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Show CHURCH ELDERS DRINKVARNISH GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Jan 5. Ten elders of the Seventh Reformed church here were poisoned at ihn morning service Sunday, when they drank varnish that had been poured into a communion cup In the belief if waa sacramental wine. Two of the aiders were said to be In a critical condition. con-dition. Th church recently had been repaired re-paired and In the store-room where the sacramental w ine Is kept In a Jug, several Jugs of varnish had been stored. An official of the church Is said to havs mistaken the varnish for wine when he filled the communion cup. The ten elders wero the first to drink. As the CUp was being passed to other meniborH of the congregation the elders were soen to fall. Many church members became panic stricken strick-en and rushed from tho edifice. A phpsieiun was summoned and Lbs stricken men taken to hospitals or their homos |