Show YMMLA TIlE AXCTTAI GENERAL CONFERENCE CONFER-ENCE CONVENED YESTERDAY I Three Interesting Sessions Held Meetings Today Address liy Moses Thatcher Tills Morning Instructions In-structions by the General Snper intendencr in the Afternoon and Discourse liy Bishop Whitney This Evening The general annual conference of theY the-Y M M L A convened at the Assembly Assem-bly hall at 10 a m yesterday The attendance at-tendance was large and most of the following officers of the general uper intendency were present Superintendent Superintend-ent Wilford Woodruff Counsellors Joseph F Smith Moses Thatcher AssistantsJunius F Wells Rodney C Badger Milton H Hardy George H Brimhall SecretaryGeorge D Pyper TreasurerWilliam S Burton Music DIrectorEvan Stephens Conference Committees Entertainment Entertain-ment Joseph H Felt Royal B Young J W Eardley representing the super intendency of the Salt Lake stake assisted as-sisted by the Salt Lake city ward officers Programme and Arrangement H Hardy G C Brimhall D M Todd B S Hinckley and William S Burton The morning session was taken up chiefly in routine work with reports by the secretary and treasurer which showed the societies to be in a flourishing flour-ishing condition In the afternoon D M Todd made an Interesting address on the tobacco habit showing its evil effects upon the system G H Brimhalls address M I Home Preparations was listened to with close attention and was very instructive in-structive After a musical selection the benediction bene-diction was pronounced and an adjournment ad-journment was taken until 8pm The feature of the evening session was an able address by Dr Karl G Maeser Helps in Government The conference will meet at the tabernacle tab-ernacle at 10 oolock this morning when Moses Thatcher will deliver a discourse and the Tabernacle choir and Harmony Glee club will be heard in musical selections At 2 p m instructions will be given by the general superintendency and the officers will be sustained The closing session will convene at S oclock this evening when Bishop Whitney will deliver a discourse |