La Junta tribune., 1899-12-02
coLoRApoirsMs.

the 18th.
President Burt of the Union Pacific
says that Il double track Will probably
be laid between Denver and Omaha.
The Leadville city council has adopt
ed resolution submitting proposition
TO the people for the ownership OF wa
ter works.
Greeley firm of produce merchants
Is said to have cornered the cabbage
crop In that section, realizing very
handsomely on their purchases.
The people of Jefferson county at the
recent election voted in favor OF estao-
fishing n county high school, but OWING
TO Irregularities In the election enough
precincts We're thrown out to defeat
the measure.
Frank and Robert Lee Bohannon,
who killed their father last May ut
Fowler. were convicted of murder in
the first degree at La Junta on the
22nd. They have committed other
crimes in the state.
A recently organized coal company
has entered the coal fields of northern
Colorado and may prove formidable
competitor OF the Northern Coal Com
pany. The new organization owns or
controls over 100 acres of land and Is
Introducing the most improved ma
chinery. The properties are near La
fayette, on the branch of the Burling-
ton railway, sixteen miles out of Den
yer.
Robert j. Roberts. foreman of the
John G. Roberts mill at Idaho Springs
and well known over the state. was
killed instantly last Monday. In at
tempting to throw a belt on a pulley
his coat sleeve caught and he was
drawn up around the shaft. Every
stitch of clothing was torn from his
body, one arm was broken and maim-
ed. his skull was fractured and his
chest crushed. The body fell to the
floor and Roberts was II corpse within
one minute.
Two deaths. one man seriously In
jured and seventeen ears smashed are
the results of IA wreck last Friday on
the coal branch OF the Colorado Mid
land from Cardiff up Four Mile creek.
The dead are: Peter Hyrup. engineer;
Walter Perrine. fireman. q. snyder
Davis. brakeman. will have his right
foot amputated. as IL is shattered mt
the ankle bone. The wreck occurred
shortly before daylight. about two
miles above Cardiff The wreck covers
about one-half mile of track along n
steep mountain side. There was no
chance for the men to jump. 1t was
precipice below and u high bank
above. The train was runaway for
eight miles. and the momentum. as
| shown by the debris. tearing OF ties
and breaking OF rails, was frightful.
The first break OF the train occurred
Mt the beginning of four short curves.
where the caboose and five cars left
the track. The caboose is the only car
that stands upright. Every coal car
IL mass of splinters. The eighty
pound rails were in pieces. many less
than n foot in length. Ties We're cut
and twisted ns though they were tooth
picks. II was with this first break
that Brakeman Davis went down the
hill with the car of coal on which he
was riding. Davis Is from Grand June
tion. He IL n single man and has been
on the Midland since 1892. The next
break In the train was one-quarter
mile below, where the rest OF the cars
left the track on short curve They
went over the bank. and in going took
the engine tank along. cutting ii from
the trucks as II chiseled away. 1t was
near this lot. and 100 feet from the
track. that Engineer Hyrup was found.
He has lived mt Basalt for years, where
he has Il wife and five children He is
member Of several secret societies
and was considered one OF the hest
engineers on the road. He leaves con-
siderable property and several thous-
and dollars life insurance. Brakeman
Tidings slid down the hill with lot
OF coal and was uniniured. The en-
gIne ran about an eighth of mile to
curve and struck II mass OF rock on
the upper side of the track The cab
top WAS landed 300 feet up the noun
tain side.
A dispatch to the Denver Republican
from Craig says: The troubles which
have been brewing between the Wyo-
ming sheepmen and Routt county
stockmen eliminated yesterday In a
serious manner; A large number OF
men. perhaps fifty. attacked band
OF 5000 sheep belonging to the Geddes
Sheep Company, and slaughtered
nearly all OF them. The butchering oc-
Cured or lower Snake river forty
miles northwest of Craig, not far from
the old OF ranch and occupied several
hours tine. The men. who were all
masked, captured the Mexican In
charge of the sheep and took posses
sion of his wagon. after placing him
under a strong guard. The wagon was
demolished and the spokes Of the
wheels We're used as billets, with
which the men clubbed the sheep to
death. During the progress Of the
slaughtering armed men occupied po-
sitions of vantage to prevent the mp
proach of possible assistance. The
herders were not molested In the least,
but were Informed that Wyoming
sheep could not invade the Routt
county range with impunity, and that
trouble would ensue so long as sheep
crossed the state line. This act OF the
masked men, while deplored by the
citizens, is nothing more than has been
expected for some time. The feeling
against the sheepmen has been bitter
and has been growing stronger each
year. The range Of Carbon county.