The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-08-11
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Frances Warth. the six-year-old
| daughter of John Warth Of Denver.
| was burned to death on the 9Th inst.
while playing with matches, which set
| fire to her dress.
| Governor Mcdonald will be request
ed to open the annual flower show TO
| be held in North park, at Colorado
| Springs. August 22nd TO cath inclusive.
! by the El Paso County Horticultural
| society.
A terrific hail storm struck the coal
| mining camps OF Primero and Secundo
| in Las Animas county on the 5th inst.
| hailstones covering the ground TO the
| depth Of six inches. Many windows
| were broken.
Gaetano Fiurino, an Italian, living
| on Delgany street in Denver, was shot
| and killed by his wife on the 9Th, inst.
| because he accused her Of going with
| other men and started to write a let
| ter 10 her brother in Italy. telling him
SO.
The body OF the man found dead at
| the headgate OF Robinson's lake and
| irrigating reservoir. eight miles north
| of Denver on the Globeville road. on
| the 18th, inst. has been identified as
| that Of Fred Luksik, resident OF Den
| Yer.
The offer OF Abraham Bosler OF Phil
| adelphia to purchase certain of the
| assets OF the defunct Western Bank
| at Denver, said to be worth $50, 900
| for $4,000, was refused after an ex-
| preston against it by meeting OF de-
| positors.
| During a panic on an 1nterurban
| electric car at Trinidad, caused by fear
| of being run down by a Santa Fe en-
| gine. Mrs. Thomas Dowd. wife OF
Colorado & Wyoming engineer, resid-
| ing at Jansen. fell and fractured her
| right leg at the knee in an attempt to
| jump from the car.
| Notice of the dissolution OF the IL
mon State bank has been fled in the
| Office OF the secretary of State. The
| notice says that the bank has been
sold out to J, NJ Bailey and ]. NJ. Nc
| clure, who will continue the business
as private bank. The institution was
capitalized at $50, 1000.
The September term OF the District
| Court at Trinidad promises TO be one
of the longest ever held in the county.
| There are twenty-one cases on the
| criminal docket at the present time
and the officers state there probably
will be ten or twelve added during the
month. Three are murder cases.
Ell Paso county is given a valuation
| of s23, $50 900 in the annual report of
| Assessor F. F. Schreiber. The yalua-
tion is about fifty per cent of the ac-
| tually due, making the wealth of the
| county approximately $50 600. 900. OF
| the assessors estimate. Sl6,350 900 is
| on real estate, 81 900. 900 on personal
property and $500 600 on railroads
Governor Mcdonald attended the pic
mic of the Caledonian Club al Military
| Park, near Denver, on the 4th inst and
| watched with great interest the numer-
Gus Scotch games and diversions. He
| also donated a gold medal for putting
| the sixteen-pound shot, which was
awarded to Thomas Mccall. There
were several other medals and yalu-
able prizes.
J. j. Manuel, an employe .. the state
! capitol. Rev. John f. Ford and b. w,
| Fields have been selected by the P,o-
Pies Sunday alliance and the colored
| business men of Denver IS delegates
| to the National Negro Business League,
| which organization will hold a conven-
| ton in Atlanta, Georgia. August 27th,
| 2Sth and 10th. The Denver delegates
| will endeayor to secure the 1907 con.
| ventlon.
| The engineer in charge Of the work
| on the Gunnison tunnel. Tncompahgre
| irrigation project, reports that IT'S
| feet were excavated in July and to date
| 14,6l4 linear feet Less headway was
made in July than in previous months
| on account OF friable material encoun-
| tered in heading No. ., an accident by
II premature explosion in heading No.
!. and the quantity of water flowing
| in the latter heading.
At the meeting of the State Board
| of Pardons August Sd clemency was
extended to Herman Anderson. who
was sentenced from Lake county by
| Judge Overs February 10. 1908, to a
| term of fifteen to twenty years for
| murder in the second degree. His sen.
| tcnce was commutcd to four to twenty
years, under which communication he
| will obtain his liberty as soon as the
| papers reach the peniteEtiary.
Prof Joseph Reed of Denver, former
| principal Of the GleuwoOd schools will
| take charge OF department of hui
| name education in the public schools
| of the state. Professor Reeds work in
this line has already attracted atten.
ton. and the Roaring Fork Teachers
Association, which comprises edu-
Gators in Garfield. Eagle and Pitkin
counties. met last winter and approved
| and adopted Professor Reeds views
| on the matter, based on his work at
| (,leuwoO1