The Holly chieftain., 1899-09-22
WESTERN NOTES.

third rank work. Those taking psrt
were Lignite No. Ga. Lafayette: Enter.
prise No. 81, Denver, and Pueblo No
Ronald. Seattle; Everett Bell. Tfini.
dad Frank Madden, Greeley; M
Little. Canon City; 7. e. Fen11
Montrose. I.ignite No. "a was awsS2 III
ed the first prize Of 800 and Enf5nlS
prise No. 81 the second prize Of sIIlk'
At 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon ~.
drill between Ralph Talbot Uniform
Rank and Queen City Uniform RAM
took place the former winning the nr,ts y
prize of $500. the latter the second \
prize of 500.
Information has been received Of ana
accident that occurred five miles from
Mora resulting in Manuel Cordovs, his.
wife and six children being crushed to
death by the falling of n house, caused
by the recent rains. For several days
past it has been raining necessarily in 4
the vicinity of where the accident or
CURED Cordova's house was small
adobe structure. with dirt roof. The
dirt which usually covers the roof Of
this class of houses to the depth of a
foot or eighteen inches. it is thought
became saturated with water and fell
in. crushing the inmates. The accident
occurred about s. o'clock in the night.
Only one hoy. a lad Of 10. escaped He
was outside when the house fell and
walked a couple of miles to get assist--5
ancc.
Another terrible accident happened
on La Neta pass. AS n result one man
fr nd init, 4
with Indications that several of them
may die. The scene of the accident
was on a new broad gauge line of the
Denver 4 Rio Grande road between La
Veia and Alamosa. A car loaded with
steel rails was being pushed up the.
grade toward the summit. eight work
men being on the car. While rounding
n curve the ear was suddenly thrown
from the track by the giving way of
couplings or the jolting of the engine z
over the rough roadbed. and In an in
stant the men We're thrown in Il heap i
the heavy rails flying off behind them
down on the Jagged rocks beside the
track. Bones We're broken, great pieces
of flesh shaved of by the sharp edges
of the rails and some were fairly i'm
paled on the cruel steel. AS soon as
men could be summoned from other
places along the line the bruised and
bleeding forms were extricated and re-
moved to the nearest station. where
surgical aid was given, but the ply
sicians fear that several will die
The preparations are about complet-
ed for Denver's Fifth Annual Festivals
of Mountain and Plain, which will be-,
gin September 25th and occupy the en-
tire week. The Board Of Direction
has been exceedingly fortunate this
year in shaping IA program which whilt.
maintaining some of the features of I
former festivals will include a nunlk
ber of pleasant novelties In all depait-
ments. The general prosperity Of the
state in all lines augurs an unusually
large attendance at the capital citN
during the festival. The railroads are
preparing TO carry larger crowds than
ever before. and those who are in Il
position to know. report more interest
in the coming festival throughout the
state. than has ever before been seen.
The list of events scheduled to enter
tain Denver and her thousands of viz
itors, is one that should not fail to be
most successful. One of the most inn
portant innovations, and one. too, that
will interset everyone, is the EXPOSE
tion and state fair. This will be the
first state fair ever held in Denyek
and from the manner in which 1t "
being gotten up and the interest dis
played by exhibitors in all parts q
the state. will be one of the most at
tractive features of the entire week. i
Booth space is in demand, and with
the pleasing decorations and brilliant \
illuminations, the booths will furnkA
one of the most attractive novelties
ever seen. Nothing has been negiect-
ed to make the carnival features Of the
week far more enjoyable than those of a
any previous festival The coronation3
of the queen on Monday night. The
queens triumphal march with fef]
court and diplomatic corps on Tuesday
afternoon, the military parade, and, iIi1
the evening. the superb pageant of til
parade of the Slaves of the Silver Ser-]
pent, have been arranged on a scaled
of magnificence scarcely conceivabe.
The events scheduled for musical dhy
promise to be among the most inter-
esting of the week. A large number
of crack musical organizations have
been entered for the band contest, the
prizes for which are: for first cihss]
bands. $500 to the first, 800 to the 4
second and $50 to the third; for second
class bands, 800 for the first and $50
to the second. The contest promised
to be close and exciting, and after ti,<
contests are over the city will fairi
TEEN with music. The mask paraJ
on Thursday and the mask ball Y
night will close the features in the
purely amusement line. The freedom
Of the city will be given to the md |
ers during the entire afternoon andI
evening, and mirth and jollity will
reign supreme. The weeks entertain-
ment will close with a grind state ball
TO be given In front of the grand stand