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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-03
FIRE INvOLV-
INC MILLIONS.
New Orleans Sustains Heavy
Blow To Shipping.
FIRE COVERS TWELVE BLOCKS.
While $5,OOO,OOOI In Wharves,
Warehouses and Freight
Go Up In Smoke.

New Orleans, Feb. 90. Fire involv-
ing milllens OF dollars loss in physical
property, and that stIlke.a serious if
temporary blow at the immense export
trade of New Orleans, swept the river
front tonight and wiped out the vast
freight terminals OF the Illinois Cen
trail, known as the Stuyvesant docks.
Nearly dozen squares of modern
wharves and freight sheds, two mag
tinicent grain elevators, hundreds
of loaded cars and vast quantities OF
freight, including 20, 600 bales of cot
ten, were destroyed together with a
large number of small residences.
The fire was still raging furiously at
midnight, at which time it had almost
reached the upper end of the Illinois
Central property.
1t has not been determined whether
there has b9en any loss of life.
The ocean going shipping seems to
have escaped serious damage. A num-
docks were injured. Actual estimates
of the losses are impossible tonight
though they may exceed S., QUO, 000
The Stuyvesant docks extend from
Louisiana avenue almost TO Napoleon
dNCHuO, ulslduCb VI IW6tV0 squares.
The whaIyes between those two
points were covered with miles of
trackage and steel and lion sheds ran
the whole distance The two grain
elevators we're of the most modern con
the upper one having a
capacity of a million bushels.
QUANTITIES. OF FREIGHT.
Thousands of bales OF cotton, several
hundred thousand packages of sugar,
great quantities of cotton seed oil and
oil cake, lumber and every conceivable
variety of freight filled the warehouses
and sheds. Practically all the export
business handled bv the Illinois Cen
trail was put aboard ships at the docks
The docks and improvements have
been under construction fer ten years
past, elaborate extensions and immense
having been made after
the Constitutional Convention of 1893
made it possible for the ROAD to invest
at this point.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-03
Late NeWaaConment

The Prince and Princess Of Wales
will pay visit to India, extending from
November to March.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-03
Recommendation to the Pana-
ma Commission.
BY ENGINEERING EXPERTS
First Definite Plans of Con-
struction Set Forth, the
Total Estimated Cost
Being $3.50, 100000
With Completion in
Ten or Twelve
Years.

: Washington, Feb. 96.-The first de.
finite engineering plans for the construc
ton of the Panama Canal have just beer
laid before the Isthmian Canal Com.
mission by the engineering committee OF
that body, consisting of Commissioners
Burr, Parsons and Davis
The principal recommendations are
summed up 10 this resolution:
Resolved, that this committee ap-
prove and recommend for adoption by
the commission plan for sea level
canal, with bottom width of $50 feet
and minimum depth of water OF 80
feet, and with twin tidal locks at Mira.
flores, whose disable dimensions shall
be 1000 feet long and 100 feet wide, at
total estimated cost of $230,50O, 900.
Such estimate includes an allowance
for administration, engineering, santa
ton and contingencies, amounting to
$3S, 450, 900, but without allowance for in
terest during construction expense of
zone government and collateral costs
and water supply sewers or paving of
Panama or Colon, which last items are
t" be repaid by the Inhabitants of those
cities"
The committee estimates that sea
leNei cdDdl can De competed WITHIN
ten to twelve years from the present
time.
These recommendations are the con-
clusion of report to the commission
prepared in the canal zone under date
of Feb. IA last and based on complete
engineering reports on all of the prob
lens involved.
The committee decided that under no
conditions should the surface of the
canal be more than sixty feet above
the sea, and estimates that at this
level the cost would be Sl78,0l3 406 A
thirty foot level is estimated to cost
$l94,2l3 400.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-03
DAM IN THE CHARGES.

1t is recommended that the Chagres
River be controlled by dam at Gam
boa, built to crest height of 200 feet.
and the waters of the lake thus created
disposed of through tunnels. The work
on the foundation of the dam Will re-
quire from one to one and a half
years. and, the committee reports,
should begin at ouce. The dam at this
place, it is said, involved no formidable
obstacles, which is not the case of the
Bohio location
Actual work with the new American
steam shoveis ia the Culebra cut has
demonstrated that the entire excava-
ton can be done at cost Of 80 cents
a cubic yard. The former Isthmian Ca
nal Commission estimated this cost at
50 cents. This reduction amounts to a
total of $15, 200. 600, and is given as a
Justification of the recommendation of
the sea level canal.
Immediate work is recommended at
Colon in constructing safe harbor. To
this end an outer breakwater is sug-
gested, as we'll as the construction of
an inner harbor at the entrance to the
canal. 1t recommended that bids
be invited for this work.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
Streets Red With Blood

St Petersburg, June (spe-
cial. According to advices received
here the situation in Poland is again
serious.
Censored dispatches from Lodz,
though giving few details, indicate
that fierce street fighting was in
progress yesterday between the mi
litia and the striking workmen, who
barricaded the thoroughfare in var
ious portions of the city and offered
resistance, which the troops met with
volleys
The list of dead and wounded is
presumably heavy. but not even an
estimate has been received here, Rus
sian correspondents telegraphing that
the streets are entirely in the hands
of the mob and that it is unsafe to
venture out to get details. The fight
ing was continued tonight, and IT is
feared that order can be restored on
" at heavy sacrifice.
LODI has been in turmoil for
several days, The strike, which en-
braces 10000, seems to have entirely
lost its economic phases and is now
political manifestation.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
DESTROYED hy Eirr.

Last night the big hay house at
Bovine, the stock yards station, about
miles northwest of the city on the
Rio Grande Western railroad. was
destroyed by fire.
The building stood near the rail-
road track and it is thought that
sparks flying from the engine of
train No. 2, which passed Bovine
about 12:45 last night, set the big
barn a-fire.
When the fire was discovered it
was too late to save the building and
its contents were totally consumed.
The hay house was owned by the
railroad company. 1t was used for
storing hay and feed for the cattle
that are handled at the Bovine Yards
The dimensions of the building were
40xSO feet. 1t was constructed of
wood and sheet iron. There was
quite a quantity of hay in the house
last night and there We're other CON
tents of considerable value.
The loss has not been ascertained,
but will probably amount to about
$4,000. The building was insured,
but for what amount is not known.
The fire was discovered by ranch
men living near the Bovine yards,
and they state that the building made
a big blaze.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
May Come This Way

There is some hope that the Mon
dell committe of the reclamation ser
vice may yet visit Grand Junction
This morning Mayor Bunting
called up the transportation depart
ment of the Rio Grande road, at the
request of the Chamber of Com
merce, and he was given the intor-
nation that the Mondell committee
would reach Denver on July 1. and
would leave Salida over the narrow
gauge at $50 O'Clock on the morning
of July .. The information was Civ
en- that the road was to convey the
committee as far as Grand Junction,
arriving here on the night OF the
ed of July and returning over the
narrow gauge on the 4th.
The Rio Grande had no reversal
of the original itinerary and this city
NAV vet be visited by this very i'm
nortant committee There is time for
the congressman from this state to
meet and insist that this committee
visit this city for the purpose OF view
ing the High Line canal project.
The Chamber of Commerce is allVe
10 every moment of the committee
and if it is possible to get them here
there will be no lacking of an IN
vitation.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
BUSY SESSION OF
THE CHAMBER

There was a very busy session of
the directors of the Chamber of Com
merce last night.
In the absence of President Car
penter. Vice President ]. 4. McCul-
Tough occupied the chair of the pre-
siding officer Directors Atwood,
Bunting, Cassells, Desch, Fisher, Nc
Culloch, Moody and Talbert were
present.
The regular order of business was
suspended while the body listened to
Henry r. Rhone. who asked that a
relative cooperative effort be made
to get the seventh annual grand aer-
lie convention of the Fraternal Order
of Eagles to consider Grand June
tion's claims as a possible location
for the great national Eagles home
which the order proposes to erect.
On motion the secretary was in
structed to confer with Mr.. Rhone
and draw up a resolution expressing
the fitness of Grand Junction as To-
cation for the proposed home, and
the willingness of the Chamber of
Commerce to cooperate in the effort
to secure the home for Grand juno
tion.
Mr.. Rhone then addressed the body
relative to getting a direct commun-
ication with President Roosevelt in
an effort TO have Grand Junction
made one of the registration points
for the opening of the Uintah reser-
walton. A committee composed of
Messrs. Talbert. Fisher, Atwood and
Rhone was appointed to give the
matter attention, and It was urged
that every effort should be made to
get a hearing by the president.
l. n. Bunting of the committee on
commerce and railroads moved that
it is the sense of the Chamber of
Commerce that. in the interest of the
merchants of Grand Junction and of
the people of the intervening towns
between Grand junction and Glen
wood Springs who desire to do the
major portion of their shopping in
Grand Junction, but are at disad-
vantage owing to the lack of shop
pers' or eXcursionists' rates the
Chamber of Commerce cenfer with
the railroad officials in an effort to
secure the establishment of periodi-
cal rates similar to the so-calied
laundry rates now prevailing in this
section. The motion was unanimous
" adopted. and steps to secure the
desired rates will be taken at once.
The secretary was instructed to
nreDare a new edition of the Grand
Valley Catechism and present it for
approval at a subsequent meeting Of
the directors.
Dr. 5. NJ. Bradbury was appointed
to look after the details of the enter
tainment of the state board of horti-
culture on their meeting here during
the week of the Mesa county fair
The directors then adjourned un-
til the next regular meeting night.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
NO GOVERNMENT OF
CITY OR COUNTY
Must Be City and County Govern
ment in Denver Supreme
Court Throws Out All
Democratic Officials
Elected Under
Charter

Denver. June 24.-The supreme
court yesterday handed down a de-
cision holding that a county as we'll
as a city government must be main
tanned in the city and county OF Den
yer, and declaring invalid any por-
. tion of the new city charter which
attempts to subvert the constitution
by deleSating to itself the authority
to provide a form of government for
the county Of Denver inconsistent
with the constitution and laws of the
state.
The effect of the decision is to es-
tablish a complete county govern
ment in the county of Denver and to
install as officials the entire republi-
can. ticket voted for at the fall cleo
tion of 1904.
The democratic ticket was success
ful in the election for city and county
officers held in May, 1904, and, in
order to successfully meet the con-
tention that the election was valid
because it was not held at the time
prescribed by law for holding cleo
tions for county officers, the same
ticket was nominated and voted for
at the fall eelction. On the face of
the returns this ticket was elected,
but when the supreme court ordered
thrown out a NUMBER OF precincts
in Denver because of fraud, the dem
ocratic majority was completely
wiped out
Quo warranto proceedings insti-
tuted by the republicans were or
dered by the district court in their
favor, but the democrats continued
to hold office.
The opinion of yesterday holds the
fall election for county officials valid
and consequently the republican tick
ct is elected The opinion does not
attempt to discuss the constitutional
ity of the constitutional amendment
providing a new charter for Denver,
merely saying that where the char
ter conflicts with the constitution it
is invalid.
One of the effects of the decision is
to render ineffective that provision
of the charter providing a second
county judgeship and TO unseat Judge
Henry V. Johnson, in whose case the
opinion is rendered primarily. Judge
Johnson has been sitting as a county
judge for more than a year and has
disposed of some important cases.
Just what the effect will be on these
cases is problematical.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
GAS FOR THIS
CITY BY JAN. l

yesterday afternoon at the meet
ing OF the directors and the officials
of the Citizens Gas & Coke Com
pany many important steps We're tax
en- toward tine erection and compile
ton OF the plant and system of the
company.
NJ e. Malone of the Denver Gas
& Coke Company was present and
made many valuable suggestions re-
garding the work to be done. Mr..
Malone is an expert of long exper-
ience.
II was decided to start work on the
plant and the system at an early date
and all the plans and specifications
will be completed within a short time
Mr.. Malone has been engaged as
chief engineer for the construction
aud the completion of the plant
The work will be pushed rapidly.
and it is announced that gas for light
and fuel will be on sale by the first
day of January Of next year.
The location of the plant and
buildings has not yet been definitely
decided upon. Two locations are now
under consideration. and one of the
two will probably be selected within
the next few days.
The plans were discussed at length
yesterday afternoon. The plant will
be of large capacity and will be mod
ern in every detail. The company
will be able to give the very best of
service.
The affairs of the Citizens Gas &
Coke Company are in n most salts
factory condition, and the meeting
yesterday afternoon was an enthus-
iastic as well as a very important
one. Nearly all of the officers and
directors of the company were pres
ent The meeting was held in the
offices of w. S. Wallace.
1t is now certain that within a few
months a modern gas system will be
numbered among the many metro
politau institutions of Grand June
ton.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24

r. c. Walker returned last night
over the Midland from his trip to
Denver. Boulder and Fort Collins,
accompanied by w e. Stinson and
family of Enfield, III. Mr.. Stinson
is an old-time friend and schoolmate
of Mr.. Walker. He, in connection
with two brothers, has operated a
series of large and successful mer-
camille houses, eleven in number, in
large towns of southern and central
Illinois for many years, and the hrm
Of Stinson Brothers is known
throughout that section of Illinois.
owing to the poor health of mem
bers Of his family, Mr.. Stinson has
found it necessary to seek higher
altitude. He had been in cores
nondence with Mr.. Walker for some
time and decided TO come to Colora-
do. and, if conditions suit in Grand
Junction, the family will probably
locate here.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24

The police were notified last night
about O'Clock that someone was
attempting TO break into one of the
business houses. An investigation
was made and the alarm proved to
be false.
Tomorrow afternoon at the fair
grounds there will be a game of base
ball between the Grand Junction and
the Fruita teams. An interesting
game is promised. Both teams are
well organized and in good practice.
The game will be called about 2:3O
o'clock Seats for everybody in the
grand stand
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
MOST CHARMING
SOCIAL FUNCTION

One of the most charming social
functions of the early summer was
the reception of the Grand Junction
High School Alumni association. Civ
en- last evening at the pretty home Of
Miss Pearl Shores on North Sew
enth street
The committee having in charge
the arrangemnts for the reception.
the first given by the Alumni Associ-
alton, determined to make the event
one of such pleasure that it would
long be held in pleasant remem-
brance by all who attended That
their efforts along this line were sue
cessful there can be no doubt.
The guest numbered about so.
about 40 being members of some
graduating class of the Grand juno
tion high school, the others being
teachers and friends outside of the
association.
The parlors of the Shores home
were eXquisitely decorated in the
high school colors-purple and gold
and various college pennants.
These appropriate and pretty decora-
tions were greatly admired by the
many guests.
An informal program was greatly
enjoyed during the early part of the
evening. Prof E. q. Cole, princi-
pal of the high school, delighted the
guests with a splendid solo. Ward
Hutton, playing his own aCcompani-
ment on the harp, also sang pleas
ing solo.
The reading by Miss Mary Enoch
was most refreshing and entertain
ing. Ernest Hedges, the talented
young musician and composer, rem
dered a piano solo OF his own com
position, which was most enthusias-
tically received.
The singing of many class Choir
uses proved one of the most delight
full features of the evening. many of
the old choruses recalling to memory
many happy incidents of bygone
days.
A large punch bowl filed with nee
tar Of the most delicious quality
proved very popular throughout the
evening
At a late hour light refreshments
consisting of sherbet and waters were
served.
Many old commencement programs
representing nearly every year of the
Grand Junction high school had been
gathered last night for the inspection
of the graduates present. The young
people took great deilght In looking
over the old cards.
After refreshments were served,
the members of the Alumni Asso-
citation held short business meet
ing. II was decided to levy an as
sessment of 80 cents per annum on
each member to defray the expenses
of the association. It was decided
to hold a geenral social and business
gathering once year
The reception last evening was
hugely enjoyed by all. and it was a
very late hour when the happy
throng dispersed.
The officers for the ensuing year
are:
President, Carl X. Rupp.
First vice president. Miss May Car
roll.
Second vice president, william
Weiser.
Treasurer, Mrs. Richard Meserve.
Secretary, Mrs. Ada Gourley Jones.
A committee of three was appoint
ed by the president to draft con-
stitution and bylaws. The commit
tee consists of Miss Mary Enoch, vii
liam Weiser and Bernard Rice.
II was with the greatest reluc-
tance that the alumni departed for
their homes. Such an occasion comes
but once a year. 1t is a sort of fam
lily reunion. Old friendships are re-
newed fond memories are revived
and the social and moral features of
life which are most worth preserving
are cultivated.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
Mr. and Mrs. Gustave vanHoore-

Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave VanHoore-
bei,e leave this evening for an eX-
tended western trip. After spending
a few days in salt Lake City they
will go TO Los Angeles. From Los
Angeles they will go to San Fran
cisco for short visit, and then they
win take steamer trip from the
latter city to Portland where they
will take in the Lewis & Clark eN-
nosition. Mr. and Mrs VanHoore,,
beke will be out of the city several
weeks and expect to enjoy their tour
very much.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
Attention. Eagles.

All Eagles are earnestly requested
to go to the store of NJ. II. Loetiier,
the White Front clothing store, and
have their measures taken at once
for their suits. The measure must
be taken between tonight and to-
morrow afternoon at O'Clock to in
sure their delivery here, if possible,
in time to participate in the Fourth
of July parade.
(Signed) NELSON HARDS.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
snIitnirc. SoIitaire.

The highest grade of coffee, tea,
spices and extracts that money can
buy. The green coffee is cured in
Colorado, roasted in Colorado and
blended for Colorado water. There
is nothing better and this line is a
strictly Colorado line for Colorado
people. Everything guaranteed. w.
II. Lee & Son.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
Big Reward Offered

Cleveland, O., June 24.-The Lake
Shore Railway Company last night
offered a reward of $1,000 for the ar
rest or for information leading to
the arrest of the person or persons
responsible for the wreck of the
Twentieth Century Limited at Men
tor. o., Wednesday night
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
WEATHER BULLETIN
u. S. Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau,

u. S. Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau,
Grand Junction, Colo,
June "a
Local observations taken at am.
Mountain time
Maximum temperature yesterday,
&c deg.
Minimum temperature this morn
ing, II deg.
Relative humidity at G pm. yes
terday, Z per cent
Relative humidity at 6 am. today
10 per cent.
Forecast for western Colorado, as
telegraphed from the district center
at Denver, for SO hours ending 6
p m. Sunday: Partly cloudy tonight
and Sunday; cooler north portion TO-
night. ...
r. NJ. HARDINGE,
0bearyer Weather Bureau.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24

The best lenses are cheap. 1t isn't
the price you pay that counts. but
what you get for the price. What
good are cheap glasses if they don't
properly fit and remedy your partic-
ular defect of vision.
In our Watch Repairing Depart
ment you can have your timepiece
regulated and put in perfect condi-
tion. Every watch repairing job we
do carries with it that broad guaran-
tee that absolutely protects the Gus
toner against any dissatisfaction.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24

Senator Horace T. DeLong is hay
ing cement foundation placed un-
der his residence on Chipeta avenue
and other extensive improvements
made
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24
nnnd CONCERT Program.

The band concert will be given on
the corner of Fifth and Main this ev-
ening, beginning at 7:45.
The following splendid program
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24

n7Gn r.t jars sold them
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24

WANT ADS-What you don't want
some one else may. You can get
ready money in selling things
you don't want 10 Some one who
does want them. Try a want ad.
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24

ii is The but nsomene
can't SELL b| it is etng
The daily sentinel., 1905-06-24

PERHAPS you could sell lois Of
things, which to you are useless.
but which to others might be val
Histo,,{ g YOU Just LET the people
knU" Ia s0cfe,y = ad,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-10
MAN WITH JAG FALLS
THIRTY FEET; UNHURT
Miraculous Escape of Henry Kraeer-
aon at Davenport Last
Night.

Henry Kragerson. 40 years of age is
lying at Mercy hospital, Davenport
having miraculously escaped death II
a sheer fall of 30 feet from the porch
platform at the rear of the third story
Of Miller's hotel on West Second
street. That he escaped with his life
is due doubtless to that mysterious
providence which guards children and
intoxicated persons so frequently from
harm.
At about 10 o'clock he went out on
the rear porch on the north side of the
hotel off the third floor, and in some
way fell over the guard rail and drop
ped directly TO the board sidewalk
Persons heard his fall and hurried
to his assistance. He was unconscious
when picked up, and a physician was
summoned who hastily made an exami-
nation and ordered the ambulance to
take MIN to the hospital. No bones
were broken.