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Show 'JBK 4,.M0HE than that, we bavo tbc best "i I8ii 6t proof tbt when the news of Abra- iipf?' bam Uncoln's death reached Slt .StJlP lake) Brishmm Voun danced for joy iJjjfK and Mid, "Another euemy of our eo- mK 4e to gone, and the Lord God r-till ' Sflaf reqrneth in lintel. A truthful woruan ? J ? ''1 the word and tsw the act." 'iff BllPr There 16 little need to fay that the- ' rf 'pK iofejjeiBfS choice iuorH-1 is from the ' tsfaJMsfS? most Hnnriircitilesl slic-et ever rub- ' ,SfPlaB; Hetied in America the Salt Iike f ;t"H Trtii. It will be recognized both ' iHnkK'Wy ftont H9 rash and unmitigated faL-c- lioodaiHlUiekludofuvjUeutvH-hkh , j$1!Hls1 n calte "1!m ' ' I-roof." It is ' '"iiJtSf onjurtsntlj premises that it ukihs JjijjAjaH, niort of its auti-"iZormou" concln- i'y3r M&- ' ha& Sotnebody said so. o. c. Z. - '. C-SlF Invincible logic! When liobudy -l- if wjs, It draws upon its oh uimag- t 'j ," IB, Illation which Id evil continually. '?r-av Porssveral years it Iris repeated, !iP?'jBfMs- every two or three weeks, an al- S ijsffl tegal utterance of mmr old m oiim, 1 ''SuSS'SB JrtiOfe Identity has never been e-s- flStsaff tablidiod or indicated, as proof that JBf Mlslir "Jor",ons'" a rule, are J-er- !?- jurerE. "I did ii.licto the Mer- SlstljF JSE! " Uod," are the jR-jrds it Iu:o the f?il ffjg tnouUi of this phantasmal female, 'JC'"''-3i' && aH J11 them the theory is oven i& St, llwt when ilormoas" take au oath ' i$lfe3yfe '" coatt- 'key slielter thermc-Ives if 533J-;J uiKlerthiaraiseraMesopui'in. 3' S$& W We do not believe any old woman, 'rraSF & ' professedly ".MonmHi" or otherwhe, $2&g ! everaiide use of smeh a Hibterfuge. sgjm'ffs If the did it was njt a 'Jloraua" T ' ealiment. It smells like a J rAune j3 JKi fauricatlon. It tounJs like the gSpgg Ithmi tones of the "Liberal" or- JHW gaU" "J,erovcr 'torigunted, it is & ips? m' directly huMile to 'Mormon" prin- lSI Fora number of jear.s tliesame WfestSt' IBfor fold again and again a rame-fatS; rame-fatS; what f-imllsu- story about lirigham I t."SPl Young to this now credited to 'a Jt f B" truthful womaui" Ou the strengtii f?ii j-' of it a United Htates offlcial here 'v ff rapeated It In iullic,aud in August, TR'i J8SS, pahlirfud it in a iiaaiphlu. a3 r IVooTwas demanded and the Tn-j2,'.1 Tn-j2,'.1 -K Aw came to the retcue. Here U 4 what It sUJ then: H . ' if,; '-A lady told the writer of this, and &! 5 Si' ltoldaliaodred olber eoplo the l" K8- 88Iae ,,BS that rfl6 witI' al ,f T$,'Ff ether women and men were at work 1" -A X In the Theatre, prenaruiK, if we reft re-ft - f raeBiber right, for a performance, 1, $. Hf- vhsnthe now of the atsinmatton & & ft" "al an1 "" on,ar wa' Pvcn to S-i dmpetlie Theatre in Wick. A nran r "" 'aoe given name wo tbmk wa3 "i 1 -Jacob, wasarrangin- the work when i "J?i -! Brigham Yoan; earns in. Dancing ,VW J oneaefootand then on theetner ho ,2 s: Drap her Jie; drape her; J.f another eaomy of oar people iigone. i aoJ ,ne Lord sta rchras u riol.' TWa WrrtikooBu by all the old 3$ tleri and there is no djabt of her --JIs IrfeettrothfoJeeK.'' ' i 4" WeatoneesMight for the ficN, t gS.'fg- nlIeiaon8tnal Ihat there never I 1 lad Leen anylwly connected wiUi , " tta Thstfrewho js hno-.vu as r S "Jake" or -JacA" and ahoivcd ?'S-' thattto atatement about I're-ident .t";! Toong waa utterly hhv. 'fe- a tte -' of August ISSo the S'I tattfaI(T) WSwne, challenged to f-3? Preduee its veracfcius female, came 9 W &? ' OUt W,Ul thiS UbureJ t splanallon: J " "Mra. Uantwaj working at .be Silt afMii!! laka Theatre. She was oar inform- S3r Jj ant,andanoethnewe gave her htato- Mi 1U"1 " tbs Tr'Uac- vTe have not SFSl? 31f"ndUiatatement in the flies R S' tatK is not neeev-ary, as her relations It ""Ir'' abnndxnily conOrm the mm pomti ?:f8i " '""'""'y changes ihey unke -iE are trifling one. They tay the man's C name which was quoted as Jake" IIJjBKfp' wa Robert Xelen, cofctniuer at the (AJWSf Theatre that a ilrs. Ilnnt has often fe m;'S repeated to them- Brisham Yoniiff S8 went into the rtwatre where a ood s$W1Wti many peopl were at work, told the K aaIuS news, and then when wmo- t" ''"S was mid about ilraplng the Tl-e- T-ife a'ro, he seized a long piece of some "f S Jar print and moeking.y winding it fSjf ab. him. danced first on one foot t- ana u,sn "n ,u othffr. exclaiming, j.: "Drara her lljb. Drape her! Another jj - enemy oT our iople is gone, and the S t le Lord still reigaeth in Israel." f . For once the tneuilacious organ " - forgot its canning. V!iile it tir- , ; "& its umiiI dari way or ob-.-ure SeueraUtie3astitssircesofiufor i matiou. it was comparatively safe. " A truthful woman" or '-a reliable , y w gentleman" issufficieutly indefinite j " tor !t siuuaus iurnoe. JJat tliis j J ' , llmiitgivenamei. Uofonunately lis truthrul woman" wa dead. Jtat 3Ir. Robert Xesien. the well-known well-known cortmuer f the Thentre was ? veS muzh alve, or wliicii the an- 5 ncxed communication from l.im gave 'tlie best of proof: " ' , SUtor Domt -Vnr.- ; "The following statement appeared In Uw Salt Lake TrtoiuKof bandar, j Aogm-t ilfst, puq'OrtinB to embodv'a t remark made to me by the late Krig- " ,B Young, on the day on ivh'ch the news of theasa$inithmof the late j , President Lincoln reached this city:" j Tiiy say the man's name, which J was quoted as 'Jake,' was Robert Nes- - '. Un eaatumer at the Theatre, that, ai r -Mrs. Hunt has often repeated the J , - story oi hem, Rrigiiam Young went i ) Into the Theatre, where a goo.1 many J , ' peouls were at work, told the MartlioK news, and then wlien i satnediin was ssld aboot drap- lag the Theatre, he eeixed a long piece A ' m dark print and ruoc-iugly 3 . avlnding tt aboot him, dancsd firs: on " J oa foot and than on the other, ex- claiming, 'Drape her, Bob! Drajc ,' Ana-Jier enemy of our people is gone, and the Lord (-t.il refcrneth in .' " lsraeL I ', "I hereby assert, without qualifica- "?. i ,ion the foregoiog is utterly un- " " Brighain YouDg never at any " , tim r ptaee or under any circum- t t Maaeea, made any remarks of the " od,ebertomeperaonal!yorinmv , cj3 presenee. And at no time, on anv Mf i Mibjea, did he ever address me h'v K any other than my real name, which "i. Formly enstuowrof the bait Lake ayji Theatre. ;; S it-x I KE Crrr, Utah, V5 Augutt S, 1SS6." Tn "4i has since been dts- cretiy silent as to the "Drape her, j3fi !.'' irt or its duirfer of fietion. f" J" ut it still revives the other part of Jf-. thoexpfaded libel. 1 f " As to 'he veracity of the departed j - ; &S whose alleged remarks wire I ' tbv " ""tree of the Tnbunc'1 Tx-st I , , .' . lf." wo have nothing to tay. : When people are filled with bitter-' y nKfS a-aint a Church from which ttV accede no niatu-r from wiat J ean-e, they are apt to Le extreme in BT ' k 'e'natks and sometimes highly ( Jmaglnstlve in their carratlonB.; !The witness Wardell Is an Instance of this. His story told In ccuit about tho "blood atoning" of Wa Green was proven without doubt to be entirely without foundation. It Is barely possible that he told it w many times that he faucied it was true. The 7ri4une, notwithstanding the fact that William Green Is alive and has disproved the elory, with its accustomed ac-customed lack of honor and decency decen-cy has continued to repeat that bold and naked falsehood as it docs this Lincoln fabrication. Its -btt of proof" for other Etorics Is of similar simi-lar value. Tho wild-eyed fanatics who when in the Church were as extreme In onu way as they now are in another, are not to bo depended upon for fact or theory. And J et their unsupported statements, made with evident animus and often with equal Incoherence and vtndictive-m, vtndictive-m, form to other and dlflerent but just as fiery fanatics "tbc best of proof." When the news of the tragedy that plunged the nation in grltf reached this city, tho Disciiet Xems came out with turned rules mid ui:h the following announcements OUIt XATIOX MOUItXING. Upon the reception of the honify-ing honify-ing intelligence that President Liucdn had len avalnated, tlir 'Ugiiout the city busitiw-s gcuer-ally gcuer-ally v.as tupcnded, flags were drape-J lu mourning at half-mast, torc and other public buildings uerecloed and craed,thc management manage-ment of the Thtatre announced that the bill for Saturday evening wa pnsi'ur.ed to Monday, and deep gloum iialpatily rested Uwu the m:uds of the citizens. Ou Sunday the rtand and organ in in tne Talwrnacle were clad m the liabillmtnts of woe, as were also many of the cou.-reg-itiou, and Eiders W. Woodrutr, F. U. R'di-ards R'di-ards and George Q. Cannon diliv-erci diliv-erci fcA-llns and appropriate ad-t!rei--s u-ioti the solemn occasioij. In accord-uice with the recom-mendatioiis recom-mendatioiis of the acting Secretary of btate, and the desire of the l-o-ple to tufy their resiect for tho memorv of Pre-ident Abraham Lincoln, there will be public service in the Tabernacle Wednesday, at 12 o'clock, noon. KldtrAnuwiM. Lyman will ofllciate on the occasion. occa-sion. All classes of our citizens are invited to participate in the cere-mocits. cere-mocits. We do not believe thtre are any peoj-Ie mere appreciative of the life, labors and character cf Abraham Lincoln than the "J ormons" are. They admire his stcrlluz qualities, l.i un'-hakeu courage, his plain, blunt truthfulness, his magnanimity magnanim-ity of ul and his broadmiuded statts niansliip, and they cherlsli his memory 38 a martyr to a glorious cause. 1 1 is time that cither the managers orsupporters of the Tnbune put a quietus on this guerilla mode of jour-iiall-tlc warfare, tiiis bravo style oj character as isiuation. At leai-t the dead might I protected from the pen-slabbing a'ld mud-tlirouing slamlerer, and when grave accusations accusa-tions are made against men or a church, eoinetbiug more tlian the ravings of secedirs shuold be nquir-ed nquir-ed as "the best of proof." |