The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

P. J. O'Connor, former national pres
ident of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans, former national president of the
Catholic Knights of America, died at
Savannah, Georgia, on the 9th inst
The Putnam Hill chapter, C. A B.,
at Greenwich, Connecticut. will be in
corporated to take over the house in
which General Putnam spent the night
before his famous ride down the stone
steps.
The number of bonded whisky losses
IN Kentucky this year has caused many
companies to consider whether a moral
hazard is developing because of the
rapid increase in the prohibition and
local option sentiment
| Much curiosity has been caused by
an announcement from Wisconsin that
the sol of wealthy resident of that
| state las applied for patents on a new
| type Of motor car which he expects to
market at $3.50.
| A total of 11,010,S64 bales of cotton
ginned from the growth of 1908 to Dec.
/ 1st, and 26,922 active ginneries, against
| year and 26,S54 ginneries a. year ago
were announced in the census bureau
report on cotton.
| Miss Mary Goodwin Pinkney, died in
| New York city on the Sth inst. at the
| age of ninety-nine. Miss Pinkney was
credited with being one of the wealthy
women of the world, the value of her
holdings in Manhattan real estate be-
| ing estimated at $10,000,000.
Elks in New York are to spend ST.
| 100000 on a twelve story clubhouse, no.
| tel and theater, at Forty-third street
and Sixth avenue. Work on the
| structure which will be built by New
| York lodge No. / will begin within
| sixty days. 1t will be dedicated on
Christmas eve, 1909.
November fire losses have been
heavy in the United States and Canada,
and the month Will be added to the
long list of others in 1908 which have
shown no profit for the companies. The
total for the month is estimated $17,-
100000, making the total for the year
to date 1925, 100000. This compares
with $197 900 900 for the first eleven
months of 1907.
On the 4th inst friends in New York
| publicly eulogized the late Grover
Cleveland, who died June oath These
tributes were paid at the memorial eX-
erciscs which marked the opening ses-
sion of the second annual meeting of
the Association of Life Insurance
| presidents, of which organization Mr.
Cleveland was chairman and general
counsel at the time of his death.
In the suit at New York to dissolve
the Standard Oil Company, the gov
ernment inquisitor, on figures sub
mitted, showed that the Continental
Oil Company, Standard subsidiary in
the Middle West, made profits of lis
per cent. on it's capitalization of $780,
600, and that the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana on a capitalization of
S1,000,000 earned about $55,000,000 be-
tween 1899 and 1906.
! The American Mining congress at it's
closing session in Pittsburg Saturday
elected j. H. Richards, Boise, presi
dent; DR.. E. R. Buckley, Flat River,
Missouri, first vice president; John
Dearn Salt Lake, second vice presi
dent; W. F. R. Mills, Denver, third
vice president; ]. f. Callbreath, Den
yer, secretary; directors, E. G. Brom-
ley, Denver; NJ. Foster Balm, Urbana,
Illinois, and Samuel A. Taylor, Pitts
| burg Headquarters will remain in
| Denver.
You-n air craft enthusiasts at Co
lumbia University, New York City,
forming the University Aero Club, are
soon TO have an aeroplane and a diri-
gible balloon for experimental pur-
poses. The balloon and flying ma
chine will ne presented to the club
by a donor whose name has not been
made public. 1t is probable that a
meet in which machines of the stu
dents will compete will be held at the
university in the spring. Jay Gould III.
is an enthusiastic member of the or
ganization and it is said will contribute
| to the cause.