Show I I t 4 r J 4 01 OF H The Disaster by h One Of or the thc In a letter to Martin Jensen of ot o dated Norway Jan EJI 25 writes wrIte as 88 a follows r k this letter roaches reaches you OU you will no doubt hao heard of ot the fearful ft disaster which hUll him ha overtaken tho the city of ut Jr myself and nul mIter Elder ElderA A K I Hanson of ot Brigham City 1 laboring The Fhe night of ot the tilo we yore wore E expecting missionaries from roni Christian t Wo AVo retired fit nt 12 ami aI anti and 18 15 l I minutes to thrle omone tapped nt at ati i our window My Sly companion jumped up Ut and went over t tf i the window tu to tume lumc 1 me mc como ant Is l a 1 lire Wi VP V Af as S quickly as 1111 a ri fire firl won about 20 yards Hd from Where hero we w lived on the oust east side iIO of if n ft 1 tj Direct We Wo lived In itt a 0 house 11 rIght In the ho street turning tha tho yi west veat A heavy hell wind from tho tin southeast tile the lire fire was wal in inthe Intha 1 zI the tha southeast corner of ot tin tho town ton III along tun t 1101 b and Md owing to the position pout ion of 44 our nut home It rn light lire tunny of at atthe j tile the buildings much nearer the tire lire He i fore foro wo we were penned 1 someone shouted I that there fire 1110 In III the tin house houle Our took wore were laying on un the tin shelves and mid root joon we WC gathered our belonging t curried them out Into tilio lh the street We e geL gol golman while we n ft man ama to guard our things rushed In after att r tho the organ Olga tho the hall had Just bought hou hl This we car cur carried ried ned M J yards then we hired tho the thoman theman man to 10 take our clothes to the south nuth southwest west et port vart of town about GOO COO from where we lived My ty Iy companion then remained guard while I went down after the The street was Willi wasso so o full Cull of or unoko a n person could conle breathe The Flie Were walking nt tho the house but wore vere to do any thinK l with the tire lire It spread proad rapidly hl from tram one OliO house to 10 the other fIn 1110 houses I are lITO mostly mos I buildings building of lumber painted n the 11 lire fire re burned burnel so fO o rapidly that verne omo of ot tho the largest buildings burned down clown In less les halt half haltan t hour lOur The Flie Mood over aver ZOO 00 f 1 J an on fet feM high all nil the tho wires burned t down laWn th thY y telegraph to 10 oilier cIties for provisions for tor It 11 WOH clear that 1 famine would tare the people In itt tho tin t face Tho Time emperor of ot ny linn linK sent lent with iti provisions Ships nr ar rived from the tho nearest points All It 11 the time theT water had imal used usell for tOI tho purpose T of ot fighting time the firt BO so o there Wa nu no finally with water 11 water In town toI of hundred 4 arrived nail II nil there thero were rere I people with buckets to tn carry It off orr About daylight It commenced It was fearfully rold olI Many of tho the people were vero only onty halt half dad lal and atmil somo Konn I welo vere not able to 10 inv oily any moro mora of f their than what v hat they Ihry hail IUlI ou On Others got sol their naM out In III tin the street anti nd they tho were unable to get pet It tt farther tuther I but were vero to leave It to burn there thero life tice for their lives live It wan n a 1 ar I Right night tnt that I will never forget fornet Tim n r ero full fOil of ot people currying I trunks on their barks bedding and their sick Rick One man manCO SO i wife CO Cr years yearn of aye ave carried his hll 11 hark through thu years year of age on 01 his biB e lie her four Coul out limes be foro fore she was cafe pM tin the hist lett tint mil ut In Inthe It time the She I has hall been heen lc for forI I ninny many yearn enN 11 Ill Onn pick rick girl Hed diel of ot fright It took loo looI less I H than 12 hour houri for fur time the liftmen O to do n their terrible work wok It H Is ii I nn to say that of tin the Inhabitants of the city hom If And nl at nt 00 O per ci cant nt nf or if tin tho hue houses 1110 burned down those were cre n early all of tile the hu hoti ep The few remaining 11 1 hou have two or ur three families to the time tootH room A 4 calamity of ot some kind lm has boon en by hy several t of ot tho th it Paint Several Roero of ot Ih toe I arrived arril hero have said lAId II H will viii not b hI long lOll ion before will happen uINI n to Tho Fito city clI Is itt noted for tor It JI ungodliness The Saint aro to despised atm spit nt nl even by imy II their acquaintances Many i A If 1 have liat tried to get gel us driven out When Wilen H s hId meetings In they would stand and shake the ti door and tap on aim time the windows There sro Iho families of or Sant four tour of ot the families never saved any anything In an thing thrig The limo one family en inn very Vor n near nr getting gett I Ing Illig burned children wen werl erm only clad cIRl In their underwear and they mud did not havo hao time to dress drea them Wl i iare i inre are helping them th m with our limited I means what little they t e call ran Hut But you OU OUno no doubt realize the th situation and intI know k how hard It la Is l for or n a poor man mall manto to 10 Ret get the tho of or life II Cr Since I arrived here tin en very ver good tood to us 0 anti and willing willingto to tin all 1111 they tho could tom tOI limo Iho comfort of ot the tho who Iho are aro laboring here hare They are true as steel etoel to the muse they tile the have anti never afraid to latent defend the lip Gospel anti and the time character of tho time missionaries as ns a best hest they the comm can commIt AT It WEST Introduction of or jj till the j 0 Gospel GO sage C Ut nt t That Place Pince In n ti letter kIter tinted latel Key Icy West We t Flo Fia Feb 9 rind signed by hy 1 I IL I Li DivI DiLlI and Md John Johll Walker the time writers say soy J JarI In November of last lut year we were appointed to Iu bear hear the time r Ml leIl JolI to tho the Inhabitants of ot Joy Koy West As S far tar is as can be lm learned no Kl JI i ders der since time the days of the tho reiteration hmo labored on thin timia I In to our ai at rival Jn Iii dUll due du time We wo called upon Mayor Trevor flIor and a in ted him hilt ii I in with rit ii our OUI C UI Intentions intent In obedience to appointment 0 by President lieu licit K I 1 of ot inU Lion don nuked asked If it time the city hud Imai any nil privileges or lotions for us Wo WI were cordially received I and told to tt pro lIto prou u tre 0 with wll h our lur work vork according II II If to our custom cu hut but not lIot to with their city ordinance prohibiting any kind of oC on tnt the th streets Wi Vo were cre referred to tu City Illy Atly Atty All nd visits him meeting also aico Police Jiw JUH lice Ice Harris nud aud many other oilIer prominent all nil of ot whom we must say gave u UI a II welcome lust t night Men I won win no friction between helln us and time the of ot Key IC 1 0 West Our entered Hut against us timm while holding a 1 meeting I from rant the of ot Mr Air Olios drug atom While D III was I I answered II n a phone phon message from froni time the mayor vho rImo ho advised us ua to cloa clo o our subject us RS roon Poon ns as on elm nc or account count of lom from that neigh and postpone I our cur un tin until til other arrangements could rould be ime made Today TOIl a we WI met t In n s little conference In the meantime the time mayor or had looked tutu Into III to time till situation and tutu when our visit ended owl ell It IL was sim with 1111 the understanding that tha t no restrictions rl Are aro lIr to be placed l upon our work m I heretofore h The re me restriction I against was Willi removed and tin the intended on our onward march murch turned d Into limb a IL blots Ing We Wo submitted to the tho breaking up tim of oC our meeting to ti t avoid avail appearing In court though undoubted undoubtedly ly Iy we would have been acquittal Our obedience was rewarded reworded In the pursuance of or our work we Wt find tho time sumo falsehoods that hMO have been icen silica chico time the beginning At A t n II rule rulo time the people have haq been hlen fair enough to 10 hear our story and amid ow as tie a I result rosult our arc are many Tey have havo liberally received m our literature There have imaye nisI also been h en some privileges given Us tin that imo are out of jf the tho ordinary A very ery charitable t Cuban uban by hy the time of or owns the largest and ot out opera house Oll Corlos In III time the city Ho lie listened with attention While wo We 0 explained I imel to 10 him It Ii I in our omi r mission He III if then wild Mid he its felt cit It his hla duly to do 10 tome Rom thing to 10 assist Us i ro Co 0 we WI Sero granted the tho tir of ot the tha opi rn for tor Sunday services hut but for night meeting we e imY the time lighting Our places for holding meeting ns nu before be Core suggested II not been limited to San Sail Carlos Carlo Carloo Wo o have several rootless churches unu olmo with o ti dry goods box for tur a ri pulpit It Is II at itt a n helm market on nm the bench Wo iVo have havo hall had preaching from tho time piazzas of o 0 f family II iy Y residences and mm nd on the wharf vImar In lumber and train from under stoops the close of oC last month wo we were favored 1 with u it visit from ruin ireI dent lien I 1 U lie He vae from tout n a limited tour among ninon thena ets ho lie has been Ing lag time tilL K i and alII of or further furl her opening up 1111 missionary work He stopped on our nut Island Cor or 01 three thle Accompanying him Were vere hUm his wife h and nail ami Sister nf of t Ohio Olm Ia hut but hu t their heir I ar am arrangements 1110 II prohibited thorn them from rout stop stopping ping nt nl the Island city w WI ti were serc deprived of uC an nn anticipated url While President was wall here hor we wu held three meetings one In Ban SlIn Carlos one olle oneat oneat at nt the time bench hench and the third front from Mr Imir Flaws 1111 W our present home hOUI on account of ot the time Inclemency of It time tho weather the time was not vell attended hut but the Lime last t two o wore cre held In the time midst of large crowds We Vo tear fear f I nt at the length of ot our letter hotter hut hUI would like ilke In tim tell tel before we close cloHe that wo to 11 have hae been without opposition tion 1111 1111 Mrs Mee rr Dr Honey of ot nomo years O rH residence In Hah nuh In the tho of oC tin till W V C T F P 1 and who doing work worl here her for Cor or the name association ox V N N NH H H t H I I H HIJI HI I 4 4 1 I 1 b 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Y t 1 di 1 il i I f J j Y 1 I r J Jj j i j t I 1 I X I r j J X A f fX 1 i I 1 1 1 1 1 H II HI H III I H I H H H H I I I H r M mI SMITH I Ion Son Bon on Counselor of ot Joseph Smith or f tin 1111 Church hurch Who Wh Has 1105 Kern Visiting n antI ana Church in Utah tin tims III Lut tut Two Weeks 1 f Y In int t d 1 tIm th tot tore nf of defamatory crea cren of or before th the Ui In III the tim big hl Mono church chur h We e ITI pi only ant those tho who have hR Iho 1 tirades can tell what we by b being bein morally immorally y bound to toI I keep keell lIem Secondly at nt Intervals I ther have been published 1111 In iii th time the paper nt at th tim instigation of It a ft fw rw w ministers 9 tho Ihl th popular f Third Thirdly ly li I them thelo Is II iti Methodist reverend who the tho Itching ears flU of ot hip hi con On by hy preaching und lint their belief from one ono Sunday to mother another Ho III IM i in III i the gnU gall nf or cm bitterness him hint pelt alii ho lie Ilk hit argument from coin thosa of or a lk frame of oC mind These Thew with time the th regular pre lire precautions cautions all t lomme and warnings m ru I age mail made e to 10 th Ih I Ii people by h the stilted stated few teW excited min mill ministers not to talk with UH tm on religion nor our Jur literature Is Um I what we have to battle buttle II IJ I We Ye hll how over been wonderfully blessed and have hMO nil a It matter of ot fasting and I In 1 n a i racial way WRY wo we 0 halve havo ha 0 been received Jed on OR an tooting looting generally and are no favored with the privilege lo of 01 mingling frequently with tho time people leople In tn their timet private nodal circles Wo Wn deem It it u favor wc are re ro receiving roo the News II direct from tho the cube It II U Is always alvas welcome HAN HN on IlO Two EW Saved Copies of It the tiit Commandments Utah Feb Ieli 1 11 note In Inthe inthe the Dotterel News Nes of Jan 15 t of oC n a Brother Taylor laylor believing ho ito as tho the only person on to save gave tv IL few tew of the first or revelations printed In iii Independence Mo Io When hen th mol mob was waH tearing down Hi th ti printing II u story building driving Brother Phelps family out oUI of oC time the lower loer part of ot the th house they the tho time mob brought blOught out somo omo large sheets of at paper saying Hero hIro are arc the tho Mormon commandments My lr sister 12 yours old aid 1 was aR thou then M 14 and myself m f were In lit a IL 1 corner cormier of ut a felice tell co watching them When they spoke about them being the time commandments 1 J 1 was wal as determined to have havo some SOllie of oC them So o while backs were turned prying out omit the ga gabl gabia bia bl end lId of ot the time house we ran rail and L u up III all 1111 au we WO carry in mu our OUI arms As AN iSo U 11 lna away two of time the mob got down oft off time the house and railed coiled for tor iu us to stop slop limit hut uc we ran 1011 as os fast fiet as we could through n a 1 grip gap In Iii the fence renco Into n ft large corn Held mind the two 1110 men nen n n after IH tm II Wo W n ran rail a n long way wo In iii Inthe the Held field laid the tho papers pair on oil time the ground then laid down on top tUII t I of them t 11 The corn was wa very VOl high and thick They hunted ll nil around us mis but did not see s e eU us tiN U After Aftel we were they had lutil Ion given tin 1111 th we tried to 10 had our dir way ellIot oC the limo field Time The corn wai iva u HA sa tall we we se 0 wore lost On looking up pi Wit Via trees treos that hail had been girdled to Kill Wo Vo followed thorn them putt dime to nn an 11 mild 1 log stable looked loOI j h had not been heln used lil and family t were there carrying In brush and amid pil idi piling ing It III up on tine one side sub of at time the stable to tomake tomoko make moko their beds on Phe imo asked us U what we 0 had Vo Se toM told her and also how holl wo IU came by thom She Sho took them thorn and nn placed them between bet 1111 her Imet beds bed II Subsequently Oliver Oller Cowdery bound them theta In iii small books anti gave JOc mo me one ono I gao It i to Apostle shortly before ho hn died Wo We have ave one on however that belonged to Sidney Koon Hoon after tho mob moh tore tor the Iho printing ollie down I 1 saw them tar feather Partridge om Allen In III tho the streets of ot Independence I Joined tho the Church hurch In MARY M I 1 S SPEAKING OP SNOOT S m People Ignorant r lIntn lit 0 o oThe The Point ii t In I ii Controversy rove ray Tho The subjoined su paragraphs Ire from froma froma a 1 letter hotter signed by b lols A Lee Lue mind and John W Chambers Jr Jf J Tho Time work of ot time the Lord Is II progressing In iii Yankton South Dakota arid we WI believe that our OUI advent last November a ti 1 great deal of or prejudice mike dice has been I I nt lit least Wo o kayo havo conversed with n mm I number of or people upon Ulon tho time Senator Smoot case antI with people who seem to tn be ho well vell Informed on ordinary orlIna subjects too and almost Invariably they the express c tIme the opinion that thal tIme the agitators object to in the thi senator because ho Ito Is a II they tile tho are greatly surprised when whon IhlY y learn loarn 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