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Show , JOSEPHITE CONFERENCE. I Favorable Heporls From Every District in Utah Were Submitted This Morninsr. The quarterly conference of the Utah di.-.- ( trict of the rXe organised church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (JosephiteB) opened this morning in the chapel on Second iSoiUi Attest, The conference organized by , elecuhg Elder Joseph Luff, president, and Geo. E. Ward and C. E. Sterrett, secretaries. President Luff made an address in which he congratulated the brethren on the signs of promise and said that the Brlghamltes were being forced back to the primitive mormon church. He referred specially to recent remarks of John Henry Smith and Abram Hatch as pointing to this end. Reports were tin 11 heard from the different differ-ent branches and from ten elders. They show the work in Utah prospering and the membership increasing steadily. J. R. rOvans reported successful work in Montana, Idaho and Washington. At 12 o'clock the conference adjourned and meeting again at 2 o'clock this afternoon, when it is expected to finish up the business of the session. This evening there will be a sermon by Elder John R. Evans. Tomorrow at 11 a. m., li. J. Anthony will preach and Elder Joseph Luff at 7:30 p. m. -sv- |