Two Executive Pardons Granted Christmas Day
Christmas at the state penitentiary featured an open air concert, extended meals, and social games as two inmates received executive clemency. Mandrich, 28, Austrian, life sentence for murder at Leadville, and Clara Humphrey, 40s, indeterminate term for murder, were paroled by Governor Buchtel amid praise for good conduct and prison improvements.
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Tate
Clegthora
Une
Ean. Belibtalee
Vandeville
Sullivan Considine Company
Majestic
Denver
Wylie
Andrich
Clara Humphrey
Abe Ruef the Graf ter gets fourteen years in prison
In San Francisco judge William P. Lawler sentenced Abraham Ruef to fourteen years for bribery of a supervisor. Ruef led city politics under Eugene E. Schmitz as advisor, with the verdict following a four month trial. Ruef filed a notice of appeal as he was led to the county jail. The case also featured the shooting of Assistant District Attorney Heney by Morris Haas, who later died in custody.
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Francisco
Abraham Ruel
San Francisco
Eugene E. Schmitz
William P. Lawler
Ruef
John L. Furey
Tee Corporations
Francis J. Heney
Morris Haas
Haas
Tiny stoves to shield crops from Jack Frost
Grand Junction reports orders for over 150000 miniature stoves to protect orchards near town next spring. O B Whipple of the Fort Collins Agricultural College says the devices will warm 1500 acres of apples and peaches and save growers up to 500000 dollars. The stoves resemble a gallon pail.
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Grand Junction
Jack Frost
O. B. Whipple
State Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Calamity in Southern Italy Counts 125000 Dead
A December 30 report describes Calabria and Sicily devastated by an earthquake. It cites roughly 125000 dead from towns like Palmi Cassano Cosenza and Messina with vast destruction across villages and fears of pestilence. The pope the Italian king and international relief efforts are noted.
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Italy
Messina
Palmi
Cassano
Cosenza
Bagnana
Monteleon
Riposa
Seminara
San
Scilla
Lazzaro
Canitello
Naples
Vittorio Emmanuel
Great Britain
Russia
Dip
Calabria
Sicily
Washington
American National Red Cross
Italian Red Cross Society
Amerian Society
River pollution case: Twin Lakes plaintiffs win demurrer ruling
Judge Bailey overruled the demurrer in the Twin Lakes Placera mining pollution suit against Granite Colorado, allowing the defense twenty days to answer. Plaintiffs may proceed to trial. dispute centers on priority and impact on a drinking water supply for about 100,000 people. Case moved from Chaffee to Fremont county, with possible February trial.
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Waldo
The
Daily Record
Bailey
District Court
Twin Lakes Plac
Era Company
Arkansas River
Granite
Colorado
Thomas
Denver
Messie Waldo
Dawson
Chaffee County
Fremont County
How Walter Wellman regards Roosevelt
Walter Wellman praises Theodore Roosevelt as a multifaceted leader and reformer. The account extols his roles as president, reformer, mentor, writer, and peacemaker, portraying him as the most virile and versatile of all presidents. A brief item notes a conductor in Cason City returning home after Christmas with relatives.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Hunter
New County Officers and Their Assistants
Dr. T. B. Moore will take office as Fremont County treasurer next Saturday noon, succeeding C. J. Fredrickson. Other county officers begin duties Tuesday January 12. Deputy appointments include L. D. Dawson as deputy treasurer and Blake Rogers as deputy, with Dawson remaining city clerk to avoid bond and bond issues. Prof. Henry E. Smith becomes county clerk and recorder, with deputies Horace J. Craig and Bert McCandless. James T. Locke to serve as district attorney, with Orion W. Locke as deputy. Dr. Moore must file a $200,000 bond with $190,000 for the treasurer and $10,000 for public trustee.
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T. B. Moore
C. J. Fredrickson
Fremont County
Dr. Moore
L. D. Dawson
Blake Rogers
Florence
Geo. R. Cassedy
Charles Swanson
Dewson
Jonathan Seaman
Dawson
Henry E. Smith
Geo. P. Nix
Smith
South Canon Publice
Horace J. Craig
East Canon
Bert McCandless
Ed Minor
Clark Cooper
Albert Phillip
Board of County Commissioners
William R. Allred
Allments
Bailey
Supreme Bench
Shafroth
Denver
A. H. White
James T. Locke
Locke
Fremont
Chaffee
Custer
Park Counties
Orion W. Locke
Hastings Fire Doused as Mine Eyes Extinguished
Hastings mine blaze, burning for a week, is located by Frank McDermott and a fire crew. Two water streams continue as officials predict full extinction by morning and a return to operation within 24 hours. State Mine Inspector Jones to examine the site before workers return.
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Hastings
Trinidad
Frank McDermott
Victor Fuel Company
Jones
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