The Colorado statesman., 1911-03-04
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STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN


Premature explosion of dynamite
blast on the bank of the Columbia
rived at the Dalles, Ore, killed four
workmen.
Lieutenant S. B. West, U. S. A., OF
Port Davis, Alaska was frozen to
death while stalking trail five miles
from Tishou.
Muskogee, Okla.-Con Comisky of
Chicago knocked out Jack Burns OF
Cripple Creek in the third round be-
fore the Empire Athletic Club.
The first considerable furry of
snow in San Francisco in fifteen years
gave the youngsters of the city a
chance to play for a few minutes at
snowballing. The heights around San
Francisco remained white for half an
hour.
With worlds records broken for rap
id and low cost of construction, the bor-
ing of the great five-mile Elizabeth
tunnel, the most important feature OF
the new S26,000,000 municipal water
project of Los Angeles has been com
pleted.
Information has been received in FL
Paso of the wreck of FL Paso & South
western-Rock Island Chicago express,
near Pasturea, N. NJ. The engine and
four cars left the track and were over
turned. A number of passengers were
injured.
Blowing out one side of the build
ing and wrecking the safe, robbers
from.
the First State bank OF Barry, Texas
The robbers escaped with stolen rig
which was found abandoned at Cor
sicana.
A battle lasting three hours was
fought at Reno, New, between posse
of state police and band of Indians
suspected of the murder of four
wealthy ranchmen in January. Four
Indian bucks, two squaws and two chill
dren were killed and one squaw and
three children captured.
Four more bodies in addition to the
eleven removed, making fifteen in all,
were taken from the Belmont mine at
Tonopah, New, through the new shaft
The remains of the last four are
frightfully mutilated and it is believed
they came from the bottom of the
shaft, which is 1,196 feet deep.
AS the result of a revolver battle
In Seattle between two policemen ano
two holdups, Patrolman j. t. Davis
was killed, John Ford, young high
wayman, was probably fatally wound
ed, and Alexander Nest, another high
wayman, was wounded and captured
Two masked and heavily armed rob
bers held up the express car on an
Iron Mountain train within the city
limits of st. Louis, escaping with sew
eral packages and the money box,
which they removed from the safe
after binding, and gagging the mes
senger.
What appears to be the last hope
of Abraham Ruef, political boss OF
San Francisco during the regime OF
Mayor Eugene e. Schmitz, of escap'
ing his sentence of fourteen years in
San Quentin, was dissipated when the
State Supreme Court vacated its re-
cent order granting Ruef a rehearlng.
Ruef was convicted on one of the
SeNenty-Ouu Indictments Chdl 5ih5 biiD
cry of supervisors returned during the
bribery graft investigation in 1907.
Suicide by poison as a method of Of
ficial execution is provided in bill
submitted to the Nevada State Legis-
lature by the code commission. The
suicide clause, which is a part of the
proposed criminal practice act drawn
up by the commission, provides that
criminal condemned to death may
take his choice between hanging and
suicide. If he elects the latter meth
cd, the state VIII furnish him bottle
of hydrocyanic acid, one drop of which
will produce instant death, and permit
him to take the poison. If he fails to
do so, hanging will be resorted to.