Gilpin observer., 1899-06-29
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

Boulder celebrated Strawberry Day
on the oath, and also the completion
of the new electric road to the Chau
tauqua grounds.
w. B. Askew, postmaster Mt Russell
Gulch, Colorado, and n member of the
grocery firm Of Wagner & Askew, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself.
The trial of the men charged with be-
ing principals in the notorious opera
house riot in Colorado Springs in Sep
tember last began in the district court
on the 21st and they were acquitted.
A tornado visited Akron, Colorado,
on the 21st, and wrecked the dwellings,
barns and sheds on Dole & Gillette's
sheep ranch six miles northeast OF AK
ron. Charles III. Abbott, who was
working at the ranch, was killed by
lightning while milking.
The second annual Strawberry Day
! for Glenwood was one of the happlest
events in the history of the place. The
weather was perfect and the attend
ance at least 1000 ahead of the most
sanguine expectations. -Four thousand
people ate strawberries, cream and cake
to repletion. Three-fourths of this
| number spent an hour or more i'll the
mammoth pool.
Caterpillars are destroying all the
| foliage ON the PecoS Valley forest re-
serve, especially on the quaking aspen
trees. Shovelfuls of the caterpillars
are picked up every morning by the
rangers and burned, but the plague is
increasing, and makes it very disagree
able for visitors, who find themselves
and their horses literally covered with
the caterpillars after few miles OF
| travel.
The police report that there Is more
petty stealing going on in the hills
around Cripple Greek and even in the
city itself than ever before in the his
tory of the present administration, says
the Star The depredations consist.
in the hills. of general breaking INTO
cabins. during the absence of the own
ers, the invasion of subterranean
places of storage and the theft of pow
der, steel and'miners' implements.
| John Haines, oldest son of Nj. 5.
Haines, was killed in the Mitchell
mine at Lafayette, Colorado, on the
21st, while pulling top coal, a large
amount of coal and rock falling and
burying him completely. The miners
uncovered his head and found him TO
be alive and able to talk. but more
coal and rock fell and large force
of men was put at work to rescue him,
which took about an hour, when he
was found to be dead.
Five pounds of giant powder We're
exploded by Cripple Creek people ON
the side of Big Bull mountain for the
purpose of ascertaining the quantity
that can be safely used in the big
earthquake or the Fourth of July. The
test was entirely satisfactory. The
earth and smoke were forced into the
air for hundreds of feet. The COM
mittee in charge of the earthquake
scene will now go ahead and make
| complete arrangements as originally
planned. The general committee for
the big celebration have adopted plans
for big pavilion to be erected on
Second and Victor avenues. The pavil-
! ion will be the largest ever erected in
this city. Around the four sides will
be upraised seats with capacity for
seating LOO people.
| Assignee Chapman of the failed State
Bank of Monte Vista has just made
public the following statement of as
sets and liabilities of the bank and irs
two branches. the Miners Bank of
Creede and the Farmers Bank of
Hooper. Liabilities: Open deposits,
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1864; due First National Bank of
Denver, S24,991.14; unpaid taxes,
S7sO.56. Total, $SO,651.64. Assets:
Overdrafts. good, $6,74O27; real es-
| tate and fixtures, $14,5OO; Chase Ma
tional Bank, New York. S106.19; loans
and discounts, considered good, S4S.-
533 26; cash and cash items, $732.TO;
rents etc. due, $215.65. Total, SIO,-
S2S.07. The assignee is hopeful Of
making an early dividend. This happy
result will depend upon his ability to
loans into cash.
Denver Lodge No. 46 of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen has with
drawn from the State Federation of
Labor The lodge has more than 400
members, and is one of two lodges in
the state to be affiliated with the Fed
Grafton. The other is in Pueblo and
has membership of more than 200. AS
n result of n recent meeting the officers
of the Federation have been served
with notice of withdrawal by the Off
GERS of the lodge. Included In the no
tice is n request for card of honor
able withdrawal and an expression
that If necessary the members We're
prepared to vote contribution to the
| smeltermens strike. No specific rea-
son is given for the withdrawal. but 1t
is stated that the radical expressions
of the federation concerning the Idaho
mine troubles is responsible for the
withdrawal.
A telegram has been received Mt
Trinidad to the effect that one of the
gang of safe blowers who cracked the
safes of the Colorado & Southern and
Santa Fe offices in that city ON the
night of the 18Th had been arrested
at Albuquerque, y. NJ. Cashier Fred
ericy of the Colorado & Southern fur
nishcd the clue that led to the arrest.