The Lamar register., 1900-01-03
COLORADO ITEMS.

-, Ni'ouNht engineer, was Instantly
sliie1, s, ana Irwin Salien, fireman, was
fatally Injured.
me buildings of the Florence cement
WORKS are nearing completion, and
Tour cars Of new machinery have ar
tiSed Tor the new plant Boilers and
an VIII be put In position as fast as
colorado & Southern officers arr. con
sidering the adyisablllty of construct
ing iron snow sheds on the Gunnison
me over Alpine pass, to insure keep
ing the road open through the whole
WINTER, so that the mines of the Bald.
WIN district may have an unInterrupt.
ed outlet.
n party of surveyors viii be put TO
work In South Platte canon next week
ny the Colorado & Southern. 20 run
ihes Tor the continuation Of the new
cripple Greek cutoff from its present
terminus 10 Horse creek. ten miles.
i rms the last meeting of the directorate
decided on. The survey Will be made
for broad gauge road.
coal miner named Peter Falsetto,
employed Mt the Hastings mine OF the
VICTOR Coal Company. was accidental
~ Killed at Trinidad Sunday night, He
house, reading. when revolver in his
pocket fell TO the floor and was dis.
charged, the ball striking Falsetto un-
der the chin and coming out at the top
~ MS head. Death was instantaneous.
lie man was 30 years OF age and un-
married.
Some time last Saturday night fire
broke out In the Eidorado tunnel house
Of Sunshine, and finally, about $50
o'clock II worked into the office. where
there We're some 800 pounds OF powder.
Witlch exploded, tearing the building TO
pteces, damaging the machinery con.
Siderahly and destroying the compress
Sur. hose. etc. II appears that the
men had left the tunnel in the evening
and dll not Intend to return until
NIier Christmas, and there was no per
son around.
Arrangements have been mnde for
the TrSHs-Colorado Chautaudua TO
avail Itself in the future Of the course
Of the New York Chautauqun and other
Iikc organizations SO that n complete
circuit can bc formed aud better attrae-
lions ut less cost can BE- secured than
heretofore. II has already been decid-
ed that the 1900 session OF the Chau-
tauqua shall be six weeks and that ey-
erythIng possible VIII be done TO make
u a much greater SUCCESS than hereto
fore. The grounds win be made more
attractive and more cottages viii be
put up.
One OF the most prosperous indus
tries Of the state, according 10 the re
port OF the output OF is mills. Is the
Colorado Fuel s. Iron Company. In
every department OF lis manufactures
4. 49, a a.
some particular lines the Increased de
mand for It's goods IS astonishing. Dur
Ing the past year almost 30 per cent.
more merchant Iron was made than In
istis; and In splegel. spikes, bolts and
uuts the Increase was even greater.
The output OF iron pipe wns fourteen
times as great during the year Just
closed as In is0s
As the result OF an accident Andrew
Sweeney. one Of the pioneers of Lead
vile. died Friday evening. Sweeney
was coming TO Leadvillc from Weston
nass. and Descending the hill the
wagon In which he was riding began
20 slide. The wagon and horses, with
Sweeney aud his driver. were thrown
over an embaukment. The horses
were Killed outright and both men
were badly injured They laid out
for some time in the cold. but were
finaily discovered by miners who were
passing and taken 10 cabin. They
were brought TO I.eadville this after
noon. Sweeney dying from his injuries
shortly after arriving. The driver VIII
recover. Sweeney has number of
children residing here. and some rela-
tlves In Victor.
A bold robbery was perpetrated In
Watsenburg on the 27th- About
o'clock W. J. Milsap, prominent
stockmau OF the northwest part OF thu
county. was in the act OF entering tho
Klein hotel to go to bed when he waa
seized by two men and robbed Of Sl2-.
CO.. The money was mostly In his
coat and vest pockets, and these gar
mcnts were torn from him. He imme'
dlately gave the alarm and a search
was Instituted, but up TO the present
no trace OF the criminals has been
found. Mr. AIiisup was on his way To
Mexico to buy cattle. having recently
disposed OF a large number he was
feeding near Smith Center, Kansas
considerable portion Of the money had
been borrowed from bank IN Pueblo,
wber, he came from yesterday, and the
theory Is that he was followed from
that town by men who had seen him
draw the money or knew OF his obtain
ing It.
The mining camp OF Caribou, about
twenty miles west OF Boulder, was al
most entirely destroyed by fire We'd