Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-12-20


lief that Senator Smoot had been through
the Endowment House. B. B. Haywood,
Tinted States Marshal for the State OF
Utah was then called. He told the COM
mittee of the difficulty he had expert
enced in trying to serve some Of the
napers on witnesses. He stated that all
Hose whom he had failed to find were
reported to be polygamists and most oil
them were reported 10 have entered into
polygamous relations since the manifesto.
Asked whether it was not true that
polygamy was decreasing very rapidly,
witness said that it was among the old
families Mrs. Annie c. Thurber, OF
Rich6eld. Utah, was then called. She
said she had four children, the young
est two and a-balf years old. Her hus-
band has another wife whom be had
married FIRST who also lives at Richiield
and who has seven children, the young
est being about six years old. Witness
was married in 1884 in the temple at ST..
George. She admitted that she had
come to Washington with great reuct-
ance. Charles NJ. Owen. of Salt Lake,
who has been the agent of Attorney Tailor
inobtaining information and witnesses fer
the purpose Of this inquiry, was called.
Witness said it was generally reputed
that Apostle John w. Taylor, who has
five wives. had taken two OF them with
in the last three or four years, they
being sisters, Rosie and Roxie yelling.
Apostle Cowley has three wives and
possibly four, and it was generally re-
puted that his last wife had been mar
ried to him three years. Apostle NJ.
w. Merrill has nine wives, two OF whom
we're married since the manifesto. ).
NJ. Cannon has four wives without doubt
and possibly five. One of the four was
married two years ago. Witness told
of a number of arrests and convictions
resulting from information filed by him.
In no case, however, did the conviction
result in changing the habits Of life OF
the guilty person. At this point the
committee took a recess until 1870.
A committee from the Richmond, Va.
CITY Councils headed by Mayor Nc
Carthv. was here today to invite Presi-
dent Roosevelt omake Richmond visit
when he goes on his southern trip.
Everything is quiet at the Capitol to.
dsy. neither house of Congress being in
session and the general impression is
that nothing will be done tomorrow on
which day the Christmas holidays Tor
that body will begin.
The sub. committee OF the House com
mittee on industrial arts and exposlliOns
met this morning and heard officials OF
Departments of the War. Navy and
Commerce and Labor on the subject Of
the jamestown Exposition of 1907. Rep
resentatiyes of the interests back OF the
exposition were also present. AT the
conclusion of the hearing, Mr.. Tawney,
chairman of the committee, said the
members of the subcommittee we're III
favor of advising substantial government
aid to the undertaking and believed
Congress would help it along.
The employees in the various govern
ment departments will have half holl-
day on next Saturday. This is in adj
dilion to the full holiday on next Mon
day, the Goth, which will be celebrated
in the Department as Christmas day.
The matter was decided upon at today S
cabinet meeting.
Little or nothing is expected to be ac-
complished in the Watson case today.
The inaugural ball will not be held in
the Capitol, the House having rejected
the suggestion. Mr.. Baker declared
that the object of the ball was to give
the wealthy an opportunity to parade
their jewels and fnery 50 that it can 60
all over the United States that Mrs. Tom
Jones attended the Presidents ball.
The Gassenheimer jury reported again
this morning that it could not agree and
was discharged. GaSsenheimer was
charged with receiving stolen railroad
tickets.