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The Grenada sentinel., 1905-10-21

| Heron was pastor OF a small church
in an obscure town in Minnesota. He
was called to be the assistant pastor
of the Congregational church at Bur
lington, Ia, and his ministry there
was very successful. He was in
stalled in Burlington in 1891, and
from that time his name became ma
tlonally famous. In 1898 Dr. Her
ron was made professor of applied
Christianity in Iowa college (Congre-
SationaD, which was endowed for him
by Mrs. E. d. Rand, of Burlington,
whose daughter, Carrie, has since in
herited the Rand millions, and who has
turned them over to her companion. -
After seven years of service in the
college, during which time the chair of
applied Christianity in general, and
Prof. Heron in particular, wore the OBJ
jects of constant and bitter attack,
the professor sent in his resignation
He did this only after Mrs Rand had
agreed that the $4,000 with which
She had endowed the special chair
should not be taken away from the
college.
Couple Becomes Companions.
Miss Rand became the professors
companion under peculiar circum-
stances. Her mother, a widow with
unlimited means, became a member of
the professors cult, after she heard
him declare that he did not believe
that the present marriage system is
sacred or good. She encouraged her
own daughter in this belief, with the
result that Prof. Herron's home was
broken up, he deserted his wife and
four children which he brought into
the world, and took up his residence
with Miss Rand, calling her his com
panion."
The Herrons and the Rands were
fast friends. Mrs. Heron knew and
loved Carrie Rand, who has sup
planted her in the affections of her
husband, and the young woman was
a frequent visitor at the Heron
home, hence the shock to Mrs. Heron
when upon returning from a European
rip the professor announced to her
hat he had ceased to love her, and
invited her to institute proceedings for
/ divorce.
Rumor of Marriage.
1t is said of the pair that in New |
FORK, prior to the death of Mrs. Rand, |
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Miss Rand, or her friends, to give up
her husband. However this may be-
Mrs. Heron simply charged her
spouse with desertion, and now, know
ing that when he left her it was be-
cause Of his love for another woman,
has this to say Of him, her statement
having been made after DR.. Hills re-
fused to attend meeting of the Get
Together club:
st is nonsense for these people to-
refuse to sit down to a dinner in DR..
Herron's honor. If they approve his
views they should have no objection
to dining with him. One fact in his
private life should have no effect on
the value of his views. DR.. Hills sew.
eral months ago expressed hearty ap-
prOval Of speech of DR.. Herron's,
and DR.. Herron's views have not
changed since then. If 1t was right
to approve DR.. Heron then, it is
right now. Those Grinnell people are
actuated not so much by sympathy
with me as they are by desire to
down Dr. Heron politically
For eight years Miss Rand was as
intimate in our house as if she were
the sister of myself or DR.. Heron.
AS to a prospective marriage between
DR.. Heron and Miss Rand, that Is
their affair. If the marriage takes
place the public can draw its own
conclusions, and if it does not, why,
the same is true. Neither DR.. Her
ron nor Miss Rand has better friend
in the world than myself"
And when the professor was ques-
toned along these lines he SAID:
They may cruelty me at the cross,
or burn me at the stake, yet 1 will
make no answer to personal attacks
upon me. 1 have made a VOW and
1 will not break it."
Former Wife Still His Friend.
Prof. Heron is at present engaged
in the preparation OF a book, in which
it is expected he will announce his
"era-making word" and in which he
will appeal to human kind to accept
his beliefs about matrimony and re-
ligion, even though his example may
not be followed. The former Mrs
Heron says that she is still the pro-
fessor's friend. He declares that he
has the greatest respect for her., but
says he has ceased to love her.
The news of Prof Heron coming
into possession of 81, 100000 amazed
his friends and startled church circles,
but there seems to be no room for
loubt that he really has the money.
and, what is more, that Miss Rand
s glad that he has it.
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THE NEW CHINESE ARMY.
Reorganization Taking Place Under
the Influence and Training of
the Japanese.

1t has been decided by the Liel
Ping Chu, or Chiense war department
at Feking, that for the future the ney
army of China is to be known as III
standing army Of the empire, says ;
| New York Sun writer.
The old Changpei banner army be-
comes the First division under Gen
Tsao Kun, with headquarters at Pao
tlnglu, S5 miles southwest of Pekins
in the province of Chill. The former
First division becomes the Second, un
der Gen. Chang Huaichih, headquar
ters at Chenan, and the late Second
division is remembered the Fourth
under Gen. WI Fengling. .headquar
ters al Machang. The Third division
remains unchanged, and is command
ed by Gen. Tuan Chihkuei The for
mer Fourth becomes the Fifth division
under Gen. Tuan Juichei, and occupies
the Imperial Hunting park south OF
Peking. The late Fifth. now Sixth, di-
vision is stationed in the province Of
Shantung, with headquarters at Tsi-
nanfu. under Gen. WI Changchun; !;
and the former Sixth, now Seventh, di.
vision is stationed at Chentingfu,
about 70 miles southwest of PaOting
fu. both places on the line of the Pc
king Hankow railway just opened fol
traffic
It will be observed that the new Or
ganization of the Chinese army is in
divisions after the model of the
japanese, and that those already
formed are all in the north of China
grouped about the capital, the division
in Shantung covering the road leading
direct to Peking from the German
Kiaochau-Ts Tsinanfu railroad. The yOunE
Chinese officers, who, having completed
their military studies in Japan, lately
retu: ned to China, are, with the jap
anese instructors, placed at the dis
posa, of the Chinese government.
busy organizing and training the new
ieviCs.
The troops of the province of SZech-
uen raised and organized at the time
of the invasion of Thibet have al
ready seen their first war service
Those sent in July last to Batange Oh
the Kinsha river, which forms the
boundary between SZechuen and Thibet
at that point, for the purpose of aveng-
ing the death Of the Chinese assistant
resident, Feng Chuan, gained de-
cisive victory over the Thibetans at
a place called Ehrlangtan, and sub
sequently occupied Tingpa, position
on the road into eastern Thibet.
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Grinnell that the name of George d
Heron be dropped from its roll oi
membership.
.ReSOlved, That we express our con
viction that George D. Heron has for
feited all right to be known by the
churches of our faith and order as a
minister of the Gospel and that he is
by vote OF this council deposed from
the Christian ministry"
1t was the intention of the commit
tee of the Grinnell church to show that
DR.. Heron had no excuse for leaving
his wife save those contained in the
sophistries of his late arguments on
marriage and divorce. Eight women.
most Of them wives of professors at
Grinnell college Or teachers in that
| institution, told the assembled church
men what the home lie of Mrs. Her
ron had been during the past seven
years that she lived in Grinnell, Strug-
Cling with the heart agony which
came from the growing knowledge
that her husband was becoming
estranged from her. She saw all the
bright hopes she had formed in the
days when they were college mates at
Ripon, Wis, fading away one by one.
She saw the influence of Mrs. Rand
and her daughter growing stronger
week by week and still she bravely
kept up the fight and strOve to win
her husband back to her, confident, as
one of the women testified, tat her
love was so strong for him that in the
end it would triumph.
Not Pleased with Colony.
Nothing has ever stirred the quiet
village Of Metuchen to such indigna-
ton as the reports that have been cir
culated from time to time of the prog
ress toward building up socialistic
colony on the Heron property.
The people of Metuchen, whose
characteristics have been modesty and
retirement, have been unanimous in
letting Prof. Heron and his friends
severely alone. This policy of nom
intercourse has given the comings and
goings of Prof. Heron and the Rands
an air of mystery.
which have bean made at such great
cost on the farms purchased with the
late Mrs. Rand's money have every
indication of 4 purpose to provide for
an extensive colony. The nucleus of
thrs colony is already on the place. A
number of sympathizers with Prof
Herron's beliefs live in the different |
cottages at Elmwood farm.
Regular services are held in a kind
of open air temple, which has been |
built at considerable expense next to :
the Herren residence.
Views Meet Disapproval.
A rain of disapproval of his position ,
has been showered upon Prof. Heron.
Several months ago he was to have |
been the guest Of the Get Together [
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Prof. Heron Declares Present
Laws and Customs Neither
Sacred Nor Good.
COMPANIONS" FORTUNE TO AID HIS CAUSE
Former Congregational Minister to Establish
Colony of His Believers in New jersey
Divorces Lawful Wife for Another Wom.
an-Strong Denunciation by
Rev. DR.. Hills.

ChicagO.-PrOf George ID. Heron, TO,
several years professor of applied Chris
tianiry at Grinnell college, the Iowa
Congregational institution, is at present
engaged in waging warfare upon the
present system of marriage and upon
present-day religion. He is writing 4
book setting forth his peculiar beliefs
and in the near future intends to estab
lish d colony of believers in his doctrine
on his farm at Metuchen, n. j., and to
send forth his propaganda throughout
the world.
Doctrine of Prof. Heron.
Prof Heron first startled the OrthO-
dOx Congregationalists, in which de-
nomination he was a minister, by the
following statements:
Il do not believe that the present mar
riage system is sacred or good.
Il believe that union is made by love
alone and that it is terminable at the
termination of love.
Love marries us and. as long as our
love lasts, love will keep us together
4 think it wrong to obey a law that
would keep us together when love has
ended
I've 10 longer need a religion. Our
movement supplies all the spiritual
needs of a religion. Human life must
become its own religion and human la
bor must become its own ritual and
scripture.
The modern world is practically
without religion. Fires on old affairs are
dying out. Religious authority has been
banished. All notions of right ard
wrong are being scrutinized. We all
await the era word of infinite daring"
1t was not long after this that Prof
Heron told his wife that he had ceased
to love her and persuaded her to seek a
divorce. He then took Miss Carrie
Rand. one of his followers and pOssessor
OF a fortune of about 81 900 900. as his
companion"
The recent death of the mother of
Miss Rand. also an ardent disciple Of the
professor, has left her another fortune
estimated at s11000,000 which she has
given him full authority to spend in
promugating his theories on marriage.
Possesses a Paulian Spirit.
Prof. Heron is without doubt the
most prominent Christian socialist in
America. He is of a type that is
common enough in England, but his |
peculiar notions of the rich man and |
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the woman frlenu gave the wife S100,
600 to give her husband up to her
Mrs. Herron's friends assert that the
amount paid was only 100000
Now, some money was paid Mrs
Heron or else it was not. Suppose
no money was paid her. Why has he
not denied the statement to save the
honor of the mother of his children
Ii any sum of money was paid his
wife by this woman friend, then this
man sold himself, and whether foI
Judas 80 pieces OF silver or S6000C
makes no difference.
Wife Made Desperate.
The first suppOsition leaves him q
coward in not defending his babies
mother. The second leaves him 8
monster, and his friends may take
their choice. If there is a community
in this land that represents New Eng
land COngregationalism, scholarship,
plain living and high Christian think
| ing, it is the old town of Grinnell, Ia,
founded by the heroic Iowa band of
IA graduates of Yale college.
with one accord these professors,
editors, lawyers and business men and
women assert that Mrs. Heron is a
retiring woman, self-sacrificing, de-
voted to her babies during her hus-
bands long and repeated absences, a
woman who represents all the home
virtues Of wife and mother Driven
to desperation, if she accepted money
she accepted it for her helpless chill
dren and not for herself.
''And she declares that when she
finally consented she did it upon the
ground that Heron and Miss Rand
should go before the judge and when
the judge divorced the man from the
wife he should marry Heron to the
one who had superseded Mrs. Heron
in his affection.
Now, when every possible excuse
based upon incompatibility, has been
urged, it remains true that, at what
ever sacrifice and renunciation, the
man should have been true to the four
children he has brought into the world.
These babies are weak, physically,
them; they are ignorant and he owed
his wisdom to them; they are poor,
and the father owed his earnings and
the right to good name to them.
Zone day this man announces to the
mother of these children that he has
ceased to love her and loveA another
woman, and that money enough at five
per cent would be provided for her
to rear these children for him. She
asks for the divorce, for
desertion, which he does not contest. |
''The whole transaction is mon
Divorce Of the Herrons.
According to the story of the d. |
vorce proceedings. Mrs. Heron was
paid 100000 by ths representatives of |
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the eye of the needle are novel to
Americans. DR.. Heron is slight in
statuA and was not strong as child,
but he is possessed of Paulian spirit
and, right or wrong as may be his
views, his sincerity is questioned by
no one.
DR.. Heron first brought himself into
public notice by articles published in
several religious periodicals, among
them an address in the Christian
Union entitled: "The Message of Je-
sus to Men of Wealth" This was
.afterward used as booklet by the
Christian society. At this time Dr..
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and in her apartments, Prof. Heron
and Miss Rand signified their inten-
tions of becoming Companions" in
this manner. Taking the young wom-
an by the hand, the professor said:
II take Carrie Rand to be my COM
pa ion."
e young woman said:
take George D. Heron to be my
companion"
But, Notwithstanding the fact that
they were to be companions" it does
not appear that. either was wholly sat
isfied with this declaration of "com-
panionship." for after the words had
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that l was laid up
four months. I
had nigh t swcats
and fain ting spells
and dropped to 30
pounds. The urine
passed every few
minutes with in
tense pain and
looked like blood.
Dropsy set in and
the doctors decided
/ could not live.
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My wife got me using Doan's Kidney
Pills, and as they helped me 1 took
heart, kept on and was cured so thor
,ughly that I've been well three years"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Two Halves Make a Whole.

whats become of Miss Giggles?'
asked the first bather.
she's dead" replied the other.
Gracious! Mop"
"Oh, yes! she must be. On one occa.
sion recently l heard her say she was
half drowned and on another that she
was half scared to death
Standard and Times.
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The Reason.

De Style-Why does he refer to his
automobile as ''she?'
Gunbusta-It's SO hard to manage,
you knoW.-Judge.
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Innuendo.

George-Mabel's feet are so small.
Grayce-Do you think so?
GeOrge-Yes. Don't you?
Grayce-I think her shoes are.-ChI
cago Sun.
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RAISED FROM A DEATH-BED.
Mr. Pitts, Once Pronounced Incurabls,
Has Been Well Three Years.

e. e. Pitts, 90 Hathaway St., Show
negan. Me-, says: "Seven years ago
my back ached and I was so run down
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-07-04
An Act not on the Programme.

There is surprise and mourning in
South Paris on account of the sudden
taking off on Saturday of an enterpris-
ing resident-Col. C. l.. Saunders, man
ager of Pine Tree Park. But it was not
the grim reaper who took him off. He
has not left the world, but the world has
swallowed him up, and so suddenly that
he did not take all his personal belong
ings with him.
Whatever else may be said of him,
during his brief residence here the
genial colonel manifested the qualities
of a hustler. He had rushed the work
of getting the equipment of good
amusement ground in shape, and through
the past week had put on a good vaude-
Vile show. Indeed, it would seem that
very little calculation would have
shown that the population of the two
villages must be amusement-ioving TO
an extraordinary degree to support an
enterprise on the scale on which he had
started in.
Apparently this fact became patent
from the first weeks patronage. At
any rate, after cashing in the railroad
coupons taken in up to and including
Friday night, the manager disappeared,
leaving as available assets only the gate
receipts of Saturday night, when there
was fair crowd at the park. 1t ia said
that very few of the bills incurred, from
the managers hotel bill up to the salary
of the half dozen artists who have beer
putting on the weeks programme, have
been paid.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-07-04
SteyenS.Merrill.

A pretty home wedding occurred in
South Paris, at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. d. F. Stevens, on Church
Street, Sunday afternoon, July 2, at 3
o'clock, when Dora Mayo Stevens was
united in marriage to Henry James Mer-
rill, in presence of near relatives. The
parlor was prettily decorated with pink
peonies and white roses.
Rev. NJ. h. Mabry of Turner, an old
friend of Mr.. Merrill's family, performed
the ceremony, the ring service being
used.
Miss Helen NJ. Merrill of Auburn, a
cousin of the groom, was bridesmaid, and
Mr.. Albert Stevens, brother of the bride,
was best man.
The bride wore an elegant gown OF
white crepe de chine with chiffon trim
mings, and carried a bouquet of white
roses. The bridesmaid wore gown oil
steel gray silk with lace trimmings.
After the ceremony, the relatives con
graduated the young couple and wished
them many years of welded bliss. Re
freshments were served by Messrs.
Charles E.. and Chester NJ. Merrill
brothers of the groom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill left Sunday
evening for short wedding tour.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-07-04
Base Ball.
OXFORD Is: SOUTH PARIS l.

OXFORD ID; SOUTH PARIS l.
South Paris proved to be an easy
proposition for Oxford on the fair
grounds Saturday afternoon. Oxford
started in to do things in the first inning
, when three errors, two bases on balls,
and three hits gave them seven runs,
After this Paris settled down and played
, very good game, but being very weak
at the bat they were able to score but
one run. This run however, was earned
in the fourth inning on three-base hit
by Wheeler followed by two-base hit
by Cole.
oxford was blanked in the second in
ming, scored one run in the third and an
other in the fourth, and were then shut
out in the fifth, sixth and seventh. Four
singles and au error gave them two runs
in the eighth inning and three singles
and an error gave them two more runs in
the ninth.
The batting of the Oxford team was
one of the features of the game. Be,
sides making IA base hits, they gave
Paris outfield 10 chances, all of which
; were handled in fine shape, Monk doing
especially good work, and large part OF
Paris infield were on balls that were hit
so hard that it was difficult to tell
whether to give the fielder an error OF
the batter hit.
Stone and Adams both pitched good
ball for Oxford, neither giving a base
on balls. Adams, however, hit one bat
ter. Parlin was wild, making several
wild pitches and giving nearly all of his
bases on ball when he had two strikes
on the batter. The score:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-07-04
Attempted Murder and Suicide.
ELBRIDGE d. MERRILL OF MASON
TRIES TO KILL HIS WIFE, AND sue.
CEEDs IN KILLING HIMSELF.

Late Saturday afternoon, June cath
Elbridge D. Merrill of Mason, while in I
frenzy of rage, attempted to kill his wifi
and younger children with butcher
knife. He was overpowered and dis
armed by Mrs. Merrill and a son, ant
was held long enough to allow the small
children to get out of the house. Mer
rill finally wrested himself away from
those who held him, and throwing biz
wife against bookcase, hurt her so she
was unable to resist him. He Their
dragged her to the place where his re.
volver was kept, but she broke away and
ran from the house, with her son, to the
house of neighbor.
They had gone but short distance
across the fields before they heard two
revolver shots, and bullet passed neal
them. Apparently Merrill fired the other
shot into his own head, as he was soon
seen to come out of the house and go to
brook near by, falling twice on the way.
DIR. Sturdivant of Bethel was sum-
moned, and it was found that the bullet
had entered Merrill's head near the
temple, blowing through the frontal bone
and coming out near the middle of the
forehead. Brain matter oozed from the
wound. On the early train Sunday
morning Merrill was taken to the hospital
at Lewiston.
Merrill is a native of the section, but
has spent considerable of his life in New
York state, coming back to Mason four
or five years since. 1t is said that he
has long been a terror in his family, hav-
ing fierce temper, and has often theat-
ened his wife. There has sometimes
been talk of having him committed to
the insane hospital, but no action has
ever been taken.
Merrill's wound was from. the first con-
sidered fatal, and he died in the hospital
at Lewiston Friday.
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Drowning of Walter S. Thompson

The body of Walter S. Thompson of
Norway, who was drowned in one of the
Five Kezars in Waterford, on Sunday,
June 25, was recovered by dragging,
about 10 o'clock Monday. 1t was in
about seventeen feet of water with
muddy bottom.
The cause of Thompson's going down
is not fully understood. He was good,
strong swimmer. Beside companion
he was swimming from the shore to an
island in the pond as he had done many
times before, while two other men in
boat followed along. Suddenly, without
a struggle or sound, Thompson dis,
appeared.
Coroner A. P. Bassett was summoned
and directed the work of dragging for
the body, but held no inquest, as it was
not considered necessary.
Thompson was Al years old. He was
member of the Knights of Pythas and
the Modern Woodmen of America, in
the latter of which he had $1,000 in
Surance