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The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
THEY SELL
Y GU NC
GIRLS
[By Associated Press. ]


San Francisco, Dec. l7.-Henry
Lair and Lucine Darvaille, a French
woman who passes as his wife, We're
ed of importing and harboring alien
women in Chicago. They We're
arraigned Immediately before United
States Commissioner Peacock who
fixed their bail at $4,000 each, the
greatest sum ever demanded in a
similar case in the West.
This was done at the request of
Federal Attorney Sims OF Chicago,
who desired bail placed at almost a
prohibitive figure, TO insure their re-
turn to that city, where they are
alleged to have been at the head of
one of the largest combinations of
white slave" dealers in the United
States. The arrests were made
through the efforts OF K. j. Brennan.
a secret agent of the department of
justice who came from the East for
that purpose, and who has worked in
conjunction with Detective William
j. Burns without consulting the San
Francisco police. The couple was
found in resort they conducted on
Commercial street. The particular
charge on which they are held is that
of importing and harboring at No.
211S Dearborn street, Chicago, an
alien woman named Marie PerouX,
who has told the federal officials n
story OF horrible cruelty alleged to
have been suffered while detained by
them against her will. after they had
brought her from France.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
COLORADO MAKING
A SPLENDID
SHOWING
Especial to The sentinel.D

Denver, Dec. 17.-"The volume Of
business at the Denver stock yards
during 1905 increased 40 per cent
over the previous year, as against
record of tremendous falling off in
every other western packing market. "
+ This remarkable statement was
made by w. Il. Skinner of the Den
yer stock yards before the Real Es-
tate Exchange at its luncheon at the
Brown Palace hotel yesterday.
This is not all, he continued.
the farmers of Colorado We're paid.
in round figures. S13.00O.000 during
the present year for 411,9T1 head of
beef cattle and feeders. 273,O0O hogs
and 655. 900 sheep. The money for
this enormous live stock product went
right into the pockets of the farmers
OF Colorado
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
HE W ILL
7 AXE
JOB

Especial to The Sentinef -
Denver, Lee. 17.- of
Agriculture James " 81 letter
to President B. o orth of the
colorado Cope,~ - Agriculture at
Fort CollA ~ paccepted the offer
of the .sSSkS<cy of that institution.
z 40 sesident Aylesworth, who.
xolv'Sweeks ago. handed in his resig-
ioation to the board and expressed a
wish that James Wilson be offered
the position. The board has decided
to elect him unanimously
The resignation of President Ayles-
worth will go into effect about jan
uary / but the coming of Secretary
Wilson at that time is a matter of
uncertainty, il depending entirely
upon his reappointment to the presi
dents cabinet. He wishes TO claim
the distinction of having served as
a cabinet officer longer than any 9TH
er man on the same staff. and If he is
reappointed and remains in the cabi-
net until July he will have completed
a thirteen year service in the United
States cabinet. the longest period of
office ever held by a United States
cabinet officer He will then enter
upon his duties as president of the
Agricultural college.
In the letter of acceptance, to Pres
ident Aylesworth, Secretary Wilson
expressed a wish to spend two years
in Colorado for the benefit of his
daughters health. Her name is Flora
Wilson. and during the time spent
with her father in Washington she
has been his housekeeper Recently
Miss Wilson announced her intention
of becoming a singer and actress and
entered upon a course of dramatic
and vocal instruction in Paris. About
six months ago she made successful
debut in Paris. but was compelled to
discontinue in that profession on ac-
count of poor health.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
GETTING UNDER WAY
PANAMA INVESTIGATION
1Rv Associated Press. l

Washington. Dec. 17.-Supported
by Champ Clark. leader of the house
minority. Congressman Henry 7.
Rainey of Illinois is planning to make
the investigation of the alleged scan
dals in the purchase of the Panama
canal property the biggest item on
the democratic calendar for the win
ter's work in congress.
In the meantime he already has be-
gun careful investigation of the
records of the negotiations which are
in the hands of the war department
and of the isthmian canal commits
sion.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
CAN'T USE MODEL
in THE HAMS
TRIAL
[Rv Associated Press. ]

Flashing, l.. L., Dec. lin the
Hams murder trial today Judge
Crane decided against a model which
the defense had prepared To show the
relative position of the parties at the
time of the shooting. He said that
the model gave II false impression To
the Jury and suggested the use of n
photograph. Testimony WAS intro
duced to show that Thornton Hains
drew u revolver and drove back those
seeking to aid Annis while Captain
Hams did the shooting. The prose-
cution claims that this supports the
states Charge that Thornton Hains
was the principal.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
THE DESpOTIC REIGN
PASSES AWAY in
TURKEY
GBy Associated Press. !

i. Constantinople, Dec. IL i
!. with the meeting of the first 1
1. Ottoman parliament today Tur- i
+ key formally breaks from a des- i
!. potic rule that has been in ex- 4
= istence for centuries. !
+ The sultan paraded the city i
+ at the head OF an elaborate cor i
: tege and then opened the first i
+ session. He was greeted with 1
Z enthusiasm. 1
1. The entire line of march for i
> distance of ) miles was swept i
: and covered with sand for the /
+ passage of his ma iesty. !
: Every regiment of troops in !
= Constantinople was lined along !
I. the route of the proc ession. !
r Triumphal arches spanned !
+ the streets, Thousands of peo- 1
. pie from the surrounding towns I
+ and villages crowded the city. 4
= The enthusiasm of the peo- .
= pie was keyed to the highest !
= pitch.
+ The first Turkish parliament !
v assembled 80 years ago, but its
+ existence was brief. I
u n. =. n. n. u - u :
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
MERCHANT CLAIMS HE
DIDN'T PLAN ASSAULT
Especial to The sentinoI.l

Trinidad, Dec. I1.-No new de-
vclopments have taken place today
in the case of {. NJ. Bishop, the wall
paper merchant. who was mysterious
ly assaulted near his store late last
night. bishops condition is not seri-
Gus. He strenuously denies the
charges made by Chief of Police
Egan that he fell into the trap laid
for the officer. and maintains ~
he was IL victim of friends of ~.
Roper. The police are investigating
the case, but no arrests have been
made.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
ANOTHER BANK FAILS
rSucclnl to rhe Sentinol. ]

fSpcclal to The Senfinol.1 7
Napoleon, o., Dee. l7.-The Citi-
zens' State Bank has assigned to d.
D. Donovan.
The failure is said to be due to
overloans made by Cashier Croll to
Judge Michael Donnelly. president of
the Ohio German Fire Insurance
Company. and the assignment is also
said to be the direct result of the
recent failure OF that insurance COM
pany. These loans to Donnelly. it is
alleged. We're made without the au-
thority of the other officials of the
bank.
The Citizens State Bank was con-
sidered strong and as a result of the
assignment great excitement prevails
in Napoleon. The bank deposits
amounted to $685., 900.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
TAFT GOES SOUTH
1By Associated Press. ]

New York. Dec. 17.-After n stay
of four days here, President-elect
Taft left this morning for Washing
ton and Augusta. Ga. where he will
have the last period of rest before
assuming Office.
He will end his southern vacation
some time in the last week of Janu-
ary. sailing at that time from
Charleston on three weeks visit to
the Panama canal zone.
He expects to return to the United
States about the middle of February.
and from then on will be busy filling
speaking engagements.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
+ = j. + !
DURANGO BANK SETTLEMENT.
Especial 10 The Sentinel. |

Especial TO The Sentinel
Durango. Colo. Dec. 1.-THE af-
fairs of the Colorado State Bank of
this city. which closed its doors dur
ing the panic of 1907. We're practi-
cally wound up yesterday when b..
n Freeman. president of the bank.
and his associates turned over to the
receiver cash and securities to the
amount of $175,0OO as part of the
banks assets. which. in addition to
the amount of cash collected by the
receiver, is said to be sufficient to
pay the total liabilities of the bank.
amounting at the time of the suspen-
sion TO $3.50 900
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
MANY ORDERS

+ Fourteen responses came to !
+ our advertisement yesterday re- !
= garding the ladies' note paper !
+ and envelopes.
= We hardly expected such I
+ liberal response-but then it is l
+ something that seems to just !
4. exactly meet the desire for !
T something that can be very use J
4. full on miiady's desk.
4. We have 100 sets of the pa L!
+ per and envelopes, and we want .
3 to clear it all up by Christmas. !
;. If you do not like our note I
4. paper and want some other .
+ style, we will print you any I
= thing which is brought to us. !
+ Most all of the stationers and .
+ druggists carry very fine fancy
= stationery. If you want to buy !
= that and have printing done on !
, same we will be only too happy !
> to do that for you.
- n a. =. = a. = = = - :. = =
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
VILE SLANDER

+ 1t is only a little matter. but I
]. il is slander on men whom we I
+ have known for years. I
= The yellow this morning I
!. stated. in substance. that now I
.s. that the pay car was in, the I
+ police are looking for busy I
i time, and more applicants will I
= be taken into the chain gang" I
+ We have never known the I
i. railroad men to furnish men for I
+ the chain gang. Rarely do we I
f. find that railroad men are in I
+ police court. We do not know I
i why the railroad man should I
+ be singled out for the subject I
= of the spleen of that publica- I
I. tion. I
i. The public generally under 1
+ stands, however. from whence 1
+ such ISLANDERS originate and put
+ little store by such reports and
+ ISLANDERS. That paper never had 4
+ much use for railroad men.
u 4. =. = 4. = = n. 4, = = = = = =
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
VIOLATED STOCK LAW.
IBy Associated Press. ]

Chicago. Dec. 17.-Pleas of guilty
were entered by the Rock Island and
the Santa Fe Railroad companies
yesterday to charges of violating
the twenty-eight hour law and fines
of 500 for each violation were i'm
posed. The law provides that live
stock shall not be confined in stock
cars for longer than twenty-eight
hours without water. feed and exer-
else
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
INSANITY GROWING
AT APPALLING RATE
TBy Assoc1ated Press. |

Chicago. Dec. Insanity
grows three times as fast in proper
tion as the increase in population in
the United States"
DR.. David Paulson, president; of
the Anti-Cigarette league. made this
statement yesterday.
China" he continued, used
twenty-six grains of opium last year
for every man, woman and child. The
United States used fifty-siX grains.
There are at least 100000 opium
users in this country
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
FATAL SNOW SLIDES
( Special 10 The sentinel. !

SVtVIHT III It oeIIIIIItI'
= Durango, Colo, Dec. IA i.
f. snow slide at the Tom Moore !
= mine at Eureka. San Juan coun- .
T. ty, yesterday afternoon. killed .
i. William Mondell, the foreman. !
+ aged 55, and destroyed the large 1
+ mine boarding house. !
+ 1t is reported that the slide 1
+ also damaged the Precious Met 1
+ ais property at Chattanooga and 1
+ the Shenandoah at Howards- I
J. vile. I
+ There are many slides run :!
+ ming in the San Juan country I
4. + 4. 4. + + 4. 4. + = 4. + 4. + I. + :.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
NAVAL DISASTERS.
Especial 10 The Sentinel. J

TSUFTTdT NJ IT. HtzHTITVI.T
Washington. Dec. IT.-There were
.409 vessel disasters in the United
States in the last fiscal year, result
ing a property loss of $1.S63, ,790 and
the loss of 20 lives, according to the
annual report of General Superinten-
dent Kimbell of the United States
life-saving service.
Because of the assistance of the
life-savers. it is pointed out that. of
13 million dollars worth of proper
ty, more than II million dollars
worth was saved.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
WAS BURNED ALIVE
In FIERY STREAM
Especial to The Sentinel.D

Pueblo, Dec. 1..-June Irbin, col
ored. employed at the NIinneQua
plant, was instantly killed yesterday,
and his head arms and feet were
burned Off. With others he was ut
work NJ one of the blast furnaces
when. in some unaccountabIe manner,
il exploded throwing a stream of lava
like metal over the yard. The molt-
en- mass of metal struck Irbin, felled
him to the ground and his body was
covered with many inches of il. Ii
took over two hours to dig his body
out.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
CASTOR STILL HOLDS
THAT QUIET REIGNS
TBy Associated Press. J

Berlin. Dec. 1.-THE members of
the encourage of President Castro
maintain an attitude of skepticism
regarding the outbreaks at Caracas.
They declare that Castro is daily in
receipt of communications from his
government. but that everything is
reported quiet in the capital of Ven
ezuela.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
BURTON DECLARES HE
IS IN RACE TO STAY
IRv Associated Press. /

Columbus, o.. Dec. 17.-Congress-
man Burton has arrived here to open
his campaign for senator to succeed
Foraker.
He said that there is no break be
tween himself and Taft and that he
is in the race for the senatorship to
stay.
Charles II. Taft will open head
quarters here Monday. and Foraker
will arrive Saturday.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
FANATIC SETS FIRE
TO CHICAGO CHURCHES
IRv Associated Press.

CHICAGO. DEC. t..-INCEND-
IAI,Y FIRES BROKE OUT SINFUL
THIS MORNING IN
THE THOBURN NJ. T.. CHURCH
AND DRENEL PARK PRESBl-
TERRAIN CHURCH A BLOCK
APART. TT is BELIEVED TO BE
THE WORK OF 4 FANATIC. THE
LOSS is SMALL.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
GLENWOOD PREACHER
Especial to The sentinel.

Especial to The Sentinel. !
4. Glenwood Springs, Colo, Dec. /
f. Nv. &. Lockhart. a minis {
i. ter. yesterday won in IA political !
i. contest for Garfield county's rec !
+ ommendation for the position of i
1. irrigation engineer for this dis I
+ trict. He secured his victory i
+ over Theodore Rowenberg, 1
1. practical engineer of the dis i
= trict. j
L ., l. l. .. 4. i !. 4. = 8. j. 4. 4. i. 4. !
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
AGAINST HOLLAND
DEMONSTRATION MADE
IRv Associated Press. !

+ Willemstadt, Dec. 17.-There I
+ was a demonstration at Mara I
+ caibo three days ago against !
+ Holland and all stores belonging I
r to Germans have been closed. I
+ + 1. + 1. + i. 4. : !. T. + 1. !. f. ]! !
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
CIVIL WAR VETERAN AND
TELLURIDE PIONEER DEAD
Especial to The sentineI.l

Telluride, Colo, Dec. 17.-William
Sellars. veteran of the civil war
and a pioneer resident of Telluride,
died of pneumonia yesterday at the
age of 60 years.
He was one of the first residents
of this city, coming here Immediately
after the close of the war.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
CHAMPION STEER ROPER
is SUED FOR DIVORCE
Especial to The Sentinel /

Cheyenne Wyo.. Dec. 17.-Nrs.
Della C. McPhee. wife of Angus Me
Phee, famous as a steer roper and
we'll known in the West. but now a
resident of Hawaii. has filed suit for
divorce, alleging that her husband
was cruel in a dozen different ways.
Among these are mentioned threats
against her life and that of their =
year-old daughter. physical violence,
attempts to throw carbolic acid on
her. tearing her clothes off and break
ing up the furniture. She asks for
alimony and the custody of her child
or etatiorcrv cant be beat. G. d
Smith Drug Co
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17

The Girls Athletic Association of
the high school will hold cake sale
Saturday for the benefit of their as
sociation to pay off Indebtedness
whic hthey have incurred the past
season, in the old stand occupied by
Fleming & Lamb.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
SAYS ROADS CAN'T
LIVE ON TWO CENTS
[Bv Associated Press. ]

Kansas City, Mo. Dec. LID the
hearing of the Missouri rate case to-
day. c. ]. Mcpherson. the assistant
general manager of the Missouri Pa
citic railroad. testified that is i'm
possible for the railroads to operate
under the 2-cent passenger rate ex-
cept at a loss.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
FUNERAL SERVICES
OVER LODGE LEADER
IRv Associnted Press.

Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 17.-The
funeral services for John Nobel, the
late grand sire of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. was attended
today by members of the order in
high standing from many sections of
the United States.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
TRINIDAD ACCIDENT
ISnecinl to rhe senlInel.

Especial to The Sentinel.
i. Trinidad Colo. Dec. IT, =
!. Three men were badly burned, T.
Z. one or two of them seriously, by +
= an explosion of gas in the mine T.
1. of the Victor Fuel Company at i
= Hastings yesterday. 4
i i. + + j. i. i. + + a. i. 4. j. i. i. + +.
This afternoon No > was about .
hours late and the Midland was more
than an hour late.
Infant toilet sets. 81 to So. 30. at
Van Horn Drug Co.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
ASKS ROOSEVELT TO
FURNISH THE
PROOF
IRv Associated Press. l


+ Washington. Dec. l7.-Chair- +
1. man Perkins of the house spe- +
4. cial committee appointed to +
1. consider the suggestions of the +
{. president in his message con- +
1. cerning the secret service, to +
+ which members of congress ex- +
/. cepted, presented his report to- +
+ day. +
{. i 1. j. T. i {: = + =
The report recommends the adop-
tion of resolution asking the presi-
dent to supply the evidence on which
is based the statement that the MEM
bers of the house are principally con-
oerned over the fact that the secret
service men have been investigating
the members themselves.
The house adopted the recommen-
dation of the committee without a
dissenting vote and after little COM
ment
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
TRIAL TRIP FOR MONTANA
Ispecial TO The sentinel. !

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE final
official trip of the United States ar
mored cruiser Montana will be held
in Virginia waters tomorrow.
The Montana was scheduled to sail
with the new Atlantic fleet for the
Mediterranean to meet the home
coming battleships. but its trial trip
was deferred on account of docking.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
TAFT AND TEDDY HAVE
A LUNCHEON TOGETHER
mn Associated Press. /

tBy Associated Press.l
WASHINGTON, DEC. f7.-PRES-
IDENT-ELECT W. II. TAFT, WAS A
GUEST TODAY AT PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT'S LUNCHEON AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
ICY BREATH OF KING !.
WINTER SWEEPS ALL
IBy Associated Press,

MILWAUKEE,, DEC. IA BLIZ-
ZARD is RAGING HERE AND IN
THE VICINITY OF SHEBOYGAN
AND MUCH DAMAGE is BEING
DONE TO THE TELEGRAPH
LINES. THE SNOW is HEAVY
AND WET.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17

Many coal dealers who are not in
the combine which raised prices state
that though the mines have raised on
the price of coal that they will con-
tinue to sell for the same price, $3.50
per ton.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
GENERAL SIMON Is
CHOSEN AS PRESIDENT
lBy Associated Press. ]

i. Port au Prince. Dec. IL 4
+ General Simon has been unani- +
+ Hayti. +
1. f + = /, + + + + j. + + + 4. + 1. I.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
A KENTUCKY MOB
HANGS MURDERER
[By Associated Press. !

[By Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, KY, DEC. IL
ELMER HILL. MURDERER OF A
GIRL, WAS LYNCH
ED BY A MOB AT MONTICELLO
THIS MORNING.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
IRv Assnciated press 1

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO. DEC. 1.-THE RAIN
FOG Is GENERAL FROM THE
COLORADO LINE TO PiTTSBCRG
AND ST. PAUL TO LOUISVILLE.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
ToDAY's METAL MARKET.
IRy Associated Press. ]

BY Associated Tress'
New York. Dec. 1.-THE lead
market today was dull at 4.20 to
4.25 Copper was easy at 1925 to
14.37la. Silver. 4S2s.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
ToDAY's WHEAT MARKET.

IBy Associated Press.
Chicago, Dec. 17.-May wheat to-
day closed at LOS q TO LOG.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17
WILL DEFEND HER SON.
[special to The Sentinel. ]

Lexington. Ky, Dec. 17.-Mrs.
Louellen Hargis has made public
announcement that she has $4,000
which she is prepared to spend in or
der TO secure the acquittal of her
son. Beach Hargis. charged with the
murder of his father.
To obtain this money Mrs. Har-
gis has had to mortgage her resi-
dence. The trial is now in session.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17

The bad weather is greatly inter
fering with Christmas shopping in
the city.
The daily sentinel., 1908-12-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Smith. who were
ma rried by Rev Forsythe last night.
left on the Midland last. night. for
their future home at Red Stone.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-05
A SQUARE DEAL FOR HARTMAN

understood that President Roosevelt will recommend that
the house claims approve Harrmans bill for
of S600O00 expended in putting the Colorado
within its former banks. This of justice and
wisdom Hartman and the engineers OF the Southern Pacific
pany did splendid thing splendid way, and the whole
monwea gamer by the daring enterprise successfully fulfilled
forgotten that the government engineers pronounced the
successful OF the Colorado impossible and that the
OF the Imperial valley region inevitable Hartman told his
engineers go ahead and do the work 1t great fortune
complete and the difficulties and seback many but these
know when they beaten The civil engineer the
real hero of modern civilization Nothing big for him
tackle He and back the Such
Hood and Randolph and Bogue the real miracle
workers.
Hartman likewise should the part
daring work He sked couple of millions without batting eye
He knew he taking long shot against heavy odds Many
before had tried bride the Colorado and had failed
When the wonderful Lucn cutoff building great
Salt lake there constantly recurring whispers of disaster The
track sinking they said and would be swallowed in the
Things Of that did happen but the work proceeded just the
completion and
Hartman, the railroad builder, Hartman, the
stock obbe another. Hartman the politician, third In
arthmeca he is onerd good and two-thrds
he should have square deal all around Uncle
that money.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-05
THE TWO PLANS OF CURRENCY REFORM

THE OF the house committee currency
the passage Of the Fowler bill probably foreshadows the de-
feat OF the Aldch 1t does all that the
Fowler bill is certain likely be enacted;
nshes that congress appre-
cates the general that Adrh bill
The best thing that be said of that proposition
enacted would be futile and Ineffective 1t has been condemned
the
analysis provisions all proba-
bily be nothing than letter. plan
provides for the of emergency would
twice much any possible gain.
The bill scientific plan of cur
rency reform; but open the objection that puts the whole
business the hands the national banks The bill provides
supervision of shall with boards managers
would be bankers for each district These organizations
would the clearing
district except that would banks OF
course the dscnnates against this
respect but clear how congress could egae
least plan has been offered yet enable
share the privilege OF Yet there
why the Bank of California instance be per
mitted based capital approved
tile credits the Fowler bill provides banks
The and vital of Fowler lie in the
supervision Of banks by bankers Political
proved fiat failure and public danger very dishonest
and commonly careless and inefficient direct and
positive interest of bankers that all financial institutions in
their neghborhOod solvent endaneers
the whole financial fabric has become important func-
the modern clearing house supervise condition of all
banks within its field Because of the function the
clearing houses the panic enabled an extra
legal currency local admirably all the needs
OF the situation The only defect the clearing certificates
lay the dsocaton of exchanges authorized
and regulated by law TO imitation they would
everywhere
We believe that eventually congress from
the experience but congressman
dense of currency learn takes
time penetrate the legislative skull There symptoms of inn
povement and of these lies change of sentiment in
Washington concerning the Adrc bill f measure had not
been given such thorough ovehang press it would have
gone through both houses with whoop