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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-24
\ FRESH STRAIGHTFORWARD CHRIST
By THEODORE l.. CUYLER. d. ID.

BY THEODORE l.. CUYLER, ID. ID.
y man has just gone out of my who said to
me: 81 am going to begin the New Year with a
fresh start. All his life he had been drifting farth-
Ell and farther off from where his conscience told him
that he ought TO be- His fresh start" was toward
Jesus Christ. And every mconverfed person who
reads these lines ought to take the same step You
expect to do it time before You die; do it now
Jesus Christ waited for you all last year and many
years before it; hasten to Him at once
DO not wait for any keener of guilt; people
often discover of their own weakness and wick
edness after they have to Jesus than they ever
dreamed of before. Do not wait for more feeling
If you have fallen from ferry boat into the North
River, filled with floating ice would you wait to feel
colder before you grasped the rope flung to you?
When Jesus told the blind beggar to come to him
he cast off his garment and came straightway When
the leper besOught Christ 10 heal him. the Master
babe him go show himself to the priest The suf
fering wretch did not stop to count his sores or in
quire What good will it do to COZ" He asked no
questions but started; and "as he trent he was heal
ed. The path of obedience the path of saliva
ton; it will be just so with you.
When Jesus encountered James and John ON tbe
lake shore OF Gennesaret, he simply said to them
"follow me-" lie did not come twice after them
nor did he need to speak twice to them Their des-
tiny hung upon ten minutes: may yours. Suppose
that those two fishermen had treated the Saviour os
you have always treated him; where were their won
derful history, their priceless services and their
crown of glory! Their destiny turned ON dyes"
or NO. They did not stop to cry over their sins
or to bargain with ,neir new master as to their sun
port; they quit their nets, up and walked Off
with Jesus Christ not knowing whittier he would
lead them.
You. too, my friend must forsake your met" A
single ia'orte prevailing sin may net that en-
tangles your soul in its meshes. The met which
my friend who has just left this room Is quitting is
a dangerous tampering with a brandy bottle
have seen hundreds OF awakened souls drawn back
into hardened impenience by sensual temptations;
the decanter, the gaming table the play house or fine
appetite for centous qualifications have coiled their
net around the feet and held from following
Christ.
Perhaps your besetting sin is love of maxine
money and in the ways that do not satisfy your con
science. Then stop it, at whatever sacrifice You
cannot make an honest prayer while there is dis
honest dollar in your pocket Just as it is the
hidden root which holds against every effort to
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
OPPOSE HOME RULE.
English Political Leaders Try to CON-
promise on Irish Representative
Body.

London, Jan. G.-John Morley, Sec
retary for Indian, speaking at Abroath,
Scotland, last night, said that person.
ally he believed the only effective
method of reform for Ireland would be
an elective representative body which
would have control OF Irish affairs un-
der the direction of Parliament. He
stood ready to cooperate in any
scheme involving less radical de-
parture IL it could be shown that such
a scheme would assure the reforms
needed.
In a speech at Manchester last night
former Premier Balfour had some diff.
ficulty in securing a hearing. His
speech was frequently and noisily in.
terrupted. The Irish party and the
Liberals it is alleged, have formed a
union to defeat the Conservatives. Ire.
lands fight for home rule raises an
interesting problem as to the final out.
come.
In speech at st. Helen's last night
Michael Davitt said:
ireland is in a state of Angelic
political calm. In no less out of 102
constituencies, no Chamberlainite nor
any foeman of labor dare intrude his
political nose"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
ANOTHER REFUSES.
Attorneys for Standard oil Company
Advise Vice President Rogers
Not To Talk.

New York, Jan. 6.-Henry H. Rog-
ers, vice president and director of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey,
at a commissioners hearing today re.
fused to answer a question as to whe-
ther he is a stoclsholder of the Stand.
ard Oil Company of Indiana. Rogers
had previously said he is a director in
that company. He refused to answer
on the advice of the Standard Com
panys counsel.
H. H. Rogers, vice president and d.
rector of the Standard Oil Company,
was witness before Commissioner
Sanborn in the Standard Oil-Missouri
investigation. The installation of a
typewriter in the hearing room before
today's session opened indicated an
effort to save the commission from
the necessity of writing down in long
hand the words of the questioner and
witnesses which was insisted upon
yesterday by the counsel for the
Standard.
The first witness today was Mrs.
Ida M. Butts, of Marietta, Ohio. She
said she was the step daughter of the
late George Rice of Marietta, and had
been employed in his Office. Rice was
an independent operator and was Ell.
gagged in litigation with the Standard
for almost twenty years and up to the
time of his death, about year ago.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
WORK CEASES.
Superintendent Harper and Assistant
NewhaII Establish Office Here.
for zuni Dam.

John B. Harper, Superintendent of
Irrigation, and J. T. Newhall, foreman
OF the work on the Zuni irrigation pro-
ject have arrived In the city and open.
ed temporary Offices on lower San
Francisco street. On account of the
extreme cold, work on the project has
been abandoned until the weather
moderates and remains warm. All Of
the employees on the work, a large
number of whom were Indians, have
returned to their homes. At the time
of closing down only about $50 men
were at work. as others had quit on
account of the cold.
The work on the dam was COM
menced In February, 1904, and will be
finished the coming summer 1t will
irrigate about 10000 acres The dam
is near the Zuni pueblo, is south of
Gallup and about twelve miles from
the Arizona line
The weather remained good until
December goth, and then it began to
snow. 1t has not moderated since and
the temperature has been as low as
1G degrees below zero. A watchman
has been left at Black Rock to look
after the property of the government,
which is doing the work.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
FIRE LOSS.
Kansas City Blaze Causes Damage Of
Half Million Dollars Last
Night.

Kansas City, Jan. Ga revised esti-
mate of the losses in last nights fire
places the total damage at over half
million dollars, and insurance at
two.thirds OF that amount.
The property damaged and destroy
ed occupied two-thirds of the block
on the south side of Walnut Street
between Ninth and Tenth Streets The
fire was practically under control at
2:30 this morning.
The losses are distributed as fol
lows:
National Bank of Commerce $780,
900; Woods building $150,000; Colum-
bus Buggy Company 100000; Kimball
Piano Company $350,000; Hettinger
Brothers Manufacturing Company,
$4,000; the occupants of the Bank of
Commerce building and adjoining
property $25,000.
The vaults of the Bank of Commerce
contained $3,OOO,O0O which was not in
jured
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
WRECKED TRAIN.
Persons Deliberately Turn Switch and
Twist Signal to Show Clear
Track.

Hoosic Falls, N. Y, Jan. G.--The
Montreal express on the Boston &
Maine Railroad, was wrecked near
here today, seven persons being in
jured.
Information received by President
Tuttle Of the Boston & Maine indi-
Gated, he said, that the wreck was the
result Of a deliberate act. A switch
had been opened and wedged in that
position while the signal had been
twisted to indicate clear track.
The express took the open switch
and struck some cars on a side track
which checked the speed and prevent
ed the sleeping cars from being in
jured.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
HAMILTON STATE
BILL IS EXAMINED
Sections Gone Over
With a Sub-com-
mittee
BY DELEGATE ". 4. ANDREWS
Work of House and Senate
in Washington---Morales Il
to Surrender.
to The New Mexican.

Special to The New Mexican.
Washington, Jan. 6-Delegate w. II
Andrews was engaged during the lat
ter part Of the present week with a
subcommittee of the House commit.
tee on Territories examining section
after section Of the Hamilton joint
statehood bill. The work was finished
today, 1t is believed that the bill will
be reported by the committee Monday
next.
The urgent deficiency bill contains
items of interest to New Mexico and
Arizona for water works at the Indian
School OF the Western Nayajos on the
Navajo Reservation and for the Zuni
School on the Zuni Indian Reserva-
ton in New Mexico in the sum of
$4,000.
Smoot's Case. AZ
Washington, d. c., Jan. 6.-SenatOr
Shoots case was discussed by the
Senate committee on privileges and
elections today. Chairman Burrows
called the committee together to dis
cuss the status Of the case, the ques-
ton being whether further testimony
would be taken.
1t was the unanimous opinion of
the committee that additional testi-
mony should be taken upon the lead.
ing features of the protest. This teA-
timony will relate particularly to the
domination of the state of Utah by
the Mormon Church.
information Wanted.
The information regarding the i'm.
migration from Austro-Hungary con-
tanned in the reports by Marcus Braun
was asked for from the secretary Of
commerce and labor by the House on
convening today An illustrated
speech on the tobacco feature of the
Philippine tariff bill was begun by
Hill of Connecticut.
Morales to Resign.
The state department has received
news from San Domingo that ex-Presi.
dent Morales has offered to resign II
he will be allowed to leave the coun.
try in safety. This proposition, it is
understood will be accepted by the
defacto government.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
BANKERS.
Two Divisions OF Financiers Ask Sec.
retary Shaw to Take Different
Courses.

New York, Jan. 6.--The Tribune
says: "As sequence to Jacob II.
Shifts panic speech at the Chamber
Of Commerce Thursday, in which he
said he had tried in vain to induce
Secretary Shaw to come to the aid of
the financial situation here, it devel.
oped yesterday that the secretary was
advised in the opposite direction by
two sets of powerful financiers here.
One group was headed by the Ma.
tional City Bank, of which James Still
man is president, and which has close
financial relations with Rockefellers,
Kuhn Loeb and e. Hartman, and tried
every means to have the secretary de.
posit the government funds here.
The other including the First Nation
al Bank, of which George F. Baker
is president, and which has James j.
Hill in its directorate; the Chase Ma
tional, whose president is A. B. Hep.
burn; the Liberty. National and the
Rock Island group OF capitalists came
out squarely for home rule.
The National group had the back
ing of bankers in other large cities,
who said the commercial interests
were not suffering and the govern.
ment should not feel called upon to
help out a lot Of Wall Street specu-
lators.
Secretary Shaw took this course and
in view of easier rates yesterday the
representatives of the first party
named said they had been entirely win.
dicated.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06

est church In the United States and
scarcely day passes that we are not
asked to show tourists through it."
Brother Mathew conducted the re-
porter through the large, well lighted
class rooms and spacious dormitories
which are models of neatness hardly
to be expected among heteroge-
neous crowd of boys. The buildings
are heated with stoves but have elec.
trio lights and water In all the rooms.
st. Michael's College would be a
highly creditable institution for a
town twice the size of Santa Fe and
the Christian Brothers should have all
the assistance citizens are able to
give in order to keep on In the good
work which they and their predeces-
sors have done for the educational in.
terests Of New Mexico fol-. over fifty
years, and which they and their sue.
cessors, SO the New Mexican hopes,
will continue to perform until time
shall be no more.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
INSANE WOMAN.
Takes of Her Clothing and Tries to
Burn Large Tenement
Buildino.

New York, Jan. Ga naked and in.
sane woman, directed by man warm
ly clad, was detected applying torch
to the hallway Of five story tene-
ment house in Eldridge Street about
day light this morning
The strange pair fed when discov-
cred but the woman was captured. She
said her name was Helen Bauer and
that she is the housekeeper of the
building she was trying to fire, but mo
one there knew her.
The woman evidently is insane and
did not disclose the name Of the man,
but 1t Is suspected that they have been
connected with other incendiary fires.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
BANKERS SENTENCED.
Leonard B. lmboden and J. A. Hill To
Spend Ten Years In
Prison.

Denver, Colo, Jan. 6.--Leonard B.
Imboden and J. A. Hill, convicted of
wrecking the Denver Savings Bank,
were sentenced today. The sentences
were from nine to ten years on each
count, there being four counts against
each of the defendants, but the sen.
tences are to run concurrently and
thus expire at the same time. A mo.
ton for new trial was overruled,
but the prisoners were given thirty
days stay for an appeal to the Su
preme Court.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
STILL BLOCKED.
Rock island Has Seven Plows and
Hundreds Of Men at
Work.

El Paso, Texas, Jan. 6.-Fifty miles
OF the Rock Island track are blocked
by snow near Carrizozo, New Mexico.
Five rotary snow plows and hundreds
of shovel men are at work and trains
are being sent around on seven hun
dred miles detour by way of Fort
Worth or over the Santa Fe.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
DECATUR INNOCENT.
Court Martial Releases Him From Ar
rest and Restores Midshipman
to Duty.

Annapolis, Nd, Jan. Cit was Off
cially announced today that Midship-
man Stephens Decatur, Jr., Of Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, has been
found not guilty on the charge of haz.
ing and he has been released from
arrest and restored to duty.
The record of the court martial case
OF Midshipman Trenmor Coffin, Jr.
charged with hazing has been received
at the navy Department 1t is under.
stood sentence of court is dismissed
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
PRISONERS ESCAPE.
Choke and Beat Jailer Into lnsensibii-
ty--Posse in Pursuit and Fight
Expected.

Greeley, Colo, Jan. 6.--Three pris-
oners in the county jail beat and chok-
ed into insensibility Jailer David Camp
this morning, took his revolver and
made their escape. A posse is in pur-
suit and 1t is almost certain that the
men will not be recaptured without
a fight.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
IRVINE l.. LENROoT is sENA.
TOR LA FoLLETTE'S CANDIDATE.

Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. 6.-Irvine l..
Lenroot today announced his candi-
dacy for the Republican gubernatorial
nomination. Lenroot has the support
of Senator La Toilette, who resigned
the governorship, January 1. Colonel
John J. Hannah, until recently Mr..
La Follette's private secretary has TAX.
en- charge of Lenroot's campaign. Mr..
Lenroot was speaker of the assembly
at the last two sessions Of the legisla-
ture and has always been strong La
Toilette supporter.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
Seventeen Districts
Under Martial
Law Today.
GOVERNOR FtEEs FROM CITY
Priest Arrested Near Moscow
for Aiding Strike---Old
Capital Quiet.

st. Petersburg, Jan. Con- account
of the serious condition of affairs Oh
the Siberian railroad, many stations
of which are in condition of anarchy,
seventeen districts through which the
line passes from the Ural Mountains to
Lake Baikal, distance OF 1900 miles,
have been placed under martial law.
Factories Close.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 6.-All factories
mills and other enterprises have
closed today for holidays. The en-
ployers, at general meeting, decided
not to open their establishments in
view Of the threats of disorder, until
after January 22d the anniversary of
RED Sunday"
Authorities Flee.
Odessa, Jan. G.--The steamer Nicho.
las which arrived here today from the
Caucasus reports Novorossiysll, Cau-
casia, Is completely in the hands of
the revolutionists. The governor and
other Russian authorities have fled
and Nj. Liboyitch has been chosen
mayor by the populace.
Priest Arrested.
Moscow, JAN 6.-The train service
on all the lines running out of Mos
cow has been re-established A priest
named Kaganski, who was treasurer
of the local strike committee, has been
arrested three miles east of Moscow.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
HALF MILLION ACRES WITH.
DRAWN FROM DISPOSAL

Washington, d. c., Jan. 6.-The Sec.
retary Of the Interior has withdrawn
from all form Of disposal, except un-
der the mineral laws, more than mil.
lion acres Of land in Arizona and New
Mexico, for inclusion within forest re-
serves. The distribution by acres is
as follows: Arizona, Navajo Reserve,
39,516; Black Mesa Reserve, 100000;
Huachuca Reserve, $4,000. New Mex
leo, Magdalena Reserve, 14S,000; San
Mateo Reserve. 100000.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
TELEGRAPHIc REPORTS
OF WEATHER CONDITIONS

Telegraphic weather reports today
are Albuquerque clear and about 10
above; Las Vegas clear and mild; An.
tonito clear and 5 above; Alamosa
clear and zero weather; Espanola
clear and warm; Ration cloudy and
warm. All points on the Santa Fe
Central are clear and average II de.
grees above. The snow blockade on
the 3. P. & F. w. Railway is about
the same as yesterday.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
THAW DYNAMITE.
And Four Instantly Killed While Three
Others Will Die From
Injuries.

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 6.-Four men were
killed, three fatally hurt and twelve
others MANNED by an explosion today
at the plant of Dolz & Shepard at
Cary, Illinois, fifteen miles from this
city. Two men were thawing out dy.
Mantle, preparatory to blasting, when
It became ignited and exploded to-
gether with an additional quantity of
it lying close by.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
INTO DITCH.
Train on Southern Pacific Piunges In.
to Ditch, lnjuring Four and
Blocking Traffic.

Reno, New, Jan. 6.-Fast mail train
No. 8 of the Southern Pacific went in
to a ditch at Harvey at II o'clock last
night, completely blocking traffic un-
til late hour this morning. The ac.
cident was caused by the spreading of
rails. No one was killed, but two
brakemien, mail clerk and Conductor
Noble were quite seriously injured,
the mail clerk, it is said, fatally so.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
TO TEACH WOMEN THE
USE OF REVOLvERS

New York, Jan. 6.-Every woman in
Jersey City is to receive an invitation
to learn how to shoot revolver. Jer.
sey City, If the plan of the Rev. DR..
John Scudder, the fighting parson of
the First Congregational church and
manager Of the Peoples Palace, is sue
cessful, will become the warmest city
in the United States for burglars.
The Instructor probably will be a
western man.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
COURT HOLDS THAT sEPAR-
ATE SCHOOLS ARE CORRECT.

Topeka, Kans., Jan. 6.--The Su-
preme Court today decided that the
law providing for separate high
schools for whites and negroes, at
Kansas City, Kansas, was valid.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
Andrews Acts.

The following letter from Delegate
Andrews to Game Warden Page B.
Otero, while 1t shows that he is. doing
all In his power to adjust the difficult
ties, also indicates that he Is not re
ceiving much satisfaction from the De-
partment Of the Interior. He states:
I'm furtherance to my letter Of the
goth ultimo. inclose you letters from
the Hon. e. A. Hitchcock and the Com
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06
San Miguel Mission.

Our chapel is old San Miguel mis-
sion where the boys attend mass every
day.. I do not know how much long
er we can preserve the venerable relic
of early Christianity in the Southwest
as it costs a great deal now to keep
1t In repair. However, 1t would be
shame to tear 1t down, as It 10 the old.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-06

Continued on Page Three.)
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

preach in Elks' Hall in Woodland. his
subject being The Ideal Life" Next
Sunday he will preach on True Re
ligion a joy On the 18th his text
will be God in American History" on
the 25th he will preach on The Foun-
dation of Character" and on the first
Sunday in December he will repeat his
sermon on 'rhe Unitarian Position
delivered at the morning service in
Sacramento
The Claiming Auxiliary to the First
Church is arranging an interesting
programme of events for the winter
months and the same will be shortly
announced
The relief work of the First Church
is still occupying the attention of the
committee in charge, under the su-
perintendency of Mrs. Halladie.
There was large congregation in
the Second Unitarian Church last Sun
day to listen to Q. Calvert Smoot, the
minister, preach a sermon on "A Shep-
herds Stair and to music by the choir,
under the leadership of Mrs H c.
Franck.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
UnifaHans.

Commencing next Friday afternoon
the Rev. Mr. Leavitt of the First Uni
tartan Church at Geary and Franklin
streets will inaugurate series of ves-
per services, commencing at 4 o'clock,
and there will be like services every
Friday, commencing at the same hour.
There will be short addresses by the
minister and numbers. This will be
for any one who may desire to visit
the church and pray a restful service,
which will not be devotional, as is the
Sunday service.
Rev. George W. Stone, field secretary
of the American Unitarian Association
for the Pacific Coast. will preach this
morning in Native Sons Hall in Sacra-
mento on Working With God" Next
Sunday he will preach on Lessons
From the Life of Paul" On the fol-
lowing Sunday his text will be The
New Call to Work for Religion and the
Church" On the 25th he will preach on
THE Teachings of Jesus" and on the
first Sunday in December his text will
be The Unitarian Position"
This evening the Rev. Mr.. Stone will