Gilpin observer., 1899-08-24

the public road and yet short dis
| tance from the coveted melons, Bar
tholmus jumped out of the tall grass
| where had been concealed and fired on
| the boys with double-barreled shot
gun.9 Bartholmus gave himself up.
The state convention of the Young
| Mems Christian Association, which
| was in session at Glen Park last week,
was one of the best that has been held
| in the state. The best addresses were
| given by G. NJ Hobbs, president of the
Denver Association, on 1.-THE Source of
| Power" in which he emphasized the
| spiritual side of association work as all
essential; "Bibi- Study by General
| Secretary G. G. Huntington of Pueblo.
| and "Evangelistic Meetings." by Il. b
| Smith of Chicago. In the evening ses-
| sion 1.-The Worldwide Movement was
presented in three short addresses by
w. X. Taggart of Pittsburg. Lester Nc
Lean of Denver, and Fred b. Smith Of
| Chicago, who spoke of the army and
navy work.
1t has been definitely ascertained that
the man captured at Carlsbad, New
Mexico, last Tuesday. after hard
| fight, is one of the bandits who held up
the Colorado & Southern train at Fol
| som, July 14th. His name is McGinnis,
| and he was badly wounded in the fight
with the posse mt Cimmaron. At the
time it was supposed he had been ia
tally wounded and it was generally
| thought that he had been carried to
some hiding place and had died there.
His partner, who succeeded in escap-
ing last Tuesday, is named Franks. Re-
ports from the posse, which started in
pursuit. is that they are close on his
trail, about one hundred miles north
west of here. He is evidently heading
for Arizona. The men came into SOUTH
eastern New Mexico to secure horses
| left by them in May at the l.. +. d,
ranch, and which they had previously
stolen in Arizona. Thomas, of the
sheriff's posse, who was severely
wounded in the fight, will recover. Off
GERS are out looking for the men who
held up the Colorado & Southern train
near Folsom Wednesday.
The Colorado volunteers were treated
to very pleasant surprise soon after
| their arrival at San Francisco. When
the long march from the dock to the
Preside was made, each of the Colo
| RADIO officers was notified that he
| would be the guest of the Tenth Penn
sylvania officers at their mess hall at
| p. M, on the Presidio reservation,
and also the enlisted men of the twelve
Colorado companies would be divided
| up among the mess halls of the eight
Pennsylvania companies. At this all
of the Colorado men rejoiced and most
of all the cooks. No trouble or money
had been spored by the Pennsylvania
men in the preparation of the dinner.
All the good things available in the
best markets of San Francisco were
in waiting when the First Colorado in
| fantry sat down. And they were eat
en- with an appetite born of long SER
vice in the field. When the last piece
of pie for which there was inside
| room had been made n thing of the
past, there We're hearty cheers by the
guests for the hosts. The Pennsylva-
mia men cheered in return their Colo
RADIO comrades and modestly said: 1--WE
are only doing for you what Nebraska
| did to welcome us to San Franciso."
Late particulars show that the at
| tempted hold-up of the Colorado &
| Southern passenger train, near Folsom,
| New Mexico, last Wednesday night,
| was bold and daring effort by lone
| bandit. Soon after leaving Folsom
| a man crawled over the tender of the
engine and forced the engineer at the
muZzle of n revolver to stop the train.
He then took the engineer and fireman
| back and ordered them to uncouple
the express car. While they were do
| ing this the robber amused himself
| by shooting bullets through the ex-
press car. Conductor Frank Harring-
| ton, when he heard the shooting. Sc
| cured his shotgun. which he had al
ready loaded with buckshot, and drop
| ped OF the rear of the train. He OPEN
| ed fire on the rObber with telling ef-
| feet. His charge of buckshot shat
tered the mans right arm. The fel-
| low started on n run across the prairie.
| When the posse arrived Mt the scene of
the hold-up n search of the locality re-
vealed the man hiding behind an EN-
| bankment near the track. He was soon
surrounded, but was found to be help
less from his wound and loss of blood.
He was picked up and brought to
Trinidad. He had lain where he was
found about twelve hours.
The machinery of the monster power
plant of the La Bella mill, Water and
Power Company, situated at Gold
| field, was set in motion on the 10Th.
| Miss Frances Moffat McClurg, grand
daughter of David ii. Moffat pressed
the button in Denver which started
the ponderous wheels and shafts and
other machinery of the big plant. Too
much stress cannot be laid upon the
significance of this occasion and what
1t means to the Cripple Creek district
The most modern gold camp in the
world. it has taken the lead in the in
Producing innovations In mining meth
ods. and, for up-to-datc appliances and
facilities, II ranks second TO none. No
person or set of persons has done
more for the great district in this
way than has the Smith Mofrat syndi-
| cate of Denver. The latest illusira-
ton of the faith which these people
have in the future of the great dis
trict is the erection of the huge power
plant. the opening of which was signal
lied with appropriate ceremonies. The
enterprise of the Canon City Electric