Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-04
COLORADO NEWS

John Segano was fatally injured by
fall of rock ut the Forbes mine TWEEN
ty'iive miles north Of Trinidad The
man was pinioned under heavy boul-
der. his back broken by the fall. Ply
sioians state that he cannot recover.
Charles Reese, who had three sa-
loon keepers arrested for selling him
whisky in Palisade claiming he was a
minor, is said to have afterward ad-
mitted that he was at least 20 years
old and the judge has ordered his ar
rest.
A cave-in occurred ON the sewer in
Fort Morgan Wednesday. burying "A la
borer Three of his fellow worlxmen
hurried to his relief and while dig
ging him out second cave-in occurred
which buried them leaving only their
heads in sight BY quick work all
We're rescued.
Scientists say 1t Is evident that the
land in the vicinity OF Willow Creek,
forty miles east Of Greeley. was tho
site Of large forest in prehistoric
times, from the many petrifled stumps.
limbs and knots of trees lying about.
The country was little visited until
workmen on the reservoir brought to
Greeley beautiful specimens OF petri.
fed wood found there in large guam.
titles. In that vicinity are also found
rare agates.
Willie Goldberg. notorious In the
juvenile court as a bully and some
thing of a boy thug. was sentenced to
Golden for an unprovolSed attack on
owen Owens. the picturesque news
paper vender who has become land
mark at the corner of Sixteenth and
Curtis streets in Denver. where his
crippled and palsled form and his
constant good humor have so caught
the sympathy of passersby that they
have ceased TO resent his loud exploit
tations of fake stories in the evening
papers.
Mrs. Nellie Mason was robbed by
two Italians In Denver who entered
her home and slugged her, leaving her
unconscious. The money amounted 10
little over So
Freeman Knowles, editor of the So
ialist paper at Doadwood. S. d., was
fined $500 for sending improper mat
ter through the mails. He refused to
pay the fine and was taken to jail.
Sheriff Beach of Littleton, while
searching in the vicinity OF Hugo for
stolen horses. found a horse and cart
stolen from Denver and notified the
Denver officials and two arrests Of
parties suspected were made.
Thirty carmen ON the Missouri Pa.
cific In Pueblo struck Thursday be-
cause they claimed the company was
trying to substitute piece work for the
hourly schedule The strike Is general
over the Missouri Pacific and affects
! 200 men.
The dead body OF an unknown man
was found near the railroad at Lit
Teton and nearby was an empty bot
tie labeled carbolic acid. An inquest
was held but no trace of poison was
found and It was concluded he died
of heart failure.
]. Weybert, a baseball player OF
Grand Junction. placed his finger on
an anvil in blacksmith shop and told
u friend TO strike it with hammer.
His friend. thinking Weybert was Jol1-
ing and would withdraw his finger be
fore the hammer fell, struck and split
the finger open.
d. A. Thompson. recently Of Los
Angeles, has taken charge OF the Gree
ley Republican and viii make a daily
of It. It is believed this Will force
the other two papers, the sun and
Pioneer, to increase TO dailies. 1t IL
agreed there is no necessity for daily
In Greeley because 1t is so near tc
Denver and the field Is amply covered
by the papers of that city.
Robert Kincaid. printer OF Glen
wood Springs, had fake snake whicl
he carried coiled around his neck an(
held it By the neck. and scared people
with 1t as he passed them on tn,
street. Finally he uncoiled 1t an,
flung It at little girl. and her screami
attracted a crowd and the fellow woult
have. been roughly handled had 1
! not been for the Interference of tn
officers. He was fined $40 and costs.
. On the night that Miss Ethel Nc
: Intosh OF Pueblo died in Parsons
( Kans.. few days ago. her friend. Mis-
Blanche Seeley OF Pueblo. dreame
! that she saw her In the form OF al
/. angel and that she flew away wit
, her. Miss Seeley did not know at IN
+ time her friend was sick The drear
= so impressed Miss seeley that sh
t wrote her friend about It. The lette
a and the circumstances will be referre
. ! to the American Society for Psychics
Research.