The Holly chieftain., 1900-08-31
COLORADO NOTES.

Leadville suffered from $4,000 fire
M0nday.
Ruffians who have not yet been ap-
pretended have recently attacked sew
eral women on the streets Of Denver at
night and robbed them. From one wo-
man $1,000 worth of diamonds were
taken.
The first state convention OF the
agents and members of the Colorado
Humane Society will occur in Denver
Monday, October LIST. Legislation In the
society's interest of great Importance
VIII be asked at the coming session of
the Legislature. Plans for county or
ganization and for putting the local
work throughout the state on n more
satisfactory basis to the agents will
also be discussed.
N. w. Sample. for many years gener-
al superintendent Of the Denver & Rio
Grande railway, has resigned. The
vacancy will be filed by w. s. Martin,
formerly with the Louisville e. Nash
vile railroad. Under Mr.. Metcalfe's
new policy 1t is expected that there will
De shifting of other officials within the
next few months. There has been talk
OF changes for a long time, but 1t has
been left to the new general manager
to make them.
AT Z o'clock Friday evening dis
tressing accident occurred at Aspen,
which resulted in the instant death of
the 12-year-old daughter of Dennis Sui
livan. A shotgun in the hands of a
younger brother was accidentally dis
charged, striking the sister full In the
race At short A n1dnr hrOthar
had been out hunting and left the gun
In the house without removing the
loaded shell. The little boy took the
gun into the yard, where the weapon
was discharged.
Colorado has no power to pay the
bills of the Colorado officers who par.
ticipated In the chase after the Hole
In the Wall" gang from Utah last year.
such Is the decision of the attorney
general. The men were called upon
by Governor Thomas to act in the Nc
Carthy case, but Governor Thomas
took this action only when he received
telegram from Governor Heber Wells
OF Utah urging him to do SO. He pre-.
sumed that on the strength of this
telegram from the governor OF Utah
the posse would be paid by Utah, but
NN@e 's"sS Aiuo lttubCu W huhC tht
payment.
Sugar beet growers of the Arkansas
valley will commence to send the result
of their summers labor to the factory
about October 1st. The crops in that
section of the state will not be as large
| as anticipated, owing to the damage
caused by insects and heavy rains.
Grasshopers have proved very trouble.
some and large part of the damage
Is attributed to them. In the early
part of the spring the excessive rains
caused slight crust of earth to form
over the young plants. injuring them n
great deal. The drouth that has pre-
vailed In this section for some time has
continued and the situation has become
very serious. The third CROP of alfalfa
Is practically n total failure, and the
second crop was only fair.
Peter Burke of Leadville, standing
helpless, and abandoned by two fellow
wOrkmen in shaft. met horrible
death by drowning. He was employed
with two other men at the bottom of
the California gulch shaft when n
"sand-break' occurred, and in an in
| stant he was held solid with the sand
| up to his hips. The water then came
up rapidly, and the other two men in
| the shaft rang the bell to hoist, not
taking time to try to extricate their un-
| fortunate comrade, or in their fright
anxious to get to the top for assistance.
Two other men We're at once sent
down to the rescue. but before they
could reach him the water had risen
| over his head, and he was slowly
drowned. He had been unable to
move in any direction, and had been
compelled to see the water slowly rise
and slowly engulf him. He leaves u
wife and two children.
| 1t has been learned that the present
rapid transit railway company Of Col
orado Springs has been purchased by
w. s. StrattOn, j. II. McKinnie and
other local capitalists. The deal has
been under way for some time, but the
negotiations have just been closed. The
new owners propose to make radical
improvements, adding extensively to
the equipment and placing the service
on an equal footing with the best in
the country. The present rails will be
replaced by heavier ones and fifty new
cars will be added. A large portion Of
the system will be double tracked to
avoid the tedious waiting which is now
necessary. The owners are before the
city council asking n new franchise,
in order that the improvements may
be made. The expenditure for i'm
provements on the system will be in
the neighborhoOd of $4,000.
Jealousy was the cause OF shooting
ARRAY which took place between 6 and
z o'clock last evening about one mile
west of Greenland. Miss Minnie
Hutchinson was driving home with
Orye Miner when they were sfnnned