North Park union., 1900-05-04
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coloaADo norrs.
The coal mines in Las Aninas conn
Ity wtre shut down several days On ae-
| eouns Of rain and snow.
An agent OF the Smithsonian Inst-
tutscn has been given permission to
| capture six mountain sheep. They WIN
BE- placed In the geological park At
Washington.
Sam Kibler, q blacksmith working
In the Ready Cash mine, near Lead
v1lle, nearly lost his life in q snowslids
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 to the effect that all
houses Of Ill repute must close their
doorn. The Good Government party
has secured control Of the Ofices, and
this Is one Of thk nrst steps they have
taken to remove from the city low le-
sorts
Mrs. Ada Joy, who shot and killed
her husband. ex-Alderman Joy, At
Leadville. few weeks ago. had her
preliminary hearing WedDesday. The
testimony went TO show that Mrs.. Joy
simply shst to save her own life. Jus
tice Paddock declared that the killing
was undoubtedly done In seif-defense.
As . result Of the recent storm. stock
losses In the vicinity Of Trinidad were
very heavy. Senator Barela last 800
head Of sheep out OF herd Of 1000 in
ChiQuAQua canon during the blizzard
Sunday night. One Of his herders, in
his attempts to save the sheep, narrow
1y escaped death by freezing. LeAndro
Naldona. living on the FnJoles il re-
ported to have lost his entire herd.
has introduced Z system by which the
employees will be disciplined in novel
manner. A record of the reprimands
and mistakes of all men connected with
the road is kept In a large book. A GER
tain number of had marks will be con-
sidered sufiicient ground for discharge.
The system includes rules concerning
the nature OF reprfmands, the punish
ments inflicted therefor and the meth
ods by which deliDquencies in the rec
ord may be made up.
BY the breaking Of scanoldinK nine
ty-five feet high on the dome OF the
new "stove" being erected at the steel
works at Pueblo, five men were hurled
to the earth. one Of whom, F. D. Cur
tbs, was Instantly killed, and, j. W.
Stanton, q fellow worker, had both legs
broken and his skull crushed and will
probably die. The accident occurred
while the men were 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 20 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 n German, living on
Carterette street. and leaves a wife and
one child. He was n member Of the
A. o. U. W., No. IS, Bessemer and was
an assistant boiler maker at the steel
works. The other three men. +. II.
Freebury, T. Van Bibber and Morgan
Williams. escaped with but a few
bruises, Freebury and Williams catch.
ing the angie bars after falling about
twenty feet. Van Bibber seIzed a rope
attached to the rigger on top of the
dome aud saved himself by sliding
down the rope. 1t In stated that the
men working on the "stOve" have re.
peatedly asked that second scafYold
he kept under the one on which they
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 n
collapse OF the entire scheme of taking
the mineral exhibit Of the state to the
great exposition. The millionaire min.
ing man saw statement of the tan
gled finances of the commission in the
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
tnking which will advertise the mining
interests OF Colorado Mt the great fair.
The action Of Mr.. Stratton Is tho Inst
Of many efforts made to bolster up the
board In Its undertaking. or all these
1t Will prove the most effective be-
cause II means the contribution Of cash
which has been no difficult to obtain,
With its great scheme on the verge of
collapse the telegram from the mining
man came like ray Of sunshine
through very dark cloud. 1t saves
the pet project of the governor. Urtil
the telegram arrived the board was In
a greet state of embarrassment. ~
nancial aid promised by some failed to
materialize. Some money was secured,
but 1t was not enough by a great deal
10 provide for the transportation Of the
mineral specimens to Paris, and for
the other expenses Of the commission.
Two cnses Of interest to the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company, and to Colo
ardo people generally. have just been
decided by the United States Court of
Appeals Mt st. Louis. Some time ngo
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
at Pueblo. filed bill for Injunction and
damages against the Southern Pacific
company In an effort to restrain the
railroad company from putting into
force freight on merchandise from
Pueblo to Sun Francisco and other Ia
clfic coast points alleged to be ext,r.
tion, viz, &1.G0 per 100 pounds from
Pueblo to San Francisco. The mater
was laid before tibet Interstate ccm-
merce cimmission, and after a hearing
the commission ordered the Southsrn