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Mr. Tayler-Oh. no! they were labeled.
labeled
The Idaho constitutional convention
which considered the repeal of the
blgamy prohibition of The State consti-
tuition, was next taken up
witness said his visit to Idaho at that
time was purely upon a church mis-
sion and not on politics.
Believes in Polygamy.
His belief in the doctrine Of a plu-
rality OF wives was reafiirmed by the
witness. who declared the Mormons had
never ceased TO expect that the United
States Supreme Court would some day
rule that the Government has no right
TO interfere in the religion of any peo-
! pie of the country; and that as a plu-
rality Of wives is taught as a matter OF
religion, il Is safe from legal attack.
Witness had received amnesty un-
/ Ger President Cleveland's general order
not by any individual order. he said
| This concluded Mr.. Worthington's Ques-
tioning.
Mr.. Dubois then called upon witness
10 say wnen he had begun his political
activities in Idaho. The answer was not
| definite. He had spoken in 1902 at two
elites referred 10, but could not men
I ton other places as he had gone Wher-
ever sent by the State chairman.
Taking OF a plural wife By an apostle
/ at this day was not likely. witness said
| but he could not state what any man
might do. An apostle might do so with
/ out the consent Of The other apostles
| but If il was proved in the courts, such
apostle would lose standing.
Witness could not at first recall sew
eral political references by Mr.. Dubois
i D..
! ing had brought back TO his mind the
circumstances OF a protest at Salt Lake
| city against apostles going into Idaho.
Relations With Mcdonald.
Attorney TayIer then entered upon an
/ inquiry into witness relations with
Elder Mcdonald. In Mexico. Witness had
been authorized by President Snow 10
deal with Mcdonald. If the latter had
been performing plural marriages, but
/ fnew nothing of the Mabel Reynolds
lease.
! Witness referred TO President Snow as
holding the keys of the sealings, 81
which is a ceremony Of the Temple
while all Mormon elders can perform
marriages. Nearly all the male adult
I MOrmons are elders. witness admitted
| Taking up the reported marriage OF
/ Apostle Abraham Cannon and Lillian
hamlln, witness said he had gone 10
Z President Smith and had gotten the lat
Iers denial OF having performed such a
/ ceremony. Witness had made Inquiries
/ then as TO who had performed the cere-
mOny, III any such had occurred, but
/ had his doubts as 10 its having taken
place. He knew nothing about whether
/ Apostle Cannon hHd held out Lillian
HamIin as his wife.
! Opposing counsel INDUCED IN a little
I tim about witness answers.
/ Witness has had -soubt as 10 whether
/ Lillian Hamlin had been Cannon wife
! and had nOt inquired closely. There
/ is this 10 say" he added. The world
| D. our home. / know little about con,
! ditlOus in Utah. Cannon was dead II
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against Mr.. Adams. which was that he
had surrepiuously removed to his foun-
drF, La Molina, large case OF rifles,
with what object was not known. The
box had been broken in transit. it was
said, and that which was supposed TO
be tools was disclosed as arms.
'El TEMPO attacks the official organ
OF the government for its sensational
presentation of the alleged conspiracy,
declaring that no evidence was forth
coming 10 prove its assertions.
The information, according 10 lei
Tempo was conveyed by means Of an
anonymous communication. The ad-
mtntstratiOn at Lima investigated the
matter. and though no arms were dis
covered in the foundry committed Mr.
Adams to the jurisdiction OF the milf
tary authorities and he was placed I'M
der arrest lie was not released until
diplomatic agencies interviewed.
Ell TEMPO" especially condemns the
invocation of the military arm OF the
government in dealing with the case,
intimating that IL is revolutionary and
a menace to the citizens OF all nations
resident iu Peru.
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american Manufacturer
Imprisoned in Peru
Arrested on pueriIe Charges, He Is Suisse
quentIy Released When Diplomatic
Agency INTERVIEWED.

LIMA. Peru. Dec l9-An American
citizen. Daniel Adams. who was re-
Gently arrested here, has just been re-
leased. the charges against him being
apparently of SO puerile a nature as 10
cause the press of Lima 70 dismiss them
as baseless and as a disgrace 20 the
government which entertained them.
Under the title Wine Skins Ell
TEMPO thus describes the case in part:
we have deliberately remained silent
upon the matter of the Imprisonment
and examination under military law Of
Daniel Adams. an American citizen
who for the last three or four days has
suffered indignities.
We hoped thus to grant the authori-
ties time 10 retrieve their position and
recover the habit OF CircumspectiOn due
10 themselves and their office Clothed
again IN their proper frame OF mind. il
was TO be expected that they would
abandon mode OF procedure which Is "A
reminder of the immortal hero of the
Windmills and which they had seemed
disposed 20 adopt"
The paper proceeds TO give the charge
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Mormon Law Courts.

Isaac BiTdsall was next called. He
lives at Elsinore. Utah. He is sixty
five years old. and has lived in Utah
since 1881, going there from Nebraska.
He became a Mormon in 1889.
Cora Birdsall in his daughter, and is
between thirty-three and thirty-four
years old. She acquired a title to land
I'm Utah. a quarter-section Of 100 acres.
Witness said a man named Leavitt had
claimed sixty acres of the land three
or four years ago. the question Of his
rights was tried before the bis aOE's
court, then before the high cOuacu. and
both tunes appealed. But an tort TO
have it taken up by the first presidency
failed
Witness and daughter had been first
charged with a conspiracy 10 defraud
Leavitt OF the sixty acres. The charge
was first brought by the bishop OF Mon
roe. They refused 10 reply IN a ward
In which they did not i've, but Obeyed
a second gotiGe which came from their
own ward He went with reluctance,
as he did not think they would get JUS
tice. His daughter wanted 10 go, 50 he
accompanied her.
Attorney Tayler then offered In evil
dence a paper signed William A War
court October 1901. Prayer was Of
fered at the opening Of the court. An
other paper. being the order Of the
bishops court. was also put in evil
denCe. X ordered Cora Birdsau 10 deed
forty acres OF land 10 Leayitt and latt~-
20 pay her 400.
Witness Identified letter from the
first presidency. in answer 10 Cora :
letter relating to an appeal Joseph f.
Smith and two colleagues advised keep
ing 10 the church jurisdiction and wit
ness and daughter did so. appealing u
the high council of the State. The trial
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MOGRRRRONS VOTE ON
GODS REVELATIONS
People Decide Whether
They Shall Prevail.
so SAYS APOSTLE SMITH
Existence of Church Courts Supplant-
ing Public Tribunals Attested
by Another Witness.

Two declarations stood out prominent
~ in the testimony given today in the
SmOOt investigation.
The first was the statement by Apostle
John Henry Smith that any sO-called
revelation from God TO the head of
the Mormon Church has no effect what
ever unless members OF the church vote
TO accept il; in other words, human be-
irgs decide whether what is presented as
the will Of God shall prevail or not.
There is nothing forced upon the Nor
mon Church and its people" he eX-
planned.
The second feature of the evidence
was the testimony Of a Mormon, Isaac
Birdsall, which showed the existence Of
Mormon Church courts of law, supplant-
ing the public courts in the regulation
OF business affairs.
Letters put in evidence from Presi-
dent Smith and his associates at the
head Of the church urged upon this
witness and his daughter the propriety
or using the church courts for the set
Element OF all difficulties in temporal
affairs
The witness testified that his daugh-
ter event out of her mind in conse-
quence Of the l.1g-contnued litigation
IN the church courts
Apostle Resumes Stand.
AT the opening OF today's session.
APOSTLE John Henry Smith resumed the
stand.
Attorney Worthington obtained from
witness the explanation that the
apostles served IA the order of seniority
OF election, and that he was the second
OF the twelve.
Witness told Of visit 10 Mexico and
OF his call on Elder A. n. Mcdonald. in
Mexico. and notified him Of orders OF
President Snow against plural mar
riages. Under the law OF the church no
one could get a plural wife. except
Through the consent of the first presi-
qency Witness has no knowledge of any
instance since the manifesto in which
the head or the church had authorized
plural marriage.
.. (By Mr.. Dubois) Do YOU know
OF any plural marriage authorized at
A. President Brigham Young author
lied Daniel H Wells 10 marry me 10 q
plural wife.
Investments in Idaho.
Witness, testifying 10 the sugar com
pany investments IN Idaho, declared the
church did not hold a controlling in
terest Ia the companies heretofore re-
ferred 10 as Mormon companies" Wit
ness had not shown any great action
IN the sugar bounty legislation. although
he felt an interest in IT,
Apostle Smith made a broad. general
denial OF his Political activity, following
ii by saying that he never went anv-
where on political mission eNcept an
ire invita- u0n OF the Republican chair
man, or Of some prominent citizen OF
Inc locality. This answer evidently in
Guided so many people that the answer
as nnally given, did not prove So con-
elusive denial as had appeared al first
IN response 10 q question from Mr.
DlDois, witness said he had been ul
IN the last campaign and that was TIE
reason he had not taken any part in In.
Idaho Test Oath.
The idaho test oath was next taken
up by Mr. Worthington.
z. Were there any Mormons in the
Legislature which repealed that Iaw9
a. NO, 1 think not they were AN
2. (By Mr. Burrows They were
WHAT
Mr.. Worthington-They were tabooed.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

PROPOSALS for publishing Inaugural
ogram.-FTOpOsals are requested by
the committee on printing for the ex-
elusive privilege OF printing and publish
ing the authorized Official Inaugural
Souvenir Program "Dummys" must
accompany all proposals, aud the
amount the proposed publisher Is pre-
pared to pay for said privilege must be
stated A bond will be required Speci-
fications and further information may
be obtained Of Joseph J. Saks al Saks
q Co.'S. between the hours Of and 3
O'Clock. daily. Proposals should be seal
ed and addressed 10 lsadOre Saks. chair
man % printing committee. and deliver
ed in care Of the secretary Of Inaugural
Committee the New Willard on or be-
fore SATURDAY, DECEMBER the 24th,
1904, at p. NJ.
ISADORE SAKS. Chairman.
JOSEPH j. SAKS, Vice Chairman.
". CROTIER WALSH, Secretary.
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was a question of life. Its effect on the
church was not considered. l have
never interested myself in hunting down
lawbreakers-polFgamists. thieves, muir
derers, and such people"
Influence of Apostles.
Attorney Tayler inquired into witness
interest IN the diseredit which would
attach to the church in cases of apostles
breaking the law.
THE church has got TO take OF itself. ."
witness replied. If 1 knew OF such a
thing / would go before the grand jury
and give my testimony. That is ALL"
@ (By Mr.. Tayler) Do you not know
that President Joseph F. Smith is daily
violating the law now?
A. Yes, sir-no, I say. no. Please make
my answer no.
O. Why do you say no?
a. don't know that he is breaking
the law?
q. Why?
A. / only know what I have seen.
O. Then II you had not seen him
breaking the law you would not be able
10 prosecute him?
A. No.
Witness declared he thought the re-
ligious status OF the Mormons has never
yet been fully gone into by the United
States Supreme Court. I'VE still have
some doubt" he said. ION the decision
Of the question as 10 religious liberty
and whether IN our case it has not been
infringed"
O. Then you believe the question is
still unsettled?
A. That would hardly be correct, Mr.
Tayler. yet In my soul l feel that It
IS correct.
.. But you expect 20 continue 10 dis
regilrd the law, so far as II relates TO
YOU personally, and take whatever con-
sequences there may be?
A ! feel that / cannot disregard the
obligations which God has given me
and which / have taken upon myself
Attorney TayIer went into the details
OF the Edmunds law OF 1882 and the
Edmunds- Tucker act or 1887 which am
plif1ed the provisions OF the earlier legis-
latIOn. Witness knew OF IL I'm general
but said he had things confused a little
in his mind
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TRAIN KILLS HIBERNIAN.

NAUGOTUCK, Conn, Dec 1s.-WhiIe
on his way to work, Edward j. Dono-
van. agsd thirty-five. tried 10 run across
the track in front OF a passenger train
and was struck and killed. Donovan was
prominent I'm the Ancient Order Of HI
bernians IN this State
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when he uses il he scorches and skins
his friends or his enemies"
=. lBy Mr.. Worthington) Has ne
scoIched you?
a. Yes. si-
Mr.. Dubois was unable 10 get witness
20 say whether Thatcher was not at
ODDS with the other apostles at TINS
time. The Senator so cOntended.
witness described the Utah constllu-
uohdi convention, over which he presid-
ed, where II was agreed that the protec-
lon ana support OF q mans plural wives
should continue as a matter OF right
Dld the convention not agree. now
ever. that polygamous relations with
them should cease?' asked Mr.. DUBOIS.
NO, sir. replied the witness. firmly.
An inquiry by Chairman Burrows
ABOUT the witness work in the chufch
brought forth the answer that he Is
preslaent OF the Mexican Colonization
ana Agricultural Society in the States
OF Chihuaha and Sonora IN Mexico.
Head Of the Church.
Witness said President Smith is the
head OF the church throughout the
world. There is no complete general
register of the church membership. he
thought. Perhaps One-thlrd To one-half
the membership comes from abroad.
Ihey locate on farms and in villages.
he estimated the Mormons IN Idaho as
one-third Of the total population, in
| Wyomiis 9ne-fourth. with a colony in
Nevada, good many in California. Ari-
iona, Colorado, many in New York and
Iowa, but in Iowa they do not hold
| 10 the doctrine OF polygamy.
we have members In every State
or the Union, but we do not cOlOniZe
there, said witness. Foreigners who
! ccnle here as members now go wherever
lhey please. Formerly they were placed
where II seemed best. The Mormon
ialth Is growing in Utah not any more
/ than IN other States of the Union.
4 DO not remember when Utah was
admitted 10 the Union. Yes. I believe
IL was IN 1895. II seems TO me the theory
or It's admission was that it had been
kept out 10 to that time to comply
with HamiltOn's idea to proceed slowly
Wherever there was a great prepondeT-
/ ance OF one religious faith.
Asked whether he still held to the
/ doctrine or polygamy witness declared:
expect while there is breath in my
| DOdy 10 continue to so believe. II came
as revelation from God. and II was
ordered discontinued by another revela-
| tlOn from God. No, IL is not contained
| IN the Book Of Mormon"
Attorney Tayler then took up the
ma nitesto commanding a cessation OF
polygamous marriages and inquired into
! the extent to which IL was regarded as
coming from God.
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DEATH RECORD.

Alstsad, Abraham, CO yrs. 1870 C1rcoran st.
Arnold Richard A. e. yrs Emergency Hos
Ball. Emma. 90 yrs. rear 2IJs O. ST. NV
Bell. James c. yrs. 1926 ath 20. NV
brooks May. . mos. rear 1881 Erie 81 NV
Brown. Jessie yrs. 4 DIuEWau ST. uW.
Campbell. MARY T.. l6 yrs. Il.I 90 So sW.
Dent. Bernard. Is yrs. - FeHt0u pI. uW.
DORSEY, Rosa J., u.s. yrs. 1888 H. g. uw.
frame. James. 90 yrs, Emergency Hos.
Greene Sarah. So yrs. gIi Hughes a. NV.
Hubbard. George 80 yrs. 1873 a. uA.
jenkins, Pam ID, I ST.. IB ~ "a. s-.
kenealy. Dennis. CD gTs.. zIgl 4 e. uw.
lewis. Maria. C. yrs. 1921 g. &C. SIS.
Meyer Louis, al yrs. Wash. Asy. Hos.
Mcclellan. James H.. 90 yTs-. Zil1 81 uw
Naen, Jennie E.. "a yfzs 80 M 20. NV
5isson. Henry Sd yrs, Wash. Asy. Hos.
staleup. Samuel r.. 60 yrs, Emergency Fus
Thompson. INF Of Harry and Mabel days
CA % "a. sW
Wallace. John. 90 yrs, Ivy city. ID. q.
Whitside, samuel. c. yrs, Ebbitt House.
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Plural Marriage.

/ Taking up the difference between
bigamy and polygamy, witness said his
people held that bigamy consisted in
deceivlng two women, while a plural
marriage was made with the consent Of
the first wife
Attorney Tayler read from the Su-
preme Court decision in the Reynolds
case. which declared that no man can
plead a religious tenet as an excuse Tor
an act made criminal by the law.
Witness said there was stil some
question after the court decision as to
its acceptance by the Mormons gem
orally. He himself had held a view at
variance with the law. in this respect.
although he had not tested IL by taking
a plural wife after that date.
The political activity Of Apostle Moses
Thatcher was taken up by Senator Du-
bOis. who inquired whether witness did
not know about Thatcher's speeches
Witness replied:
Yes; I've been scorched by him my
self. He has Il desperate tongue. and
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Approval of People.

Witness declared a revelation became
effective only after having received the
approval Of the Mormon people.
Q. Then whatever comes as a revela-
ton from God has no effect whatever
until the Mormon people approve OF IT
themselves.
a. Yes; there's nothing forced upon
the Mormon people.
This ended Apostle Smiths testimony.
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was held in Richneld and the previous
verdict affirmed. Witness daughter
then wrote the first presidency about
u and received reply on March IS.
IN writing on the point of the false testi-
mony she alleged had been given i'm tie
verdict.
Several further documents were read,
with one declaring witness daughter
mad been accommodated for refusing
10 obey the verdict of the church.
she was Of a religious turn Of mind,
Witness said. and the final decision
from the first presidency bore upon her
mind so that she neither SLEPT nor ate
Tor days together Eventually ID seemed
to affect her mind. An official Of the
chufch came to say that he had heard
OF her physical condition and that on
condition that she would obey the YER
dlct. they would rebaptise her"
Identifies Letter.
Witness identified a letter from VII
liam III. Seegmiller. a Mormon official,
saying TO his daughter that her only
relief will be in complying with Presi-
dent Smiths wishes. She has failed e
abide the decision Of the mouthpiece OF
God. / pray God to bless her that humil-
ity may possess her soul and lead her
10 do that which President Smith re-
quires her TO 90. II she can't do this
fear for her happiness here and here
after"
Witness told Of his daughters having
locked herself IN a room and having re-
fused 20 see an emissaTy of the church
authorities. Finally she made the deed
after being rebaptised.
Witness, just before coming East.
had been told by his wife about the
transaction. The daughter told her
mother, witness said. that the deed had
been forced from her.
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a MEETING of the stockholders OF
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SPECIAL MEETING of Journeymen
Plasterers' Association Monday, Decem-
Der 70. Business OF importance. By or
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de1T-3t
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il. j. kOkEN.
LAWRENCE +. GOULD.
Washington. Dec. II, 1864
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Idaho Test Oath.

The Idaho test oath was next taken
up by Mr. Worthington.
Z. Were there any Mormons in the
legislature which repealed that law
a. No, / think not; they were an
= (By Mr. Burrows) They were
what?
Mr.. Worthington-They We're tabooed.
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ENTERTAINMENTS.
hyperion Theater.

For the habltual theatergoers, as well
as for the novice in this truly Amer
lean diversion, the allurements are
many and various in Margaret Ang-
Inns new play-'eThe Eternal Femin-
ine,' which comes to the Hyperion
Saturday evening only. Here, at least,
comes dramatic offering. unique in
its original conceit and delightful, ac-
cording to the foreign reviews in the
spirited treatment of its distinguished
German author, Robert Misch of Ber-
lin. The odd but often idyllic love
story-for it is nothing else-is unfold
ed in many scenes Of classic beauty,
rejecting life on a mythical island,
peopled and governed by race of war
like maidens or Amazons in the Aege-
an sea about 100 B. c..
Realizing his big pictorial opportuni-
ty in the way of scenery, costumes,
armors and the hundred and one de-
tails of modern presentation, Manager
Frank L. Perley has expended for
tune on the investiture of this already
successful foreign play, which will put
forward Margaret Anglin for the. lrst
time as a wholly independent star.
Seats on sale tomorrow.
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scHooLHousE CEREMONIES.
Big Crowd Turns Out to Witness Par
ade and Illumination.

Big Crowd Turns Out to Witness Par
ade and Illumination.
There was a big time in Highwood
last evening when big celebration
was held in honor Of the new High
wood schoolhouse The regular laying
of the corner stone did not take place
as it was thought that it would be un-
pleasant for the big crowd to stand in
the open air. Informal ceremonies
Were therefore, held in Firemens hall,
where a number Of speeches were
made.
The big parade before the meeting
was. a success in every way, a large
crowd turning out and cheering the
marchers all the way to the hall. Red
fire was also burned along the route
Of the parade, and in fact the whole
line Of march was finely illuminated.
The grand marshal Of the parade was
WI Fl. Wood, his assistant was Ralph
Sanford, the aides were James Murphy,
Edgar w. Munson, and g. p. Sanford.
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AT THE HYPERION.

Another delighted audience witnessed
the efforts of Miss Ada Rehan and her
excellent supporting company at the
Hyperion last night. Sheridan's The
School for Scandal was the offering,
and the very splendid impression Great
ed by the presentation Of The Tanning
of the Shrew" was strengthened. and
the audience expressed its appreciation
by generous encores. The play is in
five acts and relates a story full Of ins
terest, which keeps the auditor at thu
height Of expectancy. There was much
fervor and brilliance in the acting Of
the several characters, especially Miss
Rehan, Mr.. Richman, William Red
mund and Wilfred Clarke. The seem
cry and costumes were both elaborate
and fully in keeping with the time n
which the action occurred.
In verify it can be said that Miss Re
han, Mr.. Richman, and the company
have added many friends in New Ha-
ven BY their very fine work.