The Holly chieftain., 1900-04-27
COLORADO NOTES.

Sam k!bler. 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
soon to save his life.
Mayor George of Colorado City has
issued orders 10 the effect that all
houses of i'll 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. ex-Alderman Joy, at
Leadviiie, a few weeks ago, had her
preliminary hearing Wednesday. The
testimony went 10 show that Mrs. Joy
simply shot to save her own life. JUS
tice Paddock declared that the killing
was undoubtedly done in self-defense.
AS a result OF the recent storm. stock
losses in the vicinity of Trinidad We're
very heavy Senator Barela last 1890
head of sheep out of herd of 5000 in
Chlquaqua canon during the blizzard
Sunday night. One of his herders, in
his attempts to save the sheep, narrow
ly escaped death by freezing. Leandro
Maldona. living on the Frijoles is re-
ported TO have lost his entire herd.
The Colorado X Southern railroad
has introduced a system by which the
employees viii he disciplined In n novel
manner. \ record of the reprimands
and mistakes of all men connected with
the road is kept in large book. \ GER
tain number Of bad marks viii be con-
sideged sufficient ground for discharge.
lhc system includes rules concerning
the naturc Of reprimands, the punish
ments inflicted therefor and the meth
ods by which delinquencies in the rec
ord may be made up.
The dam Of the Lincoln county reser-
voir, near Lake Colorado. broke with
the recent freshet. resulting in the loss
Of $4,000 spent in its construction, and
many thousands of dollars damage
done 10 farms under cultivation stu
atcd In the path OF the flood. The res
crvoir was built in a natural basin over
a mile from the Big Sandy river, and
was fed by springs and connected with
the river by n channel. As result of
The heavy rains the reservoir became
nlled to Its utmost capacity. No pro-
vision had been made for shutting Off
The water Of the channel. and in con
sequence Of the heavy floods the river
poured through the channel. breaking
the dam and plowing its way through
the irrigated region. followed by the
tiood that covered the valley for over
n mile in width. Fortunately no houses
were in the path of the water. although
the farm OF W. S. Pershlng was COW
cred.
By the breaking Of scaffoldiug nine
tY-fivc feet high on the dome of the
new stove being erected AT the steel
works at Pueblo. five men were hurled
10 the earth, one of whom. +. d. Cur
lis was instantly killed. and ]. w.
Stanton, Il fellow worker. had both legs
broken and his skull crushed and will
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.
quent 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 German. living on
Carterette street, and leaves wife and
one child. He WAS n member of the
a. o. L. w. No 10. Bessemer. and was
nm assistant boiler maker at the steel
works. The other three men, i. III.
Freebury, L. Van Bibber and Morgan
/ Williams, escaped with but n few
bruises, Freebury and Williams catch
ing the angle bars after falling about
twenty feet. Van Bibber seized a rome
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-
peatfdly asked that second scaffold
he 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 a
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 I'm tho
News. and telegram promising
abundant cash was received from him
later in the day. 1t 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 will increase the
amount of money promised sufficient
| to warrant the success of the under
taking which will advertise the mining
| interests of Colorado at the great fair.
| The action of Mr.. Stratton is the last
of many efforts made to bolster up the
board in its undertaking. OF all these