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Show KAIll yoim; mohmuns. 1 Thirty-Two Toting Women Willing to Eocome Plural Wives Arrive at New York, THEY ABE ALL COMINQ TO UTAH, j And Are Fully Awaro of. the Principle of Mormonism but Ciu't See tie Folly of Their Ccurae. New Yohk. Oct. 2. The authorities at the Barge ollice this morning used an immense amount of moral persuasion persua-sion on thirty-two young Mormons that arrived yesterday on the steamer Wyoming Wyo-ming to induce them to forego their intention in-tention to becomo proselytes to the Mormon faith. Tho girls were separated from the other passenger when they landed and placed in a room by themselves. Throe female missionaries from tho emigrant girls' home went among them and tried to convince them of the folly of the course they pioposed to follow. Ono of the girls, Kareu Sylvertersen by nanio, who acted as spokeswoman fortius party, frankly acknowledged that they were all willing to bo one of seven or eight wives, and were fully aware of the principles of Mormonism. The girls were all young and some of them remarkably pretty, Tho attempt ol tho missionaries to influence in-fluence them proved nit niter failure, and tho entire party will proceed on their journey tomorrow. Tho party comprised, all told, two hundred and two souls, of whom thirty-two are children. Among tho lot is a married F.ugtish-woman, F.ugtish-woman, who left her husband In Kng-laud Kng-laud to take up the Mormon faith. |