| Show CHURCH PROPERTY r t 0 i the pending question ruled upon by 17 the he supreme court opet opel AID i I 1 I 1 the bezal to bf be raid paid ni bad the ht it ra 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 mallinder mal lider to t ba be held neld kj by th lie ite felver I 1 I 1 f fr f yet I 1 aimed mimed charity 0 1 washington mar alay 25 aben the su supreme reme court last term upheld the 4 I 1 constitutionality 0 of f the tile edmunds law 2 hj by which the property of the lata late cori co po horation por atlon ration of the church of jesus christ at 1 0 of f latter litter day sainta saints otherwise known I 1 as the mormon church waa was escheat escheat ed to the united states S tat e it found it I 1 belf in a somewhat e embarrassing mbarr assing position A the doctrine d of 0 escheat was 1 quite tink unknown nowa in this country and no p purpose urpo considered laudable and proper of a similar nature ty ta that for which waca the property was formerly deed used was known for what the property 1 I could be devoted the court therefore instead of tending sending be the decree i down wit withheld it a it strong 1 I tion being conveyed of the desire desir 0 of the court bourt that congress should by 4 law direct a disposition to be made 0 of f the property congress having failed acs adopt tha th suggestion the court through justice bradley braille 7 today to day made a flaat 10 lo at order in the case and modified in 1 a same respects the decree I 1 it entered at last the modification I 1 midi made i recites that the Alor mormon mort cor corporation having been dai dis there daei not exist 11 I 1 now any trusts or purposes es the objects and for or which the personal properly property waa was 0 originally r acquired for which any I 1 I 1 party of the per personal pers onil property could Q be used eor or dedicated dedic dedi aed caled that are I 1 not no in part opposed to public I 1 policy and good morals I 1 and furthermore there does 1 not exist any person or corporation legally entitled to any of th abs tbs aper person on alty a ity as successors of the late church the decree then says the personal property having devolved to the united slates states it should be devoted to such charitable uses lawful in character as may most nearly correspond to its former destiny unless in the meantime congress shall otherwise direct or shall report some scheme which shall meet the approval of the 1 co court a A for lot a disposition of the property the decree finally directs that the property and all accumulations remain rei I 1 la in custody ot of the receiver until I 1 otherwise ordered and that oat out of it 1 1 the costs of euit suit and receivership be paid the utah supreme court is diorec directed te d to take the necessary proceedings I 1 cee ce diaga the walla walla Lyach log I 1 WALLA WALLA wash may 24 the court of inquiry into the lynch in ing g of ihunt by soldiers so far as the I 1 taking of testimony vis is concerned has closed the court will ai ay rive at Us its I 1 conclusions tomorrow to morrow and forward its report to the war department the soldiers say they lynched hunt because they heard beard that the prosecuting 1 I attorney would not convict the because the gamblers contributed I 1 tributes tri buted hutel to the fund at hia his election colonel compton the commandant in t was again put on the stand he ile I 1 made laide a statement in which be he wished to make clear the reason which governed his actions he ile concluded c as follows As inott inquiries i ries pro press gress concerning this matter it shows that nearly all the participants are young men from 22 to 20 26 years of 0 age and of no service previous to their I 1 pree pres nt rit enlistment I 1 have been in I 1 the army for thirty years and the system upon which its former workings were based seems to be bec changing I 1 within the last four years a new code of military ethics has been produced this code has a tendency to separate I 1 a go soldier idler from hia his officers to a very wide degree this new code of government produces results more and more apparent every day tc we elive live I 1 the n old id unswerving loyalty odthe of the I 1 soldier for bis his officer is is fast list disappearing discipline is becoming irksome restriction bring considered as an at affliction afi ali I 1 filc tion and proper reproof has in some instances ine been deemed an in fa salt suit and aroused anger |
