The Holly chieftain., 1900-05-25
COLORADO NOTES.

Beaver.
As result of recent Irregularities
Al tle state penitentiary, Warden Hoyt
has removed Bud Sargent, who was
serving as deputy.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Lon f. Foote Of Ar
riba. Colorado, to be register Of the land ,
office at Hugo, Colorado.
mountain lion was killed by X. II.
Lucore few miles north Of Hugo the
other day. This IA one OF the largest
of the species and has been doing much
damage TO stOckmen by killing sheen.
calves and even large colts The car
cass is in the hands of a taxidermist
and Will be a valuable specimen.
: The employees of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company at Sopris, who
struck. have returned to work again.
and it is stated that their grievances
will be amicably adjusted. The griev-
ances of the men were a suspected
shortage in weights and compulsory in
surance. The latter formed the main
basis for complaint.
The following named state agents Of
the Humane Society have been appoint
ed since s..pril 1st and to May 10th:
Fred r. Morris. Cripple Creek: John
Craig. Mirage: Frederick richards. Dill
lon: Jacob Jurgens. Central City: Will
lam Stake. Montezuma: Robert T..
Foot. Montclair: Lille Greves. Pueblo:l
I. J. Brown. Caddoa.
Richard Mccoy, sentenced to term
of seventeen years In the penitentinry
at Canon City on the charge of murder,
hns =,
McCoy's case was considered at length
at n recent meeting of the State Board
of Pardons. at which time 1t was de-
termined that it would not be advisa-
bic 10 give the man entire freedom.
but he was recommended TO the COVER
nor for parole.
A Santa Fe helper engine of The
mountain division ran away Monday,
morning just after leaving Morley,
headed for Trinidad. The reverse lever
got caught and the engineer lost con
troll of the engine. The fireman jump
ed but the engineer staid ut his pos,
until nearing Starkville, where he was
to meet freight train, when he jump
ed. The freight train had just cleared
the main track and the runaway engine
came on to Trinidad. One of the clerks
of the freight office saw the engine as
1t was coming into the yards and sue
ceeded in getting aboard. With pick.
hammer he succeeded in releasing the
lever and stopped the engine.
The Colorado Portland Cement Com
pany, which has been engaged in the
erection of a sixty-ton cement plant
near Florence the past few months.
started its machinery on Wednesday
and turned out the first batch of ce-
nent clinker. All departments of the
plant will not be In operation until the
beginning of next week when the first
finished product will be turned out.
The Florence cement works Is the only
industry of the kind in the Rocky
Mountain region and as the raw ma
terial from which the company will
make its cement is capable of produc-
Ing as fine cement as that made in Ger
many, the Florence company may ex-
pect ready sale In this and adjoining
states for its product.
A Pueblo dispatch of the Goth says:
Pueblo is excited tonight over the
most atrocious crime ever committed
in her history. Two innocent children
are lying dead in the morgue and
colored woman Is at the Pueblo hos
pital with two bullets in her body. Cal
win Kimblern, colored cook in the en-
ploy of the Fries Orphan home, is
the murderer of the children. and the
would-be assassin of his wife. The
murder was committed at 80 o'clock
this morning at cottage No. = of the
Fries Orphans Home In Central Park
According 10 the wounded woman's ,
story it was the result of insane jeal-
Dusy Oh the part of the husband, who.
| n,.fr .l.,a
ing with her. He has not yet been
| captured. 1
Railroad men Of the six railroad or
gani2ations 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 I
men. About $50 were present, with
an equal proportion from each order.
L. A. Parkhurst was elected president
and r. j. Taubman secretary. Ad-
dresses We're made 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 ofs
the day. ~.
An accident occurred near Coloma
Friday afternoon to Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Brown through a runaway, which
may end fatally to both. They We're
riding in carriage with new span