The evening times., 1897-02-20
F|Tz STUDIED THE SAINTS
lie Visited Brigham YOung's
Tomb at Salt Lake City.
WILL REACH CARSON TODAY
A Rousing Send-Off Was Given the
Big Blacksmith at the Capital
City of MOrmondom, and He Was
Cordially Greeted Along the
Line of Travel.

New York, Feb. 2O.-The Journals cor
respondent forwarded the following from
Terrace, Utah, last night: Robert Fitzsim-
mons. since leaving Salt Lake City at noon,
has spent the entire day reading of t he his
tory of MormonIsm, the life of Brigham
Young, and other matters relating TO the
State of Utah, not forgetting to plunge
deeply into the story of the Danites. He
got up ut O'Clock this morning and made
a breakfast of chips, French pared potatoes,
mush and cream anda cup OF coffee
A little draft blowing through his bed
room over his head added to his cold, but
a short, sharp walk and the braclEg air put
him all right again. During the morning
Bob visited the Tabernacle, took look at
Brigbam's grave, walked around the temple
as close as be was permitted to CO. and
then returned to the last resting place OF
the late father of MormOnism.
IN bet a $50 note that Brigham is in
the temple somewhere and lot here at all, ,"
SAID Fitzsimmons, scratching his chin and
looking doubtfully at the Journal cor
respondent.
DO YOU suppose they would let the old
man stay out here, when there is 80 much
room. in that temple, where he ought to
be?''
Nobody wanted to take the champion up,
so he resumed his sight-seein The old
Tithing House, where the Mormons used to
pay their 1.-THE to the church, interested
him very much. So did the house where
Brigham kept his many wives.
Bob could not quite understand how the
people could keep giving up 10 per cent OF
all their earnings, and have anything left
over at the end of the season for the prin-
cipals. lie kept up an incessant fire of
questions regarding the many sights, and
gave ash his opinion that any man who had
been naturalized into America, as he had
been. ought to know considerable about the
country.
When he left Salt Lake he was wished
good luck and victory by many people
Gov. Wells expressed the hope last nig5t
that Bob would come back soon and bring
the belt with him, while Mr.. Pat Lannon,
a leading Salt Lake journalist, came down
to saw farewell. Fitzsimnlons was the lion
of the day in that city.
The arrival of the train at ogden was
amusing to FItzsimmons. The depot was
iammed and he had to make center-rush
to get to dinner, which consisted OF the
regular railroad ''pouri," all Of which he
sampled. When he had finished he slid
out of a side door, but the crowd was
waiting. and in trice Fitzsimmons was
CAPTURED, lifted TO the shoulders or SIX
strong men and carried to the end of the
Pullman car, where he was depositedamid
vehement demonstrations for speech.
Fitzsimmons squared himself off, waved
his hands ma jestically toward rdNevada, and
told the Ogdente that he was going there
to do his best to hold the championship
in the face of all.
Men and boys piled upon the platform to
shake his hand. but Fitzsimmons broke
away from them all. Then he got his eyes
on Piute squaw carrying pappoose ON
her back 1t was quite novelty To F1tz-
simmons to see an Indian baby, and draw
ing the rabbit skin gingerly from the baby's
face, he peered inside and looked earnestly
at the puckered and bronZcd youngster.
The next instant FitZsimmons handed the
blushing MabaIa a crisp dollar bill and
told her to bay the kid a pair of shoes for
the brown feet which we're visible at the
end Of the wrapDings.
All along the line the population did its
share of cheering, and Fitzsimmons never
once refused to show himself when the
train stopped. He made himself popular