Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-04-27
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Washington.
Father t. II. Malone will represent
Coioiado In the International Congress
OF Public and Private Charities. from
July 5Oth TO August 5th. AT the Paris
Exposition. The meeting Wednesday
niIlii Of the State Board OF Charities
ana Corrections made the appointment
OF Father Malone. No money can be
appropriated by the hoard for cx-
pcn~cs OF Its members beyond the lim-
Its of the United States. so Father Ma
lone Will have to bear the cost Of the
trip.
Three miles east of Barr about 2
o'clfck Wednesday afternoon. Nelson
ANDERSON. seventeen years old, en-
pioyed by the Colorado Carlsbad Wa
ter fompany M tcnmsicr. while coming
{" TIC station with load of freight.
was struck by lightning and Instantly
killed. The team which he was driv-
Ing also was killed. The bolt tore OF
his left shoe. which was picked up full
ly thirty feet from whcr. lie lay. H..
was found few moments later by an
other tcamsicr following. lying under
the horses with his cio;hlnr burning.
There WAS no water cins. by ard IL
was imposslbl" 10 put out the iirc. his
body burning TO n crisp.
The state convention Of the Peoples
party mot nt Florence on the 18th and
nominated delegates to the national
convention MS follows: +. II. Pattcr.
son y. A. Mills. William Durham. II.
Z. Sherman. T. !. Hart. Frank Mad.
don. r. II. Siratton. +. l.. Hawkins.
John rrlow. u. II. Nichols. ]. 7.
James. jackson Rhinrs. 4. W. Mona.
han. 4 II. Enhanks. =. y. Ncphcc. A.
II. Gny. Dora Phelps Buell.. e. W.
Roe. j. a. EdE.rton. Olive NJ. Baron.
J. l.. Wallace. =. ". Overs. l.. &. Kin.
Kiln. Neal Mckenzie. J. II. Moore. u.
NJ. CAmrl,cli. II. l.. Hubbard. J. y.
1iarrie Elmer +. Bcckwith. Mrs. Sue
~. Callahan. ". J. Thomas. l.. 4.
Gray. Il. =. fcsdcr. II. II. Bloom. q. T.
Phiip. \. y. Towncy. II. r. o'1icilly
Hnd 2. A AnnIss.
Rio Grnnic train No. II wlYs wrecked
near Tolucn siding Tuesday afternoon
by rtnpir- into light engine. l, WAS
a hcrd.on collision. but no passengers
We're ininrci. Engineer Mccl,an OF the
light engine was dangerously hurt.
ana u was due to his hcroism that the
accident was not more serious. His
injuries are severe confusion of the
ahiom.ri.i which may mean serious In.
sA--"-tThANtts 'NAs-H'b NhA'"sst't
and several cuts ON the head. The
cause OF the accident has not yet been
fully determined. but II IL supposed
to he the defective machinery OF the
light engine. which was bcing brought
TO Denver. presumably TO he repaired
IN the Rurnham shops. Roth engines
We're badly damaged. and the front
end Of the baggage ear WIS crushed.
None of the ears were dcrnilcd. but the
two engines left the track.
The dam of the Lincoln county rcscr.
voir. near Lake Colorado. broke with
the recent frcshct. resulting In the loss
cf $4,000 spent In Its construction. nnd
many thousands OF dollars damage
done to farms under cultivation stu.
ltcd in the path OF the flood. The res.
.rvoir was built In n natural basin over
milo from the Big Sandy river. and
was fed by springs and connected with
the river by u channel. As n result OF
tho heavy rains the reservoir became
Iilicd To Its utmost capacity. No pro-
vision had been made FOR shutting OF
the water nf the channel. and In con-
sequence OF the heavy Hoods the river
poured through the channel. breaking
the dam and plowinc It's way through
the irrigated region. followed by the
food that covered the valley FOR over
n mile in width. Fortunately no houses
were in the path OF the water. although
the farm OF W. :. Fcrshing was COW
cred.
Two cases OF interest to the Colorado
Fuel aud 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 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
cific const points alleged to be cNtor.
ton. viz. SLIGO per 100 pounds from
Pueblo to San Francisco. The matter
was laid before thct Interstate COM
mcrcc cimmission. and after n hearing
the commission ordered the Southern
Pacific to give rate of ~ cents per
100 pounds on steel rails and fastcn.
ings, and 3Iia cents per 100 on bar iron.
cast iron. water pipe. billcts, etc. The
commission declared that the rate from
Pueblo to San Francisco should not be
In excess OF scvcniy-iivc per cent. OF
that In effect between Chicago and San
Francisco. The Southern Pacific for n
time obeycd the order. but later raised
the rates to VO ana "a cents. Jhen Inc
iron company went into court with the
bill Tor mandatory injunction. and In
addition asked for S1OO.OOO damages.
The court awarded the Injunction. but
the claim for damages.
Both appealed. The Court of Appeals
the liking of the i5-ccnt ana
3Ii5-cent rates by the Interstate COM
mcrce commission was Inconsistent
with decisions of the United Safest Su-
prcmc Court. 1t is held. however. that
the commission had u right to recoin-
mend the scvcnty.tve per cent. rate.
The restraining order granted by the
lower court Is held erroneous. and the
case Ia reversed and rcmnndcd for an
order in accordance. The Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company will now be
placed on the same footing ns to
freight rntes as its Chicago competitors
instead of enjoying advantages over |
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