Mormonism Hnd the Case of Reed Smoot T is just three years since the sen ate committee on elections took up the questi the right of Reed Smoot to occupy a seat in of congress, All this time the fas been in progress at the country Is expecting a report the subjec t before the close of the ent session. The chairman of th mittee, Senator Burrows of Mi¢ says he will Insist that a rej made before the members of again go to thelr homes and the © of legislation again cease to grind the course of the Investig {interesting and startlin been elicited about Mot practices of its adherent tions have been presented t against the reten nber of that body ator Perkh oath also u cerel gone TT STATUR BRIGHAM CITY present prays the Al the upon nl, dent to be the eldest son who originated Mor: to be the tter's legitin al successor He Is now seventy-two years old, The quarrel two branches of Mormonism dates back many years and has to do with incidents connected with the stormy experiences of the Latter Day Baints in Illinois In the early part of the last century. ‘The sect which has its head quarters in lowa terms Itself “The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,” and its members do not call themselves Mormons, They do not practice polygamy and have sent missionaries to Utah to preach against the doctrine, According to the testimony of one of these men, Elder E. C. Briggs, he had to eall for the law's protection against Balt Lake City Mormons when he undertook to de nounce the institution of polygamy, a circumstance which, It Is alleged, Indl cated approval of the doctrine by the Mormon leaders In Utah, President Smith and other officers of the so ealled “original” or reformed branch of the Latter Day Saints gave important tes. timony against the Utah Mormons be fore the senate committee, hetween these Other Important witnesses were Charles A. Bmurthwaite of Ogden, | Utah, a rector of the Beck Salt works, who became an apostate be cause he was driven out of business by Fg “aposties’ trust,” and Professor Walter N. Wolfe, former teacher of geology In 18 Brig Young's college at Was excommunjcn ARMSTRONG OF ROCHESTER Senntor at the Head of the Famous Insurnnece Committee, The committee of the New York leg lature which conducted the Investiga- neerning life insurance opera- hrust a great many prominent into the lmelight I'he in has been concluded, the has been digested into the f a report, and recommendations pon it have been handed In to islature for such action as that body may see fit, and the public begins to realize the magnitude of the task perforn . Much of the success of the due to the personal ONNRNN wa oh NON " LAN NNN SENATOR W. W. ARMSTRONG. + EwPICUO US of the 411 oe, Charles y guided the Spanish-American fracas Is made to parallel the great civil conflict. It has produced a school book war. The author of a new United States school history omitted the incl dent of General Funston's swimming the Bagbag and excuses the extraor dinary dereliction by saying that he Investigated the Incident and found by the testimony of eyewitnesses and offi cial war department records that Fun ston crossed the Bagbag on a bridge Here's another story lllustrative of Ben Franklin's foresight and philosoph- feal reach of mind, Some one sald of his drawing the electricity from a cloud with the kite, “But what is the use of it?” Franklin replied, “What is the use of a baby?” It 1s a decided compliment that the peace societies of Italy pay to George Washington by that movement to make the birthday of the Father of His Coun- try a holiday the world over for mani festations In favor of pais, It must be discouraging for the | admizal to have him dismissed from the Naval academy for hazing. There will be no warm welcome at home for i | am father of a budding American es be we warm we BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 19086. £. H. Deinze, Che Napoleon Of Copper HEN it w nounced a few days ago tha , Augustus Heinze bad won his fight against the Amalgamated Copper company and its Standard Ol backers men familiar with the dapper little mining King were rreatly sur prised. There are few me who stand fn ANCE winning when the battle m as John D. Rocke- Rogers, Senator W. A expouents of what on calls “the sys ” gen knows A to play both that the two and be has anything The the better he ; 18 considered to AR) ont od offi s Menled the su larg: buty hobody doubted it was a good deal Ih excess of $10,000,000, The effect of fhe settlement will be to re lease the Amalgamated mines In Mon tana from the Injunctions obtained by Heinze 8ud permit the working of val uable v# ns to be resumed The ‘®" tn the name of Mr. Heinze stands £ir Frederick, and he was call od Frife as a boy, but he now goes by his mighile name of Augustus, He Is the wom of an New York merchant and was Born In New York in 1860. On graddlting from the School of Mines of C#lkhmbia university in 1880 he start od fof Montana, Fis first job was that of arlllasistant engineer on the “inside” of ti EBoston and Montana mine, and his y was 85 a day, During the day he bhed patiently 1,000 feet be Bhe surface in overalls and laced | os. He studied the trend and | the copper veins and compared tes with the surface location of fclalme, When he eame out of the | he washed up, put on his “claw | er” evening sult, one of the first n Butie, and dined as though in house on Fifth avenue. The min led him “dude,” but they soon that he was no tenderfoot. two years of practical work in Helnze went to Germany ut two years there In study of sy. Then he returned to this ceribed THOMAS P. FOWLER. The Chnlirman of the New York Life Investigating Committee, Powell Fowler, of trustees of reports «1 that the wen (llegally pald by New York ised legal actions Fhe Call of Young Egypt. Editorial, Local News. Bec. nartial REGISTER. Thurs March 15: Wm. Martz + ore TFT . thie brother : Ol deal ft of his new Egypt movement Is not to westernize the peo ple, but to maintain their pride of race used over seventy Yeapg LUT ER American Schenck's Mandrake Pills have™een ‘A Household Word inthe homes of the United States through three generations, Their Purity snd Absolute harm. leseness, as well as their uniailing have firmly established them at a household necessity SCHENCK'S MANDRAKE PILLS A sure cure for Constipation, Indi. fon, Sick Meadache, Giddi ness, Nausea, Flatule and DiMousness, Liver Complaint, aundice, ete, Dr. J. M, Schenck & Son, Philadoiphia, Pa. THE “Queen Quality” a knack of described by the word perfect, But few Shoes at any price—and done at the same price~approach its excellence in these respects, We are showing an unusual assort- ment embracing the new styles of these famous Shoes for which we have the sole agency Oxfords and boots cost $2.50 and $3.00 respective. “Custom Grade same $1.00 and $1.50 respectively. 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