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Free press., 1907-09-21
WORK OF VANDALS
Plant of Joplin, No., News-Herald
Wrecked by an Explosion
of Dynamite.
OUTFIT WAS NEARLY NEW
The Plant Had Only Been Installed
About Month-Prompt Action
By Stockholders to Repair
The Damage.

Joplin, Mo-, Sept. 15.-Five sticks
of dynamite placed under the limo
type machines and the perfecting
press of the Joplin News-Hearald.
the afternoon paper here, were ex-
ploded simultaneously at 11:15 o'clock
Friday night and the entire printing
plant was reduced TO junk and scrap
iron with a detonation which aroused
residents OF all parts of the city. The
shock was like that of an earthquake.
There is no one in the News-Herald
office at night and the vandals evil
dently took their time in arranging
for it's destruction. From the effects
it is certain that two sticks of the
explosive were placed beneath the
linotypes, and three under the sixteen
page Goss perfecting press. The fuses
were laid to one central point, being
evidently of the same length, and SO
arranged that The explosions should
tion was complete.
Two more sticks of dynamite placed
near the press, and two near the limo
types, did not explode.
The News-Herald's plant was a new
one, having been installed but a little
over a month ago, and the loss, which
is total is estimated at approximately
$4,000 The newspaper office is in
the Club theater building, handsome
structure in the heart of the city.
The building escaped serious damage,
except that every window in it was
broken.
There is no clue to the perpetrators
of the outrage. The News-Herald,
which is the Republican organ here,
has been conducted by P. e. Burton,
formerly a we'll known ST. Louis
newspaper man, for about two years.
1t has been making an aggressive and
measurably successful fight for law
and order, and against gambling and
all other forms of vice. It is believed
that this crusade, threatening as 1t
did to drive the undesirable element
from the city, resulted in the gam
blers, thugs and other disorderly char
acters, with those who profit by their
lawlessness, resorting to this drastic
method of silencing the paper which
was arousing public sentiment against
them.
The News-Herald was published
Saturday afternoon from the plant
that it was sought to wreck. The
stockholders of the newspaper, at a
meeting Saturday morning, voted a
$4,000 increase in the capital stock
of the paper to cover damages to the
plant.
Free press., 1907-09-21
Veterans March Again.

Saratoga, N. Y, Sept. 12.-The
Grand Army of the Republic held it's
parade Wednesday: it's forty-first. in
memory of the days of war. Ten
thousand veterans, the remnant of the
once victorious army whose scores of
thousands passed in review at the
national capital when the war was
over, braved driving storm to march
again beneath their battle flags. Un-
mindful of the stress of storm, as in
the days of "sixty-one,'' those that
were left passed in review, over a
measured mile through village streets,
a distance suited to their gathering
years. For an hour and more the
veterans walked between lines OF
cheering people, keeping step to the
music, which again and again right
cheerily played How Dry l am" and
Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie"
Free press., 1907-09-21
Problem for Gov. Hoeh.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. 14.-Pressure is
being brought to bear on Gov Hoch
to prevent him from calling a special
session of the legislature to act on the
two-cent fare question. Attorney Gen
eral F. S. Jackson thinks he can Sc
cure the two-cent fare without a spe-
cial session. He suggests that case
before lthe railroad commissioners be
brought on the plea of the reason
ableness' of the rate. If the railroads
refuse, the case would be carried to
the supreme court. This course
would pecessitate another hearing be-
fore the railroad commissioners Gov
Hoch, it is understood from his close
friends, wants to call a special session
and thinks it the best way to settle
the question.
Free press., 1907-09-21
Papa's Occupation.

Recently little girl applied for
registration blank in a New York
school. The teacher wrote down her
name, her address, her age, but at
Fathers occupation the child
baked and hung her head. The teach
er had visions of a parental burglar,
and reasoned gently. Tell me what
it is, my dear, and 1 will see whether
we shall put it down or not" Nom,
l won't tell,' the girl insisted Just
tell me-" said the teacher. "and won't
speak of it to anyone else" The little
girl hesitated and twisted her hands.
He's a worm eater" she finally burst
out. "a worm eater." cried the horri-
fed teacher ''Yes'm. He's a worm
eater in an antique" And it after
ward developed that the father was
daily engaged in boring imitation
worm holes in bogus antique furniture.
so that the dealers can say: Look
at the worm. holes if you think this
isn't genuinely old"
Free press., 1907-09-21
DYRAMlTEO EMPTY SAFE
Two Robbers Held up a Great North
ern Train in Montana.
They Faileo to Find Anything of Value
Except Registered Mail-Re-
wards oS $4,000.

ST. Paul, Sept. 13.-General Mana
ger Elliott of the Great Northern Ex-
press company announced to the As
Great Northern Oriental Limited train
No. /. which left st. Paul Tuesday
morning, was held up by two masked
men seven miles west of Rexford,
Mont, early Thursday morning. The
rob- ers crawled over the tender and at
the point of their guns commanded the
engineer to stop the train. They then
ordered him to so back with them to
the express car and instructed him to
tell the express messenger, mail clerk
and baggage man to so back into the
coaches. While this was being done
the robbers kept up a continual fusi-
lade with their guns 70 terrify the
passengers and keep them within the
coaches. After the messenger and
mail clerk had left their cars the rob-
bers went through the mail cars and
robbed the sacks of large quantity OF
registered mail. Then they went into
an express car, which carried an over
flow of mail, baggage and express, and
which contained a regular through
safe. This they attempted to blow
open. After exploding three charges
the safe was opened and found empty.
The robbers did not enter the regular
express car in which the messenger
had been riding.
On finding the safe empty the high
waymen helped themselves to the reg
istered mail and after firing a parting
volley, disappeared.
The robbers are described as being
about 80 years of age, one about 5
feet IL inches tall and the other con-
siGerably shorter. They wore black
clothes and black soft hats. The rail-
road offers $4,000 for arrest and con-
viction of each of them.
Free press., 1907-09-21
NOTES.

The Salvation Army is established
in 52 countries and colonies and
breaches the gospel in 81 languages.
How shall we secure a greater at.
tendance of young people at our Sun.
day schools?" inquiries an anxious SUI
pertntendent. If everything else fails,
brother, try a box Of Judges, says the
Chicago Tribune.
The heroines are not all dead yet
One of them returned from Japan last
month, where she had been a mission
ary for 13 years. She left her two
young children in America when she
went to teach Christianity to the JAP
anese, and when she returned they
had grown so that she did not recog-
niZe them as they stood on the pier,
waiting for her to disembark from the
steamship. If the japanese do not ap-
pfeciate the sacrifice that she has
made for their sake. remarks Youths
Companion, all mothers will under
stand how great it was.
Agnes Paynter and Nellie NJ. Bry-
ant, missionaries in Ceylon, write:
"One Of the objects worshiped on Ko-
matt Lanke island was a huge, high
post, with few punches of corn tied
at the top
Brotherhood of America will be held
in Cincinnati, November Il to IA.
There will be an exchange of practi-
cal information about the work sue
cessful organizations are doing.
Free press., 1907-09-21
Local Option in Missouri.

jefferson City, Sept 16.-Fifty-ive
OF the ia counties in Missouri have
either voted the saloon out or have
begun proceedings looking to that
end There were Al counties dry"
before the elections of Saturday and
II counties had the question pending
Counties that have voted against the
saloon within the last few weeks are
Galloway county, including Fulton,
its chief city; DeKaIb county, Sulli-
van county, Morgan county and
Nodaway county, the principal town
in which, Maryville, voted wet"
Free press., 1907-09-21
M.v calI Nehraska LenisIa.,,re-

Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. 12.-The state
railway commission Wednesday
agreed to postpone indefinitely the
further hearings on grain rate reduc-
tions until the federal court acts on
the request Of the railroads for
temporary Injunction. The restrain
irg order Tuesday prevented the
commission from promulgating the
new grain schedule. Senator Aldrich,
attorney for the commission, Wednes-
day asked the governor to call a spe-
ciaI session of the legislature pro-
vidfng the new grain rates are tied up
indefinitely in the courts.
Free press., 1907-09-21


Uganda. mission in Ugan-
da, and men went forth to lay down
their lives in the land of Livingstone
1t was not only the fever that killed
them. Uganda had extraordinary ira
gedies. Among the rest was the death
OF the missionary, Bishop Harrington,
who was murdered by an African chief
by command of the wicked King
Mwanga
MWanga was the son of the king
who first greeted the missionaries in
1877. Mtesa, the father, bade them
hearty welcome, and was very desir-
Gus to know whether they had brought
the Book with them. But his friend
ship was tickle; and the son who sue
ceeded him was both a worse man
than his father and a weaker one;
and under his reign the missionaries
were often in peril of their lives, and
some of them, like Harrington, met
martyrdom.
1t was a most discouraging sequel
to the welcome accorded the mission
aries by Mwanga's father, and there
were those in England who proposed
to give up the mission altogether. By
that time Mackay was there, and by
his courage and tenacity and the faith
full devotion of others the mission con-
tinued.
The son of the king who welcomed
the missionaries became the murderer
Of the missionaries. But he, too, had
q son. IN 1885 Harrington was muir
dered. Twenty-one years later, in
1906, the son Of Harrington baptized
the present king, son of the man who
murdered his father Here, surely.
was an example Of poetic justica, and
a proof of the value of holding on.
Religion, says theh Youths Compa:n-
ion, has firm hold in Uganda to-day,
and thousands attend worship every
Sunday. Those who endured the per-
ssecutions OF 20 years ago rejoice that
times have changed.
The life Of Harrington was not
thrown away. Men die, but the work
lives. There is verse in the Psalms
which is full of promise for genera.
tions that have reached the limit of
their upward progress: Instead of
thy fathers shall be thy children,
whom thou mayest make princes in
all the earth
Free press., 1907-09-21
sERMoNETTE.

II was DaVid's Integrity rath-
er than his military proWess
which conquered Israel.
David knew how to forgive.
Israel had shared with King
Saul In the persecution OF Da-
vId, but David was ready to re-
turn good for evil. He had no
scores to settle when the prov
licences Of God brought his for
n1er enemies under his power.
Selfish ambition David had
not. On the contrary, his career
strlkingiy illustrates the posi-
bility OF human soul gauging
his ambitions in harmony with
the will of God. He wanted
only what God In his own time
and hIs own way was willing to
give. Hence he escaped the pit
falls Of human plotting and In
trlgue and his hands were free
from the stains of the blood of
his enemies.
David desired the kingdom be-
cause God had promised it to
him and because his ambition
was to serve God through such
exalted office. He wanted to be
king that he might lead the na-
tion in the paths of righteous
ness.
There is no Ioftier or holler
ambition in the world to-day
than the desire for power and
position that such may be ex-
ercised and used to the honor
and glory of God and the bless
ing of mankind.
Schisims in families or in ma
tions are sad and distressing,
and the sooner they are healed
the better. But reunion must
meet the voluntary approval of
both factions. David might
have subdued Israel by force
of arms, but he chose rather
the method of righteousness and
truth and justice.
God can give what human
scheming and plotting cannot
gain.
The question arises: "WouId
David have been justified in the
use of force in gaining posses
sion of that which God had
promised should be his?" Is the
injunction: "Suffer wrong ratE1-
er than do . wrong" a safe
principle to follow in our deal
ings with others.
David in the Twenty-third
Psalm, declares that after the
walk through the valley OF the
shadow of death the Lord pre-
pared for him a table in the
presence of his enemies. Such
i proved literally true in his ex-
perience. God laid the united
kingdom at his feet after all
the plottings of his enemies
had failed. 1t is surely true
that they that wait upon the
Lord shall not be ashamed.
Free press., 1907-09-21
THE STORY.

TOAB with feverish haste adjusted
= his garments and started towards
the palace of King David. The few
who were in the market place at that
early hour were startled and surprised
to see the captain of the hosts of Ju-
dah abroad at such time, knowing
that only the most important matters
could take him to the presence of the
king at that unreasonable hour. But
Joab was too much absorbed with his
own thoughts to notice the startled
glances which followed him, for that
morning a secret messenger had
brought to him alarming tidings from
Mahanaim, the royal city of Israel,
where Ishbosheth, the son of Saul,
reigned. These tidings were to the
effect that the king had been slain
upon his bed.
And now is David's opportunity, .
muttered Joab to himself as he hur-
ried on. Now will he be able to
bring Israel under his hand. Will he
but give his consent. 1 will start
with the army this very day"
And arriving at that moment at the
palace door, he knocked impatiently,
loath to let one precious minute be
wasted. Urging the surprised servant
to hasten he entered the audience
room OF the king, and not long after
David the king entered
What brings you here at such un-
seemly hour?" he exclaimed anx-
iously.
What but the kings good?" re-
sponded Joab, reassuringly. II seek
the bidding OF thy king to go and bring
Israel under thy banner"
Thou, who hast killed Abner, the
captain of the hosts of Israel, Just
when / had made league with him. -
excitedly demanded David. ''Wouldst
thou kill Ishbosheth. the king, also ?''
Joab WINGED at the words of Da-
vtd.
Nay, another hath already perform
ed that righteous act" he replied.
righteous act! Callest thou mur.
der an act of righteousness? Whose
hand is stained with blood? Surely
it was not thy emissary which hath
done this thing?"
Nay, nay. / am guiltless OF such
charge. 1 know not who hath killed
Ishbosheth upon his bed, but this
Joab. the leader of thy armies. knows,
Free press., 1907-09-21
Church Would Collect Judgment.

TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 1.-THE case
against Peter Anderson. the young
Swedish missionary who went to
Alaska and came back a millionaire.
has been taken to the federal circuit
court in an effort to force him to pay
judgment of 1921, ,00O The judgment
was secured by the mission society
of the Swedish church The church
claimed it furnished the means to
send him to Alaska and won its suit.
AS yet it has been unable to collest.
Free press., 1907-09-21
Fetish Priestess converted.

At Badagry (where the first mis-
sionaries to the Yoruba country, on
the west coast of Africa, landed in
1845), Bishop Oluwole recently bap-
tized an old woman who had been a
fetish priestess. Her husband became
a convert to Christianity about 10
years ago. and was baptized in 1859.
The bishop says, 1T was with great
joy that both the husband and the
children Witnessed her baptism
Free press., 1907-09-21
New Wood Preservatlve.

The preservation of wood with sui
phur, applied in liquid form, is gain
ing special favor in Germany. The
material completely fills the cell
spaces of the fiber, and at moderate
temperatures it is little affected by
water, acids and alkaline solutions,
though it oxidizes readily at high tenn
peratures- Poplar is best adapted for
this treatment, results with, oak aOI
pine being less satisfactory.
Free press., 1907-09-21

London Daily Tel
e egraph, Nov.
where in all the
pagan world is
there a more
promising field for
a mission? Here,
gentlemen, is your
opportunity; en-
brace it,"
Three days la
ter the challenge
was accepted. A
gift of $4,000 was
offered for the es-
Establishments 0f a
Free press., 1907-09-21
sev.n Yesrs for steaIino s1oo COO

New York. Sept. LEICESTER B.
Runyan, paying teller of the Wind
sor Trust company. who confessed to
stealing s10c 900 of the company's
funds, was sentenced Wednesday by
Judge Whitman in the court of Cen
eral Sessions to serve seven years in
Sing Sing prison.
Free press., 1907-09-21
Neidrinchaus Has RESIGNED.

St Louis, Sept. 13.-Chairman
Thomas K. Neidringhaus of the repub-
Iican state committee. resigned Thurs
day at a meeting of the committee
and Walter s. Dickey, of Kansas City,
was selected as his successor Mr..
Neidringhaus gave pressure of busi-
ness as his reason for resigning. Sec
retary Mccoy also resigned.
Free press., 1907-09-21
Kansas Leads in Alfalfa.

Topeka, Kan. Sept. 13.-Kansas has
a greater area and production of al
falfa than any other state in the
union F. D. Coburn, secretary of ag-
ricuiture, has just issued bulletin
stating this. His report shows the
Kansas acreage in alfalfa now is 742,-
40, an increase of 207 per cent over
last year
Free press., 1907-09-21
Seek to Enioin Holding ELECTION.

Washington, Sept. 12.-The papers
in the case of Autry Versus FraAtz,
in which Autry seeks to enjoin the
holding of an election in Oklahoma
on the acceptance of the constitution
prepared by the recent constitutional
convention were fled in the supreme
court of the United States Wedaes.
day
Free press., 1907-09-21
Gov. Iohnson Not > candids.e,

St Paul. Sept. 13.-'T am not a
presidential candidate and do net in
tend to become one This was the
emphatic declaration made by Gov.
Johnson Thursday to party of promi-
nent Nebraskans who came to present
three invitations to Gov. Johnson to
speak IN Nebraska The governor de.
cIined all three.
Free press., 1907-09-21
Creamery Rate Hearing Continued.

Topeka. Sept. 1.-THE board of
railroad commissioners Tuesday after
noon postponed the creamery rate
hearing from September "a to some
time next month. The continuation
was made at the request of the rail-
roads, who wished to await the ver-
dict of the courts.
Free press., 1907-09-21
Foot san Accident First pax.

Salina, Kan, Sept. 13.-The second
football accident of the season was re-
corded here Thursday. Ray Keer, a
senior in the Salina high school, suf-
fered broken collar bone at this the
first day Of practice.
Free press., 1907-09-21

Every church should BE ene great
Bible school and the minister's SUI
preme function that of teaching the
Word and 20 feeding the flock of
God"
Free press., 1907-09-21
Bio eiaze at HAYS city. Kan.

Hays City, KAN Sept. 15.-Ffre,
which threatened the business section
OF Hays City, was brought under con-
troll early Saturday. Loss $115.0o0.
Free press., 1907-09-21
ENGLAND After Torrey Ao.la

A strong movement is on foot ..
have DR. Torrey visit the British Isles
TOR series of missions In 190S-a
Free press., 1907-09-21
FATHER AND CHILDREN.
Stirring Story of the Progress of Chris.
tianity in Uganda.
sent out e

From darkest Africa in 1875. Stanley
sent out the challenge. through the
Free press., 1907-09-21

Scripture Authority: q Samuel
1856.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-13
FAMILY FOOD.
Crisp, Toothsome and Requires No
Cooking.

A little boy down in n. C. asked his
mother to write an account of how
GrapeNuts food had helped their fam
lily.
She says Grape-Nuts was first
brought to her attention on a visit to
Charlotte. where she visited the Mayor
of that city who was using the food by
the advice of his physician. She
says:
They derive SO much good from It
that they never pass a day without
using it. While was there used the
Food regularly. gained about Is
pounds and felt SO well that when re.
turned home began using Grape Nuts
in our family regularly.
"My little 18 months old baby short
ly after being weaned was very III
with dyspepsia and teething. She was
| sick nine weeks and we tried every
thing. She became SO emaciated thai
1t was painful to handle her and we
thought we were going to lose her
One day a happy thought urged me t.
try Grape-Nuts soaked in little warn
| milk.
We'll. It worked like a charm ami
she began taking It regularly and i'm
| provement set In at once. She is nov
getting well and round and fat as fas
as possible on Grape-Nuts.
Sometime ago several Of the famil,
were stricken with LaGrippe at til
same time. and during the worst stagG
we could not relish anything IN Il
shape Of food but 0rape-Nuts =
oranges, svsrything else nauseats1 y
we III appveuiate what yuusss'1
Y ul6Nn pn4 - qe for our far6
4 M N ! 4 Il !! ND ..Txos
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-13
CASE OF ECZEMA IN SOUTH.
Suffered Three Years-Hands ana eye
Most Affeeted-Now Well and 10
Grateful to Cuticura.

MY wife was taken badly with ecze'
ma for three years. and she employed
a doctor with no effect at all until she
employed Cutlcura Soap and Ointment.
one OF her hands and her left eye
were badly affected. and when she
would stop using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment the eczema came back, but
very slightly. but It did her sight OF
good Then we used the entire set Oh
Cuticura Remedies and my wife Is en-
tirely recovered, She thanks Cuticura
very much and will recommend II
highly In our locality and In every
nook and corner OF our parish. ]. NJ.
Robert. Hydropolls. La. Jan. and
Sept. l, 1906"
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-13
a PardonabIc Fault.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale, discuss.
Ing a rather hnicky attack that had
been made on certain recent state
ments. smiled and said:
But who or what is blamelesss7 II
is like the case of the Scottish hen.
An old Scottish woman wished to sell
n hen to n neIghbor.
But tell me-. the neighbor said.
is she a'thcgither n guild bird? Has
she got nae fauts. nae faults ut all"
"'Awell. MarGot,' the other old
woman admitted, she has got one
fault. She will lay on the Lords day" "
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-13
SEA GIVES up BANK CHECKS.
Papers Drift 500 Miles and PuzzI. the
Finders.

London.-A remarkable discovery OF
checks. which had drifted 500 miles
at sea, has been made on the German
coast at Wyk. in the Island OF Fohr.
They were drawn on the Dover
branch of the National Provincial
Bank of England, the manager of
which was notified OF their discovery
through Lloyd's agency at Fohr The
German finders believed them to be
valuable. and asked If any reward was
offered for their recovery
At first the whole affair was a mys.
terry to the bank officials. but inquiries
resulted in a peculiar explanation.
About six months ago a client Of
the bank. who had changed his ad.
dress, placed a large number of old
checks and other papers in a sack.
He had the sack taken out into the
straits of Dover and sunk
In the drift OF about 500 miles from
Dover to the Island of Fohr. off the
German coast, the sack had burst
with the result that the checks It con
tanned will probably be floating ashore
on various parts of the European
coast line.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-13
DUCK TIES UP PHONE SYSTEM.
Gets Wire in Its Mouth and Line Is
Short-Circuited.

Watertown. S. Done spoonbill
duck was the cause of the suspension
of the long distance telephone service
east of this city for several hours.
All tests known to the management
were applied but failed to locate the
seat of trouble. A lineman was
despatched by team to ascertain the
cause. He found that, just east of AL.
lamont, the third station from this
city, on the Northwestern railroad, a
spoonbill duck, in its flight from one
lake to another, had evidently started
to quack either a greeting or a warn
ing to it's mate and had caught the
wire full in the mouth. The momen
tum had carried 1t against SECOND
wire, the two forming vicelike griT
upon the birds neck, the body maxim,
several revolutions around the wire.
and twisting them into a cable thu
short-circuiting the system. The duck
with broken neck, was still suspend
ed from the wires when the linesmar
reached the scene.