The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-10-02
COLORADO NOTES.


scriptions still coming in.
Last week three oil wells were struck
at Florence.
Knights Templar of Colorado were
In convention at Denver on the list.
When making addresses at Victor,
Governor Roosevelt was interrupted
by frequent cries for Bryan and other
discourtesies that must have left with
him an unpleasant impression OF the
town. Almost a riot occurred at one
time.
-Four men were severely injured and
$4,000 damage resulted from head
end collision between two Denver &
Rio Grande freight trains at Spike
Buck at 1910 o'clock last Friday night.
The collision was caused by the failure
of the operator at Echo to deliver or
ders. He disappeared Immediately fol-
lowing the wreck
Kemp G. Cooper, for eighteen years
business manager of the Denver Re
publican and one of the best known
newspaper men in the West, died sud
denly in Denver on the 18th, at his
home. Just before his death, Father
Callahan was called TO administer the
sacraments. The cause of death was
Bright's disease. with which Mr.. Coop
! er had been afflicted for some time.
The report that the sale of the Camp
Bird mine is or has again been re-
vived. This time it comes from Lon
don, England. In that city it is claimed
the sale has been abandoned because of
the failure of John Hays Hammond to
report upon the property when he Wis
tied it short time ago. Little cred
ence is placed in this rumor in Denver,
ms it has been understood that no re
port would be made by Mr.. Hammond
until his assistants had checked up the
mine. That work is now in progress.
Daniel L. Sherman, postmaster at
Montrose, Colorado, and his immediate
predecessor. James T.. Kyle. Will have
to pay back to the Postotfice Depart
ment 1.147.37, which they are accused
of having misappropriaited. The al
legged misrepresentation Is not charac-
terized as n criminal offense. but the
men have been notified that the money
must be paid back to the government.
They collected from the government
for rent which was paid by other oc-
cupants of the store room.
The threatened trouble at the Inde-
pendence mine at Victor over the mat
ter of changing clothes has been avert
ed. Under n compromise agreement
the men at the Independence will en-
ter one room of the change house, re-
move their working clothes and pass
into the other clad in one thickness of
underclothing, their socks and shoes.
There is n tacit understanding that the
company watchman shall have the
privilege of searching any one whose
appearance or conduct is suspicious.
The announcement that Pueblo has
grown but 1856 per cent. in the last
ten years is somewhat of disappoint-
t. tha
looked for larger increase in that
city, especially in view of the fact that
<6rom 1880 to 1880 it grew from 3,21I
70 4,55S. or 663 per cent. In the past
decade 1t only reached 2S,151. BY
wards the population is as follows:
First ward. 1891: Second ward, 2,t32;
Third ward. 4.O4S; Fourth ward, 3.306:
Fifth ward. BIAS: Sixth ward, 1850;
Seventh ward, 4,500: Eighth ward,
3.272
Benjamin L. Winchell, vice president
and traffic manager of the Colorado N
Southern railroad. has resigned to be-
come president of the Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Memphis railroad. He
will take his new place about October
Goth, and will remove from Denver 10
Kansas City. Mr.. Winchell five years
ago was assistant, general passenger
agent of the Fort Scott road under j.
l.. Lockwood. general passenger agent.
He now returns to the road as its pres
ident over the man formerly his su-
perior He succeeds the late Edward
S. Washburn.
AS direct result of the anthracite
coal miners strike and in anticipation
of demand for coal. Colorado roads
are rushing coal to central points. Hun
dreds of thousands of tons are now
stA Il ,e,l,
ing coal from the mines to storage
places. The Colorado & Southern has
more than 100000 tons stored in Den
yer; the Santa Fe. 250,00O tons in Pu-
eblo; the Colorado Midland, nearly
10000 tons in Colorado City. and the
Denver & Rio Grande has about 300,
600 tons at Burnham. About 100000
tons are stored at other points along
their lines.
News comes from Castle Rock of
destructive fire which occurred at the
Inch of Senator T.. NJ. Ammons,
lminent stock grower. Several
stacks of hay containing over 200 tons
were burned, as well as the stables
and several other buildings. The resi-
dence and other property We're only
saved by the fact that they We're wet
from the rain which was falling at the
time. 1t is believed that the fire was
of incendiary origin. Senator Ammons
is prominent member of the Douglas
County Stockgrowers' Association and
has been largely instrumental in secur-
ing the arrest of several alleged cattle
rustlers, who are now out on bonds,
awaiting trial at the November term
of the District Court. The Icss upon
the hay and other property destroyed
reaches $1,000, without insurance.
Frank Trumbull, president of the
Colorado & Southern Railway Com
pany has made public the first annual
report of the system under the reor-
Of ho tn