The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-25
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Is planned for Cripple Creek.
Snowslides carried away three
towers OF the Unity tramway. near
Silverton.
II you hear a loud loIse afar on its
the Denver boosters-doat get excited
and tear to the cyclone cellar.
The Denver papers have found a
child that doesn't know its own
mother. Here's where papa evens Up.
Directors OF the First Nationli Bank
OF Eaton will build in the nifty feet
west Of their present lot. making
$4,000 addition to the structure.
E. E. Phelps. the Colorado Midland
conductor who went insane while In
charge of his train near DebeQue two
weeks ago. died as the result OF the
afiiction.
Thomas Thomas, convicted IT. the
District Court Of numbering Walter
Sterling OF Florence, April 26th. has
commenced on his seven years in the
penitentiary.
Burglars ransacked the dentistry
Offices Of DIR. G. ii. ingalls, and DIR.
Scott In Boulder Saturday night or
Sunday. carrying away $500 worth of
gold and platinum.
Twenty-four members of the Omega
Upsilon Phi medical fraternity at
Boulder were poisoned py eating ham,
burger steak, and it came near being
the Omega OF the whole Phi.
Blonde Jeffries, asewing machine
agent, dropped his revolver while get
ting out Of his buggy at Morrison. The
gun was discharged and Jeffries was
shot. The wound may prove fatal.
William Fink, laborer employed in
digging a sewer in Boulder. was buried
in cavein and narrowly escaped suf-
location before being rescued by his
fellow workmen. He was only slightly
bruised
John Vermillion, Colorado & South
ern brakeman. fell from the top of
car as the train was pulling in-o Trim
idad. recently, and was badly Injured
internally. He was taken to his home
and is in. serious condition.
The population at the state p-niten-
tiary is 636 convicts. which is the max
imum number reached this year. This
Is 100 less than two years ago. The
health of the prisoners is good, only
few chronic cases being treated in the
hospital.
The clerk OF the Supreme Court has
notified Senator T. NJ. Patterson that
he must pay judgment in the sum of
$1,000 and $424.40 costs, found against
him in the somewhat famous contempt
case. The senator wiz send L check
at once.
Plans for the reception of the Sons
of the American Revolution, who are
coming to Colorado Springs next
month, include an elaborate function
at the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth
Cass Goddard on the afternoon OF
June 9th
r.. f. Richardson. the Longmont en-
gineer who was employed by the citi-
zens OF Marshall to investigate the
Marshall dam, has finished his inspec-
ton. but refuses to make public any
report. The people Of Marshall sur
mise the dam was found to be safe.
The first canon strawberries to
ripen this year were brough; in by
Mrs. ]. E.. Overman OF South Canon.
They were grown in a sheltered place
and are two weeks ahead of he aver
age berries. Strawberry beds are full
of bloom and green berries, and the
crop promises to be large. although the
first bloom was killed by the April
freeze.
Sam Columbo, a miner at Berwind
teu III VI was SlcS-
trocuted. He was going off shift. car
rying a can of hot water on his head,
when the can touched an overhead
trolley wire of the mine tramway. and
the powerful current killed him. The
coroner decided that the death was the
result OF the miners own carelessness.
Columbo was twenty-five years old and
single.
Former Police Captain Sam Stewart
presented claim for $l,1S0 TO the
city council Of Pueblo on account of
salary from May s, 1906. when he was
discharged, until April 10, 1907, when
| the new administration went into
office. The claim Is based ON an
alleged contract with the city when
he was engaged as police captain, and
the contention that his dismissal was
irregular.
Apex gulch, near Golden, continues
TO maintain its reputation as tavorite
spot for suicides, the seventh victim
| within five years having been found
there recently Fred p. Schroeder,
owner Of a fine tract of land ana resi-
dence seven miles east of Golden,
hanged himself shortly after daylight.
and no cause can be assigned for his
act although the difficulties encoun-
tered show that he was determined to
lie.
While crossing the North Fork OF the
Las Animas river thirty miles west of
Trinidad two members of the Canon
City council narrowly escaped drown
ing They were saved by the prompt
action of other members of the party.
Dr. Lamb and Alderman O'kay re-
ceived the ducking. This is the same
place where Senator w. A. Clark of
Montana narrowly escaped drowning
last FALL while visiting coal properties
recently acquired in that section.
After having his left hand blown off
BY an EXPLOSION in the Wrochloff shaft