Gilpin observer., 1906-03-29
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

George A. Hail. charged with con-
spiracy in the McEachern insurance
fraud case at Victor, has been acquit-
ted in the District Court at Cripple
Creek.
Mayor Robert w. Speer is preparing
for the sale of 100000 worth OF city Of
Denver gold coupon bonds to raise
funds for the purchase Of site and
the erection of the new auditorium.
Prof. Albert G. Knudson, Ph.D., for
mer professor of church history at
Denver University, from 1898 to 1900,
has been elected to the chair of He
brew and the Old Testament by the
trustees Of Boston University.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
electric trolley line from Canon City
to the top of the Royal Gorge. Over
one mile Of the grade has been COM
pleted. Ties are being delivered and
upon the arrival Of the rails, April 18th,
the track will be laid.
Fourteen hundred notices of expira-
ton of license were cent out to liquor
dealers from the Office of the state
treasurer March 21st. About 2,700 H.
censes are in force and license fee
of $25 is required from each. About
half of them expire on the 1st day Of
April.
Henry Van Kleecll will represent the
Denver Chamber of Commerce at the
Lake Mohonk conference on interna-
tional arbitration to be held at Lake
Mohonk, New York, on May 30th, 31st
and June 1st. The conference is held
with the purpose of urging universal
recognition and adoption of arbitration
in the settlement of all international
questions.
Lyman Munger, father of Mrs. John
R. Hanna of Denver, died at Denver,
March 22d, at the age of ninety-four
years and six months. In the stirring
days before the Civil War Mr.. Munger
was an active abolitionist and through
out his entire life he was strong be-
lever in prohibition. He leaves seven
children, three sons and four daugh-
ters, whose average age is over sixty
years.
Nine pharmacists passed the exam
ination given by the State Board of
Pharmacists recently and are entitled
to certificates. The successful candi-
dates were Irving l.. Emerson, Grand
Junction; F. I. Engle, Leadville; Lewis
Hauff, Harry Z. Huffman, Henry A.
Koch, Henry Langanhan, Denver;
Lewis E. Ressler, Greeley; Henry V.
Williamson, Cannon City.
F. S. Granger, general manager of
the Interurban electric railway system
being built in Fremont county, prom
ises Canon City one of the finest resort
hotels in the state. Granger and his
associates will purchase the Hot
Springs hotel and erect on its site one
Of the most attractive hosteries in the
West. The plans call for a three-story
brick and stone structure, to contain
200 rooms.
Superintendent Frank Putney OF the
railway mail service at Denver is be-
ing OVERLOADED with inquiries in re-
gard to the mail carried on the trains
wrecked near Adobe March 10th. All
tie mail on train No. 16 was destroyed.
AS most of it included business letters,
many containing drafts and checks
from Leadville. Salida, Gunnison and
other surrounding towns. much trouble
will likely result from the loss.
Representative Brooks last week
called upon the Japanese minister and
advised him that many Colorado citi-
zens desire to contribute to the relief
of the starving Japanese. Mr.. Brooks
was informed that any contributions
would be appreciated by the Japanese
government, which already has re-
ceived nearly 100000 from Americans.
Contributions should be sent to the
Japanese minister in Washington.
]. ]. McEachern and John Varley,
who attempted to defraud the North
western Life Insurance Company out
of $4,000, were sentenced in the Dis
trict Court at Cripple Creek to from
nine and one-half to ten years In the
penitentiary. Judge Seeds also pro-
nounced sentence upon George Lewis.
grand larceny. three to five years;
Sam Haas, Clayte Watt and Jack
Frame, charged with assault with in
tent to kill p. L. Dattelbaum, nine to
ten years.
Edward Kleckner, 4 ranchman, aged
about twenty-five, froze to death on
the night of March 18th, thirteen
miles from Pagosa Springs. 1t was
storming fearfully and he was trying
to reach his home when his horse gave
out. He turned the horse loose and at
tempted to reach home on foot. He
succumbed within one mile OF Z. Z.
Chapson's ranch and four miles from
home, where his young wife was await
ing him. He had been married only
three months.
State Auditor Bent has sold the Bent
ranch OF LOO acres in Prowers county
to G. M. Smith of Kansas City and w.
A. Smith of Greenwood, Missouri, for
$4,000. The land lies about five miles
from Lamar and about $50 acres are
under cultivation. Sugar beets, alfalfa
and other crops are raised on the
ranch. The purchasers have secured
perpetual water rights on the prop
erty. About ten years ago Mr.. Bent
bought the place for about half the
sum he has sold 1t for.
Spontaneous combustion Of 10000
pounds of corn starch is believed to
have caused fire in the plant OF the
Western candy factory in Denver on
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