The silver lance., 1899-03-17
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

The plans for the new Antlers hotel
at Colorado Springs are now ABOUT
ready to be submitted to the omcers
of the company. The outline calls ior
a building to cost 100000. 1t is to be
built Of brick in such a way that an nd
dition can be put on the west end OF It
Specifica lions require POO sleeping
rooms and as many with south ex-
posure as possible and fire places IN at
least 100. There are to be also ball
room in the basement, billiard hall, res
taurant and other new features. 1t will
probably be six stories in height.
The Union Pacific is not allowing
much time to elapse in placing the
Julesburg branch In good condition.
, The road will place eighty-pound steel
rails on the branch, the first work be-
ing for forty-seyen miles out of Jules
burg. Eventually the entire line will
be laid with these heavy rails, ninety
pound rails, however, being laid in a
number of places along the line. The
work of ballasting the road with Sher-
man gravel will begin as soon as the
ground is I'm condition. Then, too, the
heavy rails will be laid along the en-
the 155 miles from Julesburg to La
Sale.
A movement is on foot to re-establish
the Broadway Temple Association at
Denver, which for many months was
presided over by the late Rev. Myron
Reed. 1t is now announced that Rev.
H. C. Myers, d. D., of Chicago will be
in Denver in short time to preach two
trial sermons al Broadway temple Rev.
Myers is a former Methodist pastor. He
left that church on account of his lib
eral views. Rev. Myers is said to be
an eloquent speaker and man of mag
netic presence. He is popular in Chica-
go. If he proves satisfactory to the
members of the old association he will
probably be retained permanently.
Charles Reuss and Bert Frey, the
two miners imprisoned in the Bon Air
shaft at Leadville, are enjoying life
as well as prisoners can. They are
abundantly supplied with food and all
the delicacies of the season. This is
made possible by an expedient resort
ed to by the men on top who let down
a stick of giant powder to the bottom
of the ten-inch stand pipe and blew a
hole in it near the bottom. Now
through this pipe everything needed by
the imprisoned men can be supplied.
In the meantime work is being pushed
and 1t is hoped that the men will be
shaft.
Reports to Chief Putney of the railway
mail service. show that the snowshOe
carriers in the mountains along the
blOckaded South Park line are doing
good work, and no accidents have as
yet occurred. The work is considered
very hard and quite dangerous. Large
quantities of second and third class
matter are collected at Como and
Grant, the present end of the road, the
mail taken over the summit being only
letters and current dailies Mr.. Putney
says that the sled road now being brOk-
en- between Como and breckenridge Is
nearing completion and the papers
and packages will soon be distributed.
For the furthest districts the prospect
for access by rail is considered remote
however.
A bill has been passed by the New
Mexico Legislature providing for the
protection of the sheep industry and
the prevention of the spread Of disease
among sheep. The governor is to ap-
point sheep sanitary board, whose
members shall serve without cOmpensa-
ton, except for the actual necessary ex-
penses incurred in attending meetings
of the board. The board is authorized
to appoint and at pleasure remove
sheep inspectors. who will prescribe
methods of dipping sheep and dictate
quarantine and sanitary measures. The
inspectors must be practical sheep men
and must give bond in the sum of $500
for the faithful performance of their
duties. They are given the same pow
ers as deputy sheriffs and may make
arrests with or without warrants.
Three men were killed and one man
was probably fatally injured by pow
der explosion in the Commodore mine
at Creede on the 10th. The dead are:
Robert Watson, Frank Hess, John
Sarna. r. G. Evlin was fatally in
jured. The accident occurred in tunnel
No. and the superintendent and 9TH
ers are at loss to account for it, He
says that every precaution was taken
to protect the lives of the employees in
the mine. Sarna had charge of the
powder and was entrusted with the
distribution of the explosives, and ap-
pOrtioned them out to the miners, who
in turn carried the explosives to the
different workings The explosion oc-
CURED at the distributing station, and
the shock Jared the mountains The
dull rumbling sound could be heard
distinctly one-half mile away. The
bodies of the three men killed were
mangled beyond recognition, arm and
legs having been blown off and the
faces were frightfully disfigured.
Engine No. 526 of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad attached to freight
train pulling into Denver was wrecked
by an explosion of it's boiler at the
crossing of the Denver & Rio Grande
and the Santa Fe tracks at 1850
O'Clock Friday night. The following are
the names of the injured: Ira Lowe,
engineer, 1113 South Eleventh street:
severely scalded about the head