The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-12-30
COLORADO ITEMS.

| and then the work for the year will be
| completed.
| Rev J. ]. ReardOn of the brighton
| Roman Catholic church was arrested
the other day, charged with assault
and battery by Joseph z. Wolschon.
Two men were carried down in q
| snow slide near Telluride on the 17th,
but escaped alive.
A telephone line has been completed
to Glcnwood Springs, and Will be car
ried west to Grand Junction.
Thirty sticks of powder exploded In
the Pillory shaft house Mt the Orizaba
No. mine, Cripple Greek. Mt o'clock
Monday night. Trigg Plllory, the en-
| gineer, was killed and the shaft house
was demolished.
Richard Holmes color bearer of the
| First Colorado, il on his way to Den
yer, where he Will enter a railroad Of
flee. He intends to make this city his
home, in order to be near his late COM
rades of the regiment he accompanied
| to Manila.
Louis Il. Ball. the State School OF
! Mines senior who received an appoint
ment for examination at Fort Leayen-
worth with view to his entrance to
the regular army has returned, having
passed credltably. He will probably be
appointed second lieutenant In the reg
ular service soon. Ball has studied Mt
the School OF Mines with credit tile
past three years.
Will Il. Wilson. secretary Of the
Colorado State Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry, has issued the call for the
annual session. to be held In Denver
Tuesday. January 9th, and to continue
three days. The fifth and sixth de-
grees will be conferred in full form
on the evening of Wednesday, January
10th. All fourth degree Patrons are
urged to attend, and visiting Patrons
will be made welcome.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
is planning to build n big hospital in
Pueblo. I'VE are simply working on
plans" said ]. A. Kebler yesterday.
I'm all probability the building will be
built, wing Mt time in order to
estimated that it will cost in the neigh
borhood of 100000. However, it is
difficult to judge of the cost at this
time as. the entire scheme is In its in
fancy"
A peculiar accident occurred at An
aconda last Wednesday. A heavily
loaded ore wagon drawn by four horses
did considerable damage to the house
Of J. ]. Monaghan, just below the
Midland tracks. The big wagon was
loaded with ore from the Howard
lease on Gold hill, and was being
hauled to the Arequa mill. In CON-
ing down the steep hill the chain Of
a. ln<k >,
wagon down on the horses. The teams
started to run. and the driver stayed
with them until the turn in the road
was reached The horses were un-
able to stop. The driver jumped and
the horses and wagon went over the
tracks. Monaghnn's house was several
feet below. The horses and wagon
landed in confused mass upon the
west end of 1t, smashing 1t to kind1ing
wood. Two horses were killed, one
leader and one wheeler. The other Lead
er was standing In the center OF Mr..
Monaghan's bedroom. The wagon
was partially In the house, and ore was
mixed up with the bedclothes and fur
niture. 1t took several hours to clear
the wreckage. 1t is remarkable that
no one was injured in the accident.
/, Twenty minutes before child was
asleep in the bed that was demolished.
Another disastrous rear end wreck
occurred on the Rio Grande near Red
| Cliff, Friday. A passenger train was
| tagged, owing to n broken rail. A flag
man was sent back and stopped light
engine. He did not. however, know
that n heavy freight train was coming
only n short distance back, and when
| the engineers and flremen Of the
freight turned the curve and saw an
accident ahead they jumped. The
| freight train had fourteen cars drawn
by two engines, and was on a down.
grade. 1t crashed with frightful force
into the light engine, which was dou-
bled up and damned into the sleeper.
| Every passenger in the train was thrown
from the seat. and fifteen or twenty
i were injured, but not seriously. The
fact that the light engine was struck
| FIRST was all that saved repetition Of
the terrible accident near Salida a few
weeks ago. MS the freight train would
have undoubtedly crashed into the
passenger cars. The light engine, how
ever, served as a bumper. but was
crushed beyond the semblance of an
engine by the terrible shock. The
| property damage was heavy.
| Three-QuarterS or million dollars
| will be spent by the Colorado & South
ern Railway Company next year in i'm
| provement OF its lines, for new rolling
! stock and for building of the great re-
pair and construction shops that will
soon be under construction. At the re-
cent meeting of the directors all of the
present officials of the road were re-
elected without opposition. The sum
of $3.50, 900 was set aside to be used for
permanent improvements. and will be
expended In the purchase of ten new
locomotives, $50 new fiat cars and IA
new passenger cars. and in building
new repair shops. In addition to this
there remains of the money set aside
for Improvements during the present
year $125.OOO This will be used in
construction work already under way
on the Cripple Greek Short Line in the
South Platte canon. This road will be