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The daily sentinel., 1904-12-14

A party of three left the city tn is
morning for Spokane. Washington.
A delayed car of furniture was
received today by the Crown Furni-
ture Co.
Mrs. John b. Manu- will probably
leave next week for California where
she will spend the winter.
Remember the Turner's Will have a
better Christmas celebration than
ever before. Presents for all.
DELAYED shipment of furniture just
arrived. The delay is our loss your
gain. The Grown Furniture Go.
Mrs. f. M. Hardy has been quite
i'll for several days. There is not
much change in her condition today.
Be sure you patronize the rummage
booth at the entertainment tomorrow
night at the Auditorium, given by
the ladies of st. Matthews Guild
The ladies o. the Congregational
church will have charge of the
Thompson Jewelry 90. store Satur-
day. They will serve candies and
cakes.
The Turner Christmas will be held
at Turner hall Monday, Dec. Goth.
Everyone is cordially invited. Ad-
mission 25cts. Children free if ac-
companied by adults.
A great reduction in domestic and
hand made cigars. Load up while
you have the chance. Here is your
Christmas opportunity. Hertz, Del
icatessen and Family Liquor Store.
All members of the Liberty League
are requested to be present at the
meeting of the League to be held
at Labor Temple Friday night. Dec.
10th. BY order of the president. J..
b. Boyer. Sec'y.
The remains OF Mrs. Lawless were
shipped last night on No 6to Battle
Greek. Michigan. where the burial
will take place. The husband and
two children and the. mother and
brother of the deceased, accompanied
tie remains. Dr. Lawless will pro
baby again take mp his residence in
Battle Greek.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-14
]. C. VINING
Has Been Advanced to
Position of Superinten-
dent Of Transportation.

J. @. Winning. the we'll known
railroad man, who has steadily ed-
vanced in the service OF the railroads
and who is nov superintendent Of
transportation of the Colorado Mid
land. will on January first, become
general superintendent of that road.
The Office is new one and enlarges
Mr.. Winnings power and RESPONSE
bility. He will be in charge of the
chief engineering. superintendent of
machinery. storekeeper and superin-
tendent of the transportation depart
meut, and the heads of these depart
monts will report to him instead of
to General Mana ger. Vallery.
The creation of the office of general
superintendent carries with it full con-
troll of the operating department of
the Colorado Midland and gives to
Mr.. vining powers that make him
practically the head of the operation
of the road. All yards. division
superintendents. sections, dispatchers
trains and management of the road
so far as trackage and operation of
trains is concerned, in addition to
storekeeper the engineering depart
nlent and transportation and machi n
cry. comes directly under his juris-
diction.
Mr.. VininR has many friends in
Grand Junction. For several years
he was in charge of the local offices of
the Denver and Rio Grande. and
becams very popular with Grand
Junction people. He is we'll known
throughout the valley. He is con-
sidered one of the best railroad men
in Colorado and Ia one OF the most
valued officials of the Colorado
Midland. He went to that road
from the Denver and Rio Grande
in 1900.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-14

Operetta in the evening. bazaar and
sale of fancy work in both afternoon
and evening at the Auditorium Thurs
day. December 10th. Ladies' of St.
Matt hews Guild.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-14
The Only Set of Abstract Books

in Mesa county is owned by The Mesa
County Abstract Co.. and operated
by experienced and reliable abstscters
who are familiar with the details of
every title in Mesa county.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-14
Abstracts.

Abstracts. -Pasrouize the new alb
stract Co.
The best work, lowest prices.
Colorado Abstract and Title Co. e.
A. Atwood, Manager. $50, Main st.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
Baby Marriages in India.

A Bengal contemporary seems TO have
unearthed some curious figures buried
deep underneath the tones of the lat
est census report. According to this
there are 535 widows in Bengal under
one year-that is, so many infants of
from one month to eleven months had
been married in the province and found
widowed. 1t would be interesting to
know the respective ages of the hus-
bands of these haDless little creatures.
Not a few Of the husbands might be
found old enough to be their great
grandfathers, with perhaps several
wives to each. Were all of them Kulin
marriages?
Under two years we find the number
of widows in Bengal TO be 574; under
three years. 651: under four years,
1916; under five years, 1861. Here we
have something like a holocaust, sort
of burning alive of these little mites
of humanity, who, but for the prevail
ence of a rigid sex monopoly, would
probably live to be true wives and truly
happy mothers-the mothers of future
heroes and patriots. What possibilities
are lost to the race forever under a
system which has not one word to say
for itself!
1t is much to be wished that young
Bengal Joined hands with old Bengal
Yin making such marriages" impos-
sible. Surely a hundred years Of
liberal education ought to suffice. for
this most elementary item of national
improvement. Our remarks apply with
much the same force to other parts of
India 1t is idle to talk of the spirit
ual' ideal of marriages, or marriage
being a sacrament, and of baby wives
and baby widows growing to be the
guardian angels Of society, when. as a
rule, they are consigned to a life of
perpetual penance and -mortifica-
ton, while needing the tenderest care,
amid the free-and easy movements. of
their male relatives, whom the spirit
ual' conception of marriage does not
prevent from marrying again and
again.
Terrible, according to our Shastras.
are the effects of curse pronounced
by woman: much more terrible when
the curse remains unuttered. Who can
tell how much of India's misery arises
from the unuttered sufferings of her
I daughters ?-Voice of India,
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
The Fatted calf.

They were lounging in Senator For
aker's smoking-room the other night,
Speaker Cannon and a dozen Senators
and Representatives. and this was
Senator Carmack's story, when it got
up to him:
Just after the war, in reconstruc-
ton days, the Democrats down my
way hired a negro. to do some cam
paigning among his own race. This
negro dwelt with great fervor upon the
scandalous way the north was treat
ing the returning Southerners.
q Why, said the negro orator, de
prodigal son was treated better than
desc white folks is being treated. You
all remembers about dat prodigal son.
When he come back his father met
him while he was yet afar off, and put
a ring on his finger and a new robe
on him, and killed de fatted calf-yes
sub, de fatted calf
.'Then a Republican negro cam
paigner followed. Dat nigger didn't
tell you-all right about dat fatted calf
business, he said. De straight OBJ de
story was another way. You must re-
member dat de prodigal son was sorry
for his misdoings. He come back and
lowed to his father dat he was not
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
Cl.nninr nf MEXICO.

The cleaning of Havana and San
tiago has practically-sle Mexico the
worst fever district. That country IS
never free from the disease, though
the indications are that, as a result OF
the severe epidemic of last year, diff
fsrent story may soon be told. with
Mexico out of the way-for it may De
expected that the Mexican Government
will carry out the promises it recently
made to representatives of the United
States marine hospital service to de-
stroy the plague spots and enforce san
iterv reyllations-the Central and
south American countries are left to
deal with. Some of the latter have said
within year that they would clean
their ports. but such statements cannot
be relied upon.
1t is for this reason that the sanitary
work which the United States will be
obliged TO do along the canal strip viii
have more beneficial results than sim
ply making the district healthy place
to live in. The influence of that work
will be felt in Central and South
America Tand it will unquestionably
SPUR the negligent governments to dc
their share in preventing epidemics
This phase of the canal question has
attracted little attention. but it is OF
far-reaching Importance. The building
of such waterway as the isthmiar
canal will be a great attainment, but
of hardly less value to mankind will be
the cleansing of the. foul cities to this
north and south of the isthmus.-Buf-
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
Momen a, Rnrraln Countcrs.

That women really enjoy q scrim-
mage with each other, when no men
are by 10 see that they are not living
up 10 their blue china reputation for
tenderness. is beyond doubt. Witness
the bargain rushes when women make
an onslaught on a counter Of shirt
waists, Are any OF the virtues-the
gentleness, the tenderness, the SYM
pathy for the weak and needy-for
which woman is so justly famed, ex-
hibited on such occasions to women
older. feebler. poorer and more in
need OF bargains than herself? Nay,
verify
1T is a brutal struggle to get the
best" says Everybody's Magazine. in
which the feeble are trampled under
foot. gowns are torn and hats
smashed; a struggle in which women
Of stature and grip do not hesitate
10 snatch a bargain out Of the hands
OF another woman and bear it of in
triumph. In the peculiar creed OF
ethics that governs woman's conduct
toward her sister woman, il is con-
sidered perfectly legitimate to covet
your neighbor's garments. or her cook,
and TO get them away from her If you
can. New York Commercial
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
Cost of Street sweeping.

Supervisor Braunhart is preparing
to draw the deadly parallel on the
Board of Works In it's claim that the
appropriation of $215,O0O is insult
ficient for the city to do its own street
cleaning during the next fiscal year.
Braunhart resurrected a report made
last year, in which the board figured
that the sum of $2O7,4SO is sufficient
to sweep the streets. In the face of
that report Braunhart says the board
demands $3l5,000, or more than
500, 900 in excess Of It's estimate made
last year. The estimate was made on
a basis of $2 so a day as the wages
of sweepers.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
GuardioIa Estate Sale.

A return of sale was filed in the SUI
perior Court yesterday by the admin
istrator of the. estate of Jose Guardi-
ola, showing the disposal at auction
of the following properties: At Cali
fornia and Sansome streets, to A. j.
Rich, for $4,000; on Ellis street,
near Stockton, to W. F. Perkins and
Joseph NJ. Masten, for s315,000; on
Pine street, near Battery, to A. ].
Rich, for $57 1000; on .O'Farrell street,
near Mason, to A. Aronson, for
s76,00O; on Bagley place. near O'Far-
rell street, to Joseph E. Bier, for
$36,000 lots on the Heredia estate,
near Newcastle, to r. N. Fuller, for
$500. The commission of 1 per cent
to the sales agents amounts to 1885.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
News a La Russo.

A Moscow dispatch In the London
Daily News says the extraordinary ig-
norance and credulity of Russia's peas
ants concerning the state Of things at
the front is illustrated by report in
the Siberian newspapers Of a recent
trial.
A notarys clerk named Kolnikoff was
arrested at Krasnoyarsk, charged with
obtaining money by false pretenses. 1t
was alleged that he had opened an in
formation "kOntora' in the villages and
Cossack settlements, for the purpose OF
supplying the families Of Siberian re-
servists with facts" as to the latest
doings of their kinsmen.
According to the evidence he charged
his clients 25 kopecks for information
whether the soldiers were alive or dead,
and 80 kopecks for transmitting mess
ages to them by magic.
In order to increase his clientele he
periodically circulated reports OF san
guinary battles which he stated had
taken place around Port Arthur, and
declared that local .battalions had been
engaged. though these battalions were
often net within a weeks journey or the
imaginary battlefields.
Some of the peasants refused to give
evidence against him. declaring that ne
had an "Angliskoe steklo," or Englisn
crystal. similar TO that used every day
bv King Edward" The crystal was
nroduced in court, and, much to the
magistrate's amusement. proved TO De
the bottom of an ordinary tumoler' on
which had been painted triangle ano
a cruciflx. KoInikoff was sentenced 70
six weeks imprisonment
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
Jack MunrOe Works Out fOl
the EdificatiOn of Man
ager Pollock.

Manager Harry Pollock saw his pro-
tege, Jack Munroe, work out yesterday
afternoon and was delighted with the
form displayed by the burly miner. At
that he did not see him at his best
as Jack went swimming in Sutro Baths
in the morning with his retinue of
trainers and this left him languid.
Added to this he missed his usual half
hour nap after luncheon, as there were
visitors to entertain.
The gymnasium was crowded to the
point of suffocation when he COM
menced his work and the spectators
saw something akin to genuine fight
ing. The several aspiring neavyweights
gave the big miner a fast workout and
tried their best to sneak in a hard
, blow. Munroe's sore nose was skinned
again and gave him a rather CORY ap-
pearance.
Munroes fighting partners shared in
the shedding of blood, az each in turn
took his medicine. For quick work
Munr0e had Andy Gallagher, Fred
Landers and Frank Rafael. They
tried to outfeint the miner, but were
unsuccessful.
Munroes work was done without a
rest, as he went from one boxer to
another without a respite.
After q thorough rundown he went
for dip in the ocean,. He enjoys this
the best of all his round of training
and plays about in the surf like a seal.
Trainer in Chief Tim McCsrath is a
believer in plenty of work for a boxer
and will keep Munroe busy until the
day before the fight. Munroe is such
willing subject that it is easy to
keep him at the required notch.
Frank Mcconnell, VINO was a clever
welterweight, will box with Munroe to-
morrow. A large crowd is expected at
his quarters to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
BOilermaker Will Resume
Work To-Day at Harbin
Springs Quarters.
BY f. f. SIuIhoIland.

HARDIN SPRINGS, June 11-After
4 night of extreme vigilance on the part
Of his trainers and attendants,
seething hot medicinal applications be-
ing applied every two hours, Jim JEFF
fries awoke from cat-like maps this
morning to find his knee in a vastly
improved condition.
The puffy. angry looking swelling
had been visibly reduced, and while the
leg did not present its normal appear
ance. the results were encouraging.
The champion was feeling in exuberant
spirits. Jeff said he would continue to
rest to-day, but announced that he
would be at work again on Sunday.
Manager Billy Delaney did not quite
approve of this, but entered no protest.
once his mind is made up to do a thing.
nothing can alter the big boiler
makers determination.
There is little or no chance of the
championship contest. set for next Fri
day night, being postponed. In fact,
Billy Delaney has wired friends to that
effect and beyond doubt Jim and Jack
viii shake hands in the ring as sched-
uled.
No serious results can be anticipated
from the lay off whatever. Six weeks
Of training have transformed the beefy
looking champion into a well-chiseled
athlete. His face plainly shows the re-
suit Of this labor by the firm, hardset
expression when in repose, and there
was more danger from OVERRIDING than
from neglecting his training. While
resting on his oars jeff VIII indulge
sparingly in food, and relaxation OF
gym and road functions for two or even
three days should prove beneficial, and
not harmful.
Sam Berger. the husky Olympic Clut
amateur boxer, came down from Har-
bin Springs yesterday. Sam Will par
ticipate in the boxing tournament al
St. Louis next September, and thought
a Journey to the springs might riper
and strengthen the gelatine muscles.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
sIipbuiIding i'm 1908.

According TO published statistics Of
last years shipbuiiding. the number Of
vessels launched n the whole world
was 2441. with a tonnage Of 2,67s. .53I and
an indicated horsepower OF 2.352. .4S5.
F0r 1902 the number Of vessels launched
was 2394, with a tonnage Of 2.7l5.57G and
an indicated horsepower OF 2.Ol7 .254
More than one-half the new tonnage OF
1903 was produced within the United
Kingdom, England turning out S7I YES
sells q .2s5 tons. Scotland 362 vessels
of 4Sf.653 tons and Ireland 25 vessels of
I5s.4S2 tons. With the exception Of the
United States no foreign country
launched an aggregate tonnage equal
u the Clyde alone. which built during
the year 277 vessels Of 446, S6e tons. The
statistics show that there were de-
cneases on the Clyde, the Tay. and Dee.
the Tyne. the Wear. the Tees, the Har-
tIepOol. the Thames, in Ireland, Ger
many, France and Holland, and in
creases on the Forth, the Mersey, thu
Humber, the English Channel, ia the
colonies. the United States, Russia.
Norway and Sweden. Italy, Austria,
Hungary. Japan, Denmark, Belgium
and China. The Clyde decrease was
not 50 serious as expected. last year
being a record year.-New York Com
mercfal-
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
Big Show of MulticoIorcd Rats.

A successful rat show was recently
held at Cheltenham. England. There
were sixty exhibits of black, gold,
gray, white. piebald and tan rats.
Some agricultural journals. comment
ing on it. maintain that the rat has
an economic future and may become
a table dainty in England. as it is in
China. To many people the show is
the first correction of the impression
that rats are all alike. whereas the
varities of them. all more or less alike
in characteristics, are quite numerous.
The first display having been a marked
success, others will no doubt follow,
and the rodent be studied with in
creasing attention, the prospect, how
eyer, of finding out anything good
about him being not at all promising.
New York Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
A sHoIvo RaiIrnad-

How many persons know that there
is right here in North America a holy
railroad? This is little line twenty
one miles long, from Quebec to Ste.
Anne de Beaupre. 1t is sacred because
it claims to run especially for the ac-
commodation Of pilgrims, and above
all. because at its opening a few years
since it was formally blessed, with all
it's belongings, by Cardinal Taschereau.
Every Sunday the trains are crowded
by devotees in search OF the blessing
of the good Saint Anne. who IS credited
with the miraculous power Of healing.
and on July IS, Saint Anne's day. the
road cannot accommodate the enOr-
nous crowds which flock to her shrine.
Think of riding on a holy railroadl
But those who have travelled on 1t.
know that they must not expect the
comforts Of Paradise. 1t may be called
holy, but it seems to be run, none
the less, with an eye to dividends. The
charges are high and the service poor.
N. Y. Commercial
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
CYCLlST RUNS
INTO SENATOR
CockrelI of Missouri Is
Badly Injured by a Reck-
less Washington Youth
COLLAR BONE is BROKEN
Lad Responsible for the Ac-
cident Quickly Remounts
Wheel and Disappears
COLLAR BONE is BROKEN

WASHINGTON, June 11.-Senator F.
M. Cockrell of Missouri was run into by
a boy riding a bicycle to-day and
thrown violently to the ground. His
right collarbone was broken. his left
side badly bruised and he was other
wise injured. The accident occurred
early this morning, but was not made
known until Tonight.
AS was his custom, Senator Cockrell
went to do the marketing for his house
hold. and was returning home when
the basket on his arm was run into.
The boy was riding at a rapid pace. He
quickly remounted his wheel and dis
appeared.
1t was said tonight that the Senator
was resting comfortably. but that he
would be confined to his bed for several
weeks
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
Lawyers Want Big Fees.

Philip J. Cunningham. on an as
signed claim from the law firm of
BOYD g. Fiaeld, commenced suit in
the Superior Court yesterday against
the San Francisco Gas and Electric
Company for the recovery Of 100000
alleged to be due for legal services
performed between the years 1890 and
1900. William II. Fifield of the firm is
dead 1t is alleged that the services
were performed for the defendant
company and its predecessor, the San
Francisco Gas Light Company. in the
examination of titles to real property
and in defending the suit of George
c. Bates and the suit for the partition
of the North Peter Smith tract.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
Promotion of Enlisted Men.

The splendid service rendered by
those who obtained commissions in the
army following the Civil War was
abundant proof Of their fitness for
command. The test OF war service is
one which cannot be eQualed by any
system Of examination or marking that
may be devised in a time Of peace. The
fact OF the qualifications of an officer
as developed under war conditions is
absolute; the question OF probable ef-
ficiency has no definite standard. In
addition. forty years Of military pro-
gress have made the requirements for
the accomplished officer much more ex-
acting than ever. Now that there is a
prospect that We may have twelve ap-
pointments in the year TO the commits
stoned ranks Of the navy, so long as
there may be q shortage Of graduated
officers. and with the reduction Of the
term in the warrant grade so that the
enlisted man may get to a commission
al some time before his thirties. il
would seem that all had been done that
need be done toward making the pro-
motion easier. What is mainly TO be
feared is that under the stimulus Of
the need Of officers the restriction OF
numbers may be removed and a broad
ly framed general provision may make
II possible FOR those 10 secure a COM
mission who would not or could not
qualify under the present restrictions.
on the other hand promotion within
the limits now set should not be made
impossible through the establishment
u standards which. however conscien-
tously adopted. might be found pro-
hibiuve.-Army and Navy Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
Fertility of MIR. Tapley's Chin.

Besides being the home Of Champ
Clark. Pike County glories in the dis
tinction Of having in its midst the most
luxuriant crop Of whiskers in the
United States. The crop adorns the fer
tile chin Of Vol Tapley, a farmer. and
is more than eleven feet in length. Tap
ley recently gave Congressman Clark
q picture OF himself in which he ap-
pears illustrating the classic song And
the Wind Blew Through His Whisk-
ers." When Tapley wants to exhibit
his hirsutel appendage in all its glory
ne takes II from his vest, where he
commonly keeps It, attaches the loose
end OF II 10 the hinge of a door and
then backs off until il becomes taut.--
Kansas City Journal
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
OFFICERS WORK
ON new THEORY
Now Believe That the Cook
Suspected of Killing Min
ing Expert Is Also Dead
MYSTERY GETS DEEPER
Team Rented by Valentine
and Companion Returned
to Stable by Stranger

BAKERSFIELD, June l1.-Evidence
has come TO light tending to show that
Alexander Pontsn, the hunchback cook
suspected OF numbering John A Valen-
tine. the Los Angeles mining man who
was found dead in Kelso Canyon, has
himself been murdered. No trace Of
Pontan has been found, but a third
man. regarding whom nothing is
known. but who gave the name OF Val
entine Meyer, drove into Mojave and
returned the team that Valentine had
taken out. The stranger paid for its
hire. exhibiting more than $500 in gold.
and then disappeared. Officers are
now looking for him. Valentine is
known 10 have had about $500 in gold
on his person when he left Los An
geles. Y. B. Carpenter, Valentines
partner. and q Deputy Sheriff have
started for Kelso Canyon.