The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-03-31
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


George A. Hall. charged with con
spiracy in the McEachern insurance
fraud case at Victor, has been acquit-
ted In the District Court at Cripple
Greek.
Mayor Robert W. Speer is preparins
for the sale OF S40o. 600 worth of city OF
Denver gold coupon bonds to raise
funds for the purchase OF a site and
the erection OF the new auditorium.
Prof. Albert c. knudson, Ph.D., for
mer professor of church history Al
Denver University, from 1898 to l99J,
has been elected to the chair Of H
brew and the Old Testament by the
trustees OF Boston University.
Henry Van Kleeck will represent the
Denver Chamber Of Commerce at the
Lake MShonk conference on interna-
tional arbitration TO Be held at Lake
Mohonk, New York, on May 30th, 81 81
and June lst. The conference is held
with the purpose OF urging universa al
recognition and adoption of arbitration
in the settlement of all information
questions.
Lyman Munger, father OF Mrs. John
R. Hanna of Denver, died at Denyer,
March 22d at the age OF ninety-fouT
years and six months. In the stirring
days before the Civil War Mr.. Munger
was an active abolitionist and through-
out his entire life he was strong be
lever in prohibition. He leaves seven
children, three sons and four daush-
ters, whose average age is over sixty
years.
F. S Granger, general manager OF
the Interurban electric railway system
being built in Fremont county. prom
ises Canon City one OF the finest resort
hotels In the state. Granger and his
associates will purchase the Hot
Springs hotel and erect on its site one
OF the most attractive hosteries In the
West. The plans call for three-stoFy
brick and stone structure, to contain
200 rooms.
Representative Brooks last week
called upon the japanese minister and
advised him that many Colorado clli-
zens desire to contribute to the relief
OF the starving japanese. Mr.: BROOKS
was informed that any contributions
would be appreciated by the Japanese
government, which already has Re,
ceived nearly 500. 900 from Americans.
Contributions should be sent to the
Japanese minister in Washington.
J. J. McEachern and John Varley,
who attempted to defraud the North.
western Life Insurance Company out
| OF $1,000, We're sentenced in the Dis
trict Court at Cripple Creek to from
nine and one-half to ten years in the
penitentiary. Judge Seeds also pro.
, nounced sentence upon George Lewis,
grand larceny. three to five years
| Sam Haas, Clayte Watt and Jack
no urit
| tent TO kill p. l.. Dattelbaum, nine to
ten years.
State Auditor Bent has sold the Bent
ranch OF 700 acres in Prowers county
| TO G. NJ. Smith of Kansas City and W.
A. Smith of Greenwood. Missouri, for
| $4,000. The land lies about five miles
from Lamar and about $50 acres are
under cultivation. Sugar beets, alfalfa
and other crops are raised on the
ranch The purchasers have secured
perpetual water rights on the prop
erty. About ten years ago Mr.. Bent
bought the place for about half the
sam he has sold it for.
Spontaneous combustion of 10000
pounds of corn starch is believed to
have caused a fire in the plant of the
! Western candy factory in Denver on
the night of March 22d. which almost
totally wrecked the three-story brick
structure and threatened the entire
block, entailiae a loss of nearly 5000.
900 to the building and perishable
stocks of the Hewitt Candy Company,
the Colorado Saddlery Company, the
Western laundry, the Western paper
box factory and the Western Candy
Company.
A bill to provide a state examiner,
whose duty 1t will be to check up
county, city and state books, will be
introduced in the next Assembly, and
will undoubtedly have the endorsement
of the present administration and per
haps both political parties, as it will be
a non-partiSan measure. Deputy Su.
perintendent of Insurance Rittenhouse
has investigated the operation of this
law in Ohio and strongly urges its
adoption in Colorado as a preventative
of tangled accounts and wrongdoing In
public Office.
The will of the late Henry C. Brown
OF Denver divides his entire estate
equally. with the exception of $500
given his son Benjamin, a child by his
first marriage, among his four children
James II. Brown, Carrie NJ. Cassell,
Sherman T. Brown and Anna NJ.
Green, wife of Hubert r. Green. The
value Of the estate, which is variously
estimated from million to million
and half dollars, is not mentioned
in the will, which has been filed in the
County Court. There is much valuable
property beside a considerable equity
in the Brown Palace Hotel.
The estate OF the late General Fred
Walsen is valued at $4,000. The
will, which has been admitted to pro-
bate, was drawn on May 18th, 1899,
and by its terms leaves all of the prop.
erty to the widow and the children.
Emma Walsen, the widow. is well pro
vided for, all the stock owned by Mr..
Walsen in the Rio Grande Southern
railway being left to her. The chill.
dren, Freida Marie Renshaw and Millie
Chamberlin of Idaho Springs, Cora
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