The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22
Exciting Times at Philadelphia
WOman's Home Missionary
Society Conference.
MEMBERS UP IN ARMS.
They Resent Presence of Disciple
of Brigham Young and Forci-
bly, Eject Him-Men Pre-
vent Violence.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Philadelphia, March 21-Wh!le zoo OF their
sisters Missed and shouted: Put him out!
put him out" half q dozen OF the more
stalwart members OF the Women's Home
Missionary Society of the Philadelphia Con-
ference employed their physical strength
and literally pushed Elder n. s. Timpson
OF the Church Of the Latter-Day Saints
down the broad stairway Of the Thirteenth
Street Methodist Episcopal Church yester-
day afternoon.
In the great excitement the Reverend G.
Buckley Burns of the Union NJ. E Church
threatened to treat Doctor W. W. Cochran
of No. l22i Paramount avenue in the same
rough-and-ready manner II the physician
should dare to say again: These women
would burn man at the stake If they
had the power to do it."
The scene in the old church has few
if any parallels in the history Of womeii7s
meetings. White-haired grandmothers
climbed upon the pews, toilets were dis
ordered. coifures were disarranged and
costly garments were torn as young and
old struggled with each other for places
near the center of excitement
And tho nucleus of this center was a
pale. frightened, trembling man: rather
wore a long coat of gray material. a we'll
worn coat. dark trousers and a white era
vat; man who had dared but few mo-
nents before to announce the fact that
he was an elder of the Mormon church;
that he was a disciple of Brigham Young,
and that he would be pleased to mount
the attacks which had just been made with
remarkable force and eloquence by Doctor
Sarah G. Elliott.
When the man spoke he was standing
near the doorway Of the rear of ths au-
ditorium. His voice was shrill, and his
words trembled on his lips. for he was al
nGt hn ny,1Ny ~, H. t.o,f
q thousand OF women whose cheers for pur-
lily Of the home and the fidelity OF one hus-
band to one wife had scarcely ceased to
echo among the rafters above.
His accents. however, were loud and clear,
and as their purport clarified in the minds
OF the astonished women. one could at first
imagine that the madams and misses who
were climbing on pews had seen mouse.
Then there rose low murmur which
Women who were seated. or who were
standing near the man with the brown coat
and the white cravat. drew away from him.
Amid the Kisses there could be heard
cries Of Put him out! Pat him out!' Wom-
en- rushed from the pews into the aisies and
crowded toward the rear Of the church.
Elder Timpson made a second effort to
get hearing. He began to speak in de-
Tense of Mormonism. His first sentence
was denial Of the charges Just made by
fuel to the flames.
How dare he come here! How dare he
speaA 10 US. he " a MOrm0n-a Mormon.
Let US rise in QUIZ strength! Put him outi"
These and other exclamations were shout
ed. The voice of Elder Timpson was COM
plctely drowned. Nevertheless he stood his
ground. Although silent, he did not retreat
HIS dogged perseverance increased the an
ger of the women and by q sudden Impulse
those who stood in the aises and in the rear
OF the church crowded forward and forced |
him half way down the stairs.
Women hesitated at first to touch him
but the forward movement of the mass was |
irresistible. and those who were nearest the |
Mormon could not escape coming in contact
with his brown coat. He offered no physi- |
cal resistance but stopped midway on the |
where he met a clergyman who |
aad been attracted by the turmoil in the |
auditorium. and who was running up the |
stairs to find out what had happened. The |
clergyman caught Tinpson by the arm and |
acclaimed:
you arrested"
Still trembling; still pale and apparently /
badly frightened. the Mormon hesitated to |
move toward the street, and, In fact placed |
,ne foot on an upper step. AS he did so |
! number Of the more excited women hur-
Red down the stairs and changed the ell
1ers course. He was pushed to the lower
hallway. where he took his third stand, and
Doctor Cochrane rushed to his support for
he women had followed him to the foot
'f'the staire. and were about to lay hands
N him again.