The Monte Vista journal., 1900-02-03
COLORADO MOTHS.

the city.
A boy was killed on the railroad near
Bycrs the other night. 1t is supposed
that he was stealing u ride and fell on.
John bowman, former policeman.
has been arrested ut Lcadvillc, charged
with being responsible for the recent
dynamite explosions. He hnd several
sucks Of giant powder In his pocket the
night Of the Hunter explosion. and told
Oficer Baird that he was the dyna-
inter. Bowman belonged to Torrcy's
Rough Riders. He was discharged
from the police force for dIsor,lerly
conduct, and II IL believed that dyna
hitting was done for revenge.
A dynamite explosion about IL
O'Clock Wednesday night partially
wrecked the handsome residence OF A.
Y. Hunter. the well-known mining man
and iinancler OF Leadville. The dyna-
mite was placed between his house and
that Of James ltitchey and almost shat
tered the walls OF both buildings. caus-
ing II damage Of several hundred dollars.
AS this is the third dynamite explosion
within week, the community Is nat
uarlly very much worked up over the
circumstance. The police have no the
ory as to who is responsible for the
outrage. The last explosion occurred
Tuesday night, when bomb was
thrown in the rear of the county Jail,
but no serious damage occurred. 4
heavy reward has already been offered
for the perpetrator of the outrage.
AT the recent session of the State Ed
itorial Association n resolution was
adopted making Wolfe Londoncr's "Cy-
clone Ccllar"-a proposed monthly pub
lication In the interest OF the profession
the official organ OF the association.
The idea, presented apparently as a
joke. Is TO matcrialiZe into n fact and
the initial number, an eight.page paper.
profuscly Illustrated and filled with
matter pertaining TO the craft. will he
published In season. To bc distributed
a, the meeting Of the National Editorial
Association to IN. held In New Orleans
next month. Wolfe I>ondoncr will In
the publisher and W. T.. Pabor, editor
and manager. The editorial staff will
be composed of the members OF the
state association. all OF whom are cx-
pectcd Ia contribute n paragraph to the
first number.
Washington dispatch says: Applica-
tlon for n writ Of ccrtiorari In the case
OF the Central Trust Company versus
the Denver \ Rio cfande railroad was
denied by the United States Supreme
Court. This decision practically
means that the Midland mus, pay dam.
ages FOR deaths on the Rio Grande In a
wreck FOR which the Midland was re-
sponsiblc. The particular wreck In
point Is that at Newcastle on Scp,em.
Der %, 1897. when "A score Of persons
were killed and many We're badly in
jured In n collision between Rio Grande
and Midland trains. The fatalities We're
among Rio Grandc passengers. but that
road made the claim that the Midland
being responsible for the wreck. was
responsible for damages. This point
they won In the lower courts and III.
decision In the Supreme Court was a
practical victory also.
The people OF Boulder sent n lot OF
provisions to the people OF Ward, who
lost their property In the recent fire
Several dwelling houses have been con,
Ncrtcd Into temporary store buildings
and nearly all OF the burncd.ou, mcr.
chants have ordered new stocks of
| goods. The city council held "a special
meeting saturday evening to take sicI,-
towards clearing UP tn. debris. and al
/ ~ W clVh W. INV toN ~ uUI
gin business with IA clean slate. as all
OF the old records wcr. totally destroy.
'-i. Everyone feels tina, the fire Will h,
To Ward what the Cripple Greek iirc
was to that great camp. and that her,
Is "a good place 10 remain. rs the mlnes
were never looking better than now
Everyone Is feeling cheerful and firinl,
believes Ward viii soon recover and b,
better mining camp than ever. III.
town officials will take action 10
stralehicn some of the bends, widen
the streets and rncourag" the building
OF handsome town.
At two minutes after = o'clock Friday
night terrific explosion OF giant pow.
der occurred In the shaft house Of the
Pixies Peak No. ! mine on bull hlil.
Three minutes after the hrst explosion
took plnc. another heavy blast of u
smaller quantity of giant powder com.
plctcd the rulna,lon Of the shaft hous..
Engineer j NJ Manville. ON duty Ia
the shaft house when the frst cxplo.
G.D occurred. WIS blown through the
btilding onto the outside OF the shaft
house. lie received tcrribl. Injuries
about the head aud his body and limbs
were also badly bruised. lie died In II
short time. Two miners " ho wcr. IN
III. bottom Of the shaft wcrr NJ iir.i
thought 10 s fatally hurt. but later
they wcrr found to bc uninJurcd When
tue first explosion rent III" shaft housc,
the latter at once took IRE nnd burned
r.arfully. The heat was so inirn..
that Il burned the steel cable In two.
allowing the bucket to fall into III.
SHAFT. whcr. II dropped until II reached
the incline s,riion OF the shaft. and
plunged down To the botioni. wh.r. tn.
tWo miners were nt work. II did not
iNjurc them but the huckc, wa~ red
hot. and til. two men could not stand
the iDi-ns" heat Ia tn. narrow spac,
Wh.r" they Were confined. They iii,
mcsiiaiciy began climbing and reached
one of the upper levels In safety.
Warden lioyt l. preparing 10 farm
thi. year Oh M cSirnsiv" scale. To
date he has taken leases ON land nggrc,
eating 80 ncfcs aud l. preparing To
tiil q large acreage. lie has secured =
four-ycnr lease ON one .sD,ncrr trurt
which will IN part lr seeded 20 nifnI
IN. AT the sam" time growing u crop III
oats. The rect VI the tract and all tn.
smaller holdings viii ir devoted 10
growing corn aud vegetables. No I.a-.
has been entered Into for n shor,..
term thnn two yeHru, the war,icn's pol
Icy being ic secure the land for ns long
= I-riod n. possible. The lnrrc trnci
IL virgin soil and force of Hfty con.
vict- Is engaged In freeing II from
grrnscwooi nnd preparing II for t,s
a -. LIN n.