The Lamar register., 1900-09-26
CULORADO NOTES.

Senator Lodge Of Boston spoke in
Denver on the 10th.
knights Templar Of Colorado were
in convention at Denver on the 2lst.
Denver people have already sub
relief fund.
The Union National Bank Of Denver,
which failed in 1895, has now pala Its
depositOrs in full.
The Denver Galveston relief funds
now aggregate $13,O01, with tAe SUD
scriptions still coming in.
Benjamin l.. Winchell, vice president
and traffic manager of the COLORADO 4
Southern railroad, has resigned - De
come president of the Kansas Uty.
Fort Scott L. Memphis railroad He
will take his new place about OcSsber
Goth, and will remove from Denver to
Kansas City. Mr.. Winchell Ave years
ago was assistant general passenger
agent of the Fort Scott road under j.
Il. Lock wood. general pnssenger agent.
He now returns to the road M III pres
ident over the man formerly ~ su-
perior. He succeeds the late HAward
S. Washburn.
As direct result OF the aAth1aeite
coal miners strike and in anticipation
of demand for coal, Colorado reads
are rushing coal to central p0ints. Hun-
dreds of thousands Of tons are now
stored and additional trains are rush
ing coal from the mines to storage
places. The Colorado T. Southern has
more than 2OO,OOO tons stored h Den
yer; the Santa Fe 100000 tons ia Pu-
eblo; the Colorado Midland. searly
2Uv,OOO tons in Colorado City, cd the
Denver & Rio Grande has nbsat 500
600 tons at Burnllam. About 10e.OS
tons are stored at other points along
their lines.
Governor Roosevelt in his eo1r of
Colorado will be accompanied by John
Proctor Clark of New York ana Gen
cral Curtis Guild. Jr., of Bostoh- The
party will arrive in n special train
from Cheyenne next Tuesday nernIng.
reaching Greeley at $50 II. IN. rrom
Greeley the party will go on the special
around the Horn, Colonel Roosevelt,
speaking briefly at LongnOnt. Boulder.
LOveland, Fort Colilne and Beftheud.
A spcial will be run from DeAver al
$50 II. IN. and will meet the Roosevelt
party at LongmOnt and accompany II
during the days itinerary. Tic spe-
cials will arrive in Denver nbost 4;3o
o'clock and on Tuesday night q mass
iseum hall, where Senator Wolcost will
preside. Wednesday the itinerary will
be resumed, when Leadville, Satda.
Florence and Canon City will be visit
ed. Thursday night Governor AsOssa-
welt and Senator Wolcott will be the
principal speakers.
William G. BOwser, q Philippine
veteran, met with an unusually pain
f,,1 fn nj
Mariposa property at Cripple Greek.
He was working In the bottom of the
2OO-foOt shaft when Il scraper o. min
ers' spoon, which was being loaded In
to the bucket ut the surface oklpped
from the hands of II fellow WoEhn2n
and fell to the bottom. The spoon ls a
steel rod four feet In length, shArpened
Mt one end, and 1t fell the distance like
an arrow, striking Bowser In the right
shoulder near the base of the mech and
penetrating his body for distance Of
over foot He displayed aAuaaaf
nerve, kept his head and pulled the
projecting spoon from the wound and
gave the signal for the bucket OIL
which his companions came down and
into which he was placed and hsAsted
to the surface. He was taken to ply
sician's office. where 1t was found That
the spoon had penetrated a lung. So
far no hemorrhage has resulted and
there is II possibility that he may re-
cover.
Frank Tr,imbull, president Of the
Colorado & Southern hallway Com
pany has made public the first annual
report of the system under the reor-
ganization. One of the most startling
improvements in the road Is shown by
its income of nearly $1,OOO.O00 for the
fiscal year, compared with tribe over
100000 six years ago. when Mr.. TTum-
bull took charge of the property. The
following additions to equipment were
made during the eighteen months end
ing June 80, 1900: One hundred and
sixty narrow-gauge coal cars, forty
narrow gauge box ears. Contracted for
by receiver and paid for January 13.
1899, 2S7 standard gauge coal cars.
fifty narrow-gauge stock cars. Re
ceived in May and June, 1900. three
cafe cars Combination dining car and
COACH, two standard gauge consOlida-
ton freight locomotives, 20x28 cylin-
ders, 126,7OO pounds on driver; one
standard gauge consolidation freight
locomotive, 2Ox26 cylinders, $4,000
pounds on drivers; three standard
gauge passenger locomotives, 20x26
cylinders, 119.5OO pounds ON drivers;
one rotary snow plOw.
A solid mass of granite, half rs high
rs the great pyramid of Egypt, 1853
feet thick at the base, twenty-eight