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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
1
About 500 Greeley residents and at least 100 Windsor travelers planned a waterworks excursion to the head of the waterworks next Thursday. The train will stay at the settling basin until 7 p.m. Supper will be served on board. Fare is 1.00 for the round trip.
Anna S. Cammack daughter of John Cammack, a Washington mill owner, declines to contest her father’s will though she stands to inherit up to 1 000 000 as heir in law and 50 000 as heir in fact. She will continue as a government clerk earning 660 dollars yearly in the Money Order Division of the post office. The will named her stepmother and stepbrother as residues of the estate, estimated between 2 000 600 and 3 000 000.
Daniel W. Delaney, son of a former police chief, is to be arrested this afternoon on a warrant sworn out in the district attorney's office. Angela Montenello, 20, is the complaining witness, charging assault and battery and more serious counts in the complaint.
The Schaffer No. 8 Ditch Frank M. Schaffer of Hudson Colorado has filed a map and statements for a new irrigation project named Schaffer No. 3 Ditch. The undertaking is estimated to cost $1000 and will irrigate 2240 acres of land.
Lincoln Nebraska July 15 the national Democratic committee adopted a resolution from William J Bryan and John W Kern to enforce the Denver platform. The pledge bars campaign gifts from corporations and sets a $16000 cap on individual contributions. Reports will be published to reveal donors before election day. Smaller gifts under 100 are withheld from publication to avoid exposing employees or others tied to corporate influence.
Denver reports a dramatic rail accident where 9 year old Ines Kelster saved her 12 year old playmate Jennie Johnson from a Santa Fe train. Jennie died at the scene while Ines survived with a broken leg a back sprain and a forehead gash. Two families near the tracks are left in sorrow. The accident occurred yesterday near the Seacante city line.
Chicago reports William McCarty a 40 year old convict returning to Indiana State Penitentiary at Michigan City to serve out 14 years. He traveled across the state line without officers, bought his own railroad ticket from North Yakima Washington, and funded his journey from earnings. McCarty had a Salvation Army conversion and notified Governor Hanly of his plan to surrender. The governor urged him to proceed, warning of a 14 year sentence but accepting the pledge.
Grand Junction Colorado July 1 The jury found Steve Adams not guilty of murdering Arthur Collins superintendent of the Smugeler Union mine at Telluride. The jury deliberated two hours and returned the verdict on the first ballot.
W L Lamb of Clinton Iowa and a party of eight or ten in two Studebaker touring cars failed to reach Denver after leaving Clinton last Saturday. Denver and Greeley friends fear they are lost with no word heard since. Lamb, a millionaire owner of the S S L ranch, planned to visit the ranch on a western trip.
The estate of the late Charles Durkee files a $36 million suit in the U S circuit court in San Francisco against the Union Pacific Central Pacific Southern Pacific and related entities and trusts. It seeks an accounting and a receiver for the defendants holdings alleging construction era bond dealings and misappropriation involving $36 million in bonds and interest. Durkee served as Utah Territory’s 1865 governor.
Calvin Madison, 23, a resident near Delta, was swept into a whirlpool while wading the Gunnison River eight miles below Delta. He disappeared Tuesday afternoon and the body has not yet been recovered. He had lived in the area five years and was a member in good standing of the Knights of Pythias. His employers, Mr and Mrs Collins, ranchers, were nearby during the accident.
Gas explosion in No 1 shaft of the Williamstown colliery owned by Susquehanna Coal Company kills 12 miners. Six bodies recovered, six more believed dead. Eight severely burned workers rescued, seven of whom are in critical condition.
Special to the Daily Triune reports that Alia, condemned for the slaying of Father Leo Henreichs, is to be executed by gallows today. The prison is preparing, guards are quiet, and inmates remain unaware of the preexecution activity. Alia has renounced the Catholic clergy in his final act, though his curse persists.
Miss Pearl E B Fosgate of San Jose California and Clyde M Middleton were wed today at the bride home in San Jose. After the first of August they will return to Sterling where the groom is employed in the Sterling factory.
Cheyenne Wyoming July 15 The Reverend W N Dunham Cheyenne s famed marrying minister died yesterday at age 85 He once drew wide notice for marrying divorcees from Colorado when other Cheyenne preachers refused to officiate for them His death marks the end of a long controversial ministry in Cheyenne.
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