Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-17
COLORADO CoNul ~ ,EJ.
Three coal miners at Starkvllle were
Injured by falling rock on the 18th.

the central City mines nad Deen recON-
cred on the 18th.
A Rock Island cattle train was wreck
ed near the Kansas line Monday night
and the engineer died from his injuries.
The Democrats, Populists and indie
pendent Republicans of El Paso county
have placed fusion ticket in the field.
Christopher Ewald, a worthless Den
yer man. fatally shot Mrs. Stegeman
and then committed suicide. The rea-
son is not apparent.
The Leonard & Montgomery building,
1G2S-42 Lawrence street, Denver, was
damaged by fire last Sunday night to
the extent of $4,000.
Charles Kohlmeir, Fort Collins citi-
zen, had desperate encounter with foot
pads on Friday night, but came out
first and put the highwaymen to flight.
The city council Of Grand Junction
has adopted resolutions giving the con-
tract for construction Of water works to
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company
for $197 300.
John Julian Of Denver, the carpenter
in charge of the construction OF new
mill at the Keystone mine at Magnolia,
owned by the Nelly BLY, Mining COM
pany, fell from scaffold Friday morn
ing and was killed.
William Blackjack, driver at the
Vulcan mine New Castle, was instant
ly killed Thursday by being crushed be-
tween a string of cars and the sidewal
of the entry. He Is a single man, re-
Gently from Pennsylvania.
The jury summoned by the coroner to
investigate the killing of John w.
Hughes at Conejos brought in a YER
dict exonerating Reekers as far as pos
T., Ind linz
shooting was not felonious.
A cowboy from Freeze Out canon,
near Granada, reports that there is
camp of horse and cattle thieves In the
Butte Creek country. 1t is supposed to
be part of the Bill Doolin outfit and
preparations are bing made to run them
out
The Ute Indians from the Ulntah res
ervation In Utah are making their an
nual visit to Routt county for the pur-
pose of killing game and evidences OF
their presence are encountered IN the
vicinity of Cross and Juniper noun
tainS.
Charles Elerick, married man, about
33 year Of age, was blown up while
warming powder at Altman and died
few hours later. He was holding six
sticks of powder over blaze in a sheet
iron stove at the open shaft when In
some way an explosion occurred.
The fight on the confirmation Of night
captain. which has been on in the Pu-
eblo council ever since last springs
election. came to an end Friday night
w. II. McFarren, who was appointed
by the mayor three weeks ago, was con-
firmed by the council. Joseph Parbin
was also confirmed as special detective
on the police force.
Sheep are being shipped into Fort Col
Inns In large numbers. wednesday TO-
900 were unlOaded at tine Fort Collins
stockyards and every day special freight
trains carrying sheep come to Fort Col
lins. More sheep will be fed In Lari-
mer county this year than ever before,
and last year Larimer county led as the
sheep feeding section of the country.
The National Temperance Army was
formally launched at Denver Friday
night at the Trades Assembly hall. The
army Is modelled on practically the same
plan as the Salvation Army, and 1t is
the intention of the founders to prose-
cute a vigorous crusade in the cause of
temperance in this city, which will be
the national headquarters Of the army.
While Felix Martinez, Mexican,
and four other men were pushing four
ore, over a trestle at the Holden smelter
the structure gave way. The four cars
and men were thrown to the ground ten
feet below. Martinez, being in the CEN
ter of the line of cars, was instantly
killed; the other four men were only
slightly injured.
A sensation was sprung in court at
Grand Junction, Friday, when the case
of James Powell, the murderer Of Jen-
ME Knox, was called. A few days ago
similar sensation was sprung when
he Withdrew the plea of guilty and sub
stituted one of not guilty. his plea Fri.
day was guilty of murder in the second
degree He will probably be given full
benefit of the sentence. The family OF
the murdered girl was present, but man.
ifested no concern when the plea was
changed.
Denver has been chosen as the loca.
ton of the next annual meeting Of the
Methodist Episcopal Missionary board,
which will be held next November. Con.
siderable interest attaches to the discus.
sions of this important body. 1t had
been the practice to hold the sess' )ns in
New York, but recently this has been
changed, and the policy now is to hold
the meeting of each alternate year In
some other city than New York or an
Eastern center Bishop Warren was In
strumental in securing the convention,
the sessions Of which will most likely be
held in the large audience room Of Trim
ity church.
Judge Harris, at Colorado Springs,
on representations made by the Hu.
name society, Justice Walker and 9TH
ers, decided to release from the county
iaiI the two Mexicans there confined
upon the charge of bull fighting. These
two men are Antonio Sentrea and Car
los Garcia 1t will be remembered they
were fined something over 800 and
costs each recently for being concerned
in the Gillet affair. They were unable
to nav and SO went to the county jail
1t appears that they had been deceived,
and so the judge released them on the
proviso that they would not participate
in any more bull fights in the state and
leave the state Immediately. They
promised this, and were then released.
The United States Circuit Court Of
Appeals at Chicago handed down an
opinion upon which depended. 1t Is es-
tiInated. not less than $25 900, 900 and a
practical monopoly of the arc lighting
business for four years. The Thomp-
SON Houston Electric company was the
unsuccessful part In the suit. The ac-