The Monte Vista journal., 1900-02-10
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likely to show good prohts on the sea-
sons business.
Owing to the fact that during the
past two months there have been two
engineen blown up and killed by
thAwinE powder by the boiler, EnKi.
neers' Union, No. 75. OF Cripple Greek.
passed resolution forbidding Its men,
bers from allowing any powder to be
thawed around any boiler Of which
they have charge.
Weaver & Co.. q new oil company op-
Grating In the Florence field, started its
nrst well pumping on Friday evening.
1t has been pumped long enough TO
Determine the permanent flow of the
well. the owners placing 1t at 100 bar
reis per drH. This IL the most impOr-
tnnt oil strike made In this district for
year, and causes rejoicing through
out the oil field.
The final act In the construction OF
the Canon City extension Of the Flor
ence 4 Cripple Creek railway, prior TO
opening the line for business, was per-
formed on the 4th, when the transfer
tracks were put In connecting the road
with the Denver 4 Rio Grande ut
Canon City. The company has yard
room at this terminus for over 1900
cars, and are laying the yard tracks
as rapidly us possible.
The beet raising industry in Mesa
county Is to be given substantial
boom by the addition to the farmers OF
a 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-
tion to business of the farmers, many
OF whom undertook so lnrge an acre
age that they could not devote proper
intention to the specially, and the su-
gar beet company ut Grand Junction
IL making every effort to add to the IT,
ers OF the soil In that section who will
devote their entire time to beets.
Public gambling at Leadvillc ceased
ut noon Monday. due to orders issued
out OF the District Court. For six
months Leadville has been a wtIie-
open town. and 1t Is said that several
hundred gamblers have been making
the town their stamping ground. The
CITY Council took the matter up and de-
clded that these people must 20. When
the District Court convened Monday
Attorney Jones was delegated by the
court to see that the laws in relation
to gambling were enforced. and every
Thing was closed up tightly by noon.
There has been strong agitation here
Tor several weeks against public gnm-
bling, and this last move has apparent
" ended the matter, at least for some
| time to come
Following the recent concessions oh.
tnined for Denver through the agita-
tion OF the kindell case before the In
terstatc Commerce Commission. inter
est In the establishment of IA state rail
way commission Is rcviving among To-
cal shippers. Talk In the crowds out.
side Of the Offices OF freight agents OF
late tended 10 an enthusiastic indorsc-
mcnt OF the establishment of such 70
commission. and the feeling seemed 10
he that. the time was ripe for forward.
, ing such a proposition. and for obtain
ing, in n measure. the same protection
for the mountain towns. aud ,ye agri.
cultural s,t'leme.ts N the eastern
and western slope. as had tsrn oh.
tnined for Denver.
In the chase after the escaped con.
! Wet. WAGNER, the six guards who
hav. been securing the Beaver Creek
country separated Friday morning,
each division taking different course.
but all working south. One division
followed the Har,iscrabblc to Its
source and reported from Quereda
this afternoon that It was following .
strong trail. aud II was believed Wax.
oner was only few miles In the lead.
| Another division took n route straight
Tor Trinidad. and the third started To-
ward Colorado Springs. but returned
this afternoon. Warden Hoyt sent a
man 10 Trinidad tonight with instruc.
lions to take u horse and patrol the
country north. In the hope OF heading
the convict on.
| Joseph +. Gallagher. state senator
from Clear Creek county, who hns been
/ In IA,ndviile for about two weeks, WAS
Instantly killed at the Meyer mine on
the LIST. Senator Gallagher came 10
Lendville and secured employment
from the 1ron-Silvcr Mining Company.
working In their Meyer mine on the
force. During the afternoon he put two
blasts In ground where he was work,
Ing. one OF which exploded properly.
The other failed 10 60 on. Later ha N,
turned to the place where he had
drilled Ills holes, TO put Ia more giant,
but Just us lie got there the second
blast went Oh, he receiving Its full
force about the head. face and body. II.
was blown some distance and horribl,
. "s"Aseu. Vth ryer FiuR tolH Out ui
his head. Death was instantaneous.
! The insurance companies that paid
tile losses resulting from the Anil.r,
lire at Colorado Springs IN lSA hnv,
hlcd suit In court charging the Denver
ltio crandc Railroad Company with
criminal negligence In leaving combis
tible material about the DEPOT. and
bringing powder into the city. Ther.
|, are two suits pending and tho total
, Judgment asked Il u little more than
$4,000. There Is II formidable lis,
OF Insurance companies named a,
plaintiffs In both suits. There ar~ fou,
causes OF action mentioned In the com
plsini. nll charging negligence on ,hs
part OF the defendant. The plsip,iR,
have asked settlement form the Dcn.
ver 4 Rio Grandc but were refused.
The Colorado Spring. Hotel Cotnpsu,
and J. II. Barlow. trustee. nrc ais.
mentioned with the defendant In III.
second suit because they refuse 10 joip
with the plaintiffs. Mr.. Bsrncst In
tho nrst suit II placed with the ben.
yer x Rio GrHndc ms co.ticfentiapt h..
Z cause he nl.o refused TO Join the plain,
TINS. This case PROMISES tn l,e one Of
/ the ncrccst legal battles ever waged,
on account of the large Interests In,
! volvssi.
A large majority of the organized Ia.
boring men of this state believe that
the labor vote should ts cast for labor
candidates nominated by labor con
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