The Elbert County tribune., 1906-02-22
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


tion of the Colorado & Southern's new
car shops
Maj. Aaron Cove OF Denver has been
before the Senate committee on the
Philippines in opposition to the pro-
posed reduction in the sugar tariff.
Wallace Elliotrs of La Junta was
killed at Guanajuato, Mexico. by con-
tact with live electric wire His re-
mains were brought home for inter
ment
t. A. Gunnell. father of Judge A. T.
Gunnell of Colorado Springs, died at
his home in Colorado Springs on the
18th instant at the age of eighty-five
years.
Jack Hitler and ]. C. Kerns were
sentenced by Judge Lewis at Colorado
Springs to seven to eight years each
in the penitentiary. They were con-
victed of working confidence games.
A company of Durango men being
organized to build $4,000 hotel is
headed by Giles T. Vandergrift. Tom
Lofts and Charles Z. Herr. Thirty
thousand dollars has been pledged.
George F. Doane, the man who To-
Gated Aspen, and who later located the
Roane-Rambler mine near Battle Lake.
Wyoming, which he sold for $4,000
600, died at Denver on the 14th in
slant OF heart failure.
A collision between Santa Fe train
and Pueblo fire apparatus resulted in
the smashing of Pueblo's newest and
best steam fire engine, which cost So
600. In running to fire the driver
got in front OF freight tran.
Charles c. Welch, an employe OF the
Globe smelter in Denver, committed
70 inc nv al
lowing strychnine and laudanum. Ill
health, by reason of inhaling gas
fumes. is supposed TO be the cause.
The city and the Rio Grande rail
road will Jointly build new bridge
across the Arkansas at Salida, which
will cost $4,000 1t will be modern
structure of concrete, sixty feet wide
and 120 feet long, with center pier.
George Marshmann, who held up
ranchman at Henderson in broad day
light three weeks ago. pleaded guilty
to highway robbery and was sentenced
in the District Court at Brighton to
from eight to ten years in the peniten-
tiaTy.
j. U. Vigil, Democratic candidate for
county clerk OF Las Animas county,
and whose office was contested for by
Eugene Garcia, Republican candidate,
the latter having been given the office
by the Supreme Court, has filed mo-
ton for a rehearing.
Governor Mcdonald has received a
handsome diploma from the manage
.ment of the Lewis and Clark Exposi-
ton for distinguished services" The
governor helped in making the Colo
RADIO exhibit Il success and made a
speech on Colorado Day.
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law and decide the question whether a
horse with a docked tail can be i'm
ported to Colorado the cases against
Charles f. Stubbs and Nehemiah Fit
zell in the District Court ut Denver
will be appealed to the Supreme Court
Business men from all over the state
attended the dollar dinner given by
the Colorado State Commercial Asso-
citation at the Antlers hotel at Colo
raod Springs. The feature of the af
fair was the launching of movement
to secure a million population for Col
orado.
Morrison is Jefferson countys lat.
est Incorporated town. The following
officials will serve for the first year.
having been elected on a Citizens
ticket: Mayor, It. C. Morrison; trus.
tees. DIR. F. l.. Luce. Jacob Schneider,
Charles Dixie, John w. Mclean, Ed
ward LeGrow and p. Olsen.
Herman Panzer, a grading crew
foreman in the employ of the Moffat
road, was mlrdeTedt either late Friday
night or early Saturday morning in
lonely spot one mile west of Leyden
near Denver and within 500 yards of
the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
railroad. The body was found Satur-
day morning, and was identified by +.
j. Carroll. Moffat road contractor.
The yacht Anemone. which C. l..
Tut of Colorado Springs has entered
for the New York Yacht Clubs race
from San Francisco to Honolulu has a
Denver registry. Mr.. Tut wanted to
give the boat a Colorado Springs reg
istry, but that city not being port OF
entry, he was compelled to.register the
yacht at Denver. or go outside OF Col
orado. which he would not do.
Because some one had a real or fan.
cied grievance against Candido Barela,
Republican member of the last Legis.
lature, an attempt was made 10 blow
his saloon and another building ad.
joining off the face of the earth with
dynamite. at Weston, sixteen miles
west of Trinidad. on the night of the
18th instant. The principal damage
done was shattering the windows
Patents have been issued to the fol.
lowing Colorado People: John A. Fer
guson. Denver, press for concrete
building blocks; James F. Ferry, Lead.
vile. cooking utensils; Eli Forester,
Denver. railway rail joint; Frank w.
Jacques, Victor, ore sorting belt: d. C.
MosheE. Manitou, barrel filter: James
e. Pitman. Gold Hill, trap: Paul H.
Widman, Denver, acetylene gas appar-
atus.
The fact that F. j. Sachs was. inten-
tionally or otherwise, "a very bad
marksman probably saved him from