The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1901 Page: 3 of 8
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THOMPSON & WILSON,
PROPRIETORS.
F. C. Tkompsoa, Editor.
Walter B. Wlfsom, Local editor.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22,1901
tie emr of the suits.
followers* of joseph smith-
the1r religion—pike's
peak—a stormy
time.
McKinney, Tex., Aug. 19.
We are here at home in the best
town, of the best county, of the
best commonwealth, of the best
nation on the globe.
We left Salt Lake City at 8:20
p. m. Thursday, Aug. 8, over the
Rio Grande Western Railway, ar-
riving at Grand Junction at 6 a.
is
leased out to private individ-
uals and corporations.
Liberty Park is the site of Brig-
ham Young's farm in the early
days. The old mill that .he built
in 1852 stands at the edge of the
park with the old mill pond near
by, also the old rock farm resi-
dence stands near by which was
built at the same time and is now
occupied by the gardener or
superintendent of the park which
is kept up by city appropriation.
It is said that Brigham Young de-
pended on this farm for meat,
bread, egg, milk aud butter sup-
ply for his family which was sup-
posed to be quite large. While
we were spending a pleasant day
amid the flowers, cooling foun-
tains and inviting shades of this
park, we met an old gentleman
Scotchman by the name of S.
Grieve, who lives at 225 Fifth
street in Salt Lake City. Like
all Scotchmen, we found him to
be generous-hearted, sympathetic
cock county, Illinois, a
the town of Nauvoo on (
sissippi river. Joseph and Hiram
Smith were killed in Carthage jail
June 27. 1844. Brigham Young
then became president. The story
of the Mormon stay in Illinois is
one of length and full of bloody
deed** and persecutions, so says
Mormon literature. They began
to move weston February 4, 1846.
It is estimated by Mormon litera-
ture that 1000 lives were lost in
the exodus from Nauvoo tto the
Rocky Mountains. As stated in the
beginning, Brigham Young arriv-
ed at the present site of Saltt Lake
City with 143 companions and
found an abiding place for hund-
reds who soon followed. The trail
across plain and mountain was
strewn with the dead which the
Mormons claim was the result of
persecution. The false creed (to
the mind of the writer) witfch its
awful doctrine of polygamy natu-
rally brought out severe ciitk'isra.
and intensely inviting and intere st-1 The Gentile story is somewhat
ing. By sincere invitation wejdifferent, and .it recalls many
visited him and good lady at their• heinious offenses of false prophets
m. Friday, Aug: 9, where we took
the Denver and Rio Grand Nar- and emigrated to Salt
row Guage railroad for Salida,
where we arrived at 9:20 p. in. of
same day. leaving at 11 p. m. over subject of prose and 9ong
the standard guage for Colorado world over. Their tables
home that evening. They were
natives of Edinburg, Scotland
Lake City
in 1881. From them we learned
much about loved Scotland, the
the
and
Springs, where we arrived at 4:10 walls were ladened with photos
a. m. on Saturday, Aug. 10. After and paintings of Scottish scenes—
and their following with the
Mountain Meadow massacre hor-
ror as the eliui.ix. Plural mar-
riage is said to have been aban-
doned, not however, until the
strong arm of Uncle Sam reached
forth to throttle the monster—
the wrecker of the social fabric.
The church of "Latter Dav
an early breakfast we went at
once to the home of G. H. Tucker
at Colorado.
Our last letter was written in
Liberty Park in Salt Lake Citv.
of her cities, hills and vales— Saints," i9 largely supported fi-
w he re virtue and honesty dwell nancially by co-operation. A large
and are the lasting monuments j department store in the city is
of a noble race. owned and controlled by the
The brother of Mrs. Grieve. R. church together with branch hous-
The City of the Saints is interest-: R- Anderson, had preceded her j es throughout the city and state.
lug indeed. It has a population of to Salt Lake City several year>, i 1 he Deseret News, a daily news- < else is quiet, can be heard in any
about 68,000, elevation 4228 feet and for 17 years he was private ; paper, is owned by the church and ■ part of the buildiog. Brigham
and is the capital of Utah state. > secretary for Bringham Young.! we were told that even the great ^ oung planned it. Work began
The history of Salt Lake City After Mr. and Mrs. Grieve hadjSaltair bathing pavillion is owned on the building in 1865
dates from 1847, the time when I feasted us on a variety of Scottish and controlled by the church, finished in 1867. The great
ide of this bill ap~
the following words:
"This is not intended to be used
as money. This writing witness-
eth that the Bishop's General
Store House agrees to furnish the
bearer Meat to the amount of
five cents at their store house in
Salt Lake City. Date April 1st,
1898. Wm. B. Preston."
The bills are sold for cash and
the profits goes into the building
fnnd. We saw the old school
house which Bringham Young
built for his own children. It
stands just east of the Bee Hive.
We were shown the first tree
planted iu Salt Lake City. It is
a locust tree and stands close to
the east side of the Bee Hive
House. It is green and veil pre-
served. The Temple Square is
enclosed with a 12-foot high wall,
built forty years ago. In this
square stands the great Taber-
nacle, the Temple and the Assem-
bly Hall. The latter is used for
small meetings but mainly for
meetings of the bishops and offi-
cials of the church. It is 120 feet
long by 68 feet wide, built of
granite. The Tabernacle so much
admired and written about, is an
oval-shaped building 250 feet
loug, 150 feet wide and 80 feet
high. The top represents the
back of a tortoise and has no cen-
ter support within. It will seat
8,000 people comfortably but
many more are often crowded in-
to it. Large doors are on all
sides of the building which afford
quick egress of a large crowd and
ventilation. The accousties of
this structure are probably the
best in the world. A whisper or the
slightest noise, when everything
" >jg
"4-
A Car of
Road
Wagons,
Buggies*
Carriages
Also see me for WEBER WAGONS, DISC and SULKY PLOWS, HAY RAKES and CHAM-
PION MOWERS. We are yours, for Dry Weather Prices,
SAM T. LAYNR
West Louisiana Street.
M< KINNEY, TEXAS.
Brigham Young led 143 Mormon bread and cake and had given us
pioneers through "Emigration" ia sample of the "Temple'* gran-
canon just east of the city on the ite stone and a piece of muslin
24th day of July and who stood which her brother had taken from
on Ensign Peak, the "Mount of the burial winding sheet of Brig-
Prophesy," and declared that ham Young in 1877 at the time of
and was
nr-
follows by
The latter is heresay. The Salt- gan is described as follows oy a
air Bathing House is 13 milesj Mormon authority:
distant from the city and is said "It is 30x33 feet in width and
to be th-j largest in the world, 48 feet high. It is built of native
There are over 900 bathing rooms j timber, and is constructed bv
in the building. The water is local artisans. Joseph Ridges of
"Zion" city, the home of "Latter the president's death, we reluct- clear as crystal, with a perfectly Salt Lake City superintended its
Day Saints," would be built in
the valley below. The city is
beautifully and comfortably laid
out with its main streets 132 feet
wide. The blocks are very large,
we would say about 600 to 800
feet square, about ten acres to the
block. The tourist stranger when
told that his destination is three
or four blocks distance is delight-
ed with the thought that he is so
near "home," but after he walks
it he is very much disappointed
and tired. The city lies at the
base of the Wastach mountains.
All the modern conveniences,
such as electric lighting, water-
works, manufactured ice, electric
street car transportation, public
parks and libraries, are found.
The business houses are not so
tall as those found in eastern
;
cities, but are symetrical, beauti-
ful, convenient and substantial.
The streets are partly asphalt but'
within ami it is a great place for
theatrical visitors.
The history of "The Church of
Latter Day Saints," commonly j
called "Mormons" is rather
lengthy but we will briefly state it,
the rough rock pavement is found j ing the scriptures and the abo-
in many places. The latter is fast riginal inhabitants of the United
antly bid adieu to our valued|smooth bottom and the water erection. Afterwards lmprove-
friends in the strauge city. most exhilirating to the body. I ments were made to it by the late
In the southern portion of the | The water is so heavily charged N.Johnson, another Utah artisan,
city is the Salt Palace, situated in i with salt that one can float with- The orgao contains 67 stop*, 3
a beautiful shaded place. It is j out any exertion. Thousands visit keyboards and 2,648 pipes, rang-
covered with crystalized salt, the this bathing pavillion almost daily ing in length from of an inch
product of the place. A stage is I during the summer months. One to 32 feet. Water power is used
dav while we were there 2500 to supply, the bellow* with air. In
bathing tickets were sold at 25c front and on each side of the or-
each. It costs 25c for the round gan are seats for members of the
trip from the city to Saitair on the choir, which number from 500 to
railroad. The lake is 90 milesi 600 Mngers." Twice we enjoyed
long aud 40 miles wide and has an an organ recital at the Taber-
as follows: Joseph Smith, the | average depth of 20 feet and a j nacle, once in company with the
founder of the church, was born maximum depth of 60 feet. No Kentucky editors, their wives and
iu Sharon, Windsor county, Ver-1 living thing can be found in its daughters. The tone of the or-
mont. Dec. 23, 1805. At the! water. The river Jordan con- gan is akin to perfection. The au-
age of 10 he moved with his pa- nects it with Utah lake, the fresh dience was at times stnrtled with
rents to Palmyra, New York, 1 water of which flows into Salt imitation of human voices by the
thence to Manchester. On the Lake. organist. The recitals are free
21st of September, 1823, while at It is a theory, and very plausi- for the public.
prayer, a sudden light burst upon ble, that in ages past that all the The greatest building in the city
region around Salt Lake was the is The Temple, only a few yards
site of a great inland ocean. The east of the Tabernacle, inside the
water matks on the surrounding walls of Temple square. An iron
mountains and cliffs seem plain, fence surrounds the structure
hence the great American desert with locked gates. No one is al-
the "Holy Temple". The high
officials of the church and probab-
ly as Mrs. S.Grieve would say the
man with the "golden key" (mon-
ey) can open the door. Aside
from the winding stairways, ele-
vators are in either end of the
building. It cost $3,500,000 and
was exactly forty years in build-
ing, fashioned, as is supposed
after Solomon's Temple. The
statue of Brigham Young and the
pioneers stands at the southeast
corner of Temple Square in the
center of Main Street. A little
way northeast of here is the un-
pretentious grave of Brigham
Young and a few of his wives,
which of course we visited. The
Amelia Palace is also near by, just
opposite tLie president's or Bee
Hive house. It is a handsome
three story house,commenced by
Bngham Young before, but fin-
ished after his death, and named
after one of his wives who is liv-
ing in the city but never occupied
the Amelia Palace, which was
purchased by a wealthy mine
owner.
The dav we left the city a re-
ception was given the Kentucky
Editors by president Snow at the
Bee Hive mansion, and by invi-
tation of the Utah Press Associa-
tion the writer, wife and daugh-
ter joined the jolly, curious,
Hawthorne
College,
McKinney*
Texas.
Next Session Begins
Sept. 2,1901
'J'HE opportunities offered
hoys and girls in this
school are unsurpassed.
The Primary, Intermedi-
ate, Preparatory and College
Departments are taught by
a full corps of experienced
teachers.
The Departments of Music.
Art and Elocution are in
charge of specialists.
Rates of tuition low
No extra fees.
Military drill free.
For Catalogue address
Hawthorne College,
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the close his patient raised up in
bed. By the next morning the
sick man was able to enter a car-
riage and to be baptized in a pool.
One young missionery said
that he had just returned from a
tour of the Southern States and
that God had protected him
against the persecution of the
southern gentiles, that one of the
ap-'priests had blessed him before he
preciative throng of pencil push- h'ft and declared that God would
ers, and attended the reception, j preserve bim,hence his safe return
The president who is about 80 He had attended the Methodist, mations
years old, and his wife stood at Bapsist Presbyterian and various
the parlor entrance and gracious- other churches during his absence
ly received us. A pretty little where he heard the gospel perver-
ted and where he felt ill at ease
compared with the companionship
of the saints in the New Citv of
Zion. Thus we have an example
about 50 people to the coach,
every one of which are full. The
round trip co>t $5. The Peak
has an elevation of 14,147 feet
and from its summit one can see
' for hundreds of miles in almost
all directions on a clear day. The
day we spent there, however,.
Aug 11, was cloudy and stormy:
We were in the midst of the thun-
ders roar and the lightning's flash
accompanied by rain, hail and
snow. Watching the cloud for-
was interesting indeed.
him which shocked his whole
body, when an angel stood before
him, who made revelations regard-
being disposed of for the smooth- States. The angel appeared three probably was at one time under
er pavement. Fort Douglass is times, each time revealing the water. During some great dis-
situated east on an eminence di- same things. On the morning of turbance this same water proba-
rectly at the base of the Wasa- September 22, 1827, the records bly broke through canons to the
tache mountains from which a were delivered by the angel to i south and wiped out the Cliff
splendid bird's e/e view of tu" city Joseph Smith in plate form. These Dwelling race. The valleys around in the United States in point of
and the great Salt Lake can be plates are described by Joseph Sail Lake are yielding wonderful size and magnificence. Work be-
Smith as follows; j productions by the aid of irriga-
"These records were engraven tion. While there we found the
on plates, which had the appear* i market houses of Salt Lake City j 8 feet thick and tapers to 6 feet at
ance of gold. Each plate was six ladened with fruits and vegetables j top—length 180 feet—width 120
had in the distance. The Fort is
well supplied with water and
shade and affords a pleasaut, cool
place to rest. It was established i
lowed to enter but qualified Mor-
mons. The building is of solid
gray granite, quarried within 20
miles of the city, It is said to be
the second ecclesiastical building
gan April, 1853, and finished in
1893. The walls at the base are
in 1862. The longitu.de and lati- inches wide and eight inches long,! brought in by farmers frofp the
tnde of the place is uiarked on a and not quite so thick as common surrounding country.
granite stone by United States en- tin. They were filled with en- The city and county court house
gineersin 1877as follows: "Long- gravings, in Egyptian characters, is a magniticent structure. The
itude 111 degrees, 50 minutes, 14 and, bound together in a volume, j state came into the Union in 1896,
aecpnds, .07. Latitude 40 de-
grees, 45 minutes, 47 seconds,
.58." The fort is reached by
street cars at a cost of 10 cents
for round trip. We visited the
state penitentiary which is near
by, southeast of the city. After
procuring a ticket from the war-
den a guard conducted us through
the building which stands in the
center of a high walled square,
were told that there w?re 160
,, four of whom were un-
sentence of death. The state
rides that the condemned has
choice of being shot or hung.
We saw the men at work manu-
ig articles for sale—weav-
and sewing. Many small art-
being manufactured,
law does not prevail in
I, in the mind of the
the young Mormon
of
The
and
as the leaves of a book, with three i hence a cap i to} has not been built,
rings running through the whole, j Grounds just north of Temple
The volume was something near' square and the city have been purr
six inches in thickness, a part of chased and fenced for the capita)
which was sealed. The charac-j and work will be commenced In
ters on the unsealed part were the near future.
small and beautifully engraved.! Parts of the old walls which en-
The whole back exhibited manv closed the ten acres of ground in
marks of antiquity in its construc- which the Mormons lived securely
tion, and much skill in the art of ; from the attacks of the Indians
engraving. With the records was are still standing. The old Tith-
found a curious instrument, which
the ancients called 'Urim and
Tlhufnmin,' which consisted of
two transparent stones set in the
rim of a bow fastened to a breast
plate. Through the medium of
Urim and Tbummin I translated
the record by the gift and poorer
of God."
The church was organized in
Fayette, Seneca county, N. Y.,
April 6, 1830. The doctrine
spread to Pennsylvania, Ohio, In-
diana, Illnois and Missouri. The
ing house within the walls and in
the old store house near by is be-
ing published the Deseret News,
the daily paper owned by the
church. A large rock structure
of several stories is being erected
for the publication of the Deseret
News. Among the schemes to
raise revenue for this building is
the printing of paper certificates
m denominations of 5c, 10c, $1,
$5, $10 and $50. These bills are
good in payment of different arti-
cles of merchandise of the Zion*
feet; height from base to top of
the angel Maroni statue on center
spire is 222X feet. The statue is
of bronze and is 12'ii feet high.
The front or east end of the
building contains the following
inscription:
Holiness to the
Lord.
The House of the
|x>rd.
Built by the
Church
of
Jesus Christ
of
Latter-Day
Saints.
Commenced
April 6,1853.
Completed
April 6, 1893.
The Eagle Gate built by Brig-
ham Young arching State street
was formerly the entrance to his
private grounds. When the city
extended the street through these
grounds, the president donated
the gate to the municipality.
A large assembly room is on
the top floor. The altars and
5-year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Snow s'ood near her moth-
and received quite a large share
of attention Mrs Snow a young
daughter-in-law of the president perhaps an honest sincere peo-
also aided in receiving the guest-,
who was a recent convert from
Cleveland Ohio, cultured and gra-
cious. We were told that .Mrs-
Snow was the president's tenth
wife. That his other living wives
lived in various other towns of
the state. We would not vouch
for this statement. After some
300 guests had wound throughout
the haudsome electric lighted
pie following false prophets and
creed building up a strong church I
and community :n a "desert wild" ,
isolated for a while from the!
world. By industry, frugality!
good business methods and devot-
ion to creed, church property
represeeting million upon millions
of dollars have accumulated. One
is bound to acknowledge that
either Divinitv has blessed this
appattments of the president's j people, or else the ingenuity of
mansion which Brigham Young man has worked wonders inde-
had built, and being photograph- pendent of all.
ed on the lawn, we dispersed. Leaving the city of the Saints
We were in the city the "First" I we quickly swept as before stated
Sunday in the month of August, over the Rio Grande Western Rail-
hence we missed attending the road to Grand Junction, thence
regular religious service of the over tie narrow gauge of the
church in the Tabernacle. The Denver and Rio Grande along
"First" Sunday is always "fast! the Gunnison river, over to Cedar
day" with the Mormons, when Divide, through the Black Canon
they are called on to donate aims; of theGunison through tunnels at
to the charity fund for the times pulled by two puffing en-
benefit of the poor, at least to gines up heavy grades winding
the amount of what they save by and twisting under massive snow
not eating on that day. There! sheds until Marshall Pass is reach-
are 24 wards in the city and each
ward has a mission building for
church services and on "fast"
day the members of each ward
are expected to attend their own
church and worship and to relate
instances of Divine blessings.
We attended the 14th ward
services. We noticed that this
building was erected in 1862 right
in the midst of the nation's civil
strife. A fair audience was pres-
ent. The worshiping and preach-
ing of the Mormons is somewhat
similar to what we are used to
until the subject of Divine power
is reached. Many experiences
were told. As a sample we give i
the following: An elderly gent- 25 per cent grade,
leman of this faith was called on
to visit a dying man. The patient
was pile, motionless, uncommun-
icative, eyes set as if death was
just at hand. The old gentleman
that he was weak when he
to pray but socn
ed at a height of nearly 11,000
feet at dusk. Stepping from the
car on this dizzy emminence we
shivered with cold and were glad
to return and start down the east-
ern slope to Salida, d9wn the Ar-
kansas back through the Royal
Gorge to Pueblo and back north
to Colorado Springs. On Sun-
day, before we left for home on
Monday, the writer visited Pike's
Peak via the famous cog wheel
railroad which runs from the base
of the mountain at Manitou to its
crest, traveling nearly 9 miles in
its windings through canons and
curves on mountain sides,
at places slowly climbing a
On the top
where we landed is the Govern-
ment Signal Service Station
house, in which a hotel is kept
during the summer mouths for
the thousands of tourists who
Little Frances Thompson with her
flowers takes a rest on the slopes of
Pike's Peak —Picture taken by one
of Smith Bros.' Kodaks.
At one moment looking far below
us perhaps it was clear, then al 1
of a sudden a thick heavy fog
would seemingly dart restlessly
from some hidden canon or per-
haps from behind some nearby
peak and surging hither and
thither' grow in thickness, black-
ness and volume until all was
dark around—then from below
would come the growling of the
thunder and the vivid lightning's
flash. At times we could not see
each other 50 feet away, and when
the sun broke through on the
lower peaks, a white covering of
snow and* hail lay before us. The
thermometer sensitive to sudden
changes of atmosphere would
drop and rise from thirty to forty
degrees within an hour or two.
We were chilled and numb and
our lungs seemed to need air.
We could only take a few steps
without setting down to rest. A
small fire was kept burning in the
dining room stove, but when we
visited it we became somewhat
"sea sick" not nnlike a feeling
when one enters the hold of a
sailing vessel when sea sick. The
peak's surface is rocky. A little
daughter of Seargent O'Kee f was
eaten up by mountain rats on
this peak in an early day. A
mound of rocks and slabs have
been erected in her memory When
the train left at 4 p. m
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