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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05
EXPLAINING THE BAPTISMs.

"Apostle WINS pointed out, - our
conference report says, 'that great
er number Of baptisms have been made
this wear than ever before, Which
statement must, under the circum-
stances. be properly explained.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
number of missionaries out in the field
today vastly outnumber the proselyters
for the church in the early days Of its
history, the fact is that few new con
verts arc made, speaking comparative
w. When John TAYLOR, and Orson
Pratt, and Wilford Woodruff, and Brig
ham Young, and Heber c. Kimball, for
instance, were missionaries in Europe
they and the other missionaries gath
cred in converts by the thousands an.
nually. Indeed. it was one Of the prin-
cipal problems confronting the church
leaders in early Utah (and even before
that time) TO devise ways and means
TO bring the hosts of converted ones
to Zion Today, as the church statistics
will show. there is not one convert made
in Europe where before n hundred came
into the fold. There are many reasons
for this condition, the principal of
which it would be natural for Apostle
he is) to hide away from his conhding
hearers The bad repute into which
the church has floundered rs it has be-
come better known to the world, has
had mighty effect upon people gen
orally. The excuse made by the chiefs
among the bogus prophets on account
of the small number of converts now
made is in flight to the Gcriptures,
wherein il is said that at the cleaning
time the wheat should be scarce; and
by means of this paipable sophistry
they not only attempt to account for
that they are also fulfilling prophecy.
They do not seem to consider the fact
that the increase in the world IS popu-
latlon and the simultaneous decrease IN
their conversions present a direct refu-
tation Of their assertion that they have
the truth. The fact is that the law
breaking and utter defiance of God con-
fessed by the chiefs of the church, the
robberies perpetrated by them, the de.
termination TO make of the State and
finally the whole Nation mere apanage
Of their pricstly organization, have
set the world to thinking, The honest
people in other countries spurn n pre-
tended religion that protects such law
breakers and offenders against Chris
tian sentiment. and as natural. result
the number of converts is becoming
smaller year by year. Any Mormon
missionary out In the field today will
testify that he has "tGe DEVILS own
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

time" trying to offset the truth told
about tho church leaders. and that peo-
pic laugh i'll his face when he tcstfics
10 them that self confessed lawbrcukcrs
and deficrs Of commandments of the
Lord are God : vicegerents.
1t may be that Apostle Ivins had an
other thought in mind when he said
that there arc more baptisms now than
ever 1t is rule in the church that all
children who have arrived at the age of
eight years shall be baptized; they can t
help themselves. OF course, Mr. WINS
must have counted these in: but it
would not seem so, since he connected
the statement with one concerning the
work of missionaries But we dread
To think that Apostle Ivns would at.
tempt IN any way to misIcad or dc.
celNe the people. On our own account.
however, we deem it quito proper to
say tand we can prove the assertion to
the satisfaction of any reasoning and
reasonable person) that even if Mr..
lvIns did count in the haptisms Of
Mormon children, and even then de
clhred that there were more haptIsms
IN the church now than ever. he sim~Iy
made false statement. II is not true
ana Mr. lrlns knows that it is not
true
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

arms, please do not recognize me; &c
right by and ! will do the same"
President Smith, us the report has
it, also deplored the use Of intoxicants;
which would have been commcudable
had it been consistent with his attitude
and expression upon this subject al
other times. Just twelve years ago on
Wednesday of this week Mr.. Smith
preached sermon TO a similar confer.
cnce. lie paid particular attention to
the shock and horror which he said
were felt by some of the 'prctendedly
pious people, of the church on account
OF the fact that liquors and tobacco
were sold by Z. c. NJ J., ''under the
symbol of the All.Sociug Eye and the
sacred words, Holiness to the Lord, -
as he put 1t. And speaking of tho
elder who used liquor or tobacco, he
declared that ''lf he could not get it
there, he would not patronize Il. C..
NJ. !. at all, but would go somewhere
else TO deal. -
We do not ask the saints to take
The Tribune s word for this, if they do
not choose TO do so. They may go io
the church historian Is Office get the
official report Of the slyty.eighth an
nual conference, turn to the proceed
ings of April s, 1898, and find it there
on page II,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

rested on charge of unlawful CO.
habitation. Lars Nielsen and John
Felt OF Huntsville. Weber county.
were arrested on the Same charge
and taken 10 Ogden and placed uu-
der bonds.
lSsS-The fifty-eighth annual conference
convened in Salt Lake CITY, II was
continued on the sixth daV. and wa
very well attended a general board
OF education TO supcrintend church
schools was sustained. consisting OF
Nilford Woodruff. Lorenzo Snow
George Q. Cannon. Kark c. Macser.
Horace 5. Eldrcdgc, Willard Young.
George w. Thatcher Anthon II,
Lund and Amos Howe.
ls90-llans Christensen OF RiCh;ield was
discharged from the pcnitcntlary.
lS9l-Aaron Hardy was discharged from
the pentcntiaTy
lS95-The slXty-fifth annual conference
OF the church convened In Salt Lake
City, continuing for three days The
constitutional convention, after a
heated debate OF several days.
adopted the woman suffrage clause.
ls9I-Elder Samuel Ecele died at Pauaca.
Lincoln county. Nev.
l900-Dairymeu award prizes. Utah
Presbytery in session.
l9ol-Scventy-firs conference Of Nor
test for Nevada grade.
l9oe-Plan 10 establish school Of domestic
science announced. Annual meeting
or Utah Wooigrowers' association
held. Rio Grande and Short Line
talk about union depot.
l905-Largest crowds ever assembled up
to this date in Salt Lake met in the
tabernacle to- attend conference
Mary Jane Smith pleads guilty 10
murder OF Daniel Ryan. Uoldup in
Victoria alley
19O4-Smoot witnesses called cast
l906-"See America First" movement
proposed 10 Denver and Colorado. I'D
Williams attempts suicide by taking
morphine. Women incensed al ap-
pontmcnt OF Ellerbeck TO school
board
i907-AnneXat ton of south side discussed
at Commercial club Hotels crowded
to doors with tourists.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05
THE BLACKLIST BOOK.

| According to Il complaint made by
president Joseph f. Smith at the tab.
ernacie on sunday, there are a large
number Of people in the church whose
names are recorded in a book. and YOU
would be surprised, l am sure, TO sec
that book, who are recorded there un-
der inc heading of non.tithe payers.
Gan Mr.. Smith blame these people
Ever SINCE nc mas been IN position TO
DC inc hhaI recipient of those funds,
ana 10 designate the manner of their
disbursement, he has steadily refused to
utter a single word or display a single
nHuie III tue way or an accounting. BY
'h'S 'me, and especially in view of the
increasing list oil none't'the payers in
I"e church' ne should awaken to the
'ac' 'hat the Mormon people have com
'ioH Sensc 'aeas rs TO the proper tran
Saction oi business; that those who de-
CINE to pay INTO hls non-accounting
hands do so because of The exercise
OF mat common sense; that those who
DO pay do SO because they subordinate
their business sense TO their faith and
'helr 1anaticaI idea of religious duty,
ana that the ranks of these are get
''hG THINNER AS The light of fairness
ana honesty IN business matters reaches
tneIr mlnds.
II appears too, that Joseph +. plead
eo Tor iunds because the church WAS as
slstluG many OF the wards 10 build
meeting houses That was n mere soph.
,s'rS TOT the purpose of bleeding
'he people. The manner in which the
church heIps the wards TO build
meeIlng houses rs to advance to these
waros loans for that purpose upon prom
'SsorN notes amply secured and drawing
interest. In the end the money comes
back INTO the central church Golfers;
ana the more cash the hierarchs can
'uuuce inc people TO furnish for this
oeneNoichce now the more the
'hurch WllI hnaIly accumulate. They
coneeI the money from the people, loan
II pack 10 them at good interest. and
eventually come INTO possession of both
interest and principal. That is all there
Is 10 that.
hut the TACT that the list of non
tlthe payers is growing in magnitude
Is sure indication that the non-ac.
counting methods OF the tlthe- gather
ers is constantly coming into disfavor
lhere rs another thought in connec-
ton with this matter that ought to
strlke deeply INTO the minds of the
Latter'day SAINTS. Mr.. Smith spoke of
carefully-kept list of non-tithe pay
ers What is the object of keeping
mat record-why not simply confine the
accounts to those who do pay2 The
answer to the question is simple. 1t
is merely financial blacklist to be
used when occasion shall require as IA
club over the heads of offenders against
inc temporal tenets Of the church. When
necessary. in case of extraordinary fin
anclal want. the tithe grabhers are able
10 select names from this list send
their mercenaries to the owners thereof
and have them say something like this:
''Now, Brother Blank, we find by con.
sulting the tithing accounts that YOU
have been backward in your payments
for long time The brethren have
been very patient with you; but now
they think that you should come for
ward and help bear the burdens of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

ing bicyclists, and bicyclists overrid
ing pedestrians, and pedestrians bump
ing into cripples, and crippIcs iamming
is selfish and inconsiderate world,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

The poor old Deseret News tries to
take on some satisfaction and comfort
by saying that some men now preach
certain doctrines preached by Joseph
Smith seventy-1ive years ago. 1t may
be bit cruel to rob the church organ
of it's crumb of comfort by retorting
that all that is worth while in these
doctrines was advocated by still other
men centuries before Joseph Smith.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

Colonel Roosevelt refuses to be con-
fined TO any limitations in the matter
Of personal conduct, Which indicates
that his good right arm has not for.
gotten its big stick cunning.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

president sounds kcynotes, says
an account Of Sundays proceedings in
the big tabernacle, Thought surely
he would have left that to Apostle
Grant, the sweetest singer in all Is
Tael
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

Joseph +. says that he doesn t think
1T would be possible for him to appre.
ciate the spirit of salvation that is onIv
spiritual No money i'll that sort, you
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

OF course, the wind is capable Of max
ing mighty fast time across the lake;
but everybody is aware of the fact
without its blowing so hard about it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

Some men believe in, women S rights,
if they be 10 property going IN with
the wedding ceremony
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

In these days of stenographers and
typewriters we seldom hear Of writer IS
cramp, except it may be in the Jaw.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

Besides merely in the wording, there
is another difference between going
straight home and going home straight.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

Asked how he enjoyed the play at the
theatre, Mr.. Grump said it was the
biggest heap o rats he ever saw on one
hoad
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

Some girls would never marry if
they were compelled TO ask the men
and some of 'cm wouldn't even if
they did.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

Any son of Erin will say that the
worlds history would have been writ
ten differently had Saint Patrick han.
pened into the Garden of Eden in time
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

He is "a measley cuss" who tells
his wife she is so good looking that
she doesn Z need a new bonnet.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

But the nose is superior to the eye
in locating a piece of limberger cheese.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

Patrons Of the contribution box are
respectfully advised that buttons are
not legal tender.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

On Monday, for the first time, Salt
Lake flapped her White. wings. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

Silent watches of the night .
Those which the owners forget to WIND
lid
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

Men favor the hot.water cure for
colds, provided it be mixed with a little
Cor more) whisky
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

About the longest sentence anybody
ever read was, imprisonment for
life.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

Sometimes counting done in a dark
room finally develops negative.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

1t YOU want to hear one of Utah Is
sweetest songsters, you may listen to
Miss Maggie Tout at the tabernacle to-
nipht
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

What with railway trains smashing
into automobiles. and automobiles run.
ming dowG, horses. and horses overturn.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

And any of them would rather be
called new woman than an old one.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

This is the day Of conference recess.
Take good look about Tipping Zion.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

How much easier il is to get along
when you walk TO the right,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

Before presenting father with the
millinery bill it is often advisable to
send the children ont of the room,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05
HEALTH
INSURANCE

The man VINO insures his life is
wise for his family.
The man who insures his health
Is wise both for his family and
himself.
You may insure health by guard-
ing it. 1t is worth guarding.
At t he first stack of disease,
which generally approaches
through the LIVER and mani
tests itself in innumerable ways
TAKE
! utttt' So ills
And save your healths
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05
Tuesday, April s, 1910.

Come on out: the weather's fine.
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Stories of Success
CHAS. Nj. SCHWA ABB

Two dollars and
n half a week In a
store
was a modest be"
ginning for the
great steel king,
Chas. M. Schwab.
90 Can you drive
stakes2'' he was
asked when he ap-
piled for work in
one of the nearby
mills. dyes, +" was
his reply, "I can
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

drive anything
"Will you work for one dollar
day7' Certainly" said this ambi-
tions boy, 81 will work for anything
I can get
His rise from n dollar day at
stake driving to perhaps the largest
salary in the world reads like a fairy
story.
Everybody, says Mr.. Schwab,
sis expected to do his duty, but the
one who does moro than his duty Is
the one to succeed
One duty, and An important duty,
is 10 have a savings account.
You will never gain wealth with
tho money you intend. to save. There
must be a beginning, Begin today,
and tomorrow you will congratulate
yourself
4 dollar will start the account.
Come.
Utah Savings & Trust Co.
235 s. Main.
SIN the business heart
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05

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addressed: The Tribune. Salt Lake
CITY. Utah"
Matters for publication To Editor
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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-14
GLOBE FAvoR1TE RETURNS

Theater goers of Globe and patrons of Dreamland theater will be pleased to learn that Claude Kelly, the comed- ian, is with the Reed and Arbuckle Musical Comedy company, that opens at Dreamland tor an eight-day engage ment next Sunday night, the l6th.
 Mir. Kelly will be happily remembered from his previous visit as one of the principals with the "Jolly Della Prin- gle" company, two years ago, at which time they played 10 phenomenal busi- ness for several weeks.
 Mir. Kelly has been assigned very important parts in the various musical comedies that the above company will present during their engagement in Globe, and together with Mir Reed and Mir. Arbuckle, form a trio of comedians that are hard to equal, and we doubt if they have ever been equalled in Globe.
 Mir Kelly is very popular and made hosts of friends here, and we bespeak hi4n a rousing reception on his appear ance Sunday night. The entire com pany will arrive on the might before they open. so that there will be no de lav. and the suTtain will rise promptly at clock during this engagement, by request of many of the patrons of Dreamland.
 Reserved seats are now selling fcl the entire engagement at the Globe Commercial store.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-14
WARRANTS CHARGE VIOLATION OF.
 4OO LIMIT
Question of Whether Indian School Is in Meaning of
 Law Enters Case

Charging them with renting for im- moral purposes, buildings located within 100 yards of school house, complaints were filed against five owners of proper ty in the red light district yesterday, by District Attorney Walter Shute
 Joe Meyers, l.. F. Peters, Joe Wilkins, John T. Hendrickson and w. j. Powell are charged jointly in four complaints, which are identical except that the rental of property to different women of the underworld is charged
 HendricksOn and Powell are said to be out of the city at the present time The others were arrested yesterday and gave bond for their appearance.
 District Attorney Shute stated yes terday that in his opinion the Indian school located on the hill short dis tance from the red light district is within the provisions of the statutes de fining schools and that the owners of the property in the restricted districts are liable to prosecution.
 "I have had this matter under con. sideration for some time, said Mr. Shute, "and I have decided to thrash the matter out.
 'tThis matter will he in the nature of test case, to determine whether or not the 400-yard limit applies to schools in the nature of the Indan school, which is within the required distance from the red light district. '
 The cases will he thrashed out before Judge Hlnson Thomas within the next few days.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-14
EM|xtNT F|NANC|ER RET|RES FROM
 BUSINESS
Cornelius N. Bliss Has for Many Years Been Familiar
 Figure in New York

NEW YORK, January l2.-Nsne of the changes and prospective changes announced at the beginning of the new year aroused more interest in business circles in the metropolis than that of the retirement of Cornelius N. Bliss from the field of active business and
 finance. For upwards of forty yoars Mir. Bliss has been a well known figure in New York and his name comes to mind almost first when one begins tab. ulating the successful merchants of this city.
 Mr. Bliss was born in Fall River, Mass seventy-seven years ago this month. His father died when he was an infant and his mother remarried and removed to New Orleans. His boyhood was spent in that city. After gradu ating from the high school in New Or. leans he passed one year in his step fathers counting room in htat city, and then went to Boston to become a clerk in a large dry goods establish ment. In 1866 he became a member or the firm of J. $. and F.. Wright & Co, commission merchants, and came to New York to assume the management: of the New York office of the firm. In
 1861 the firm became Bliss, Fabyan < Co.,, and in recent years it has been known as the greatest print house iE
 the world, acting as selling agents of the great cotton mills of Fall River and other New England mill centers.
 Though MT. Bliss has always declared l he was not a politician, he has figured prominently in the political affairs of ! his state and nation. He was secretary ! of the interior in the cabinet of Pres. Sent Mckinley and was treasurer of the National Republican committee duT. ing three campaigns. In 1885 he was
 selected as the republican candidate
 for governor of New York, but declined the nomination. In 1891 he might have had the nomination again, but he re, | fused 10 consider 1t.
 ! One of his most intimate friends was i the late President Arthur, whom he sup. ported in the notable Chicago conycn. ton that nominated Garfield and Ar. | thur. There was strong resemblance between the two men, but the ,rcsemb. | lance was on the line of temperament. Mir. Arthur s failure to get the nomi
 nation at Chicago when Blaine and Lo. gan were named was q great personal
 disappointment to Mr. Bliss.
 | The story has been frequently told
 of how Mir. Bliss was indirectly respon ! sible for landing Theodore Roosevelt
 in the presidency. When the feryea. i friends of Colonel Roosevelt at ihc 1 Philadelphia convention were using cy. cry effort 10 induce him to accept the
 second place on the national ticket, and
 he was about yielding, he asked, "Who
 is to be treasurer of the National com,
 mitteel l' Cornelius Bliss's name was
 the reply. Then Colonel Roosevelt said
 ..All right. "