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Show I NEEDLESS ALARM Supposed Infernal Machine Proves to Be Electric Battery. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 12. A i fiendish attempt of. the reactionaries to assassinate Gov.-Gen. Folk of Missouri Mis-souri by the use of an Infernal machine ma-chine was frustrated today by the mouJIk who trims the lawn under tho windows of the Governor-General's ehancellerle The mouJIk discovered a retired elec-2jiN elec-2jiN trie battery, -which would have blown I st flic entire Statehouec Into the river if w It had contained as much nitroglycerine " Jj as the early reports said it did. 1 $j Took Every Precautions. f In When the discovery was made the f machine was allowed to remain where J l f it -was,-and Hal TVoodsldcovltch, secre- I rl : tary to the Governor-General, was ( J'i- j called. t m i ordered a careful estimate made I ifv ' of 'the power of the mine, and while ? jjr the expert was at work, news of tho 3jl attempt on tho official s life was sent ( to all parts of the world. Telegrams ?, vM of. condolence were not received from J M Emperor "William and the Czar. jtfl 1 The investigation into tho Inwardness tjji of the machine revealed that in its h halcyon days, some years ago, the bat- t iff tery was capable of operating; a small . H fan. i ia Governor-General Folk controlled F m himself well in the trying1 hour, refus- I H3 '11f 0I'der martial law declared, or j in even to leave the building-. |