The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


A. NJ. Finfrock, a prominent artist
and engineer, was drowned at Berke-
| ley lake in Denver June 10th while in
| bathing.
The President June 18th sent to the
Senate the nomination of Charles b.
Timoerlake to be receiver of public
moneys at Sterling.
Fffteenyear-old Jay D. Bacon. is not
only court stenographer of the Juye-
nile Court in Denver, but he has also
| been made probation officer of the
| court.
The American Association of Coop
eratlVe Mutual Insurance Companies,
at their convention just closed in Bos-
ton, selected Denver as the next meet
ing place.
The Colorado State Normal summer
school at Greeley began its sessions
| June 18th with an attendance of 300
and Will continue for six weeks, clos
ing July 31st.
Thomas Cunningham, a miner en-
ployed on the School Section Leasing
Companys property at Victor, fell
down shaft 1875 feet on the 18th inst.
and was instantly killed.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
| pany will establish a semi-monthly
pay DAY at the Pueblo Steel Works,
which will do away to a large extent
with the use of scrip or orders.
The assessed valuation of Fremont
| county property this year will be So
| 600, or Sl25,0O0 more than last year.
| The Increase is due to improvements
made in the vicinity of Canon City.
About 500 colored citizens from Pu-
eblo, Colorado Springs, Victor and
| Cripple Creek attended the picnic
given by the Nonpareil band OF Pu-
Deblo at Clyde, on the Cripple Creek
Short Line
George Foster, an expert machinist,
was fatally injured by the bursting OF
an emery wheel at the steel works rail
mill in Pueblo on the 10th instant and
| died next day. He was a member OF
the A. o. U. w.
Clarence Tracey and Frederick
Hanna, linemen of the Denver Gas and
Electric Company, were dangerously
injured on the 18th instant by the
breaking of an electric light pole on
which they were at work.
Judge Charles NJ Campbell, for
many years a prominent lawyer OF
Denver, died at St Josephs hospital in
| Denver on the 18th instant of hemor-
rhage of the brain. He had retired
from active practice about two years
ago.
Mayor A. C. Bradley of Longmont
has started with his wife and four OF
his children on an automobile trip that
will last all summer He will so via
Omaha to Chicago, Toledo, Columbus,
| Washington, Philadelphia and New
York
The counties of Fremont and Teller
! have decided to construct steel
| bridge over Wilson creek on the new
state read. The cost, $1,000, will be
borne jointly by the two counties. The
bridge will be forty feet long and six
teen feet wide.
John T. Baldwin, the eight-year-old
son 81 c. A. Baldwin, was dragged tC
death by a frightened burro in North
Cheyenne canon at Colorado Springs
on the 10th instant. Mr.. and Mrs.
Baldwin are former Califonians who
are erecting a 100000 residence at
Broadmoor.
The city and county of Denver has
purchased its own auditorium bonds to
the amount of $4,000, the money
coming from the following sources :
Eighty thousand dollars from the sink,
ing fund, 100000 from the firemen 5
pension fund, and $4,000 from the po-
licemen's pension fund.
Manuel Martinez, who IS charged
with setting fire to the EnGleville mine
which threatened the destruction of
that entire property, had his prelimi'
nary hearing at Trinidad and was
bound over for trial in the sum OF 500.
| l,t 10 inc
had told them he had set the NINE on
fire.
Cyrus L. Mann, an accomplished
landscape gardener, committed sui
eide at Denver on the 18th instant by
taking opium. He had previously made
several attempts to kill himself. Do
nestle troubles, leading to a divorce
from his wife on account of his use OF
liquor and drugs, were the source OF
his downfall.
County Surveyor w. p Woodside OF
El Paso county will survey the Chey
eune mountain approach to the old
Cripple Creek stage line, with view
to reducing the grade and making the
roadway easier of access. The road
will be repaired out of the $4,000 ap
preparation made for the purpose by
the last Legislature.
Byron Buford was recently taken to
the county Jail at Canon City on the
charge of insanity. He was possessed
with the idea that people were burning
him with electricity and paraded the
town of Portland without clothing, car
rying a quantity of nitro-glycerine.
Under the influence of his delusion he
walked all the way from Pueblo to
Portland.
At the convention of the colored
women of Colorado in Denver, Mrs.
Joyce-Jackson was reelected presi-
dent. The following named delegates
wore elected to the national convention