Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-10

York church. who has been preach Z
ing for twenty years. asked permits
sion TO speak the truth. He then
made a few perfunctory remarks II
opening, then suddenly launched forth
in an attack upon the Bible and upon
both the Protestant and the Roman
Catholic churches. He said he had
studied science and philosophy. geol
ogy. biology. anthropology and meta
physics and he had reached the con-
clusion that the Bible was not IA /
solid chunk Of truth" Maintaining |
that the description OF the creation of |
the earth as found In Genesis was in |
conflict with geology and biology, he
declared that he must accept the lat |
ter. 81 asked for freedom to preach |
the truth" he continued. III granted,
I will apply to the classis for a spec. |
ial dispensation Of two years for ex-
perimental work, and | will lay aside
/ all present forms and systems
New York Republicans say Hughes
will have the solid delegation from
I thai state for the presidential nom
nation.
Beginning Feb 9. the Santa Fe
| railway will annul ten OF its principal
passenger trains in Kansas because
] OF the decrease in the roads earnings
the past year.
Walter Wellmsn finds that TAFT
! will have at least 20 OF the % votes
OF Michigan in the Republican nat
| ionai convention and that the state
| delegation may be unanimous for his
nomination
Before an audience of New York
bankers. brokers and other business
men, W. ]. Bryan denounced Wall
street as school for embezzlers and
declared it worse gambling hell
than Monte Carlo.
| The Chicago Sunday Evening club,
composed of business and professional
men. leased Orchestra hall, and will
hold religious services each Sunday
night for the 5000 strangers in the
loop hotels.
4 After serving as a walter for fifteen
years, saving all his tips and invest.
ing them in profitable real estate hold
ings. John NJ. Myatt has presented his
resignation to the Saratoga hotel of
Chicago and is preparing to retire
with small fortune estimated at
from $4,000 to 100000.
District Judge McF1e at Santa Fe
has rendered an opinion disqualifying
Jose Leon Madril of Galisteo from
serving as member OF the board of
county commissioners because he Is
not a qualified elector by reason of
having been convicted of cattle steal
ing almost 80 years ago and never re-
stored to citizenship.
| In spite Of the winter weather, work
on the f Il Hartman residence, two
miles east of Arden, Is being kept up.
A large force Of men is engaged on
the work. the monthly pay roll dur
ing the winter reaching $4,000. The
work has been in progress for three
years and another year will be re-
| quired to complete it. The house is
built in the style of an old English
castle. Its total cost. it is said. will
approximate $400O.0 600.
Louis Wolf. well-to-do Brooklyn
manufacturer by day and pickpocket
a night, has made confession to AS
sistant District Attorney Elder, and
his revelations form one of the most
astounding documents in the criminal
history of Kings county Wolf de-
clared that be made $1,000 a year by
picking pockets on the cars during
the rush hours OF the evening and
that whenever he was suspected he
was always able to escape arrest by
fiashing his business card on police
men and his victims
i In the senate Mr.. Borah introduced
a. bill to repeal the timber and stone
act, declaring It had, outlived its use
fulness and had become. as admins
tered, a rich mans law. 1t is Mr..
Borah's intention to introduce a sup
Elemental bill providing methods by
which timber lands may be classified
and the timber product sold under di-
rection of the secretary of the inter
ior, leaving the lands after the tim
Der is cut OF to be disposed of under
the homestead and other forms of en-
try.
Senator Teller says the Panama
canal is a failure and that it will cost
fully $300,o0O.00o when completed
The assessor of Teller county is un
der arrest charged with conducting a
gambling joint.
Frank E. Baker. the newly appoint
ed postmaster at Fort Morgan, is
serving his tenth year as postmaster.
Speaks web for him
SAN JUAN PLACER MINES.