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BLUE GRASS BLADE.
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holy ghost had children seventy but insist that
even Catholic editors and writers should be required
tell the truth Even such they should know that the
canoncy of the Catholic Douay version of the scrip
lures not finally decided until the Council of Trent,
and that this decision made by far less compe
tent to do so than the stevedores of Buffalo
We would suggest that the Union and Times, and its
coadjutor the Columbian, unite in petition to the pope
that he advise his bible revsonss to strike tie words
from out the text of Mathew and give those a chance
who still exploit the creduty of the people for their
personal profit
After ALL the Romsh church wise indeed to discourage
the reading of the bible by the lay, and conversely
courage them to accept the ready made opinions of the
priesthood concerning it. We know of no better method
for the manufacture of mbeevers than reading the
bible, provided it be read Understandings.
Blue-grass blade., 1909-12-05

In another part of this issue of the Blade will be found
a communication from Parker H. Sercombe, suggesting
international congress of Rationass to be held at
Barcelona, SPAIN the 18th day of October 1870 the
anniversary of the assassination of Francisco Ferer last
of the martyrs to education and freedom
The Freethnkers of the world may be afforded splendid
opportunity to advance the of Ratonasm by just
such demonstration that suggested and the Blade
heartily endorses the In addition thereto the
matter be conveniently taken up by the Nationalist
Association of America with a view to advancing the
movement to the extent of its capabilities. Friends of
freedom, everywhere recognize the murder of Ferrer
the direct work of the priesthood and this gathering of
Rationasts from all parts of the globe in commemoraton
of his memory and tribute his great services to the
of education will be the of serving notice
upon all ecclesiastical authority, aye, kings, that
human life is too sacred thing to be thus destroyed to
crafty the whms and caprices of tyannical orthodoxy
The suggestion is good one. The Blade hopes it
be brought to successful consummaton AS President
of the Nationalist Association the Blades editor promises
all possible assistance to that end BY all let the
Congress be held.
Blue-grass blade., 1909-12-05
THE TRUE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT.

The impossibity of the leopard to change his spots
has often been used analogy to point the fact that
in spite of the humanzing influences of education
bning with culture and refinement the intolerant attitude
of rabid orthodoxy remains precisely the same The
belief in god capable of inAicting cruel punishment
Blue-grass blade., 1909-12-05


lief without the slightest effort at cultivation becomes
thoroughly intensified that god believers do not hesitate
to express the hope and the desire to the unbeeverS
fully and completely punished Fortunately the believers
deprived of their former power to wreak personal
vengeance and the very best they do to live
hope that sometime somewhere and in manner those
who entertain views differing from their own, will fall
victims the vengeance of the god they happen to believe
in.
This is orthodoxy 1t is all there is to religion This
very revolving thought is the natural product of religion
1t has led to innumerable tortures and cruetes The
feeling is as strong today it in the middle ages,
but the number of individuals entertaining it are now
considerably in the minority The mentality of those still
clingng to such notion is vastly inferior to the
majority that and look with pity and compass
sion upon those who hold to it. Occasionally find
who poses moral teacher and guide to the people,
holding to such belief but analysis of their inmost
thoughts would reveal the fact that they prompted to
give thereto solely from selfinterest and per-
sonal ambition Even the not all Ct the
magnitude and the character of differ in accordance
with the law. The power of hereditary influences
and the force of environment drawn from society and
progenita conditions exert stronger influence upon
members of the human family than Others causing them to
degenerate fitted only for the lowest mental ratums of
humanity The work of Rationalism consists in i'm
proving the individual that society derives benefit there
FROM and with this object in view the heart and mind of
the nationalist is filled with eagerness and hope.
Apart from this however, there is another feeling,
sentiment that is decidedly Christian in its character
istcs It differs from the feeling induced by any other
religious system in that it is vndctve and cruel in
concept heartless in conduct and fendsh in
practice The Christian system of religion is
spcousy marked for this despicabe trait than other
known to man. Even with this unfavorable comparison
there still to be found where rrofessed
believer in and teacher of the gospel of the Nazarene finds
especial delight in causing human suffering and for
difference of opinion, not for actual done
We have one of these extreme before and we
experience conscience quams in describing this man
the meanest most cruel and fendh in all America.
With it all he is true type of the orthodox Christian
Upon arriving at the Blade office, at the close of
recent lecture tour we found communication from J.
W. Cummins who adverises himself the pastor of the
First Methodist Episcopal Church, of East st. Louis, I'LL
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
Terrors of Tonight in the In
terror Are Viewed With
: Alarm.
LAST NIGHT Was ONE OF
wllD0GRIES AND DYNAMITE
Many Persons in Their Homes Had
Narrow Escapes From the Bullets
Which Shattered Walls and Win.
dows Indiscriminately.

: Jackson, KY, Nov. 3.-With the
prospect of wild night ahead, jack
son today was all excitement. Last
nights terror when dynamite bomb
was exploded and thousands of shots
were fired, made the coming of to-
night fearful. Despite the ogries of
last night, however, only walls and
plaster were damaged. Several per-
sons in the supposed shelter of their
homes had narrow escapes as the bull
lets ploughed through the walls and
windows.
Judge d. B. Redwains, Democrat,
apparently has carried the county by
$50 votes for circuit Judge over ]. P.
Adams. the present incumbent. The
other Democratic candidates for all
Offices also appear to be in the lead.
Today the militia here was re-inforc-
ed by the arrival of the Lexington
soldiers who were stationed at
crockettsville yesterday. The noun
taineers also were reinforced. At
sracted by the election reports which
are being received here, they were
riding into Jackson all day.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
DIXIE LAND MADE
PRESIDENT SMILE
The Southern Greeting Shows
the Same Open and Enthus-
iastic Hospitality

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 3.-Presi-
dent Taft and his party arose early
this morning, prepared for a ,strenu-
GUS day. After drive to the coun-
try club where breakfast was served,
he reviewed the parade. one of the
largest ever seen in Birmingham. The
parade was composed of commercial,
civic and fraternal organizations,
school children and more than 300
automobiles. The German and Italian
societies turned out with native and
American flags floating. AS the presi-
dental party passed the Paul Hayne
school on the south side, several hun
dred children san the "Star Spangled
Banner" and Dixie" eliciting a
pleased smile from the president. The
president after riding through the
business section of the city at the
head of the parade, took his position
on the reviewing stand in front of the
Southern club. Following the parade
the president addressed the people in
Capital park. He left the city at 4:10
p. m. for Macon, Ga.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
S7E|NHE|L CASE
SUITS MORBID
People Stood in Line All Nigh.
in Order to Get a Seat
at Trial

Paris, Nov 3.--Not since 1902 when
Fredric and Theresa Humbert were
convicted of S12o00.00 swindle, has
trial in Paris excited the intense
interest exhibited by the case OF
Madame Adolph f. Steinheil. which
was opened before Judge DeValles in
the Seine assize court today. Nine.
Stenheil is on trial for her life,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band and her mother-in-law, Nine.
Japv. The alleged motive is found
in the defendants hatred for her
mother-in-law and the desire to rid
herself of her husband in order that
she might marry Maurice Borderel,
wealthy merchant who had become
infatuated with her. In the hope of
securing one of the coveted 100 places.
many men and women stood before
the court entrance throughout last
night. Places of vantage in the line
commanded as high as 5000.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
PEARY EVIDENCE
IS CONCLUSIVE
Geographic Society Declares
Records are Authoritative
Priority Not Settled

Washington. Nov 3-Commander
Robert f. Peary was today voted a
gold medal by the National Geographic
society for having reached the North
Pole. The board of managers of the
society at a meeting today accepted
unanimously the report of its sub
committee of scientists, who had en-
amined the explorers records and
proofs and found them to be corrobo-
rative of his claim that he had reach
ed the pole. The society adopted a
resolution that the question of wheth-
er or not any explorer had reached
the North Pole prior to 1909, shall be
referred. to a subcommittee of eX-
perts, with authority to send for pa
pers or make such Journeys as may
be necessary to inspect the original
record This indicates that the So
ciety proposes as soon as possible TO
pass upon the records of DR.. Cook.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
MRS. ADAM GOD
IS OUT OF JAIL
Woman Connected With Kan
sas City Fanatical Riot
Set Free

Kansas City. Nov. 3.-Mrs. Melissa
Sharp. wife Of James Sharp, leader of
the band of religious fanatics who
fought with the police last December,
was released from the county Jail at
Q o'clock yesterday morning. Virgil
Ccnkling. prosecuting attorney. dis
missed the prosecution against Mrs.
Sharp Saturday night. Mrs. Sharp
had been in the Jail since the day of
the riot.
The deputy marshals had told Mrs.
Sharp that she could leave early yes
terday morning, but she decided to
wait until William Enghnell came.
Enghnell was one of the Adam God
band. He is now working on farm
south of the city and has been going
to see Mrs. Sharp every Sunday. Be
fore she left the Jail Mrs. Sharp shook
hands with each of the deputies and
thanked them for their kindnesses to
her.
Bless the Lord!" she said as she
left the building.
Mrs. Sharp went to the home of
Mrs. Margaret Simmons. the matron
of the Jail, who lives at 1902 Troost
avenue. She will stay there until she
makes plans for the future. She said
yesterday that her release was 30 un-
expected that she could hardly realize
It yet and didn't know where she
would go to live.
"All can do now." Mrs. Sharp said,
"is to wait the twenty-five years until
my husband. gets out of prison. It's
long time-but if am alive he will
find me waiting for him. have 16-
year-old son. Lee, who is working for
a railroad out in Montana will
either have him come here or go out
there myself. He's a mighty fine boy
and think lot of him, but no one
can ever take the place of my hus-
band and ] will wait for him."
The release of Mrs. Sharp marks
the end of the Adam God riot cases.
James Sharp is serving a 25-year
sentence in the penitentiary The riot
was at Fourth and Main streets.
Michael Mullane and A. E. Dalbow,
patrolmen, and bystander were kill
ed by the religious band. Louis Pratt
and his daughter. members of the
band. were killed by policemen. Capt.
Patrick Clark. who was then a SER
geant, and Sharp were wounded
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three years past is about four miles
from Bugue.
" The skeleton. which is absolutely
intact and surrounded by the fossil
lied bones of animals, was imbedded
in the middle of quarternary forma-
tion. Calculations as to its age are
concurred in by four well-known
biologists. The delicate process of
extracting the bones from the rock is
not vet completed.
This discovery near Bugue was pre-
ceded in December of last year by the
unearthing at Chapelle aux Saints. in
the same district, of the oldest human
remains in existence. They consist
OF skull and other bones. which NJ.
Perrier. director of the Paris Museum
of natural history. declared last Win
ter to be the earliest vestiges of man
in the world He assigned them to
the pleistocene or glacial period.
The skull OF this supposed earliest
man had some characteristics of the
monkey There was no forehead to
speak Of, but the chin and Jaw were
distinctly human, and the capacity of
the skull was considerably more than
a monkeys skull The Jaw was very
long, and the scientist said that the
face must hav" been very immobile.
This earliest man could not have
laughed. From the general character
OF the limbs it was concluded that the
creature must have stood upright with
difficulty
Similar remains have occasionally
been found in widely separated parts
of Europe, and scientists agree that
no doubt is left that human life sew
eral degrees above the monkey stage
of development co-eXisted with the
glaciers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
Heney Defeated

San Francisco, Nov. 3-San Fran
cisco yesterday retired Francis J..
Heney. who has won national fame as
a prosecutor of graft cases here and
gave union labor another chance at
running the city administration. Es-
Inmates on the count of fifty per cent
of the total vote are that Charles NJ.
Fickert's majority over Heney, will
reach $4,000 and that P. H. Mccarthy,
the union labor candidate for mayor,
was elected by a plurality of 5000.
The union labor ticket ran we'll
throughout all other city Offices and
the incomplete returns show that the
naxt hnard 1T smnarvianra will he
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
REFUSED
TO PLEAD TO-DAY
Plea Of Not Guilty Entered by
Order of the
Court

Detroit. Nov. s.-Dr. George A.
Fritch. who was recently held by the
police court to the recorders court
for trial on the charge of manslaugh-
ter in connection with the death of
Maybelle Millman of Ann Arbor,
stood mute when arraigned in the
recorders court today: Judge James
Phelan ordered plea of not guilty
entered. Miss Millman's dismembered
body was found in Ecorse creek and
lower Detroit river early in septem-
,ber. Dr.. Fritch is at liberty under
$4,000 BAN.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
RARE MASONIC
PHERkAL|A
Jewels and Gayels Used by
Royal Members /, Now in
America

Philadelphia, Nov. 3.-Some remark
able Masonic relics have been added
to the museum of the grand lodge
library. in the Masonic temple in this
city, through the trip to Europe dur
Ing the past summer of Julius F..
Sachse, the librarian. With the recent
additions which have now been placed
In their cabinets. the collection is said
to be the most complete in the United
States.
Librarian Sachse spent nearly two
months in European capitals picking
Up Masonic objects OF rarity.
$; What is regarded as the most valu-
lble foreign purchase is the scroll of
IF the law, found in Germany and be-
!ieved to be about 300 years old. 1t
s thought to be the finest specimen
If Hebraic writing in the world. The
characters are written on parchment,
pasted together, to form scroll thir-
" feet in length. Some of the CHAR
lcters are almost microscopic. Judge
Mayer Sulzberger, who has examined
It, declares 1t to be priceless, since
svery character was printed by hand,
and years must have been spent in
he work of preparing the scroll.
Masonic medals. Masonic drinking
sups, Masonic certificates, Masonic
yavels, all running far back into the
musty ages, are to be found in the
collection.
There is jewel once worn by Jer-
bme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon
Bonaparte. 1t contains the initials
u. B." This jewel was worn when
Jerome Bonaparte. after being made
king of Westphalia, was installed as
grand master of the lodges of that
kingdom. There is also a jewel worn
In the lodge Of which Napoleon Bona
parte was a member, lodge which
Exists today.
= Rare Old Punch Bowl.
10 have Librarian Sachse escort one
through this museum and point out
striking things in the collection is to
be carried back to bygone centuries
Of Masonry.
Here" said he, "is Masonic cup
pnce owned by Richard Slater of York.
England. Who he was no one knows,
but that he was good Mason is plain
from the inscription burnt in the
china and the date, IVA. And look
At this bowl; how many gallons of
strong. aromatic punch it held more
shan one hundred and fifty years ago,
when everybody drank, goodness
knows. See the inscription near the
Masonic mark, One bowl more and
then. This was a lodge property.
Here is Sheffield tankard, once
owned by the lodge which met at Star
Inn. Stonegate. Here is punch bowl
RR<NN "0 ytnIy
pitchers of Sunderland ware and two
more Of rare Leeds ware, all of them
once flowing in much cheer for the
brothers moldering in their graves
these one hundred and fifty years.
1T was the practice in those an
:ient days for lodges to own small
glasses. They were known as firing
glasses and had no base, so that once
esled with punch they had to be
Attied. there was no setting them
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
Tom Johnson Defeated

Cleveland. Wv. 3-The official knell
of Tom L. Johnson, four times mayor
of Cleveland was rung today. After
working all night, the board of elec-
tion commissioners announced that in
his fifth mayoralty campaign, John
son had been defeated. by Herman C..
Baehr With one precinct missing at
z o'clock this morning, the returns
gave johnson 37,502 and Baehr 41,2S5.
With Johnson went to defeat the en-
tire city ticket except N. d. Baker for
city solicitor, who was reelected and
the new council will be strongly Re-
publican in aspect.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
ARB0GAST CASE
GOES TO JURY
Woman Accused of Numbering
Her Husband Will Soon
Know Fate

st. Paul. Nov. County Attorney
Richard ID. O'Brien this morning pre-
sented the states argument to the
jury in the Arbogast murder case. He
finished at IL o'clock. Attorney p.
j. Mclaughlin for the defense began
his argument at 2 o'clock this after
noon. There is every indication that
the case will be given to the jury by
4 or 5 o'clock, and it will not be a
great while after that until Mrs. Ar
hneast knows her fate.
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GRAND FORKS N WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3 1909
Here are half a dozen dated

l(OU.
The museum also contains lodge
glasses from Scotland, Germany and
France. There Is also an English
aims bag, passed around in lodge dur
ing meeting, and this Is dated 1706.
Also rare jewel bag from Germany
and made out of beads. ~
A Great Variety.
And jewels from all parts of the
world. There is one cross in silver
and red enamel which was once worn
by an original Knight Templar and
carried against the 'Saracen. 1t is
about one and half inches each way.
Librarian Sachse bought bought it
during the last summer. He says it
came from Sweden and he refuses to
tell the history of this rare jewel al
though he knows it.. He also found
jewel Of the Asiatic Brotherhood,
Masonic organization in Asia. This is
dated 1774. -
There is Masonic jewf g. IN by
Emperor Frederick l Oh x my
when ne was made grand E
Prussia. There are also the T. IT,
tools used by the present King %
ward of England. when. as graz q
master of all the Masons of England,
he laid corner stones.
Here is Masonic jewel" said Mr..
Sachse. worn by the grand master of
a Huguenot lodge in France. And
here duplicate set of founders jew
els. issued by the authority of the
grand lodge of England and embrac-
ing all parts of the world, even in the
heart of Africa, India and China. And
regalias from South America, from
Chilli, Peru. Brazil, from Algeria and
from Egypt.
Here is miniature of Robert
Burns.s 1t is looked upon as correct
likeness. and while it cost a great deal
of money, 1t is worth it,. There is
nothing like it in this country. Speak
Ing of Burns, here is miniature gavel
from his lodge. made from wood from
the John Knox house and filled with
real old Scotch snuff."
An engraving of the original bridge
built across the Schuylkill river at
Calowhill street was found in London
and purchased. The copper plates set
in the bridge at the time Of the lay
ing of the corner stone in 1912 by the
grand lodge of Pennsylvania are now
held in the library.
Ancient Masonic paintings, aged
aprons. queer Masonic engravings
were brought back by Librarian
Sachse. Also many caricatures.
There are prints of Napoleon enter
ing a lodge of rulers of nations in
Masonic dress and reprint; Of the
royal decree against Masons issued
about the time that the reign of terror
began in France.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
SUFFRAGE FLAG
ON Pixies PEAK
Ardent Suffragist Will Make
Ascent for This Purpose &,
on Friday /,

Denver. Nov. 3.-N1rs. Helen L. A.
Reine-Baker of Spokane arrived here
yesterday on her way to Manitou and
the summit of Pixies Peak. where she
will plant an equal suffrage flag which
was brought from England. Mrs.
Baker is one of the wealthiest women
in the west, the largest tax payer in
Washington and an ardent suffragist.
She has engaged special train on
the Pixies Peak cog road, which had
closed for the season, to make the
ascent of the peak on Friday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
HARD FATE
Woman Charged With the Larceny OF
mourning Garments

Cincinnati. Nov. 3-Because she is
alleged to have taken a quantity of
black silk goods with which to make
a dress of mourning colors to wear
at the funeral of her father, VIII lies
dead in Covington, Ky, Miss Mamie
Schmidt. 26 years old, was arrested
in department store in this city by
detectives today and a charge of petit
larceny was lodged against her.
The young woman wept bitterly az
she was led away saying it was her
first offense and that the modification
caused by her arrest, together with
the death of her parent who left his
family unprovided for, was more than
she could bear.
1t is probable that the charge
against her will not be pressed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
JUSTICE SOMEWHERE
Nan Found Dead Had Written His
Own Obituary

Tulsa, Okla. Nov. as. E. Norman.
aged 30. of Troupe. Texas, was found
dead today in clump of weeds in the
west end of town. He had been shot
IN the forehead. A note found in
the mans pocket read:
"lf l am killed it will be trying to
get Justice"
The evidence points to murder, but
whether it was committed while he
was in the pursuit of justice or over
a woman is not known. Norman had
earned the enmity of another man he-
cause of his attentions to certain
woman.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-03
Four People Believed to Havt
Been Butchered by the
Hired Man
BODY Of MAN FOUNND N
CELLAR AND OTHERS MISSING
Wife of Victim, Her Mother and a Two
Year Old Child the Others-One
Child Five Years Old Found Badl,
Beaten Up.

Winnipeg. Nov. "A sensational
crime was unearthed near Quill Lake,
Sask., in finding the murdered body OF
George Thoburn in a cellar on the
farm and 1t is believed Mrs. Thoburn
and her mother were also killed with
the year old child Of the former, as
the latter three are missing. A boy 6
years of age was found badly clubbed.
The hired man who. it is believed,
committed the crime is being pursued
in the direction of Regina by the
mounted police.
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'TtoM ? { 70 | LoHNSoN

nearly all its ancient heritage in Ken
tucky as the result of yesterdays
election. The next legislature will be
Democratic by two-thirsd majority
and able to pass measure over the
Republican governors veto. The last
returns give the Democrats twenty-six
senators and the Republicans twelve:
representatives, Democrats sixty-eight,
Republicans 27, with four districts
yet to hear, from, the new legisla-
ture will not choose a United States