The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

| LoilS LuccrO, Mexican, who claims
TO be sun w0rsAipper, has been ad-
judged insane by the county court of
Las Animas county
Mrs. u. X. Snyder, wife of President
| Snyder of the State Normal School.
has been re-appointed by Governor Nc
| Donald as a 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 fail, and
later Professor Cragin viii issue an his
| torical dictionary of the West.
The new railroad passenger rate of
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 il was dis
| grace to a labor organization, Antoine
Langrou. 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-
son is that Mr. Rockefeller has made
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 its recent commence
ment.
The people of Colorado Springs are
| making a vigorous protest against the
| action of the Senate committee in re-
ducing the additional postotlice build
| ing appropriation from 100000 to
| $75,000. If the special appropriation
is not cut Colorado Springs will get in
| all $275,000 for its new federal build
| ing.
C. f. Hale. 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 10 Eks alone-the dears
are coming with them. and the Colo
rado game laws have been abrogated
for the occasion.
The body of Henry Rudy prospect
or, who was swept down the mountain
by a snowslide Iast winter at the head
of junction Creek, sixteen miles above
Durango, was found in a snowbank on
the Goth 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 1st. B. +. Widman, 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 NJ. Strauss. former Mayor
of Aurora, suburb of Denver, died
suddenly at his desk in the Exchange
building in Denver on the morning of
the 30th OF June. DR.. Strauss was six
ty years old and leaves a 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. a well known miner
Of Gilman, was instantly killed by a
Denver & Rio Grande freight train on
July lst. Daniels, with a companion,
was fishing in Eagle river canon and
undertook to board a moving train for
Red Cliff He missed his hold and fell
underneath the train being terribly
mangled. He leaves a widow and a
young child. and was a 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 a reply
from Secretary Loeb which says: You
Will have to vote for some other Re
publican next time Conant was
| delegate from New York to the first
national Republican convention, more
| than fifty years ago.
William A. Otis and associates. in
Guiding G. A. Taft president of the
Pixies Peak Hydro Electric Company,
,, have organized the Empire Water &
Power Company and announce that
they will soon begin the erection of a
new electric power plant at Mantou,
to cost 100000 In addition they pro-
pose to eXpend 100000 on pipe lines
and reservoirs, and 100000 additional
in general improvements.
Executing plan that has been in
contemplation for some months, DR..
Robert F. COyle hopes soon to con
duct the Central Presbyterian church
in Denver as an institutional church.
L.,Draries. club rooms. free dispensary
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