The Springfield herald., 1902-03-21
COLORADO BRIEFS.


i. f. Torrance. an oil man. had his
right hand badly mashed while in
stalling II pump for the Florence Oh
Company.
Extensive improvements are being
made at Wagon Wheel Gap hotNsprings
by General Palmer. who OWLS the
property. The old bath house will bt
replaced by Il modern structure and the
hotel greatly improved.
Herbert Randall, aged nineteen
while duck shooting in IA boat near
Golden. picked up his gun with the
mu:zle toward him and slot his right
arm to pieces. The arm was amputat-
ed and lie may recover.
Mrs. Mary Gillespie. aged eighty
three, and the mother of thirtysevcn
children, is In the Denver county hos
pital. She is said to be cultured and
digniiicd and Will not say why none of
her children assists her.
The annual distribution of trout in
the Platte river has begun. The Colo
RADIO a. Southern railroad expects to
place from JOO,OOO to SOO,OOO eastern
brook. rainbow and native trout in the
Platte within the next six weeks.
In order to do away with the smoke
nuisance in the narrow canons and
tourist resorts the Colorado Southern
railroad will Use oil as fuel for its To-
comotives during the summer and aut-
umn. Tt will cost more than coal.
Alumosa grew more last year than it
ever did in any one year before. but
1902 will be record breaker in this
respect. More new buildings are
planned now than there We're last year
at the same season.-Alamosa Courier.
james L. Kenrns. who was arrested
in Cripple Creek on the Charge of the
murder of Martin Gleason. the sCperin-
tendent of the Wild Horse mine on
Bull hill, had his bond reduced from
$4,000 to $1,000 and was released
from jail
John Nj. Francisco, one of COlorado's
earliest pioneers. died AT his home at
La Neta at the age of eighty-two
years. He was Nirginiap by birth.
but had lived in Colorado for the last
half century. He built the first house
of any Importance in Pueblo.
The San Miguel mine near Telluride
was visited by two snowslides Thurs
day morning. The damage was scarce
ly 5000. ii. Goetinger and Isaac John
son We're carried over 1000 feet. one
escaped entirely uRharmed and the
other with bruises and his scalp gone.
In an answer filed in the Denver
District Court by the Supreme Tent.
knights of the Maccabees to the suit
for S5O.OOO brought against them by
David Iieberman. who sustained per-
manent injuries while undergoing in
itiation into the order, general denial
is made.
The union bricklayers of Florence
have notified the building contractors
that hereafter they will not work for
less than So for an eight-hour shift.
The union has also passed Il resolution
imposing IL fine of 50 upon any of Its
members who patroniZe Il Chinaman,
when there are Americans in the same
business.
James Owen, who left Ouray Feb
ruary 9th. for the Bob Tail mine. five
miles south of the city. never reached
the mine. and il is feared he was
caught in Il storm and persisted. He
had been working on the III Mahdi for
two months. The last heard of him
was near Ironton. where he procured
n pair of snow shoes at Rice's cabin.
He has n wife living on Il ranch near
Durango.
While attempting TO capture Mex
lean fugitive. who. 1t is alleged. abb
Quoted II -year-old girl Under
Sheriff l.. NJ. Kreeger fell from San
tn Fe passenger train which was mov-
ing at rate of forty miles an hour.
near Trinidad He received injuries
about the head and back which will
make it impossible for him to leave
his home for many days. The Mex
lean escaped.
The Pueblo city council made appro-
priations for the ensuing fiscal year.
which commences April LIST. The to-
tai is S3ST, ,JO3. as against S2SS, 1863 for
the preceding year, an increase OF So9.-
$40. The increase was made necessary
by the growing demands of the city.
The new appropriations provide.
among other things. for fire station
in East Pueblo. n city ambulance and
a street roller and grader.
Plans for an eight-story building.
covering five lots at the west corner of
and Curtis streets. Den
yer. have been prepared for Quincy A.
Shaw, the Boston capitalist who has
ncouired two lots on Curtis street ad-
Joining the Quincy building for ST.
DOO. The pair. together with the three
lots on the corner covered by the
Quincy. which Mr.. Shaw has owned
for some time. will be the site for the
new structure.
Telluride reports the mysterious dis
appearance of w. G. Smith. former
shift boss at the Liberty Bell mine.
After the disaster on February 2Sth.
ut the mine where he was employed,
he came to town and made arrange
ments to visit his wife at La Iunta.
but has not reached there. ON the
night of March 4th lie settled his bills
and told the landlord of the Victoria
house TO call him in time for The Dom