Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-05-16 | Page 1 | Dynamite Wrecks Church

DYNAMITE WRECKS CHURCH Bomb Exploded in the Pu1pit of African l Afri-can STetiodist Building in Evanston HI Chicago May la Another negro church was wrecked by dynamite tonight when a bomb was exploded under tho pulpit of the African Methodist church at Evanston The interior was demolished and tho front of the building blown out Two motives are ascribed for the demolition de-molition of the building The first Is that certain colored people were Incensed In-censed by a sermon preached lass week by the pastor Rov 1 N Daniels who said this was the while mans country and that tho colored man might just as well mako up his mind to It now and get jilong the best ho could The other iu that policy gamblers wero Incensed at the position taken by tho pastor and si gucflt from Chicago who had spoken against policy Tho Institutional church in this city ins wrecked by dynamite 1 last Sunday night after Dr Ransom tho pastor had preached n sermon against policy