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Show m S?aiN3YILLE INDEPENDENT I 1 . . . . 1 .' Sam, M. Lo'&07, 8 litor and Mam.ger. 7i.r r..V 3.mT.; ,..m" mh. for transmission through tus mall as M onil-i:l:uu imiMrr. Issued every Friday, .m3oaiPTion. On year. .... Six months, Three months. C AT. 1 Loo ,"j0 ASSOCIATION A SKVEHK All !l .UGH ME NT. At its session at. Muiili which ndj mined last Saturday, f 1 1 Utah Presbytery issued a slate nient under the heading, 'The Present Sitn-uion," whicli h h severe arraignment of the religion leaders, of I ho Mnrnioi people. It stales that it i issued ' in response, to a genera! demand aiil many urgent, requests." re-quests." . ''It in what might be expe ted in vicv of the past history and recent professions mi I promises of the people ol this state." . ''In answer to tin-desire tin-desire of our "2 .'JO Presbyteries, our more than 7,001) minister-nnd minister-nnd sessions, our all bu 1.000 000 eoininun iciuils and oi r millions if a Iherent, the Presbytery of Uiah submits theia statement-1, in support of which there i- Hbuudanl evidence." The opening statement is followed by seven paragraphs which we are not ablo to re produce for lack of space, b;il which we will condense: 1 The Mormon church has returned to politics. It has decided de-cided to govern the people in this as in other regards. 2 In Addition to political control, con-trol, '"the church" has decided to take charge of the state schools. ''Non-Mormons ai certain point have been notified that, since they cannot teach what parent wish (Mormon doctrine) there is no room for them, ami they must st-ek mplovment elsewhere." 3 "Another phaso of present day Utah is that the people are being urged to 'live their religion.' re-ligion.' This would seem a desirable thing to do. Unfortunately, Un-fortunately, however, l his phrase has an application here other than that under; t ni l by people unacquainted with the 'mysteries of Mormonism ' One 'lives his religion' in Utah who has entered Hie 'celestial order of marriage' and 'cohabits' with till his wives. Of such cases more than two thousand children have come to our notice, unci this living resulted in the birth of more than one thousand children since state hood was granted. January -1, 189(5. Bee article in Tho Independent Inde-pendent for March 3 lust, by Professor M E. Jones." "That this 'situation' may bo perpetuated and this 'peculiar institution' flourish, that ubiqui tous thing known as 'church influence' so affects men that those who could testify to this lawlessness are silent, juries refuse to find indictments, and oflicors make no arrests. Hence religious adultery goes unpunished un-punished and the 'kingdom' grows apace. From the heads of the church down polygamy flourishes." 5 A boycott is placed upon nil persona in Utah who locally call attention to these matters G Mormonism is reaching out by mean j of i:pva:d of 2,00 J missionaries in the othr states. - 7 "One thing more. These 'missionaries' cany a veiled gospel. They do not say all they have to say in the "first sermon nor in any 'field' sermon. They do not even give tha people 'meat' much less 'strong meat.' They feed milk. It is safer. Better adapted to weak and sensitive stomachs. Faith, repentance, baptism by, immersion for the forgiveness i of sins 'by one having authority,' and imposition impo-sition of hands, are the Mock doctrines commanded by Joseph Smith and his successors to be taught 'to the world,' while the Adam-god, immediate revelation, revela-tion, infallibility of the priest hood, divinity of the Book of Mormon, 'celestial order of marriage,' mar-riage,' Ood as a polygatnist, Christ the husband of three wives, salvation on the ground "f , ..!,...,,,, for the d -a.i by vicarious baptism, tlit iu'y of tithe, iiiiidicit, oU-di- ence to tho priesthood in II 1 . 1..,,,,,. tier'-nr. ll or 'blood atone I " 1 ' . iiieiil !or I ho '-anion o! me 1111 jianloiiiiblo sin, and such like doctrines ilipy reserve until the digestion of the new convert is unproved mho be cantata- slroiif' meal 'A word to the! wise is sullicieiit.1' To ordinary mortals a less b:ief Matemient of 'the present situ. i: ion, in Utah' appears inadequate. 'J his controversy is not in its present condition proper subj.-ct for newspaper criticism. It tint must formally be denied liy the Moi nioii church in c-ach Hssential charge, and ihelJuh Presbytery be then culled upon fo prove these sweeping stale-nents. stale-nents. The arraigtnent cannot -afely be ignored. It does no! charge, as some of the press seem to infer, that polygamous in -images are now being o!emni.:.-d It does charge that auihoi ilative persons Me leaching that celestial marriages are nil essential part of Mormon faith; that (Jod is a po'.ygjiin is! . and that Jesus Chiist was ihe husband of three wives. The people outside of Utah are inquiring into the mailer by letters to the members of the local Presbytery, and, is staled in the statement., this goes out to answer these numerous inquiries. in-quiries. Nothing of recent years in religious m liters lias succeeded succeed-ed in stirring up such a tremendous tremen-dous excitnieul, inid it must be met and answered. There is nothing to shrink from in courting an inquiry, l'mlli will hurt nobody. 1 f it is true, the people of llu while world are entitled to the fullest information, and the Mormon church should promptly and eagerly supply the same. Those papers which see lit to resort to abuse of Ihe Utah Presbytery in lieu of a dignified reply, or discussion, dis-cussion, are making a very serious mistake. There should first be a call for the evidence and then, if not sullicieiit, is the limn to ask for a ret faction. Yesterday the remains of the late President Wilford Wood ru II were laid at rest at Salt Lake, and the church of Latter-day Saints is in mourning and in grief. At no period in its history his-tory has that organization progressed pro-gressed more solidly and firmly than under his administration,' yet for the whole period of time embraced, that gentleman has been an old man. In most part, his presidency has been one of uninterrupted growth of the church, with no apparent check to its spreading out in every direction. Under him, it has mapped out a plan upon which lo operate, where it will be brought into a competition with the countless beliefs of other denominations, de-nominations, unci where it must hold its own or fall behind in the race for supremacy without his further guidance. All denominations de-nominations in Utah have testified testi-fied us to the worth and the manliness and dignity o( this aged divine. Both in public life and in the character of a neighbor, President Woodruff wits possessed of many friends, who are now saddenod bv hi removal from a further active assistance in building up hi loved Utah, and in assisting ii the unfolding of her future his tory. The pages which be ha in the past helped inscribe are magnificent ones, ones which all the youth of the state may well tmulato with profit to them selves, honor to their friends, and glorious for Utah. There are 21U,000,000 in the national gold reserve. The Independent has been kindly favored with public documents doc-uments at the hands of Senator Frank J Cunnon, for which we are deeply grateful. Wilhelmina has been crowned queen of the Netherlands, the event taking place last Tuesday. She came of ago (18) last Wednesday, August 31st. Missouri is purling herself black in the face over the fact that she has manufactured and sob! $125,000 worth of corn col nines during the vear ending June 80 last. S. A. Keiuur is welcomed back to the field of journalinn, he having resumed the publication publica-tion of bis paper, the Great Campaign at Salt hake. With Judge Win. McCarthy in the race for nsMx-iale justice of the Utah supreme court and () J Salisbury for congress, the Republicans of this etate will have; a very strong ticket in the field. The Skelton Publishing company com-pany have issued a tran.smissis-x'ppi tran.smissis-x'ppi edition of the late Utonian I'ui' I he ore promised hy the publishers of that paper as a holiday edition on last new year's day. It is filled with wrilmpsof Piovo ii in Spring-vilhi Spring-vilhi business men and local industries. Shamed into a silence which has been very profound and very agreeable, the press of Utah which is politically opposed op-posed to President Mclvinley's administration are again on their haunches yelping. They i u; compelled to Hint silent by the outspoken admiration of f lie whole world. An old reader of Ihe paper asks us to suggest to ihe city council that a well in Evergreen cemetery would be a very accept able present to ml parties inter, esled in maintaining Mowers and ornamental plants alive on the graves within that silent city of the dead. It. would. Whv can't the people have one? Germany is anxious to have the three powers, herself, Great Britain and the United States, come to an understanding about a division of the Samoan group of island--, each one to take one of the three islands comprising the group. In about ten years the group will belong to Uncle Sam anyway, so Ibis country will wait. When you call for PeWitt's witch ha.el salve the ureal pile cure, don't accept anything else. Poti't be talked into accepting a substitute, for piles, for sores, for burns. C. J. Peterson. L'TAH'S DAY AT OMAHA, SEPT. 14 823 to Omaha nnd Return via The Hurling ton Ftotite ?.". In order to give everybody an oppor tunity to att.'iul the celebrat ion of Utah's day at the Omaha Exposition Sept. 14th, the Uiu dingtnn route will make a rate of $25 to Omaha and return. J his rate is the lowest ever offered. Ticket on sale at all the Rio Grande, Western ticket cilices. Sept. loth and 1 1 Mi. lie sure your ticket reads "via The I'.urlington'' from Ienver. T.vo trains cah way daily. Vcstibulcd Puliimin Palace sleeping cars, coaches, reclining chair cars (seats free) and dininc cars, dining din-ing cars operated on the a hi carte plan. For further information apply to It. F. Nkslkx, Traveling 1'ieight & Passenger Agent, or W, F. Mr. Mu.l.EN, Gen'l Agent, -14, South West Temple Street, Salt Lake City. Au authority says that, to make an indelible marking ink for sheep, use shellac, 2 ounces; borov,2ounces; water 25ounces; gum arabic, 2 ounces; and lamp black. Boil the borax and shellac in water until they are dissolved and withdraw from tho fire. When the solution has become cold, add water to make 25 ounces, and lamp black enough to bring the preparation to a suitable consistency. When it is to be used with a stencil, it must be made thicker than when it is applied with a brush. This formula gives a black ink; for red ink, substitute Venetian red for lamp black. Twenty Stories About Mark Twnin. Mark Twain is ths next famous fam-ous person to be "anecdotal ized" by The Ladies' Home Journal, and Ihe humorist's closest friends have sent to the magazine for its next number some twenty odd stories about him, none ol which haTe ever been printed. They are, of course, of the droll sort, but not more funny than tho "snap-shot'' pictures of Mark which his friends have also loaned tho magazine, These, too, have never been printed. Jjl CUStTtlOU. ILSl f AlUs Vr tdd Beat Uxwli Syrup. T Males l J JI In tlniK ioM hT druirxHn. ff fgSiBISCEiElSBI W. C.T. U. Department Kdilid b'4 the Spriiuji iUc I'nion. ALCOHOL AS J1KJM(.'I.K. Ir. Richard Maurice Buckc, whose paper cm "The Evolution of the Mind" appeared in the December number of the Journal Jour-nal of Hygiene, in a recent report of the asylum for the insane in-sane in London, Canada, makes the following statement concerning concern-ing ihe use of alcohol in the institution over whicli he presides: pre-sides: "As w have given up the use of alcohol, no have needed and used less opium and chloral; and as we have discontinued the us of alcohol, opium and chloral, we have needed and used less seclusion and repaint. I have, during the year just closed, carefully watched the effect of the alcohol given, and the progress of cases where, in former years, it would have bet n given, and I am morally cerlHin that the alcohol used during ihe past year did no good. With humiliation I am forced to admit that in the recent past my noble piofession has been, lo nn alarming extent, and is still loo much so, guilty of producing many drunkards in ihe land, directly or indirectly, by the reckless and wholesale milliner in which :-o many of its members have prescribed alcoholic alco-holic stimulants in their daily practice for all the aches and pains, agues and dunces, coughs and colds, inllaiiifilions and con-sti con-sti nations, fevers and chills, a! the hour of birth and at the time of death, and all intermediate inter-mediate points of life, to induce sleep and to promote wakefulness, wakeful-ness, and for all the real or imaginary ills lhat come under the eyfts of our great .lculapian descendants." As long as a bad man can conceal his meanness from you he i3 not apt to be hostile to you; but when he discovers that you are cognizant of his bad character and iniquitous deeds, he begins to bate you, and to seek opportunities to inflict serious ser-ious injuries upon you. A distinguished gentleman invited me to dine with him, lhat he might have a good opportunity op-portunity to assure me of bis warm sympathy for my temperance temper-ance principles and vork. His protestations of devotion were very strong and tender. I left his house happy in the thought that such a man had given me his confidence, affection and fiiendship. A few months afterwards, after-wards, as 1 was walking along one of Atlanta's great thorough fares, i came suddenly and unexpectedly un-expectedly upon that man just as he was emerging from a barroom. bar-room. He has not spoken to me since. My accidental discovery of his hypocrisy made him my enemy forever. j. n. n. Of all men the leaders and teachers of the people should practice total abstinence. One woman determined that her husband should know how he looked when he was drunk. She knew how he looked well enough; but the ir.an himself had a very imperfect idea of the state of the case. So once, w hen lie catue home and fell into a maudlin slumber, she sent for the photographer to come. The photographer did his work, and did it well, and when the photograph photo-graph was finished anil laid beside be-side the husband's plate at breakfast, it was a revelation. There was no chance for contradiction; con-tradiction; the sun tells no lies. How many there are who, if they could only get one view of themselves in their tipsy, maudlin maud-lin idiocy, would at once and forever change their course in life Hastings. p.in'Uf-n's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, chil-blains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to vrive perfect sati-faction or money refunded. refund-ed. Price i") cents per box. For sale by Dr. C. J. Peterson, driita'ist. Have It Hone It I if lit. Take youi watch to p. N. West and have it cleaned and tlx-'d. Work Ituu rat; teed. What We liiive Is: E'eetrio Lighted trains so thai tlo re i no d,i nger nf tire from la tups. Steam heiiieil trains, so that there can be no lire from bioken stoves. Ye-itibuled ir, tin-, whicli diaiiuishes the ehan ( of truubl" in cas.-s uf ile-raibu.'iit. ile-raibu.'iit. lto'-ic ballasteil track, which pre-venis pre-venis the "Iru!'' annojance largely. Ninety pound steel rail laid on oak ties, whicli assures you a coaifoi table ride. The absolute block signal svstem, whi. h prevents two trail) getting on the same sect ion of track at one tune. A fast limited t rain service between Omaha and Chicago with trains always al-ways on i i mi-. Iron bridges and toii" culverts which prevents danger from d'-feetiuc wooden sli ucioies. Courteous gent h-maidv c inductor and attendants which assures you a pleasant trip. All these and manv other convei.i-elu'es convei.i-elu'es will be. found on the great Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul l!v, and t hey cost you no more than via inferior lines. For rates, maps, time tahle etc call on ur write L. L. gowning. gown-ing. Ciiinne.'rehd Agent, :!ri South We-.t Temple M.. Salt Lake City. Through Tourist Sleener. Ltfective .lanuarv .'ioth and e aeh following Sunday the Kio Grande Western Itailwav will have a through tourist sleeker for Port land on train No. 1. This ear will lav over at Salt Lake City tint i 1 train No. 'i. Sunday niirhts. deliveries being made to O. S. L by this train a! Ogdeu. Ivistb iuiul ihe same car will he carried from Ojden to Salt Lake City on train No. L'.every Thursday morning. laying over at Salt Lake City for train No. 4 Tliursdav eveninus. This weekly service ser-vice will lm operated between Portland Port-land and Poston via O. Pv. & N., O. S. L., R. G. W.. C, & 15. G.. 15. I. L. S. & M. S., N. V. (J.. and !.& A. ll'vs. F. A. Wadmcioh. G. P. A. The American .Navy, Culm ami Hawaii. A portfolio, in ten parts, sixteen views in each part, of the tluest half tone pictures of the American Navy, Cuba and Hawaii has just been published pub-lished iind the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway has made arrangements arrange-ments for a special edition for the benefit of its patrons nnd will furnish the full set, one hundred and sixty pictures, for one dollar. In view of the present excitement regarding Cuba the pictures are verv timely. Send amount with full address to Geo. II. IleafTord. General Passenger Agent C. M & St. P. I5y., Chicago, 111. SO YEARS' aS3ASK EXPERIENCE si5 Trade Marks Designs Copyrights &C. ill vuuc aoii'ii.'s o r..., . .. -i---... ' quickly wertntii our opinion frto whether an InvoiitVm I probably pntontnble. ConimmiiMi-Ooim ConimmiiMi-Ooim strictly nnnHdmitlal. Handbook on Patent sent froe. Oldest neenry for sreiuine patents. Cutouts taken tlirotmh Munn it Co. recelva . a .1. ml r-i .ml rlanri nt l(,n frtnv 9PCCUU nolle?, WITllOUl CI1H1KB, in ma dilution of niiv srientitlo lonrnid. 'lVrnu. $3 a your: four months, 1. Sold by all newsdealers. ONN&Co.361Broad"a-New York Branch Ofllce, C2a V St., Washington, D. C. Smunlhtn)! on ought to know. Housekeepers Should Know Unit v. c hi c 1k':iiIiU irtots for all klnfiM of fn sh nnd cured nnJiits. Our stock is the licst inlhecity. We quote you tin- following prices: Hum per pound II cents Hicakfast Ititcon per pound. .11 ceiiO tlry Suit Baron per pound Scents Huloioia Satisit 'O pi-r pound . 10 cents ('in'ose per pound l.i cents To pounds for "Scents I, aid per pound Ill cents Erdman & Son. Ono half block south from hank Im'ldln;. J. K. UowdolP Gonoral 23 1 1 C IZ. S XTL 1 1 ll . HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY, j Carriages and Wagons Repaired. j Sprinqvillc, - Utah.! Tonsorial Artiste All Work Hotie in the Highest Style of the Art. Corufortab'e Path-room Path-room Attached. Too 25 cents. .Shop. Union Bank Building, Surinpille- G.E. ANDERSON PORTRAIT AND PHOTOGRAPHER. Dealer in FRAMES, PICTURE FITTINGS and GLASS in all sizes, Pietuivscop icd and enlarged by home artists, Pictures of family grou t . st i j k o rany subjects sub-jects taken on the spot. Kep your Money at Home. SITING VI U.K. t'TAU. K. 0. T. !i. Springville Tent No. 9 meets In re jular review every Tuesday eventnij at 3.00. Visitin Sir Knights ruade wi 1codo I. X. WiUTT.Kf:n, Coin. Eujot N. JonAX. It. K. J )R- F. DUNN," : PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ill calls Promptly kiWM Cay ar Fitbt.-: iur-eu;; K O. W. U. !:. Oflko and Ral- i 4-(ieu wit i J. W It r-i it irsl. 1V1 plinuo CMiinect loua. EO- SMART. M. D. Fhysioian and Surgeon. hliecand Uesidenee, 1 block north of Packard's store. fiMNoviM.K, - - Utah. IT. H. PACKARD, Surgeon Dentist, AM. WOliK (if A It A XTKF.D. --" Otllce and Residence, 2 blocks went of lioyer Hotel. SpriuEviile, Utafc. P. E. HOUTZ SliaSiHg Pea Artist and Sip Writer. Di'sinner nnil nmkeror Family Ki'irord. Rlrthdny mid Calling Curds. Etc. Sl'RINtiVI LLK UTAH. James caffkey, NOTARY PUBLIC SPKINGV1LLE, UTAH. It is worth 15 cents to look nice, Is It not:- An eaiy, pleat shave will make you look nice, and you can get it st the Harbor Shop of fcAMOS BROWN. Next Dour to P. () Styllsli Hair Cuts Always Ua Stook, . .... ........ X...... How to invest Savings Securely and Profitably. . Place them in the Midland Savings & Loan Co. What the following amounts will produce on 10 shares: Monthly Yearly Total Coninnund Pr deposits, deposits, deposits, profits. Vmliin. 417 00 . t.WS.40 5.S9 Cli 110 1000 Kii.oo r, 2. oo leco OVK SPECIAL FEATUliES: No membership fee. No withdrawal fee; No tines on investment stock; A definite contract no uncertalntr; A guarantee that In case of death of member all money paid' will be returned re-turned to his heirs. For furtiier particulars par-ticulars apply to J, M. Westwood, Local Treas. SPUING VI LLE. UTAH. WHITNEY & PIERCE- Contractors Builders. ANIi- Mill work (lnnn with quickness and dispatch. Building material furnished when desired. Bee keepers supplies a specialty. I mi 1 mu e. onm creaany. SPR1NGVILLE - - - UTAH. DR. KARL Q. MAESER'S "School and Fireside" i now nubltshnd. No school, no llrsrids lx romplota without tt. A modern, band-yotuo band-yotuo hook, iu threw tVylcs, 2.00 $2.75 $3.75 containing 410 panes including IS ole;int bulf-toiif portrait. Krontup'ec It full patro picture of Dr. Matter. A renins re wanted In all parts of the United Mates, Utah in particular. MILLIONS of books r btilntr puhllshocl ar.ntiullv. tliouyabils of can hwih srs sellinct thoni, hut only it LIMITKP few arc worth your tlnm to rend. Tell ths i n nv iiser o when he rail on ton nd MI Y HU. MAI.SKH S lltiOK. Acntt wanied. Write for otiu. n: sKEr. roy tk.s'W.v; cn. I'l iivo, t"l:ih |