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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28
Wet Coal Burns Best.

An accident has revealed to the off,
Gals Of the British navy that coal
which has been. immersed in water has
higher evaporative qualities and longer
endurance than coal fresh from the
pits mouth. Experts believe that ex-
perments now going on will produce a
complete revolutions in coaling stations.
If the coal can be kept under water it
Will last longer and be cheaper to guard
and store.
AS the coal burned by British war
ships alone costs $10,000,00O a year,
the item of economy in all the navies
and merchant marines Of the world, il
wet coal really does burn better, win
be considerable.
New York housekeepers found dur
ing the coal famine last winter that
cinders intended for returning went
better when thoroughly dampened.-
New York World
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28

the people Of this section on that oc-
cas1on when the scene of disaster
spread from Bismarck to Omaha and
Kansas City, now again desolated.
The stream in its fury tossed ranches
into chaos and even changed the face
OF nature, putting settlements a dozen
miles inland, carrying steamboats, to
hflltops miles inland, eating up farms
and buildings, destroying railroads,
moving down forests as machine
cuts grass, and coating all with a dress
Of soft alluvial mud.
In speaking of the leyee system of
the Mississippi recently, an authority
said:
THE Mississippi, from Cairo. ILL.,, to
the gulf, flows through a fiat land, gen
orally as mean level above that of
the surrounding country. Along the
left or east bank there are bluffs here
and there, with lowIands between that
have to be protected, but on the west
side OF the river the land lies low and
at places falls away, SO that you have
TO go up hill to reach the river,
Originally, the Mississippi formed
It's own banks with mud which it
washed up and deposited, and it chang
ed these boundaries at will. When set
tlers began to occupy the loWlands
they threw up banks of earth. The
whole valley is covered deep with
AANAA1 Gu e1AAuN4d1 SOIL, ana stones are
scarce enough to make a Pennsylvania
farmer emigrant think he has struck
paradise.
For century the building Of levees
has gone on, and now civilization has
thrown up earthenworks against the
spring invasion Of the waters, from
cairo to the delta, some 1900 miles.
Inc leVees are mere banks of earth.
varying from five to twenty feet In
height and from fifty to one hundred
feet in base width The tops are used
Tor wagon roads, and the sides are
protected pretty generally by Bermuda
grass, which sends it's roots deep into
the loan and holds the light earth to-
gether.
THE enemy Of the levee is the Gre
vase. An opening sufficient for the
water to trfckle through in drops soon
enlarges under the pressure of the
stream. The craWf1sh and the moles
are the greatest foes of the levees.
They burrow into the earthen banks
and let the water work its way through
until suddenly a crevasse appears. 1T
may De only narrow slit in the levee,
or tiny stream trickling through un-
derneath, but the thousands of tons of
water Which press upon the levees in
HOOD time soon make a wide opening
when once they get this start,
IeveeS are sometimes cut, or blown
up, to divert the waters from some
dangerous point to where the damage
or lnundatlon would be less, and crew
asses are sometimes started out Of
mischief, but the punishment of the
leVee cutter is so swift and terrible
that the crime of turning the water
loose is seldom committed now. In
Aact' In umes OF danger, the levees are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28

Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, June 27.-Recent COM
ments from authoritative sources have.
intimated to Americans that in order
to preserve their status as a manufac-
turing people technology must be given
more attention in the United States.
In other words the thinking powers OF
the nation must be developed as well
as the acting and mechanical faculties,
if the American would hold his own.
The exhibits in the electro chemical
and physical section of the chemital
congress held in Berlin draw pertinent
attention to this fact.
Both in Paris and German laorato-
ries advances in scientific discovery
are being made which may lead to a
revolution in the world of chemistry.
The cables have brought accounts of
lthe experiments with polonium and
with the fertilizing products which are
in the same class as those of the At
mospheric Products company at
Niagara.
Referring to this Prof. Joseph Rich
ards recently said: "The German
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28


patrolled by farmers, with loaded rifles.
and the levee cutter gets no trial bV
jury. -
The levees have been built partly bv
the FEDERAL government, partly by the
states, but chiefly by the people adjacent
to the river who form Ievee dfstricts
the work.
,a within td1n the main levees are often pri-
Vate levees constructed by plantation
owners own Or by towns, and sometimes one
VIII lind places which resemble a fortress
with series of earthWork.
"One of the main sources Of relief "a
tne mississippi is by cutting the levees
where the Atchafalaya comes within sew
r roai ml ne or the great stream. 1t is
Fougn on the intermediate plantations
put the Atchafalaya, 1900 feet wide and
80 feet deep. flows direct to the gulf. and
can carry volumes of water
The work Of levee building has been
done out Of so many different funds that
no estimate of the cost can be made, but
some Ten years ago it was estimated by
government engineers that the lowlands
could be protected from the delta to
caro- at cost of $36,000000 for con-
structlon and $4,000 600 a year for main
tenance Between these points there are
1,775 miles of levees
OF course some kind of provision is
made against these floods, but none suffi-
clent, as we have seen to avert appalling
calamlt1eS. Queer balconies may be seen
quilt on the roofs of some of the houses
along the river banks, while in others
nlgh mounds suggestive of Aztec remains
suggest preparations for rainy day.
The suffering Of the stock is one of the
worst features of these foods. The cat
tie are usually pastured in the lowlands
adJacent to the river and are peculiarly
stupid in the way of self preservation,
allowing themselves as rule, to be
swept away by the stream or else smoth-
cred in the muddy bayous.
A trench started by a hoe is sufficient to
start crevasse. Years ago 1t was dan
gerous to the health of a negro to be
found In proximity to a new creVaSS with
tool in his possession. In fact, anyone
suspected of causing a leak was doomed
TO summary vengeance. In spite of this
farmers would steal across the river on
dark nights to cut the levee On the other
side, persuading themselves that the
plantations there needed the water more
than did their own.
Thomas Perley Quinn. =
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28

ing in the same period. while after sixty
years the numbers from the two latter
methods are far more numerous than by
shooting.
There has always been a tendency
shown by those who have studied the sub
Ject OF suicide to put all doubtful cases
under the head of dependency or of in
sanity, and as a result these have been a
great catch-all, reaching beyond justi-
fable proportions. In a sense it is true
that all suicides are a result of despon-
dency, unless we go to the length of ac-
cepting the doctrine that when a man
takes his own life he is temporarily in
sane. The attempt has been made in
every case to search for the primal cause
and not attribute the death to these
causes, unless it seemed the only one that
could be determined. When the motive
was doubtful it was placed among the
unknown. In this way that class is rath-
er large. Disappointed love, domestic
trouble and grief are most alike. Grief
was generally the result of the death of
consort. relative or friend. Most of
those included under disappointed love
were single. while quarrels of married
couples caused most of the domestic
trouble.
Those who are inclined to believe that
the tendency of the age is to decrease
romance may take heart of grace from
the fact that the majority Of suicides
among persons under twenty are for love.
This seems hard to believe. but the in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28
No DAMAGE.

Yes, SIR" said the fellow who gave
out the gossip for the. settlement. 1.-THE
editor lost his left leg by bein' run down
by the fast freight-but it didn't matter
much.'
Didn't matter?''
No; it was his wooden leg and he
was travelin' On free pass.''-Atlanta
Constitution
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28

exorable fguresssf Of 9 Yaie's. statistician
prove it: Furthermore the fact that the
majorn portion OF the suicides occurring
between twenty and thirty are from dis
remains tender and susceptible in most
people dong after blase feelings are sup
posed to, have worn away the smart of
Cupids darts. John Armitage.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28
Hardest Sort of Work

ing.
Friend-Well, you didn't put much work
D'Auber-What! guess you never saw
me trying to sell ft:-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28

Husband-Suppose we attend DR.. Third
ly's lecture tonight, my dear.
Wife-But | have nothing to wear.
Husband-Oh, then We'll go to the opera.
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22

There is a mighty crash in the Oh
ty of New York. Dowie went there
to regenerate that wicked city and he
finds that he has entered the sacre d
preserves of DR.. Parkhurst. The lat
ter went to hear Dowie, went to hear
him preach. He said he wanted to
refute many of the bad things that
had been said against Dowie. but in
an open letter to the New York press.
Park hurst says he was ashamed of
Dowie He was ashamed to have been
seen in the meeting. In this flash OF
scorn DR.. Parkhurst chews Dowie up.
81 never heard from public speaker
such discharge of effervescent wrath
and coarse invective. l went to hear
you preach the gospel. and you preach
ed Dowie. Zion City, stink pot. l
was ashamed of you.' We are glad
that someone is calling Dowie down.
There is no religion in the man. He
is material and not spiritual. He is
after mems pocketbooks and not their
souls. He is as much like Elijah, as
John Sullivan. The kinks should be
taken out of the man while he is in
New York. His followers. deluded
and blinded though they be. should
have an awakening. 1t is to be
hoped that every minister will jump
all over him.
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22

Born-This morning, to Mr.. and
Mrs X. Workman, boy.
Grand music and millinery open
ing at Mrs. Sry's nextSaturday.
The Columbine Music company
opens Saturday. At Mrs. Sry's. Be-
vier block.
The rural free delivery has been
extended from Fruita, so as to reach
ms far east as Rhone.
Big opening of ladies furnishings
and millinery at Mrs. Sry's Saturday.
Columbine Music company opening
same pla ace and date.
A Worlds Fair information bureau
has been established at S36 Seven
teenth St. Denver. in charge of Phil.
p. Hitchcock. there information will
be cheerfully furnished.
AT the Owls dance last night there
was large crowd and most pleasant
time was enjoyed. Mrs. Ethel Lynne
took first prize and DR.. Lowrey second
prize for the best masking.
James A. Layton is not expected to
live one hour from another. He has
taken no nourishment. save a glass OF
water since Sunday and his condition
is such that he cannot survive many
days.
John Shields and Job G. Payne will
start in few days for San Francisco.
From there Mr.. Payne will go to
Hong Kong and then home by the way
of England It is not certain yet
whether Mr.. Shields will accompany
Mr. Payne Gu his entire tour, but it
is no. improbable that Mr.. Shields
will take an ocean voyage, also.
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22
Not Satisfied.

Philadelphia. Oct. 20. = United
States District Attorney Holland is
not satisfied with the story of the es-
the confessed mail-pouch thief and
swindler. who was being brought from
Denver to Philadelphia. The district
attorney learned today direct from
Deputies Baker and Davis who had
charge of Bell, the circumstances of
the escape. After hearing the state
ments of the two men. Mr.. Holland
said; II can hardly credit the stories
told by the two deputies; can
scarcely believe that such was the
case. -
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22
Elijah and Carrie.

New York. Oct. 20-Mr. Dowie.
arrayed in evening clothes. talked for
two hours tonight before great
throng in Madison Square Garden,
the burden of his talk being denunci-
alton of the clergy and the press.
When he began the huge garden
was crowded and the police say 5000
persons who could not again entrance
were turned away. In half an hour,
however. the crowd began to surge
out. and then the police refused to
admit any late corners. saying they
feared riot.
1t was with difficulty that any SEM
blance of order was kept. The speaker
was repeatedly interrupted with
Kisses and shouts of disapproval. AT
one point Dowie ordered the police to
arrest two men in different parts of
the building who had interrupted him.
Carrie Nation, who occupied seat
near the front. asked elijah to
answer some questions. He refused
and ordered her to sit down. Dowie
then praised the spirit in which Mrs.
Nation had warred ON the saloon, but
said she used wrong methods. Mrs
Nation again demanded the privilege
OF asking questions. At once the Zion
guards surrounded her and with the
help of policemen elected her.
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

The firm of Post, Boyd and Terwil-
Tiger. liverv and sale stables has this
day been dissolved by mutual consent,
II. A. Terwilliger retiring. his inter
ests being purchased by the remaining
partners. W H. Post and T. H. Boyd.
the firm now being Post and Boyd
All bills due the old firm are paya-
BILE to the succeeding partners and all
inde btedness will be paid by them.
T. H. Boyd.
w. H. Post.
H. A. Terwilliger
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22

"Undigested securities. is the
reason assigned for the failure of the
trust companies in the city of Balti-
more Securities that had no right
TO exist. watered securities originated
by men who lived off the sale of stock
that had no backing. Must the coun-
try suffer then. because the stock job
ber cannot gull more people than he
has He has gorged himself with
money secured from the sale of these
illigitimate securities. Because he
cannot sell more. because the people
will not purchase something which
they know has no real value. these
companies that have invested and
grown fat fail and they desire the ac-
compartment of panic. Very for
tunately for the people of this coun
try. the press has in the last wear
shown up the character of the Wall
street fiurries to such an extent that
the nation will not respond when that
financial center has backache or
something else. which makes men lose
ON illigitimate securities. The Wall
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22

Down in Delta county they are
whooping her up pretty lively for the
planting of sugar beets next season.
The Delta press is especially active
i'll this work The Grand Junction
sugar factory is not lacking in its
efforts. They offer So II ton for the
beets ON board the cars at the station.
and apparently they will not question
the size. They will also furnish ex-
pert field help for any farmer. This
50 proposition goes to any farmer
within 100 miles of Grand Junction.
What is the matter with Garfield
county ?-Glenwood Avalanche.
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22
As a commentary ON the lax

AS commentary on the laxitv of
the divorce laws in this state. the
number of divorces granted i'll one
court IN Denver a few days ago, was
seventeen. The majority of the YER
diets ON the application for divorce
were granted without the jury leav-
ing the box. Here is IA subject for
the ministers of this state to preach
upon and to labor against. If they
would pay less attention to the matter
of whether the saloons are open one
minute after the midnight hour and
more to the matter of II growth which
is breaking the family tie and almost
undermining the structure of the
country itself, they would accomplish
much more than they are doing now.
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22

There are people in this world who
jump eagerly after any religious fad.
They cannot bring themselves to a
condition of self abnegation in the
regular churches. they cannot walk
meekly in the footsteps of the Master.
but they must seek some spectacular
manner of attempting to break through
into heaven. save by the straight and
narrow path. They do not find them
selves conspicuous in the regular
churches because their style of piety.
does not bring such conditions. Hence
they break over and fly to every new
ism. They feel that they must have
some sort of religious walk and they
jump to almost anything that presents
itself. whether they understand it or
not. There is only one thing the
matter with these people. They real
ly want to be good, but they desire to
be gooa in their own way. Thev
want to be permitted to mingle with
the saints and sinners. and yet have
the same standing at court This
they cannot do and be good Christians
You are either for or against the
devil, and there is no half way house.
as we understand the matter.
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22

nance to compel every body to keep
their floor sweepings from the street.
There are plenty of city officers. who
don't have much else to do than to
look wise to enforce this ordinance
They can put up all the boxes in
christendonl, but if there is not some
civic pride among the people. the
streets will remain dirty and paper
Uttered.
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22

The old Carbonate theater of Lead
vile. the first place of entertai nment
in the Cloud City, was destroyed bv
fire on Tuesday morning last. The
old Carbonate stood tat he corner of
State and Pine stretes. Many old
Leadvillans. resioing here will re-
member this place.
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22

street gang yells. 1.-The nation is on
the brink of ruin.'' and your Uncle
Samuel. as it was aptly put in car
toon. politely tells him to get off the
brink. as Uncle Sam camly reads of
the immense crops and prosperity OF
tha Nyast
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22

The waste paper cans may be a good
thing. but they will not keep the
streets clean. There is only one way
to do this and that is combined
effort on the part of the merchants
There is, as has been stated, an ordi
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-22
THE SENTINEL.
LEE g. BUNTING. Props.
1. N. BUNTING. Editor and Manager

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One glance at photograph of II
number of officers of the Colorado Ma
tional guard, published in the News
of yesterday. is enough to give one an
insight into the character of General
Sherman Bell. His pose suggests til,
expression 81 am Sherman Bell. who
the i are YOU ?''
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-08
ONLY TEN ESCAPED.
Great Slaughter of Christians
in Town of MehOmia.
According 40 Reports Received "a
Sofia, the Backbone Of the Reyo-
Iutlon In Macedonia Is BrOken
Turks Win Many Battles
both Sides Lose Heavily.

Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 3.-The Mace
donian revolutionary headquarters
assert that they have positive infor-
nation that the whole Christian pop
ulation of the town of Mehomia,
(Razlog) province of Serves. was mas
sacred September IS, with the eXcep-
ton OF ten men who escaped with
the news.
Mehomia is an important town and
the seat of the local government.
The population was about equally di-
vided between Turks and BulgarianS.
The latter numbered 5000 persons.
According to the fugitives. when
the general rising was declared in the
Razlog district on Sunday the Turk
iSh troops in the Pirin mountains
hurried to Mehomia and surround
ed the town, rendering the escape of
the Christians impossible. The Bull
garian population We're prepared to
Join in the rising. several inSurgent
agents being in the Bulgarian quarter
of the town at the time. Desperate
fighting occurred in the streets,
bombs and dynamite being freely
used. After fighting for five or six
hours the Turks gained the upper
hand and proceeded to massacre
every Bulgarian they encountered.
According to advices recei~ed here
yesterday the backbone of the reyolu-
tion in Macedonia is broken, the
Turkish troops are gaining the upper
hand everywhere. several insurgent
chiefs have been killed or wounded,
others are abandoning the struggle
and fleeing to the frontier the revo-
lutionary bands are sustaining heavy
losses and are seeking refuge in
large numbers and the Turks occupy
every important point along the
routes of retreat to the frontier.
Five engagements are reported to
have taken place in the vicinity of
Kratovo, where 5000 Turks were at
tackled by revolutionary bands and,
though many Turks were killed. the
insurgents were completely routed.
One of the leaders of the latter,
Lieut.. Tontcheff. committed suicide in
order to avoid capture.
Adyices from the insurgent head
quarters assert that 5000 Turks were
routed by 1000 insurgents in the
Pirin mountains after four days
fighting. The Turkish losses in this
affair are said to have been the
heaviest during the whole outbreak.
They included three cofonels and
many officers of lower rank.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-08
PREPARING FOR WAR
German Soldiery Must Be Ready
for Conflict in Moment.
New Head of Emperor's War Omce
Will Reform All Branches of
Service and EndeavOr to
Correct All Abuses.

Special interest attaches to the kais-
ers new minister of war, Gen. Won
Einem-R -Rothmaler, for the reason that,
after Emperor William, it is he who will
be responsible for Germany's military
policy, should one of the several war
clouds burst which are now lowering
over Europe. Apart from the new min
lister of wars own striking personality,
the significant thing about his appoint
ment is the fresh evidence 1t conveys
of Emperor Williams determination to
surround himself with young blood.
Gen. Karl Won Einem-Rothmale Is
the first man in the history of the Ger
man army to reach the war ministry
portfolio at years of age. All his pred
ecessors have been veteran soldiers,
and the vast Teutonic army war ma
chine has been run on gray-haired lines.
During the last few years the kaiser has
shown a decided tendency to rejuvenate
every important administrative depart
ment of his government by putting in
comparatively young men-men of his
approximate age-as heads. Thus he
called the 45-year-old Baron Won Rhein-
baben to be minister of finance in the
Prussian cabinet; then Gen. Budde, 4S
years old, to be minister of railways and
public works, and now 50-year-old Lieut..
Gen. Won Einem to be minister of war
Germany's military organization for
many years has left little to be desired
from the standpoint of efficiency. Yet
the prediction Is made that the young
blood" which the kaiser has called into
the executive service of the army will so
manifest itself in the form of improve
ments and betterments all along the
line. Traditions are to give way to
modern ideas wherever opportunity Of
fers.
Gen. Won Einem received official per-