LOST PARADISE
TO BERESTORED
Mankind to Ee Redeemed
Through Jesus' Sacrifice,
DU)V!H THEORY CRUMBLING.
Pastor Russell Says Evolution Is Un
scientific and Tends to Undermine
the Verities of God's Word Higher
Critics Leading the People Into Er
ror Divine Provision For the Re
generation of Mankind Will Be Made
Clear During Messiah's Reign.
Midocean, Oft.
St b.-Pastor Bus
soil made some
Htnrtilng s t u t e
mcnts in connec
tion with his din
course on the
Wood of Atone
ment He took
f-r hin text the
ronls, "For ti e
lifo of the flesh
1m in the blood,
and I have given
it to you upon (ho altur to niuke an
Atonement for your souls." (U'vitlcus
ivli, 11.) lie MHid:-
Al) tho trend of religious si holurship
In recent years is away from the Bible
and in line with the Involution theory.
The Bible sets forth that tho Una uiim
was created perfect, In the Image and
likeness of his Creator, and that when
on trial for life or death everlasting
ho was disobedient, and came under
the sentence of death; and tbnt all
trouble, all sin and sorrow, pain and
death, for tho past six thousand yearn,
is the penalty, the result, of that fall
from obedience and harmony with
Cod. The Itlble teaches the necessity
for an Atonement for sin, and this les
Hon was shown in the typical sacrifices
of bullocks and goats, which Israelites
for centuries commemorated, especial
ly upon their Atonement Hay, at the
beginning of each year.
The Bible and Evolution Opposed.
Evolution claims that man started
as a couhIii to the inonfey, and that
Instead of falling into sin and deuth,
an evolution procesH has been bring
ing, hlra up, up, up to bis present high
elevation. This theory, having no
place for sin or a full, finds, of course,
no place or need for a recovery,
through a Redeemer, a Savior. The
two theories are absolutely opised.
Whoever believes the Darwinian the
ory cannot, logically, be a Christian
Whoever Is i Chrlstlan'cannot, logical
ly. Jiold to the Durwln theory. And
yi't 1he pulpits of Christendom are well
stocked with Higher Critics and Kvo
lutloiilsts, and all of our colleges and
theologicul aeminnrk-s are graduating
-others, all antagonistic to the Itlble
and Its presentations. For yeors the
fight has been conducted on the quiet.
Tho unbelievers bold tho best and
most influential pulpits and professor
ship In Christendom, nod Insidiously,
fftitUfy. undermine Ibo faith of those
'who are pnylng them their salaries.
Ii Is time that the battle between
tnitJi and error should come out Into
the open, because the majority of those
who uro being misled do not realize
the situation until their faith Is entirely
undermined -until their minds are so
entrenched In error that the verities
of C. d's Word, lii'dinllng the words of
I'-hiis and the Apostles, have passed
with them Into the llHt of absurdities,
amongst these, tho stories of Jonah
and the whale, Noah nnd the Hood, etc..
endorsed by Jesus and the Apostles.
Higher Critioism Means Higher Infi
delity. Today every college, every theolog
ical Betnlnary throughout tho whole
civilized world. Is teaching what Is
commonly known as Higher Criticism
of the Blblo-though the proper name
for It would be higher Infidelity lu
fidellty amongst the high ones of all
Christendom. These Higher Critics
are doing the Maine work eiactly that
Thomas rulno and Uoliert Ingersnll
did. only that they are carrying on
tl.elr work on a higher plane appeal
ing not to the gross nnd the vlto, but
to the refined, intelligent and truth
necking. As a result their Influence
Is a thousand fold more injurious.
Those to whom Paine nnd Ingersoll ap
pealed were very rarely Christians at
till; hence they destroyed very little
faith-they merely made the unbelief
more rank and foul.
Put these Higher Critic infidels of
this "evil day" arc making use of all
the vast machinery of Christendom In
all denominations, especially through
theological seminaries, to undermine
and overthrow the faith of all who
have named the tiamo of Christ, greut
and small, rich and poor, cultured and
Ignorant It Is being (lone systematic
ally, too. craftily, deceitfully, In a
manner that the masses of the people
would scarcely credit. It Is safe to
nay that fully four out of five who
graduate from theological seminaries
f all denominations are Higher Critic
infidels, who are Instructed that their
main business Is (o promote morality
amongst the people, especially to build
tip Churchnnlty. particularly their own
denomination, and to gradually,
stealthily, craftily wean tho people
from the faltu of the Ulblo to their
higher critical dogmas. And they are
succeeding most wonderfully. A "pes
tlleuce" la tha only figure of speech
f v$
which rwilly fits to this peruMous in
fluence. "Out of Thine Own Mouth Will I
Judge Thee,"
Said the bn) and in harmony with
this we find that iu the Lord's provi
dence thet-e Higher Critics are gradu
ally more and more telling on them
selves. But the nominal ( hristian Is
iiite obtuse, and tunny of the true
Christians, as the Aposile explains, are
merely "babes in Christ." unable to
use the strong meat of the Word, nnd
capable only of enjoying or using the
"milk of the Word." and Incapable of
using its strong incut. Hence the opeu
d -l.'iratiou.i of the-v wolves in sheep's
clothing, who masque r.-ide as sheep,
ure not taken seriously If the sheep
are startled by the words, they are
Sfnthed nvaln by the thought that this
is our kind minister, polished In man
ner and well edin-aled. and he surely
would not lend us astray, he surely
would not deceive us. If he bad ceased
to believe the Bible and become an In
fidel he surely would have left the pub
pit. I'oor innocents!
Blood Atonement For Sin.
Our text refers to a blood atone
ment for sin. The Law Covenant re
quired the death of a bullock and a
goat, lint the repetition of these sac
rifices every year indicated that no
cancellation was effected thereby
merely a typical covering of sin for a
year. The Law required un eye for
an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a man's
life for a man's life, which Implies
that a perfect man must of necessity
die in order to be the Uedeeiner of
Adam and the race which shared his
condemnation. The bullock of the sin
offering, therefore, was merely a type
of a better sacrifice. The true sacri
fice was provided In the death of the
Man Christ Jesus. He was a man nnd
Jet not a sinful man. because, al
though born of a woman. His life wus
from above. Had He received His life
from an earthly father. He would
have bwn a blemished, Imperfect, sin
ful man, and as such could not have
paid the ransom price for another.
For this cause One was chosen to be
the Redeemer who was "holy, harm
less, undellled ami separate from sin
ners." And all this because of Ills
miraculous conception.
As iu the type the blood of the bul
lock was used to make a typical atone
ment for a year, so in the antitype
the blood of Jesus is etlicnclous to
make atonement for the sins of the
whole world. In the typo an earthly
priest offered the blood, In an earthly
tabernacle; Iu the antitype, lie who
became tho Sin-Off ering, begotten of
the Holy Spirit, at the time of His
consecration, was therefore recognized
as the greut Antltyplcal High Priest.
After Ills resurrection lie ascended
on high, "to appear In the presence of
God for us"-for the (Jhurcb-tlrst;
and when the Church shall Is? com
pleted. He will appear for the world.
He will seal the New Covenant for
Israel, applicable to all the families
of the earth, through Israel. Then, as
the great Mediator of that New Cov
enant Jeremiah xxxl. 31, He will,
for a thousand years, reign as King
of earth, the Antitype of Melchisedec
a Priest upon Ills throne a Koyul
Priest, possessed of the necessary
power to put down sin and to uplift
humanity nnd perform the function of
Instructing and blessing mankind.
To Regain Paradise Lost.
The Paradise lost when Adam sinned
was a miniature one. It Is to be re
stored and to be world-wide in extent
"(iod will make Ills earthly footstool
glorious." He has promised to make
Ills footstool glorious-"He formed it
uot iu vain, He formed it to be In
linbited."-lsaluh Ix. LI; Ixvl. 1; xlv, IS.
As the earthly F.den It will be Inhab
ited by Its master, man; the restored
earth would be naught without lis
master restored. And this Is tho Di
vine provision, that as by man came
death, sin, sorrow, pain, trouble, by a
man also hIiiiII come the resurrection
of the dead, the uplifting of Adam's
race, mentally, morally, physically, to
human perfection, happiness and ever
lasting life. l'.arth's blessings will be
for all except two classes: tli Those
who love sin and hate righteousness,
after having been brought to a full
knowledge of both good and evil, will
have no further Divine favor, but will
die the Second Death. (2) The others
who will not get human perfection and
earth's blessings will be a spiritual
cluss, a saintly class whom God la now
selecting from among mankind to be
His co-lulHirers with Christ in tho up
lifting and restitution of humanity.
Unquestionably, the Almighty could
have arranged a plan for dealing with
humanity differently He could have
put a different penalty upon Father
Adam. The present arrangement was
made so as to display (1) Divine Jus
tice. (2) Divine I,ove. (3) Divine Power,
(It Divine Wisdom. Man's full and
degradation under the death sentence
witnessed to men and to angels the
downward tendency of slu and Divine
Justice lu man's condemnation. Dl
vine Love is manifested in the work
of redemption. Divine Power will be
manifested, during the reign of Me
slab, iu the uplifting of humanity
from sin and deuth-the resurrection
of the dead. Divine Wisdom will
dually be seen by all when the great
work of reconciliation nnd regenera
tlon sholl have been effected.
The Life It In the Blood.
We have always known that In a
very lnirtant sense the life of every
creature Is in Its blood, as our text
declares. Hut we are continually find
ing that the Itlble contalus such a su
perhuman wisdom that many of its
statements grow In Importance as our
knowledge Increases Our text Is no
exception to this rule. The latent find
Ings of science nre tn the effect that
life nnd nature ar more portlculorly
represented In the blood than lu any
other manner
If the theory of Evolution seemed
supported by Mr. Darwin's careful l
ter-breedlng of his pigeons, we art no
to forget the difficulty he encounter
ed in maintaining his fancy bmxK
The constant tendency appeared to I
to turn bat U to the original stock. We
are now informed that this Is a rule,
a law of nature, which applies lotti
to animal and vegetable life. We hi
Informed that all such breedings re
turn to their original species iu thf
third or fourth generation. It Is even
pointed out now that diseases of the
blood proceed no further than th
third or fourth generation, and this
most fortunately, otherwise the. physi
cal health of humanity might be much
more impaired than it is.
Is not this a direct corroboration of
that Ilible statement which some of us
once thought so ungraciousGod's dec
laration that lie would "visit" the sins
of the fathers upon the children, unto
the third and fourth generation '!"
(LximIus xx. .".i It now appears that,
iiintead of being a mark of Divine dis
favor, it is a mark of Divine mercy that
hereditary taint iu the blood Is limited
to the third or fourth generation.
A celebrated pLjsiclan and scientist.
Dr. William II. mini Thomson, promul
gating this theory, said:
"Professor George II. F. Nuttall, of
the University of Cambridge, look up
the subject and has so extended its ap
plication that a single drop of blood
from any animal now suffices, not only
to show by its own peculiar chemical
reaction what animal It conies from,
but also how nearly related an animal
is by his blood to other animals. It
begins, therefore, to look us if the
whole classification of zoology might
have to be re-arranged according
to these blood tests. Thus a drop
of blood from a walrus shows no rela
tion to a drop of whale's blood, or the
blood of any other cetacean, such as
seals or porpoises, which, like the wal
rus, are mammals that have taken to
the sen."
We may be sure that those who bold
fast to the teachings of the Bible will
come out on the right side of the argu
ment In the long run. The endeavor
of worldly-wise meu to get away from
God's book has led many of them to
extremes of thought and of statement,
which some day will be fully rectified
to their shame, said Pastor Russell.
The Bible foretells this, saying, "The
wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
and the understanding of their prudent
men shall be hid." (Isaiah xxix. 14.)
St. Paul refers to science, fulsely so
calied, which will ultimately be proven
nflpolv turiiiitv
Complete Sin-Atonement
For nearly six thousand years the
reign of slu and deuth has prevailed.
It is nearly two thousand years since
the Uedeeiner came to give His life as
man's redemption price, yet still the
reign of sin and death continues. It is
not because the blood of Christ was
Insufficient to satisfy the claims of
Justice for the sins of the world, but
because, before the merit of the blood
of Christ could be given to Adam and
his race, It must have a previous use.
That use has been in progress for the
past eighteeu centuries, during which
It has been the basis of the Church's
Justification by faith.
There is a difference between the
Church's falth-Justlflcatlon of this Age.
nnd the world's actual Justification, to
be accomplished In the next Age. The
world will actually get restitution to
human life and Its privileges, earthly
dominion, etc. All that Adam had and
lost, all that Jesus redeemed, will be
given to Adam and bis race to have
nnd to hold as theirs forever.
But. meantime, the merit of Christ's
Mood or sacrifice Is used In the inter
est of "the Church of the First-born."
The earthly, natural rights will not be
given to the Church, for she Is to
hnve "some better thing" a heavenly
Inheritance with her Lord and a par
ticipation in His spirit nature. The
Redeemer's merit Is Imputed to the
Church, to cover the imperfection and
weakness of each one called and
drawn of (he Father to membership
In the Bride of Christ. The differ
ence between a gift nnd an Imputation
Is manifest an Imputation signifies
merely a loan, nn assistance. Thus
the merit of Christ, imputed to those
who would become His Elect Church.
covers their blemishes so that they
may present their bodies living sac
rifices, holy and acceptable to God; as
footstep followers of Jesus as partic
ipants with Him In Ills spirit nature
and In an attainment of the heavenly
nature.
Thus It will be seen that since the
entire world lost life and all Its prlrl
leges through the disobedience of
Adam, all of these may be fully re
covered from their inherited disaster.
through tho Redeemer, because His
life was given figuratively, Ills blood
was ahed-"the Just for the unjust." as
the great Sin-Atonement for the world.
Atonement For the Soul.
in our text the word tout Is a
synonym for pcron or bring. Father
Adam was a human soul, a human
being, so also bis children. He alone,
however, had a standing before Jus
tlce. He alone was perfect he alone
was on trial, and through his dlsolw-
dlence and fall his children are In
volved. Jesus was. originally, n spirit
being, personality or soul, the ropo.
lie became n partaker of flesh and
blood; He was not, previously, a nw
man soul, hence It was that It was
nocessnry for Illm to lay aside the
glory of His higher nature or order of
being and be-ome a human soul, "that
He. hv the grace of God. nilubt taste
death for every man." illebrews II
f.) He gave ills blood, Ills life, n
Hansom for all. nnd thus we see the
fulfilment of nor text, the exhibition
of Divine favor and love with the re
sultant hlesslim to the world, during
Messiah's reign, nnd the blessing nnd
exaltation of the Chtircb, which mast
rre-ede
FOUR GOVERNORS
WILL TALK COAL
Executives of Western S.a'es
Meet on Mining iVaitsrs.
DATE NOT YET PICKED CJT.
Willhm Madden. Convicted' of tiie
Murder of Florence Durtt at Dei
Moines. Is Given Twenty Years in
Prison.
Des Moines, Oct. 7. Governor C.w
oil of Iowa, Governor I)cmc-n of II 1 i
liois. Governor s-' ibbs of Kansas, Gov
ernor lladley of .Missouri and possibly
the chui executives of other middle
western states which have coal fields
will hold a conference the latter part
of the present month to discuss legis
lation affecting the coal mining iudus
try. The dale is not yet fixed.
William Madden, colored, convicted
a week ago of murder in theworf s let
a week ago by a criminal court jur
on a charge of murder In the second
degree, was sentenced to the peniten
tiary lor twenty years. Investigation
of Maddon's record revealed that he
had been tangled up in a shooting
scrape in Kansas City. Madden waj
convicted of the murdor of Florence
Durtt. wife of a colored restaurant
keeper In Court avenue.
Educators Will Hold Meeting.
The program for tho joint cioven
tlon of the Association of Colleges of
the Disciples of Christ and the Nu
tional Ilible School Field Workers' a
soclation of tho Christian church,
which will be held at Drake university
and at the Savory hotel from Oct. 12
to 13, has been announced. The an
nual sessions will bring to Des Moines
the heads of thirty schools in the
United States under the direction of
the Church of Christ, together with
some of the most prominent educators
of America. President Hill M. Dell of
Drake university is president of the.
association.
Alleged Forger Adjudged Insane.
D. N. Netherow was taken to Cla
r!nda after he hid been adjudged in
Rane by the Polk county commission.
Netherow hid be.-n arraigned before
he criminal division of the district
ourt on the charge of having passed
forgd check;,. When arrested he had
chrck for $1,000,(100 cn his person.
His relatives arc of the opinion that
he could not havj been In his right
mind, as he had never displayed a
vicious character.
ZOE VARNEY GIVEN DIV03C
Wife of Confessed Murderer Grantsd
Decree at Cedar Rapids.
Cedar R;ids, la., Oct. 7. Mrs. Zoe
Varney Webst.,r- second wife of Dr
Harry E. Webster, irnfcsscd s ayer of
bis third wif , as granted a divorc
in the district court here.
The decree was grunted by Judge
V. X. Troichler on the ground of
adultery.
Vrs. Webster was near'v overconi"
with oy when the decree was made
tiown and It was sev- ra' minute b-.
ore she enuld gain self con fro'. Sh
e used to make any ?nn vinin ft
as to her future course, further than
tine that she lnt.ni';i to take a
long rest nnd perhaps n journey.
Father Enjoins His Son.
Fort Podg, la., Oct. 7. Recourse
to "n Injunction has been taken by
U scph Clouse of Cooper township to
strain his r.wn nn from entering o;
ii I'lvuchlng his hom. The petition
v s filed here. Clouse. Sr.. claims that
('louse, Jr., Tui s been Invited to leave
ho-ue because he stirs up strife and
""Mcnsion in the home nnd thnt the
n-er Clouse refuses to change his
I tna board. It is said years ago
i"h (.'louse, Sr , nttcmntcd to Kt
m Itilunctlon to restrain his mother
: law from entering his home.
Balloon Caught in Snowstorm.
Kmniettsburg, Ta.. Ott 7. A blind
ng snowstorm, several thousand feet
..hove the earth, caused the halloon
America II, which snIVd fn-ni Kansa
".tv In the International rnce, to do
scend at a point four miles west of
here. When ncarlng the ground tin
hal'oon struck telegraph wires aloni
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
alHvuv and was wrecked. Pilot W. F.
Vslman escaped without injury, but
Mile J. C. Hurlhnrt was painfully
l.r I'sed by a fall.
Investigation Is Requested.
Council Muffs. In.. Oct 7. The
county board of supervisors adopted
a resolution r.sklu for the Investlgn
(Ion of the orcoums of O. I Harrltv
supervisor if the county fr-nii. Hur
'nfT a recent examination of the hooks
of the county farm it Is said a serious
tangle was discovered. Parrltt bed
I'.enoslted personal and county funds
In 'he banks nnd drawn against them
frr personal and public expenses, It Is
claimed
Death Due to Use of Cocaine.
Fort nodne, In., Oct. 7 After col
lapsing suddenly while in a barber's-
chair, William Onion, thirty years old
was taken to the county Jail, where
he died late'. His dealh was due to
the use of cocaine. This added to the
r-'cent Imprisonment of Dr. J. II. Pal
iier for selling cocaine has thoroughly
iroused Fort Podg people to th serl
jus situation here.
ROB BARNUM STORES AGAIN
Business Houses Are Victims Second
Tims of Burglars.
Fort Dodge. la., Oct. 7 Two store,,
at Itanium were entered ugain b
thieves, who made a successful get
away on a handcar. The whole dis
trict is aroused over this second dep
redation In the sam place, boldly ac
complished on the night after two oili
er thieves committel wholesale of
fenses and suspe.ts arrested.
The thieves secured only $23. They
pulled down the window shad"? Df thei
stores they entered that no one iiugi t .
suspect trou'.de until morning
COAL MINERS NOT TO STRIKE
Difficulty at Beacon Is Adjusted by
Arbitration Board.
Oskaloosa, la., Oct. 7. No general
strike among the coal miners of Iowa j
will be cal'ud, according to an an-i
nouncement by local miners' officials
here. 'The difficulty at the Kx'elsior 1
Coal company's mines at Beacon wis i
adjusted at a special meeting of the I
prbitration board. The terms were
not made public.
A meeting of the striking mine
workers was held, following which it
was stated thnt the men would return
to work immediately.
DES MOINES CARMEN
MAY STRIKE AGAIN
Situation-Acute, but Harrigan
May Stop Walkout
Des Moines, Oct. 7. The street car
war In Des Moines may be resumed
this evening by reason of the failure
of the company to reinstate dis
charged men pending arbitration. The
men are firm and openly avow their
belief that the company was only play
ing for time aVl never intended to en
ter honestly upon arbitration.
The street car men, numbering
nearly 500, voted to go on a strike un
less three members of the union re
cently discharged are reinstated by 5
o'clock. The City Railway company
officials say they will not reinstate
the men. Another arbitration propo
sition was made by the company
which may provide a way out of the
difficulty.
Manager Harrigan refused the de
mand of the street car (inployees that
the discharged street car men be rein
stated pending further efforts at arbi
tration and made a counter proposition
to the employees.
He prefers to withdraw his attorn-
ney as an arbitrator if the men will
withdraw their arbitrator and both
will apisjint disinterested business
men as arbitrators and they will se
lect the third one.
TWO KILLED ON CR0SS'N3
Albia Men Struck by Wabash Train
When Returning Home.
Albia, la., Oct. 7. John Adam, a
grain merchant here, and Clem Brown,
a negro cook In a local restaurant.
were- killed instantly by a Wabash
train as they were crossing the rail
road track about a mile south of this
city. They had been at Hocking, a
small town nearby, and were return
ing home. It is supposed they did not
see the approaching train because of
a high bluff, which obstructed the
view of the right of way at the cross
ing.
Heirs Meet at Rock Island.
Rock Island, 111., Oct. 7. Claiming
title to a $180,000,000 estate left by
the famous Dutch general, Paul Wertz,
who died in Amsterdam in 1732, 200
descendants of the general residing
in the United States met here for the
purpose of devising a plan of present
ing their ense to the government of
ttie Xetherlands in an effort to collect
the fortune. Mrs. Estelle Ryan Sny
der of Chicago Is presiding over the
convention.
CONDENSED NEWS
Another uprising has been started In
the state of Sonora, Mexico, against
the Chinese.
The Laurter ministry has resigned
and Premier elect R. L. Borden has
accepted the call of his excellency to
form a Canadian cabinet.
Buffalo, N. Y., was. chosen as next
year's meeting place of the League of
American Municipalities. John Mae
Vicar of Des Moines was elected presl
ient. A group of Frenchmen hoisted a
French dug over the fort at Agadlr,
Morocco, threatening grave Interna
tional complications. The French gov
ernment disavowed the action.
Wireless messages were flashed
from San Francisco to Japan, span
ning fi.000 miles of ocean. Oreetings
were exchanged between the San
Francisco operator at Hill Crest and
the Japanese operator on the Island of
Tlokushu.
Fred Rchroedcr, captain of the
schooner Elvlera, brought a marvelous
story from Arctic waters. As his ves
sel neared Ilosgoslav, he said, a burst
of vapor rose aliove the island, dust
rained upon the sen, and as the vapor
cleared four new Islands were Insight.
Kidnaped by three men In an auto
mobile, driven twenty miles northwest
of Chicago, robbed of $2'i0, two suits
of clothes and otoher articles and tied
to a tree, from which he freed himself
five hours later, was the thrilling ex
perience of Stanley Schultx, a barber,
iccurding to his story to the police.
WISCONSIN TOWN
WASHING AWAY
Break In Mill Dam Floods Black
River Falls,
URGE DISTRICT IS MENACED.
Main Dam ls Holding, but Water Is
Washing Around Ends Hatfield,
North Bend, Melrose and Ona'aska
Are Threatened.
LaCrosse. Wis., Oct. 7 The situa
tion at Black Hiver rails, the prosper
ous lime city of 2,U') persons which
vas swept by a flood when the Black
liver, swollen by recent rains, washed
through the emijaukuieut of the La
Cros.ie. Water Power company's dams
!t Hatfield, is worse than was feared
when the delude burst upon the city.
Half of the business section has
been destroyed, together with a part
of the residence district, and it is al
leged by the townspeople, who have
taken refuge on high lauds, unable to
make an eifort for the protection of
their stores and homes, that the city
will be w iped off the map.
Whether lives have been lost Is not
certain. The people have been scat
tered and canvasses are being made
to determine how many, if any, are
missing. Thus far two persons have
not been accounted for and they may
have been swept away by the flood.
Between twenty-five and thirty
business houses, comprising all the
stores on both sides of two streets,
have been destroyed, 'together with an
equal number of houses. The waters
are still rising rapidly and the de
struction of the stores on the othei
two business streets was predicted.
The water, flowing with resistless
current and lu tremendous volume, un
dermined oui big building after an
other and 33 it collapsed and crum
bled to pieces the debris was carried
away. The Tremont hotel, a substan
tlal three story structure, was the first
to go.
No precautions could be taken to
stop the wrecking of the town, the
residents finding it a difficult problem
to secure safety for themselves. Nona
rf the stocks in the stores were saved
and little of the heavier furniture in
the houses, the people, although they
knew of the overflowing of the Hat-'
field dam, showing little fear until
the waters burst upon them.
Below Black River Falls are sev
eral vllloges, including Roaring Creek,
Irving, North Bend, Melrose, Holmen,
Lytles, Midway and Onalaska, and the
high waters are due to strike them
during the day.
TWO BALLOONS STILL IN AIR
Rough Weather Overhead Brings Sew.
en Big Bags to Earth.
Kansas City, Oct. 7. Two air hal
ioons, the Condor, flying the flag ol
France, and the Berlin II., carrying
the national colors of Germany, are
still in the air. fighting for the. honoi
of winning the international balloon
race and thereby wrestling the James
Gordon Bennett cup from America
America pins Its hope or winning to
the Buckeye, piloted by Lieutenant
Frank P. Lahm, which has flown far
trier than any other hae entered in
the lnternatl'Mial nice thnt has re
torted. 'The Eucl;ever,atn down neat
Kparta. Wis., miles rrom Kansas
CHy. To win the forei?n aeronauts
yet In the air must exceed this mark
The Million Population Club, a hope
of the American aeronauts, landed at
Mason City. Ia., having covered but
315 miles.
Rough weather drove to earth seven
of the racing balloons that left here
Thursday Two fell in Wisconsin, two
in Minnesota nnd two in Iowa.
Reports from the landed balloons
bring stories nf hard battles with a
vlo'ent snow, rain and wind storm
that raged high over northern Iowa,
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
condenseFnews
The twenty fourth annual meeting of
the national conference of Christian
churches will be held in Wasnington
from Oct. 23 to 26.
The entire administration of Hunne
well, Kan., In the hands of women ap
pears now to be the plan of Mrs. Ella
Wilson, niavor of the town.
A band of royalists have been de
feated In a fight with republican forces
near Braganca, In Tras-Os Montes, the
north easternmost province of Portugal.
In order to save four horns' time in
reaching the bedside of a critically 111
relative in Chicago, Harold Kountze, a
Denver banker, rurcd :140 miles In a
special train from penver to Hold-ff-ge,
Neb., whore he overtook the
regular Burlington train
Judge Joseph Markey of Indianap
o'is denied the petition of state's At
torney Fredericks of I)s Angeles,
Cal., that dynamite seized in Indianap
olis at the time of the arrest of John
.T. McNamara be removed to ios An
geles to be used as evidence In the
trial of McNamara.
After examining 725 items of
amounts paid to Individuals, who re
ceived $107,71)3 for campnign expenses,
the senatorial committee Investigating
charges of bribery In connection with
the election of United States Senator
Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin, heard
testimony that the money was -ised
for "entertainment" and not for ny
corrupt purposes.