The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1890-07-18
STATE NEWS.

Stimson, the escaped jail-bird, has
been captured at Trinidad.
On July 9th the Denver base ball
club held fourth place In the Western A..
ISOLATION. n M
A number Of buildings, including
the opera house, were destroyed at Lamar
last Friday by fire. Loss, 1885, 900.
1t is claimed that the coal fields In
Routt County have q greater area than
the famous coal fields Of Pcnnsylvania.
Hunters In the White River coun-
try arc able to make good living by kill
ing bear and mountain lions and collect
ing the bounty.
Some philanthropic Denver people
have constructed bath house for poor
children in connection with the free kin
thirty children at once.
Lee Craig. ninetcon years old, OF
Colorado Springs, was drowned last Sum-
day In Prospect Lake while swimming.
He attempted to swim across the lake, but
his strength gave way ana he was drowned
in tho presence o: his companions. The
lake was dragged And the body recovered.
The Colorado Coal and Iron Com
pany are about TO place 5000 acres OF land
under the Bessemer ditch upon the mar.
ket In eighty acre tracts, the sale TO be
made with water right in the ditch. The
tracts will be excellent for small farms
and gardens, Us the soil is fine and only
needed water to make the land valuable.
Work has begun on paper mill TO
be built in a suburb Of Denver. 1t will
cost SIZE, 600 and give employment to 100
men. Newspaper will be manufactured
md the material used will be wood.
Quaking asp, cottonwood and some white
spruce are used in the manufacture Of the
pulp.
The Crystal River Current says that
the surveyors have started in to run the
railroad survey up Slate river to the mar.
blc properties at the head Of Yule creek
and it is possible the Denver & Rio Grande
will extend It's line from tho anthracite
coal mines II the route is found practica.
bic.
1t is said that B. +. Spinney Of Colo
orado Springs has been abducted by q
Texan to whom Spinney owed large
sum Of money. 1t seems that when the Tex
an rode OF he told Spinney's friends that
they would have to find him and that the
money must be forthcoming in twenty
days or the captive would be killed. As
there is no doubt Of his desperation the
friends arc greatly alarmed.
There is such an ample supply OF
moisture now furnished by the Rio Grande
River that every crop about Alamosa has
its needs for irrigation fully supplied, and
all the canals and bitches are carrying
their full capacity. Notwithstanding this
tho contest over the claims Of priority ia
carried on sharply and theoretically, and
no water adjudication In Colorado has
been harder fought.
Ten or fifteen children were left at
Sig W thC train IEUm
Denver on Thursday. They wcrc COM
PEELED to remain alone in the place until
morning, when they were picked up by
the regular train. The ages OF the chill.
jrcn were from five 10 sixteen years,
there being boy OF Ave and two littlo
girls seven years old. The children or.
rived on the first train yesterday all safe,
but hungry. II was rather thrilling CT.
perienee for them.
Tom Stimson, colored convict ut
the State pcniteutiary, escaped last Thurs.
day aud added another terrible crime to
his list Of dark deeds. His term would
have expired next December and be was
allowed the liberties Of "trusty." While
working ungusrded In . garden two miles
east Of Canon City he left and, going to 4
house not far away, outraged a married
woman who was alone with her two small
children. He then escaped from the town
going west, and stealing clothes and horse
us he went An cnraged posse of CITIZENS
and officers started In pursuit and doubt
less justice will overtakc him speedily.
An extensive conspiracy for robbing
freight cars is being uncarthed at Aspen.
For several months the shippers have
been losing ore, cars of orc often being
robbed to the amount OF four or i've tons
each. In some cases where rich ore has
been shipped, part Of 1t has been taken
out uud the weight made up with waste,
aud In other cascs the shipments simply
showed up short. The samplers always
had 10 lose the shortage, and there have
been instances In which they have had 70
pay considerable amounts to settle bal
anccs against drafts made against ship
mentS. Three Rio Grande employees have
tecn indicted.
II. Is. Gillespie, who went to Chica-
80 o. y Worlds Fair delegate, has return.
eli. lie says that Colorado's interests In
the fair had been attended 10, and every
thing necessary to having y first class cx
nibit Ind been done. In regard TO the pro
posed mine 70 be put upon the grounds,
Mr.. Gillespie said that = surface space Of
.oOxil5 had been asked for aud the com.
mittec appointed In regard 10 II had been
instructed to have Il allotted by Septem-
Der !. Upon this piece Of ground 1, was
proposed to sink shaft go feet, and open
. level In the shape Of an elliptical corri.
eor, divcrging from which would be
drifts, Slopes, WINES, o,c., tho whole 10 be
studded In y iifc-likc manner with nne
specimens Of Colorado orc. In this man.
uer complete representation OF mine
would be given, all IL workinEH being de-
mons,ra,cd. He was Of tho opinion that
colorsdo's exhibit would not bc surpassed
IN interest by anything 81 the fair.
A Mexican wood chopper In the
southern part Of tho State had n very mar
row escape from death by electricity IN,