The Delta independent., 1910-11-18
ITEMS OF COLORADO
EUents of Importance
Throughout the State
To Protect Miners.

Shafroth upon which he may base
the drafting of bill for the pre-
vention of mine disasters and safe
guarding the lives Of miners. 1t is
his intention to present the bill to
the legislature in January.
Woman Accused of Murder.
Miss Maud Keller. sister-in-law of
County Treasurer w. A. Mckinley.
of Steamboat Springs. is under ar
rest at that place charged with the
murder of young Walter L. White.
On his deathbed White said that the
woman shot him as he was on his
way to vote, and that the deed was
inspired by jealousy. She was re-
leased on $4,000 bonds, signed
by her brother-in-law.
Tried to Wake the Dead.
Working half hour over the body
of Mrs. Emma Duey, a seamstress
living at Pueblo. believing her in a
faint, several women in the home
DR.. r. C. Robe of that city, did not
learn until the arrival of a physi-
clan a half hour later that the
woman was dead. Mrs. Duey was
employed by Mrs. Robe as a dress
maker. She complained of a pain
ir her heart and collapsed when she
reached the sofa.
Four Generations Attend.
The funeral services over the re-
mains of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, age
81, who died at Trinidad Friday,
were held at that city Saturday af-
ternoon. Four generations of her
family were present. The body was
dressed in the fashion of 1860, in
accordance with a request made just
before death. She had beer a resi-
dent of that section for fifty years
and it was in her honor that the
mining camp of Elizabethtown, New
Mexico, was named.
Quits Colorado At SO.
After being a residenet of Gree
ley for forty years, II. T. West, one
of the locating committee of the
Union Colony, left last week for
Caldwell. Idaho, where he will re-
and they will make their home with
son. West is Sc years old and
for forty years has been president
of the Union Colony pioneers. He
is the only surviving member of the
committee of three which chose the
site for the city of Greeley in 1870.
Dies Fleeing for Health.
DR.. Leslie Franklin died in a hos
pital at Pueblo Saturday a few houis
after his removal from the train on
which he was bound for FL Paso,
Texas. for his health. He was ac-
companied by his wife. his mother
and his two children. Death was
due to tuberculosis. DR.. Franklin
was fatigued by the long journey
and after the change for the worse.
only lived a short time. The body
was taken East by the relatives for
burial.
Aged Prisoner Given Communication.
Juan Duran. Mexican. Oldest pris-
oner in Canon City penitentiary,
ives granted a Communication of SEN
tence by the state board of pardons
last week and will be given his
liberty about January list, 1911. He
is so years old. Among those who
pleaded for him was Kit Karson, a
deputy sheriff of Las Animas county
who aided in the arrest of Duran.
Carson is son of the noted scout
Kit Carson. Duran was convicted of
the crime of murder. Evidence
showed that he and three compan-
ions killed three Trinidad policemen
some years ago and burned thier
bodies to hide the crime. Duran was
sentenced to be hanged, but the
sentence was commuted to life i'm
prisonment.
Finest Illuminated Building.
What is claimed to the most bril-
liantly illuminated building in the
world shot its rays out across the
plains about Denver Saturday night
when the new twelve-story structure
OF the Denver Gas and Electric co.
was lighted up for the first time.
Two sides Of the building, which is
on corner. are dotted with 49,
900 incandescent lamps. possessing a
total of 100000 candle power. The
architectural features were design
ed with a special view of the illu-
being white terracotta. Pro-
claimed as a building to advertise