Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-10-30
MORMONS AT OUR DOORS.
Some of the Disciples Of brigham
who Are our NeighbOrs

While the papers east and west TEEN
with exc table art .cles on the Mormon
oue,t on and the e,e> of the govern
meut aud the law are look NJ serious
liz AZ tab soc al blem >h there is
something 10 be known of that organ
zat.on nearer home Not few Nor
mon, res de in and about New York
Cuy. In bus cess way Mormon
trade has II up an a. uantance here
that Il, fostering a protect on and lntiu-
epce TO taem hardly d scern BILE but
vet ins .duous and fatal. For wears past
the Mormon bus mes, men made thu
Metropolitan Hotel Their headquarters;
nov they have centered At the Grand
= Central \ well-known gentleman BY
the name of Neal H. Il confidential d.
rectory and ref rec for these Mormon
trader, Although TO. Sa mt he is
working the field. and visits salt Lake
often tnt.l three year, ago. there
has been a regular Chu Oh orgauiIa-
on, holding serS .ces every SUNDAY on
High street. II BROOKLYN, u>t below
--pr dye III, ct Now they have removed
10 Williamsburg, where they t II hold
forth Travel ne elders on the r way
10 and from the mss on-. or ting
New lork, talk prophecy, polNgamy
and the doctrines of the ''t huron of
Jesus Chr = OF Latter la, "a nt,' in
the VIII amSburg so.calle church
without mole>tat on. sunday after
SUNDAY.
On Governor Island. filling an i'm.
pOrtant Official pos ton, j. Richard
Young z andson OF the deceased
prophet ana a son OF Joseph - Young
by a ecoud wife or wife No. ,. and
hence the sprng of polygany. He
is graduate from Vest Point and
stiil holds 10 the MOrmol faith keep
ing sure foot NJ n Il government po-
suon AT the same me He l. very
bitter N h denunc at ons Of the &C
ton of the federal government he has
been educated by against the law
breaker, Of creed and state.
Living n Harlem 5 Mrs. Harr :.
wife OF an actor and daug ter of Brig
ham Young aud Emriuc Free, the
seventeenth W fe. Mrs Harris was a
pretty gIl N her teens and was known
~ "Punkie all over salt Lake City.
' sister of Mrs. Harr :, Delle Young
both children Of the same mother, mar
long since. and resides here. Botn
girls are perfect blondes, but have lost
much of the.r comeliness since mar
riage and look more he tho T prophet
father a. they advance IN years tlan
the r mother who was called 1.-The
Light OF the Haeem. Another sister,
Emm.e Young, who MARI ed Mr.. Cros-
by, the comedian, was also one of En-
cline Free ch ldren. Mrs. Crosby said
not long since:
Il don t care what the world saws of
M father, he was a publ c man aud
subject TO talk, but no one must say a
word against my mother
Mrs. Crosby does not endorse the po-
HgamouS tenet, of the ia tn she was
raised in. All of these Oh ldren have
taken the rigorous endowment oaths
they were compelled to do so at thir-
teen years of age.
A third wife OF John w. Young. the
youngest legit mate son of brigham,
lives in Philadelph a. She left John
ny, as he is called n Utah, when he
took the fourth wife. She has two
sons, who are being educated at st.
Johns Academy, in HaddonSiield, near
Philadelphia.
A son of Brigham Young. Jr., the
prophets second legitimate son, is
studying at yeter,uar, college in
New York. He is the son of wife No.
:, hen e o. polygamc or & n, but Is
not belle er in the nefarious system,
and is "A promising Young fellow.
James Hard e. the wcll known actor
now res ding in Brooklyn, who was As
sociated with Hoey in the production
of the ''Ch Id Of the State "A native
of Utah, was member Of the Mormon
church and Of the Salt Lake Theater
Company for years. He was not po-
lygam st in practice. and. theatrically
ambitious. he left Utah before his duty
to his rel. gon had "counselled'
(Which means compelled) HIM to do
so.
Everyone has heard of the Ford
children, who are noted little perform
ers on the banjo. They are the Oh /.
y dren of a blind father, and their moth.
er was niece of Brigham Young.
They live in BROOKLYN. and. when per.
nitted by the Society for the Proven.
tion of Cruelty TO Children, they ap
pear in conce Is and are 10 feature OF
every entertainment 10 which then
precocious services and talents are CIV
en-. They were born in Salt Lake
City.
Elder Stanes. who for wears occupied
the position of En- grafton Superin
tendent for Utah. d ed about Three
years ago. One of his polygamou:
wives married man named Miller. 9
Scotchman and Mormon, and they re
side on the Hudson.
willard Young. son OF Brigham
by one OF his earl est polygam wives
isa professor at West Point. and st.l
good Mormon. The daughters o.
Emeline Free, living in New Yorl
City, were all cut of from the churcl
after their testimony had been giver
lin the will case of their deceased faith
er, the prophet. One of them sa d sh,
prospered just as we'll as a sinner
Jas she had previously when a saint.
The most intelligent, and by IA
most important influence. q il wer,
used against the Mormon church, is II
Miss Sara Alexander, the once favorit