The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-26
COLORADO NOTES.

Mayor George OF Colorado City hns
issued orders to the effect that all
houses Of Ill 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
LeadviIle, 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.
Thieves entered the residence OF Mrs
ii. II. Stonaker, No. 1440 South Fiji
teenth street, about o'clock Friday af
ternoon and carried away jewelry
worth about $500. The house wns un-
occupied mt the time. and 1t was NOT
until Mrs. Stonaker returned home.
about an hour later. that she discov
cred the loss.
President William Slocum OF Colo
rndo College has gone TO Chicago 10
notify DIR. ID. X. Pearsons that the
terms of the $4,000 gift which DR.
Penrsons made to the college some
time ago have been complied with, and
that n 100000 laboratory building has
been erected. DIR. Parsons gift will
be used rs an endowment for the
building.
The following state agents of the Hu
name Society have been appointed
since March 10th and up to April 18th
Mrs Jennie Mcdowell, Cripple Creek
Edgar Burton. Rathbone; John S
Haskey and Edward Huter. Dillon: @.
f. Zimmerman, Antonito: Sherman NJ
Hobson, Pueblo: J. l.. Chatfield, Gyp
sum; Jno. Doyle, ST. Elmo; Fred r.
Girardot. Orchard.
The Colorado & Southern rnilrond
hns introduced system by which the
employees will be disciplined in novel
manner. A record of the reprimands
and mistakes OF all nDn 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 reprlmands, the punish.
ments inflicted therefor and the meth
ods by which delinquencies In the rec.
ord may be made up.
Colonel Edward yerdeckberg, recent
ly elected commanding officer of the
First infantry, G. N. c., has published
an order which outlines his policy In
the management of the regiment. The
order states that the colonel favors the
granting of fewer discharges than has
formerly been the custom and does moi
wish to grant any discharges unless
good reasons are advanced. Non-com
missioned officers will be required to
pass written examination before re.
ceiving the warrants. A board of Off
GERS to hold such examinations will
convene the second Monday Of each
month.
The dam of the Lincoln county reser
volr. near Lake Colorado, broke with
the recent freshet, resulting In the loss
Of $50, 900 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
ervolr was built In natural basin over
n mile from the Big Sandy river, and
was fed by springs and connected with
the river by a channel As n result OF
the heavy rains the reservoir bccgme
filled to Its utmost capacity. No pro
vision had been made for shutting on
the water of the channel. and In con
sequence OF the heavy floods the river
poured through the channel, breaking
the irrigated region, followed by the
flood that covered the valley for over
a mile In width. Fortunately no houses
were in the path of the water. although
the farm Of W. S. Pershing was GOV.
cred.
BY the breaking OF scaffolding nine
ty-five feet high on the dome of the
new "stove" being erected at the stee
xunrkc n DuahIn five v,at, xrata h,,rlnf
to the earth, one of whom. f. ID. Cur
tbs, was Instantly killed. and ]. w
Stanton, n fellow worker. hnd both legs
broken and his skull crushed and will
probably die. The accident occurred
while the men Were 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 oil
Cnrterette street, and leaves a wife and
one child. He was a member of the
A. o. u. W., No. 40. Bessemer, and was
an assistant boiler maker at the stcel
works. The other three men, Il, ii
.
Williams, escaped with but few
bruises. Freebury and Williams catch.
Ing the angle bars after falling about
twenty feet. Van Bibber seized n rope
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' have re,
pestedly asked that second scaffOld
be kept under the one on which they
were working, In case OF accident. Fol-
some reason this platform was nevei
placed there.
Winfield Scott Stratton has rescued
the Paris commission from the embyr.
rassed financial conditions which
would undoubtedly have resulted m a
collapse of the entire scheme of taking
the mineral exhibit of the state 10 the
great exposition. The millionaire min.
ing man saw a statement of the TIM
gled finances of the commission In the
News, and telegram promising
abundant cash was received from him
later in the day. 1t will cost the min.
ing man at least $4,000 to make good
bis promise of putting the financvs of
the commission in shape. But his mes
sage is considered as good as gold by
the board, and will increase the
amount of money promised sufi -ient
10 warrant the success of the under.
caking which will advertise the mining
interests of Colorado at the great fair
The action of Mr. Stratton is the fast
OF many efforts made to bolster up the
board In Its undertaking. OF all these
1t will prove the most effective be.
cause 1t means the contribution of cash
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