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Show SIOUUO.NS IX EH YORK. Elder t urrliiL'lon, ltibip Miurp utid Oilier liiued by lieporttra. New York, 15. The Times has the following: The steamer Mmtuta took out for missionary work in Europe eighteen elders of the Mormon church from Utah. No women or children accompanied them. All the dignitaries digni-taries of Brigham Young's church in this vicinity were present to bid them farewell. Eider William C. Stainea. Mormon emigration agent, and Prof. Albert Carrmgton, apostle of the church, were the two most conspicuous conspicu-ous Latter-day Saints presuut, and although the apostle was very reticent, reti-cent, the elder invited the Times reporter re-porter to call on him at the emigration emigra-tion office of the church, at 8 Battery place, on Wednesday. There were quite a numbor of Mormons when tne reporter called, and noticeable among the crowd wera four of Brigham Youcig s sons by diflercnt mothers. One of thefce, Willard Young, is a second lieutenant of tho engineering corps stationed at Willet's Point. Don Carlos Young and Feramorz Young are Bludents of civil engineering engineer-ing at Keutsulaer polytechnic institute, insti-tute, at Troy. Thoy came down to meet their brother Arta, who had on Sunday returned from a mission in Europe with Professor Carriugton. The Sharp family, quite numerous in the church, was well represented, and conspicuous among them was Bishop John Sharp and his sou William, who is a student at Troy in the same class with Brigham Young's sons. Professor Carrington became spokesmen for the brethren. In alluding to the Mountain Meadows maBsacre he attempted to impress the reporter with the idea that the church was entirely innocent of it. Carrington Carring-ton had been Brigham Young's private pri-vate secretary for twenty years, and claims to have full knowledge of all the prophet's private and nuhlin hiiRineta flin-mo- il,of time and asserts positively that Brigham Brig-ham Y'ouug knew nothing whatever of the massacre until long after it had occurred. From Professor Carring-ton's Carring-ton's statement it appears that Mor-monism Mor-monism is greatly on the decline in all the British states. Great Britain at one time furnished 60,000 disciples dis-ciples to Brigham Young; now the Mormons in all Europe do not number num-ber more than 11,000 souls. |