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I WHY THE MORMON CHURCH HAS
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Salt Lake City, Utah, March 5. Apos
tle Reed Smoot is not the real culprit at
barbefore-the-isenate efthe United
states. It Is the Mormon church. .
- The Investigation now )n progress be-"
fore the senate committee on privileges
and , elections to determine , whether
Smoot shall hold his seat is without a
precedent In that not one , charge is
made affecting the personal fitness of
the man elected senator from Utah. He
la accused of no crime. His honesty,
uprightness and ability are hot : ques
tioned. No bribery is alleged In bring
ing about his election i No ; technical
point Is raised as to the procedure of
the legislature which chose him. The
charges are against the governing auth
orities of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, and Reed Smoot
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must bear the brunt because he la one
of them and is asking for recognition as
a senator of the United States. As a
director in the corporation, he must as
sume his share of the responsibility for
ita acts. If the corporation la convicted,
he must be the sacrificial lamb.
The people of Utah are more dee"pty
Interested In the result of the Smoot
inquiry than they were In the case of
Brlgham II Roberts, elected representa
tive in congress from Utah and rejected
by the house. The Issues Involved more
vitally affect the future development of
the state. Roberts was accused of vio
lating the law. i His fate served notice
that a poly gam 1st muBt not be sent to
either house of congress. The present
flght is broader. The following charges
are made against the Mormon church:
First Winking at polygamy and even
encouraging It clandestinely.
Second Interfering In politics.
- Third Interfering In business.' " .
Of these three Issues, the greater
mass, of non-Mormon and progressive
Mormons In Utah regard the second as
the most Important. On It depends to
a large extent the remedy for the first.
The Charon and Vomica. '
Vividly mindful of past legislation
affecting the practice of their , peculiar
religion, and apprehensive of the fu
ture, the Mormon chiefs determined to
secure, a foothold In the halls of the
national legislature. The policy -of the
church, since Joseph Smith, Its founder,
became a candidate for the presidency
of the United States, has been to ex-
having for Ita object the attaining of
political power. It la all part of the
announced plan of the Mormon people
to "build a temporal kingdom."
Reluctance on the part of non-Mormons
to receive the political dictation of
the Saints caused this object of the
church to be kept In the background.
Nevertheless, the Mormon rulers have
continued the struggle, despite their
pledge to stop It when Utah waa ad
mitted to the Union. In the domain of
national politics the Roberts experiment
failed... Roberta waa cast out by con
gress for personal unfitness; nofhlng of
the sort could be proved against Smoot,
the church leaders reasoned, and if he
could be elected he could retain his seat.
To win the election was not difficult.
The faithful were given the message
from the authorities, to vote for legis
lative nominees favorable to Smoot's
candidacy. Word issued forth that "the
time has come for the voice of an
apostle of Ood to be heard in the halls
of congress."
Twenty-two years ago Apostle George
Q. Cannon, elected delegate to congress
from Utah, waa refused permission to
take his seat on the ground that he waa
a polygamist. At that time he made a
prophecy, declaring he spoke by divine
Inspiration, that he would return to con-
I
AT THE THEATRES
The war plaw 'la with us, having
taken a newly grim hold on stage life
-with the advent of the Oriental clash.
Fortunately no Japanese-Russian plays
have yet broken forth, to astonish and
confound, and the gallery gods and
matinee girls may yet hiss at and tear
fully enthuse over the blue-coated vil
lain and hero of the vintage of 1863.
Just why a story of the Civil war
should prove a paying Investment under
such chanted conditions, seeing that
war plays generally died an unremun
eratlve death some ' years ago, Is a
psychological problem above the critic
of mere dramatics. But whatever be
the cause as long as Jap and Buss pound
each other In their own pet way there
will be a field the civilized world over
for war plays . of any species and ths
man who hatea war dramaa may Just
as well prepare to stay at home or meek
ly bear the burden.
purlng the first exciting weeka of the
Spanish engagement, when It looked as
though some - American soldiers might
he seriously Injured or even maimed by
the coffee-colored - Dona, every theatre
In the land that had a war play had Ita
" S. R. O." sign swaying In the breeze.
AMhe close of the last act the heroine,
or some abler ' substitute, appeared
wrapped In Old Glory and white Swiss
muslin and sang America, while the
calcium flashed on the colored lights,
the orchestra strained at the upper-register,
while the audience shouted,
kicked, pounded, aang and howled Ita
patroltlsm, then went . out protesting
loudly against the slamp tax.
People who ought to know better
that Is thbse of mature years wx en
thusiastic In war times over theatrical
representations of war, and: as an Indi
cation of continued patriotism, though
of a frothy kind, this exhibition , may be
valuable. But from a dramatie, artis
tic and critical Btahdpolnt thewar play
Is generally a delusion, a Jumble of
Btrange and wonderful speeches, wlerd
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gress and be seated. Cannon died with
out this having come, to pass, but the
Mormons believe that the seating of an
other apostle of the church. wlll amount
to a fulfillment of the phophecy, sus
taining their doctrine of modern revela
tions from God. - There' were many
other- reasons why the church leaders
wished to send an apostle. One of them
was that he could be relied on better td
carry out their desires. Being himself
One of the church leaders, he could keep
in better touch with their needs and
wishes. . As an apostle, he would be
bound by his obligations to accept in
temporal affairs the decision of the
'quorum." He would be more amenable
to discipline. Moreover, the election
and seating of an apostle would serve
notice on the younger Mormons of the
great desirability of seeking ecclesias
tical advancement as a stepping stone to
political honors, and would therefore
arouse greater Interest In church work.
Unmindful of Warnings.
Unmindful of warnings from within
and without the church, over the pro
tests of many devout Mormons who ob
jected to the principles Involved in this
step, the leaders ' . persisted In their
course and brought about the election of
Keed Hmoot. wow tne progressive ele
ment of the citizens of Utah have
asked the senate and people of the
United States to help them settle this
question:
"Shall the Mormon" church be per
mitted to send one of its apostles to
congress and to remain a powerful po
litical organisation 7"
The church has made the Issue. It
has selected Reed Smoot as Its cham
pion. Therefore, the eyes of the nation
are on him.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
day Saints has sent to Washington abler
men -than this son of a wealthy Ken
tucklan and a Norwegian immigrant,
but it has never sent a man better liked
personally by tboBe - who know him.
George Q. Cannon, the . Mormon Rich
elieu, who first went as delegate to con
gress over a quarter of a century ago.
waa a man of marvelous keenness and
diplomacy and great readiness In de
bate. Brlgham H. Roberts, another
polygamist, is a deep thinker, pos
sessed of strong personality, magnetism
and power before an audience. Reed
Smoot Is a careful banker, an active
business man and an earnest believer In
his religion. Tall, well-knit, erect, with
brown hair, a drooping brown mous
tache, cleancut features and clear,
steady blue eyes, ho Impresses an un
prejudiced person on first meeting as
likable and sincere rather than brll
liant Hfs firm step and quick decisive
answers in ordinary private conversa
tion betoken the business man, and this
is what he essentially is. He Is the
"leading citizen" of the beautiful little
city of Provo, nestled at the base of
the Wasatch mountains. There his
wealth Is largelyinvested, and there he
enjoys general personal popularity and
Influence among Mormons and non-Mor
mons, largely because of his geniality
and Integrity.
Reed Smoot Is decidedly human. His
prototpye Is found In . cities and vil
lages all over the United States, with
variations according ' to - environment.
He Is devoted to his family, his busi
ness and his religion, but red blood
flows In hla veins, and he has a taste
for a good story, pleasant companionship
and wholesome sport. V
oma Human Traits.
An' Incident: Illustrating his love for
horseflesh and sport took place Immedi
ately after he was "called and set apart"
as an apostle. In the spring of 1900. He
owned at that time one of the fastest
horses that ever trotted over the streets
of Provo. "Uncle Jesse" Knight, a
uniforms and waving of dress swords,
pasteboard ships, wooden horses and
canvas prisons.
A Cleveland writer recalls some inter
esting slips jjnads by- nervous actors at
performances which have ' come under
his observation. The first is that of the
Judge in the trial scene of "Resurrec
tion" in the Bugenle Blair production.
The Judge said, Impressively JThere are
seven votes for acquittal, five for con-
Yituuii uio buuubcu is iuuiiu guilty: M
Another young stage hero should have
exclaimed valiantly: "As long as I live
I will never drink another drop!" The
audience was electrified, however, by
hearing htm shout: "As long as I live, I
will never drop another drink!"
The third is ascribed to Dan Daly,
who In early days had the line: "The
king la dead; long live the king!" At
the first performance Daly shouted to
the soldiers: "Long live the king; he's
dead!" ' -
Fourth and last, it la told of a young
woman In Sot'hern' company, that in
stead of saying: "No divorce can separ
ate a mother from her son," she em
phatically told the audience that "no
divorce can separate a Sothern from
hla mon!" . '
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Henry E. Dlxey has offered the only
logical excuse for yie failure of J. M.
Barrie's "Little Mary," in this country
that has yet crept Into public print.
"Little Mary" has been one of the un
qualified hits of the London season, and
Charles Frohman counted on U to make
jl big hit In this country. It lasted Just
three weeka at the Empire theatre in
New York, and after a brief road trial
waa finally taken off. Dixie, who waa
In the cast was recently asked If he
could - explain why "Little Mary" had
failed ao sadly In America. The reply
was: -
"That's easy to answer. It waa an
English comedy, written by a Scotchman,
played by Americana before an audience
that' had other limitations.". .
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Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Mme. Sarah
Bernhardt . are the . closest of friends.
Whenever the divine Sarah plays Lon
don, Mrs. Campbell atanda in the. wings
and, closely watches every move ' and
gesture made by the great French act
ress. Bernhardt says that '' Mrs.
Campbell's artistic career baa Just be
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PROVO. UTAH.
wealthy mine owner 'of the little city,
la also a lover Of blooded horses, and
he waa anxious to match one of his ani
mals against Smooth's. At that time
Smoot was neither' senator nor apostle,
but merely , a plain -business man and
banker. The race was arranged, and
the date set. All Provo was Interested.
Then Smoot was made apostle. " "Uncle
Jesse" and the,- othera . thought thla
meant the. event would be called off.
Knight met him on the street the next
day and said, regretfully:
"Well, Reed, now .that you have been
made an. apostle. I suppose that race of
ours won t be mn."' , ,
"That's Just where - you're wrong,
'Uncle Jesse,',' was the unexpected re
ply, "That race still goes."
And it did go. . And Apostle Smoot,
i driver, sent his horse to victory.
This love of horses comes naturally.
Reed Smoot's father, Abraham Owen
Smoot, was born in Owen county, Ken
tucky, In 1816. . His parents were Vir
ginians, his paternal grandfather was
Scotch . and his grandmother- German.
Abraham became a wealthy planter and
a slaveholder, as well as an owner of
fine horses. Converted to the Mormon
faith in 1835, he followed Joseph Smith
to Kirtland, O., and Far West, Mo., and
Brigham Toung to Salt Lake, reaching
Utah in 1847. Active as a missionary
and as a religious worker, he gained a
high position ins the church. He was
elected the first justice of the peace in
Utah, and served several terms as mayor
of Salt Lake City. In 1868 he. moved
to Provo, now a prosperous city of 8,000
inhabitants, in the heart of a rich agri
cultural area. He was several times
elected mayor of the city, and at the
time of his death was president of the
"stake," or diocese.
Abraham Smoot had several wives.
The third, Anna Kirstine Mouritzen, a
native of Brekka, Norway, ' bore him a
son In Salt Lake City, January 10, 1862,
who was named Reed.
Education and Career.
Reed Smoot was given as good an edu
cation as was available there In the
pioneer days. He went to the church
schools, and graduated from what is
now the-Brlgham Young university at
Provo. After leaving school, at the age
of TT -rears, he started in as a porter in
the Provo Co-Operative Mercantile insti
tution, sorting potatoes anddoing other
menial work. Eighteen months later
he had risen to be manager. He studied
the manufacture of woolen cloth, , and in
1884 became manager of the Provo
Woolen Mills company, a position he
still holds. His rise In business con
tinued to be rapid. His father was sup
posed to be a man of considerable
wealth. When the elder Smoot died a
few years ago It waa found the estate
was so heavily Involved that, after pay
ing the debts, there would be little left
to distribute to the numerous family.
Reed persuaded the other heirs to or
ganise the Smoot Investment company,
to take over all the property of the es
tate. He managed this company so ably
that In a comparatively short time it
was free' of debt and paying handsome
dividends. Reed Smoot's business inter
ests are widespread.' He owns sheep and
cattle and horses In numbers, and Is in
terested in a number pf mining compa
nies, notably the Grand Central, of which
he Is vice-president, and which has paid
several hundred thousand dollars in divi
dends. Among his official positions are
the following: President Provo '"Com
mercial & Savings bank, director Deseret
National, Deseret Savings, and Utah Na
tional banks of Salt Lake; manager
Provo Woolen mills, president Smoot
Drug company of Provo, president Provo
Book & Stationery company, director in
Zion's Co-Operative Mercantile Institu
tion, Salt Lake; director Clark-Eldredge
company, wholesale grocers. Salt Lake;
gun. The latter looks like a very young
woman, notwithstanding the fact that
she has a daughter of 16 years of age
and a son in the English navy. Mrs.
Campbell and her husband, ' who was
killed In South Africa in 1800, eloped
at the age of 26 and 17, and the marriage
contrary to the prediction of 'the wise
acres proved a passionate love match
until Mr. Campbejl's death.
One of the. press associations recently
pent out an article about Mrs. Flake
designed to be complimentary to that
noted actress, illustrated by her por
trait, and In it committed an amusing
error, which the picture of Mrs. Fiske
juxtaposed made all the plainer.
The article complimented Mrs. Fiske
on her great success as an Independent
actress, and after noting her plans as
to further work with Ibsen, adds that
Mrs. Fiske "has been famous on the
stage almost since babyhood," and that
"although nearly SO years old, she has
the face and figure of a girl of 22."
Mrs. Fiske laughed when she saw
this statement, and good-naturedly said:
"It is difficult to understand Just why
my age, or the age of any. player, should
be considered of importance sufficient to
form the subject of a special dispatch to
the newspapers. In the circumstances,
however, I may be permitted to reveal
my age as 88. Surely 38 years is hard
enough to bear." Seattle P. I.
Gus Kerker, writer of many clever
musical comedies, has at last rebelled
against this Inane form of amusement,
and declares, "No more silly comedies
for me." And thla declaration comes
from the man who wrote "The Tele
phone Girl," "The Belle of New York."
"Castles in. the. Air." etc., Mr. Kerker
believes the time has come for a halt,
he says:
- "The time la ripe for some one to
make productions of real comlo opera,"
He further says: "Musical comedy aa
it has existed for soma time is simply
a thing of shreds and patches.' The
public Is certainly tired of it the suc
cessive failures of the present season
prove that beyond a doubt. The manager
won't' have singers, and In their com
panies they want nothing but ' pretty
faces and comedians with comic 'mugs.'
Finally, I believe that there la a large
enough class of people who like good
musio-to make a return to the more
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director San Pedro, Los Angeles A Salt
Lake railroad, of which Senator W. A.
Clark la president - His personal wealth
is estimated , at 1500.000.
Always active In church work; he
spent several years -as a missionary In
England, Belgium, "Holland, Germany,
8 wltserland, Italy, and France. He rose
rapidly In ecclesiastical positions, until
in 1900. he was made an apostle. It Is
generally believed that he was ch6sen
for that position largely because the
church needed In ita extensive, business
matters the shrewd Judgment he had dis
played In his own affairs.
-. Xls Happy Home.
It has been rumored that Smoot is a
polygamist, but no tangible evidence has
been brought out to prove this. His
MRS. REED SMOOT.
most intimate friends are sincerely con
vinced that he Is a monogamist, Cer
tain' it is hat even current gossip in
hla home city up to the time of hia elec
tion aa senator connected hla name with
only one wife. She waa formerly Miss
Alpha M. Eldredge, daughter by a plural
wife of Horace S. Eldredge, a wealthy
pioneer Mormon of Salt Lake. They
were married September 17, 1881, and
have six children, ranging from Harold
Reed, aged 16 years, io Ernest, the baby,
a little over a year old three boys and
three girls. Mrs. Smoot is a quiet pleas
ant woman of retiring, domestic tastes.
She is devoted to her husband and child
ren, and It Is safe to say that there are
few happier homes In the United States
than the comfortable brick residence in
Provo that Is the domicile of the Smoot
family. Two blocks distant from the
Provo Commercial & Savings hank,
which was his principal business head
quarters before he became a senator,
busy-man though he was. he was wont
to hasten thither each evening to be wltn
hlB wife and children.
"I won't talk business after ( o'clock
except In emergencies," he hka fre
quently said. "My evenings belong to
my family." .
But after he became an apostle his
evenlrtgs at home became less frequent
because of the necessity for, htm to at
tend so many religious meetings. Ever
since he announced his senatorial candi
dacy his time has been more and more
taken outside the home. However, he
had an ambition, his fellows among the
authorities decided that he should go,
and the sacrifice had to be made of peace
and the quiet pleasures of domestic life.
His public experience had been lim
ited. . He was a trustee of the state In
sane asylum and trustee of the Brlgham
Young university at Provo, a Mormon in
stitution. To the United States senate
was a big leap, but he made It easily.
The election of Smoot and the pre
sentation of his credentials brought the
Issues Involved strongly to the attention
of the country. What had been largely
a local Issue became national In Its char
acter. The Mormons exercise great In
fluence In Idaho and other states. If
successful In electing an apostle to the
senate from Utah, this would encourage
them politically in other states, until in
time the hierarchy might even hold the
balance of power in congress on a close
vote. Some of. the leading citizens of
Utah filed a protest against allowing
him to take his seat, giving numerous
grounds, summarized at the beginning
of thla article. People all over the coun
try took up the matter. The senate com
mittee on prlvllegea and election8 de
cided to make an exhaustive inquiry into
the subject, and now the light is being
turned on Mormonlsm. Copyright, 1904,
by E. B. Palmer.
(The next article of this series will
be "The Church In Politics," showing
how the Mormon church wins elections
and makes and unmakes men.)
legitimate forms of musical entertain
ment extremely desirable."
Many have been surprised at the fre
quency with which Clyde Fitch turns
out his plays, and have wondered ' where
he gets his material. After reading
an Interview with Mr. Fitch. It Is. not
difficult to understand. He sees material
everywhere. There are complexities
and complications In the lives of the
most uninteresting people,. he says;
"I am intensely Interested in the' life
of today, I think the life abont us, right
in New York, the vital, modern life, Is
the most prolific of any I could find for
stage purposes. I wish to represent It
and represent it truthfully. I wish to
be an absolute realist; to paint with no
uncertain touches the realities of life
as I see them, experience them and sym
pathize with them."
"Don't you think, . Mr. Fitch," was
asked, "that the public, when it goes to
the theatre, wants , something besides
realism T Doesn't - It. demand romance,
food for the Imagination as well as
for the mlndt"
"But modern Ufa la full of romance,"
answered Mr. Fitch. "It is everywhere
about us. You can't escape it. You
have -got your romance, and we all have.
"Every one's, life has In it the neces
sary elements for a drama or story.
Each one of us has a fourth act. We
can't escape It. It la there, Inexorably
there. "
"You take a poor little achool teacher
in a small western city. She teaches
school all day and goes home to ft board
ing house at night. You would think,
looking at (t casually, that there was lit
tle Interesting, little of the romance
there; but her life has its fourth, act
Just aa aure aa fate.
'It may come to her In the form of a
love affair, a poor little love affair; or it
may come in the form of a tragedy
when age . finds her and ahe la dropped
from the place which she haa filled for
ao many years; or again, the tragedy
may be in the absence of the love affair
that she haa looked lorward to and
never experienced. , ,
"l use that as rather a far fetched
comparison. - How muffh more interest
ing la. the life of the city dweller with
all- the complications of - motives that
cornea from crowded lives!'' -
Referred took Canned Oooda.
Allen & Lewta'-Beat. Brand. . .... ,
SEEING 'PARSIFAL"
New York, March 1. 1904. My Dear
Mrs. Yesr we have Been "Parsifal," and
-says he la ao glad because now he
doesn't have to. We had our seats one
minute before, the performance, and it
was only through the courtesy of Mr.
Conrled that we were able to procure
good ones. Me la ceriainiy me prince i
impresarios and knows hla public well
the dear public that can be bo easily
led and. fed. We hear much of this
most sacred music-drama, its religious
spirit, the devotional attitude of the few
thousand reverent listeners at each rep
resentation. , True, the silence of the
vast audience was most Impressive, but
was it religious emotions? No! You
have probably read all about the play,
and know the story I was going to aay
plot but , there , la none. The whole
performance la an Incongruoua mixture
of . pagan rites., mythology and . chrta
t.lanltyr.and If Wagner'e Intention waa to
cater to ' all the elemental passions of
humanity, he could not have succeeded
better. : .
The first act 1 superb, and when the
curtain was lowered I could not believe
that nearly two' hours had passed since
we first looked spellbound upon the
scene, but the spell was rudely broken.
as I marveled at the "reverential" atti
tude of .the crowd wending Its way out
for dinner. ' The ; opera began at five
In the afternoon. At 6:45 an Intermls
sion of two hours, then back again for
the remaining two acts, .which lasted
until near midnight. I was ao entranced
by the first part and so impatient to
return that dining was a mere pretense.
But what disappolntmentwas mine! The
suggestion of eating was bad enough.
but to be dragged down to earth by the
worldliness of the second act was shock
ing from an ethical point of view and
more than I could comfortably endure.
I should like very much to see . It
again with you, especially the magic
scene, where" the flower maidens disport
among the flowers seeking with bold and
wanton behavior to allure Parsifal, the
guileless fool, and disputing with one
another for his possession. All. this, of
course, to appropriate and most sensuous
music, wnen Kunary, the enchantress,
appears reclining In- a sort f floral au
tomobile couch. Then she did a turn
which --lands him at last that is, , so
far aa to throw himself by her side.
Have you.ever heard of the George King-
burgsTaller As "parsifal;
"The Gutless Fool," taken from life
and that crooked leg is no caricature.
gold kiss? Well, that was the mere
touch of a butterfly's wing to this.
Kundry throws one arm around Paral
fal's neck, with the other hand she
holds up a diaphanous scarf partially
concealing their heads, but his whole
body Is full of life, and oh my! oh
my!!
Zaza'a and Sapho'a wiles were as pale
moonbeams compared to the glare and
beat of this full-orbed sun. "Religious
fervor," Indeed. A "holy show," say I.
In the last act Parsifal Is made up as
Christ, and Kundry, who was Herodiaa
and Venus, is transformed into Mag
dalen. These metamorphoses were In
artistic and grotesque and not explaina
ble by modern hypnotism or Kllngsor's
magic. The washing of the feet of
Christ la a travesty on that part of the
New Testament and the whole scene Is
sacrilegious as well as offensive to every
sense of art Mals-que-falreT Simon
says thumbs up, and all the world fol
lows. I will close with ' a Bketch of
Parsifal taken from life, as be stood for
40 minutes without moving In the tem
ple of the Holy Grail. It is said that
after the first rehearsal Parsifal couldn't
walk for three days. I had other things
to tell of, but this la enough for one
day.
RAPID WORK IN
CRIMINAL COURT
E. F. Hanshaw, charged with entering
the saloon of C. H. Merchant at 220
Crosby street, with the intention of
committing a burglary, was freed by a
Jury In department 4 of the state cir
cuit court, before John B. Cleland, the
presiding Judge, . yesterday. Han
shaw's defense was that he had worked
for Merchant, and entered the saloon to
see If anybody was there.
Only 12 minutes was required by a
Jury in Judge Fraser'a court yester
day to find George A. Hammond, alias
Fred Lewis, guilty of uttering a forged
check. He forged the name of D. B.
Mackie, of the Day Lumber company, to
a check on the Merchants' - National
bank for 121.60 on last January 19.
Eddie Ivea waa found guilty by a Jury
in Judge Cleland'a department of steal
ing a number - of articles, including a
shotgun, from the store of O. J. Groce,
at the corner of Seventh and Qulmby
streets. In last January.
Frank le Woolrldge waa found guilty
of perjury by a Jury in -Judge Frazer's
court. In the police court she endeav
ored to free herself by making a state
ment unfavorable to Patrolman Rob
erts. Before Frank S. Fields, the
county clerk, she afterward made an
affidavit in a libel suit instituted by
Roberts, denying the words ahe uttered
In the police court.
MORTON COHN HAS
NEGOTIATED SALE
Said 8. Morton Cohn yeaterday: "Nego
tiatlona are about completed for the
sale of my property on Tenth and
Washington street, but I am not at lib
erty to state the exact price as the per
sons who are figuring may not care to
make it public at this time." '
When asked what he was going to
do with Fred T. Merrill and hla pro
posed theatre, ' Mr. . Cohn said, with a
wink of hla eye, "aa to that It la only a
matter of a sufficient amount of rent.
No, I do not Intend to put a theatre In
there, myself." .
Preferred Btook Canned Oooda.
AUea & Lewla' Best Brand. ,
GREAT HEALING .
INSTITUTE HERE
There la How la Portland the Host Mod-
era Apparatua Known to the Kedioal
profession tot the Owe of Hums Hla
Chronlo BUeaaea and-Hheamatlsm
Are Specially Treated ' -r -f
Curing disease by machinery would
be considered something quite novel as
well as new, yet that might almost be
said of the, new X-Radium Institute Just
opened In the apartment formerly occu
pied by Butterfleld Bros, at' the south
east corner of First and '' Morrison
streets. In these- handsomely furnished
rooma, five In number, may be found the
most newly invented medical apparatus
known to science, and the ranite of ar
factions coming within Us scope of
treatment Includes nearly every 111 to
which weak humanity is heir.
ine A-naaium macnine is ins most
interesting of all. The writer cannot
describe it and will not make the effort.
but what It won't do for the aick la
much easier to think about than write
of. Electricity is tie main battery It
directs against dtrase, and in this it
Is one of the mom powerful machines
ever brought to the United States. Al
though greatly complicated In mechan
ism. It may be quite fully comprehended
by any one desiring to 'Inspect it, as Its
works are inclosed in a glass case so
that every part may be .seen in opera
tion, and the management welcomes
every caller and . gladly explains Just
What the highly polished and finished
X- Radium will do. And .that amounts
to almost everything except instilling
life Into a pack of human bones.
In another apartment is its massage
appllancVs, and the person in the habit
of enjoying the ordinary massage would
do himself a kindness by sampling one
of these perfected medical inventions.
It Is as different from the' "ordinary"
as that same "ordinary" differs from
the primitive . scrubbing brush and
towel.
The Improved hot air outfit ia another
of ita important equlpmenta that Port
land's sick ones will heartily appreciate
once they become acquainted ' with its
worth. It might almost be safe to say
that there is not an affliction of mankind
for which this magnificent treatment is
not a boon. It begins by expelling from
the blood every iota of poison It con
tains, and thereby creating a new and
healthy flesh. It is a positive truth
that poison In the system la man's
worst enemy, and that enemy cannot
live Where this Beta "baking" process
is employed. It destroys the germ. It
kills the seed, and its partakement Is a
most fascinating sensation. For rheu
matism, stomach troubles or blood
taints it has not an equal beneath the
sun. It is soothing, induces sleep and
Is a comforter that cannot be had In
any other way. ,
The water cure treatment at the X
Radlum Institute guarantees to the
patient all the benefits to be had at the
Hot Springs of Arkansas, the famous
Carlsbad, the Mt Clemens or any of the
other noted watering places. These re
sults may be had right here at home, at
but trifling expense, and certainly for
almost nothing as compared to the cost
of visits to these distant and expensive
resorts.
Nearly every one, haa heard of the
celebrated Dr. Flnsen and his wonder
ful, curea by what la now called the
Flnsen Ray., This Institute la doubtleaa
proud to state that It possesses one of
the very best of these apparatus, and a
specialist from Europe to operate It in
Its wide range of usefulness.
The Ultra Violet Rays Is a form of
treatment of recent origin, but of amaz
ingly beneficial character. Wonderful
results have been accomplished by thla
system, where other methods had not
the slightest beneficial effect at all, so
that, in short, the X-Radium Institute
may well feel Itself prepared to cope
with any form of disease that attacks
the human system.
The physltla.-h-at.the head of the insti
tute is a modest gentleman of few
words, preferring to wait until he haa
demonstrated the worth of his health
producing methods before giving voice
too much concerning himself or hla ex
pected work in Portland.
"You may say," he replied. In response
to an Interrogatory, "that the time Is
near at hand when sense will permeate
the human brain and mind concerning
diseases of the body. People are fast
learning that the antiquated plan of
doping a sick person with drugs, the
value of which is too often a problem
with the doctor and a mystery to his
patient. Is not the best method of re
newing health. Bright physicians know
this full well, hence earnest research
has brought forth rational means of
eliminating bodily decay and physical
disease. This institute will satisfy the
most skeptldal of this if the aick will
give ua the chance. But we cannot cure
unleaa the opportunity la had. And we
are not going out into the highwaya and
hedgea to pull them in."
The manager la himself a regular
practicing physician and knows whereof
be speaks.
Adding JPael to the flame.
From the Chicago News.
"t lowered myaelf when I married
you," said the angry wife.
"Yes, it was quite a come-down,
calmly rejoined the husband. "They tell
me you had been pn the shelf quite
awhile before I met you."
HAM
MARQUAM GRAND THEAf RE
Saturday Evening, March 19, 1904
AT
rXXCXS Lower floor, except laat three rowe, $2.00; laat three rowa.
11.60. Balcony, first three rowa, $1.50; second three rows, $1.00;
. . last six rowa. 75c. Gallery. 7&o and Wc Boxes, I1J.60. LoLll.
Salt of a eats will open at the box effloe Thursday mors lag, Merck IT,
. , - ., , . at 16 o'olock.
T7 tt rr n r;
AT CUT RATES UNTIL
APRIL 1st
The Boston Painless Dentists
are doing all dental work for cost of
material to introduce our late discov
eries and painlesa methods, -Painless
Extracting ........... Free
Examinations , t . ............... Free
Silver Fillings 9 -3S
Gold Fillings ................... .75
Gold Crowns .................... 3.0O
Bridge Work . 0O
Full Set Teeth . 3.00
NO STUDENTS EMPLOYED. "
Come at once and take advantage- of
low rates. All work done by specialists,
WITHOUT PAIN and guaranteed TEN
YEARS. Our late botanical discovery
to apply to the gums for extracting,
filling and crowning TEETH WITHOUT
PAIN is known and used only by
Boston Painless Dentists
Corner Fifth and Morrison streets. En
trance 291 Morrison, opposite Meier '
& Frank s. Hours 8:10 a. m. to a p. m.; .
Sundays till 1.
rv
MINERAL SPRINGS ;
OPEN THB TEAR ROUND.
Tuscan Mineral Springs Corp.
. For the purpose of building an eleo
trlo railroad -from Red Bluff, CaL, to
Tuscan Springs and make other Im
provements, offer for sale 100,000 share
of treasury stock at 81.00 per share.
To purchasers of 100 or more shares of
stock we will give one-half rates at
Hotel Tuscan 80 days a year for five r
consecutive years. We will guarantee-
the stock to pay S per cent the first and -second
year and ( per cent per year
after the second year. The stock will
be aold for cash or on Installments.
For further particulars address
TUSCAN MINERAL SPRINGS COR?
; Tuscan. CaL, or
ALEX SWEEK 1
600 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Or.
Tuscan Tooth Powder E0
Tuscan Catarrh and Smtoaoh Sai. 60s
Tuscan Metal Polish 25o
Tuscan No. 1 Water $4.o
REFFLINC
IMPORTING TAILOR.
33 1 WASHINGTON
STRUT
Fine Grille Work
Carving, Turning
Ornamental and Wood Novelties
Prompt Attention to All Ordera
, Our Motto
PORTLAND GRILLE AND
CrVRVING CO.
147M front M Vortfc of KorrUem an.
aTAVB BjI AiMIVA
A Boynton Furnace
In your house soon paya for itself In
comfort and saving of fuel. Let ua fig
ure with you on the coat of installing)
one in your houae. i
i. O. Bayer rnraaoe Oo,
2(6 Second St. - TeL Main 4IL
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