The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-29
COLORADO NOTES.

for postmaster at Pueblo, to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of George
Seaver.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Lon L. Foote of Ar
riba, Colorado, to be register of the land
office at Hugo, Colorado.
mountain lion was killed by R. r.
Lucore few miles north of Hugo the
other day This is one of the largest
of the species and has been doing much
damage to stockmen by killing sheep,
calves and even large colts. The car
cass is in the hands of a taxidermist
and will be a valuable specimen.
The Colorado Portland Cement Com
pany, which has been engaged in the
erection of a SiXty-ton cement plant
near Florence the past few months,
started its machinery on Wednesday
ard turned out the first batch of ce-
mrnt clinker. All departments of the
plant will not be in operation until the
beginning of next week when the first
finished product will be turned out.
The Florence cement works is the only
industry of the kind in the Rocky
Mountain region and as the raw ma
terial from which the company will
make its cement is capable of produc-
ing as fine cement as that made in Ger
many the Florence company may ex-
pect ready sale in this and adjoining
states for its product.
The outside stockholders in the Col
orado Cooperative colony won vic
tory at the recent meeting of the
stockholders held for the purpose of
altering the constitution so as to cur
tail the powers of those owning stock
but not living on the lands Of the col
Sny. Denver stockholders especially
objected to the aggressive policy of a
few of those living at the colony, who,
they said, We're endeavoring TO freeze
them out. 1t was a complete victory
for the outside element and among
other changes the old committee
on engineers was thrown out because
of the allegations that it had not done
any work since last August The col
ony is located mt Pinon in the western
part of the state.
Pueblo dispatch of the Goth says:
Pueblo is excited tonight over the
most atrocious crime ever committed
in her history. Two innocent children
are lying dead in the morgue and n
colored woman is at the Pueblo hos
pital with two bullets in her body. Cal
win Kimblern. n colored cook in the en-
ploy of the Fries Orphan home, is
the murderer of the children. and the
would be assassin of his wife. The
murder was committed at l 30 O'Clock
this morning ut cottage No. of the
Fries Orphans Home in Central Park.
According 80 the wounded woman's
story 1t was the result of insane jeal-
Ousy ON the part of the husband. who.
prior to the shooting. had been quarrel
Ing with her. He has not yet been
captured.
An accident occurred near Coloma
Friday afternoon TO Mr.. and Mrs. Sam.
uel Brown through runaway, which
may end fatally to both. They were
riding in "A carriage with n new span
of horses when Mr.. Brown lost one
line and In his endeavor TO regain II
drpped the other, which caused the
team to run away and strike tree,
throwing both of the occupants out up
on their heads upon large surface of
broken stone. a pedestrian saw the
accident and rushed to their assist
ance. He summoned aid and the injur-
ed people We're conveyed to their home
near Coloma. and Il man was dispatch.
ed TO Montrose for medical assistance.
Mrs. Brown has remained insensible
ever since, her body being paralyzed,
with no prospects for recovery. Mr..
Brown received terrible gashes and
wounds but may recover. He is a
prominent cattleman.
The government now has noun.
tain sheep. buffalo" Jones on the
22d brought in the first results of his
hunt. n fine buck lamb about month
old. Its capture was very exciting.
The camp is in the Coal basin valley.
about eight miles from Redstone where
the sheep have been located for four
days. In the morning the eve and
lamb We're discovered in an accessi-
BILE place. An attempt was being
made to get near them when the eve
discovered she was being rushed. She
ut once bounded up the side of the
steep mountain. The lamb followed.
and gaining a good height the mother
and lamb disappeared. Shortly after
wards the eve was seen ascending
still higher, but the lamb had been
hid. 1t was impossible to reach the
point from below where the lamb had
disappeared. Miss Olive Jones, her
father and the guide made n long de-
tour and reached n point as near as
they could judge directly over where
the lamb was thought to be. Miss
Jones was swung out over the cliff
with a rope tied under her arms, and
search found the little fellow hid in
crevice. The brave girl was drawn
| back over the cliff with the lamb in
J her arms. This is the first of the six
pair that Buffalo" Jones expects to
secure under his permit from the state
of Colorado.
Bear hunters have had great luck
during the last two weeks in the cmoun-
tains near Glenwood. \ guide killed
n silver tip bear weighing nearly 800
pounds, the pclt measuring eight feet
and nine inches from claw to claw.
"A
Cliffs on Piceance creek. Since then
Mr.. Baxter, accompanied by Charles
j. McGoey of New York. has been on
two trips, in each of which they were