The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24
COLORADO NOTES.

| of the species and has been dong ihue.
damage to stockmen by killing she'p'
calves and even large colts ne "a.
cass is In the hands OF faxlderniis
| and will be valuable specimen
The Colorado Portland Cement Com
pany, which has been engnged III ~
erection of n sixty-fon cement pan
near Florence the past Few months
started its machinery ON "Wednesday
and turned out the first batch of &c
ment clnker. All departments Of iiie
plant will not he In operation unth me
<jbeginning OF next week when the hrsi
finished product will lie turned oul-
The Florence cement works Is the only
industry of the kind In the ROCKY
Mountain region and as the raw ma,
teriaI from which the company VIII
make its cement is capable Of produe-
ing as fine cement as that made In Ger
many, the Florence company may eN-
pect ready sale in this and adjoining
states for its product
Under the laws of the state superin,
tendents of schools are the authorized
agents and custodlans of the stare
land board for all school lands In their
respective counties. In the past, for
some reason. the supcrintendents nave
never exercised these functions with
any assistance TO the land board. AT
the annual meeting of the superintend-
ents held at Trinidad, DIR. j. N. Chip-
lev of the state land board delivered an
address upon the subject or how the
superintendents could best assist the
land board in reporting on the true val
uations of the public lands in their re-
spective counties: of getting the best
possible rentals and for the protection
of the forest reserves. Governor Thom-
as communicated with the superintend-
ents upon the same subject.
Railroad men of the six railroad or
ganizations met at Pueblo on the 18th
and formed a temporary organization
for the purpose of becoming posted ON
political questions for work in the com
ing election The organizations repre-
sented follow: Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers. brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen, Order of Railway Tel
egraphers. Switchmen's Union of
North America. Order of Railway Con-
ductors, and order of Railway Brake
men. About $50 were present, with
an equal proportion from each order.
l.. A. Parkhurst was elected president
and Il. j. Taubman secretary. Ad-
dresses were mnde by the newly-elected
officers outlining the plans of the new
organization and urging all present TO
interest the members of their respect
I've orders to attend future meetings
and post themselves on the questions of
the day.
The City Council of Colorado Springs
In. executive session has asked the res
ignation of Chief of the Fire Depart
ment Baty. The vote stood. with the
mayor voting. 8 to 3 In favor of accept
! ing the resignation. The mayor and
Aldermen Capell and Mcintyre voted
against 1t. The City Council has been
making an investigation OF the fire de-
partment for the last two or three
weeks, great portion of the time be-
hind closed doors. The general charge
against the chief was malfeasance In
office. Among other things, 1t was
charged, though not proved, that Baty
was the cause of poisoning horse be-
longing to the fire department. He
waa also accused of drinking intoxicat-
ing liquors and of turning In false
alarms one night while in n state of in
toxication. From what can be learend
1t is probable that there will be an en-
tire reorganization of the fire depart
ment, as there are charges hanging
over the heads of several other mem
bers.
One of the saddest accidents which
has happened In the Lower Blue coun-
try for long time occurred Monday
about six o'clock. Emmet Emmons
his wife and three children, had been
over to pay social call across the
river to the family of Eugene McKln-
ley. On returning about six O'Clock
Mrs. Mckinley accompanied them on
their way home. In crossing the
bridge known as the Mckinley bridge
the horses became unmanageable and
backed the rig and entire party into
the river. Three of the children, a lit
tie girl and boy of Emmons' and a
little boy of McKinley's, We're drown
ed. The alarm was given in the neigh
borhood nj once and search was
made promptly for the lost bodies
with the result that one of Emmon's
children was found and also McKin
ley's boy. Mrs. Emmon's and her hus
band succeeded in getting out of the
water uninjured, but Mrs. Mckinley
was carried down the stream quite q
distance and when taken out of tn,
water had received a severe scalT
wound.
special to the Denver Republican
from Salida says: One Of the most sen
sational shooting ARRAYS that ever oc
Cured in Sallda was enacted late Tues
day night In the suburbs of this city
John Ferrell woundlng his wife unde
distressing circumstances. John Fer
rell is a prominent mining man, ownei
of considerable property in the city
and associated In several mining enter
prises with ex-senator Abbott ant
eastern men. He drank freely in tn.
saloons during the afternoon and wen
to his home, nearly mile from til,
center of town, In an intoxicated state
He is man of even temper when SO
Der, but in his drinking bouts Is quar-
relsome. Reaching his home he wen
in the back way and found glass-pan
eled door leading to the main part O
the house locked. He shook the doc
and called for his wife. She was In tn,
next room taking n bath, having pu
the children to bed. She was slow IL
opening the door, and becoming furi
Gus. Ferrell drew revolver and fire,
through the glass panel. A curtain
was drawn over the glass, so that In
was not certain of the position of oh
jects on the other side of the door
The bullet struck Mrs. Ferrell Just un
der the left shoulder and ranged down
inflicting what may prove fata
wound. Mrs. Ferrell ran from III
sbouse. frantic with pain and fright
md, unrobed ms she was, waded acros
the South Arkansas river, now swollel
to great depth, to the house of n neigh
Dor, where she was taken In and care,
for. Later she was removed to the Ri
Grnnde hospital. The surgeons are un
able to locate the bullet or 10 estimate
the gravity of the wound, but he
friends fear for her recovery. Ferrel
went to sleep at his house, not seeming
to realize what he had done. One o
the three children ran up town, Will
two others slept on undlsturbed by tn