The Springfield herald., 1899-12-15
COLORADO ITEMS.

the men agreed to return 10 work. r.
Lawther. the superintendent Of the
mine, gave his approval of me increase
in wages. The advance is u per cent
A. II. Petit and w. II. Cheairs OF
Sterling engaged in shooting ahray
the other day which may result fataIiy
as both were severely wounded
Cheairs was the aggressor. charging
Petit with insulting his wife.
Judge D. C. Beaman. who framed the
game law which i at present on me
statute books OF Colorado, says that IN
ten years the elk will be but memory
in Colorado so far as hunting Is con
cerned, and in twenty years the deer
viii be unknown in this state as
game animal.
President Ristine of the Colorado
Midland railroad. who is now here.
said to-day concerning the building OF
the Midland into Routt county. that ne
had read the account which appeared
in the Republican. and that 1t was true.
Surveys had been made and the route
outlined, he understood, was practical
Nat Wetzel, president and general
manager of the Western Poultry and
Game Company of St Louis, was in
Rocky Ford the other day making final
settlement with the various melon
growers associations of the valley.
The total amount paid growers Of the
valley during the season was S114,316,-
Oh
The Gibson district school near
Greeley has been closed owing TO an
epidemic of diphtheria among the
children. Several of the pupils have
been suffering from what was sup
Il To l.s
proved to be diphtheria in an advanced
stage. One death has already been re-
ported.
Charles II. Sawyer, frozen stiff and
on the point of being deyoured by
coyotes, was found in the large field
of the Veto ranch, five miles south OF
Golden. Sawyer was acting as fore
man of the ranch for T. NJ Skinner of
Denver. He started TO go TO town
Saturday to purchase provisions, and
on his way back it is thought that his
horse ran away with him.
A. II. Petit, one of the participants
III the shooting affray at Sterling, died
Friday at $40 O'Clock from tie wounI
in his spine Petit was shot by w. II.
Cheairs. The latter entered the store
in the afternoon, accused Petit of In
sulting his wife, and beat him over the
head with n revolver. Petti' secured
a gun and n duel ensued. Petit was
shot as indicated and Cheairs WAS Shot
through the chest. The latter Will prob
ably recover, though seriously hurt.
The Creek murder case, on trial in
the District Court at Canon City since
December 1st. was given to the jury
at ) o'clock Monday night. After sew
eral hours of deliberation n verdict
of voluntary manslaughter was re-
turned. Arthur Creek shot his father
February 25th last The bullet, which
was fred from a 45 caliber revolver,
took effect in the abdomen. The elder
Creek died from the effects of the
wound and young Creek was held for
his murder
Fifty miners employed at the North
ern company's coal mine, four miles
above Cardiff, went on a strike at noon
Wednesday. They demand an increase
of S1.JO per yard for digging. They
have been receiving $3.50 per yard and
now demand IS. They notified the su-
perintendent of their demand day be
fore yesterday. Receiving no reply
they took summary action. There are
no indications of rioting. Last week
the miners in the Midland mine short
distance away, We're given an Increase
of 81 per ton. The striking miners
have been putting out about 300 tons
of coal per day.
Governor Thomas has signed the un-
conditional pardon of Nestor Martinez.
sent to the penitentiary for sixteen
years on the charge of murder In the
second degree. The governor followed
the recommendation of the State Far
wi Ia, md nd
mainly on the statement of Judge
Northcutt, who sentenced the man, that
he had come to the conclusion from
developments since the convict III in
1897 that the man should not have re-
ceived so long n sentence. Martinez is
a nephew of Senator BareIa. Governor
Thomas has refused to parole or par
don Alfred Packer.
The Rio Grande Junction line, ex-
tending from New Castle to Glenwood
Springs, is to be provided with COM
plete system of block signals. Eight
stations are now being established on
the line, not counting the iwo ends.
The length of the track is saveniy-two
miles, and as trains both Of he RIO
Grande and Midland are passing over
the route, the precaution was decided
upon recently by officials of both lines
as the best step that could DE taken
for the safety of passengers. a tele-
graph operator will be n duty at each
of the stations. seven 10 ten miles
apart, and no train will be allowed to
20 forward after reaching one end of
"block' until the track Is clear
throughout the entire block. Under
conditions which have prevailed in the
past trains have at times been running
as close as one and half miles apart.
The system is quite expensive, but it
will be continuously maintained rs
soon as all the stations are completed.
BY the explosion of giant powder