The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The bodies of eight unidentified vic
tins OF the Adobe railroad wreck were
buried at Pueblo on the 9Th inst.
General Nelson A. Miles. comman-
Ger-in-chief of the American army, is
to deliver the commencement address
at the State University in Boulder
June 9Th
The Colorado State Commercial AS
sociation reports an increase in the
number of gifts coming in for the pur-
chase of a silver service for the cruiser
Colorado.
James Cannon, Jr., formerly presi-
dent of the Northern Coal Company,
died at Denver on the 10th inst. after
lingering illness. He is survived by
his widow and two children.
"A Boulder Shriner who attended
the meeting of the Shriners in Denver
Friday night, lost his hat, coat and
gloves. but obtained better articles in
return" says Boulder dispatch to a
Denver dispatch.
Twelve thousand dollars of the $15,-
900 debt that encumbered 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 have
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 its branch line that now
runs to the United States Smelling &
Refining Company, north of the city. In
order to reach the mines of the Royal
Gorge Coal Company.
Representative Brooks has appointed
Joseph f. 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 Lonemont, who shot at his SON
in-law. Ed Corder, some time ago, re-
turned 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 $1G0.
Secretary of State Cowie will shortly
| issue a revised brand book which will
| be sold to the stockmen of the state al
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-five
Years, well known over Weld county as
Count Lavelle. died at Greeley on the
18th inst, of appendicitis, after an i'll
ness of one week. He was born in Ire
land and came to Colorado twenty
years ago. He is survived by widow
n 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 16th when the great slide
came down. Death was evidently in
stantaneous. the dead man still clutch
ing his pipe in his hand.
A tariff reduction of 25 cents ton
On coal mined by the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Company in Fremont county tc
points outside of the state, went into
effect on the Santa Fe April 7th. The
new tariff, together with the order fol
millions of tons from the East, insures
steady employment of nearly 1000 men
n 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 $25, the license
the state requires from all who sell
intoxicating liquor. This rush of bust
ness is due TO the fact that about hall
the licenses issued in the state eX
pired on April 1st.
Crushed to death under the weight
of twenty tons of stone and cement
Peter w. Johnson and Harry Hardwick
were instantly killed on the 10th inst
ht the Iron springs, Manitou, as re-
suit of the sudden collapse of the thir-
ty-foot stone arch which they had just
built over RuXton creek. The men
were removing the wooden framework
which supported the stone. and the ce-
ment had not hardened sufficiently to
hold together
The passenger department of the Den.
yer & Rio Grande has just issued a
new book on Colorado agriculture. 1t
Is entitled Fertile Lands of Colorado.
In the Introductory it is announced
that the railroad has no lands for sale
md is interested in booming no par
t.,