The Lamar register., 1900-04-25
COLORADO NOTES.

pie creek WIS snowbouud on the 10th.
not a train of any kind leaving the city.
Sam kibler. blacksmith working
In the Ready Cash mine. near Lead
vile, nearly lost his life in snowslide
last week. After being buried eighteen
hours he was rescued, and none too
aoon to save his life.
Mayor George of Colorado City has
Issued orders TO the effect that all
houses of Ill repute must close their
doors. The Good Government party
has secured control OF the offices. and
this Is one of the first steps they have
taken to remove from the city low re-
sorts.
Mrs. Ada Joy, who shot and killed
her husband. .x-Alderman Joy, at
Leadville. u few weeks ago, had her
preliminary hearing Wednesday. The
testimony went TO show that Mrs. Joy
simply shot to save her own life. JUS
tce Paddock declared that the killing
was undoubtedly done in self-defense.
President William Slocum of Colo
rado College has gone to Chicago to
notify Dr. ID. N. Pearsons that the
terms OF the $4,000 gift which DR..
Pearsons made to the college some
time ago have been complied with, and
mat S6o,Oo0 laboratory building has
De used as an endowment for the
building
The following state agents of the HUI
name Society have been appointed
since March Goth and up to April 18th:
Mrs Jennie Mcdowell, Cripple Greek;
Edgar Burton. Rathbone; John s.
Haskey and Edward Huter. Dillon; G.
+, zimmerman. Antonito; Sherman NJ
Hobson, Pueblo: J. l.. Chatfield Gyp-
sum; Jno. Doyle. st. Elmo; Fred Il.
Girardot. Orchard.
The Colorado & Southern railroad
has introduced system by which the
employees will be disciplined In a novel
manner. A record of the reprimands
aud mistakes Of all men connected with
the road is kept In a large book GER
tain number of bad marks will be con
sidered sufficient ground for discharge.
The system includes rules concerning
the nature OF reprimands, the punish
ments inflicted therefor and the meth
ods by which delinquencies In the rec
ord may be made up.
Colonel Edward Verieckberg, recent
ly elected commanding officer OF the
First Infantry, @. y. c., has published
an order which outlines his policy in
the management OF the regiment. The
order states that the colonel favors the
grnnting Of fewer discharges than has
formerly been the custom and does not
wish TO grant any discharges unless
good reasons are advanced Non-eom-
miss'oned officers will be required TO
pass written examination before re-
ceivinS the warrants A board of OFF,
GERS to hold such examinations will
convene the second Monday of each
month.
BY the breaking OF scaffolding nine
ty-ilve feet high on the dome of the
new stove" being erected at the steel
works NJ Pueblo, five men were hurled
TO the earth. one of whom, F. ID. Cur
It's. was Instantly killed, and ]. w
Stanton, n fellow worker had both legs
broken and his skull crushed and viii
probably die. The accident occurred
while the men We're at work putting
the dome OF the stove" From the
stove" TO the walls OF the big stacks
angle bars for support are run at fire.
qucnt intervals twelve feet apart,
changing SO that there is only six feet
In the clear. The dead man was almost
crushed TO pulp, having his neck brok-
en-, skull crushed and all limbs
smashed. He was q German, living on
Carterette street. and leaves a wife and
one child. He was member of the
A. o. U. w. No. ~, Bessemer and was
an assistant boiler maker at the steel
works. The other three men. +. FL
Freebury, T. Van Bfbber and Morgan
Williams. escaped with but few
bruises, Freebury and Williams catch
ing the angle bars after falling about
twenty feet. Van Blbber seized a rope
attached TO the rigger on top of the
dome and saved himself by sliding
down the rope. 1t Is stated that the
men working on the stove have re
peatedly asked that a second scaffold
be kept under the one on which they
were working, in case of accident For
some reason this platform was never
placed there.
Winfield Scott Stratton has rescued
the Paris commission from the embar-
rassed financial conditions which
would undoubtedly have resulted in
collapse OF the entire scheme of taking
the mineral exhibit of the state to the
great exposition. The millionaire min
ing man saw a statement of the tan
gled finances OF the commission In the
News. and telegram promising
abundant cash was received from him
later in the day. II Will cost the min
ing man at least $4,000 to make good
his promise of putting the finances of
the commission in shape. But his mes
sage is considered as good as gold by
the board, and VIII increase the
amount of money promised sufficient