The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-19
rIanifesto Causes a Surprise at
Springville.
SPRUNG UNEXPECTEDLY
COUNSELLOR HALL VOTED AGAINST
ITS ADoPTIUN.
He VIII Tender His Resignation in
Order TO Save Any UnpIeasantness
as Recently Occurred at Tooele-
His Friends, However. Will At
tempt to Persuade Him Not To.

SPRING, LILLE, May 1S--The man
itesto was presented 20 the people on
Sunday-sonewhat nexpectedly-out
it was pretty generally accepted. al
though six or seven voted against it.
Counselor ]. L. Hall of the Fourth
wand bishopric was among the dis
senters.
1t is said he intends to resign his po-
sition, and thus save any unpleasant
complications. such as the De La Mare
unpleasantness It is affirmed that had
it been more generally known that the
document was to be presented a much
larger turnout of opposers would
have been present, and considerable
dissatisfaction is expressed that it
should be necessary to blacklist per-
son who votes against the document,
for, as a matter of fact, il the people
are 10 have any agency IN the mat
ter, it ought to be given unqualiledly.
Many friends of Counselor Hall OBJ
ject TO his retiring from the bishoprie,
as he is very popular with the people
at large, and the sick and his own
ward in particular. and has never been
considered any but bright and shin
Ing lSHL, not only dS a cFllZeil, UuI Oh
ecclesiastical leader
Some advise him 10 await the order
of the church TO get down and out;
but Mr. Hall will not hear Of this. and
unless they signify a wish for his re-
tention, he is pretty sure to file his
resignation.
ARMENIAN ATROCITIES.
Last Sunday evening Mr. E. w.
Robinson, q returned missionary from
Turkey. gave an intensely interesting
lecture on the Armenian question. II
was the most complete expose Of the
Turkish atrocities ever made here. Mr..
Robinson has information on the sub
ject that ought 10 be given in every
city in the United States. His fund
of knowledge is based on personal Wis
its to many Of the martyrs TO religious
and tyrannical bigotry, and his re-
marks have the stamp of absolute ac-
curacy. Mr.. RobinsOn's lecture was
given without any notes, and was So
re.plete with interest that even though
this was his third talk in Springville,
he was listened to with such marked
attention that a pin could be heard
to drop during the entire two hours.
BAD ACCIDENT.
Young Lutte Deal, the boy who
nearly lost his eyesight about two
weeks age by silver being driven
in his eye, has returned home from
Salt Lake, where he was taken by his
parents for treatmen-. While his eye
sight will be impaired. hopes are en-
tertained of no Disagreement, and an
ultimate early recovery.
General NOTES.
-,, -, . l. . 49,. ,.,... "a Nr;r-
Cora Groes -. as queen of the car
nival for July L. and it is said will
carry heavy vote before the ballotip :
closes.
William Roylance and coterie of
associates with considerab BILE capital
have located some valuable mining
properties in Death Valley. a full de-
scription of which will be sen. in next
letter
Professor r. b George of Chicago
will give a grand concert on Tuesday
evening. at which he will try to effect
the organization of a vocal music
class in which a new system of in
struction is promised He has met
with unparalleled success in the north
ern part of the county, and will likely
get a good class in Springville, as they
are very enthusiastic lovers of music.
The frost made a heavy stagger at
killing fruit in this locality. but the
stiff breeze from Spanish Fork and
Hobble creek canyons threw protect
ing arm over the fruit. hence very lit
tie. if any, was destroyed or damaged.
Oh, Springville is Gods country, and
he will see that things are looked af-
ter all right.
Mrs. L. H. Gregory left for Salt Lake
on a visit for week
Frank Crandall and Mary Watson,
two of our local society people, were
married last week
William T. Gibson. who has been as
ISOLATED in the Independent office for
the past year again assumes the tri-
pod at Spanish Fork. Arrangements
are being made for the early appear
ance of the Spanish Forker, a weekly
paper. independent in politics and with
everything here. Mr.. Gibson will be
editor and Mr.. Peter Rigtrup the man.
ager, the latter a local job printer of
good standing.