The Delta independent., 1915-09-24
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Infection from a cut on the knee of
Margaret McPherrin, 12 year old .4ove-
land girl, eventually caused lock- jaw
from which the girl died after 36
hours of terrible suffering.
Benny Chavez, the Trinidad feather
weight, is matched to meet young
Wright Morgan of Pittsburgh in a 90
round bout at Trinidad-Las Animas
county fair. The boys will meet at
1913 pounds.
Mrs. Eda E. Holderman, SO years
old stepped out of her grandson's
automobile in front of her home "a
Pueblo, stumbled and struck her head
on the curb. She was knocked uncoI.
scious and died few hours later with
skull was fractured.
H. n. Hawkins and F. W. Clark,
counsel for the United Mine Workers
of America, appeared before Judge
Hilyer in Trinidad last Monday, charg-
ed with subordination to perjury in re-
lation to the affidavit of Grover Hall,
a juror in the trial of John R. lawson
Hawkins furnished bond in the sum
of s1,5OO
w. B. Slaughter. indicted president
of the closed Mercantile National bank
of Pueblo. appeared in the district
court Monday, his first trip to Pueblo
since retiring to his home in Dallas.
Tex, soon after the closing of the
bank last March. Action on his case,
in which embezzlement is charged.
was postponed until Saturday.
John d. Rockefeller. Jr., arrived
in Trinidad last Monday and he and
his party were driven in two autos
to one or two of the big coal mining
pany, controlled by the Rockefellers.
They were also at the Ludlow tent
colony where miners and militiamen
had one or two engagements.
The state convention of Elks. at it's
in Pueblo last Thursday.
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: Adolph Unfug of Wal
senburg, president; J. L, Rochofsky of
first vice-president; John
Kiel of Florence. third vice-president:
G. w. Johnson of Longmont, secretary
and NJ. G. Nelson of Fort Collins. treas
urer. Trinidad was selected as the
next meeting place. ss
After lingering between life and
death for several days and hope Tor
recovery was alternately raise.l and
abandoned by attending physiciars.
Mrs. Nell Olive Ross, wife of Princi
pal George w. Ross of the Loveland
High school, died Tuesday For the
last three weeks Mrs. Ross has been
i'll with typhoid fever and Saturday
the trouble was aggravated by the
appearance of pneumonia.
The body of Herman Baker, the
Grand Junction boy drowned in the
Grand river about two weeks ago, was
found at o'clock last Sunday after
noon on an island in the river near the
town of Iona, Is miles from the
point of drowning. The body was
found accidentally by a number of
boys who were in swimming A re-
ward of 800 had been offered for
finding of the body and the boys will
claim the money.
The roar of an explosion awakened
the entire town of Laird, Colo. Monday
night. Men armed with shotguns.
axes, pokers and revolvers, rushed in
to the street. They found the postof-
flee a wreck. Burglars in blowing in
the top of the safe had made a ruin
of the building. The safe held about
$500 and stamps valued at about 500.
Before they could dig this loot out
of the wreckage the burglars were
forced to flee from the citizen army.
They took 81 so from the cash dra wer.