The Colorado statesman., 1906-04-21
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


The bodies of eight unidentified vic
Tins of the Adobe railroad wreck were
buried at Pueblo on the 7th inst.
General Nelson A. Miles, comman-
der-in-chief of the American army, is
to deliver the commencement address
at the State University in Boulder
June 9Th.
The Colorado State Commercial AS
sociation reports an increase in the
number of gifts coming in for the pur-
chase of a silver service for the cruiser
Colorado.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
II. M. Barker of Mancos water commits
sioner of water district No. "a to fill
the vacancy caused by the removal Of
e. A. Coston from the county.
"a Boulder Shriner who attended
the meeting of the Shriners in Denver
Friday night, lost his hat, coat and
gloves, but obtained better articles in
return" says a Boulder dispatch to
Denver dispatch.
Twelve thousand dollars of the $751;
900 debt that encumbered the property
of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal
church in Denver was raised by the
vigorous appeal of Bishop Warren and
others on Easter Sunday.
State Game and Fish Commissioner
James Woodard has announced the ap-
pointment of Halsey NJ. Rhoads, edi-
tor of the Rocky Mountain Herald, to
the position of assistant superinten-
dent of the Denver fish hatchery
A case of leprosy is reported to have
been discovered in Las Animas county,
the victim being Japanese miner EN-
ployed in the Majestic coal mine, six
teen miles north of Trinidad He was
promptly isolated and will probably be
deported.
Triplets, all girls, were born to Mr..
and Mrs. G.. Gonzales of Watervale in
Las Animas county April 9th. A pic
ture of the family will be taken and
sent to President Roosevelt Each of
the children weighed seven pounds and
all are strong and healthy.
The Santa Fe Railroad Company at
Canon City is building a three mile ex-
tension to its branch line that now
runs to the United States Smelling &
Refining Company, north of the city, in
order to reach the mines of the Royal
Gorge Coal Company.
Representative Brooks has appointed
Joseph E. McCoombs, captain of the
high school battalion of Colorado
Springs, as a cadet in the West Point
Military Academy. AS alternates he
appointed George d. Kimbrough OF
Central City and Lyman T. Elwell of
Pueblo.
The Jury in the case of A. W. Hamil-
ton of Longmont, who shot at his SON
in-law, Ed Corder, some time ago, re-
turned a verdict of assault with
deadly weapon, but recommended
mercy. The judge gave HaHilton ten
days in Jail and fine OF $40 and costs,
a total of $3.50.
Secretary of State Cowie will shortly
Issue a revised brand book which will
lbe sold to the stockmen of the state at
cost of publication. The system OF in
'dexing will be the same as that in use
lat the Office of brand inspector. About
40, 900 brands are recorded at the office
of the secretary of state.
Michael Lavelle, aged fifty-hve
years, well known over Weld county as
Count" Lavelle, died at Greeley on the
18th inst, of appendicitis, after an i'll.
mess of one week. He was born in Ire
Hand and came to Colorado twenty
years ago. He is survived by a widow,
a son and three daughters.
The Business Mems Association Of
Pueblo has decided to call a conven-
ton of delegates from all the CONNER.
cial clubs and kindred organizations in
Colorado within thirty days to con.
slider having law enacted at the next
session of the Legislature providing
for railroad commission and defining
its duties.
The Colorado Portland Cement Com
pany has accepted so many orders
from the government and railroads
that it has been obliged to order new
engines, boilers, kilns and mills that
will increase the capacity to about
100000 barrels per year. This new
! machinery will be in place inside OF
ninety days.
The body of D. R. Hickey, foreman
of the Green Mountain mill at Silver
ton, was found April 7th in the engine
room of the mill, where it had lain
buried under twenty-five feet of snow
since March 10th, when the great slide
came down. Death was evidently in
stantaneous, the dead man still clutch
ing his pipe in his hand.
A tariff reduction of % cents ton
on coal mined by the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Company in Fremont county to
points outside of the state, went into
effect on the Santa Fe April 7th. The
new tariff, together with the order for
millions of tons from the East, insures
steady employment of nearly 1000 men
in Fremont county this year.
Sam Hupps. one of the famous team
of rock drillers known as the terrible
Swedes," died at Ouray on the 18th
inst. from concussion of the brain oc.
| casioned hy n fall from fha doorsteu