Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-07
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 From All Quarters. |POLYGAMY IS ABOLISHED Mormons of Utah to Obey
 the Law of the Land. THE CELEBRATION OF GERMAN DAY. The Comte de Paris and
 Party at Philadelphia. ESCAPE OF 4 NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL. Report Ofthe Commissioner
 of Pensions.
BAR AGAINST POLYGAMY.

ABAR AGAINST POLYGAMY.
 Important Step Taken by the Mor- mon Church-President Woodrufss Declaration. SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 6.-At the general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints this morning the of
 fcial declaration of President Woodruff,
 forbidding in the future any marriages in violation of the laws of the land was read
 before an audience numbering 10, 900 per
 sons, including the apostels and bishops
 and leading elders of the church, by unani-
 nous vote recognized the authority of the president to issue the manifesto and &C.,
 cept it as authoritative and binding
 endorsement of the manifesto and his recognition of the supremacy of the laws that had been declared constitutional by the supreme court of the United States.
 The conference also readopted the original articles of faith, among which was this:
 'We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers and magistrates in obey ing, honoring and sustaining the law" The action taken settles the vexed question and places an effectual bar against future polygamous marriages in Utah. It is the
 
 for more than quarter of 8 century.
 THE COMTE DE PARIS.
 Arrival of the Count and Party at
 Philadelphta-Dined at MT. Childs'
 Country Residence.
 PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 6.-The Comte de Paris party reached Trenton at 11:33 a. m. and found dozen carriages waiting them at the depot in charge of the local recep- tion committee, consisting of Secretary of State Kelsey, ex-Mayor Vroom and Adju- tant General Striker. The drive to the cemetery is about mile and it was reach ed about noon. The party, comprising about two dozen gentlemen, ,alighted along side the Mcclellan plot, in which are the graves of General Mcclellan and his father in-law, General Marcy. A granite stone appropriately lettered marks either grave. 1 The plot is enclosed by an iron railing. When the count alighted he at once enter ed through the little gate, gazed moment | at the granite block and then lifting his l hat from his head knelt reverentially on l one knee for a second or two. None of the | others went inside of the plot except l Secretary of State Kelsey, who plucked | sprig of woodbine and handed it to the | connt who kissed it and pinned it to the l lapel of his coat. The party after being | in the cemetery twenty minutes re-entered 1 their carriages and were driven back to | the city for lunch. They resumed their l railroad journey at a quarter past one, and arrived in Philadelphia at 2:2O.. They l were immediately driven to the city hall where Mayor Fitler, the presidents of | select and common councils, the heads of | the departments of the municipal govern l ment, members of both branches of l councils and 8 number of prominent citi- l zens were in waiting in the mayors office. l The comte was introduced to Mayor Fitler l by General Gregg. The comte then l introduced the rest of the party to the l mayor. After the ceremony of introduc- | ton was over Mayor Fitler in brief ] speech welcomed the Comte De Paris to l Philadelphia. Upon conclusion of the | mayors address. President Smith of the | select council read to the comte series of l resolutions passed by councils referring to | the counts services as an aid on General | McClellan's staff, and bidding him cor | dial welcome, to which the comte briefly | replied. After this interchange of courte- ! sies the visitors returned to the Pennsyl l vania railroad station, where they boarded l President Roberts private car, which was | attached to the 3:45 train for Bryn Mawr, l where they dined at Wooten, Ms. Childs' | residence.
 The reception of the comte one of | most brilliant affairs of the kind ever held | in this city, A thousand or more guests, including many distinguished persons, were present and were introduced to the | comte and the duke d'Orleans. After the l reception the comte and his party | dined with General Sickels, General 1 Butterield, General Greedy, General | Doubleday, General Parke, ex-Attorney General Wayne MacVeaph, George w. Childs, Colonel Edwin N. Benson, Samuel B. Huey, Colonel Nicholson and w. c. Houston. The party will leave tomorrow | on special over the Pennsylvania road for Washington
 Wednesday afternoon the comte will l leave for Richmond, where he will remain l for three or four days, and then visit the | scenes of the battles in which he partici- | pated in Virginia.