The Elbert County tribune., 1900-01-04
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fatally injured
Tho buildings of the Florence cement
works are nearing completion. nnd
four cars of new machinery have ar
rived for the new plant. Boilers and
all will be put in position as fast as
possible.
Colorado & Southern officers are CON
sIderine the ndvisability of construct
ing iron snow sheds on the Gunnison
line, over Alpine pass, to insure Keep
ing the road open through the whole
winter. SO that the mines of the Bald
win district may have an uninterrupt-
ed outlet. -
party Of surveyors VIII be put TO
work In South Platte canon next week
by the Colorado Il Southern. 90 run
lines for the continuation OF the new
Cripple Greek cutoff from Its present
terminus to Horse creek, ten miles
This the last meeting of the directorate
decided OH. The survey VIII DE mhue
for broad gauge road
A coal miner named Peter Falsetto,
employed at the Hastings mine of the
Victor Coal Company. was accidental
ly killed ut Trinidad Sunday night He
was seated mt the table in his boarding
house. reading, when a revolver III his
pocket fell to the floor and was dis
charged, the ball striking Falsetto un-
der the chin and coming out at the top
of his head. Death was instantaneous
The man was 40 years of age and un-
married.
Some time last Saturday night fire
broke out In the Eldorado tunnel house
at Sunshine. and finally, about 2:50
o'clock 1t worked into the office, where
there were some 200 pounds Of powder,
which exploded. tearing the building TO
pieces. damaging the machinery con
siderably and destroying the compress
sor, hose, etc. 1t appears that the
men had left the tunnel in the evening
and did not intend to return until
after Christmas, and there was no per-
son around.
Arrangements have been made for
the Texas Colorado Chautauqua TO
avail itself In the future of the course
of the New York Chautauqua and other
like organizations so that Il complete
circuit can be formed and better attrac-
| tions at less cost can be secured than
heretofore. 1t has already been decid-
| ed that the 1900 session of the Chau-
tauqua shall be six weeks and that ev
erything possible viii be done to make
1t much greater success than hereto
fore. The grounds will be made more
attractive and more cottages will be
put up.
One of the most prosperous indus
tries of the state, according to the re-
port of the output of Its mills, Is the
Colorado Fuel x Iron Company. In
every department of its manufactures
1t has Jumped to the front. while In
some particular lines the Increased de
mand for its goods is astonishing. Dur
ing the past year almost 80 per cent.
more merchant Iron was made than in
1898; and in spiegel. spikes, bolts and
nuts the Increase was even greater.
The output of iron pipe was fourteen
times as great during the year just
closed as in 1898.
As the result of an accident Andrew
Sweeney. one of the pioneers of Lead
vile, died Friday evening. Sweeney
was coming TO Leadville from Weston
pass, and descending the hill the
wagon in which he was riding began
to slide. The wagon and horses. with
Sweeney and his driver, were thrown
over an embankment. The horses
We're killed outright and both men
We're badly injured. They laid out
for some time in the cold, but We're
finally discovered by miners who Were
passing and taken to cabin. They
were brought to Leadville this after
noon. Sweeney dying from his injuries
shortly after arriving. The driver will
recover. Sweeney has n number of
children residing here, and some rela-
tives In Victor.
The state board of health, advised by
several leading physicians and health
authorities of the state, has in
augurated campaign against tuber-
culosis and will solicit the assistance
of public authorities and private citi-
zens to prevent the spread of the dread
tubercular germs. Public expcctora-
tion, tubercular dniries and meat sup
ply are the three causes of consumption
which the board ngrees must be pre-
vented In order to reach this desired
end. The sentiment of the physicians
was expressed us opposed to the least
persecution of the afflicted and their
object solely to enforce necessary sani-
tary measures. at would be an in
justice TO the community and to the in
diyiduals to debar them from the
state" said Secretary Tyler, "for
thousands of consumptives who regard
sanitary measures do not endanger the
public and are some of our best citi-
zens"
bold robbery was perpetrated in
Walsenburg ON the 27th. About 3
o'clock w. J. Milsap. a prominent
stockman of the northwest part of the
county. was in the act of entering the
Klein hotel to go TO bed when he was
seized Dy two men and robbed of S12,-
900. The money was mostly in his
coat and vest pockets. and these gar
ments were torn from him. He imme-
diately gave the alarm and search
was instituted, but up TO the present
no trace of the criminals has been
FOUND. Mr.. Milsap was on his way to
Mexico TO buy cattle, having recently
disposed of a large number he was
feeding near Smith Center, Kansas. A
considerable portion of the money had
been borrowed from a bank In Pueblo.
where he came from yesterday. and the
theory is that he was followed from
that town by men who had seen him
draw the money or knew of his obtain
Ing II.
The mining camp of Caribou, about
twenty miles west OF Boulder. was al
most entirely destroyed by fire We'd
nesday. The fire started in the n.2rn-
ing and burned all afternoon and last
night. There are no watcrworks in
the town and the citizens only resource
was bucket brigade. which proved in
efectual against the flames. Seventeen
buildings on the north side of the street
were destroyed. The fire started in the
general store of S. W. Richie during
the owners absence from town. II
spread quickly and next caught the
two story frame building belonging 10
L. j. Werley. The structure was one
OF the old landmarks of the town and
was unoccupied. The unoccupied build
ing of w. G.. Grosser. Louis Thorpe,
Mrs Hannah, Rufus Gray and VIII
liam Brooks. Mrs. Downs Planters