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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
PREACHER TAKES
OPTIMISTIC VIEW
SAYS SIGNS SHOW WORLD
IS IMPROVING
Minister Believes That So Long as
God Reigns There Will Be
Steady Movement Towards
Perfection

1.-THE supreme need of our age is for
souls, pure, brave, of this world yet
unworldly, to teach men as they weary
of their phantom chase that life does
not consist in the abundance of the
things which they possess, but in
character touched with the life of
God,' said Rev. Thomas C.. Marshall,
rector of the Church of the Neighbor-
hood, last evening in his New Years
sermon on "Is the World Growing
Better?" He said in part:
you have stood by the shore of the
sea and watched the rising of the tide.
There in the breakers is bit of drift
wood knocked about with every whim
of the waves. Ask that bit of drift
wood, Is the tide going out or coming
in? 1t is in no position to judge and its
opinion will largely be determined by
it's mood.
IF it is a cheerful bit of driftwood.
il replies, The tide is rising; don't you
see how ] am always being carried
toward the land?' If it is a gloomy bit
of wood it replies, The tide is steadily
falling; don't you see how matters are
going from bad to worseT If 1t is an
impartial bit of wood it answers, i
cannot tell; ask the spectator who
stands on the beach and can take
longer view than l.
comes in this very way like the rising
of the tide; advance, retrogression, ac-
ton, reaction; a good movement abuses
creeping in, then a revolution and
breaking away from the abuses; evil
accommodating until good arises in its
might and sweeps it away. So that
one must distinguish between the mi
nor current and the greater movement.
between the flow of the wave and the
flow Of the tide.
I'm our age one great overpower-
ing evil seems to be touching every
thing and tainting everything 1t
touches; the evil of commercialism.
practical materialism. the fondness for
the things that can be seen and ham
died; blighting education, politics, So
cial life, art, the home. the church;
people selling their souls as they sell
wares, for gold. Under the appalling
vision of the growth of practical ma
terialism we are inclined to say some
times society is degenerate and civil
ization Is tottering TO it's fall.
This is, howvere, but the return of
the wave. There is another movement
steady, mighty, whose trend is seen
in the growth, even now, of self-con-
troll, brotherhood. peace Christian cit
izenship, the practical service of hui
manity Abstract yourself from the
tumult of the conflict, take a long look
over history and you see that this II
Is that marks the real flow Of the tide,
God relgns and the world grows bet
ter"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
GOOD RECORD IS
OF GREAT VALUE
PREACHER PRESENTS LESSON
FROM DAVID
DR.. w. n. Rider Shows the Uses Of
Achievement and Offers Valuable
Precepts for Guidance in
Coming Year

"To ask and reverently and devoutly
settle the question of service to God
and mankind; to go about doing good;
to keep clean and devoted to God; to
get the highest good out OF life and
bestow the highest good upon others
such a motive is divine, and the man
who has it in his breast, no. matter
what he is-bootblack or president-if
his service is legitimate, if his calling
is helpful--well, he is simply an am
bassador Of the most high God, | care
not what he does.' said DIR. w. III.
Rider, pastor of the Westlake Methodist
church. last evening in his sermon on
1.-The Value of Good Record" He
preached a New Years sermon from the
text Samuel 1895, "Thy servant slew
both lion and bear He said in part:
'This is David's reply 10 Saul when
the king asked him for some proof or
assurance that the youth was able to
carry out his declaration that he could
vanquish the giant. What lesson here
for the youth of America and the world.
have done, therefore 1 can do Record is
the highest commendation of mortals.
Diplomas go for something. Not much
in Webster's case, for he shook his fist
at the old alma mater and said, You'll
near LIOIl lie YET! Hty say
are good things to shake in peoples
faces when they dispute ones educa-
ton.
Pedigree is good. too. but not to be
&C impaired TO a good record. Some rely
on it solely-who was their grand
father? Who was your grandfather
asked one of Alexander Dumas. "A
baboon, sir; my ancestors began where
yours left off, John the Baptist did
not have much regard for pedigree. for
he told those who said they had Abra
ham to their father that they would
better stop that kind of talk and bring
forth fruits meet for repentance. Yes,
record, a good record. is the very
highest commendation. John Ridd--
Blackmore's hero-said, I look up to no
man except for what he has done.
Carlyles heroes all did something.
Read the eleventh chapter of Hebrews
for partial catalogue of Bible heroes.
The Hall of Fame is sacred to the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
Chances Are Waiting

"Such life, such character. such
an achievement. is the proudest and
grandest possession in the universe. 1t
is the real, immortal, imperishable self
hood. 1t was this that made David
victor over Goliath and king in Israel.
1t will make victors and kings of Amer
lean youth. Emergencies are calling
you, young men, every day. Chances?
Why, you cannot compute them. But
like David, you must have something to
commend you.
"What about the record Of 1906?
What about the record for 1906? The
past is gone beyond recall. Trust it was
good, but we do know 1906 should be
an Improvement. If we could be per-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
STREET CROWDS CELEBRATE
AS the Midnight Hour Strikes the Air
Is Rent by Shrieks Of Blatant
Horns

Peanut venders wearily vending their
homeward ways, and midnight convi-
vial prowlers, were startled by sounds
resembling a tishermen's convention
last night at midnight.
On Spring and Main streets the gay
ETY. was especially pronounced and
merry roisterers blew their horns in
the ears of the. passers with the ut
most abandon. None of the crowd took
offense, however, for the reason that
most of them We're doing the same
thing themselves.
Women hanging fearful, yet curious,
on the arms of their escorts, were Sc
cretiy pleased when some bold soul
blew his horn into their ears.
At the moment the clocks regulated
by Western Union time rang out the
tiny bell that announced that a new
year had come, a chorus of Happy
New Years" immediately went up. The
din lasted for some minutes.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
LION ILLS SHOW BRAVERY;
S1ICK 10 POSTS DURING FIRE
Operators in ilome Exchange Answer Calls
Vile SufoCating Smoke surround Them.
Firemen Battle With Flames
i'm Basement

The flames, which were confined to
the basement, were rapidly destroying
the stores In the warerooms. The fire
is said to have been caused by crossed
wires which ignited the burlap packing
end insulations. The damage will exc
ceed $500, which Is fully covered by in
surance
The presence Of the fire was discov-
cred by the chief operator. who turned
IN a still alarm. BY the time the fire.
men responded the smoke from the
flames had filled the entire building.
The chief operator informed the "hello"
girls but told them there was no need
of fear and the girls Immediately settled
down to answering calls.
Twenty minutes elapsed before the
hremen had the flames under control,
ana to guard against further outbreak
they remained in the building about two
hours. Workmen were Immediately put
to work repairing the damaged parts
and removing the debris.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
BANDITS BEAT LONE MAN
Attacked and SIugsed by Robbers,
Who Overlook Large Sum
of Money

John Willick of 1888 Pennsylvania
avenue was the victim of an attack
at First and Saratoga streets early last
evening as a result of which he sus-
tained long cut ON the forehead. Will
lick returned TO the home of a friend
after regaining consciousness and no
tilted the police. Later he was sent TO
the receiving hospital
Instelling his story to the police Will
lick said that two men leaped from
behind tree and slugged him. Will
lick had on his person a large amount
Of money which was not molested.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
AngeIenos in the East

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-Los Angeles
people now in the city are Mr.. and Mrs.
Brownson at the Park Avenue, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. S. Young at the Breslin, Mrs.
S. S. Lightfoot at the Astor, Miss Spin
ner at the st. Denis. Miss Saturn at
the Broadway Central and Mrs. l.. NJ.
Miller at the Empire.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

suaded to accept the secret of success
in making the best of ourselves in 1906
we could afford to drop all worry about
success. Inwardly. in character, and
outwardly, in its present and eternal
rewards, we should achieve real sue
cess and unspeakable joy. A wish for
it will not bring it. but that wish.
coupled with faith and volition and in
spired by the Christian ideal. will give
us all the best year of our lives.p
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
.W|NTRY WINDS
IN SUNNY SOUTH
HOMELlKE WEATHER OFFERED
TOURISTS
Fur overcoats and Oil Stoves Are in
Evidence-Ice Reported in Low
lands-Fruit Growers
Are Warned
Reminds me of old Chicago. &"

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something like the wind we used
TO feel sweeping around the Flatiron
building in New York"
Ihese are some of the expressions
tnat We're heard last night as the neo-
PIE hurried along the streets with their
oVercoat collars closely buttoned around
their necks.
tourists who came here with the
iur oVercoats that they used to wear
pack in Michigan" were clothed much
more comfortably than the native sons
VINO try to bear out their statements
that man doesn't need n ton coat
In California, by not wearing one.
The parks, which are usually crowd
ed on Sunday afternoon. were al
most deserted yesterday and every
body who could st yed at home. Every
llttle oil heater was pressed into SER
vice to drive away the chills which
played hide and seek up and down
tne packS OF those not accustomed to
: the cold. ~
The weather man handed out n New
Years present TO the people of Los
| angeles which was appreciated by a
very rev. Last night was one of the
coldest nights that have been expert
enced IN Southern California for sew
eral years.
Ice on LoWIands
Ice formed over the pools in the low
lands near Los Angeles, but thanks t.
the high wind, no frost resulted from
the cold. thousands of messages were
sent out from Los Angeles warning
the fruit growers to build their smudee
hres. but they were not needed in many
places. Where they We're needed the
ranchers and farmers had been warned
sufficiently to ward off all danger to
| the fruit from freezing.
Rain and exceptionally cold weather
for Southern California were expert
enced in San Diego county, and more
snow fell in the mountains and further
down among the foothills and valleys
than for many years. In San Diego
the rain amounted to a fifth of an
inch, making 4.57 inches for the sea-
son, an excess of LA over the average
rainfall to date.
Snow fell in Escondido, Bernardo
Cuyamaca, Alpine, Descanso and Cam
po. while Jamul reports a hailstorm
during the afternoon. Snow has mot
fallen in the Escondido and San Pas
quail valleys for eight years but the
ground was white in each of them
yesterday afternoon, though the snow
did not stay long and there was nc
damage done.
AT Descanso, which is a little far
ther up the side of the western slope,
snow was on the ground at nightfal
last night and the thermometer was in
the tWenties.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
Powder Face Goes First
piano Given Away

commencing January | viii give
ekets away on a drawing for a $4OO
i,ln l.. Bush plano.
The conditions being; only one
,er Of family to register you
t OF 10 be an owner OF a pialo YOU
10 call al my store and register
.l, name aud address ana seq dupli-
e deposited IN the safety box,
!. B *. p.ARLINsi 500 s. spfing ST.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

= suisnoa ,.. hmes yestefdaT II was
the most conmendable display ol dis
cipline ever Witnessed. Not for a mo-
ment was there the slightest excitement
among the operators.
The firemen when called to the scene
of the flames expected to find the young
women IN panic
AT first It was thought that 1t was a
case of false alarm, but smoke rising
from the buil1ing convinced witnesses
of the contrary, and the firemen rushed
Into the building, dragging the hose
after them.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
Shoe Factory Destroyed
BY Assocla tod Press.

CINCINNATI. Dec. Sl.-The eight
story building at 2lS-22O East Fourth
street, occupied by the Julian e
Kokenage company, manufacturers OF
shoes. was destroy p. fire today.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
santa re I,raIns to Rose Tournnment

Seats for everybody ON SANTA Fe
special trains 10 Pasadena ON New
taiso Downoy agenue). fSo, sls0. s:l5'
o. O.30 10. 1890 n a. m. RAturning
trains leave after parade which passes
santa 70 depot, aud after toWnamont
y NJ Re22a.u.a.a.liR W cents
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

names of those who did something.
The friends of the drones' or makeshlfts
need not apply.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

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the basement of the
the tlnr. Telephone
ling yoster6ay afternoon
Is, fully nogui2ant 1f the
fire, .ooliy aud hr vely
jands lr 4l1a while the
ne hie ruHal0ped and
uffoca Ilem
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to filDfnau hO eytin-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
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prayer anbf a re-
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-10

BRISTOL. Tenn, Nov. 5. = While
leaving the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
II. Gildersleeve at Abingdon, Va.
town fourteen miles east of here, Mrs.
William Garrett, widow, thirty-fiye
years of age, was murdered by an I'M
known party The murder occurred In
dark alley adjoining the Gildersleeve
home and was done with a shotgun,
ans head from the body. Mrs. Gar
rett was employed in the Gildersleeve
family. The motive for the crime is a
mystery
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-10
Tried a Joke on Roo.eveIt.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 3.--The presi-
dent, Mrs. Roosevelt aud Surgeon Gen
eral Rixey at Pine Knot got up early
and started on a hunt for wild turkeys.
Some>of the neighbors, it is reported,
turning a flock of domestic turkeys of
the mammoth bronze variety into the
woods and driving them SO that they
would fall prey to the presidential
gun, but Mr.. Roosevelt scented the
ruse in good time and would have none
Of the domestic birds.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-10
Els victory at Eleventh Hour.

WEST POINT, n. Y, Nov. 5.-In-
dividual brilliancy on the part of GER
tain of the Yale eleven saved the blue
from defeat at the bands of the West
Point soldiers and. going farther, turn
ed what at one time seemed about
to develop into absolute rout into an
eleventh hour victory for Eli by the
score of IL to 6. In the first few min
utes of play the army swept the blue
off its feet. Thereupon the cadets
mistakenly assumed the defensive.
Again and again the Yale eleven raj
lied-eleven good men seeking to be-
come team in the stress of battle
and eventually, although the right sort
of rally never came, the supreme per-
sonal efforts of such men as Knox, AL
colt. Biglow and Veeder combined to
yield victory.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-10
Two Hurt In scrimmawe.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-That expo
nents of the "debrutalized" variety of
football are still able to do considera-
BILE to preserve the ancient traditions
or the gridiron game was shown fairly
well in match between New York
Military academy of Cornwall, n. Y,
and Croft school at the Polo grounds.
Crooks, right tackle on the cadets
team, had his nose broken, and Sherry,
light halfback on the local eleven,
had his back so badly wrenched tat
he had to be carried off the field. Both
of the casualties were in the Scrim-
mage and were directly due to just the
ort of football that the new rules try
o eliminate. The soldiers won by the
Score of % to 0.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-10
PEACE WITH uTEs.
RebeIiious Chiefs VIII Talk with
President Roosevelt.

SHERIDAN, Wyo., Nov ga con-
ference between the Indians and troops
resulted in an agreement on the part
Of the Utes to return with Colonel
Rogers to Fort Meade, S. d., to be
taken care Of there by the government
while Chiefs Red Cap and Black whis-
kers go to Washington to talk the
matter over with President Roosevelt.
The Utes will go overland with troops
Of the Sixth cavalry. The Indians
have not been disarmed and will not
be as long as they take no threatening
actions. Is
The chiefs in attendance at the con.
ference, who were sent by the band
with power to act, were Red Cap. I'm.
knahkin and Ponnap.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-10
IN METEOR SHOWER
Steamer St. Andrew In Dire
Peril at Sea.
HUGE MASSES OF METAL RAIN DOWN
aHad Falling Stars Happened to
Have Hit the vessel" Said Captain
Fitzgerald. EVERY soul Would
Have Been Destroyed

NEW YORK, Nov 6.--When the Phe-
nix line steamship ST. Andrew arrived
from Antwerp Captain Fitzgerald re
ported that the steamer had passed
through a meteoric shower at 4:30
o'clock on Tuesday about GOO miles
northeast of Cape Race. The largest
meteor observed fell into the sea less
than a mile away. Had it struck the
st. Andrew all hands would have per-
ished.
"On Tuesday afternoon said Chief
Officer V. K. Spencer, who was on the
bridge when the meteors appeared,
'the weather was clear and bright, al
though there was little sunshine. Just
after one bell, 4:30 o'clock. l saw three
meteors fall into the water dead ahead
Of the ship one after another at dis
lance of about five miles Although it
was daylight, they left red streak in
the air from zenith to the horizon.
simultaneously the third engineer
shouted to me. then saw a huge me-
teor on the port beam falling i'll zig
gag manner less than mile away to
the southwark.
eve could distinctly hear the kissing
of the water as it touched. 1t fell with
a rocking motion, leaving a broad red
streak in its wake. The meteor must
have weighed several tons and appear
ed to be from ten to fifteen feet in
diameter. 1t was saucer shaped, which
probably accounted for the peculiar
rocking motion.
when the fnass of metal struck the
water the spray and steam rose to a
height of at least forty feet and for a
few moments looked like the mouth of
Il crater. If it had been night the
meteor would have Illuminated the sea
for fifty OF sixty miles. The Kissing
sound, like escaping steam. when it
struck the water was so loud that the
chief engineer turned out of his berth
and came on deck, thinking the sound
came from the engine room. l have
seen meteors all over the world, but
never such large one as this"
Asked what would have happened IL
the meteor tumb.ed on the ST Andrew,
Mr.. Spencer said:
''The ship would have been burned
out Immediately and every soul on
board destroyed. / have no doubt that
many of the vessels which have been
lost at sea in apparently fine weather
have been destroyed by falling me-
teors."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-10
Cornell Defent. westerncr.

ITHACA, n. Y, Nov. with clear
er headwork, better executioM of plays
and better team work, Cornell defeat
ed the heavy Western University of
Pennsylvania team from Pittsburg by
a score of 23 to 0. Although she had
superior knowledge of the game
Cornell had to buck against great odds
in weight and good speed from the
opposing team. 1t was spectacular
contest. The first score of the game
was safety. This caused the visitors
to play hard, and it was with great
difficulty that the Ithacans were able
TO approach the goal line. The Pitts
mrg center line was like a stone wall.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-10

WASHINGTON, Pa, Nov. 6. - The
Principals Round Table, an organiza
ton of Washington county educators,
at meeting here adopted resolutions
denouncing the new phonetic spelling
recommended by President Roosevelt,
and urged the various Boards of educas
ton or school directors to prohibit its
use in the schools of the county. The
resolution also protested to the state
department of education against the
''monstrous conditions that exist edu-
cationally in Pennsylvania" and urged
better supervision of school athletics.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-10
Carnegie Institute Ab,axe.

PITTSBURG, Nov. 5.--F'ire threaten
ed the destruction of the Carnegie in
stitute, valued at $6,000,000. and the
most beautiful structure of it's kind in
America. The fire originated In the
power room in the basement from de-
fective electric wires and was extin-
guished after damaging the building
to the extent of $4,000 There were
many people in the music hall of the
institution attending an organ recital
when the fire was discovered, but all
reached the street in safety.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-10

NEW YORK, Nov. 3. = Gustav III.
Schwab the representative of the
North German Lloyd Steamship com
pany. said: An examination and in
spection of the Koenig Albert by the
shown that the North German Lloyd
had not violated the law in overcrowd-
ing the steamer with steerage passen-
gers and that the laws of the United
States governing the transportation OF
passengers had been fully complied
with by the company.