Gilpin observer., 1906-07-05
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

10 De sun WorSnlpper, has been ad-
judged insane by the county court of
Las Animas county.
Mrs. 2. X. Snyder, wife of President
Snyder of the State Normal School,
has been re-appointed by Governor Nc
Donald as member of the State Tray
cling Library Commission.
Prof. F. w. Cragin, formerly of the
faculty Of Colorado College, is compil-
ing history Of the Rocky Mountain
region, to be published this fall, and
later Professor Cragin will issue an his
torical dictionary of the West.
The new railroad passenger rate of
3 cents mile in Colorado, recently es-
| tablished by the Western Passenger
| Association, went into effect July 1st
1t is expected that the increase in
travel will fully compensate the rail-
| roads
Because he thought it was a dis
grace to labor organization, Antoine
Langroti, an Italian at Trinidad, tried
| to commit suicide but was unsuccess-
full. He was tried in the County Court
on charge of insanity and sent to
the state asylum.
The cornerstone of the new building
of the First Avenue Presbyterian
church at Denver of which the Rev. w.
| A. Hunter is pastor, was laid Sunday.
July 1st. 1t is designed to seat about
800 people, the present building being
used for Sunday school purposes.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver
says that he has never refused five
million dollars, or any other sum of
money, from John d. Rockefeller for
juvenile reform work. One good rea-
| c0v 10 hot L,, do
no offer of money.
> l.. c. Dana, commander-in-chief of
the Department of Colorado and Wy
oming, G. A. R., has been formally ac-
credited by Governor Mcdonald as
ex-officio member of the board of trus-
tees of the Colorado Soldiers and Sail
ors' Home at Monte Vista.
The Rev. David Utter, pastor OF
Unity church in Denver, and the Rev.
James B. Gregg, pastor of the First
| Congregational church at Colorado
Springs, were both honored by Har-
ward University with the degree of doc
| tor of divinity at it's recent commence
ment.
| The people of Colorado Springs are
making vigorous protest against the
| action of the Senate committee in re-
| ducing the additional postoffice build
| ing appropriation from 100000 to
| $4,000. If the special appropriation
is not cut Colorado Springs will get in
all $275,000 for its new federal build
ing.
c. e. Hale, a Silverton miner, was
recently committed to the county Jail
at Denver on complaint Of Humane
Agent Tuft, who alleges that Hale has
failed to pay the sum of $50 a month,
as agreed upon by him, for the support
of his son, a boy of ten, who is under
treatment at the Denver county hos
pital for curvature of the spine.
The forty-second grand lodge meet
ing and twentieth annual reunion of
the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks will be held at Denver July
10th to Goth. The gathering will not
be restricted to Elks alone-the dears
are coming with them, and the Colo
RADIO game laws have been abrogated
for the occasion.
The body of Henry Rudy, prospect
or, who was swept down the mountain
by snowslide last winter at the head
of Junction Creek, sixteen miles above
Durango, was found in snowbank on
the Both of June by his brother, who
had been looking for him since early
Spring. He had been struck by slide
while going from his mine to his cabin.
In the Cripple Creek District on
July list, B. F. Wildman, en-
gineer at the Cameron power house.
was struck by bolt of lightning and
paralyzed. He was walking to the door
after oiling his machinery, when the
flash came, knocking him down. He
was removed to the Red Cross hospital
for treatment with little chance of saw
ing his life.
DR.. Louis M. Strauss, former Mayor
of Aurora. suburb of Denver, died
suddenly at his desk in the Exchange
building in Denver on the morning of
the Both of June. DR.. Strauss was six
ty years old and leaves widow and
five children. He was president of the
school board of Aurora. and secretary
and treasurer of the Crystal River
Marble company.
Clayton Daniels, well known miner
of Gilman, was instantly killed by
Denver & Rio Grande freight train on
July 1st. Daniels, with companion.
was fishing in Eagle river canon and
undertook to board moving train for
Red Cliff He missed his hold and fell
underneath the train being terribly
mangled. He leaves widow and
young child, and was member of the
A. o. U. w.
w. A. Conant, a pioneer resident of
Colorado Springs, in response to let
ter written to President Roosevelt ask
ing him If he intended to run for office
another term, has received reply
from Secretary Loeb which says: You
will have to vote for some other Re
publican next time" Conant was a
delegate from New YORK to the first
national Republican convention, more
than fifty years ago.
William A. Otis and associates. in
cluding G.. A. Taff, president OF the
Pixies Peak Hydro Electric Company.