The Monte Vista journal., 1899-09-23
Il WESTERN J NOTES.f.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
vito and six children being crushed to
death by the falling Of house, caused
| by the recent rains. For several days
past 1t has been raining necessarily in
the vicinity Of where the accident Oc-
Cured. COrtiOva's house was q small
adobe structure, with dirt roof. The
dirt which usually covers the roof of
this class Of houses to the depth OF
foot or eighteen inches. 1t Is thought
became saturated with water and fell
In. crushing the Inmates. The accident
occurred about o O'Clock In the night.
Only one boy, lad Of 10. escaped. He
was outside when the house fell and
walked couple Of miles to get assist
ance.
The annual flower carnival At Colo
| RADIO Springs took place on the 18th.
| While the presence Of the Colorado
volunteers in town distracted the atten-
| ton Of the people to some extent. 1t In
| no way diminished the charm OF the
parade. Vehicles. bicycles. horses,
everything. In fact. that made u show
ing In the parade. evinced the greatest
painstaking In preparation. and the ef-
| feet Of splendOr and beauty that re-
suited was cOrrespOndingly worthy OF
appreciation. Flower fiestas have been
talked and written about, but the one
held this afternoon was one In earnest,
and was of q character that must be
seen to be appreciated. The grand
stand Mt the corner Of Cascade avenue
and kiowa street was packed with
spectators long before the hour when
the parade started. The grand stand
| ttSAl t.. eVt
decorated that Il was an Inspiration To
those who occupied seats there.
| Another terrible accident happened
on La Veta pass. AZ result one man
In dead and seven are severely injured.
with Indications that several OF them
may die. The scene Of the accident
was on n new broad gauge line OF the
| Denver Il Rio Grande road between La
Veta and AlamOxa. A car loaded with
steel rails was being pushed up the
grade toward the summit. eight work
men being on the ear. While rounding
n curve the car was suddenly thrown
from the track by the giving way OF
coupliHgs or the joltlng OF the engine
over the rough roadbcd. and in an In
stant the men were thrown In a heap
the heavy rails flying on behind them
down ON the Jagged rocks beside the
track. Bones were broken. great pieces
Of flesh shaved on by the sharp edges
Of the rails and some were fairly i'm
| pals-d on the cruel steel. As soon as
men could be summoned from other
places along the line the bruised and
bleeding forms We're extricatcd and re-
moved TO the nearest station. where
surgical aid was given. but the ply
4 l,ik.inTs fear Tint .pyerul will die
4 Pueblo dispatch says: Simon Gug-
genheim has been In conference with
| Superintendent Rhodes and the fore
men OF the various departments OF the
Philadelphia smeltcr with view of
formulating new permanent schcd-
ule of wages with the employees of the
| different departments OF the plant. the
18th being the last day Of the tempo
rnry eight-hour system. Commencing
Saturday. September 10th. the new mr.
| rangs1ncnt. which. II IL raid. meets the
approval Of all the workmcn. will go
Into effect The blast furnace depart
ment Will continue on an cight-hOur
system AT the present scale Of wages.
The scale is ns follows: Tappcrs. &l.sO:
| pot puslcrx. &l.SO: furnace men. 81 10
| The men In the fe,-i department will
aIsO continue on eight hour shifts. with
the following scale Of wages: Feeders.
t2N: charge wheclers. &1.SO The
rOastcr department and copper plants
will return To the old twelve hour Hys-
tenn and the men WY be paid the 1SsE3
scale. or nn increase Of 10 per cent
above the scale paid Just prior to the
srSelter controversy. Mnchinixts. boil
err makers. engineers and yard men
have been on ten hour shifts since the
first Of the month at the old scale.
The preparations nr,. about complc,.
cd for Dcnvcr's fifth Annual Festival
| Of Mountain and Plain. which will he
gin September 18th and occupy the en-.
tire wcsrk. The Board Of Direction
has ls.rn exceedingly fortunate this
year In shaping program which while
maintaining some Of the features of
former fetlvar will include u mum.
ts.r Of plcusnnt novelties In all depart.
inen's. The general prosperity of the
state In all lines nugurs mn unusually
large attendance nt the capital city
during the festival. The railroads are
preparing 10 carry larger crowds than
ever bforr. and those who are In "a
position To know. report more Interest
In the coming festival throughout the
state. than Inns ever brfoSr been seen.
The list Of events scheduled to enter
tain Denver aud her thousands Of VS.
itors. is one that should not fall to b..
most successful. One Of the most i'm.
pOrtnnt Innovations. and one. too. that
| Will interret everyone. II the exposi-
ton aud state fair. This will be the
first state fair ever held la Denver.
and from the manner Ia which II h
ts.inE gotten up and the Interest dis
played by exhIbItors In all parts Of
the state. will lr one of the mos, n,.
| iractive features Of the entire week.
Booth space " In demand. and with
| the pleasing decorations aud brilliant
iliuminntI0ns. the booths will furnish
one Of the most attractive novelties
| ever seen. Nothing has bs-cn neglect.
I'd 10 make the carnival features Of the
week fnr more enjoyable than tho~.. Of
| any previous festival. The coronation
Of the queen on Monday night. the
queens triunphal march with her
court and diplomatic corps on Tuesday
afternoon. the military parade. and. In
the evening. the superb pageant Of the
parade Of the Slaves ~ the silver Her.
T'eut. have becn arranged on q scale
Of magnihccnc~ scarcely coursivable.
| The events scheduled for musical day
promise TO bc among the most inter.
s~tiuR Of the week. A large numi,cr
Of crack musical orga anixatioOs have
ts~n entered for the bAnd contest, the
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