The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-17
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

DToN u al tl4di eNd WIN q 49,
utory offense. and in default OF $1,000
bail was committed TO await the action
OF the grand jury
Cashier W. H. Allison of the First
National bank of Boulder says trust
company is to be run in connection
with the bank A room for this pur-
pose is being prepared.
Smith Payne, aged ffty-four. a mine
watchman, expired suddenly at Cripple
Creek while engaged in putting up
stove pipe at his residence. Apoplexy
was the direct cause Of death.
Ed Andrew. by his mother. Betty An
drew, has sued the Parkdale Fuel Com
pany for $4,000 for injuries sustained
while he was working in the coal mine
owned by the company near Boulder.
Thirty tenderfoots from the East
some in fantastical cowboy and COW
girl makeup. rode into Cripple
Greek from the Skeleton ranch near
Woodland Park. Thirty-five miles
away.
After a delay Of fifteen years settle
ment of the estate Of James Williams
at Georgetown has been perfected,
certified copy OF the decree having
been filed with the county clerk and
recorder.
B. L. Morey was found dead in a lit
tie dugout near Pueblo. in which he
had been sleeping during the warm
weather. Morey had been an engineer
at the South Side waterworks. Morey
was twenty-eight years old and leaves
a widow and two children.
Mamie Poulson OF Leadville, aged
eight. suffered excrutiating pain for
eight hours as the result OF getting a
fish hook in her eye. The child was
out fishing and in casting the line the
hook caught in her eye. The hook was
removed, the child suffered untold ag.
ony until the operation was performed.
Mrs. Charlotte Garbe died in Fort
Collins at her home on Riverside ave
nue., aged seventy-nine years. from old
age. Mrs. Garbe was born in Germany
In 1929 and came to the United States
when child. She came to Fort Col
Inns in 1879. She leaves a son, VII
liam. and daughter, Mrs. Lottie Dan
dewark
An inquest was held over the body
OF Wallace Rogers. a miner employed
by the Granite Gold Mining Company
at Victor. Rogers was caught by
falling rock. His lower limbs were
crushed and he died five hours after
the accident at Red Cross hospital. He
was twenty-eight years OF age and
leaves widow and infant child
G, c. Hewitt. one OF the most promi-
nent mining engineers in the country,
and for twenty three years a resident
OF Colorado. died from heart failure,
superinduced by acute gastritis, at his
home In Colorado Springs. He was
fiftyfour years old and is survived by
a father, a widow and three sons aged
eight, ten and twenty-six years, re-
spectively.
The annual normal institute Of Pu.
eblo and Custer counties closed after
two weeks successful session. The
attendance this year has been above
the average. Among the special fea.
lures of the closing day was an ad.
dress by Professor Thomas Of the
State Agricultural College on Pioneer
History. and Its Relation to National
Affairs"
Hon. James Wilson, secretary Of az.
riculture. paid Fort Collins a short
visit for the purpose OF inspecting the
horse breeding station conducted by
the State Agricultural College for the
government, and to look over the work
being done at the experiment station
and on the college farm Secretary
Wilson was In Fort Collins at the time
Of the establishment OF the station
three years ago.
Judge Sheafor Of the District Court
at Colorado Springs repealed his for
mer alternative writ of mandamus or
derins County Treasurer Simmons to
pay Senator Cornforth $i3,2S0.63 by
peremptory writ. Treasurer Simmons
at once paid the amount. The sum Is
tor services rendered by Mr.. Cornforth
In aiding the attorney generals Office
In collecting the Stratton estate inher-
itance tax. He had been paid $3.50 on
account, the above sum representing
the balance
Burritt Seymour, the popular left
fielder Of the Central City Boosters,
who had his leg broken during the
game with the Pikers team of Idaho
Springs. was taken to Denver and
placed in hospital. His condition has
been critical and scarcely any hope has
been held out for his recovery. The
young man was injured while running
from third base to home plate and his
Injuries were promptly attended to,
but on account of heart trouble and
congestion OF the lungs his condition
became quite serious.
AS the result Of collision with M.
D. Thatcher's automobile, C. J. Heine,
a lineman for the Denver & Rio
Grande, who was riding on his bi-
cycle. was seriously, II not fatally, in
jured at Pueblo. The accident oc-
CURED in front of ST Mary's Hospital,
where he was taken at once. He was
badly bruised about the hips and back
and received several deep scalp
wounds 1t is also said he was inter.
nalfy injured.
Cary Culver recently died at his
home on the Little Thompson, near
Longmont. Of paralysis, aged sixty.
seven years. Mr.. Culver was born in
New York came with his wife To Colo