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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-18

Hosea 40: 12) that it is time to seek
the Lord"
we organized branch of the Church
at Independence on the 9th OF June
with Brother Richard Prcator as
branch president and sunday school
superintendent. The Saints take great
interest Ia Sunday school work IN
my travels through the county have
visited the places where some IF the
houses OF the Saints stodd In 1872, In
Karr township, on the banks OF the Big
Blue, where the ColeBville branch OF
the Church located. can be seen
the foundations of what Old settlers
say were "Mormon' houses.
While taking trio In tho southwest
crn part of the county we visited the
grave of James Brdger who 30 years
nEo was trappcr in Salt Lake val
ley.
The temple lot presents r beautiful
picture, as everything 10 nire and
"Afnrlnonism" marvel that that spot
OF ground should remain rs II docs to-
day with 10 improvements. only
I ANAL frame building In which the
IIcdrilat,s hold their services.
would advise tho young men 30 pra'
pare themselves TO enter into the mis-
sIouer,' field, for truly the harvest Il
great nrd the laborers few; and should
any be fortunate enough 20 he assigned
10 labor In the Missouri conference
they should esteem II special tHNor'
our Elders are all enjoying good health
and nre lnbOrinr rs follows:
H. w. Dixon, independence. Mo.
Alex watson and Il. j. Llddlc. Ne
vada Vernon Co. Mo.
H. T.. Duflin and r. II. Ingram. In
dependence. Mo.
G. II. owen and A. Reiser, Willow
Springs. Howell Co. Mo.
Daniel Bodily and j. l.. Mortensen,
California. Monitiar Co, Mo.
j. @. Evans and r. II. Nader. Lou
isinna Pike Co. Mo.
Ebeneser Tanner and Thos Loynd,
BevIer. Macon Co, Nc.
!. w Kay and NJ n. Mathinsen Mi
Ian, Sullivan CO. Mo.
Geo. Done and s. $. Humphreys, Bur-
lingtnn, Nodanay Co. Mo.
Any person having friends living In
the above named counties. whom they
desire the Elders to visit. will please
inform them OF their whereabouts.
II. w. DIXON,
Conference President.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-18

and We hope to guard such treasures
carefully. Then there will be II room
devoted to research, where people uC
good reputation, who are known to be-
carrying ON certain lines OF study or
research. car have books brought to
them, and do thelT work apart from
the regular reading room. Another.
important classification which will be
in this part of the building IS that OF
periodicals. We have one OF the most
valuable newspaper collections in tho
world. We have ell the magazines
that have ever been published In
America. and many OF those OF for
eign countries. These will be accrssl-
bic, and by card catalogue one will be
able to get almost anything in them.
COPYRIGHT DEPARTMENT.
AT the south end OF the library floor
there viii be the copyright department.
This has been thoroughly systcma-
tized. II is now bringing I'm about
$1,000 week. The mail is kept righ.
up to date. and ! make IL n point 20
have every days work done at the end
of the day If the clerks have to
work late. ! tell them that they will
nave 10 rest the next day, but that
the business must be kept UP. In adj
dition to these departments, there Will
be number of others. In the base
ment there is the mailing department.
We expect to have bindery there.
We have n branch In which copy
right books are kept, and, In short we
hope eventually to have one of the
most complete libraries Of the world"
FRANK @. CARPENTER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-18

have collection OF the graphic arts
OF the United States. making here AN
art gallery in which people can see
what our people have done along these
lines since the government has been
founded. This collection is the out
growth of the copyright law. but
hitherto. owing to the lack Of room.
II has not been shown. Walking
around the third floor, you next come
to the side OF the building facing the
Capitol. Here VIII he department
devoted to eurly Americana and early
printed works OF Americans, ON the
north side OF the building ! have de-
cided TO put the maps ana charts. This
VIII De very interesting Colecton.
There are many maps which We're
maze pS our oihcers uuFlhg the reNolu-
tionary war. some were dra~n on the
patqehel9s mn hpt rev Were mace
ny brltlsh' hFchch anu american en-
gineers. ~ 49,, -,
IN inc attic therc WIN De Il
restaurant anu lhe putting VIII ne
SO arTahEeu 'hus sShulaFs VINO wish
10 WORK mere VIII ""Ne II" convene
ehces'
LOOK INTO THE READING
ROOM.
Tell me something about the read
ing room. Mr.. Young" said l.
,,, lieTe IL IL B, on me v library Moor re-
another plan and spread 1t out before
me. ut is about hundred feet in
diameter. and we have the desks al
ready in. though not the chairs
think we shall be able to seat $50 peo-
pie and give them plenty OF working
space. The librarians win be in the
center OF the room. and they will be
connected by telephone with every part
of the building and with both houses
of Congress. They will have pneu-
matte tubes running from their desk
To every story Of the book stacks
There are carriers which run on end
less chains from every part of the
book stacks to the reading room, so
that within five minutes a librarian
can get a book from any part Of the
library. At the right of the reading
room as you go ont viii he the office OF
Mr.. SpoGord, Mr.. Hutchinson and
others of the assistants. In the north
west corner / have decided to put
library for the blind. We have n large
number of books with raised letters
printed for the use of the blind. We
could give these out IN the main read
ing room, but l fear that the people
reading in this way would attract at
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-18

Saxon, so worded that It could he pub
lished without revision. He has al
ways received high salaries. | am
told he got 10000 a year from Mr..
Bennett of the Herald. He must have
been well paid when he was vice pres
ident of the Reading railroad, and
Imagine his work today is done more
for the love Of II than for the 5000
salary which he gets from the govern
ment.
HOW PRESIDENT MCKINLEY AP-
POINTED YOUNG.
II has been stated that Mr.. Youngs
appointment was a severe blow to
Ainsworth II. Spofford. the old librari-
an Of Congress. This is mistake.
Mr. Spofford himself wrote the Presi-
dent that he did not wish to be con-
tlnued as chief and in his letter he
himself suggested that Mr.. Young be
chosen as librarian. When President
Mckinley offered John Russell Young
the position, Mr. Young said he could
not accept it on account Of his friend
ship for Mr., Spofford. Said he;
Mr.. President, Mr.. Spofford and 1
have been friends for over thirty
years. We like each other and
would not for the world do anything
that would affect our relations"
Upon this President Mckinley
showed Mr.. Young Mr.. Spoffords let
ter and some weeks after that Mr.
Young accepted the appointment. The
relations of the two men are of the
best nature. They are working to-
gether, Spofford acting as literary as
.sistant and Young as administration
head. executive manager and in short
as librarian-in-chief
UNCLE SANS BOOKS.
asked Mr.. Young to tell me some
thing of the size of Uncle Sans book
collection. He replied
1T is hard to say as yet just what
II is. For years thousands of pamph-
lets and volumes have been stored
away in boxes. packed up In bundles
and piled up In all sorts of shapes in
the basement of the Capitol. We know
that we have altogether about $50, 900
books and 100000 pamphlets, making
million in all. We have, / Judge,
something like 100000 unbound period
icals, 10000 pieces of music and at
least 10000 maps. In addition to
these there are manuscripts, pictures
and a vast amount of material, the
value of which can only be known
when 1t is properly arranged and
classified"
But there must be great deal of
trash In such stun. Mr.. Young"
said /.
mo, l think not" was the reply.
almost every bit of 1t is valuable in
one sense or another. You know the
trash of one century becomes the
classics of the next. Old pamphlets
which are thought worthless often
become very valuable. The Ameri-
can ones are especially so. The IL
brary is the copyright record of what
the great American brain is doing. 1t
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-18
BRANCH IN INDEPENDENCE.


Independence, Jackson Co, Missouri.
Aug. /, 1897.
sixty-four years have passed since
the Saints. regardless of any principle
of right, were driven from their homes
In jackson county, Missouri. Caldwell
county afforded a temporary resting
place for the Saints, who were dcs-
tined to become u light to the world
After many u frultlcss appeal To JUS
tCe to restore to them their homes in
jackson county, and instead Of being
assisted by the administrators Of the
law, they were compelled by n. edict
Issued in 1888 by Governor Bo..gs to
leave the state.
When | arrived in the Northern
States mission twenty-one months ago.
there We're only four Elders laborng in
the state of Missouri. We now have
seventeen Elders in the Missouri con-
ference, who report that many are
laying ASIDE their former prejudice and
are investigating the principles of the
Gospel with unbiased minds.
In connection with Elders b. T..
Dufln, Thos. Loynd and r. II. Ingram
l arrived in jackson county three
months ago. Elder Duhin ana l took
up labor in and around Indepen-
dence. while Elders Loynd and Ingram
made n canvass OF the southwestern
part OF the county.
We We're successful In holding n
number of meetings. some of which
We're in private houses. We found
some who We're willing to obey tbs. .
truth, and consequently we had the
privilege of leading thirteen honest
souls into the waters of baptism.
Elders Loynd and Ingram have bap-
tized eight making twenty-one who
have been baptized in Jackson county
in less than three months.
Others nre investigating, and al
though we are slandered on every side,
the work goes steadily on. Many IRE
beginning to think with the Prophet
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-18

washington, d. c., Sept II. 1897
had an hours chat today with Mr..
robn Russell Young as to his plans
Cor the new National, Library. He
sod inst returned tn his home, after
Going over the various rooms with
NJ spofford and the chiefs OF the diff
,sr,nt divisions, and had before him
set Of plans, showing the floors and
,ust how each part of this great book
ralace is to be arranged. Mr.. Young's
home IL now on New Jersey avenue,
within few blocks of the library.
In going to see him l walked by the
front of the national capitol, down the
central stairs of which Il wooden
trough or chute has been built to
carry the boxes OF books from the old
library down into the wagons in
which they are to be carried to the
new. | saw scores Of workmen bring
ing these boxes on their shoulders out
OF the Capitol and putting them into
the chute. Men stood at the bottom
to catch the boxes as they came flying
down. and as soon as one wagon was
loaded | noticed that there was an
other there to take its place. Already
several hundred thousand books have
been moved, and 1t Is expected that
long before Congress meets this vast
collection of volumes and pamphlets
will be stored away in its new home.
THE NEW LIBRARIAN OF CON-
GRESS
Before l give my interview with Mr..
Young, let me tell you something
about the man. Some of the papers
seem to look upon him as politician
rather than afs n literary man. This
Is mistake. Mr.. Young is almost
born nterateur. He began to write
for the newspapers long before he was
out OF his teens. He has been stu
dent all his life, and today he has one
Of the largest private libraries in the
United States. His collection of Amer
icana at Philadelphia numbers several
thousand volumes, and he has rare
editions of nearly all the great au-
thors His literary work has been
carried on all over the world. For
years he was the head of the New
York Herald bureau in London, and
as such spent much time in the Brit
worked for months in the National
Library of France. He has had ac-
cess to the collections of Spain at
Madrid and there Is hardly a great
I library Of the world which he does not
know AS a writer he is noted for the
purity Of his English, and when he
talks his Language is the purest Anglo
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-18
sRI CHAM YOUNG COLLEGE.



The twentieth academic year of the
brigham Young College begins on
Monday, September 20. 1897.
The following courses are offered:
/. sub-academic course, one year.
2. Academic course, three years.
3. Normal course, three years.
A. Normal course. four years.
s. Course in General Science. lead
ing to degree T.. s.. four years.
G. Course in Letters, leading to de-
gree b. L., four years.
The College is provided with library
and reading room, museum, labora-
tories and professional normal train
ing school.
Tuition is free. Entrance fee, 30.
Accommodations in private families.
81 to SO per week.
For catalogues giving detailed in
formation respecting courses, faclli-
ties, entrance requirements, etc, APP
My to Herschel Bullen Jrr Secretary
brigham Young College. Logan, Utah.
Mr. Alexander Sanderson. Chou
drant, La. says: Having used Ayers
Pills at least twenty-five years, would
say that for all diseases Of the bowels.
stomach, and liver, which can be rem
edied by pills. these are always effec-
tive. They keep the system in perfect
order"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-07-22
A Charming Evening Musical,

Tuesday evening last the people OF the
Hebron church neighborhood were delight
fully entertained with musical given in
that church. The entertainment was gotten
up by Mrs. j. E. Booker and was participat-
ed in by members of her family. nieces and
nephews. They were assisted by Messrs.
Harry Watson of Fishersville, and Alexan-
der May of this city The steady downpour
Of rain throughout the afternoon and the
generally threatening condition OF the
weather, prevented the serving of refresh
ments in the grove, which was part of the
program. However, bonfres were lit and
the grove presented q very cheerful appear
ance. Inside, the church was brilliantly
illuminated and the decorations pretty and
in exceeding good taste. The prog ram,
which included some sixteen numbers, was
we'll selected and showed to advantage both
vocal and instrumental talent rarely pos
sessed by persons SO young. There We're
solos, duets, trios, and choruses, every
one of which afforded pleasure and re-
Elected credit Music from the violin which
Is always popular, was pleasant feature
Of the entertainment. Another feature was
the wonderful whistling of Mr.. May. To
the accompaniment of his own banjo he
whistles two parts at the same time and
with such accuracy that the beholder can
scarcely realize that there are not two per-
formers. Throughout the program was we'll
rendered and the audience which was in
hearty sympathy with their entertainers
enchored to the echo many of the numbers.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-07-22
Electric Cars for the C. G. o.
rFrom The New york Jourpall

We learn that J. Pierpont Morgan,
who controls 27,367 miles of railway,
including the Chesapeake u Ohio and
who controls all the money necessary,
has perfected plans for putting into
operation ,s's';hird rail- electric system
Of running trains and has already had
it successfully tested on the New York,
New Haven & Hartford road, which is
now getting the first appliances in po-
sition for use.
The plan is 70 lay a rail between the
two existing rails and from within fhis
third rail will come the power that it
is claimed can propeu heavy trains at
the rate of 100 miles an hour 1t is
claimed that the days of the locomo
tive are numbered, as electricity will
be called into service in it's place. Fol
lowing the equipment of the road nam
ed will come that of the New York
Central, the Reading, the Lehigh Val
ley. the Erie, the Southern, the North
ern Pacific, the Big -Four and the
Chesapeake & Ohio. This system, we
presume, is similar to that cable sort
that we have seen in operation in cities.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-07-22
graceful, church wedding.

1t was the privilege of your correspondent
to be present at the marriage of Prof D. D.
McBryde of North Carolina, to Miss Ella
Wade Leckey of Augusta county, which
was briefly mentioned in the last issue of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and which
took place in Messy Greek Presbyterian
church on Wednesday. 14th inst. The day
was all that the manly groom or the beau
tiful, blushing bride could have desired
Long before the hour that the nuptials had
been advertised to take place interested
friends, relatives and specially invited
guests began to assemble, and by the ap~
pointed time the commodiouS building was
well nigh filled to its fullest capacity.
The chancel was we'll laden with fresh
and beautiful potted pla nts both indigenous
and artistic. AS the accomplished organist,
Mr.. James Clarke of Mt. Scion, struck the
first notes of the sweet strains of Lohen-
grin's wedding march the bride, leaning on
the arm of her uncle, Mr.. Patterson of
Vicksburg. Miss, and preceded by her
brides maids, Misses Virginia Lecky and
Charles Harmon, gracefully moved up the
left aisle, while the groom, accompanied
by Messrs. Euritt of Staunton, and Wade of
Roanoke, marched up the right, until they
met at the chancel, where stood the Rev. L.
II. Paul, whose classic features so much re-
semble the distinguished VIM. j. Bryan's,
and who performed the solemn ceremony
that made the youthful pair man and wife.
Immediately after the nuptial rites were
over Prof. and Mrs. McBryde left the
church to the music Of Mendelssohn's
march, and took hack for Staunton, where
they embarked for the Sea Beach ia N. q.
After sojourn of several weeks there they
we'll go to their future home at Como, Miss,
where Prof. McBryde has charge OF col
lege The bride is one Of the most loyable
and beautiful of the many lovely maidens
Of Augusta county, and the groom highly
cultured and elegant gentleman of the Old
North State.
AMICrrc
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-07-22
Successful Operation.


Professors Thomas P Lloyd and j.
D. Blake, CT the Maryland General
Hospital, have removed from the bIad
der of patient at the hospital what
is believed to be the largest stone ever
found under similar circumstances.
The stone is oval in form, and is about
three and quarter inches long and
two and half inches wide. Its great
est circumference is nine and a half
inches. and the lesser eight and quar-
ter inches. The patient, II. III. Walk
er, a farmer. FROM Middlessex, Va, is
forty seven years old. Although the
stone must have occupied the bladder
for years before it assumed it's final
size and form, the man told the doctors
that he had been suffering only for
about a week past. He went to the
hospital on July 18 for the operation,
which is called superpubic crystotomy.
The experiment was successful and the
patient is doing well.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-07-22
ANXIOUS.
Death of Rev. Enocn L. Brewer.

Rev. Enoch L. Brewer, one of the best
known preachers in the Dunkard church.
died suddenly on Tuesday, Goth inst, from
stroke OF appoplexy. He was stricken In
the morning and died about half past four
in the afternoon. He was a man Of COM
manding presence, large Of statue, kindly
in face and manner, and one of the most
worthy citizens of the county. His love of
uprjghtness, fair dealing, liberal ideas and
strong intellectually placed him in high
rank, both within and without his church.
His funeral took place from his home near
Hermitage on Wednesday, and was largely
attended. He was buried in private bury
ing ground On his farm. He leaves large
family; one son, John W. Brewer, was in
business here with the Singer Sewing Nc
chine Company at one time. Mr.. Brewer
was in Staunton only few days ago look
ing the picture Of health. He will be great
1y missed.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-07-22
Pocahontas county toms.

On Sunday afternoon, Jnly II, Mrs. Nancy
Calllson. the widowed wife OF the late
Josiah Callison, Esq, died at her home
near Locust in the 10th year of her age. Heart
trouble and dropsical affection seemed to
have been the immediate cause of her death.
Mrs. Callison was daughter of the late
Thomas Hill, Esq, near Hillsboro. and
very highly esteemed lady for her many ex-
cellent traits of character.
Mrs. j. K. Bright, of Hillsboro, is her
daughter; her sons, Thomas, Williams,
Richard and George are prosperous, we'll
known citizens of Pocahontas.
Mr.. Elisha Jacobs died at his home on
Antlony's Creek, July 4th, aged SO years
and II days. For many years he has been a
member Of the NJ E. Church, and was
very honest, Industrious and patriotic citi-
zen.
Dr. Matthew Wallace. the Oldest physl-
clan in the county, is very ill at his home.
near Mill Point.
Mrs. l.. M. Hannah, of Frost, is ill with
typhoid fever.
Rev. j. G. Thresher and family are visit
ing Mrs. Thresher's father, Capt. VIM. L..
Mcneil, who is ILL.,
FL. W. McNeel and r. S. McNeel. ore a
graduate In medicine, and the other in law
OF the University of Va, stood their respec-
tive examination last week under the w Va.
la for license in their respective profess
si0ns.
Mrs. Agnes Lowry, of Huntersville, whose
health has been so much improved as to per-
nit her to visit her daughters in Monroe
and Allegheny counties, has returned much
improved by her trip
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-07-22
NEWS OF THE DAY

W. A. Noble, late treasurer, of Roam
oke, has been taken there for trial.
The Norwegian tramp steamer Cey
lon arrived off Baltimore on Saturday
with five cases of yellow fever aboard
Col. Croker, President of the
Southern Pacific Railway Company
died at his home at San Mateo, CAL.
on Saturday night.
Rev. D. Leo Brand, S. j.. who had
been connected with Georgetown Uni
versity, died at that institution on Sat
urday, aged A years.
Thomas B. Turley of Memphis, has
been appointed by Gov. Taylor OF
Tennessee, to fill the vacancy in the
United States Senate, caused by the
death of Isham G. Harris.
It is said that Spain and Japan have
formed an alliance against the United
States, and il we take hold of Hawaii
Japan will attack our Western Shores,
whist Spain will smite US on the east.
An Illinois college has conferred the
degree of LII. D. upon William j.
Bryan. Dir. Cleveland, DR.. Mckinley
and DIR. Bryan are now on the same
footing as TO college hOnors.
That destructive little insect, the
curculia has partially ruined the peach
crop of the Eastern Shore counties of
Maryland. The June drop" this sea
son was also the heaviest in the history
of peach growing on the peninsula.
All England is in sorrow, for her
crack single scullers have been beaten
and an American is the winner of that
magnificent trophy, 1.-The Diamond
Seulls." Ten Eyck, a Massachusetts
boy, won it easily, and was the first
American ever to do so.
DR.. Charles X. Cad wallader, head OF
one of the Oldest and most exclusive
families in Pennsylvania, was married
last week to Bridget Mary Ryan, His
housemaid. The wedding. which was
private, occurred at the old 81. Paul's
Protestant Episcopal church. of which
DR.. Cadwallader has been for many
years warden. The bride is good look
ing, intelligent. modest and young.
4 train on the Southern Railway,
which left Atlanta on Saturday night
for Chattanooga, was boarded by a
thief who stole vaiuables from nearly
every passenger ip the sleeper. On an
Atlanta bound train on the same road
that night a number of passengers in
the sleeper had their valuaDles and
clothing stolen and were much incon.
yenienced in securing sufficient apparel
to make their appearance.