Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-14
JOSEPH SMITH SUSTAINED
MoRMoNs VOTE HIM PROPHET
SEER AND REvELAToR.
Earthquake Disaster in Northern In
dia-carneaie Gives to Methodists
and Rockefeller to Baptists-shonts
Outlines Canal Commission Plans.

dia--carneaie Gives to Methodists
and Rockefeller TO Baptists-Shonts
Outlines Canal Commission Plans.
Joseph f.. Smith was sustained Us
prophet, seer and reVelatof OF the
Mormon church by unanimous vote OF
The members at the opening session
of the 18th annual conference nj SAT-
Lake city last week. When n vote
was taken to sustain the IL apostles
Two hands were raised In dissent one
of the dissenters rose TO explain NJ
vote, but was not permitted 10 speaN,
/ President Smith merely saying that
/ he could present his objection TO the
proper authorities. This incident ere
Iated excitement, The members VINO
dissented afterward said that they ae-
sired to protest against SUSTAINING
such officers of the church as live In
lpolygamy.
Among the apostles sustained were
Apostles Taylor and Cowiey In ms
testimony before the senate lhVestl-
eating committee AT washington
senator Smoot said that an inVesu-
cation was making by the church into
the charges that these two apostles
had taken polygamous wives since
the manifesto. and that II the charges
were proved he would not vote TO sus-
tain Taylor and Cowley Senator /
Smoot was not present at the confer
ence, nor We're Apostles Taylor ana
Cowley
one of the members who voted
against sustaining the II apostles
Don Musser and Charles Smurthwaft
of ogden, who was recently eNcoin-
municated from the church, nave
filed an injunction suit TO restrain
President Smith and the church from
investing the fittings of the church
for any other than church purposes
The petition sets forth that the tithing 4
paid by members of the church
amounts to s1,0O0,000 a year. and that
Joseph +. Smith. as trustee in trust
for the church, has each year since ,
his elevation TO the presidency, in
vested fully 100000 in sugar fac
tories. wooden mills, banks and other
secular enterprises. and also to es-
tablish estates and residences for the
church leaders and their favorites.
which action. the plaintiffs aver, is in
of his trust.
The American Baptist Missionary
union has received from John ID.
contribution of 100000, !
and has accepted and acknowledged q
lal annual gift. +
The Harvard Brewing company y
whose plant is located at Lowell, u
Mass. has been indicted on a charge
If selling beer containing salicylic h
lcid, a preservative substance. Later $
he company through counsel, plead "
d guilty to the indictment and was y
ined 500 The charge had been pre- f
erred by the state board of health. d
The car of Russia failed for the Y
Irst time to appear at the annual pa y
ade of the Horse Guards, his own c
egiment. Friday, April T. Heretofore L
his has been one of the most spectac al
lar military ceremonies as well as So Il
ial functions of the year. The dan Fl
er to the imperial family was re-
arded as especially great in that this
las the festival of the Immaculate
one of the strictest relig- "
'us holidays. at
da
Health Officer Darlington is making NJ
health census of New York city dur w
g which every person in the city will ga
: subjected to an examination and n
leir condition recorded. A thorough w
military inspection of every house will re-
so be made. The work will cost NJ
Is 900. Mr.. Darlington saws: II wi
n hot on the trail of this spread of
eningitis. / want to find out about
leumonia, tuberculosis and other dis
ses. Something radical must be He
me. This is the way to do it," rer
me
Theodore p. Shonts, president of the an
WHY appointed Panama Canal COM for
~
e commissions policy will be "di- off
ct business methods, publicity, and Civ
solutely no politics." He says the ly
,rk will be done precisely as in lis
ilding and operating great railroad Isor
es. There will be monthly reports
lde of progress, of the amount OF
nds expended, and of the outlook ,
: the work. These reports will be !,
ID regularly in Washington, so that \
cry congressman, every official of Jar
: government and the public will be
ly, reliably and frequently informed Apl
to what Is being done with their n
Ids in Panama. day
har
IN earthquake in northern India r
caused a death roll OF thousands. chu
lr hundred and seventy of the Sew the
h Gurkha soldiers We're buried y
We at Dharmsala by the collapse of he
stone built barracks, and nearly a m
rd of the natives of the surround
substantial Govt bonr ne new Mrs
armsala was aheo1nta1,, daStro,,as pres
refugees FROM that r,aoo -, pres
ived ~ I,abora IN oa,a;tior 20 vice
nta4 collapse and are unable to give SECT
coherent story. The vice regal
ge at Simla has been rendered I'M
= by the earthquakes and the vice NJ
s family and staff have moved to E. !
er quarters. The population of O,
irmsala and Lahore are homeless tow,
encamped ON the adjoining hill A
- ea 9reat distress IS prevailing Eug
-hquake are estimated at abou. Rail-
90 in two districts. -
conditional pledge by Andrew
negie to give 100000 to the
for superannuated preachers was &
ounced at the business session of Vl
New England Methodist confer ~
, at Melrose, Mass, Saturday. NJ
II s. He will give the last million
| fund of $25,000,00O, to be raised
he conference. A pledge has been y
ived of $10O0000 for the fund
another person. Every effort is xS
g made to raise the amount neces- "
to secure Mr.. Carnegie's gift. hf
e disturbance was caused in the
erence by the singular statement IL
ecretary Brady after announcing
gift. He said: Il am engaged to
n Could" and then paused. There
a stir, but DR.. Brady's next words
I, to meet her and discuss the Dc
81, vi our WORK. rms 1ll-Judged it tn
of the members Directing to o''ti
Gould's name being used by re- 10 nj
RS in connection with the Incl actua