The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-02-06
COLORADO NOTES.

A boy was killed on the railroad near
Byers the other night. 1t is supposed
that he was stealing IA ride and fell off.
The Victor City Council has adopted
a resolution annulling the water con-
tract between the city of Goldtield and
the city of Victor. The cause of this
action was the failure on the part of
Goldfield to live up to her part of the
obligations.
John Bowman, n former policeman,
has been arrested at Leadville, charged
with being responsible for the recent
dynamite explosions. He had several
sucks of giant powder in his pocket the
night of the Hunter explosion, and told
Officer Baird that he was the dyna-
inter. Bowman belonged to Torrey's
Rough Riders. He was discharged
from the police force for disorderly
conduct, and it is believed that dyna-
miting was done for revenge.
Treasurer Bennett of Weld county
was discharged from custody by Unit
ed States Commissioner Hinsdale. Mr..
Bennett had been arrested on COM
plant of Rev. J. r. RAIDER of New
Windsor on the charge of sending a
dun by postal card. In sending out
his notification of personal taxes due
the treasurer added I'VE must have this
tax now" The words We're taken by
the minister and by the United States
attorney as conveying a threat. Com
missioner Hinsdale took another view,
and dismissed the proceedings.
Two Jail deliveries were effected at
Cripple Creek Wednesday, and five
burglars and ore thieves are now at
liberty. About O'Clock in the morn
ing four men escaped, and at o'clock
IN "a t1na aI
his liberty in the same manner that
the other four had previously. The
names of the men that broke out are:
Al. Smith, j. NJ. Souter, Fred Schwan-
beck, Charles Mitten and Pat Carroll.
Schwanbeck was caught before night
and it was believed that the others
would soon be taken.
The beet raising industry in Mesa
county is to be given n substantial
boom 10y the addition to the farmers of
Quaker colony in Bucks county,
Pennsylvania, who will come to this
country to grow up with the beets.
The beet tonnage for the past year var
led according to the ability or atten-
ton to business of the farmers, many
of whom undertook so large an acre
age that they could not devote proper
attention to the speciality, and the su-
gar beet company at Grand Junction
is making every effort to add to the till
ers of the soil in that section who will
devote their entire time to beets.
At the recent session of the State Ed
itorial Association resolution was
adopted making Wolfe Londoncr's "Cy-
clone Cellar'-a proposed monthly pub
lication in the interest of the profession
the official organ of the association.
The idea, presented apparently as n
joke, is to materlaliZe into fact and
the initial number. an eight-page paper.
profusely illustrated and filled with
matter pertaining TO the craft. will be
published in season, to be distributed
mt the meeting of the National Editorial
Association. TO be held in New Orleans
next month. Wolfe Londoner will be
the publisher and w. II. Pabor. editor
and manager. The editorial staff will
be composed of the members of the
state association. all of whom are ex-
pected to contribute a paragraph to the
first number.
Washington dispatch says: Applica-
ton for Il writ of certiorari in the case
of the Central Trust Company versus
the Denver X Rio GIande railroad was
denied by the United States Supreme
Court. This decision practically
means that the Midland must pay dam
ages for deaths on the Rio Grande in n
wreck for which the Midland was re-
sponsible. The particular wreck in
point is that at Newcastle on Septem-
Der 8, 1897, when n score of persons
were killed and many We're badly in
jured In n collision between Rio Grande
and Midland trains. The fatalities We're
among Rio Grande passengers. but that
road made the claim that e Midland.
being responsible for the wreck. was
responsible for damages. This point
they won in the lower courts and the
decision in the Supreme Court was n
practical victory also.
The people of Boulder sent n lot of
provisions to the people of Ward, who
lost their property in the recent fire.
Several dwelling houses have been con-
verted into temporary store buildings,
and nearly all of the burned-out mer-
chants have ordered new stocks of
goods. The city council held n special
meeting Saturday evening to take steps
towards clearing up the debris, and al
so to open up new town books and be-
gin business with clean slate. as all |
OF the old records We're totally destroy
ed. Everyone feels that the fire will be |
to Ward what the Cripple Creek fire |
was to that great camp, and that here |
is good place to remain, as the mines |
We're never looking better than now. |
Everyone is feeling cheerful and firmly |
believes Ward will soon recover and be |
a better mining camp than ever. The
town officials will take action to
strlighten some of the bends, widen
the streets and encourage the building
of n handsome town.
Colorado is about to file officially on
a large tract of government land which
In a a Of |
revenue. While Register Chipley of the
State Land Board is absent on n tour
of inspection the office force is busy
under the direction of the hnard ar