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Show FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY. (Apologies to News.). Do Your Remember? The flag over Z. C. M. I. was placed at half mast, under the direction of the Prophet Brig-ham Brig-ham Young. The enemies of the Saints made .a hostile demonstration, and as it was threatened that the troops at Fort Douglas would be ordered or-dered out, the flag was again hoisted We believe be-lieve that the constitution of the United States is a divinely inspired instrument. FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY Reed Smot was born. FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY Fussy James H. Anderson and E. H. Callister were annointed and set apart by Brother Brigham to organize the People's Party, while Reed Smoot was ordained as chairman of the committee com-mittee on ecclesiastical influence. After Brother Brigham had borne a powerful testimony upon the law of obeying counsel, it was impressed upon the brethren that they are free agents and that the church is out of politics. The tabernacle choir, led by Apostle Heber J; Grant, sang the anthem: "O ye mountings high, where the clear blue sky Arches over the vales of the free." |
