Bank of Monte Vista (Monte Vista, CO)

Episode Information

Episode UID
1265817091194
Episode Type
Suspension β†’ Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
126581709 hash
Start Date
June 13, 1899
Location
Monte Vista, Colorado (37.579, -106.148)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
5d617a9d51de3894

Response Measures

None

Events (1)
1. June 13, 1899 Suspension
Cause
Local Shock
Cause Details
Closures blamed (commonly accepted) on threatened business conditions from a smelter strike affecting the local economy.
Newspaper Excerpt
Later it was announced that the banks at Monte Vista and Hooper, operated under the same management, had also closed.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (8)
1. June 21, 1899 The Lamar Register Lamar, CO
Article from The Lamar Register, June 21, 1899

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was claimed that the locomotives, which are the largest in use by the Union Pacific. would haul sixty-five to far have only been loads thus from they Sidney Cheyenne. able of the to loads. Trainmen are now that the new affect the opinion haul will not fifty materially locomotives working the force of train and enginement on Union Pacific. A mass meeting of the miners of the northern district was held at Lafayette Wednesday. The following resolution was adopted: "That eight hours shall constitute a days work. with a corres- was ponding reduction in pay. This carried almost unanimously. The ma Jority against a strike was about 10 to The action of the miners was recelved 1. with satisfact.on by the people of the community It was resolved to start work m. and quit at 11 a. m., this to constitute half a day's work. and to start at 7a. 121. and quit at 3:30. with half an hour for dinner. this to constitute a full day's work. About 800 men are working in this dis trict. Two prisoners escaped from the penItentiary at Canon City the other afternoon. They were William Lewis. Their No. 4108, and Fred Price, No. 4226 vacation was brief. Warden Hoyt has Instituted a new ruling since he took charge by which the whole town The is aroused when there is an escape. signal, which is a prolanged blast from the steam whistle. sounded at 4 oclock and within fifteen minutes 100 men and boys were in pursuit of the refugees. At 5 o'clock the convicts were back In the pen. having been captured by Chaplain Rhudolph and two boys. The will Hannigan and Paul Forney captors had $100 divided between them. this being the amount offered by the warden. The men were only four blocks from the penitentlary when they were captured, having taken refuge in an old adobe house. The then were working on the Ilmestone quarries and quietly walked away while the guard was not looking in their direction. A dispatch from Crested Butte on the 13th said: For the past eighteen hours Crested Butte has been inundated with a flow of water. The excessively warm weather of the past several days has caused the snow in the high basins to melt very rapidly with the result that all the streams in this vieinage have been swelled to a high degree. Coal Creek, which runs through the town in a diagonal course, has been swollen to an abnormal degree and has gone of a rampage through the principal streets, filling them with debris, washing away culverts and sidewalk foundations and flooding a number of houses. The streets are practically Impassable and the depot unapproach able. A force of men has been work ing for the last week in an effort to stem the tide of the water, but their efforts were unavailing to any great extent. Every team in town and a large force of men are now at work. but the water will be higher tonight than ever. The Miners' Bank of Creede closed its doors at 2: o'clock Wednesday. Later It was announced that the banks at Monte Vista and Hooper, operated under the same management, had also closed. Whether the failures are due to the threatened business conditions caused by the smelter strike is not known. but that is commonly accepted as the cause. The three banks are under the management of D. J. Maben. who is president of each concern. He is absent in Denver. and for this reason It is announced no figures can now be made public as to the assets and liabilities of the several institutions. Great excitement prevalled in Creede, as the Miners' was the only bank in that place. and many merchants and mining companies had de posits there. The cashier would give no information other than to state that the doors were closed on orders from President Maben from Denver. Prestdent D. J. Maben was at the Albany yesterday and left on last evening's early train for Creede. in response, he said, to a telegram. Later the news of the three banks' closing was made public in Denver. Adjutant General Stitzer and Governor Richards of Wyoming have received messages from Buffalo, advising them that a detail of mounted militia had been sent across the Big Horn mountains by way of Spring Creek and Red Bank to Thermopolis to Intercept tue train robbers should they cross the g Horn basin. Another detail was sent to the Hole-in-the-Wall country, from there to go across the Big Horn range by the N H trail. The combination which has set out to run the bandits to earth is a powerful one. The has the all the men to to general United employ government States marshal necessary instructed of Wyoming and continue the chase until the outlaws

2. June 22, 1899 The Elbert County Tribune Elbert, CO
Article from The Elbert County Tribune, June 22, 1899

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ponding reduction unanimously in pay The ma almost about 10 to carried strike was Jority against action a of the miners the was people re1. celved The with satisfaction It by was resolved of the community work at 7a. in. and quit at day's to start to constitute half a quit a. work, m., and this to start at 7 hour a. m. for and dinner, with half an work. at 3:30, to constitute a full day's this disthis About 800 men are working in trict. private telegram from Washington of the A that Major Becker, editor removed as Billings states Gazette, has Indians. been He had agent of the Crow to resign and refused. been John requested E. Edwards has been various appointed kinds Charges of Becker, had in his been place. made against sent Major from Wash and an Inspector Investigate was but he refused or- to Ington to the Inquiry in public, the as invesconduct dered by the President. and susIt tigation has Is been evident temporari that sufficient pended. were laid before the department He is a facts to justify Becker's removal few edl and one of the Mon tors Republican who supported McKinley in tana. Two prisoners escaped the from other the after pennoon. No. itentiary They at Canon were City William 4226. Lewis, Their No. was vacation he 4108, and Fred brief. Price, Warden Hoyt took has Instituted a new ruling whole since town is by which the The charge when there is an escape. blast from aroused which is a prolanged 4 oclock signal, steam whistle. sounded at 100 men the within fifteen minutes refu and were in pursuit of the were having and gees boys At 5 o'clock the been nvlets captured back by Chaplalu in the pen. Rhudolph and Forney. two boys The will Hannigat and Paul between had $100 divided offered by captors this being the amount four them. warden. The men were when only they blocks the from the penitentlary taken refuge in were captured, house. having The men were an old ndobe on the limestone quarries the guard and quietly working walked away while direction. was not looking in their dispatch from Crested Butte on hours the A said: For the past eighteen with The Crested 13th Butte has been cessively inundated warm a weather flow water. of the past several basins days has to snow in the high caused the with the result that melt very rapidly vicinage have the streams in this Coal all swelled to a high degree. town Creek, been which runs through the swollen diagonal course, has been has In to an,abnormal n degree and principal gone rampage through the wash a streets, filling them with debris, foun ing away and culverts flooding and sidewalk a number of dations The streets are practically houses. impassable and the depot unapproach been work able. A force of=men has effort to the last week in an their ing for tide of the water but stem the unavailing to any great a extent. efforts were Every team in town and work, but large the force water of men will are be higher now at tonight than ever. The Miners' Bank of Creede closed 2:15 o'clock Wednesday its doors It was at announced that the banks Later Monte Vista and Hooper. operated also at the same management. had due under Whether the failures are closed. the threatened business conditions not to by the smelter strike is caused known, but that is commonly banks necepted as the cause. The three D. J. under the management of Maben. are who is president of each con for He Is absent In Denver, and cern. this reason It is announced no figures now be made public as to the as can and liabilities of the several in sets Great excitement prevalled stitutions. as the Miners' was the only in bank Creede In that place. and many mer- dechants and mining companies had posits there. The cashier would give Information other than to state that no the doors were closed on orders Prest from President Maben from Denver. dent D. J. Maben was at the Albany yesterday and left on last evening's early train for Creede, in response, he said, to a telegram. Later the news of the three banks closing was made public in Denver. a Adjutant General Stitzer and Gov Richards of Wyoming have reernor ceived messages from Buffalo, advising them that a detail of mounted militia had been sent across the Big Horn mountains by way of Spring Creek and Bank to Thermopolis to intercept the Red train robbers should they cross the Horn basin. Another detail was in to the Hole the Wall country, sent from there to go across the Big Horn by the N H trail. The combina range tion which has set out to run the ban dut to earth is a powerful one. The the government has instructed general United States marshal of Wyoming to to employ all the men necessary and continue the chase ntil the outlaws are captured. The Wyoming state authorities have called out the state style, ml litla, equipped them to them the in assistance cowboy of the and marshal. sent The Union Pacific has a large force of officers and pack of bloodhounds in the field, while nearly every sheriff of enstern and northern Wyo is serving with some one of the ming It has been decided to make it posses. fight to a finish, and the chase will a be prolonged if it reaches across Wyoming and Montana into the British possessions. A dispatch from Casper. Wyoming. the 11th said: A messenger reached Casper on to-day from the posse which is chasing the Union Pacific train dyna with the news that two of the men miters had been seen Thursday at Bar sev C ranch. owned by Robert Tisdale, enty-five miles north of Casper. and about thirty miles from the Hole-inWall. The fugitives were seen by the Al Flood, assistant foreman for Tis dale. who recognized George Curry and one of the Roberts brothers. The men were on foot and apparently much worn by their long struggle to evade are capture The officers in pursuit the same region with the fugitives in their capture is reasonably certain and Extreme care must be exercised, however, In the hunt to avoid a repetition of the ambush by which Sheciff Hazen lost his life. The Union Pacific comis sending out provisions, suppany plles and fresh horses to the posse, so that there will be no hindrance in continning the search for the outlaws. It expected that 200 men will soon he

3. June 23, 1899 The Springfield Herald Springfield, CO
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NEWS FROM THE WESTERN REGION. The new 1,500 class engines which The little girl lost in Gilpin county is were recently sent to Cheyenne from still missing. the East to be used between Cheyenne Polly Coats of Leadville is charged and Sidney, Nebraska, are not proving with having deliberately murdered her as satisfactory as was expected. It baby. was claimed that the locomotives. Wilmot H. Lake of Central City was which are the largest in use by the drowned in South Boulder Creek on the Union Pacific, would haul sixty-five 10th. loads from Sidney to Cheyenne, but thus far they have only been able to Scattering rains fell throughout New haul fifty loads. Trainmen are of the Mexico on the 16th, being the first opinion now that the new locomotives in several months. will not materially affect the working The Union Pacific lost $18,000 by a force of train and enginement on the fire at La Salle, Colorado, which burnUnion Pacific ed the ore chutes and several cars. A mass meeting of the miners of the A three-year-old girl wandered away northern district was held at Lafayette from her home in Russell gulch. GilWednesday. The following resolution pin county, on the 10th and had not was adopted: **That eight hours shall been found Monday night. constitute a days work. with a corresponding reduction in pay.' This was The city council of La Junta has orcarried almost unanimously. The madered a new reservoir with a capacity jority against a strike was about 10 to of 300,000 gallons to be built as an ad1. The action of the miners was redition to the city water plant. ceived with satisfaction by the people Sam Roberts of Canon City shot and of the community. It was resolved killed his wife and her mother and to start work at 7 a. m. and quit at 11 then killed himself. He was dissolute a. m., this to constitute half a day's and his wife had obtained a divorce. work. and to start at 7 a. m. and quit A message from Buffalo, Wyoming, at 3:30. with half an hour for dinner. on the 12th states that a courier has this to constitute a full day's work. come in from Powder river with the About 800 men are working in this disreport that the officers have the Union triet. Pacific train robbers surrounded at E. K. mountain and capture is regarded Two prisoners escaped from the penas certain to follow. itentiary at Canon City the other afternoon. They were William Lewis. No. Two lads, named Pring and Lee, in 4108, and Fred Price. No. 4226. Their a hay rack. were killed by lightning vacation was brief. Warden Hoyt has near Monument Tuesday. The two instituted a new ruling since he took horses hitched to the wagon were charge by which the whole town is killed and the wagon demolished. Two aroused when there is an escape. The other young men standing by the wagsignal, which is a prolanged blast from on talking to them were uninjured. the steam whistle, sounded at 4 oclock Oliver Lee and James Gilliland were and within tifteen minutes 100 men acquitted of the murder of Henry and boys were in pursuit of the refuFountain on the 12th. The jury was gees. At : o'clock the conviets were closeted but seven minutes. There was back in the pen. having been captured great applause in court when the verby Chaplain Rhudolph and two boys, diet was read and the prisoners were will Hannigan and Paul Forney. The captors had $100 divided between warmly congratulated. In their arguthem. this being the amount offered by ments the attorneys have been bitter the warden. The men were only four toward each other at times and toward the witnesses for the other side. blocks from the penitentiary when they were captured, having taken refuge in Unless the convicts at the penitenan old adobe house. The men were tiary are soon put to work and made working on the limestone quarries and partly self-supporting there will be a quietly walked away while the guard shortage at the end of the term of was not looking in their direction. from $60,000 to $70,000, according to C. P. Hoyt, the warden. He says it is A dispatch from Crested Butte on the not only proper but absolutely neces13th said: For the past eighteen hours sary that the men be placed at work, Crested Butte has been inundated with as if they are allowed to remain in idlea flow of water. The excessively warm ness the institution will find itself head weather of the past several days has over heels in debt. caused the snow in the high basins to melt very rapidly with the result that At an adjourned meeting of the town all the streams in this vicinage have trustees of Evans license was granted been swelled to a high degree. Coal at $1,000 per year to saloons. Three Creek. which runs through the town applicants for licenses were handed in in a diagonal course, has been swollen and granted. The town voted temperto an abnormal degree and has gone on ance by a large majority last April, a rampage through the principal but by the resignation of two of the streets, filling them with debris, washtemperance trustees the change came ing away culverts and sidewalk founabout. A petition was circulated askdations and flooding a number of ing the board not to grant a alleense. houses. The streets are practically and was signed by a majority of the impassable and the depot unapproachvoters, but was unheeded. able. A force of men has been workThe Indians of San Felipe and Santo ing for the last week in an effort to Domingo and the Pueblos of Bernastem the tide of the water, but their lillo county have won the cases they efforts were unavailing to any great extent. Every team in town and a appealed to the United States Court of Private Land Claims. These grants large force of men are now at work. but the water will be higher tonight were confirmed by the court. but with than ever. areas much less than claimed by the Indians. In case No. 134 the grant The Miners' Bank of Creede closed claimed embraced 40,000 acres. In Its doors at 2:15 o'clock Wednesday. case No. 184, the claim was for 25,000 Later it was announced that the banks acres, and in case No. 185 the San Feat Monte Vista and Hooper, operated lipe Pueblos claimed over 25,000 acres. under the same management, had also A promising gold discovery is reportclosed. Whether the failures are due ed at Buford. a station on the line of to the threatened business conditions the Union Pacific railroad about 25 caused by the smelter strike is not miles west of Cheyenne. The discovknown. but that is commonly acery was made May 1 by the O'Reilly cepted as the cause. The three banks brothers of Buford, who have since are under the management of D. J. that time been sinking a prospecting Maben. who is president of each con shaft on the ore body. They are now cern. He is absent in Denver, and for down 35 feet. where they have cut a this reason it is announced no figures vein from which the ore assays over can now be made public as to the as$200 per ton in gold. A number of sets and liabilities of the several inresidents of Cheyenne have staked out stitutions. Great excitement prevailed claims adjoining the O'Reilly property. in Creede. as the Miners' was the only Manager Voorhees of the Hartville bank in that place, and many meriron mines has received instructions chants and mining companies had defrom the Colorado Fuel and Iron Composits there. The cashier would give pany to close down the mines at Hartno information other than to state that ville. Wyoming, at once. This throws the doors were closed on orders from between 100 and 150 miners and ore President Maben from Denver. Presihaulers out of employment and dedent D. J. Maben was at the Albany stroys a number of good business enyesterday and left on last evening's terprises in the Badger-Hartville secearly train for Creede. in response, he said. to a telegram. Later the news tion. It is believed that the order to of the three banks' closing was made close down will also delay the building public in Denver. of the spur from Badger to Hartville, work upon which was commenced some weeks ago. Adjutant General Stitzer and Governor Richards of Wyoming have reThe insurance companies have begun ceived messages from Buffalo, advising their fight on the Denver & Rio Grande them that a detail of mounted militia road to recover losses occasioned by had been sent across the Big Horn the disastrous fire at Colorado Springs mountains by way of Spring Creek and last October. It will be remembered Red Bank to Thermopolis to intercept that the cause of the fire was althe train robbers should they cross the leged to have been due to the explosion - Horn basin. Another detail was of a car of powder on the Denver & sent to the Hole-in-the-Wall country. Rio Grande tracks. and suits have been from there to go across the Big Horn started by the small property owners range by the N H trail. The combinaon Huerfano street to recover damages, tion which has set out to run the banThe suit as filed is an exceedingly voldits to earth is a powerful one. The uminous one. It involves over $20,000 general government has instructed the and others similar in nature may folUnited States marshal of Wyoming low it. to employ all the men necessary and to Wyoming has been notified by the continue the chase until the outlaws government that equipment to take the are captured. The Wyoming state auplace of that furnished the volunteers thorities have called out the state mifrom that state has been shipped from litia. equipped them in cowboy style, the government supply depots and and sent them to the assistance of the should in few days. When marshal. The Union Pacific has a large

4. June 23, 1899 The State Herald Holyoke, CO
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The new 1,500 class Cheyenne engines which from recently sent to between Cheyenne n were the East to be used are not proving Sidney. Nebraska, expected. a and as satisfactory as was the locomotives, are which haul would was claimed the that largest in use sixty-five by the but Union from Pacific, Sidney to Cheyenne, been able to t loads thus far they have Trainmen only are of the haul fifty loads. that the new ocomotives working n force opinion now materially affect the the will not of train and enginemen on Union Pacific. Two prisoners escaped the from other the after- penitentiary at Canon City William Lewis, No. They were No. 4226. Their noon. 4108, and Fred Price, Warden Hoyt has vacation was brief. ruling since he took is by instituted a which new the whole escape. town The aroused signal, charge which when is there a prolanged is an at blast 4 oclock from the steam whistle, sounded minutes 100 men within fifteen of the refuand boys were in pursuit convicts were gees. and At 5 o'clock the been captured back in the pen. Rhudolph having and two boys. The by Chaplain and Paul Forney. had will Hannigan $100 divided offered between by The them, captors this being the men amount were only four when they the blocks warden. from the penitentiary taken refuge in were captured having The men were an old adobe house. quarries and on the limestone the guard working walked away while direction. was quietly not looking in their the dispatch from Crested eighteen Butte on hours A said: For the past Inundated with Crested 13th Butte has been excessively warm a flow of water. past The several days has weather of snow the in the high basins that to caused the with the result melt very streams rapidly in this vicinage have Coal all the a high degree. been swelled to through the town which runs been swollen Creek. diagonal course. has has gone of in to an a abnormal degree and the principal a rampage through with debris, washstreets, filling them and sidewalk founing away and culverts flooding a number practically of dations The streets are houses. and the depot unapproach- workImpassable A force of men has been effort to able. the last week in an their ing for tide of the water, but great stem the unavailing to any a efforts were team in town and extent. Every of men are now at work. than ever. large but the force water will be higher tonight Miners' Bank of Creede closed The at 2:15 o'clock Wednesday. banks Its doors It was announced that the operated Later Monte Vista and Hooper. had also at same management. due under the Whether the failures conditions are closed. threatened business is not to the by the smelter strike accaused but that is commonly known. as the cause. The three banks D. J. cepted under the management each of conare who is president of for Maben. He Is absent in Denver. and figures cern. is announced no this reason be It made public as to the as- incan now liabilities of the several sets and Great excitement prevailed only stitutions. Creede, as the Miners' was the merin in that place. and many had debank and mining companies give chants there. The cashier would that posits Information other than to state no were closed on orders Presi- from President the doors Maben from Denver. D. J. Maben was at the evening's Albany dent and left on last he yesterday train for Creede, in response, news early to a telegram. Later the made said, of the three banks' closing was public in Deaver. Adjutant General Stitzer and Gov- reRichards of Wyoming have ernor messages from Buffalo, advising militia ceived that a detail of mounted Horn them sent across the Big mountains had been by way of Spring Creek and Bank to Thermopolis to intercept the Red train robbers should they detail cross was the Horn basin. Another country. S to the Hole-in-the- Wall Horn sent there to go across the Big from the N H trail. The combina range which by has set out to run the ban- The tion to earth is a powerful one. the dits government has instructed general States marshal of Wyoming to United employ all the men necessary outlaws and to the chase until the au continue captured. The Wyoming state state ml are thorities have called out the style, equipped them in cowboy of the litia. sent them to the assistance and The Union Pacific has a large marshal. of officers and a pack of blood force in the field. while nearly every sheriff hounds of eastern and northern Wyo the serving with some one of ming is It has been decided to make will it posses. fight to a finish, and the chase a prolonged if it reaches across Wyo- posming be and Montana into the British sessions. In response to a protest sent John to Clay. the secretary of agriculture by with of Cheyenne, in connection of Jr., orders Issued by the Department on the Interior, prohibiting the grazing and the government forest reservations, particularly the order relating to which graz on the Uintah reservation, owners ing been used by sheep the of had Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. the sechas been written by Hitch retary following of the interior, Hon. E.A. em The Ulntah forest reserve cock: braces both slopes of the Uintah the in northern Utah and northern mountains slope only of the western part are range. These mountains of covered this with valuable forests of that protect the sources of sexeral spruce large streams which eventually flowdischarge into Green river, those northward from the range There being already ing utilized for Irrigation. im IN a large agricultural population who mediately adjacent to the reserve find it their only local timber supply for Irrigation the chief source of water supply and purposes Both of these

5. June 23, 1899 The Silver Star Dolores, CO
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samilua SERIO 0005 were recently sent to Cheyenne from I the East to be used between Cheyenne and Sidney, Nebraska, are not proving 11 SUM SB subjection SU was claimed that the locomotives. which are the largest in use by the Union Pacific. would haul sixty-five loads from Sidney to Cheyenne, but thus far they have only been able to haul fifty loads. Trainmen are of the opinion now that the new locomotives will not materially affect the working force of train and enginemen on the UnionsPacific. A mass meeting of the miners of the northern district was held at Lafayette Wednesday. The following resolution was adopted: "That eight hours shall constitute a days work. with a corresponding reduction in pay.' This was carried almost unanimously. The ma01 or about SUM state U underst ] 1. -0.1 SUM om Jo action 114 ceived with satisfaction by the people of the community. It was resolved 11 TU amb puu m 'B 2 IU MIOM State 01 s,Aup U last constitute 01 smi "III "B work. and to start at 7 a. m. and quit at 3:30, with half an hour for dinner, this to constitute a full day's work. About 800 men are working in this distriet. Two prisoners escaped from the penitentiary at Canon City the other afternoon. They were William Lewis. No. 4108, and Fred Price. No. 4226. Their vacation was brief. Warden Hoyt has instituted a new ruling since he took charge by which the whole town is aroused when there is an escape. The signal. which is a prolanged blast from the steam whistle. sounded at 4 oclock and within fifteen minutes 100 men and boys were in pursuit of the refugees. At 5 o'clock the convicts were back in the pen. having been captured by Chaplain Rhudolph and two boys. Will Hannigan and Paul Forney. The captors had $100 divided between them. this being the amount offered by I the warden. The men were only four blocks from the penitentiary when they were captured. having taken refuge in an old adobe house. The men were 1 working on the limestone quarries and J quietly walked away while the guard was not looking in their direction. o A dispatch from Crested Butte on the 13th said: For the past eighteen hours Crested Butte has been inundated with a flow of water. The excessively warm I weather of the past several days has caused the snow in the high basins to t melt very rapidly with the result that I all the streams in this vicinage have been swelled to a high degree. Coal Creek, which runs through the town in a diagonal course, has been swollen go euos seq puu desree UB 01 a rampage through the principal streets, filling them with debris, washing away culverts and sidewalk foundations and flooding a number of houses. The streets are practically impassable and the depot unapproachable. A force of men has been worke ing for the last week in an effort to stem the tide of the water, but their efforts were unavailing to any great extent. Every team in town and a large force of men are now at work. U but the water will be higher tonight than ever. 1 U The Miners' Bank of Creede closed 0 its doors at 2:15 o'clock Wednesday. Later It was announced that the banks in at Monte Vista and Hooper, operated under the same management, had also J closed. Whether the failures are due : to the threatened business conditions caused by the smelter strike is not A known. but that is commonly aca cepted as the cause. The three banks are under the management of D. J. A Maben, who is president of each conU cern. He is absent in Denver, and for a this reason it is announced no figures J can now be made public as to the as11 sets and liabilities of the several in:stitutions. Great excitement prevailed a squa am SUM am su Creeda us bank in that place, and many merH chants and mining companies had deposits there. The cashier would give no information other than to state that 8 the doors were closed on orders from e President Maben from Denver. President D. J. Maben was at the Albany : yesterday and left on last evening's early train for Creede, in response. he 0 said, to a telegram. Later the news a of the three banks' closing was made el public in Denver. P Adjutant General Stitzer and Gov" ernor Richards of Wyoming have rea subjapu ΡˆΠΎΠ»Ρƒ sorussom colled A them that a detail of mounted militia S2 HoΞ“ "18 am SSOJOB quos naaq puq P puu Check Supudg Jo ARM sq 1 Red Bank to Thermopolis to intercept u the train robbers should they cross the 2 if Horn basin. Another detail was " sent to the Hole-in-the-Wall country. N. from there to go across the Big Horn i range by the N H trail. The combina-I tion which has set out to run the ban0 'эцо " NJ que 01 sup -1 general government has Instructed the United States marshal of Wyoming of pau Hour our II" 01 at continue the chase until the outlaws at are captured. The Wyoming state auN. ⑉ thorities have called out the state mllitia, equipped them in cowbox

6. June 24, 1899 The Meeker Herald Meeker, CO
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The new 1,500 class engines which were recently sent to Cheyenne from the East to be used between Cheyenne and Sidney, Nebraska, are not proving as satisfactory as was expected. It was claimed that the locomotives, which are the largest in use by the Union Pacific. would haul sixty-five loads from Sidney to Cheyenne, but thus far they have only been able to haul fifty loads. Trainmen are of the opinion now that the new locomotives will not materially affect the working force of train and enginement on the Union Pacific. A mass meeting of the miners of the northern district was held at Lafayette Wednesday. The following resolution was adopted "That eight hours shall constitute a days work, with a corres ponding reduction in pay.' This was carried almost unanimously. The ma jority against a strike was about 10 to The action of the miners was re1. ceived with satisfaction by the people of the community It was resolved to start work at a. m. and quit at 11 a. m., this to constitute half a day's work. and to start at 7a. m. and quit at 3:30, with half an hour for dinner this to constitute a full day's work About 800 men are working in this dis tNict. Two prisoners escaped from the pen itentiary at Canon City the other after noon. They were William Lewis, No. 4108, and Fred Price. No. 4226 Their vacation was brief. Warden Hoyt has instituted a new ruling since he took charge by which the whole town is aroused when there is an escape. The signal, which is a prolanged blast from the steam whistle, rounded at 4 oclock and within fifteen minutes 100 men and boys were in pursuit of the refuwere been two boys, gees. by Will back Chaplain Hannigan in At the 5 pen, o'clock Rhudolph having the and convicts captured The and Paul Forney. captors had $100 divided between them, this being the amount offered by the/warden. The men were only four bloeks from the penitentiary when they were captured, having taken refuge in an old adobe house. The men were working on the limestone quarries and quietly walked away while the guard wasnot looking in their direction. A dispatch from Crested Butte on the 13th said: For the past eighteen hours Crested Butte has been inundated with a flov of water. The excessively warm weather of the past several days has caused the snow in the high basins to melt very rapidly with the result that all the streams in this vicinage have been swelled to a high degree. Coal Creek. which runs through the town in a diagonal course, has been swollen to an abnormal degree and has gone on a rampage through the principal streets filling them with debris, washing away culverts and sidewalk foundations and flooding a number of houses. The streets are practically impassable and the depot unapproach able. A force of men has been work ing for the last week in an effort to stom the tide of the water. but their efforts were unavailing to any great extent. Every team in town and large force of men are now at work but the water will be higher tonight than ever. The Miners' Bank of Creede closed Its doors at 2:15 o'clock Wednesday Later it was announced that the banks at Monte Vista and Hooper, operated under the same management, had also closed. Whether the failures are due to the threatened business conditions caused by the smelter strike is not known, but that is commonly ac. cepted as the cause. The three banks are under the management of D. J. Maben, who is president of each concern. He is absent in Denver, and for this reason It is announced no figures can now be made public as to the assets and liabilities of the several in stitutions. Great excitement prevailed in Creede, as the Miners' was the only bank in that place, and many mer chante and mining companies had deposits there. The cashier would give no information other than to state that the doors were closed on orders from President Maben from Denver. President D. J. Maben was at the Albany yesterday and left on last evening's early train for Creede. in response, he said. to a telegram. Later the news of the three banks closing was made public in Denver. Adjutant General Stitzer and Gov. ernor Richards of Wyoming have recelved messages from Buffalo, advising them that a detail of mounted militia had been sent across the Big Horn mountains by way of Spring Creek and Red Bank to Thermopolis to intercept the train robbers should they cross the wg Horn basin. Another detail was sent to the Hole-in-the-Wall country, from there to go across the Big Horn range by the N H trail. The combina tion which has set out to run the ban dits to earth is a powerful one. The general government has instructed the United States marshal of Wyoming to employ all the men necessary and to continue the chase until the outlaws are captured. The Wyoming state au thorities have called out the state militta, equipped them in cowboy and the marshal. sent them The Union to the Pacific assistance a of style, has large force of officers and a pack of blood bounds in the field while

7. July 7, 1899 The Silver Lance Crystal, CO
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NEWS FROM THE WESTERN REGION. The new 1,500 class engines which The little girl lost in Gilpin county is were recently sent to Cheyenne from still missing. the East to be used between Cheyenne Polly Coats of Leadville is charged and Sidney, Nebraska, are not proving with having deliberately murdered her as satisfactory as was expected. It baby. was claimed that the locomotives, which are the largest in use by the Wilmot H. Lake of Central City was Union Pacific. would haul sixty-five drowned in South Boulder Creek on the loads from Sidney to Cheyenne, but 10th. thus far they have only been able to Scattering rains fell throughout New haul fifty loads. Trainmen are of the Mexico on the 16th, being the first opinion now that the new locomotives in several months. will not materially affect the working The Union Pacific lost $18,000 by a force of train and enginement on the fire at La Salle, Colorado, which burnUnion Pacific. ed the ore chutes and several cars. A mass meeting of the miners of the A three-year-old girl wandered away northern district was held at Lafayette from her home in Russell gulch, GilWednesday. The following resolution pin county. on the 10th and had not was adopted: "That eight hours shall been found Monday night. constitute a days work. with a correswas This ponding reduction in pay. The city council of La Junta has orcarried almost unanimously. The madered a new reservoir with a capacity jority against a strike was about 10 to of 300,000 gallons to be built as an ad1. The action of the miners was redition to the city water plant. ceived with satisfaction by the people Sam Roberts of Canon City shot and of the community. It was resolved killed his wife and her mother and to start work at a. m. and quit at 11 then killed himself. He was dissolute a. m., this to constitute half a day's and his wife had obtained a divorce. work. and to start at 7 a. m. and quit A message from Buffalo, Wyoming, at 3:30. with half an hour for dinner. on the 12th states that a courier has this to constitute a full day's work. come in from Powder river with the About 800 men are working in this distriet. report that the officers have the Union Pacific train robbers surrounded at E. K. mountain and capture is regarded Two prisoners escaped from the penas certain to follow. itentiary at Canon City the other afternoon. They were William Lewis. No. Two lads, named Pring and Lee, in 4108, and Fred Price. No. 4226. Their a hay rack, were killed by lightning vacation was brief. Warden Hoyt has near Monument Tuesday. The two instituted a new ruling since he took horses hitched to the wagon were charge by which the whole town is killed and the wagon demolished. Two aroused when there is an escape. The other young men standing by the wagsignal. which is a prolanged blast from on talking to them were uninjured. the steam whistle, sounded at 4 oclock and within fifteen minutes 100 men Oliver Lee and James Gilliland were and boys were in pursuit of the refuacquitted of the murder of Henry gees. At 5 o'clock the convicts were Fountain on the 12th. The jury was closeted but seven minutes. There was back in the pen. having been captured by Chaplain Rhudolph and two boys. great applause in court when the verWill Hannigan and Paul Forney. The diet was read and the prisoners were captors had $100 divided between warmly congratulated. In their arguthem, this being the amount offered by ments the attorneys have been bitter the warden. The men were only four toward each other at times and toward blocks from the penitentiary when they the witnesses for the other side. were captured, having taken refuge in Unless the convicts at the penitenan old adobe house. The men were tiary are soon put to work and made working on the limestone quarries and partly self-supporting there will be a quietly walked away while the guard shortage at the end of the term of was not looking in their direction. from $60,000 to $70,000, according to C. P. Hoyt, the warden. He says it is A dispatch from Crested Butte on the not only proper but absolutely neces13th said: For the past eighteen hours sary that the men be placed at work. Crested Butte has been inundated with as if they allowed to remain in idlea flow of water. The excessively warm ness the institution will find itself head weather of the past several days has over heels in debt. caused the snow in the high basins to melt very rapidly with the result that At an adjourned meeting of the town all the streams in this vicinage have trustees of Evans license was granted been swelled to a high degree. Coal at $1,000 per year to saloons. Three Creek, which runs through the town applicants for licenses were handed in in a diagonal course, has been swollen and granted. The town voted temperto an abnormal degree and has gone on ance by a large majority last April, a rampage through the principal but by the resignation of two of the streets, filling them with debris, washtemperance trustees the change came ing away culverts and sidewalk founabout. A petition was circulated askdations and flooding a number of ing the board not to grant a license. houses. The streets are practically and was signed by a majority of the impassable and the depot unapproachvoters, but was unheeded. able. A force of men has been workThe Indians of San Felipe and Santo ing for the last week in an effort to Domingo and the Pueblos of Bernastem the tide of the water, but their lillo county have won the cases they efforts were unavailing to any great appealed to the United States Court of extent. Every team in town and a Private Land Claims. These grants large force of men are now at work. were confirmed by the court. but with but the water will be higher tonight areas much less than claimed by the than ever. Indians. In case No. 134 the grant The Miners' Bank of Creede closed claimed embraced 40,000 acres. In case No. 184, the claim was for 25,000 its doors at 2:15 o'clock Wednesday. Later it was announced that the banks acres. and in case No. 185 the San Feat Monte Vista and Hooper, operated lipe Pueblos claimed over 25.000 acres. under the same management, had also A promising gold discovery is reportclosed. Whether the failures are due ed at Buford, a station on the line of to the threatened business conditions the Union Pacific railroad about 25 caused by the smelter strike is not miles west of Cheyenne. The discovknown. but that is commonly acery was made May 1 by the O'Reilly cepted as the cause. The three banks brothers of Buford, who have since are under the management of D. J. that time been sinking a prospecting Maben, who is president of each conshaft on the ore body. They are now cern. He is absent in Denver, and for down 35 feet. where they have cut a this reason it is announced no figures vein from which the ore assays over can now be made public as to the as$200 per ton in gold. A number of sets and liabilities of the several inresidents of Cheyenne have staked out stitutions. Great excitement prevailed claims adjoining the O'Reilly property. in Creede. as the Miners' was the only Manager Voorhees of the Hartville bank in that place, and many meriron mines has received instructions chants and mining companies had defrom the Colorado Fuel and Iron Composits there. The cashier would give pany to close down the mines at Hartno information other than to state that ville. Wyoming. at once. This throws the doors were closed on orders from between 100 and 150 miners and ore President Maben from Denver. Presihaulers out of employment and dedent D. J. Maben was at the Albany stroys a number of good business enyesterday and left on last evening's terprises in the Badger-Hartville secearly train for Creede. in response, he tion. It is believed that the order to said. to a telegram. Later the news close down will also delay the building of the three banks' closing was made of the spur from Badger to Hartville, public in Denver. work upon which was commenced some weeks ago. Adjutant General Stitzer and Governor Richards of Wyoming have reThe insurance companies have begun ceived messages from Buffalo, advising their fight on the Denver & Rio Grande them that a detail of mounted militia road to recover losses occasioned by had been sent across the Big Horn the disastrous fire at Colorado Springs mountains by way of Spring Creek and last October. It will be remembered Red Bank to Thermopolis to intercept that the cause of the fire was althe train robbers should they cross the leged to have been due to the explosion g Horn basin. Another detail was of a car of powder on the Denver & sent to the Hole-in-the-Wall country. Rio Grande tracks, and suits have been from there to go across the Big Horn started by the small property owners range by the N H trail. The combinaon Huerfano street to recover damages, tion which has set out to run the banThe suit as filed is an exceedingly voldits to earth is a powerful one. The uminous one. It involves over $20,000 general government has instructed the and others similar in nature may follow it. United States marshal of Wyoming to employ all the men necessary and to Wyoming has been notified by the continue the chase until the outlaws government that equipment to take the are captured. The Wyoming state auplace of that furnished the volunteers thorities have called out the state mifrom that state has been shipped from litia, equipped them in cowboy style, the government supply depots and and sent them to the assistance of the should arrive in a few days. When marshal. The Union Pacific has a large the Wyoming volunteers left for the force of officers and a pack of bloodPhilippines they took with them aihounds in the field. while nearly every most all of the military equipment in

8. July 21, 1899 The Philipsburg Mail Philipsburg, MT
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NEWS FROM THE WESTERN REGION. The little girl lost in Gilpin county is The new 1.500 class engines which still missing. were recently sent to Cheyenne from the East to be 11 ed between Cheyenne Polly Coats of Leadville is charged and Sidney, Nebraska. are not proving with having deliberately murdered her as satisfactory as was expected. It baby. was claimed that the locomotives, Wilmot H. Lake of Central City was which are the largest in use by the drowned in South Boulder Creek on the Union Parific would haul sixty-five 10th. loads from Sidney to Cheyenne, but Scattering rains fell throughout New thus far they have only been able to Mexico on the 16th, being the first haul fifty loads. Trainment are of the 11 several months. opinion now that the new locomotives will not materially affect the working The Union Pacific lost $18,000 by a force of train and enginement on the fire at La Salle, Colorado, which burnUnion Pacific. ed the ore chutes and several cars. A mass meeting of the miners of the A three-year-old girl wandered away northern district was held at Lafayette from her home in Russell gulch. GilWednesday, The following resolution pin county. on the 10th and had not was adopted: "That eight hours shall been found Monday night. constitute a days work. with a corresThe city council of La Junta has orponding reduction in pay. This was dered a new reservoir with a capacity carried almost unanimously. The maof 300,000 gallons to be built as an adjority against a strike was about 10 to dition to the city water plant. 1. The action of the miners was received with satisfaction by the people Sam Roberts of Canon City shot and killed his wife and her mother and of the community. It was resolved to start work at 7 a. m. and quit at 11 then killed himself. He was dissolute and his wife had obtained a divorce. a. m., this to constitute half a day's work. and to start at 7 a. m. and quit A message from Buffalo, Wyoming, at 3:30, with half an hour for dinner, on the 12th states that a courier has this to constitute a full day's work. come in from Powder river with the About 800 men are working in this disreport that the officers have the Union trict. Pacific train robbers surrounded at E. K. mountain and capture is regarded Two prisoners escaped from the penas certain to follow. itentiary at Canon City the other afterTwo lads, named Pring and Lee, in noon. They were William Lewis, No. 4108, and Fred Price. No. 4226 Their a hay rack, were killed by lightning vacation was brief. Warden Hoyt has near Monument Tuesday. The two horses hitched to the wagon were instituted a new ruling since he took charge by which the whole town is knied and the wagon demolished. Two aroused when there is an escape. The other young men standing by the wagsignal, which is a prolanged blast from on talking to them were uninjured. the steam whistle. sounded at 4 oclock Oliver Lee and James Gilliland were and within fifteen minutes 100 men acquitted of the murder of Henry and boys were in pursuit of the refuFountain on the 12th. The jury was gees. At 5 o'clock the convicts were closeted but seven minutes. There was back in the pen. having been captured great applause in court when the verby Chaplain Rhudolph and two boys. diet was read and the prisoners were Will Hannigan and Paul Forney. The warmly congratulated. In their argucaptors had $100 divided between ments the attorneys have been bitter them. this being the amount offered by toward each other at times and toward the warden. The men were only four the witnesses for the other side. blocks from the penitentiary when they were captured, having taken refuge in Unless the convicts at the penitenan old adobe house. The men were Hary are soon put to work and made working on the limestone quarries and partly self-supporting there will be a quietly walked away while the guard shortage at the end of the term of was not looking in their direction. from $60,000 to $70,000, according to C. P. Hoyt, the warden. He says it is A dispatch from Crested Butte on the not only proper but absolutely neces13th said: For the past eighteen hours sary that the men be placed at work, Crested Butte has been inundated with as if they are allowed to remain in idlea flow of water. The excessively warm ness the institution will find itself head weather of the past several days has over heels in debt. caused the snow in the high basins to At an adjourned meeting of the town melt very rapidly with the result that trustees of Evans license was granted all the streams in this vicinage have been swelled to a high degree. Coal it $1,000 per year to saloons. Three Creek. which runs through the town applicants for licenses were handed in and granted. The town voted temperin a diagonal course, has been swollen to an abnormal degree and has gone off ince by a large majority last April, out by the resignation of two of the a rampage through the principal temperance trustees the change came streets, filling them with debris, washbout. A petition was circulated asking away culverts and sidewalk foundations and flooding a number of ng the board not to grant a license. and was signed by a majority of the houses. The streets are practically voters, but was unheeded. impassable and the depot unapproachable. A force of men has been workThe Indians of San Felipe and Santo ing for the last week in an effort to Domingo and the Pueblos of Bernastem the tide of the water, but their illo county have won the cases they efforts were unavailing to any great appealed to the United States Court of extent. Every team in town and a Private Land Claims. These grants large force of men are now at work. were confirmed by the court, but with but the water will be higher tonight areas much less than claimed by the than ever. Indians In case No. 134 the grant enamed embraced 40,000 acros. In The Miners' Bank of Creede closed case No. 184. the claim was for 25,000 its doors at 2:53 o'clock Wednesday heres, and in case No. 185 the San FeLater it was announced that the banks ipe Pueblos claimed over 25.000 acres. at Monte Vista and Hooper. operated under the same management, had also A promising gold discovery is reportclosed. Whether the failures are due d at Buford. a station on the line of to the threatened business conditions he Union Pacific railroad about 25 caused by the smelter strike is not niles west of Cheyenne. The discovknown. but that is commonly acry was made May 1 by the O'Reilly cepted as the cause. The three banks brothers of Buford. who have since are under the management of D. J. that time been sinking a prospecting Maben, who is president of each conhaft on the ore body. They are now cern. He is absent in Denver, and for lown 35 feet. where they have eut a this reason it is announced no figures vein from which the ore assays over can now be made public as to the as200 per ton in gold. A number of sets and liabilities of the several inresidents of Cheyenne have staked out stitutions. Great excitement prevailed claims adjoining the O'Reilly property in Creede. as the Miners' was the only Manager Voorhees of the Hartville bank in that place. and many merron mines has received instructions chants and mining companies had defrom the Colorado Fuel and Iron Composits there. The cashier would give any to close down the mines at Hartno information other than to state that ille, Wyoming, at once. This throws the doors were closed on orders from between 100 and 150 miners and ore President Maben from Denver. Presinaulers out of employment and dedent D. J. Maben was at the Albany stroys a number of good business en yesterday and left on last eventug's erprises in the Badger-Hartville secearly train for Creede, in response, he ion. It is believed that the order to said, to a telegram. Later the news lose down will also delay the building of the three banks' closing was made of the spur from Badger to Hartville, public in Denver. work upon which was commenced some weeks ago. Adjutant General Stitzer and Governor Richards of Wyoming have reThe insurance companies have begun ceived messages from Buffalo, advising their fight on the Denver & Rio Grande them that a detail of mounted militia oad to recover losses occasioned by had been sent across the Big Horn he disastrous fire at Colorado Springs mountains by way of Spring Creek and ast October. It will be remembered Red Bank to Thermopolis to intercept that the cause of the fire was althe train robbers should they cross the eged to have been due to the explosion g Horn basin. Another detail was f a car of powder on the Denver & sent to the Hola-in-the-Wall country. Rio Grande tracks. and suits have been from there to go across the Big Horn started by the small property owners range by the N H trail. The combinan Huerfano street to recover damages, tion which has set out to run the banThe suit as filed is an exceedingly voldits to earth is a powerful one. The uminous one. It involves over $20,000 general government has instructed the nd others similar in nature may folUnited States marshal of Wyoming ow it. to employ all the men necessary and to Wyoming has been notified by the continue the chase until the outlaws government that equipment to take the are captured. The Wyoming state allplace of that furnished the volunteers thorities have called out the state mirom that state has been shipped from litia, equipped them in cowboy style. he government supply depots and and sent them to the assistance of the should arrive in a few days. When marshal. The Union Pacific has a large the Wyoming volunteers left for the force of officers and a pack of bloodPhilippines they took with them aihounds in the field. while nearly every most all of the military equipment in sheriff of eastern and northern Wyohe state. When the state militia was ming is serving with some one of the reorganized and recruited. there was