Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-24
Colorado Notes.

Counterfciters arc plying their trade in
Denver.
The Baird hotel at Durango was burned on
the 11th
A telegraph line from Canon City to Silver
CHI Ia now In operation.
The deposits In the national banks of Dem
yer amount to Sl7, ,00O, ,000
The shaft house Mt the Cnrmon coal mines,
Lafayette, burned ON the 10th.
The trades and labor assembly at Denver
has endorsed the Coyey movement
Grand Master Workman Sovereign Of the
Knights Of Labor, was In Denver on the 18th.
Ex-Governor Hunt of Colorado died at
Washington on the 14th. He was 6S years
old.
The state convention Of Epworth leagues
met II: Pueblo on the 18th, with 300 delegates
In attcndnnce.
The bodies OF Edmund Roach and Joe
Parmalee, who perIshcd In the snow near Sill
verton last winter, have just been recoy-
cred.
Several labor meetings were addressed by
Grand Master Sovereign while he was in
Denver recently. He spoke very heartily in
favor Of eth Coxey movement.
Judge Hallett has rendered decision re-
quiring certain Weld county farmers to re-
move their fences. They are built on private
lands but enclose government tracts.
There Ia a county seat contest In Routt
county that may become serious. An attempt
was recently made to remove the records to
Hayden from Halin's Peak. The attempt
was foiled.
A force OF forty teams is now at work on
the wagon road across the Douglas divide to
connect the Utah asphaltuun beds with Fruita.
The purpose of the road is to afford more
convenient outlet to the railroad for shipping
the asphaltum.
Mr.. Teller has laid before the Senate the
petition OF many citizens OF Colorado, pray
ing for the preservation OF the prehistoric
relics in the Ute Indian reservation. These
relics are near the Mancos river, and consist
OF over six hundred ruins OF the ancient cliff
dwellers.
Governor Waite has appointed the follow
ing as members of the Board OF PenIteutiary
Commissioners: r. c. Winbournc, Fort Lup-
ton; Frank F. McLellon, Colorado Springs;
William Wilcs, Denver. The new appolntecs
will probably have TO 60 into court to secure
the Offices, as the members who have been re-
moved decline to vacate.
Hershel Prelusky, Russian jew, hanged
himself ut Denver last Sunday because he
could not be satisfied TO sell goods on satur-
day. Another thing that renders the suicide
unique Is the fact that It's victim was an or
thodox jew. Self-murder among that race
and religion are extremely rare, and 1t is
years since one took place in Denver.
An important ruling has been made by
run on Santa Fe employees. The court now
holds that the receivers of the railroad need
not respond to garnishmcnts on judgments
against employees, but that tho latter must
pay o per cent of their garnishments per
month under penalty Of discharge. The or
der covers all Santa Fe lines proper and the
Colorado Midland railway.
d. r. C. Brown and associates have formed
n mining company for the purpose OF explor-
ing the contact at greater depth than was
ever reached heretofore. The scene OF opera
tious is on the Williams ranch and few hum
drcd feet northwest of the Smuggler aud
MollIe Gibson properties. The purpose Is to
sink large three-compartmcnt shaft to p
depth Of 1,500 feet where 1t is expected to
encounter the large ore chutes uncovered in
the Mollie and Smuggler.
The hotel men were agreeably surprised in
Colorado. Most OF them had never seen the
mountains of Colorado and the surprises In
them combined with the treatment given
them by their entertainers kept them in q
futter. All went away pleased with their
visit to Colorado. Two hundred OF them
were in the big pool Mt Glcnwood at once and
all got out of the cars at Busk tunnel on the
Midland and sno wballcd each other for half
an hour.
At a recent secret consistory the following
prelates were created cardinals: Mgr. San
chary Pervas, archbishop Of Valencia, Spain
Mgr. Ferrari, the new archbishop OF Milan;
Mgr. Loampo. the new archbishop OF bologna,
Sogna, Assessor OF the holy office, and cousin
of the pope; Father Steinhuber, the German
member Of the Society Of Jesuits.
sA terrible storm swept over Lake Michigan
on the 18th. Eight vessels were driven ashore
within the city limits Of Chicago and out OF
their crew ten men are known TO be drowned
and In every instance boat and cargo are ut
terly lost. Six men from the schooner Cum
mings were drowned near Milwaukee. Along
the lake shore, both In Wisconsin and Mich
igap, the storm was one of unprecedented
severity. Later reports will undoubtedly
show a great loss Of life.
A tcs. of nickel steel Harweyiz plate for
war vessels was made few days ago that
showed the test piece TO be practically worth
less. A l3-inch piece weighing thirty.threo
tons was torn In pieces by au 55opound shot
from a l2-inch rifle. This was sample OF
plate for the Indiana. The plates submitted
to test were No. o, l07 b.. representing 6i3
tons of side armor intended for the battlcship
Indiana, mud made hy the bethlehem Steel
Company. The result was n complete sur
prise for all of the experts and It sad blow for
The Bethlehem Steel Company for unless
they can do better with the next plate they
Will lose $500, 0,000 represented by the group OF