The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-22
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

!
A. N. Finfrock. a prominent artist
| and engineer. was drowned at Berke-
ley lake in Denver June 10th while in
bathing.
The President June 18th sent to the
Senate the nomination Of Charles B.
Timberlake to be receiver of public
moneys at Sterling.
Albert Abernathy 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 twoyear-old daughter Of
Jacob BrOthe:son, was drowned in a
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 viii be S..
900, or $125,000 more than last year.
| The Increase is due to Improvements
made In the vicinity of Canon City.
The carpenters scale of $4 a day, an
advance of so cents over the former
schedule, has gone into effect at Colo
rado Springs. and plumbers wages will
be raised from $3.50 a day to IS July
| 1st.
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 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
| druggist who appealed from the
County Court.
Judge Charles NJ Campbell, for
many years 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 a steel
| bridge over Wilson creek on the new
state road. The cost, $1,000, will be
| borne Jointly by the two counties. The
| bridge will be forty feet long and Six
| teen feet wide.
]. 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-ftve 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
| several attempts to kill himself Do
mes4c troubles, leading to 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 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.
Joyce-Jackson was reelected presi-
dent. The following named delegates
we're 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. Gen. 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 major general be-
| fore his retirement on June 2Gth.
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; Fl. X.
| Brown, second vice president; Frank
| w. Loveland, treasurer; William Nor
rison, secretary; Caldwell Yeaman, at
| tCrney.
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
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 $133S21 900;
the capital invested was $1OO,000,O00.
| Surveyors are making the final sur
vey for the proposed Gilpin & Clear
Creek District railway. financed by
Colorado and eastern capital. Th"
new road is to be less than twenty
miles in length and will connect Cen
tral City and neighboring points with
the Moffat road, and 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 We're elected at the trustees
regular monthly meeting on the 14th
inst. A. c. Smith was chosen instruc-
tor of mathematics, and F. H. Cronin
assistant professor of mechanical en-
| r;neering. Professor Cronin at pres
ent is chief engineer of the Chicago dis
trict for the American Steel and Wire
Company. He is a graduate of Johns
Hopkins University and the Armou:
institute Of Technology.