The Monte Vista journal., 1899-07-22

pose Of suggesting q remedy for the
present financial troubles which face
the state Institutions. II was decided
| to ask expressions of opinion from the
other chambers OF the state, and II
favorable responses are made . con.
vention Of ten delegates from each
chamber will be held in Colorado
| Springs to bring the matter before the
State Board Of Equalization.
President Georg w. Ristine Of the
Colorado Midland has accepted the Of
| fice Of vice president OF the Chicago &
Alton road, and will Immediately re-
sign his Office on the Colorado line.
Mr.. Ristine is at GlenwoOd Springs
with his family. He will remain there
few days and then come to Denver
and close up his affairs and leave for
his new position. 1t Is likely that
some Of the general officers Of the Col
orado Midland will be taken to Chi
cago to accept higher positions with
the Alton line. Who will follow Mr..
Ristine into the executive management
Of the Midland IL not yet announced,
but 1t is more than likely that Mr.. L.
g. Cannon. the present comptroller
and executive manager, will step into
the higher position.
| ne beuNSt SAph'FS OAA
the Union Pacific. due at Sterling
Sunday morning. was ditched about
eight miles west OF there. No one was
killed or seriously injured. The cause
of the wreck was a washout The
Pawnee ditch was over Its banks and
sent torrent Of water down against
the track. washing the dirt from under
n section about thirty feet In length.
The train was made up Of two baggage
cars, two chair cars and the sleeper
| Turquoise. The engine and hrIt bag
gage car passed over the weak spot
safely. but the second baggage car.
containing the safe broke the rails,
was stripped Of Its trucks, showed
along the track three car lengths and
deposited on the south side. toppling
nearly over. The first chair car went
/, across the break minus Its trucks. and
stopped standing at an angle across the
truck. About forty passengers were
aboard. twenty of whom occupied the
sleeper. II IN little short OF miraculous
that not person WAS killed or seri'
ously injured.
Swift Rear and his party Of Sioux
Indians, having eight wagons loaded
with venison. resisted arrest on Buck
creek, Wyoming. for killing game con-
trary to law. Amos Demming, deputy
sheriff OF Converse county. and n
posse left Lusk Wednesday with war
rants for the arrest OF the Indians and
overlook them mt Buck creek Thurs
day morning. After reading the war
rants the Indians refused TO go with
the sheriff. drew line and told him II
he crossed the line there would he war.
Being outnumbcrcd the sheriff came to
EdgemOnt TO get help and papers for
the arrest Of the Indians In South Da.
kota, ms they had crossed the line.
Deputy Sheriff George Miller of Edge.
mont will go out with an increased
force. Dcmmlng tclcgraphcd the In
| dian agent at Pine Ridge to have a
force OF Indian police go out to inter
cept the Indians II they got away from
the Edge1on and Wyoming posse,
and II is expected the Indians will be
overtaken somewhere near the agency.
One Of the most terrible cloudbursts
and floods known In the history OF the
section occurred five miles west OF
Pine Grove Mt about 30 p. m. on the
18Th. The electrical display WAS vivid
beyond description. A dark cloud ap-
peared from the north which was met
| by one from the west and battle OF
the giants began. The water fell In
torrents. filling Pine Grove gulch and
Rowicn gulch 10 depth OF fifteen to
twenty feet. When the Hood struck the
Platte river Ht point half mile west
of this place. II swept the railroad
bridge and tracks into the river for
about eighty feet. Al Clln. five miles
further west. the railroad track was
buried under sand. rocks and debris
for length OF 30O feet and depth Of
from two To six feet. The wagon road
In Pine Grove gulch. which wns built
by the Stewart 4 Mcconnell Lumber
Company three years since. at a cost
Of 10000. Is nearly destroyed. Every
bridge for four miles Is gone. The
Colorado 4 Southern Company imme.
diately placed force Of fifty men Mt
work and trains are running regularly.
Some transferring Of passengers was
necessary last night.
Warden G. T.. Hoyt Of the state pcni.
tentiary advocates nm addition TO that
Institution. The penitentiary. he says.
Is o,ercrowded. 'wc have 40 cells
and So convIcis. This nccc~sitates
putting two men In many Of the cells.
When you consider that tn. cells nrc
only iS1 feet II can readily bc seen
what II means TO put two men Into one
Of them. II Is simply outrn geous that
this must bc done. INT there Is no help
for II until We build an addition. We
ought 10 have cell room for ni least 200
NOR" prisoners. A building Of this
kind would cost It's about &&O.01O This
Is figuring on the roofing and Iron
work. The labor. stone. lime, brick and
everything In that line We could fur.
ni.h ourselves. Out Of tho $50 convicts
~: are nj work making brick. quarry.
Ing rock and laying wstrr mains We
arr extending our water works syu.
ten. About l.2D feet Of mains IL i,sr-
Ing laid. an4l wc ahali tap the Arkan.
sas twelve feet hriow lis bead. thus
insuring absolutely purc water. An.
other important enterprise ON which
the rtIaourrn arc now at work n the
huilding Of . stossr wall around tweu.
ty.two acrra Of land adjacent 10 She
peni'cntiary and . part oe tho penltsn.
tiafy grounds"
The smaller llerrnn site for the new
psbeIc building At iIradviiir has ir~u
rrcommeutled BY Special Agent Nc.
now~al. Thr entirr site II o(lrr~d for
eAy0oO. cmheariag property a the
corner OF uarrtsoa aveuue and EtRhsh
street. l06xlSS fert. Tue smaller nor.
tioo n o6ered the government for 6i2..
O0O. The latter pruposltl0o n rrrom.
uruded by Mr.. Mcdowell. This VIII
give room for Q buildine on 100 seet.
with streets "a two sl4ea snd forty
feet space on the other side. TIE lscs
CoAereee Appropriated 10000 for q
beildlae h lIsadville. but Il n douhe.
ful WkpfheP 4 bultdinR ~ SAa -.