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Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18
THE REVIVAL SERVICES

Another good attendance was report
ed at the evangelistc service In the
First Methodist Episcopal church last
evening. Rev. Mr.. Bennett had been
called out OF town and did not return
until 500 p. m. but the meeting was
ably conducted by Rev. t. T. Frazier
of the Methodist Episcopal church
(south)) who preached strong. prao
tical sermon. Getting Into Line.
This was followed by beautiful solo,
almost Persuaded" by Miss Alberta
Davis. (An attractive feature Of the
revival has been and will be all OF naTt
week the sweet solo singing by earnest
Christian ladies' of the church.)
After the solo Rev. Mr.. Bennett took
charge of the service and the meet1na
closed with short. enthusiastic and q
fective testimonies. The week haa
been a good one. four people having
been definitely converted apd MANY
more greatly plessed = but all are an
ticipating more blessed results nsxl
week.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

land and more than $4,000 young peo
pie, members of the societies of yari
Gus Protestant denominations, are en-
ueavoring to live for two weeks ms
they conceive Jesus Christ would live
were He to meet the daily problems of
1909. VI
Ridiculous" repeated the veteran
priest, with emotion. 81 will not call 1,
anything worse but 1t is all wrong.
These men and women are either
christians and are attempting to live
as they are commanded by the Scrip.
lures to live and will get their heaven.
iy reward accordingly, or they are not
Following divine commands and will
get their punishment.
Its one thing or the other. there's
no middle ground. Living two weeks
as Jesus would live, or the announce.
ment that they will try to do II. is of
no avail. AS ! said before, It is sim.
ply ridiculous. All these things are
the direct result of conditions that
have been coming about during past
quarter of a century. The people of
Cleveland are not what they were
twenty-five years ago. I have been
priest here fifty years. / have had
the opportunity to observe.
Rules of living have become too
lax There is woeful tendency to
doubt the divinity of Jesus Christ, and
all the sins that flesh is heir to fol.
low in this path of unbelief. Take away
that rock upon which the Christian
faith is built and you have nothing
remaining, | will go still further and
say that II we eliminate the divinity of
Christ. we are fools.
Granting that divinity, we must
follow His commands. Not one day,
not two weeks, nor for any other pc.
riod of time, but throughout our lives
We hear too much today about the
ease OF the Christian life. Certain
ministers preach II from their pulpits
They want to please the people. The
easy religion with two weeks OF up
rightness is no religion at all. Christi
anity bids us to take up our cross and
follow the footsteps OF the Master.
which was not an easy path.
81 have never tried to make the
Christian life easy for myself or 9th
ers. have preached the gospel Of
Christ and naver carede what people
thought, Now ] am about through
with this world, and there is satisfac
lion in knowing that ] have not given
myself up to skepticism and doubts
which would class me with the hea.
then who have never heard the word.
THAT is were the people Of Gle
veland stand, who are chasing the hal
lucination of modernism. They have
reached a stage where they are to
be cIassed with the heathen, and are
no better.
Here is one thing In which all men
must take a stand. They cannot dodge
he issue; they either must follow all
he commands of Christ all the time
as taught by His church or suffer dam
nation"
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18
ANOTHER SERIOUS
WRECK ON c. PR. R.
Double-Header Passenger Train Strikes Snow
Slide and Hurled Eighty Feet Into
Riyer--Two Killed, 50 Hurt

VANCOUVER, B. c.. Jan. 16.-A de,
layed westbound Canadian Pacific pas.
senger train hauled by two locomo.
tives was struck by snowslide yes.
terday evening while in Frazier canon
ITO miles east of here and leaped into
Frazier river. The engineers, Foster
and kincaden, the only persons killed
while thirty-tbree were injured, mum.
Der OF these seriously hurt. The two
hremen jumped, and fell safely into
the snow back. The locomotives and
four cars fell eighty feet int the
river
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18
FIND JOY IN EmuLArlNe JESUS

CLEyELAND--In scores of meet
ings young peole, who are trying to
live for two weeks as Jesus would re-
lated their experiences of the past
week.
While many admitted that it had
been difficult to follow exactly the
path they believe Christ would follow,
there was not one who wished to give
up the trial.
"a real estate man told me the 9th
er day that he did not believe a man
in his business could live as Jesus
would, and succeed" said Catherine
MaVrsh, a young business woman, at
an Epworth League meeting. II told
him that had been working in dowg
town office for years, doing work just
difficult as selling lots or renting
houses, and that / had found II pos
sible during the last week to act as !
believe Jesus would. were he in my
place"
AT one meeting dozen young men
and women said that in the effort to
live as Jesus would, they had found
the life Joyous one" In making a
set OF rules for the young people to
follow DR.. w. B. Wallace, pastor of
the East End Baptist Church. week
ago told them they should quilt kick.
ing"
'Tve followed Or, Wallace's advice
said George Evans. young clerk, "and
| find It helps a lot. try TO give every
one a smile instead Of frown. It Is
lot easier to sell goods that way"
One of the practical methods the
members OF the Epworth League use
In trying to live Ike Jesus is the op
Grafton of a mission for young people
After one meeting a welldressed youne
man approached the leader, w. ID
Price, and told him a hardluck story
He was out OF work and had spent his
last quarter for food Quietly two ol
three of the young peole got together
and arranged to give him little hell
and promised 10 gel him position o
some kind.
"It is only what Jesus would do.
said one Of them.
| Plans for the national moyemen
to be handled by the central commit
tee. will be aleborated this week. Al
ready mass OF correspondence fron
ministers and others interested ha
collected. One of the first towns L
follow the example of Cleveland vii
be Warren, Ohio. Members of the con
| mittea stated tonight that an attemp
would be made to interest other elite
throughout the United States, after tn
Ohio towns had followed the exampl
Of Cleveland. The committee wi
try to make the trial an annual a
fair for a period OF at least two week
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18
COLORADO NEWS

There is bitter war on between the
school authorities and members of the
high school fraternities In Denver.
Senator George West has introduced
bill to establish and maintain
state normal school In Duarngo.
Denver Post says Frank Trumbull
cleaned up one million dollars by the
sale of the Colorado Southern to the
Burlington people.
A Burlington train ran into a herd
of antelope and killed three Wednes-
day This makes twelve killed by
trains so far this winter.
The outgoing county officers at Fort
Morgan banqueted the newly-elected
officials on the occasion of the change
of officials on Tuesday night
Mrs. Mary Turner OF Trinidad has
applied for divorce, alleging cruelty
and that the man had contributed only
$3.50 and some spuds towards her
support the past two years.
]. c. Layton. a Pittsburg capitalist,
has enlisted capital for the purpose
/ of building branch railroad OF 35
miles In Montrose and San Miguel
counties = through the rich Paradox
valley section.
| According to Washington dispatches
to Denver papers. Senator Guggenheim
has recommended the reappointment
| OF Daniel L. Sheets as receiver of the
Durango land office. There were sew
eral applicants, but Major Sheets had
the endorsement Of most of the county
chairmen OF the district.
Mrs. Richard Lauterbach was killed
and two persons injured by an explo
sion Of 80 pounds of dynamite in the
home of Richard Lauterbach, at Nit
cbell, fifteen miles west OF Leadville
Wednesday morning The injured ar,
Richard Lauterbach. and Miss Esthe
Schuster.
District Attorney Hogan Of Leadvill,
swore out eight warrants charging tina
many local men with gambling. The
were charged with playing a gam
known to devotees of chance AZ "21.
Mr.. Hogan says he will stop publ
gambling In Leadviile. and drive al
e professional men Of chance from tn
! city.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18
SALUTE OF Fl GUNS.

MARSEJLLES, Jan. 16.-The battle
ship Rhode Island crept into the har-
Dor this morning in dense fog and
fired salute of twenty-one guns.
which answered gun for gun by the
shore batteries. She moored along
side the Georgia and Nebraska, al
ready in this port. The battleship New
Jersey following in the wake of the
Rhode Island is expected to arrive at
noon.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18
The Rotten
Rebate Deal

"All taxes OF any kind assess
ed in any county of this state, that
shall have been delinquent for a
celled by the county commission
ers in their respective counties,
provided, the county commission
ers are satisfied that said taxes
are uncollectable. The county
treasurer shall keep a full and
complete record OF all taxes 80
cancelled"
The above Is an extract from tn
sssion laws quoted by writer In th'
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18
BOND ISSUE DEFEATED.

DENVER. Jan. 16--The scheme to
saddle taxpayers with a bond issue OF
million dollars for new school build.
ings was throttled and killed at the
meeting OF citizens in the Denver high
school this morning. Five hundred
were present when the final vote was
taken, Not fifty voted for the meas.
ure
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18
REEDCOV=
FIRNlED
Silverton's Postmaster
Good for Another
Four Years 4

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1e.- Consider
able opposition to the confirmation of
Daniel O'Keefe of Michigan, who was
nominated by the president Oh Dec. 1
to succeed the late Frank Sargent as
commissioner general Of imrpigration
has developed in the senate Under the
leadership of Mr. Gore Of Oklahoma
The objection to the confirmation ad.
vanced by Mr.. Gore is the fact that a
report has been made TO him by GER
tain labor leaders that Mr.tOKeefe
received the appointment as . reward
for breaking with President Gompers
of the American Federation of Labor
during the recent presidential cam.
paign.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

A bill has been introduced In the
senate to prevent the use Of carriages
on election day or for registration pur-
poses. It wa staken from the Montana
law. which was enacted, 1t is said, be
ton. driven to the polls in carriages.
defeated the respectable elements can
didates. Those who hire vehicles or
ride in them are liable to a fine Of
from $50 to $500 under the bill
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

Man wants whole lot hsTe bee0us
And wants 1t all his days,
Should all his wants b. hlled We know
He'd have new wants alvayS:
For man ne'er Is. 'tis und6nisd.
But always to be satis6ed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18
LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND GOSSIP

In order to give the National Guard
In Denver home, Senator Bardweil
introduced bill calling for the cree,
tion of an armory building to cost
s250.O00.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18
1.-TWO WEEKS LIKE JESUS"
DECLARED RIDICULOUS

CLEvEJ.AND-'Rid Ridiculous" was
the term applied by Mgr. Felix L, Boff
vicar general and administrator OF the
Roman Catholic church diocese Of Gle
veland. to the Live Like Jesus" move
ment.
This movement originated In Cleve-
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

An elaborate report has been sub
mitted to congress by the block signal
and train control board Of the inter
state commerce commission. During
the last year the board examined the
specifications OF 371 devices. 24S Of
these being block signal, cab signal or
automatic train-stopping devices. In Its
investigation of theb lock system, the
board finds that many OF the signal
men in the United States, are lacking
in training and experience. Here and
there the board has found instances OF
the employment OF men whose incom-
potency was manifest and In some
cases there has been evidence OF the
excessive use Of intoxicants. In Its
investigation In Europe. the board
found that the signal men. as rule
are better trained than those in Ameri-
ca and that the system is operated
under stricter personal supervision
The board has received many com
plants concerning the alleged sup
preston OF important inventions BY
powerful corporations to the detrimen'
OF the travelling public.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Jan. 16.-
Withthe dead list estimated at twenty
five and the number of injured report
ed at thirty more, the horror of the
Denver & Rio Grande wreck at Dot.
sero, twenty miles east of here last
night, is growing hourly. Reports re-
ceived from the scene at noon today
are to the effect that twenty-five dead
bodies have been taken from the ruins
and that many passengers have not
been accounted for. Every person in
the chair car of the passenger train
was killed. A 2-year-old baby was
the only person saved from the pas
sengers in the smoker and tourist
cars.
The following is a partial list of
the injured:
John Rosso. Cleveland, Ohio;
Thomas Elliott, Pendleton, Iowa;
E. B. Miller, Sixteenth St, Denver
Charles P. Mano and wife, no ad-
dress given; both have wrenched
backs.
Arious Dolopi, no adress given.
William NJ. Barber. Anthony, Kans
]. H. Hayden and child, Buffalo
Oklahoma.
Mrs. A. w. McCauley and child, Win
nemucca, New.
w. G. Maxey, Los Angeles
Mrs. ]. b. Thompson, Brocklngs
s. D., back and neck wrenched.
F. Chandler, 1926 Franklin street
Denver.
d. E. Cannon. Twin Falls, Iowa.
Pullman Conductor McGowen, Den
yer.
Clarence vassar. Mlddlebury vt.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

Cortez Journal says, farmers OF the
valley are holding their wheat for 81
per hundred which has compelled the
closing OF the flour mill.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

Senator Stephen has filed bill re
stricting the employment OF females
in laundries. stores. restaurants. hotels
mines or factories. for more than eight
hours a day, and calling for seats for
those SO employed. The bill is model
ed upon the Oregon law. fund consti.
tutional by the supreme court of .he
United States, and is designed to take
the place Of one declared unconstitu'
tional by the state supreme court OF
last year.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.-srhc sen.
ate as confirmed the following nomina.
tion: William X. Morris of Colorado.
third secretary of the Unitei States
embassy at Toxic, Japan Austin NJ
Reed, postmaster at Silvertoh Colo. !;
Lon 2. Foote, register of the Hugo
land office; Robert II. SIMS receiver
of the Las Cruces. n. M, land office
The following Colorado postmasters
have been appointed; Arriba, Lincoln
county Bessie e. Eshton, Vice c. T.
Graves, married; Glendale Fremont
county. BENJAMIN F. Taylor, vice D.
d. Holloheld, resigned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16l Senator
and Mrs. Guggenheim were dinner
hosts last evening with vice presi.
dent and Mrs. Fairbanks s3guests of
honor. To meet them were British
ambassador and Mrs. Brics3 Secretary
of the Interior and Mrs. Garfield, Sen.
ator and Mrs. Burrows, Senator and
Mrs. Crane. Senator Kean, the Swiss
minister, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas f
Walsh, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Guggen.
helm, Miss Harland and Mrs. Talbot.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

Mrs. w. F. Beck. an old lady Of
Montrose, fell on an icy pavement and
broke her ankle Wednesday. She is
reported In = prscarious condition.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

and cried, but its name could not be
learned. Engineer Gus Olsen of Sa.
Ida was the hero of the wreck. lie
gave up his life in a vain endeayor
to save his passengers. The train
was coasting down off Tennessee Pass
at the rate of mile a minute. The
freight appeared just ahead Instead
of deserving his post, the engineer re-.
versed the levers and threw on the
breaks. The high speed made the
attempt to stop the train futile Olsen
died at his post a martyr to duty. His
body was taken from the ruins among
the first reached by the wreclfing
crew. Olsen had a brother In the
wreck, who will also probably die
AT two o'clock this afternoon twen.
ty-five are known TO be dead and for
ty injured. The report has 1t that
there are forty dead but the officials
deny this. Only eight names of the
dead have thus far been secured. The
only passenger killed, who belonged
In Colorado was John C. Davis of Den
yer, the head of the wholesale drug
house of Davis and Bridaham The
wreck is slowly being cleared away
this afternoon. Some of the scenes
enacted this morning among the dead
and dying We're heartrending in the
extreme.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18
TELEdRAPHIC NEWS

President Roosevelt took 98 mile
ride Wednesday on horseback to show
the public and army officers in par.
ticular that II a president, who Is not
in training, can ride this distance. 1t
the bet OF training to ride 80 miles In
three days.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18
NEWS CONDENSED FROM
SAN JUAN EXCHANGES

OIL activity at and in the vicinity Of
Bluff City continues.
s. w. Carpenter has been reappoint-
ed county attorney OF Montezuma.
Good selection.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

A strong anti-saloon bill, having a
clause permitting the seizure and de-
struction OF any liquor found In dry"
territory, SO voted under the local op
tion law. was introduced by Senator
Skinner In the senate upon request
OF the Anti-Saloon League. The
bill does not touch upon the
question of making the county the init
for local option, but merely adds laws
to the statutes TO enforce those al
ready there. Railway companies must
leave open to the public all shipments
of liquor into the state, and the pos
session OF an Internal revenue license
In dry territory will be considered as
violation fthe law. Druggists shall
keep q public record of all prescrip-
tions filled upon a physician's order
for liquor and those violating the law
shall be debarred from selling liquor
for two years, prescription or no pre-
scri Ntion. A second offense means for
fciture of their drug license. Any ply
sician knowingly giving a prescription
for liquor will be debarred from givint
liquor prescriptions for two years. M
appeal can be taken In court unlesi
the revising court grants the right Il
take 1t.
In the triangular fight over tn,
Normal school question. which opene,
in the senate. the old proposition 1
again before the Legislature of whethe
the normal school OF Greeley will kee
cities on the western slope from secul
ing second school again. says III
Denver Republican. The @ reeley mo-
NAL asked for an appropriation {
$4,000 aud the increase Of the u
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

Senator Teller has offered an
amendment to the Indian appropria-
tion bill, appropriating $4,000 for the
support of the Grand Junction Indian
school for the coming fiscal year. Sen.
ator Teller says the action OF the In
dian commissioner in falling to make
ar estimate for carrying on this school
was entirely unwarranted and he will
make determined effort to secure
the appropriation proposed by his
amendment.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

A bill, has been introduced provid
ing for 8 congressional districts and
doing away with the congressman-at.
large The division according to the
bill. is as follows:
First district-Adams, Boulder, Den
yer. Larimer apd Weld.
Second district--Arapahoe, Baca
Bent, Cheyenne, Douglas, Ebert, El
Paso. Huerfano. Jefferson. Kiowa. Kit
Carson, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan,
Morgan, Otero. Phillips. Prowers. Pu-
eblo, Sedgwick. Teller, Washington
and Yuma.
Third District-Archuleta. Chaffee'
Clear Creek, Connejos. Costilla, Custer
Delta, Dolores. Eagle. Fremont, Gar
field, Gilpin, Grand. Gunnison,, Hins-
dale, Lake, La Plata, Mesa, Mineral
Montezuma. Montrose. Ouray, Park
Pitkin. Rio Blanco. Rio Grande, Routt
Saguache. San Juan. San Miguel and
Summit.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

Senator George West has introduced
n bill to establish and maintain q
state normal school In Duarngo.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

Denver Post says Frank Trumbull
cleaned up one million dollars by the
sale of the Colorado Southern to the
Burlington people.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

DENVER, Jan. 16.-Immediately on
the report of the news of the wreck
the chief officers of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad took steps to alleviate
the suffering of the injured A large
section of the sanitarium at Glenwood
Springs was ordered by wire for the
care of the most seriously wounded
Without waiting for particulars Gen
eral Manager Ridgway and Chief Sur
geon O'Conner of the Denver & Rio
Grande proceeded to the scene of the
catastrophe on special train. This beat
all records between this city and Glen
wood. The uphill trip from this city
to Palmer Lake, distance of fifty
miles, was made in exactly forty min
utes. DIR. OConner will take charge
of the medical force at the scene of
the wreck and direct the work of the
physicians and nurses. A wrecker
was ordered to the scene of the wreck
from Salida. 1t arrived at o'clock
fully an hour before expected. The
work of clearing away the debris was
begun at once and it is thought the
track will be opened for traffic before
night.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

There is bitter war on between the
school authorities and members of the
high school fraternities in Denver.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-18

A Burlington train ran into herd
of antelope and killed three Wednes-
day. This makes twelve killed by
trains so far this winter.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-02-12
NEGRO SAVED FROM
WRATH OF THE MOB

TAMPA. Fla. Feb. 11.--Charley
Crumley. the negro arrested on sus-
piciOn OF being the man who attempt.
ed 10 criminally assault Miss Irma
Newell Tuesday. was taken from the
jan at Lakeland yesterday morning
by a mob of one thousand men. bound
TO a stake. fagOts were heaped about
his body and oil poured over the mass,
with the intention OF burning him.
However. Sheriff John l.. Logan. his
brother AlonzO Logan. and Special
Deputy +. McCullen pleaded for calm
action. and the negro, declaring he
could prove an alibi. was spared.
Crumley was marched back to Jail
and a number OF prominent men have
sworn to prevent any further attempts
upon his life. Many armed men are
I'm the town. Miss Newell claims that
CTumley looks like the man who at
tempted the crime, but is not GER
tain.
Two companies Of the Second Regi-
ment, Florida National Guards, have
been ordered to Lakeland from here
to assist the authorities in protecting
Crumley.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-02-12
LAKELAND SUSPECT
CAUGHT THURSDAY
Traced From Lakeland to Western AaChua. Where
He Was Arrested By Sheriff Ramsey.

Jack Wade. the negro who Is sup
posed to have committed the attempt.
ed rape on the young white Eirl, Miss
Irma Newell OF Lakeland. is now in
charge of Sheriff Ramsey and Deputy
Sheriff Scott. having been Arrested
yesterday I'm the western part o. the
county.
Sheriff Ramsey received a wire
early yesterday morning 20 proceed
to Newberry and meet the deputy.
who was hot in pursuit OF Wade and
whom IL is almost certain is the party
that committed the crime
Wade was raised I'm the western
part Of Alachua county. but has been