Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-20
eIng carried BY . Denver brokerage

This second fire and closing dow
OF the mine is a severe blow Al
around. Conditions were beginning I
pick up all over San Juan county an
this is sort of damper. However
the general opinion is that the min
will not remain idle long. 1t is wei
known fact that the mine ia produc
ing some very rich ore. assays of lat,
giving from 25 to 32 ounces gold pc
ton. Shipments have been increasing
also.
None OF the men. outside OF Stokes
| suffered in any way from the fire.
LATER-The Gold King mine is run
by electric power furnished by tn,
San Juan Water & Power company
and later information states the trans
former house was not destroyed. This
being the case the mine should moi
remain idle very long.
NEW YORK, May IS.-Marked for
death. because he had been a close
friend of Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino
of the New York police department
who was assassinated in Palermo, Pl.
oggio Pucco. cigar maker. was him.
self assassinated early today as he
was trying to enter apartments in
East Seventy-fifth stret. He dropped
on the threshold as a bullet fired over
the balustrade on the floor above
crashed into his body By the time
the police arrived the assassin had
escaped.
The police say the man who shot
the cigarmake-. was lying in wait for
him, apparently for several hours.
Before going to Palermo, Petrosino
visited Puccio's home. When the body
OF the detective was brought to New
York for burial Pucclo took an active
part in the arrangements for demon.
stration in honor of Petrosiuo. for the
funeral and for the benefit for the
widow. He helped form some of the
Calian society which paraded In the
Peirosino funeral procession, and
marched at the head of the Carleone
lodge of Foresters. of which he was
an officer. Puccio was also the sead.
ing spirit in arranging the benefit for
Mrs. Petroslno which was held I'm the
Academy of Music. While engaged I'm
this work he received several letters
threatening him with death unless he
discontinued activity, hut ignored
them, declaring that he did not fear
the towards"
The police are convinced that Puc.
clio was murdered because of his
friendship for Petrosino.
FORT COLLINS. Colo, Nal 1s.-
The presidency of the Colorado Aefi
cultural college will be offered to Dean
Henry J. Waters OF the agricultural
department of the University of Mis-.
souri,. Dean Waters has been asked to
come to Colorado to confer with the
state board of agriculture regarding
terms. There is every reason TO he
iieve that satisfactory terms Will be
made and he will accept the position.
CHICAGO, May 1S.-Several persons
injured, one seriously, in a collision
between two southbound trains on the
Elevated road today
william G. Schroeder. cashier of the
continental National bank. is one of
The most seriously injured, both legs
being broken. One of the cars on
the rear of the train left the rails.
but remained on the structure. The
collision is supposed to have been
by failure of an airbrake TO
work.
TELLURIDE, May 18-Billy Barick,
cook, was arrested and placed In
the city jail for drunkenness. This
morning he was found dead in bed.
Barrick and Arthur Stokes, burned
to death In the Gold King fire. were
close friends and were together before
Stokes left Telluride.
LEADVILLE, Colo, May 1s.-Ten-
nessee tunnel over Tennessee Pass on
me hhc VI iue l)eHFef & no Grdnde
railway, regarded as one of the most
feats of engineering ever ac.
complished and constructed at height
OF about 10.200 feet above level, cayed
In for a distance of 500 feet this morn.
ing by slide of melting snow and
loose earth. The tunnel was clear
when the accident occurred and there
was no casualties.
The caye-ln occurred 1000 feet from
the portal OF the tunnel and extended
TO a height of eighteen feet from the
bottom. Thousands of tons of loose
dirt, given momentum by melting
snow, crashed in the supporting tim
bers and clogged passage for dis
taDce of 500 feet almost in the center
of the bore.
The discovery was made by a track
walker who Immediately carried the
news to the nearest station from
where the report was made TO Lead.
Vile, eight miles east. Officials OF
the railway were soon on the scene
and after an inspection of the cave-in
announced that the tunnel would be