Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06
COLORADO BRIEFS.

| Judge cunningham OF Colorado
Springs has declared that sealed yer.
diets are Illegal
Rev. Charles S. Olmstead has formal.
ly accepted the election as bishop coad.
jutor of Colorado.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Edwin Price to be
postmaster Mt Grand Junction, Colo.
rado, and the nomination was con-
firmed.
| Local parties are to erect a. big pa.
vilion at Idaho Springs near the hot
springs. They will provide attractions
In the way of music and entertain.
ments for tourists.
! William Brinkley of Fort Morgan
was found dead in his barn the other
day. supposedly having committed sui.
eide after quarreling with his wife.
The coroner is investigating.
The city of Florence has let the con-
tract to Bert Gardner for the construc-
ton of n new city reservoir. The con-
| tract price is $4,000 and the work must
be finished by the middle of May.
]. ]. Burns, superintendent of the
| first division of the Denver Il Rio
Grande, with headquarters at Pueblo
for the last ten years, and one of the
best known railroad men in the West,
has resigned.
| Another man has been arrested, sus-
pected of the murder of Harold Frid-
born. He was captured thirty miles
northwest of Fort Collins. When ar
rested he tried to shoot the officers and
then wounded himself.
- Il
was instantly killed at the A. V. shaft,
Leadville, on the 2nd. The supposition
Is that he was riding on n car loaded
with ore, and when near the tray the
car in some way upset and he fell down
the shaft distance of 450 feet
r. Inge and J. +. Anderson, who
have been prospecting for coal about
thirty miles south of La Junta, have
found two veins, one five feet and the
other seven feet in thickness. This has
coused quite stir here and other par
ties are organizing. 1t is thought the
belt extends for several miles.
A board of officers. consisting of Ma
Jors Il. b. Mosely, A. G. Sharpe, ]. A.
Irons and Captains L. G. Wales and +.
]. Herman, Second infantry, with Cap
tain ii. s. Whipple as recorder. has
been appointed to meet in Denver for
examination of officers ordered before
it for promotion. Second Lieutenant
Haywood Robbins. Fifteenth infantry,
has been ordered before the board.
The Grand Junction postoffice was
robbed recently by Night Clerk Eu-
gene Phillips. About $50 in stamps
and $40 in cash was taken. Phillips,
who has lived there for the last eight
years and has been well thought of,
confessed that he committed the rob-
berry, breaking the window and rifling
the mail pouch to give the appearance
Of n theft committed by an outsider.
Arthur +. Francis. secretary of the
Cripple Greek Chamber of Commerce,
has received letter from President
Trumbull of the Colorado & Southern
railroad. thanking the chamber and
the business men for the inteeest dis
played in the building of the cutoff
from Denver to Cripple Creek. Mr..
Trumbull assured the secretary that
undoubtedly the road would be built
In the near future.
Il. S. Kelly. manager of the Kelly
tunnel. at Georgetown, had narrow
escape from death last night. He was
awakened by loud noise and found
that boulder weighing over ton
had crashed through the building and
stopped within n foot of his bed. A
search of the mountain side failed to
locate the place from which the rock
broke loose. Mr.. Kelly considers il a
most marvellous escape from death.
Marble cave. recently discovered
northwest of Florence in the lower foot
hills, promises to be entered by hun
dreds Of tourists the coming season.
The entrance is just large enough for
the admittance of an ordinary man,
while the interior of the cave is sixty
feet high POO feet from the opening.
Some of the openings to the chambers
need enlarging before person can
enter After entering rumbling
sound from underneath is heard, which
leads to the conclusion that the cave Is
underlaid with subterranean body of
water. 1t is not a great distance from
the site of the first discovery of oil in
the state, near Garden park.
The Colorado Midland passenger
train No. 3. westbound, crashed into
the rear end Of an extra freight at $50
O'Clock Sunday morning mt Wild Horse,
two miles west of Buena Vista. result
Ing In the instant death of Owen Me-
Carthy, the rear brakeman of the
freight. The freight had stopped at
the tank to take water. The brakeman
was sent back to flag the regular pas
senger following. The night was very
cold, he became chilled and returned TO
the caboose to warm, and as he came
out OF the caboose the engine pulling
No. rounded n curve about fifty feet
from him. He was seen by the fireman
OF the passenger engine frantically
waving his lantern, endeavorlng to sig.
nal the train to stop. The distance be.
ing so short the engine crushed into
the cab0ose.
The union coal miners of Erie on the
lst forbade the drivers TO give the non
Union mon llnir iurn OF On ~. ..........