Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
COLORADO CONDENSED.


ut present.
up and robbed by two men with rifles
few days ago.
An unknown man was killed at Flor
snee the other night while trying to rob
! hardware store.
George Messenger has died at Fort
Morgan from the effects Of being crush
ed by a portable engine.
Judge Harris, at Colorado Springs,
has sentenced Taylor and Wilder, the
Victor train robbers, to ten years In the
penltentiary.
1t is rumored that D. H. Moffat is to
take charge of the financial business Of
the Equitable Assurance Company
west Of the Missouri River.
It has been found that the burglar
killed at Florence a few nights ago.
was one of a gang who murdered
Denver short time before.
General John B. Gordon Of Georgia,
delivered his lecture on the Last Days
of the Confederacy" at Denver on the
23rd. 1t was listened to by big audi
ence.
The long distance telephone connect
ing Aspen with Leadville, Denver and
various other points throughout the
State has been completed. The line
was constructed from Leadville via In
dependence Pass. The event will be
celebrated Wednesday Of next week,
when the line will be thrown open for
the free use Of the public for the day.
There Is another report out to the eff
feet that President Jeffery Of the Den
yer & Rio Grande is to be put at the
head of the big Santa Fe system under
the reorganization. Thursday morning
Mr.. Jeffery left for the East, ostensibly
for Chicago, but it was positively learn
ed that his destination Is New York.
There Is to be meeting Of the reor-
ganiZation committee in that city.
The large crop of wheat produced
around Berthoud continues to pour In
to market at the rate of several thou
sand bushels per day. About one-half
the crop Is threshed and the greater
part Is being sold. The farmers there
lost money by holding their crops for
several years and they generally seem
Inclined to sell this year. The sorghum
cane was damaged some by the frost.
The mills will begin working 1t up ut
once. The potato crop also is begin
ming to move.
From the encouragement the directors
Of the Mountain and Plain carnival are
receiving from all parts of the state, 1t
seems an assured fact that Denver will
have one of the largest crowds to enter
tain on October 10, II and 1S, which has
ever been gathered within the gates of
the city. 1t is to be home affair and
the attendance of Colorado people is the
most desired, though it Is expected many
will come from outside and from ad-
joining states and territories, especially
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val at t.is time Is to get the people Of
Colorado together.
The Supreme court has answered
favorably the question propounded by
Governor McIntlre concerning the val
idity of the bonds proposed to be issued
by the state for 100000 to pay casual
deficiencies and $4,000 for the pay
ment of the expenses of the Cripple
Creek campaign. The court holds that
the constitutional limitations in the case
of the casual deficiencies have not been
violated and In the case of the Cripple
Creek bills there is no Limitation owing
to their having been incurred in sup
pressing riot. A New York firm has
agreed to take the bonds II pronounced
legal
A heavy flow of water broke into tho
seventh level of the Smuggler mine at
Aspen several days ago at the rate Of
100 gallons a minute, and has not yet
abated in its flow. Until Friday night
the pumps in the Smuggler, assisted b1
the Mollie Gibson pumps were able to
keep the water from rising in the work
ings of the former. On Friday, how
ever, the water came up over the Snug
gler pumps and they were stopped.
The water now covers the ninth and
eighth levels of the mine, and is within
thirty feet of the seventh level. New
pumps will probably be placed In the
shaft, but they will not be got in opera
ton for about thirty days.
Three pounds of magnesium powder,
a highly explosive preparation used by
photographers In taking fiash-light pic
lures, exploded at Denver Thursday
fatally wounding Photographer Jack
Ross and unroOfing the building. Ross
is now In the county hospital, an OBJ
ject of pity. From his hands and face
the skin has been flayed entire. He ap-
pears to be totally blind and scarcely a
root of hair is left upon his head. As
the powder blew up while he was bend
ing over 1t, much Of the acrid gas and
smoke flame passed into his system,
scorching his throat and lungs. If he
dies his death will be due more to this
than to his external injuries or the
shock his nervous system sustained.
At present the unfortunate man is kept
unconscious by anaesthetics, and there
appears to be but little hope that he
will survive his fiery ordeal.
General Benjamin Harrison is devot-
ing himself daily to an important series
Of literary articles which he contracted
for while In the East last spring. The
work is to take the shape of magazine
articles, which will have for their aim
the enlightenment Of women upon ma
tional questions and giving them a
clearer conception of government af-
fairs. Its scope will be wide enough to
touch upon all national questions of
general interst. 1t now appears that
General Harrison gave all of his time
between deer hunts while In the AdIr-
ondacks to this work, and he is still
busy, and will be for some weeks, with
his secretary, in getting the materials
ready for Philadelphia publishing
house.
In commenting upon the contest In
New York on Saturday between the
teams Of the London Athletic Club and
the New York Athletic Club. the Lon
don Standard says: at is impossible to
conceive Of anything more disastrous
than the experience Of the English ath-
letes. It would be preposterous to at
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