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The daily sentinel., 1907-09-03

The program for tomorrow is as
follows:
$3.50 a.m.-Opening of Conference.
Sacrament of the Lords supper,
conducted by Bishop Warren.
Conference business.
Program of Itinerant's Club.
1870 p.m.-DevOtional services.
General Topic, Books.
1:4O p.m.-''What Should BE the At
titudc of the Young Minister to the
New Theology''-R. ii. Forester.
1850 p.m.-"What Are the Most
Helpful of the New Books OF the
Year?"-R. Il. Adams.
200 p.m.-"What Are the Best Up
to-Date Reference Books for IA Min
fster?"-Benjnmin Young.
General Topic, Sermons.
2:fO p.m.-"How / Get Sermon
Themes. -. II. Hollenbeck.
2:eO p.m.-"How | Get Sermon IL
Iustrations.''-L A. Banks.
q .aO p.m.-"How / Build Sermons
&c. B. wilcox.
2;tO p.m.-Discussion of the forego-
General topic, "a Great Religious
Awakening"
q 100 p.m.-'Isainh's Vision" First
lecture by Rev. Charles Horswell.
90 p.m.-COnference on evangelism
"Personal Evangelism" - Louis
Albert Banks.
| y 90 p.m.-"Anniyersn of the For
eign Missionary Society,". NJ
Trimble.
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At three O'Clock the first series of
discussions was taken up.
Following the devotional exercises
the discussions were INDUCED IN ana
each speaker held the closest at
tention of the members of the CLUB
the scores of other ministers delegates
and other spectators in attendance.
1t was very enjoyable and proht-
able session.
The following was the arrangement
of addresses:
General Topic, Ministers.
s:1O p.m., How Far Does Preaching
Ability Count in Ministerial Sue
cess?''-R. A. Carnine.
500 pm, "How Far Does Pastoral
Ability Count in Ministerial Sue
cess ON. II. Lee.
3 3:3O pm, "How Far Does Executive
Ability Count in Ministerial Sue
cess?'-W. ID. Phifer.
3:4O PM, Discussion of the forego-
ing papers.
90 p.m., "On What Basis Should
Advancement of Ministers BE
Made?"-H. +. Warner.
4.tO NM. "What Are the Most Reas'
enable Criticisms of the Ministry
Inv the Laity pr. A. Chase.
90 nm. "What Kind of Minister
do the Churches Want?"-H. T
DeLong.
4:3O PM, Discussion OF the foreeo
} ing papers.
$3.50 pm, Announcements and ad
journment.
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NEW ARRIVALS IN CITY

Among the new arrivals in the city.
registered at the leading hotels, are
noted the following, number of
whom arch ere for the express pur-
pose of attending the Methodist CON
ference:
II. o. Dodds. Sequin, Kansas; C.
f. Crawford, Kansas City; f. Ander-
son and wife and Miss Gladys Dress
er, Norwood; II. G. Greenfi Moab;
Robert II. Adams and wife. Idaho
Springs: Mr.. and Mrs. b. T. Vincent.
Golden; w. w. Allen and wife of Ell
Dorado, Mo. and many others.
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The Meeting TnhaY

While the conference does not hold
its first session until tomorrow morn
ing today has been devoted to the
sessions of the Itinerants club which
is composed of the young ministers
and candidates for the ministry.
Nearly all of the members of this
club arrived last night.
At mine O'Clock this morning. at
the church. the club convened and the
examinations of applicants was taxi
en- up and occupied the entire fore
noon. Also this afternoon nearly
three hours were devoted to eXamin-
ations.
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GOV. BuchteI Tonight.

At $3.50 O'Clock tonight. or at the
conclusion of the missionary sermon.
Governor Henry A. Buchtel will de-
liver his great lecture. Theodore
Roosevelt, the Man" This is the lee
ture he has delivered this season at
all of the leading Chautauquas of the
country. No admission charge will
be made and the audience will be of
immense size. Governor Buchtel Is
one of the orators of the Colorado
conference.
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A Distinguished Worker

From Cincinnati. o., most dis
tinguished Methodist has come to at
tend the Colorado conference. It is
DR.. e NJ. Mills. corresponding secre-
tary of the Methodist Educational So
ciety. He was one OF the prime NOV
ers in the mighty movement when
the Methodist church raised the SEQ
600 900 fund for benevolences. He
is known in church circles through
out the land. He is an orator of pro-
nounced ability and man OF schol-
arly mien. On Thursday night DR..
Mills will deliver an address that is
certain to be one of the features of
the conference.
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caring for Committees.

All the ministers who have seen
how Rev Forsyth has arranged to
furnish rooms for the numerous com
mittees Of the conference have been
delighted. As is well known the big
SUNDAY school room contains some
twenty or more individual class rooms
which can be instantly shut on from
tba main room or turned into is as
the case may be. Each of these rooms,
both up stairs and down has been set
anart for some committee, sign over
tba entrance to each designating
which committee shall use the room.
We venture to say that at no ses-
sjon the conference has ever held mas
tbis part of the business proceedings
been so conveniently and perfectly
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Are RoynlIy Welcomed.

The union depot on the arrival of
each of these trains, was the setting
for an interesting scene big COM
mittee of church members, headed
by Rev. D. d. Forsyth, the pastor OF
the Grand Junction church and host
of the conference. extended the greet
ings of the church and city. Many an
acquaintanceship was renewed and
many a hearty hand shake was given.
The great throng of visitors were es-
corted to the Methodist church and
from there were taken to the differ
ent homes assigned them.
These two trains brought in the
majority of the conference attend
ants.
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Mnny states Kepresentcd.

Although this is Colorado con-
ference the scope of territory rep
resented by those in attendance is
far freater than may be confined
within the boundaries of the Centen-
nial state. In fact nearly fifteen stat
es are represented at the conference,
including a number of the eastern
states There is also one attendant
from Murta, India. Miss Mcknight,
the missionary. Beyond doubt the
conference as a whole has one of the
most interesting presonnels imagin-
able.
The daily sentinel., 1907-09-03

The Colorado conference of the
Methodist church, John Wesley's $
church opens its annual session to-
morrow morning with Henry White
warren, one Of the greatest of bish-
ops presiding For the first time in
H' history Grand Junction has the
privilege and the pleasure OF enter
.slnlns this fine group of men. For
lle m hrst time in the history of the
eolorado conference, and it is an old
conference. the session at which the
.ty delegates gather, almost doubling
Ae Y, attendance that prevails when on
y We ministers are present, is to be
asla a,. outside Of Denver, the largest
el'y Of the state.
Il has always been believed that
ung Denver could care for the confer
glee on these occasions but Grand
slnguon ,s,l proposes to show Denver a
Thing or two. "
Ihe meeting of the Colorado con-
ts.ense ,s IS the most important gather
Jug Of churchmen ever held in west
sl sI, colorado. It is an event that
VII make up an interesting and lead
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REv. cLAUpIus B. sPENcER.

REV. CLAUDIUS B. SPENCER.
The Central Christian Advocate.
published at Kansas City, an official
paper of the Methodist church, is
today one of the ablest edited, most
readable, most modern and most in
fiuential religious papers published in
the country Claudius b. Spencer is
entitled to the major portion of the
credit for its growth. For eight
years he has presided over its desui-
nies as editor. He is a brilliant
writer, a fearless thinker and
pleasing speaker There is talk of
combining the Christian Advocates
of Chicago, Kansas City and Cincln-
natl into one paper to be publishe ed
at Chicago. If this is done DR.. Spen-
Ger Is to be the editor. DR.. Spencer
arrived in the city this morning. He
will deliver one or more addresses at
the conference.
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Over 200 Came Today.
On Rio Grande train No. 3 and
Colorado Midland No 103 which
came in from the east this afternoon.
there were over 200 ministers, ladies'
and lay delegates to the conference.
The trains were boarded at Glenwood
Springs by committees of Grand juno
tion people who met the visitors and
gave them their assignments of homes
while in Grand Junction. There were
ministers and delegates on these
trains from every section of the state.
There were also on board the train
some of the most prominent Method
ish leaders of the east who are 10
take part in the various conference
programs. Governor Henry A. Buch-
tel, of Colorado, was among the pas
seneers
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DIR. G. s. Parker Tonight

The first great evening session of
the week will be held at the church
tonight. The fine addresses will be
the features. Promptly at 1880 o.
clock DR.. G. S. Parker, of Leadville
will deliver a missionary sermon. He
is an eloquent speaker and his dis
course Is certain to be a rich treat.
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AdmirnbIe Arrnngemcnts

mittees have done their work we'll.
The plans and arrangements are be
ing carried out in a smooth manner.
There has be no hitch anywhere.
Every visitor who is to be entertain
ed by the committee has found or will
find pleasant home awaiting him or
her. The private residences of the
City have generously been thrown
open for the entertainment of the
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MIany Game Inst Nipht.

On the trains from the east last
night and the Montrose train yester-
day afternoon a large number OF
visitors arrived and were properly re-
eeived and cared for On the trains
tonight more than half hundred Wis
itors are expected and a good many
attendants will not get in until to.
morrow.
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prepared for. Some of the larger
committees will hold their sessions in
other churches.
In the basement of the church is a
great display of books made by the
Kansas City Book Concern. The dis
play is being placed in readiness to-
day.
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Notes of Conference.

DR.. Charles Horswell. the famous
Methodist lecturer arrived in the city
last night and viii deliver his great
series of lectures on "Isiah's Wis ion,''
THE Prophet Amos" and THE Mes
sage of Job" These will be among the
finest features of the great confer
ence.
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It is proposed to have as far as
possible all of the visitors take rides
through the valley during their stay
here and thereby have first hand
knowledge of the fruit wonders of
the valley.
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The Biggest Attendance

BY tomorrow at noon it is estimat-
ed that over 500 visitors will be in
the city. The record for attendance
at the annual sessions of the Colo
RADIO conference will in all probability
be broken.
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The Oneninp Tomorror.

TDmorTow morning at $50 ~
clock. Bishop Warren, who arrives
tonight, will open the 1907 session
of the Colorado conference by con-
ducting the sacrament o fthe Lords
supper.
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The weather Ideal

The weather is absolutely ideal.
typical Grand Valley late summer
days are prevailing and promise to
prevail all week.
The daily sentinel., 1907-09-03

Judge A. b. King of Delta and
Judge Hetherington, of Gunnison. are
among the prominent western Colo
RADIO Methodists who are in attend
ance.
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Details of the Conference

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q To Grand Junction. the 1
0 queen city of the Western {
a slope the capital city of the Z
4 greatest fruit empire in the {
4 world. hundreds of ministers, Z
i stalNart, noble. faithful teach I
. ers of the gospel of the Christ {
4 many OF them men who have Z
a followed the blazed trail of the Z
A pioneer into the wilderness of {
q the west, are gathering today. I
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P.cking five hundred and forty
boxes of pears from one-half acre Is
the record recently established by an
orchard owner five miles northeast
Of Grand Junction The pears were
sold at $500 a box and at this hate
would bring $3.294 an acre. The re-
port was proudly scent out of Grand
Junction to silence the rumors of
Colorado's poor fruit yield this year.
Denver Repblican.
The daily sentinel., 1907-09-03

w. f. Muse. the well known Chi
cago travelling man who has been ap-
pointed trustee of the La Coste Dry
Goods copany. of this city. was an
arrival last night.
The daily sentinel., 1907-09-03
MEN OF GOD WE MOST HEARTILY WEI LCOME YOU
BULWARkS OF A NATION
ARE ITS MINISTER'S

800
Grand Junction Attend Annual
the Methodist Church
uhed ASsembagPOihed of
the Gospel of the LOw Nazerene
Speakers
and Bishop Warren Opens Conference
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How Church Is Arranged.
The Methodist chuch. where the
sessions and big meetings will be held'
has been splendidly arranged for the
occasion. The bar OF the conference
will be establish ed in the main audi
torium of the church. Probably a
large number of seats in the rear OF
the auditorium and practically all OF
The big Sunday school rooms man
floor will be devoted to the use oil
spectators. A series of parlors OF
rest rooms have been prettily arrans-
ed in the Sunday school room by inc
ladies'
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Louis Algert Banks. DR.. ]. NJ. Trim
BILE. C. b. Wilcox, T. c. Ilin, are
among the most prominent attend
ants who arrived today.
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Public Invited.

To every session of the confer
ence the pblic lis cordially invited
and there is but little doubt that all
the seats devoted to spectators will
be filled at every session.
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over 200 Came Today.

ing chapter in the history of Grand
Junction.
The daily sentinel., 1907-09-03

visitors. The leading hotels are also
caring for a large number OF the Vlsl-
tors.
The daily sentinel., 1907-09-03

new fall hats-ss.OO-Loenler'l
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steps to the basement entrance in an areaway
There bell there and he tried the knob
tentatively. 1t turned and he stepped into damp
smelly hallway, unreeved by one CLINT of light He
closed the door noiselessly behind him, and stood
for little while listening. Then he did peculiar
thing. He produced small electric pocket lamp
and holding it far to the left as he could reach
with the lens pointing ahead of him, pressed the
button, single white ray cleft the darkness
revealing bare, Uttered floor, moldy walls couple
OF doors, and stairs leading up.
He spent five cautious minutes perhaps in the
basement. There sign of recent human
habitation. nothing but accumulated litter, and
dust and dirt Then he went up the stairs to the
floor above. Here he spent another five minutes,
with only occasional flash of light, always at
arms length to extreme right left, to tell him
there was yet no sign OF occupancy. Then another
fight of stairs to the second floor Still there
no sound, no trace of anyone, no indication of a
living thing.
first glance all those impressions of desertion he had
gathered below. The front identical with
the one below, the front hall room was identical;
but there was difference in the large rear room.
The dust and litter of the floor seemed into
sort of path from the top of the stairs and follow
ing this path toward the back he came upon-a
te1ephonel
Forty -one-seventeen, he read, the instru-
ment stood revealed, bathed in the light from the
electric bulb. Then he glanced down at his cuff
and repeated, Forty -one-seventeen.
With every sense alert for one disturbing sound,
he spent two full minutes examining the instrument.
He seemed to be seeking some mark upon 1.-THE
of bullet, perhaps,-and as the scrutiny con-
tinued fruitless, the tiny wrinkles, which had mo-
mentarily disappeared from his face, appeared
there again and deepened perceptbly. The receiver
was the hook, the transmitter seemed to be in
perfect condition, and the walls round the box
smooth. Finally he allowed the light to fade,
then picked up the receiver and held 1T to his ear:
His sensitive fingers instantly became aware of
tiny particles of dust the smooth black surface;
and the line dead. Central did not answer.
Yet this was the telephone from which he 7l1ad
been called '+--rs
Again he examined the instrument underIthe
light, with something akin to perplexity? on sfs
drawn face; then allowed his eyes to follow.,the
siken wire as it led up, across the room, and OUT
the window. Did it 60 up or down? Probably up:
possibly down. He had just taken two steps toward
that window, with the purpose of answering this.
question definitely, when he heard sound some
where off in the house and stopped
The light faded, and utter gloom swooped down
upon him as he listened. What he heard apparently
was the tread of feet at distance, somewhere be-
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And evidently at last there came some inspiration
for the eminent scientist started hurriedy out the
front door into the night pausing the steps to
remember that in his haste he had forgotten to
change his slippers for Shoes and that he bare
headed.
Fifteen minutes later the night operator in chief
at the branch telephone exchange favored with
a personal call from Professor Augustus S. F. X
Van Dusen. There was conference of five minutes
after which the scientist led back through
the operating and ushered into the long high
celllnged apartment where thousands of telephone
wires centered-a web woven of thin strands
each of which led ultimately to the long table where
a dozen more girls were on watch. He went into
that at five minutes of two o'clock; he came
out at seventeen minutes after four and appeared
before the night operator in the outer office.
Il found it," he announced shortly. Please
now, let speak to police headquarters either
Detective Mallory Detective Cunningham"
Detective Cunningham answered.
This is Van Dusen,'' the scientist told him. q" l
should like to know if any murder or attempted
murder de- has been reported to the R9ce to-nght
Il was afraid not unused The Thinking Machine
systematically. " Has there been any call for police
assistance anywhere?"
Between one and two o'clock?" insisted the
scientist.
There hasn't been a call tonight" was the
reply What's it all about?"
Il don't know-yet," said the scientist. Good
night
The Thinking Machine went out after few
minutes pausing the curb in the brilliant glare
OF a street lamp to Jot down number his cuff
When he looked up cab just passing. He
hailed it. gave address to the driver, and mo-
ment later the vehicle went gathering down the
street. When it stopped at last before dark four
story house, the cabman sat still for moment ex-
pecting his passenger to alight. But nothing hap
pened; he jumped down and peered into the
gloom of the vehicle. Di1nly he able to make out
the small figure of the scientist huddled up in a
corner of the cab with his huge yellow head thrown
back, and slender white fingers pressed tip to tip.
{" Here are, sir" announced the driver.
- Yes, yes, to be Sure!' exclaimed the scientist
hurredly. Il quite forgot. You needn't wait
The vehicle driven off The Thinking Ma
chine assembled the brown stone steps of the house
and pulled the bell. There was no answer no sound
inside and he pulled it the second time, then the
third Finally, leaning forward with his ear pressed
against the door, he pulled the bell the fourth time
This evidently convinced him that the cord inside
was disconnected, and he tried the door. 1t was
locked
Without an instant's hesitation he ran down the
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The Thinking Machine Goes on a Lone, Mys

HE telephone bell rang sharply, twice.
Professor Augustus S. F. Y Van Dusen-
The Thinking Machine-opened his eyes
L from a sound sleep, rose from the bed,
turned on an electric light, and squinted
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-15

The Pioneer Hooks wer,
advised to receive the hose car
riage and hose with appropriate
demonstrations.
1t was expected that the tanl
of the Floral Springs Water Co.
100x16x8 feet, built of 3 incl
plank and lined throughout
would be finished Monday.
Water pipe for laying through
the streets of Phoebe and plugs
were expected to arrive early
the next week. Some of the
pipe and seven plugs were al
ready here. On the following
Monday, digging trenches fol
same was to begin. On the
whole, it seemed as if the fol
lowing Monday was to be 8
great day generally in the
scheme for Pioche's fire protec.
ton.
There appears q seductive adj
vertisement of a grand gift con-
cert in the shape of a lottery for
the purpose of raising funds fol-
a state asylum for the insane.
One hundred thousand tickets
were to be sold at SIS each and
from the proceeds 1855, 900 in
gold coin was to be distributed
to those drawing lucky numbers.
The prizes to be paid by Wells,
Fargo & Cos. bank at Virginia
City. Among the prominent
citizens referred to as vouchers
for the affair, appears the name
of Hon. ]. P. Jones of Virginia
City. Tickets for the worthy
scheme were announced as for
sale at the State Bank of Ne
vada, on Main street, Phoebe.
The human mind stands
aghast at the thought of fits
which would be thrown by our
strenuous president and his vir-
tuous post Office department, if
such an announcement were to
appear in a newspaper in the
United States in the year of
grace, 1907. 1t might be neces-
sary to found an insane asylum
at Washington.
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Mackay had first presented the
college with $4,000 for a min
ing building and that later he
increased this amount to $780,
600. Later he presented the
college with the statue of his
father which has been sculptured
by Gutzon Borglum in New York
and which will be unveiled when
the Mackay mining building is
dedicated.
Having told of the gifts by
Mr.. Mackay, DIR. Stubs told the
students how the grounds would
be beautified at the expense of
Clarence Mackay, and under the
the direction of landscape art
list Bliss of San Francisco. This
will mean an expenditure of at
least $50, ZOO.
After doing all these things for
the college, Clarence Mackay has
gone further, and has promised
DR.. Stubs that when the Mac
kay mining building is COM
pleted, he will give the sum of
SIS, 600 annually for the payment
of a professor and instructor in
the school of mines and the pay
ment of an instructor in the
school of mineralogy.
After speaking at length on
the Mackay gifts, DR.. S.ubbs
looks up the visit of Clarence
Mackay to the University, and
told how in the presence of his
party, o. j. Smith, Mrs. Stubs
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and himself, Clarence Mackay
had placed certain articles in the
copper box which was placed in
the corner stone of the new
Mackay mining building. He
told how he had tried to keep
this matter quiet and he had
nearly succeeded in doing so. =
Carson Appeal.
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Clarence
Mackay's
Great Gift

At the commencement exer-
cises at the university, DR..
Stubs told the audience of more
generous gifts of Clarence Mac
kay to the University of Nevada.
In making his announcement
DIR. Stubs stated that Clarence