Show TEMPLE hl LLE tabernacle fiGLE over persons have been baptized in the samoan mission since january 1 1807 1897 the following elders who have bare been traveling as missionaries in england will sall sail for homo bottle december 29 WA W A N C hailas Chall ls cleber T booth john houston isaac nosh nash D B thomas and arthur r a r a iler the statistical report ol of the southern states mission fission for the first six months of the present year shows that during that period in that Inis mission sion meetings had been held about tracts distributed about books disposed of while persons had bad been baptized children blessed 33 sunday schools organized and families visited the southern states mission is now possessed of a representative newspaper the first number of which was published at the church office at chattanooga tano oga december 3 1898 it is known as the latter day saints southern star and will appear weekly it silicon wi will licon contain the general news of 0 the progress of the mission articles on the faith and doctrines of the church historical reviews ete etc like periodicals are published in ia the british scandinavian german and netherlands missions the church has decided to issue B 6 per cent bonds for half ball a million dollars to liquidate so much of its floating debt considerable of which bears a higher interest these bonds will be secured by church realty and L S hills and david eccles are the trustees the they y will be of different denominations to suit the pockets of those who wish to lend the church money on this ibis security the desire of president snow is to see these securities find a home market and the present indications are that his big wish will be gratified as it is understood der stood that already one halt half have been subscribed for in a letter to the deseret news the president explains the causes that conspire to pi place ace the church in debt and the arrada ments that are being made to extinguish tho the indebtedness as soon as possible the beaver branch of the brigham youns young academy is already a pronounced success although only opened this fall it has now 16 students in attendance more than half of whom are residents of beaver city while respectable spec table delegations come from ad ausville ams atris ville parowan carowan Pa rowan parag oonah pan duitch and other southern towns the school occupies what was formerly fort cameron about one and a half miles east of beaver the officers quarters seven two story double houses are used as boarding places for the students the principal recitation rooms are in the building which was formerly used as a hospital the grounds embrace acres and offer facilities for the establishment of an agricultural college six instructors are engaged with elder E B partridge as the e president of the institution five returned missionaries spoke at the tabernacle services sunday afternoon december 18 edward midgley who wen went t east with B 11 II roberts and george E to seek converts to tho the mormon faith two years ago told of the work accomplished in new york city and chicago in the latter place mr midgley asid the missionary work was carried on under great difficulties and on occasions the preaching was done with a band playing A hot tinia time in the old town on one side and a dance going on on the other leon B I 1 campin II ampton described the work in mississippi and joseph stringfellow that in tile the london and Notting nottingham bam conferences sn in england herberta herbert A white recently returned from colorado and Brig brigham baca II Il aslam from florida likewise gave some of their experiences president lorenzo snow spoke upon the good results shown by the returned missionaries and said that it would probably be a good thing if every young man in utah could at some time in his life labor for a time to in the missionary field the speaker also dwelt upon the importance of the saints taking and following 10 g coun counsel sel elders john jones dan muir niel L gardner robert F r gilchrist and L 1 geor george geore e dark clark who have been laboring in great britain sailed from glasgow for forborne home on the lath dinst the new presidency of the european mission elder platte D lyman and his counselor couo elder 11 II W Nals naisbitt bitt arrived in liverpool on sunda sunday november 27 they had bad a long and rough pa passage asage across the atlantic on tho the steamship adria but when they reached their destination were in the best of health and spirits the Gra graham blim ariz guardian tells tella of an accident whereby presidents seymour B young and andrew kimbau kimball of salt lake city engaged in church work in in arizona were injured so as a to confine them to their beds they were driving when a singletree single tree broke broka and struck one of the horses on the heels the animals became unmanageable and president Win kimball ball thrown to the ground aund 0 was rendered unconscious fr president r young suffered buffered a broken nose and was injured further by contact with a wire fence apostle woodruff who was with them jua jumped axed from tho vehicle and aca as un uninjured injure |