The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-11-07
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings eeurrins Over the
State Nor n While.


Jesse F. Mcdonald, state chairman
of the Republican party. expressed
| deep regret at the death of Vice Pres
| ident Sherman.
| Charged with burglary, Harry Gano.
/ IS. was arrested a, Gilcrest and held
to await the arrival OF an officer from
| Washington, Kan
Horace w Clark. former vice presi-
| dent and general manager Of the Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad, died at
! Frederick. Maryland.
Contracts for 1000 acres of beets
for the proposed Independent sugar
/ factory at Greeley are being asked OF
| farmers in the Ault district.
E. P. Shove. banker and mining
man of Colorado Springs, was elected
president of the Associated Charities
to succeed Irving W. Bonbright.
Jack Davis of Mum, went through
a bridge with a traction engine. fall
ing fourteen feet. The machine top
pied over, but he escaped without
scratch.
Two convicted murderers were TAX
en- from the Dsnver county jail to the
state penitentiary at Canon City by
Deputy Sheriffs David O'Neill and Ed
ward Johnson.
Greed for beer caused the murder
of G. Regordes at Pueblo, according
to a confession made by Dolores Vera.
The case mystified the police for sew
eral days.
Mrs. Nettie Lemon of Denver has ap-
Tealed to the police to find her son,
Philip Lemon, 81, who left Denver four
years ago. Max Lemon, the father,
died October IA.
Judgment for the defendant was
given in the damage suit of c. w.
Sparkling against Thomas Rowland of
Colorado Springs. for 5000. for alleged
personal injuries.
Henry Hanson, who was rendered
unconscious at Colorado Springs by
fall from his horse, became slightly
conscious after 16S hours of coma.
Physicians expect him to recover.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Mott celebrated
their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary
at Boulder, having as their guests for
the day thirty Boulderites. who form
erly resided at West Liberty, Iowa.
W. j. Kelly. of Denver. assistant
general agent of the Wells-Fargo Ex-
press Company. died at st. Joseph's
hospital of growth in the head
which baffled the attending physi-
clans.
fnc arft nc ad
Fort Collins, after cashing a forged
check. He is supposed to be one OF
a gang of clever thugs from Denver.
A man and woman associate were ar
rested later.
The s325,oo0 appropriated by Con-
gress Tor tie. improvements of post
roads in this state will be concen-
result of the decision of the state
highway commission
Pursuant to resolutions adopted at
the silver jubilee banquet rendered
Bishop Matz in Denver. the Rev.
Father McMenamin. rector of the I'm
maculate Conception cathedral, cabled
greetings to Pope Plus X
The National Jewish Hospital for
Consumptives has renewed its con-
test against the estate of Alfred Null
ler. its late secretary. in the endeayor
to recover s66.6i3.05. representing
funds alleged TO have been embezzled
by him.
Michael A. Leddy. state auditor, has
asked Attorney General Griffith to in
vestigate the action OF the commission
ers of Huerfano county in reducing the
assessments OF eight coal companies
and one bank a quarter OF million
dollars.
Henry Robitaille. who killed his
wife, Pearl c. Robitaille, on August Z.
and was tried and found guilty a month
ago, was sentenced by Judge James H.
Teller of Denver to life Imprisonment.
after his motion for a new trial had
been denied
Clyde p Pitman, travelling sales
man. applied to the county court in
Denver for divorce from Hannah Pit
man because. he said, Mrs. Pitman in
sisted on sleeping with a razor under
her pillow. Pitman characterized his
wife as "a dangerous woman"
The excitement caused by the mar
| riage of his daughter. a prominent
Pittsburg society girl, is believed to
have caused the death at st. Luke's
hospital in Denver of E P. Botsford.
| secretary of the Pittsburg Malleable
| Iron company and a director and of.
| ficer of the Colorado Yule Marble COM
pany-
A deal is being negotiated by Den
yer and Colorado Springs men, backed
by foreign capital, which, if carried
| to a successful conclusion. will result