Colorado Notes and Local Events in Colorado
Ex Lieutenant Governor Francis Carney is seriously ill at Ouray. Colorado Springs horse show closed August 22. First Colorado & Southern train from the August washout reached Buena Vista from Como on August 25. David Starr Jordan preached in Denver. Arvada expects an electric line to Denver this winter. Central City Elks plan a fair September 14 to 21 for lodge building funds. Stratton’s proposed power house in Colorado Springs costs about 150000. Victor Ladies Pioneer Club organized with Mrs. R. S. Atchison president. Pueblo laundry plants consider a large cooperative plant. Thomas K. E. Barr to reorganize roadway Temple in Denver. Denver Western League rises to fourth place. James A. Fleming sued for 300000 by Miss Jessie Graham. A.S. Fellows says western rivers have more water than in fifteen years. Grant Cromley known in 1904 Colorado Springs. brother Sherman linked to Florence & Cripple Creek robbery. Port Morgan court case. Simmington pleads guilty to burglary. sentenced to 12 to 15 years. Harris can obtain 100000 trout from Leadville hatchery for St Elmo, New Castle and Frying Pan rivers. Silverton cloudburst on Anvil Mountain floods streets. boulders over a ton displaced. L. E. Brewer of Yale University visiting Denver. Yale and Harvard party measured heights of peaks near the range. Granite robbers blow open Hanson Grocery, stealing about 250 in cash plus 50 in gold and silver. dynamite suspected. Central City Elks prepare for September fair to fund lodge room. Colorado & Southern offers one fare round trip during fair week. Denver residents plan September 18–20 celebration with 1000 subscribed and 750 in prizes for rock drilling and tug of war.
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Francis Carney
Ouray
Colorado Springs
Hich
Colorado & Southern
Buena Vista
Como
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Calvary Baptist Church
Denver
Sumlay
Arvada
Golden
Central City Lodge of Elks
Stratton
West
Victor Ladies’ Poneer
Victor
R. S. Atchison
Pueblo
Thomas KE. Barr
People's Pulpit
Milwaukee
Roadway Temple Association
Myron W. Reed
Broadway Theater
Des Moines
James A. Fleming
Denveut
Phoenix
Arizona
Jessie MM. Graham
Fleming
Miss Graham
Hved
Butte
Montana
United States
Fellows
Grant Cromley
Sam Strong
Sherman
Cripple Creek
Florence & Cripple Creek
Port Morgan
Harry Simmington
Calvert
Bennett
Canon City
Harris
William Radcliffe
Leadville
Radcliffe
St. Elmo
New Castle
Frying Pan
Silverton
Anvil Mountain
Tuff Street
Twelfth
Fourteenth Streets
Hanson Grocery Company
Iom Ss
Lodge of Elks
Central City
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Clear Creek
Houlder
Washington Gossip and Secretar y Hay Appointment
Secretary Hay appoints Dr J J Rodriguez of Washington to head the US delegation to the International Conference of American States in Mexico City next October. Judge Barnard notes pension money cannot be attached, while Treasury moves to curb Chinese transit to Mexico. Burton comments on arid lands and irrigation, stressing limited cultivable land and the value of irrigation near scarce farming areas.
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Hay
J. J. Rodriguez
Washington City
United States
Mexico
Rodriguez
Paris
Barnard
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Iowa
Wisconsin
Treasury Department
United Tes
Legation
Taylor
San Francisco
Ile
Mex
Civil Service Commission Seventeenth Annual Report Highlights
The United States Civil Service Commission sent its seventeenth annual report to the President and outlined the gains since enactment. It notes record appointments through examinations, calls for fewer exceptions to the civil service and favors restoring district deputy collectors to classified service. It warns of political influence in appointments and urges a larger staff and funds for examinations and operations beyond Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Internal Revenue
Washington
Colorado M. E. conference appoints pastors and elders
Canon City Colorado August 27 The Colorado Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church finished its labors by ordaining elders and deacons and announcing appointments. Elders ordained include John Akno W E Perry and W F Mottitt while deacons named are George W Andrix Professor Chambers wee H Manning Jonathan Wilson John J Lymer Lophier Hart and others. The Denver district presiding elder is R A Carnine with numerous assignments for Akron Brush Burlington Lansing Cheyenne Wells Hugo and many Denver churches. Rio Grande Pueblo and Greeley districts receive further lists of circuits and appointments. Memorial service followed ordination with tribute to Father Dyer.
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Canon City
Colo
Colorado
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
John Akno
Hotchkiss
W. E. Perry
Denver
W. PF. Mottitt
Black Hawk
George W. Andrix
Chambers
Wee H. Manning
Sheridan Lake
Jonathan Wilson
del Nor
John J. Lymer
College Springs
Iowa
Lophier Hart
Buena Vista
Father Dyer
R. A. Carnine
Akron
C. C. Rarick
Brush
B. E. Jacobs
Burlington
Lansing
Cheyenne Wells
Hugo
Argo
Greenwood
W. F. Steele
Asbury
Berkeley
J. H. Merritt
Cameron Memorial Co
B. Allen
Capitol Hil
O. P. Wings
Christ Church
H. E B. Warner
City Mission
W. A. Eadwards
John Collins’ Church
DL. M. Potashinsky
Fifth Avenue
N. H
Grace and Evans Memorial
M.A
Grant Av
M.D
Hornbee Highlands
J. C. Gullette
Myrtle Erm
W. EL Perry
St. James
A. A
John Seltie
John Seltie Trinity, C. N and John Collins; Univity Park, EB. BE. Bean
Wright Morial
Austin Chapman
Fort Logan
J. A. Long
Littleton
TL S
Witherbe Wray
Glendale
Deave Claudius B. Spencer
W. F. Mel
Railroads Win Injunction Against Assessors in Colorado
In Pueblo on August 27 railroads secured a temporary injunction from Judge N Walter Dixon preventing the State Board of Assessors from continuing railroad property assessments under the revenue bill. The writ targets the thirteen assessors and raises constitutional challenges to the board’s creation and to authority shifts from county assessors and the State Board of Equalization.
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Pueblo
Colo
Denver News
N. Walter Dixon
District Court
State Board of Assessors
Due Dixon
State Board of Equalization
Dixon
H. Alexander
M. J Layden
George N. Lysish
A. Webber
A.J. Hogan
BE. HL. Stevens
Hugh ‘Taylor
EB. O. Price
A. M. ‘Thomas
F. W. Brush
C. DP. Link
W. S. Whinnery
Liff
A. J. Gray
Sampson Elevation Sparks Naval Debate in Kansas City
Captain James McQueen Forsyth, retired naval officer from Key West in the Spanish American era, discusses the Sampson Schley controversy with a Times reporter in Kansas City. He says Washington favored Sampson, contributing to senior officers’ discontent, but that both captains earned the glory of the Santiago victory and the dispute distracts from history.
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Kansas City
James McQueen Forsyth
United States Navy
Key West
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Times
Forsyth
Lim
Navy Department
Navy
Sampson
Sicard
Washington
Schley
Battle of
Santiago
Exposition Board Plans Condemnation of Forest Park Adjacent Lands
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company executive committee authorized sub committees to pursue condemnations for more land near the World’s Fair site. Forest Park’s 600 acres proved insufficient for planned buildings, so several hundred adjoining acres may be condemned if fair terms cannot be reached with owners.
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St. Louis
The
Forest Park
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Briscob
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AGLE
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J.A. Goodner
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Washington Gossip
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Minnew
Civil Service Report
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J. J. Post
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Stark
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Trinidad
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