The Springfield herald., 1899-06-30
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

W. B. Askew, postmaster at Russell
Gulch, Colorado, and member of the
grocery firm of Wagner & Askew, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself.
The trial of the men charged with be-
ing principals in the notorious opera
house riot in Colorado Springs in Sep
tember last began in the district court
on the 21st.
The town of Grassy and many
shaft houses situated on the north
slope of Bull and Ironclad hills We're
in great danger of being wiped out by
a timber fire last Sunday.
A tornado visited Akron, Colorado,
on the 21st. and wrecked the dwellings,
barns and sheds on Dole Il Gillette's
sheep ranch six miles northeast of Ak
ron. Charles II. Abbott, who was
working at the ranch, was killed by
lightning while milking.
Railroad managers are apprehensiye
| of trouble from the rising waters IN
the Arkansas and Grand rivers. Ihus
/ far the delays occasioned have been
4 slight. but preparations are IN prog
/ ress against long freshet. The guam
| tity of snow in the mountains Is enor-
nous and the season of high water Is
I expected to be much longer than usual.
Caterpillars are destroying all the
Z foliage on the Pecos Valley forest re-
| serve, especially ON the quaking aspen
J trees. Shovelfuls of the caterplliars
/ are picked up every morning by the
7 rangers and burned. but the plague Is
d increa sing. and makes it very disagree
able for visitors. who find themselves
4 and their horses literally covered with
| the caterpillars after n few miles OF
| travel.
Mrs Josiah Dunn of Arvada has left
with Secretary Shute of the horticult-
ural board in the state house, twelve
Strawberries which filled a quart cup.
| Many of them We're over four inches in
! circumference. They are of the Je-
cunda variety The secretary will at
tempt to preserve them so that they
may be displayed at the coming State
Fair.
The body of the 4-year-old daughter
| of Lewis Feriauchich of Russell gulcE.
| was found in Clear creek. about one
mile below where she was last seen.
The head and legs We're considerably
bruised, which in all probability was
| caused by coming in contact with the
rocks in the creek. Coroner Boyer has
ordered a post mortem examination
which will be followed by an inquest.
Foul play is suspected.
John Haines. oldest son of NJ. S.
Haines. was killed in the Mitchell
| mine at Lafayette. Colorado, on the
21st. while pulling top coal. large
amount of coal and rock falling and
burying him completely. The miners
uncovered his head and found him TO
be alive and able to talk. but more
coal and rock fell and large force
| of men was put at work to rescue him,
which took about an hour, when he
was found 10 be dead.
The story that Marcus DAILY intends
| leaving Montana and taking up his res
idence in Colorado. where he is to build
| a smelter and go into the stock raising
business. is. according TO Mr.. Days
most intimate friends and associates,
without any truth. Mr.. DAILY is at
present in New York. but only a few
J days before leaving he stated. as he
had frequently done before. that Mon
tana would always be his home and
that he expected TO spend the remain
der of his life here and in the harness.
| Il am here TO stay and TO work harder
| than ever" he said on his return from
| the East after his election as president
of the New Amalgamated Company.
| Five pounds of giant powder were
|
the side of Big Bull mountain for the
purpose of ascertaining the quantity
| that can be safely used in the big
earthquake on the Fourth of July. The
test was entirely satisfactory. The
| earth and smoke We're forced into the
| mir for hundreds of feet. The com
mittee in charge of the earthquake
scene will now go ahead and make
complete arrangements as originally
planned. The general committee for
the big celebration have adopted plans
for a big pavilion 10 be erected on
Second and Victor avenues. The payil-
ion will be the largest ever erected in
this city. Around the four sides will
be appraised seats with a capacity for
seating LOO people
Assignee Chapman of the failed State
Bank of Monte Vista has just made
public the following statement of as
sets and liabilities of the bank and its
two branches the Miners Bank of
Creede and the Farmers Bank of
Hooper. Liabilities: Open deposits.
$40. .9O3.3O: certificates of deposit. S11.-
9T6.64: due First National Bank of
Denver. S24.991.14 unpaid taxes,
STSO.56. Total. SS0.651.64 Assets:
Overdrafts. good. S6.T4O27: real es-
tate and fixtures. Sl45oO; Chase M
tional Bank New York. S1O6.19 loans
and discounts. considered good. S4S.-
So. %; cash and cash items. S732.T0:
rents. etc due. S2ij.6j. Total. S7O.-
s2S.O7. The assignee is hopeful OF
making an early dividend This happy
result will depend upon his ability TO
turn the overdrafts. real estate and
loans into cash.
\ telegram has been received at
Trinidad to the effect that one of the
gang of safe blowers who cracked the
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