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The daily sentinel., 1903-06-08

day.
The showers ON the mesas have
brought forth an abundance of wild
flowers this spring.
The Denver News Times voting
contest for the most popular married
couple in Colorado closes ON Monday.
June 10Th.
Mrs. W. H Moreland of Denver
will be in Grand Junction on Monday,
June 22nd. and will organize Sun
shine League here.
Just about the hour for the memoir
ial exercises of the Woodmen yester-
day afternoon a heavy shower came
up from off Pinon mesa.
Fred Frohn. brother of Herman
Frohn, formerly a druggist of this
city, has come here from Salida to
reside. Herman is now clerking in
Denver.
Thornbud, the thoroughbred stall
lion owned by H. G.. Bedwell, was
taken sick this morning and for a
time it was thought that he was
going to die.
The missionary Union holds its
quarterly session at the Baptist
Church Tuesday at 3 p. III. A large
attendance is requested as it is cleo
tion of officers.
The PUEBLO Chieftain is installing
a new press and several type-setting
machines. The Chieftain is forging
forward as one of Colorado's great
daily newspapers.
Marcus Lozier, noted bank swind-
Ter has been captured at Salida. He
passed as A. B. Hamilton. but the
Pinkertons know him as profession
al torger and an ex-convict.
Leadville. Aspen. Saiida, Ouray.
Delta and Grand Junction will all
celebrate Independence Day. AT
Salida Senator William Mason. of Ill
inois, will be the orator of the day.
The band concert Saturday evening
was heartily enjoyed by an immense
crowd of people The boys are play
ing well and should be encouraged
substantially for giving their concerts
The scheduled game of ball be-
tween the Fruita nine and our team
was not pulled off ON account of wet
grounds. Providence surely seems to
be keeping Fruita from retting an
other inevitable beating from our
boys.
A. Seegmiller and Robert A Orr
drove to the sawmill of the Mesa
Lumber company on Pinion mesa yes
terday. They found everything in
first class condition. The hands are
busy at work these days getting out
timber for the company.
Hon. w. G. Harding, the gentle
man nominated for lieutenant COVER
nor of Ohio by the republican state
convention, is newspaper man and
an old-time personal friend of r. NJ.
Horn of The Sentinel. Mr.. Harding
is the editor of the Marion Daily
Star.
r. p. Davie the president and gen
eral manager of the recognized beet
sugar company at Grand Junction, is
hustling real estate man of Colorado
Springs, who got rich ON his merits
If any ybody can make the sugar factory
success he can-and we will bet he
can. -DeBeque Bugle.
Judge Joseph P. Sweeney. the very
accommodating matrimonial manipu-
lator, united in marriage on Thurs
day, June 4th. 1908. Walter W. Tucker
and Laura Ainsworth. both of this
city. The Judge was sworn to secrecy
ON this occasion. hence a good item
delayed for few days
The first copy of the Palisade
Tribune reached this office yesterday.
1t is neat seven column folio and
shows up well with advertisements
and news. @. II. Martin. hustling
newspaper man with lots of assurance,
is the editor and he promises Palisade
clean weekly-if he gets the support
the town should give him. Success
to the Tribune.
Il Il
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DENVER UNIVERSITY
FREE FROM DEBT

Denver. Aug. sa.-The University of
Denver is now free from debt. In
1900 Henry A. Buchtel accepted the
chancellorship Of the University of
Denver, which at that time was incum-
bered with debt of $175.600.
During the three and q half years
Intervening the college has been main
tanned, the 100000 annual interest has
been paid. and yesterday afternoon
the announcement was given out that
the remainder of the entire college
debt had been raised.
This makes a total of cash collected
for debt and maintenance since Chan
cellor Buchtei came of $243.6O0.
Within the last two weeks $5s ,z62
has been raised in cash, and to-d4y
the present debt Of the college will be
liquidated.
This is record which has never
been made before In Colorado and sell
dom elsewhere, but 1t has been done
only by three years of constant hard
work.
In 1900 the membership was $50.
while to-day 1871 students are en-
rolled, .511 at University Park and 800
in the medical, law. dental and musical
departments at the corner OF Four
teenth and Arapahoe
Being now free from debt, the uni
versity expects to spend Its income on
several enlargement plans which are
under consideration.
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COLORADO CONFERENCE ELECTS
DELEGATES TO LOS ANGELES

was elected first delegate. receiving
seventy votes. and b. i. Odds OF Pu-
eblo. second. with fifty-four votes. A
third ballot was taken to elect the 9TH
er delegate. but none Of the candidates
came up to the required number of
votes, 80 the names OF the two with the
greatest number Of votes were balloted
upon, with the result that H. g. Shuck
of Central City was chosen delegate
Mrs. r. II. Beggs of Denver. A. R.
King of Delta and Ira De Long OF
Boulder were named rs hrst, second
and third alternates.
. Rev. 8. b. Warner. H. G. Grace and
J. n. Merritt were made committee to
audit the presiding elders accounts.
Rev. L. I. Hart and G. F. Setter were
admitted into full membership in the
conference.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society held their twenty second ami
versary yesterday afternoon. Mrs. H.
w. Moore presided and Mrs. Mary VIII
son read the secretsry's report. Mrs.
Trimble was to have made the pyinci-
pal address but she was inavoidably
detained in Kansas, SO her place was
taken by Mrs Shelby. whose theme was
the work being done by the Methodist
missions In Mexico.
In the evening the anniversary OF the
Freedman's Aid Society was comment
GRATED. and DR.. Mason gave = very In
teresting address.
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Denver, Aug. zs.-Gladsome tidinsa
that the balance Of the university debt
has been collected and that the mort
gage Of s5s.262 will be cancelled to-
day, were the features, Of yesterday
mornings session OF the Colorado
Methodist Episcopal conference. The
gladsome tidinss were conveyed by
Chancellor H. A. Buchtel. who. when
called upon for speech electrified the
audience by announcing that he met q
man . few minutes before who. upon
hearing what the sum was yet needed
wrote out check for $3.50 and gave II
to the chancellor. thus completing the
sum necessary to lift the mortgage
from the university.
The balloting for the ministerial del
egates took place In the morning.
Chancellor H, A. Blchtel and Rev. r.
A carnine were elected on the first bal
lot. Two ballots for third place fol-
lowed. but no choice was made, and
the hour Of 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing was fixed for resumipg the vote.
Following DR.. Buchtel were ad-
dresses by H. C. Jennings. senior agent
of the Methodist book concern, and DR.,
C. b. Mason, colored, SECRETARY Of the
Free MAsons' Aid Society
At the afternoon session the lay dele
gates to the Los Angeles conference
were chosen. After some very lively
balloting. Edward ]. Wilcox of Denver
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GENERAL MILES WOULD HAVE
THE CAVALRY FORCE REDUCED

tary authorities and the government.
1--WE have 100000 men accustomed
to the saddle and ride that could be
used to quickly overrun either Canada
or Mexico: hence the disproportion o.
our mounted forces to that Of the
main body Of the army ID unnecessary
and intpdicious.
There Ia. however. . corps or force
required in our army that could be
rendered Of great utility not only to
the military. but to the people OF this
country. This power Is being recog-
nized by European governments. and
have several times recommended its
use by ours. 1t will be utilized In the
next war. and preparation for its use
by our army should no longer be neg
lected. I have reference to the bicy-
Gle, motorcycle. and the automobile.
which have been developed to that ex-
tent that they have become most
valuable means of communication and
transportation. Five regiments Of cav
airy should be discontinued. and i
corps Of i've regiments should be or
ganized. thoroughly trained and con-
stantly employed in the use Of these
modern appliances. 1t should be re
garded A. . nyiug corps or corps Of
observation, to open the way for the
advance of an army, to obtain infor-
nation. to reconnoiter the country and
to repair or build roads and bridges.
Oficers and men Of the cavalry, ar
tillery and infantry and Of the quar-
termaster's and medical departments
and engineer and signal corps. should
serve two or four years with this
corDH"
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AutemobIle Funer.l prose,,lon.

Denver. Aug. 29.-Seven automobiles
and two carriages formed the funeral
procession Of the late Fred Wild from
the undertaking parlors of Coroner
Koran to Riverside cemetery yester-
day afternoon. This is the first fun
eral procession In Denver to be made
up almost exclusively If automobiles.
The idea originated in the minds of
some Of Wild's former friends who
own automobiles. The leader of the
automobilists was William H. Frazier,
chief engineer In the Boston building.
Some Of the others were Clarence
johnson and John Kinnear.
Next the hearse was carriage oc-
cupied by Mrs. Mary McLane. from
whom Wild was divorced about = year
ago, and her mother. This was fol-
lowed by another carriage in which
sat Charles H. Weeks. one of Wild's
Oldest friends. The rest of the pro-
cession was made up entirely Of au-
tomobiles, in which rode old friends
and associates of Wild. most of whom
were engineers and boiler. settlers.
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OUR VICE CONSUL
WAS NOT KILLED

Washington, Aug. 29.-William G.
Magelssen, United States vice consul
at Beirut, Syria. was not assassinated
Sunday evening, as was reported to
the State Department by the United
States minister at Constanttnople. He
was shot at by an unknown person,
but the evidently premeditatod at
tempt on his life was unsuccessful.
The error which set the world agog
started an American fleet fol, Beirut
and drew the United States into the
Turkish crisis. 1t was due to mis-
take In the transmission. of q cipher
Telegram from Consul Ravndal at Bel
rut to Minister Lelshman.
Mr.. Leichman, however. has cabled
the State Department that the general
situation is go dangerous that Ameri-
can warships are needed in Turkish
waters No orders have been sent
from here tonight which will inter
fere with Rear Admiral Cotton's pro-
ceeding, as ordered, with the European
squadron from Italian waters to Bet
nut.
The President desires that the war
ships keep on to back up the demands
which, Notwithstanding the failure OF
the would-be assassin, will be made
ON the porte for the safety OF Ameri-
can representatives, citizens and prop
erty interests.
II Turkey does not promptly comply
with each and every demand of the
Washington government, Rear Admit
raj Cotton win be instructed to seize
one or more ports and hold them I'M
til the American demands are granted.
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a SPEECH WITHOUT woaos.
How the late "een" Butler sIIeneed
an Opponent.

How the Late "een" Butler siIeneed
an Opponent.
Francis E. Leupp says that probably
the shortest speech ever delivered In
Congress was made by Ben" Butler
of Massachusetts An Ohio member
had fallen afoul Of him one day and
poured upon him 2 torrent OF abuse
which would have excited general In
dienation but for an unconsciously
ridiculous gesture with which the ora
tor accompanied almost every alter.
nate sentence; this tempered the dis.
gust Of his hearers with mirth. He
would raise his arms Just As high
above his head as possible and then
wiring his hands as II he were making
a delirious attempt to wiring them
on. Butler sat through the speech
with his eyes half closed. not moving
q muscle. He rose when his assailant
finished and stood calmly in the aisle.
After perhaps q minute OF silence he
began: ''Mr Speaker" Another
impressive pause, and expectancy
reached nearly the bursting point.
Suddenly raising his arms, Butler re-
produced exactly the awful gesture of
the Ohio, congressman. Then his arms
fell to his sides, and for another min
ute he stood silent. That is all. Mr..
Speaker" he said finally. and sat
down; II Just wanted to answer the
gentleman from Ohio-"--Nebraska
State Journal.
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THE ORIGIN or "sLAss'ots.-

ourroushs' Home Named After Boy.
$3.50 hood Companion.
During dinner the other day at the
residence Of Mr.. Burroughs. President
Roosevelt turned to his venerable host
and remarked:
Burroughs. l wish could inspire
~ much interest in any man As you
do In me- You know, have read all
you have written. and love to hear
you talk: but am always asking my
self some new question about you.
never knew until few years ago why
you called your first book Wake
Robin and can't see how this de-
lightful place ever got such name n
..Slabsides.'"
Can't tell you. sir, exactly" Mr..
Burroughs is reported to have replied.
But. when was youngster knew
man whom we called Old Slab
sides He was Presbyterian min.
lister. tall. lank. melancholy man.
and my father used to lend me out
to him to cut bait when he went nah.
ing. He had glass eye and Z
chronic catarrh. One cold March day,
when the fish were biting. he was
greatly annoyed by having to resort
almost constantly to his handkerchief.
Finally he turned to me and said,
Johnny, don't you know some nice
boy could hire on small salary to
blow my nose?' New York Mail
and Express.
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HAD a waone EFFECT.
Impressive Sermon Confirmed Lis
tener in Evil Ways.

Impressive Sermon Confirmed Lis
tsner in Evil WAya
The little English vicar Of Hexton.
whose objection to high church ritual
ism brought him recently into con
nict with Bishop Potter In New York.
sat one day drinking . brandy and
soda In the cafe of the Fifth Avenue
hotel
A group OF reporters surrounded
him. One Of the reporters said;
why don't you try to down ritual
ism, Mr.. Fllingham. with sermons
rather than With violence?"
The vicar smiled. Sermons" he
said, have an effect always. but too
often this effect is the opposite one to
what the sermonizer intended"
How do you mean, sir?" the re
porter asked.
TN illustrate to you what mean.
said the vicar. Il once had q parish
Toner who was a miser. For this
mans beneft 1 preached one sunda,
a strong sermon on the necessity OF
charity, OF philanthropy sermon or
the duty and the Joy Of giving. The
miser. at whom ! Eazed often, seemed
impressed.
Next day I met him on the street
well, John said, what did you
think of yesterdays sermon?
"Tt moved me deeply. SIR he an
swered. 1t has brought home to me-
so strongly the necessity Of giving
aims that. honestly. sir. I've a great
mind to turn beggar. New Yori
Tribune. i
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Washington, Aug. 29.-The last Of
ficial utterance Of Lieut. Gen. Nelson
A. Miles has been made public through
unofncial sources In the War Depart
ment.
General Miles makes . number Of
important suggestions In the remodel
ing of the army organization. He pro
poses to minimize the cavalry branch
and to equip strong corps OF war mo
tor cycles and armed automobiles in
Its place. He fayors mounted rinemen,
but says the horse Is far less 1mpor-
tant than formerly and that the auto
mobile will take its place In the next
war.
One of his most important recon-
mendations Ii the establishment Of q
bodybuilding corps Of 5000 men as
. nucleus to construct military roads
In time of peace and to cooperate with
the state authorities In the movement.
He would have the corps fully
equipped with modern road-building
machinery and begin at once the work
of improving. the principal highways
that have military and strategic i'm.
portance.
"The marvellous developments in
modern arms--riaes. machine gins
and quick-firing field artillery-ren
ders the cavalry. ~ formerly used on
the battlefield. obsolete" says General
Miles, "while the wonderful develop
ment in the use Of motor power and
electrical appliances has rendered the
horse far less important than former
~. These facts are doubly significant
and should be recognized by the mill
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Something saved, Anyway.

Senator Henry HeitfeId of Idaho
tells many q good story Of the days
when he was 4 COW puncher' on the
plains Of Kansas. One day he met a
woman, who. in summing up her mis-
fortunes. said: Yes, Mr.. Heitfeld, It
has been black year with us. First,
we lost our baby. and then Martha
died on us; then the old man himself
died. and then the COW died. too. poor
huzzy. But her hide brought me IS. I.
-WashinRtou Times.
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Only q hand organ worn and old
Played meath my window to-day.
But the tender melody upward rolled
Swept the past years away.
Again saw. youthful and bold.
Ny love smiling love upon me.
And again that fond story he told,
While the notes chimed plaintively.
And as up floats that olden air
The passionate tears fast fall.
Fur listning those echoes rising there,
can still the sweet words recall:
"Oniy to see thee darling.
Only to hear thy voice.
Even Its faintest whisper
Would bid my heart rejoice"
Annie G. Murray in New York Herald
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AA..le.r Dollar Climbing vp.

FL Paso. Tex. Aug. 29.-The Mexi.
can dollar has reached the half-dollar
mark among local banks and 1t is re-
ported throughout Mexico to-day. for
the first time since the spring OF 1901,
when 1t reached So cents for few
days. A few banks are offering 1t for
sale to-day and buying quotations are
fixed at Ash cents. None Of the
banks are anxious to sell at so cents,
as it Is possible the price may yet
go up.
The strangest thing about It II that
no one cares to assert what hiss
caused the rise and how long It will
last. ~
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A California man has just succeed.
cd In operating 4 nying machine fol
ten or fifteen minutes without an &c.
cident. Science simply will not be
stopped.
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We hope that some good old mother
in Israel will turn around before en-
tering the pearly gates and admit to
the children that no one ever had fits
through eating orange peel, or secured
curly hair through eating the crusts.
-Atchison Globe.
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BROCK. Comet ob.erx.d.

Geneva, N. Y. Aug. 29.-The Brooks
periodic comet has been observed In
the constellation Capricornus with
slow motion westward. 1t was discov.
cred at Hobart College in 1889 and
was found to be moving in an orbit
with period Of seven years. The
comet was seen again in 1896 and now
makes another visit, being found ex.
actly III its predicted place. It IL At
tended by four small companion com
cts.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

There II lots of can't In cant.
A wise woman prefers friends y
lovsrs.
Keep your temper; no oas wants u.
and you may need 1t.
There is often more hypocrisy than
sanctity cut on clerical lines.
Don't give any one . piece of your
mind; you have none to spare.
Look prosperous and the world ~nl
take you at your own valuation.
A dyspeptic Ia kept too bnsy ollins
his unruly machinery to ever ind
time to love anything or anybody.
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Our cid friend Abdul Hamid de
clares that he Is very sorry for the
assassination of that Russian consul,
and for once in his life he ia probably
telling the truth.
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The King of England has caused
to be circulated privately that he con-
siders that his hearth is as much hon.
ored by those who drink It In water
rs by those who drink 1t in wine"
Well, 'ere's your 'ealth, Ed'ard.
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Z A Philadelphia man has gone in
sane because Of too much study over
chess. ALI. what noble sacrifice!
II could hardly have happened any
where but In Philadelphia.
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The Duchess of Marlborough II
much vexed at the report that the
English authorities dared to summon
her to q vulgar police court for fast
motor driving. No one can be SO
naughty as duchess raised from the
ranks.
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lde Appointed Vice Governor.

Oyster Bay. Aug. 29.-President
Roosevelt has announced that Henry
G. Ide. at present member Of the
Philippine commission. will be deste-
mated as vice governor of the PhfifD-
pines in succession to Gen. Lake
Wright. when the latter assumes the
ONCE OF governor general.
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1t is not right to shoot landlord
when he calls for the rent. az did
Chicago tenant However. while you
pay him 1t is allowable to treat him
with silent scorn
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This is such prosperous age that
It Is poSsible for man to have mil
lions Of dollars and never be suspect
ed. Still. they generally consider such
= case worth mentioning after the
man dies
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The discussion concerning the food
value of alcohol continues, but it
need not disturb anyone who wants s
little nourishment. There can be no
question about the nutrittve qualities
Of bread and butter.
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They have discovered immense dc.
posts Of sulphur on Unalaska island.
near the Arctic circle, which win dis
concert those people who somehow
always associate sulphur with \ hot
place. .-Y
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The fact that Mr. Edison is touring
on an automobile propelled by his new
battery. warranted to run 100 miles.
gives hope that automobilists gener-
ally may ENJOY the same blissfu1 priv
ilege before very long.
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The treasurer OF the Preachers Aid
Society. who served twelve years with
ont pay and embezzled $4,000 of the
society's funds. has no doubt got all
that liz coming to him, unless 1t is a
term In prison.
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Those men with large families who
brag about them seem TO forget that
their wives are entitled to some o:
the credit.
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/ Seventy-three hours for train
from ocean to ocean, climbing over
three mountain RANGES. That ought
70 make the old world sit up and rub
tts eyes.
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Some skeptical people deny that
kissing will cure hysteria: but nearly
everybody is willing to let 1t go at
that.
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1 To Judge from current news the
people who don't know how to behave
in boat are pretty well monopoliz-
ing the summer resorts-and the obit-
uary records-
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Twelve districts In Macedonia ars
said to be in open revolt. When one
more Joins them 1t will be an unlucky
number for Turkey.
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Russia has leased = part of Korea
and promises not to put up any tele-
phone wires. Probably. however. II
viii put up barb wires.
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Chicago is threatened with another
laundry strike. Chicago il patiently
waiting for somebody to invent = shirt
that will not require washing.
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Gen. Gomez captured 5000 Mausers
when Ciudad Bolivar fell-a supply
which SHOULD furnish ample material
for q hundred revolutions.
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England and the United States arc
getting 80 thick that by next Fourth
u July king Edward may be setting
OF cannon crackers.