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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-07
THE BRINGING TOGETHER
OF PHOENIX CHURCHES
The First Meeting Yesterday Of the
Ladies' Federation Made Up of Rep
resentstives From Christian Demon
nations.

The beautiful spirit OF harmony and
Christian fellowship which exists
among the various churches of this
| city has often been remarked. But
II remained for Mrs. F. A. ~Tritle 10
| bring about a federation Of the various
women's societies of the different
churches which promises to be far
reaching in its benefits. The plan Of
| next seasons work as outlined at an
enthusiastic meeting held YESTERDAY
afternoon i'm Trinity rectory. will ne
cooperative. systematic and broad
tending To bring the church workers
of Phoenix into closer and more sym-
pathetic relation.
The officers are Mrs Imogene La
Chance. president: Mrs. W p. Sea-
vice president. and Mrs. 4. b. Buckle
secretary. To assist the many strang-
ers within the city gates To- find church
homes speedily and easily the chair
appointed the following lookout COM
mittee: Mrs. J. @. A. King OF Trinity
church; Miss Lulu Clifton Of the
Methodist Episcopal: Mrs l. J. Rice
of the First Presbyterian: Mrs. H A.
Hughes Of the Central Methodist: Mrs.
T. VI. Elder of the First Baptist and
Mrs. Robert Fudell Of the Christian
church
The following ladies were appointed
To draft a suitable constitution for the
presentation at the fall meeting of the
federation: Mrs. John Wix Thomas.
Mrs. +. \. Tritle and Mrs. W. p
Sears.
At least once each season the fed
Grafton will participate in an enter
tainment to the end that all the Chris
tians of the city may he brought to-
gether socially. Church delegations
will be another feature Of next sea-
sons work. These delegations win
visit the different churches on social
occasions and report to the federation
All the church auxiliaries have ac-
complished much the past winter. All
have done more or less charitable
work beside rendering substantial
financial aid To the various churches
The words. THAT all NAV be one"
were adopted as the federation motto
The Episcopal Guild has trans
formed the rectory with new carpets.
curtains. pOrtieres. etc making il a
delightful home place.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-07
The VESTED CHOIR
CONCERT TONIGHT
Diplomas at the Same Time Will be
Conferred Upon Two of Mr.. Todd's
Graduates.

Many unavoidable circumstances
having delayed the encore concert SO
late in the season. il has been decided
to merge it with the graduating exer-
cises Of the Arizona College of Mus
ical and Dramatic Arts Of which Mr.
Elmer A. Todd is director
Rt. Rev. J. NJ. Kendrick will deliver
the presentation address.
The two graduates in piano. Miss
Frances Brown OF Tempe. and Miss
Edith Stein of Phoenix. viii each play
a concerto with orchestral accompani-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-07
4 HALLIDAY SESSION
OF THE PRIORITY CASE
TIE Trisi Will be Resumed This Morn
.ns With Lands South and West of
fhs City.

All the work cut out for yesterday
ava the ifial of the case of Hurley
against Abbott and others was gone
"y,r except Two quarter sections in
Issss nssip enc. north of range three
eiss, and little after noon an ad-
3.t,srnrn-nt was taken for the day
This gave rise To the recurrence of the
runner tina; the case was going to be
abandoned on the ground that it had
r"; b-en brought in proper form. 1t
was stated however that the rumor
WAS utterly without foundation and
thai since the opening day when OBJ
jeCtIOn vas made by the attorneys of
some 81! the defendants To the form Of
q i,ss sasi. the subject has not been
: Thought before the court
The ease will b. resumed this morn
SAG with testimony concerning the two
qwatier sections above mentioned and
after i,la; proof concerning the west
end az township one. north Of range
two east. NIL begin 90 be taken COM
menctng Sith sections u. 10. -. II. IA.
%. 10. Is and -. lying south Of the
salt Eiyer yaiie.- canal and north Of
the river
There Wrre me- disputes among the
attorneys yesterday. The entire time
was given ta evidence ~ pioneers con-
corning the early cultivation of the
lands south and southeast Of the city.
The principal witness before the court
was Mrs. e.. u. Gray. who was the first
white woman 3" come TO this valley
and remain here She is now living
and s4as ai,sass lived on the same land
on .sasch rhe and her husband the late
Il. II. Grs:- settled almost forty years
q GO
Though her recollection Of the cult
walton of other land in that region
was not very definite il was quite
extensive, for in those days she ac-
o0mpanied her husband frequently
about the settlement and in a gener-
al way knew what was going on in the
matter Of cultivation. But in forty
Years mist gathers over things and
when one is pressed by insistent law
years for answers as to the year the
day and the hour Of the beginning of
an event Of a generation ago the MEM
DRY is generally found to be slightly at
fault.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-07

The following were registered at the
Ford hotel yesterday: ]. Z. Stevens.
OF Ration. n. NJ: ]. T. Crawford. of
Pittsburg: A. W. Lewis. Sam Kirsh-
ner. l. A. Snyder. VIM. Scott. OF Los
Angeles: s. +. Battin, of FL Paso;
George w. Frank. of Dayton. Ohio.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-07

Mr.. G. A. Hidden and wife and
daughter, Miss Bertha. who have been
residents OF this city for several years
departed yesterday for Los Angeles
where they will reside in the future.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-23
NOT ENOUGH BEER TO
GO AROUND IN GOTHAM.
Amber Fluid Supply to Be Cut-Barley
Crop Shy, Brewers to Close
Many Saloons.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-New York
faces a beer shortage. The brewers
announced a few weeks ago that be-
ginning Jnuary /, the price would be
raised 81 a barrel, and now it is an
nounced that the output will be greatly
curtailed and thai many men viii be
laid Off. The trouble is a shortage Of
barley. The crop this year was more
than 25. 00O, 600 bushels short of that
of last year, and the price has almost
doubled. It is the inability to obtain
the grain at any price that warns the
brewers. Europe's shortage is just as
marked. A few days ago a buyer came
to New York from a big English brew
cry with Instructions to purchase a
large quantity of barley. but returned
to England without having been able
to buy a bushel.
The shortage in the oat crop also
strikes the brewers hard, for they m
ploy great numbers of horses. and feed
for them is an important item Of ex-
pense. It is said that the oat crop this
year is 200, 900. 600 bushels short of the
1906 crops.
1t is stated that a large proportion
of the saloons in New York owned by
brewers will be closed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-23
TO REFORM TRAMP HERO.
Nixon Rescued Girl from Flames al
Great Risk.

BELvIDERE, Dec. 2S-The village
of Delaware, near here. has enrolled A
distinguished c~itizen-elect in the person
of William Nixon, for many years a
Weary While of the roads. He has
been elected a member of the Volunteer
Fire Department and is in a fair
to become one of the towns illustrious
because of an act of heroism.
Several days & Nixon's peregrina-
tions took him to the back door of the
home of Charles Quigg. for a 'hand-
out" Miss Emily. daughter of the
family. was lighting the gasolene stove,
so she didn't answer the tramp's knock.
The ~gasoIene exploded, the young wom-
an was swathed in flame and shrieked
for help. Nixon broke down the door,
threw his ragged coat about the girl,
rolled her in a rus and smothered the
blaze.
Miss Quigg and her rescuer were so
painfully burned that they were placed
under the care OF a physician. the
family nursing Nixon in their gratitude
for his brave act. Nixon told them of
his life on the roads and they reclaimed
him.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-23
rHE REV. THOMAS LOGAN MuRpgY

PLAINFIELD, Dec. 23.-The Rev,
Thomas Logan Murphy. for many yenrs
one of the most prominent Episcopal cier-
gymen in New Jersey, died yesterday,
following a few days illness. Mr.. Murphy
was born in Pittsburg. Pa, October 80.
1889. lie attended the Philadelphia Divin-
ity School, and on December 20, 1865, was
ordained a deacon by the Rt. Rev. VIII
lam Bacon Stevens. He afterward was
assistant minister at Grace Episcopal
Church, Philadelphia, and on September
&c. 1866, was ordained a priest by Bishop
Odenheimer at Burlington In the
fall OF the same year he became rector 81
Calvary Church, Tamaqua, Pa, returning
there one year. Then he became rector OF
Zion Church at Newport, r. l.. and later
went to Christ's Church, Fltehburg, Mass
He was called TO the Church of the Holy
Cross In North Plainfield and took charge
Of that parish February IA. 1877. where ne
remained until July l, 1899, when he re-
signed because of i'll health. Soon after
ward he and his wife and daughter wens
to Europe and for two years Mr.. Murphy
was assistant rector at the American
Church in Paris. Since returning from
Europe he had lived in retirement. on
July II, 1857. Mr.. Murphy married Miss
Annie Z. Mixsell. daughter OF David Mix
sell. of Easton, Pa. She, with three chill
dren, Clarence l., Arthur and Ami sur
viye.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-23
OF
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
variety of Religious Experience" the
Subject of Sermons by the Rev.
7. Arid Moffatt.

Varieties of Religious Experience" was
the subject OF sermons, both morning and
evening, yesterday, by the Rev. L. Arid
Moffatt, TO the attendants at the First
Congregational Church. He referred to
the broadness of reference that was made
to the birth Of Christ at the time of the
nativity and the inclusive power of the
sentiment that actuates mankind at each
recurrence of the festival. In part he
said:
ITO powerful magi and to humble shep-
herds came the tidings, and yet to each in
a peculiar way. The objective Christ Is
universal, but we abound in tempera-
mental variations. But variation does not
imply exclusion. Magi and shepherds were
clearly differentiated in their modes of
thought and manner Of life, yet the fact
of Jesus was large enough to touch both.
But 1t touched them differently. 1t met
each of them in his round of life.
Indeed, the startling fact of the Scrip
tural story Of the nativity is its marvels
of inclusions. 1t ebuke our narrowness
In addition to emphasizing this broad
inclusiveness of the Gospel, Mr.. Moffat
sought to show that 1t met intimately all
the pecularitles of individual variation.
THE wise men, seeing God by way of
their deep studies, expecting to find Him
by the processes of intellectual activity.
al ldsls III u llllG way, lnty ulu us
cover Him; thanks, however to the help
Of others; but the trudge was long and
wearisome, and they had almost got lost
amid the eourtly attractions of Jerusalem.
But to the shepherds, plain, simple fell
lows that they were, came the finest and
the fullest revelation of all. The Divine
glory shone around them, and angel choirs
chanted words of highest import. Had
they been keen philosophers or studious
scientists, instead of hurrying in the sim
plicity OF their faith in the vision, they
might have queried and argued concern
ing the nocturnal phenomenon or taken
notes on the nature of light under certain
unusual conditions. But, being Just plain,
simple folk, they foolisnly. yet sloriously.
believed in the affair and obeyed 1t.
Things that are hidden from the wise
and prudent, but revealed unto babes
were unfolded unto them. No long, weary
pilgrimage for them, such as the wise
men had to take. No risk of losing their
way, such as fell upon the Magi. No
embarrassments with Herod. But just an
easy, Immediate, full and free manifesto
ton Of things Divine. So does God re-
ward simple, childlike trust. With such
trust the darkest night becames radiant
with splendor and the monotony of life
melts into music"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-23
"MESSlAH" DRAWS GREAT
CROWD TO PEDDIE CHURCH
Hears Choir Render Handles Compost
tion-Xmas Tree for Children on
Friday Evening.

Peddie Memorial Church was filled to its
full capacity last night when Handeis
Messiah was rendered, and the occasion
proved a fitting close to the Christmas
season exercises which were opened there
yesterday morning. The program was
superbly given under the direction of Louis
A. Russell, who presided at the organ,
assisted by Melza Chaffee, violinist, and
the following soloists: Mrs. Orrie Kinsey
Taylor, Miss Elizabeth Van Ness, Miss
Alice Van Nalts. Frederick Martin, bass,
and William Wheeler. tenor.
The service opened with an organ and
violin prelude. after which came a chant,
"Jubllate Deo," by the choirs. The
doxology and the Lords prayer, by
the congregation and choir, came next,
after which responsive reading. The hymn,
Joy to the World" preceded the oratorio,
which opened with IN overture by the or
gan and violin.
The children and ''grown-ups'' of the
Sunday school had charge Of the morning
service. which was conducted under the
direction of Superintendent William Bit
ties. The exercises consisted in the main
of recitations and songs by the children,
those of the primary class coming first.
They gave "Luther's Cradle Song" THE
Sweetest Story "A Christmas Lullaby. -
I'm the Manager and "What / Would BE
at the Christmastide.' Those taking part
were Helen Strock, Charles Brewer. Ben
nett Engle, Harry Gibney, Russell Snyder,
George Shinglie. Beaulah H~asslnger, Lulu
butcher. Helen Verpillier, Hilda Homer,
Olive Francis, Dorothy De Voc, Gladys
Burns. Abigail Hidden, Dorothy Ribbans
and Margaret Strobell.
The primary and junior exercises were
l-nterspersed by a recitation from Miss Rae
Smith and a talk by the superintendent.
Besides the class exercises by members
Of the junior department. the following
reeitations were given: "A Bit of Holly
Miss Gladys Higble; "a Christmas Hymn
Miss Eleanor r.. Villers; What 1 Can
Do" Albert Levin.
The Rev. Thomas ]. villers, pastor OF
the church, gave a short talk, telling the
children what form Christmas feeling
should take.
A Christmas tree will be in the church
next Friday night, and special service
will be held next Sunday, with New Year
exercises the Wednesday evening follow
ing.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-23
SIGNED RELEASE
LUCHAN SETTLED M
CASE FOR $50.
Trolley Victim Alleges that He Wa De-
ceived and Asks North Jersey
for $1,000 Balm.

When the trial of the suit of John
Luchan, who wants 5000 damages from
the North Jersey Street Railway Com
pany, was resumed before Judge Heis-
ley in the Supreme Court Circuit, to-
day, the plaintiff repeated his previous
story to the effect hat he had settled
the case for $50, signing a paper fraud
ulently submitted to him by the trolley
people. He alleged that he was de-
ceived in doing this as he cannot read
English and did not know what he was
signing.
Luchan was injured at South Orange
avenue and Broome street April /, 1905,
while trying to alight from a car at
that point. zone of the men from the
company" he testified, "came to me
Dol after the accident and asked me If
I fell off a car and 1 said yes Then
he asked me how I fell and I told him
that If he wanted to get more informa-
ton he had better go to my house.
Then he got hold of my hand and said
he had a paper he wanted me to sign
for the doctor. He said sign the paper,
it is a receipt and you will get more
money from the company
He was asked by his counsel, Andrew
Van Blarcom, to identify the COM
pany's representative who was alleged
to have figured in the transaction but
he failed to do so.
IT don't know the contents of h
paper now and I didn't them" he said.
John Van Buskirk is the trolley
representative whom the plaintiffs
lawyer sought to connect with the case.
He denied all knowledge of the alleged
transaction when placed upon the wit
ness stand.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-23
DIOCESE HEAD
O R DAM D
80 YEARS
O'COnnOr Celebrated
Occasion Quietly Yester-
day at Seton Hall.

At the episcopal residence in South
Orange yesterday the bishop, John j.
O'Connor, of the Roman Catholic dio-
cese of Newark, observed the thirtieth
anniversary of his ordination to the
priesthood in Belgium by Monsignor
Anthonis. The bishop said mass in
the morning in the chapel of the I'M
maculate Conception at Seton Hall
College. Afterwards many friends
called at the episcopal residence to con-
graduate him, and they were cordially
received.
Bishop O'Connor was born in this
city. in st. James's parish, on June
II, 1855. and was a pupil of st. James's
parochial school. Thence he went to
Seton Hall to study for the priesthood.
He was graduated in 1873. He then
went to Rome to finish his theological
studies. He was in the American Col
lege four years and went to Louvan
one year.
After he was ordained, in 1877, he re-
turned to Newark and was appointed
as a professor in Seton Hall College
and seminary and was director of the
seminary lOI eighteen years
Bishop O'Connor became vicar-gen-
eral of the diocese of Newark, and in
1895 was made rector of st. Joseph's
Church, Newark. He vas ~consecrated
bishop in July, 1901. in St. Patriek's
Cathedral by the late Archbishop M.
A. Corrigan. In 1902 he celebrated the
twenty-ffth anniversary Of his or
dination as a priest.
He consented to observe it publicly
on condition thai priests and people
would help to increase h building
fund for the Cathedral of the Sacred
Heart. A committee raised $34,645.n
for the cathedral fund in honor of his
silver jubilee. He ponti1cated at the
mass in st. Patrick's Cathedral on No
3, 1908. the fiftieth anniversary
of the arrival here of the first bishop
for the Newark diocese, the Rt. Rev.
DIR. James Roosevelt Bayley, after
wards archbishop of Baltimore. Mon
signor Falconi, the apostolic delegate;
Archbishop Farley and several bishops
were present. The venerable Bishop
Bernard j. McQuade preached the
rmo
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-23
HIGH TYPE OF MANHOOD.
Veteran Compositor Had Splendid Quail
ties of Heart and Mind.

Solomon Pancoast, a compositor, died last
Wednesday. One of the newspapers. not
ing his death. described him as an aged
man. He would have been go years old
next month"; That is the average boy
editors idea of great age. Perhaps he
was right-in a way, for Sol Pancoast had
worked forty-ive years at his job. He be-
gan on the Mercury, a Newark morning
paper which fourished In prehistoric times,
under the editorship of H. Newton Con-
ger and John Y. Foster. Forty years ago
he was a compositor on the Daily Adver-
tiser. and there he remained until his
death, though the very name of the paper
changed. To the outside world a ON
positor is a mechanical man who sets type
for a weekly wage, greater or smaller. In
dull routine. The description fits many,
but not all. There are-or there were
many men like Sol Pancoast-reserved,
quiet, independent, Industrious. If one
cared to penetrate the shell. one found in
them men of ideas. thought, purpose, in
dependence, vigor and loyalty-a class
apart, intelligent. sincere and devoted to
ideals. Some of them stuck type for half
a century and never murmured; some be-
came leaders of men, like Horace Greeley
or Amos Cummings. But their charac-
~teristics were the same. Many and varied
were they:
"Some village Hampden that with daunt-
less breast
The little tyrant of the fields with
stood.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may
rest,
Some Cromwell g~uiltless of his eoun-
try's blood"
The old order changeth, yielding place
to new. But thery had their merits, our
115 Friondc-R t1 ThOrnpaon Sol PanC0aat
Terry Devine. VIII Lee, Oddly Folmar
and a score Of others we could name.
Some are gone, some are doing other
work, but they were true men all. Times
are different and the simple life is past,
but no doubt there are many of the same
stamp still. But one mourns the OLD
friends none the ess.-Sunday Call.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-23
REV. CHARLES WESLEY. PARSONS.

PLAINFIELD. Dec. 2S.-The Rev. DR..
Charles Wesley Parsons, pastor of Grace
NJ. E.. Church, died last night at
his home in this city. He returned
three weeks ago from the German Hos
pital, in New York, where an operation
was performed, and has since been con-
hned to his home. DR.. Parsons was born
In Decatur, N. Y, hfty-seven years ago
He was graduated from Drew Seminary
IN 1874. His first church was at Fairfield,
n. Y, and after that his principal charges
were the Hanson Place Church, Brooklyn,
where he remained three years; st.
Paurs Church, Newark; the Grand Ave-
nue. Church. Kansas City; the First
Church, Portland. Me-, and the First
Church, Minneapolis, Mimi, from which
place he came to Plainfeld. He did some
writing and lecturiug. He leaves a wife,
two sons and two daughters. The funeral
will be held tomorrow afternoon, and
burial will be at Fairfield, N. Y.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-23
CHRISTMAS TRUTH
SERMON BY THE REV. JOHN
MCDOWELL.
Incarnation Basic Expression Of Gods
Love-Festival That Holds Thought
and Interest of the World.

"The Christmas Truth" was the subject
of the Rev. John McDowell's sermon at
Park Presbyterian Church yesterday morn
ing. Mr.. Mcdowell took for his text the
words in John. The word was made flesh
and dwelt among us. and spoke in part as
follows:
THE Christian festival, more than any
other festival, attracts and holds tue
thought and interest Of the world. For lgOe
years it has enlisted the best thought OF
the world. Poets and painters, musicians
and sculptors We'd with eacn otne.
in trying to express the glory OF the event
which this festival commentaries. OIatoIy
has used its best utterances and llteratuIe
its choicest phrases in setting FORM ny
is ever inspiring new songs and moving men
TO loftier praises. Millions in all lands VIII
today join their voices In celebrating 'ne
Christmas joy. at, ,nt-
versal celebration of Christmas,g Wnat lleS
at the foundation of this time-honored res
tival? Is it founded on tact OF iictI9Su
Does it rest in a truth or IN a Ianie What is
does rest in a fact, and on a truth, "n"' -
the fact and what is the RUTH .r
we need TO ask such questions Iesartdi
ing the foundation of the Chrlstlan Iesh.
val. First, because of some calico Sn ~
ttans. who, through ignorance or lhaIleit
ance. are unconoerned and are saying IL
does not make any difference, Such Snlls-
fiHnS are forgetting Iudl lHet pIN -.
forth Christ as a fact; that the ChIlSuaI
church claims to be founded on fact, anu
that all of the Christian doctrines appeat
to facts. Second, because OF the nlanS
on-Christians n are trying TO reduce
Christmas to a mere traditional celeora-
ton, with no special reference to Jesus
Christ. r-
The real Christian believes that under
meath the Christmas festival there rs d
great fact, and that fact is the lneariatlVn
the word was made flesh ana oWelI
among us'-is the real significance, the eN-
plana lion of its ever-increaslng holu on
The life and love of the world.
I'm support of the fact OF the lnear.
nation we offer, first, fulfilled propnecy'
second. the uniform testimony OF SeIip-
fure: third. the testimony of the aposties
md disciples of all ages. and. fourth, the
life and character of the Christ.
His life apart from the incarnatlon ~
unexplainable. Admit the incarnation ana
His sinless life, with all its supernatural
works and words, Is explained.
THE incarnation had a great purpose.
That purpose was to make known the love
God. God could make known, ms
power through creation, His WISDOM
through nature. but to make known ltls
love He became incarnate. Hence, the IN
carnation is Gods full and final answer 70
all of mans needs. 1t swe man :
need of a God whom he can love, his neeu
of forgetfulness and his hope OIL I'M
mortality