The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

1sANiiiso'
The President June 18th sent to the
Senate the nomination of Charles B.
Timberlake to be receiver of public
moneys at Sterling.
Albert Alternately has been ap-
pointed regular and James c. Rose
brough substitute rural carrier on
route at Monte Vista.
The American Association of Coop
erative Mutual Insurance Companies,
at their convention just closed in Bos-
ton, selected Denver as the next meet
ing place.
Ida, the two-year-old daughter of
Jacob Brothe-son, was drowned in
barrel of water at the ranch home of
the family. five miles northeast of
Black hawk, on the 18th inst.
The assessed valuation of Fremont
county property this year will be &c.
600, or sl25,OOO more than last year
The Increase is due to improvements
made in the vicinity of Canon City.
The carpenters scale of 81 a day. an
advance of so cents over the former
schedule, has gone into effect at Colo
RADIO Springs, and plumbers wages will
be raised from $3.50 day to So July
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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.
In the District Court at Colorado
Springs, Judge Seeds ruled that the
City Council has full power to revoke
| a liquor license. The case was that of
| a druggist who appealed from the
| County Court.
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.
The counties of Fremont and Teller
have decided to construct steel
bridge over Wilson creek on the new
| state road. The cost, $1,000, will be
bore jointly by the two counties The
bridge will be forty feet long and six
| teen feet wide.
| j. A. Graham, who had been work
ing on the roads in Boulder county,
| committed suicide near Nj Wot on the
14th inst, by hanging himself on the
| rafters of house with strap. He
was afflicted with tuberculosis and be-
came respondent. He was about thir-
ty-iiye years of age and single.
| Cyrus l.. Mann, an accomplished
landscape gardener, committed sui
eide at Denver on the 18th instant by
taking opium. He had previously made
J nj tn kill hip1CpIf
!, nestle troubles, leading to a divorce
from his wife on account of his use of
liquor and drugs, were the source OF
his downfall.
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.
loyce-Jackson was reelected presi-
dent. The following named delegates
were elected to the national convention
at Detroit, Michigan, July goth: Mrs.
Helen Gatewood of Pueblo, Mrs. Kath-
arine d. Tillman of Colorado Springs,
Mrs. Ida Depris and Mrs. Eliza b.
Butler of Denver.
At the department encampment of
| the Grand Army of the Republic at
| Greeley, on the 18th inst, resolution
was unanimously adopted expressing
| their desire that Brig. Cen Frank D..
| Baldwin, U. S. A., should receive in
recognition from the government and
as a reward for his long services the
rank and pay for a major general be-
fore his retirement on June Goth.
The annual meeting of the Denver &
Intermountain Railroad Company,
formerly the Denver, Lakewood &
Golden, was held at Denver. June 18th.
| The officers elected are as follows:
Samuel Newhouse, president; c. C.
Parsons, first vice president; II. X.
Brown, second vice president; Frank
| w. Loveland, treasurer; William Nor
rison, secretary; Caldwell Yeaman, at
torney.
| That the output of goods manufac-
tured in Colorado has increased
| twenty per cent. annually during the
last four years is a claim made in a
| statistical statement issued by Gen
eral Manager Thomas c. Scott of the
| Colorado Manufacturers Association.
| The entire output of manufactured
goods during 1905, according to the
statement, amounted to 1888, S2l 900;
| the capital invested was 00000000.
Surveyors are making the final sur
vey for the proposed Gilpin & Clear
| Creek District railway, financed by
| Colorado and eastern capital. Tho
new road is to be less than twenty
miles in length and will connect Cen
trail City and neighboring points with
the Moffat road, Yd compete with the
Colorado & Southern. 1t will be broad
gauge and dirt will fly as soon as the
first five miles of final survey have
been made.
Two new instructors for the School
of Mines were elected at the trustees
regular monthly meeting on the 18th
inst. A. c. Smith was chosen instruc-
tor of mathematics, and F. II. Cronin
assistant professor of mechanical en-
pineering Professor CrOnin at Dres-