Colorado Senate opens with 44 bills in first day
The Colorado Senate on January 14 introduced forty four bills referred to committees across topics from eight hour workday in mines to two county judges in Arapahoe. Measures include tax, land title reforms, jail reform, and road and wagon road projects. A later session on January 15 added many resolutions and bills addressing state schools reservoirs and anti trust laws.
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Colorado State Horticultural Society
Chamber of Commerce
Denver
State Land Board
A. B. Gray
Routt County
Gray
Peabody Grants Clemency to 18 Year Old Boy
Governor James H. Peabody issues a full pardon for Will Dobbins, an 18 year old released from a sixty day sentence in Arapahoe county jail for petit larceny. Senate Hill moves to probe two year contingent fund use after a $251,500 appropriation.
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James H. Peabody
Will Dobbins
Arapahoe County
Senate
Hill
Colorado Senate bills introduced January 16 1903
Bills listed include Ls. B. 78 Adams Arapahoe to amend civil procedure for injunctions with served notice except in cases of immediate damage. Ss. B. 79 Ballinger to make life insurers cover action costs. S. B. 80 Ballinger to bring bond and surety firms under state insurance laws with a $50 000 deposit. S. B. 81 Griffith for State Home for Dependent Children funding. S. B. 82 Jefferson bonuses for wolves mountain lions and coyotes 3 2 and 1 dollars. Ls. B. 83 Ward constitutional amendment for initiative referendum. Governor appoints office force including John M. Maxwell secretary and Albert E. Harris Alfred C. Montgomery stenographers. Board of Charities to recommend asylum and home for feeble minded children. Insane population outside institutions cited with costs. Plans to equalize salaries and mileage across boards under Charities and Corrections. House resolution dated January 12 1903 schedules contested election vote for January 17 1903 with strict time constraints.
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Senate
Moore
McGuire
Arapahoe
Labor
Taylor
Minnesota
Judiciary
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Grand Junction
Campbell
Bailey
Ballinger
Griffith
Hallett
Jefferson
Grand County
Jefferson—Bridge
Routt County
Summit County
Roberts
Silver Plume
Seldomridge
West
School of Mines
Arapahoe County
Thirteenth Judicial District
Hume
Committee On Judiciary
Clauce Cooper
H.S. Torrance
State Board of Health
Hill
Ward
Committee On Privileges and Elections
S. GC
Barela
Orman
Peabody
J. F. Adams
Highway Commission
Fairplay
Clayton
Clayton—State Normal School
DeLong
Drake
Platte
Logan County
Bijou Creek
Kennedy
Ouray
San Juan County
Empire
S. B
Eighth Judicial District
State University
Arapahoe Pass
Adams
Banking
Board of Charities and Correction
Pueblo
Board of Charities and Corrections
Midland
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Carter Museum
Denver
Colorado Kennel Club
J. A. Edson
Denver & Rio Grande
Washington
Long’s Peak
H. P. Brownwell
Frank Cook
Canon City
Mexico
World's Fair Board
St. Louis Exposition
Durango
W. S. Hopewell
Wright
International Typographical Union of
United States
Canada
Indianapolis
L. BE. Scott
Denver News
J. M. Herbert
Colorado & Southern
Car Service
R. I. Watkins
Wide Range of Notable 1901 Findings Across Gloom and Growth
The telegram batch reports American claims against China totaling 230 and 3.308 million dollars with 1.514 million allowed. London hosts a thousand unemployed marchers while the Pope appoints Mgr Dennis O Connell. Copenhagen opens a famed new city hall. Geological and industrial notes include a 180 million ton iron ore find in the Great Lakes region and nickel steel rails adoption by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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China
London
Mgr
Dennis O'Connell
Catholic University At
Washington
Cleveland
Ohio
West Virginia
National Association of Retail Grocers
Kansas City
George J. Gould
New York
Brussels
Morgan Trust
Europe
South America
F. D. Coburn
Kansas
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Emperor William
Grunewald Forest
Berlin
Theobald Chartran
America
Roosevelt
Paris
Pennsylvania Railroad
Copenhagen
Thomas H. Tongue
Oregon
Tongue
Andrew Carnegie
London Iron and Steel Institute
Frisco
Enid
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Indian Territory
Fort Smith
Arkansas
United States Telephone Company
New Jersey
Everett-Moode
Bell
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Omaha National Bank
Bartley
Roaldes
New Orleans
Legion of Honor
Eliot
Harvard University
James H. Hyde
Harvard
D. K. Pearson
Chicago
Pomona College
Claremont
California
Pearson
Charles
DeForest
Shelton
Connecticut
State Department of Pennsylvania
Eastern Sureties Company
Pennsylvania
Death of Abram S Hewitt Eminent New York Statesman
Abram S Hewitt former mayor of New York and longtime congressman died at 6 a m aged 80 near. his wife three sons and three daughters present. Born 1822 at Haverstraw he built a iron and hardware business with Edward Cooper and supported labor unions. He served in Congress from 1874 to 1886 and led the Democratic national committee in 1876.
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New York
Abram S. Hewitt
Congress
Hewitt
BE. L. Keyes
EB. L. Keyes, Jr
Abram Stevens Hewitt
Haverstraw
Columbia University
New York City
Edward Cooper
Peter Cooper
New Jersey
Democratic National Committee
Tilden
Henry George
Abram S. Hewit
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Mariable
Cornerstone Laying for University Library and Church in Boulder
A News special from Boulder reports the Masons and Colorado leaders presiding over landmark ceremonies for a new State University library and a John Episcopal church. Governor Peabody praised educational progress as the two structures, to cost up to 160000 dollars, begin on campus with red Boulder stone and gray Pueblo brick details.
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Denver
Boulder
Grand Lodge of Masons
Colorado
State University
New John's Episcopal Church
Peabody
Knights Templar
Bishop Olmstead
Cannon Sibbald
C. H. Marshall
F. S. Kramer
M. Woods
O'Malley
Crow
Fort Collin
Tummon
Greeley
McLaughlin
Longmont
Grand Lodge of Masons of Colorado
Board of Regents
Nate
House of the Fourteenth General Assembly
Baker
Olmstead
Lyons
Pueblo
George W. Roe
Coyote Round-Up Near Evans Nets Twenty-Six Scalps
A Denver report describes a large coyote hunt east of Evans with 400 hunters on horses and in carriages. Thirty-five coyotes were chased, twenty-six were captured and skinned, under a plan by Charles Huffsmith of the Evans Courier. another hunt is set for January 31.
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Denver
Greeley
Republican
Evans
Rogeen
Platteville
Peckham
la Salle
Big Bend
Kersey
Dr. Luper
Charles Huffsmith
Evans Courier
Wireless Private Messages Across Atlantic and Canada
Cuthbert Hall reports from London that wireless telegraphic messages of a private character are now passing regularly between England and Canada. The claim cites a Tribune London correspondent as the source of the information.
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New York
Cuthbert Hall
London
the Tribune
England
Canada
German Warship Panthers Retreat After Fort San Carlos Shelling
Maracaibo Venezuela January 18 The German cruiser Panther shelled Fort San Carlos at the lake entrance for an hour and then withdrew toward Curacao. The fort reported no damage and three wounded after a brief exchange of fire with four guns.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
Panther
Fort San Carlos
Lake Maracaibo
Curacao
Associated Press
Bello
Wealthy Guthrie man claims to be Lincoln assassin
In Guthrie Oklahoma Territory D E a rich elder man declared before death that he was John Wilkes Booth the Lincoln killer. He attempted suicide in El Reno and then killed himself in a hotel in Enid using poison. He said he evaded officers since the assassination and hid from the world. He owned land in Indian Territory and Dallas Texas. Telegrams request holding the body for identification.
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Guthrie
O. T
D. E
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
George
el Reno
Enid
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Dallas
Texas
Royal Saxons Separate
Legal representatives of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Saxony arrange terms of separation. The princess renounces titles and rights from marriage and resumes her maiden name. The Crown Prince will pay her 7 500 dollars yearly. No provision on visitation rights for their children.
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Berlin
Saxony
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Colorado General Assembly and Doings
Secretary of State
John M. Maxwell
Albert E. Harris
Alfred C. Montgomery
A. C. Montgomery
Thomas and Orman
House
House of Representatives
Fourteenth General Assembly
Baca
Prowers
Las Animas
Committee On Elections and Appointments
Colorado Briefs
Fountain Valley
Fountain Creek
Frank W. Egan
Charles H. Dyer
Antlers Hotel Company
William J. Palmer
William A. Bell
Thomas J. Fisher W. W. Postlethwaite
Clark Mellen
Rocky Mountain Alumni Association
University of Michigan
Adams Hotel
C. 5. Thomas
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway
State Conference of Charities
Montrose
Squaw Hill
Cimarron
Philadelphia
Henry W. Phipps
Rattlesnake Creek
Beaver Head
Montana
St. Paul
Clifford Sifton
Interior
James J. Hill
Northern Securities Company
Minneapolis
NEW York Statesman
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