Gilpin observer., 1900-04-26

~ were shut down several days on ac- .
count of rain and snow.
An agent of the Smithsonian, Insti- /,
tuition has been given permission to
capture six mountain sheep. They will
be placed in the geological park ut
Washington.
Sam Kibler, blacksmith working
In the Ready Cash mine, near Lead
vile, nearly lost his life in snowslide
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 i'll repute must close their
doors. The Good Government party
has secured control of the offices, and
this is one of the first steps they have
taken to remove from the city low re-
sorts.
Mrs. Ada Joy, who shot and killed
her husband, ex-Alderman Joy, at
Leadville, few weeks ago, had her
preliminary hearing Wednesday,. The
testimony went to show that Mrs. Joy
simply shot to save her own life. JUS
tice Paddock declared that the killing
was undoubtedly done in self-defense.
AS a result of the recent storm, stock
losses in the vicinity of Trinidad were
very heavy. Senator Barela last 1900
head of sheep out of herd Of 5000 in
Chiquaqua canon during the blizzard
| Sunday night. One of his herders, in
his attempts to save the sheep, narrow
ly escaped death by freezing. Leandro
Maldona, living on the Frijoles is re-
ported to have lost his entire herd.
The Colorado & Southern railroad
has introduced a system by which the
employees will be disciplined in n novel
manner. A record of the reprimands
! and mistakes of all men connected with
the road is kept in n large book. A GER
tain number of bad marks will be con-
sidered sufficient ground for discharge.
The system includes rules concerning
the nature of reprimands, the punish
menfs inflicted therefor and the meth
DDS by which delinquences in the rec
ord may be made up.
The dam of the Lincoln county reser-
voir, near Lake Colorado, broke with
the recent freshet, resulting in the loss
of $4,000 spent in its construction, and
many thousands of dollars damage
done to farms under cultivation stu
ated in the path of the flood. The res
ervoir was built in natural basin over
| At HUH tut dig anu
was fed by springs and connected with
the river by channel AS a result of
the heavy rains the reservoir became
filled to its utmost capacity. No pro
vision had been made for shutting off
the water of the channel, and in con-
sequence of the heavy floods the river
poured through the channel, breaking
the dam and blowing its way through
the irrigated region, followed by the
flood that covered the valley for over
Il mile in width. Fortunately no houses
were in the path of the water, although
the farm of w. S. Pershing was cov-
cred.
BY the breaking of scaffolding nine
ty-tive 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. ID. Cur
tis, was instantly killed, and J. w.
Stanton, fellow worker, had both legs
broken and his skull crushed and will
probably die. The accident occurred
while the men We're 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 so 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 German, living on
Carterette street, and leaves n wife and
one child. He was n member of the
a. o. U. W.. No. 40, Bessemer and was
an assistant boiler maker at the steel
works. The other three men, Il. H.
Freebury, 7. Van Bibber and Morgan
Williams. escaped with but few
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ing the angle bars after falling about
twenty feet. Van Bibber seized n rome
attached to the rigger on top of the
dome and saved himself by sliding
down the rope. 1t is stated that the
men working on the "stove" haze re-
peatcdly asked that q second scafrold
De kept under the one on which they
were working. in ease of accident. For
some reason this platform was never
placed there.
Two cases 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 at st. Louis. Some time ago
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
mt Pueblo, filed n 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 san Francisco and other Pa
cliic coast points alleged to be extor.
ton, viz, SLIGO per 100 pounds from
Pueblo to san Francisco. The mntter
was laid before thct Interstate com
merce cimmission, and after hearing
the commission ordered the Southern
Pacifc to give rate of 45 cents per
100 pounds on steel rails and fasten-
ings, and BIZ cents per 100 on bar iron,
cast iron, wnter pipe. blllets, etc. The
commission declared that the rate from
Pueblo to san Francisco should not be