The daily tribune., 1909-01-14
state Neu,s

in the Off1ce OF the state guper1ncen.
dent Of public instruction
The jury in the case of Frank Ca
tania, the Italian. who has been on
trial for the week at Trinidad for the
killing of Deputy Sheriff "Tonv"
Shelby. returned verdict tonight
fin ding him guilty Of murder In the
first degree and recommending that he
be given life imprisonment. Catania
took his fate stoically not exhibiting.
the least concern. His lawyers will
file q motion for q new trial.
The defining Of daily newspaper
is the object of bill introduced by
Senator De Long Of Grand Junction.
For years the county and state au-
thorities have been undecided as to
whether q paper which only issues six
days in week can be legally called q
daily" newspaper. Senator De
Longs bill provides that any paper
that publishes an edition six oonsecu-
ative days In each week with the e1-
ception of legal holidays shall be
classed as daily newspaper.
Former Governor Peabody yesterday
received . telegram from David H.
Mofiat and William g. Evans now In
New York announcing that the con-
tract for building the Moffat road
machine shops at Hayden, Colo. max
ing it the division point In the Routt
county coAlaslds, WAS signed today.
Hayden is twenty three miles west Of
Steamboat Springs. to which point
the road is now completed and the
lettering of the contract is believed to
mean that financial arrangements for
the completion of the road to the
Utah state line at least have been
made.
One Of the first unpleasant duties
Of Gov. Shafroth will be to investi.
gate the financial Affairs Of the In.
dustrial workshop for tho blind, and
in order to get the matter over with
quickly. he has ordered the board Of
control, together with the minor Off.
oials. to bring their books and appear
before him tomorrow At 2 O'Clock for
general overhAuling of the books.
The industrial Workshop for the blind
has the sympathy and GOOD will Of
the entire state. 1t was founded two.
years ago for the purpose Of teaching
the adult blind of tho state trades
with which they could make a liveli.
hood. However, since 1t has been
founded there have been rumors to
the effect that the appropriation was
not being judiciously expended.
Mrs. Richard LauterbAoh, wife of
miner. was literally blown to atoms
At her cabin at Mitchell, fifteen miles
from this place today, wben she Ac.
cidsntally brushed can of caps from
q shelf, which fell onto some dyna.
mite sticks. The force OF the ex.
plosion wrecked the building and set
1t on fire. Miss Esther Sohuster who
WAS stopping At the place, was blown
FROM the building. while Richard
LauterbAch. the woman's husband,
WAS buried In the ruins. The man
WAS pinioned under the rafters and
could not move. and the flames had
scored him badly when rescuers freed
him. The young girl WAS found In
the snow almost frozen to death fully
u hundred feet from the cabin.
Lauter bach kept dynamite always in
his cabin. His wife knew this but
It 10 supposed that she neglected to be
careful whom the can Of GAPS was
brushed from the shelf to which sho
had gone scores Of times previously.
But for . piece Of cloth and . rom.
nant Of d eah. tho woman's body WAS
entirely destroyed, there not being
enough collected Of the remains 10