Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-24

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Should Governor Buchtel pardo
, Banker Godding he will immediatel
be arrested on warrant the shertj
carries In his pocket based on ON
of the sixteen indictments remainin
against him.
Z. E. Rittenhouse. insurance CON
missioner of Colorado the past fou
years. was elected president of tn
Provident Savings Life Assurance SC
ciety Of New York yesterday. A meri,
ed promotion.
John Irwin met with deplorabl,
death at the Pueblo steel works III,
other day, ono Of the walls of a bias
furnace breaking and the red hot II
quid poured over the poor man. II,
died almost instantly.
Grandma" Petrie. said to be the old
est resident OF Mesa county. and on,
of the Oldest women in the state. diet
at Grand Junction Saturday at the age
of 81. A week ago she fell and sus
tained broken hip.
Mark G. Woodruff is reported to be
residing in Honolulu. He is said to
have people In Colorado who are sup
plying him with funds and posted OF
what is going on. Mark was a SHADY
proposition" and such men should be
prosecuted.
Seven Of the fifteen new locomotives
for the Denver & Rio Grande have ar
rived at the Burnham shops and will
soon be In commission. They are OF
the latest type and powerful. Too
bad the fourth division VIII not come
in for increased motive power.
Expert Cramm has made his Anal
report TO the railroad commission on
the physical condition of the Colorado
roads. The report shows the need
and recommends the passage of an an
tipass law. There is no doubt such
a measure is badly needed in the state
as the pass system is badly abused
While her husband was In town
buying supplies, and her Ave little
children were playing in the yard
Mrs. May Culinane, wife of Daniel Gu
linane. superintendent OF the county
poor farm, located one and half
miles south of Las Animas, committed
suicide Saturday afternoon, blowing
out her brains with revolver.
Oscar Ahlstrom, grand treasurer OF
the Foresters of America, residing in
Denver. drew $1,000 from the lodge
treasury for his own use which he
used In perfecting an invention that
would bring him In big returns later
on. but the theft was discovered be
fore he could make good and he was
arrested. Might better have taken IN
some friends and divided the profit.
Sol Swain. proprietor of the Turf
saloon at Cripple Creek, pleaded guilty
to conducting a gambling establish
ment in the district court and was
fined $3.50 and costs. 1t was from this
establishment that the deputy district
attorney. C. A. Gillette. was forcibly
elected and week later Swain's part
ner. George Goode, shot and killed
police officer. Albert Smith. Their
license was then revoked
The president of one of the Fort
Collins banks offered business man
$40 to stand In front of the bank and
ring the Salvation Army bell. and the
banker started the pot to boiling by
dropping in n FIVE dollar bill. The
business man kept at his post four
hours with the result that 800 was re-
allied, the $40 received in payment by
the business man being added to the
collection. Anything to help along the
cause of the poor.
Governor Buchtel has granted a com
tot Of of Artb hi
Combs who was given term of from
FIVE to seven years last year from
Boulder county for rape. His sentence
was commuted from one to three years
which lets him out Immediately. The
governor, together with the prosecut-
ing officials, learned that there were
circumstances In connection with the
case which proved that he should
never have been convicted In addi-
tion to the extenuating circumstances
the young man is Ill with consumption
and the prison physician reports he
can not live.
For essaying the role of private
detective at which he was caught,
Rev. Arthur e. Evans Of the Steamboat
Springs Congregational church was
forced to dance out full waltz In Sam
Peterson's saloon week ago Sunday
with a drunken cowboy to the music
Of phonograph. How Rev. Mr.. Evans
ever got through with the dance he
admits he does not know and he does
not want to think about It. but It left
a bad taste in his mouth and he has
laid the case before District Attorney
James p. Gentry. who is conducting
cattle stealing case at Aspen. Steam
boat Springs saloons are generally
kept closed on Sunday. but the back
doors were thrown open last Sunday
so that everyone might celebrate the
arrival OF the Moffat road
TElEGRAPHIc BREviTiEs.