The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


Bolder. Cook your pork thoroughly II
you would be immune.
The trustees OF the Methodist cpurcn
at Fort Collins have placed an oroer
for $4,000 pipe organ.
i The bodies OF eight unidentified VIC
Tins OF the Adobe railroad wreck Wero
buried at Pueblo on the TIN inst.
General Nelson A. Miles, comman-
der-in- chief OF the American army ls
to deliver the commencement ADDRESS
at the State University In Bouioer
June 9Th.
The Colorado State Commercial AS
| sociation reports an increase IN tne
number of gifts coming In for the pur-
chase of silver service for the cruiser
i Colorado.
James Cannon, Jr.. formerly presi-
dent OF the Northern Coal Company,
died at Denver on the 10th inst. ,aIter
lingering illness. He is survived py
his widow and two children.
"a Boulder Shriner who ATTENDED
the meeting of the Shriners in Denver
Friday night. lost his hat, coat ana
gloves. but obtained better articles IN
return" says Boulder dispatch 10
Denver dispatch.
| Twelve thousand dollars OF the $lo,-
| 600 debt that encountered the property
of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal
church in Denver was raised by the
vigorous appeal of Bishop Warren and
others on Easter Sunday.
! A case of leprosy is reported to nave
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 c. 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 it's branch line that now
runs to the United States Smelling q
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 a
deadly weapon, but recommended
mercy. The judge gave Hamilton ten
days in Jail and fine of $40 and costs,
a total of $3.50.
Secretary of State Cowie will shortly
issue revised brand book which will
be sold to the stockmen of the state at
cost of publication The system of in
dexing will be the same as that in use
at the office of brand inspector. About
10000 brands are recorded at the office
of the secretary Of state.
Michael Lavelle, aged fifty-nve
years, well known over Weld county as
Count" Lavelle, died at Greeley on the
18th inst, of appendicitis, after an ILL
ness Of one week. He was born in Ire
land and came to Colorado twenty
years ago. He is survived by widow,
q son and three daughters.
The Business Mems Association of
Pueblo has decided to call a conven-
tion 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 18th, when the great slide
came down. Death was evidently in
Simultaneous, the dead man still clutch
ing his pipe in his hand.
A tariff reduction of rs 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.
Over 700 applications for liquor Ii
censes were received in the office OF
the state treasurer in the week ending
April 7th and before the month closes
it is believed 1900 will be in. With
each application comes s25, the license
the state requires from all who sell
Intoxicating liquor. This rush of busiA
ness is due to the fact that about half
the licenses issued in the state ex-
pired on April list.
Crushed to death under the weight