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The daily sentinel., 1903-11-17
A Challenge.

The girls basket ball team of the
high school have sent challenge to
, the team of the Fruita high school.
The game is to be played on Novem-
: ber 27 or 2S. during the meeting of
the Mesa County Teachers A.socia-
tion and promises to be lively con-
rest. as both teams are good and are
nracticing hard. The ruita team
has a coach. Miss Nettie Schever. said
to be one of the best basket ball
coaches in the state and so it will
stand our team in hand to do some
hard practicing. The game was
brought about principally through
the efforts of County Superintendent.
II. B. Mcclure. Mr.. Mcclure is max
. oughly introduced into the schools of
Mesa County and when he can get the
pupils thoroughly trained to outdoor
exercises an effort will be made to Or
ganize an association or league of the
; county schools for the advancement of
outdoor sports. Mr. Mcclure has
made quite an exhaustive study of the
effects of outdoor life on the pupils
and has found that those pupils who
spend their recesses in good healthy
exercises do much better work at their
desks or in recitation and for this
reason. sports will be taken up as
special study by the teachers at the
coming meeting
/. Mrs. Helen Grenfell, State Super
intendent. and DIR. Snyder of the
State Normal at Greeley will address
the meeting OH the evening of Friday.
. November 81. 1t promises to be
very interesting and instructive gath
ering of teachers.
The daily sentinel., 1903-11-17
Entertained.

The closing event of last weeks
more than busy week socially, was
the party given by Mrs. John G. Nc
Kinney at the home of the family No
$40 Grand avenue. The guests num-
bered between forty and fifty and the
afternoon was one of the very pleas
antest of this season in the social lif e
of the city.
For the event the hostess had her
home beautifully decorated The
prevailing scheme of decoration being
the beautiful fall chrysanthemum and
holly and evergreen, beside manv
beautiful plants. The game of the
afternoon was progressive anagrams
and this afforded lots of amusement
for those present. Mrs. Harry Lyons
was successful in piling up suffi
cient number of points to entitle her
to the first favor of the hostess. a
beautiful hand painted china plate.
while Mrs. James H. Ramey. received
the consolation prize.
The guests were then invited to en-
joy delightful lunch. The week
had no more fitting social ending
than Mrs. McKinney's party
The daily sentinel., 1903-11-17
Drugged.
"Iniured in a mine accident. -

Injured in mine accident.
These three words tell the story of
Martin Connel. dope fiend" who
is at the city hall under the care {
the city physician. Connel was found
several days ago near the union depot
in a semi -concious state and was taken
i'll charge by the city marshal He
is suffering from 15 awful abcessei all
over his body caused by bad blood
the effects of the drug When he was
brought to the city Jail the abcesses
were opened and he has been improv-
ing as rapidly az could be expected
ever since. Connel is in pitiful
condition. but says that when he gets
up that lie is going to quit the drug
and make a man of himself. He was
severely injured in a mine accident
several years ago in Ouray and was
administered the opiate to ease the
pain while in the hospital. Ever
since then he has been a slave to the
habit He was formerly prosperous
restaurant keeper in Cripple Greek.
When it was suggested to him by
Sentinel reported today that his con-
dition had been brought on by t. Q
use of morphine he said. For Gods
sake don't put that in the paper, "
but when it was suggested that pub
fishing it might keep some one else
out of the habit and help himself 10
quit it he consented to having it
printed. Connel would declare in
one breath to quit the drug aud in
the next beg for more to ease his
pain.
He opened a channel for good
thought on the traits of human nature
by asking ''Why does rybody jump
ON the man who is down and try to
push him deeper i'll the mire, and
can anyone answer the question Here
is a man, loved by his family. form
erly respected by his comrades and
business associates. and who now when
he needs their help the most. is de-
serted bv them all. even his own con-
science. Connel has worked ON farm
west of the city all summer and as
long as he was employed got along
nicely, but ''Idleness breeds discon-
tent. " and now he is in the very low
est depths of degradation.
The daily sentinel., 1903-11-17

All the passers-by on Fifth street
today We're speculating as to the i'm
port of the business of gang or sur
veyors who were running lines along
that street. Some said it was a new
street railway, others that lines We're
being run for the laying of a pave
ment, in tact all kinds of stories were
rife. When they were asked what
was going on the surveyors said that
they were trying to locate some lots
down in the southern part of town.
Wanted To trade town lots f, r
work horses or mules. See W. H.
Crawford.
Only four theatrical agents are
spending the day in this citv. A. ].
Godstein. representing the Cinema
trograph Theatrical company who ap-
pear at the Park tomorrow night. Doc
Breed and Jim Stewart with Foxy
Grandpa and Mr. vedder with "In
A Woman's Prayer
The daily sentinel., 1903-11-17
Grand Valley National
Bank.
CAPITAL $50 600.

Surplus and Undivided Profits $4,000.
The mission of a bank is to
accommodate those worthy or
credit in the community in
which it does business.
If you see an opportunity for
the use of additional money, be
it in your business, or the inn
provement of your farm or
ranch, or the purchase of live
stock, or the holding over of
some farm product, feel free to
talk with us about the matter
and you will find us ready to
render accommodations on as
fair and reasonable conditions,
as is consistent with good
banking.
The daily sentinel., 1903-11-17
Your
NJ e d iCin e S

Naturally, you want to feel
sure that they are pure anu
reliable; that they are eX-
actly in accordance with
your doctors wishes; that
they are mixed carefully
and accurately.
We can assure you that if
your prescriptions are
brought to us they will be
cared for properly in the
fullest sense of the word.
We have a large line of
helps for the sick room
ice-bags, hot water bottles
fever thermometers, feed
ing cups, alcohol stoves,
etc. If we don't happen
to have what you need,
we'll order it at once.
HIt DavS to trade with lis -
The daily sentinel., 1903-11-17

We make specially of two rings
the diamond solitaire engagement
ring and the plain gold wedding ring
The former binds the bargain and the
latter ties the knot 1t you have the
girl we can furnish the ring at very
reasonable price.
An outfit of eye glasses or spectacles
is not expensive but the good it will
do is incalculable. Better pay the
cost of perfect outfit and get perfect
satisfaction than try to save money
by purchasing cheap glasses. They
are never suitable. We have modern
high class instruments for testing the
eyes and can obtain accurate data
which enables us to fit eve glasses and
spectacles that are suitable III every
way.
We do fine watch, iewelrv and clock
repairing All work guaranteed.
Sherman w. Moody.
(SUcccssor 10 M. L. Roberts)
Jcwelcr and Optician.
The daily sentinel., 1903-11-17

New Rooms
New instruments
New Back Grounds
New Ideas
Are making New Pictures
At
FOfografer Deans.
The daily sentinel., 1903-11-17
Assrss'ion- 81 8 THE FAIR.
Are The
Little
Prices

81 the Habit of trading The FAIR
habit OF buying frequently here
will find in Savings
a ,z-snn.vm.,w IN r.saA,
The daily sentinel., 1903-11-17

w-say that you saw it in The Sentinel.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09
SUPPRESSION OF MOB RULE.

New York Evening Post: What vio-
lence can do as remedy for violence
we see in the renewed rioting in Will
mington, with the threats of disturb
ance in other parts of Delaware. The
governor seems to have taken the nov
ell view that if the mob were only Civ
en- its head and whites and blacks al
lowed to fly at each othei s threats for
a time everything would soon settle
down into the beatific calm. 1t was re.
served for Richmond to teach the real
stern lesson to mob rule. The appli-
cation of martial law with an iron
hand, open orders to the troops to
shoot the first rioter that showed his
head-that was the way they did 1t
In Virginia, and it is the only way to
deal with murderous lawlessness, as
the history of government has shown
before and since Napoleon's whit OF
grapeshot." The moment that pub.
lie official dallies with men who set
the laws and courts at defiance-worst
of all, covers before them and allows
them to sway the action of the sworn
guardians of order-that moment does
he endanger the whole fabric of gov
eminent. AS for the riotous negroes
Of Wilmington, what moral had the
white mob taught them but the one
they drew-namely, that the way to
secure their rights was not to appeal
to the authorities, but to arm them
selves and strike terror into every
heart?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09
PHILLIPS is HEARD FROM.

Des Moines Register and Leader:
T. J. Phillips of Ottumwa, democratic
nominee for governor two years ago,
was in the city last Wednesday as a
delegate to the state convention. He
arrived late from Chicago, where he
had been for several days on bust
ness. Mr.. Phillips was noncummuni-
cative on politics, but was enthusiast
tic on the prospects of the next meet
ing of the Eisteddfod, which will be
held in Des Moines next December.
Mr.. Phillips and the members of the
board of directors will meet here Sat
urday to make arrangements for the
big song festival and will at that time
elect officers Concerning the gath
ering, he said: II do not believe that
there will be any change in the officers
at the coming meeting. Good work
has been done and in spite of the
efforts of some others to establish an
Eisteddfod association, which they
say will hold a festival in Des Moines,
the old association will this year have
better and larger meeting than ever
before. Large prizes Will be offered
and / believe 1t will be found that in
December there will be but the one
Eisteddfod association, the old one.
do not know what plans will be made
at the meeting of the board. | have
not been home for several days and
have not even received the notice OF
the meeting. But will be on hand.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09
ABETToRs IN CRIME.

4 Disgraced by the brutal lynching of
a negro the city Of Wilmington and
the state OF Delaware have added to
their dishonor by the cowardice of the
authorities in prosecuting the ex-
plo.ters OF lawlessness and murder.
The governor, attorney general, may
OF and other officials have decided
to allow the murderers who partici-
pated in burning the negro at the
stake to go free from punishment.
This course was the result of con-
ference at which it was the opinion
that lin the face of united public SEN
timent in support of lynch law, order
could be best preserved by calling 1t a
closed Incident
United public sentiment cannot
be truthfully said to be in favor of
such barbarous punishment, though a
majority of people may have felt that
speedy justice should have been met
ed out. 1t cannot then be otherwise
than that the failure of the city and
state officials to make an attempt to
mete out proper and deserved punish.
ment to the leaders of the murderous
band. is due to fear if not moral cow
ardice. Law, order nor the safety of
life can be served by such course.
Their position makes them abettors
In crime of law breaking, meters to
riot and a positive detriment to their
city and state.
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al output might have been looked for
but the mining of gold has already far
surpassed the most sanguine expecta
lions.
The present conditions existing in
the northern possessions OF the United
States are most encouraging to a phe
nomenal development. In the ten years
ending in 1900 Alaska's population was
doubled, the figure for that year being
$4,000. 1t is not improbable that dur.
ing the three years since 1900 the pop
ulation has surpassed that OF the de
cade. More than $5,O0O,0OO year is
being taken from the gold fields and
the opportunities in that direction are
believed to be almost unlimited.
Present indications are that the val
ue of the Tilted States possession OF
Alaska is far beyond any that has ever
been estimated and it appears that this
will speedily be enhanced to very
great degree. Something must be done
for Alaska. It's greatest need at pres
ent seems to be the establishment OF
a territorial government And it does
not seem improbable that this may be
soon accomplished as the President
and many of the republicans in con
gress are known to favor such q
course.
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THE KAISER AND THE kEAR.
SARGE.

Chicago Evening Post: The kaiser
rapidly but thoroughly inspected" our
good ship Kearsarge, now represent
ing the republic at Kiel, and his
anxiety of the American people in the
circumstances, the kaiser Immediately
sent to the President his imperial ex.
preston of approval, and the incident
may now with the greatest satisfaction
to all concerned, be considered closed.
The real international Importance of
this historical event lies, of course, in
the rehabilitation of the reputation of
our navy in the eyes of the world.
Various experts German cavalry Of
ficers and others similarly equipped to
pass upon marine matters-very re-
Gently gave out to an attentive world
that our navy was an egregious ag.
gregation of tubs, that our sailors
were an undisciplined mob unfit to
navigate a horse car in an Indiana
town and that if we ever got into diff
ficulties with-or words to that eff
feet.
But now that we have appealed our
case to the court of last resort, as
it were, and our exhibits have been
thoroughly though rapidly inspected
and roundly approved, we hope to hear
no more ISLANDERS, and we return to our
former security and natural pride.
Hoch der kaiser!
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holidays. 1t is hard for many youthful
persons to give up one day, and that q
holiday" to reveries on The melan--
choly sacrifices made by the elder gen.
Grafton that the country they live in
might exist. Perhaps their fatheri
We're in the draft riots Not everyone
in the United States has pride of an
cestry. The picnic grounds and the
beer garden appeal to some so much
more strongly than the cemetery. LOT
ty emotions are a special boon which
only the aristoerats of moral sensibil
ity may enjoy. Any holiday with d
fine idea behind it is Lost on the 9th
ers; just as Thanksgiving has degen
Grated in many instances to mere
vulgar stuffing day, without religion
and with no more notion of thanksgiv.
ing or an uplooking than the swine
feeding on the acorns feel toward the
oak that casts them at their feet.
Right feeling cannot be legislated into
existence by holidays. here is con.
siderable sentiment among those who
look on the memories of the war with
reverence that Decoration day. is a
mistake. This sentiment is crystallized
in the action of the New York G.. A. R.
With Decoration day transferred to a
Sunday, REINFORCED by the sacred
character of that day universally set
aside for better thoughts, it may be re-
stored to what it's projectors intended.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09
OUTLOOK For ALASKA.

Indications are that within the next
few years Alaska will witness period
of development that heretofore has
seemed impossible. New railroads
have been projected for that region
and the recent experiments by the
United States agricultural department
have given out some little intimation
of the farming possibilities OF that
country.
AT present there is talk Of the con-
struction of four lines OF railroad. All
will have their southern terminus in
American territory near the Canadian
border and will extend to the north, "a
dating to the rich mining fields of the
northlands. They will open up much
of the richest land to settlement. One
may be built as far north as Nome An
other is. to be built into the Tanana
valley where gold has been recently
discovered and which some prospect
ors believe will prove richer than
Klondike. With these accessories. the
settlement OF the new territory cannot
long be delayed. 1t has been definitely
determined that immense stretches of
land are suitable for farming purposes
and that the climate is favorable to
practically every crop that is grown
in the temperate zone. This last con-
sideration is one that was not thought
of at the time the land was purchased
from Russia. Fisheries and furs was
looked upon as the greatest source Of
wealth possessed there. Some miner
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seek men Of integrity and ability, men
who have reputation Of looking after
things placed in their charge. This is
especially true if the institution is one
that seeks the custody of funds of cit
liens in general, or the public, like a
bank or trust company. A corporation
of this character made UP of men care
less in their habits and Indifferent OF
their trusts and responsibilities, would
be called a poor company. People
would not entrust matters of great i'm.
port to q corporation composed of such
stockholders. The universal query
would be why don't they get some
good material in their corporation if
they want to succeed?"
Yet men who habitually neglect the
fundamental duties of citizenship who
never attend caucuses, who are in.
different as to elections, who refer to
politics as bore, are often called good
citizens They are not good citizens
They are careless of the most import
ant duties of citizenship. They, more
than any other class of persons, are
responsible for the rascality and cor.
ruption which flourish in all our larg.
err cities, and which have caused the
American system as applied to mum.
cipalities, to be declared failure.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09
CHANGING DECORATION DAY.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: At last
the G. A. r. has turned The veterans
of New York have adopted resolu-
ton asking that Decoration day be
changed by statute from May 30 to the
first Sunday in June. The purpose of
this is to prevent the use of the day by
the giddy and unfeeling youth of the
country as jolly holiday instead of
turning their minds toward the more
sober reflections that Memorial day
was meant to inspire. This action Of
the New York G. A. R. is staggering
blow to all movements in favor Of
more national holidays; and it will al.
SO strike our beloved but not too seri-
GUS minded Willy of the patent leather
belt and sailor hat, and his girl, Cilly,
of the ,bushel of mauled-up hair and
perforated stockings in a most painful
matter-their spring outing" What,
to them, is holiday but holiday?
A holiday in the store, shop or Office
is day you don't work and day you
don't work is day for buggy rides,
excursions, "beerfests" and usually a
great deal of deyiltry; the prevalence
of the last almost convincing the world
that many people are not fit to have
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09
JUSTICE FOR METcALF.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: There can
be no doubt great injustice would be
done Hon. j. T. Metcalf, recently sus-
pended from his duties as superintend-
ent of mail order division of the post
office department, if he were not re-
stored after his vindication. A life
long devotion to the work in which he
has successfully introduced many re-
forms and improvements, an unSpotted
reputation for probit.y and fidelity to
duty. make it essential for the pres
tige of the service and the encourage
ment and the reward of faithful work
ers, that Mr.. Metcalf shall be reinstat-
ed. 1t is due the service and it is due
him. An honorable career should not
be marred by an unjust accusation.
The Iowa delegation in congress has
mistaken confidence in Mr.. Metcalf.
and are energetically asking that he
be reinstated. The Des Moines Regis
ter and Leader, referring to the case,
says:
"The Hon. A. K. Bailey in his De-
corah Republican has friendly edi.
torial upon the subject of the dismissal
of James T. Metcalf from the postof-
flee department, and expressing his
mistaken confidence in the integrity of
his old time neighbor, who for many
years was editor off the Lansing Mir
ror, In an adjoining county. The news.
paper men of Iowa who knew James
T. Metcalf, and everybody else who
ever knew him, vial join in this avow.
al Of faith in the man 1t is unfortu-
nate, but inevitable that such sweep
ing investigation ais is now being car
ried on at Washington, with the at
tention of the entire country centered
upon it, should work a handicap and
injustice to many individuals guilty
of no wrong inherit. The public is in
no mood to listen to explanations.
The newspapers will scarcely print a
defensive statement. II a man is ac.
cused, he is as good as convicted, and
If his name gets into the papers he
is smirched forever. An error of judg.
ment or thoughtaess act, which in the
light of later developments may have
a doubtful appearance, costs man his
good name near the close of blame
less life'
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THE OLD KENTUCKY HOME.

The sun shines bright on the bayonets
and guns,
On the cannon in the common and
the square;
There is music in the bngle and the
rolling of the drums,
And there's music on the rifles in
the air;
The militiamen are mounting guard be.
fore the old Jail door,
The mountaineers are massing fol-
the fray,
And it's getting mighty lively in a doz-
en- ways or more,
In the old Kentucky home so far
away.
The orchards are in blossom and the
perfumed air is sweet,
oh! the face of nature never wat
more fair;
But the colonies are a-shootimg at each
other on the street,
And the mountaineers are out upon
tear
For it's summer in Kentucky, and
without feud or two,
Without chance to shoot and stab
and slay,
Life would not be worth the living
where the meadow grass is blue,
In the old Kentucky home so far
away.
I, Rochester Post-Express.
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ed to 3,415 millions on June A, an In
crease of 1913 millions over the state
ment Of July Is last year, so that it is
clear there Is little room for further
expansion. The banks, however, have
their resources under much better con-
troll than a year ago, there is less
money employed in stock speculation
and ordinary business requirements
are more likely to be less than larger
than last year, so that when the
stringency incidental to crop move
ments becomes due it promises to be
largely discounted in advance, as
events foreseen usually are.
Another indication of the healthful
condition the money market is in is
the apparently large amount of mon
ey waiting for investment. This con-
dition was indicated by the speedy
taking of the $70,000,O00 new stock
of the Pennsylvania company. AS a
whole there is no cause for pessi-
mistic view of the situation and a
careful conservative policy will bring
about desired results.