date
1854 linear feet. Less headway was
made in July than in previous months
i on account of friable material encoun-
tered in heading No. 2, an accident by
Il premature explosion in heading No.
!, and the quantity of water flowing
| in the latter heading.
At the meeting of the State Board
of Pardons August Sd clemency was
| extended to Herman Anderson, who
was sentenced from Lake county by
Judge Overs February 10, 1903, to a
term of fifteen to twenty years for
murder in the second degree. His SEN
tence was commuted to four to twenty
wears, under which commutation he
will obtain his liberty as soon as the
papers reach the penitertiary.
Prof. Joseph Reed of Denver, former
principal of the Glenwood schools, will
take charge of department of hui
name education in the public schools
of the state. Professor Reeds work in
this line has already attracted atten-
ton, and the Roaring Fork Teachers
| Association, which comprises edu-
Gators in Garfield, Eagle and PitlSin
counties, met last winter and approved
and adopted Professor Reeds views
on the matter, based on his work at
Glenwood.