Show 1 W WI a I TEMPLE xv x x x President A. A P P. Kesler of the Eastern Eastern Eastern East East- ern States Mission is taking a flying trip to Great lie lle will return return re re- in the turn early new year y More than on one one of the general authorities of the church are suffering suffering suffer suffer- 4 ing from more or less serious attacks tt of all pervading grippe Elder Arnold IT II left Salt Lake City on Saturday December 31 to succeed Bishop Dishop Peter Loutensock of ot Eureka in the Presidency of the German Mission Large numbers of residents of St St. StGeorge StGeorge George and vicinity are preparing to move to other parts The neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- neighborhood hood of Deseret in Millard Stake and the White River country in Nevada f t appear to be leading points of attraction attraction tion for those who vho are arc leaving Utah's I t Dixie A missionary who has just returned home to Salt Lake City from Oklahoma 0 ma Territory where he filled a two wo mission that years' years states another elder and himself during that time walked miles and were refused refused refused re re- re- re fused applications for food in that territory Notwithstanding these conditions conditions con con- f he pronounced the people hos hos- b Death has again entered the household household household house house- hold of President Lorenzo Snow this time it is his aged aRed wife Sister Adeline Goddard Snow who is taken from him Sister Snow who is 87 years old fell last month on the slippery ground caused by the fallen snow in Brigham City and from the shock then received c she did not recover but passed away from mortality on Wednesday December December De De- cember ember Her lIer funeral took place at Brigham City Saturday Dec December t- t The progress of the church on the tho Society Islands has been somewhat impeded during the past few months months' by the persistent rumors of impending war between France and England which has engrossed the attention of the people color being given to these kr reports by the French officials strengthening strengthening strengthening streng streng- thening the fortifications of n the chief city The contentions of tho the rival chiefs in Samoa who are seeking to obtain the kingly authority i has i also had Its influence on the church on those islands The church bonds have been printed and are now in the hands of the trustee trust They were first delivered delivered delivered de de- de- de livered to L L. S. S Hills of the Deseret National National National Na Na- bank who is one of the trustees named in the agreement and by him conveyed to President Lorenzo Snow Mr Hills says that had been issued up to January 2 That the full r amount has been applied for forIs foris foris is said by those who ought to know to tobe to be beyond question It Is understood that at a meeting of the tho directors of Zions Zion's Savings bank to be held in the near future the exact amount of the bonds to be taken by the Institution will be decided upon The agitation th thit t is In progress in some parts of the country to unseat Hon lIon B. B H. H Roberts in the House of Representatives for the reason that heis he ho hois is said to have three wives has caused President Lorenzo Snow to publish a very strong disclaimer against the assertion that Elder Elder Roberts was a church candidate and that the church was advocating and its officers preaching the practice of plural marriage President nt Snow in inno inno inno no equivocal terms asserts that he will not permit as the man holding the authority in all such matters any plural marriages to take place in the church during his presidency and that the law shall be strictly and fully obeyed in relation to polygamy |