The Meeker herald., 1900-02-24
COLORADO NOTES.

RkOpeEIy III AuhhO opiiu8o whA -
transferred to a company which VIII
develop the place.
The Union Gold Extraction Com
pany, which will build = chlorination
plant at Cyanide, has placed contract
with the Canon City Brick and Tile
Company for 4 million pressed brick.
BY the terms Of the contract the ex-
traction company secured the right to
increase the order by any amount up
to 10000.
Information from Breckenridge goes
to show that while the eastern heirs Of
Professor Carter have cordially acQui-
esced In the proposition that the tollec-
ton be sold to the Denver association
for $4,000, they are not ready to con-
cur In the desire Of the naturalist that
the $4,000 be devoted in turn to fur
thering the project for n great museum.
Denver 4 Rio Grande passenger train
No. Is, which left Denver for Aspen at
9:15 o'clock Thursday night, was
wrecked half mile east OF Rock Creek
near Belden, about . o'clock yesterday
morning. A broken rail caused the de-
railment OF three cars. one Of which
toppled into the Eagle river. Six men,
every one Of them railroad employees,
were injured In the wreck, but the re-
port of the physician In charge Of the
victims says that none Of them will die.
Judge Stevens of the Seventh judi
clal district, who Ia sitting for Judge
Rucker, Inns decided that the case Of
the People against w. j. Cox, superin-
tendent of the Mollie Gibson mine, for
the pollution of the waters Of the Roar
ing Fork river, should have been
brought In Pitkin county, as the crime,
A..l tod la
that county. The Garfield county far
mers will now commence a civil action
for damages on account of the p0llu-
tion of the water.
A dispatch from GlenwoOd Springs
says: In the District Court this morn
ing the trial of the case of the People
against William ]. Cox, superintendent
of the Mollie Gibson Mining Company,
was called. The Information charges
him with pOlluting the waters Of the
Roaring Fork river from the concen-
traitor mt Aspen. rendering the water
unfit for domestic or irrigating pur-
poses. After n jury had been secured,
District Attorney Shumate, for the peO-
pie, and Attorney O'Brien of Aspen
for the defense, made their opening
statements to the jury. The court then
took recess until tomorrow morning.
Judge Stevens of the Seventh district
il presiding. as Judge Rucker, being a
resident of Aspen and familiar with the
case. does not care to sit In Judgment.
The Carter collection at Breckenridge
has been turned over to the custody of
George Engle. II banker OF that city.
who gave n $4,000 bond and will re-
tain possession of the collection until
it's legal status Ia decided. With this
news comes also the assurance that,
come what may, the professors plan Of
making his collection the neucleus of
great museum OF natural history In
Denver, will be carried out. Theodore
Carter OF Oneida. New York. brother
of the deceased naturalist, IL In Brock
enridge, where he attended the funeral
services. He declares that 1t is his
will, and the will of his sister, who
lives in Michigan, that the wishes Of
Professor Carter be carried out, and
that they will do all In their power to
further that plan. AZ they are the sole
heirs to the estate, this announcement
removes the lust vestige of doubt that
the collection will be brought to Den
yer.
The changing of the terminal of the
Florence 4 Cripple Greek railroad from
Florence to Canon City, which is the
practical result OF the new line just
opened into Canon City, will bring
with 1t the change of NIL the offices of
the road from Florence to Canon City.
1t was announced yesterday ut the 10
cal offices that II was the intention as
soon as practicable to establish the Of
fees of the superintendent. master me-
chanic, storekeeper and dispatcher at
the latter point, which means a virtual
abandonment of Florence, making 1t
practically a way station. The Canon
City terminals, already under cOnstruc-
ton, Will be rushed to completion as
soon as possible. The company has
other construction under consideration.
chiefly repair shops. The shops will
include car sheds, round houses, paint
shops and machine houses. Plans
have already been drawn for these
buildings, but have not yet been &C
cepted.
What is known as the Clin Dwellers'
slide, at the foot of Silver lake basin,
and at the top of the cliffs near Silver
ton, came down Friday afternoon, and
four men who were repairing the cable
on the Iowa tramway were caught.
Three were gotten out alive, but Jack
Lewis, who was taken out at 9 o'clock,
was dead. All the men In Silver lake
basin, about $50, were working from
the time that the slide came down I'M
til Lewis body was found. While Clar-
ence Coburn, who was sick, was being
brought down from the Tiger mine on
tobogGan by six men, -snowslids.
started In the mountain above them,
catching the entire party. No one was
seriously hurt, but all except the sick
man were more or less bruised. Co
burn, who was tied on the toboggan,
was turned over and over on the slide,
but came out on top at the bottom,
without any injury. The sick man was
brought to town and is at the hospital
none the worse for his dangerous ex-
perience.
The marriage of Mrs. o. s. Fowler
to her private secretary, Greek TWEEN
ty-nine years of age, IL announced. Mrs.