The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-02-03
COLORADO NOTES.

| the city.
John Bowman, q former policeman,
mas 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
Omcer Baird that he was the dyna-
mltef. Bowman belonged to Torrey's
Rough Riders. He was discharged
from the police force for disorderly
conduct, and 1t Is believed that dyna-
hitting 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. ]. II. RAIDER OF New
Windsor on the charge OF sending
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 Were taken by
the minister and by the United States
attorney as conveying threat Com
missioner Hlnsdale took another view,
and dismissed the proceedings.
A dynamite explosion about IL
O'Clock Wednesday night partially
wrecked the handsome residence Of A.
v. Hunter, the well-known mining man
and financier of Leadville. The dyna-
mite was placed between his house and
that of James Ritchey ind almost shat
tered the walls Of both buildings, caus-
Ing damage of several hundred dollars.
As this is the third dynamite explosion
within week, the community Is nat
uarlly very much worked up over the
circumstance. The police have no the
DRY as to who Is responsible for the
outrage. The last explosion occurred
Tuesday night, when u bomb was
thrown In the rear of the county Jail,
but no serious damage occurred, A
heavy reward has already been offered
for the perpetrator of the outrage.
At the recent session of the State Ed
itorial Association resolution was
adopted making Wolfe Londoner's 10y
clone Cellar"-a proposed monthly pub
licatton in the interest of the profession
the official organ of the association.
The idea, presented apparently as u
Joke, Is to materialize 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
at the meeting of the National Editorial
Association, to be held In New Orleans
next month. Wolfe IOndoner will be
the publisher and w. Il. Pabor, editor
and manager. The editorial stan will
be composed of the members Of the
state association, all Of whom are ex-
pected to contribute paragraph to the
first number.
Washington dispatch says: Applica-
ton for n writ Of certiorari in the case
Of Tho ('nntruI
the Denver a. Rio Grande 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 a
wreck for which the Midland was re-
spOnsible. The particular wreck in
point Is that Mt Newcastle on Septem-
Der 8, 1897. when q score of persons
were killed and many were badly In
| Jured In collision between Rio Grande
and Midland trains. The fatalities were
among Rio Grande passengers, but that
road made the claim that the 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.
At two minutes after 8 o'clock Friday
night terrific explosion of giant DOW
der occurred In the shaft house of the
Pikes Peak No. | mine on Bull hill.
Ihree minutes after the first explosion
took place another heavy blast Of a
smaller quantity of giant powder com
pleted the ruinatiOn of the shaft house.
Engineer j. NJ. Mnnville, on duty in
the shaft house when the first explo-
sion occurred. was blown through the
building onto the outside of the shaft
house. He received terrible injuries
about the head and his body and limbs
We're also badly bruised. He died In n
short time. Two miners who were In
the bottom of the shaft were mt first
thought to be fatally hurt, but later
they We're found to be uninjured. When
tine first explosion rent tile shaft house.
the latter at once took fire and burned
fearfully. The heat was so intense
that 1t burned the steel cable in two.
allowing the bucket to fall into the
shaft, where it dropped until 1t reached
the incline section of the shaft, and
plunged down to the bottom, where the
two miners were Mt work. 1t did not
lnJure them but the bucket was red
hot, and the two men could not stand
the Intense heat in the narrow space
where they We're confined. They i'm.
mediately began climbing and reached
one Of the upper levels in safety.
Warden Hoyt is preparing to farm
this year on an extensive scale. To
date he has taken leases on land aggre.
eating 800 acres and Is preparing 70
till large acreage. He has secured q
fOur-year lease on one 2OOacre tract
which will In part be seeded to alfal.
ia, at the same time growing crop OF
oats. The rest of the tract and all the
smaller holdings will be devoted to
growing corn and vegetables. No lease
has been entered into for shorter
term than two years, the warden's Dol.
Icy being to secure the land for as lonQ
q period as possible. The large tract
Is virgin soil and force of fifty con.
victs is engaged in freeing It from
greasewood and preparing 1t for the
plow, which will be started as soon az
the land In in shane or tho kAn M,