Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-04-04 | Page 8 | Know Utah

KNOW UTAH 51 By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS There were ten sailings of steamships during 1888 carrying Saints from Europe to America The Tle number number num num- ber of or Saints arriving in the United United- States during that year was not up up to the usual average however The Wyoming 3 made six voyages the first April 28 from front I Liverpool ool with 71 H Saints the second sailing salling from Liverpool Way May 10 19 with Saints the third from the tho same port June 23 23 with Saints the fourth July 28 from Liverpool with Saints the fifth from Liverpool with 83 Saints the sixth October October Octo Octo- ber her G 6 with Saints All sailings were for New York S j The Wisconsin WAS a favorite with the Saints On June 2 she sailed from flom Liverpool for New ew York with a colony o of Saints on board Another trip was begun August 3 3 with Saints and nd on September 15 she sailed with Saints When New NeWT York York was was reached quarantine officers s detained twenty of ot the thc colony on the grounds that they were paupers paupers The remainder were permitted to journey to Salt Lake Lalta City On October 20 the Wisconsin again sailed for America with Saints Another vessel which was wasa a favorite with Latter-day Latter Saints was the Nevada but she only made one voyage carrying Saints Among the Saints arriving In New YorK during July 1888 was a small company of converts from froni Iceland Tho The decrease in immigrants was probably due to the fact that the prosecution of the S Saints ints in Utah was becoming more drastic S S SIn In 1880 1889 conditions changed considerably and missionaries missionaries missionaries mis mis- who were in foreign lands met with in increased Increased In- In creased success as compared with the previous year earIn ear In England baptisms numbered in Scandinavia in Switzerland and Germany and In Hoiland Holland Hoi Hoi- land 77 In New Zealand there were many many persons baptized while a few were baptized in Asia Abia Minor dinor and in Palestine The Book Bool of or Mormon was translated translated translated trans trans- into Hebrew and the Maori l language Up Ul to April 27 1880 1889 there were no s sailings of ot Saints from Liverpool The first sailing from flom Europe In 1889 was was on April 27 when twenty-six twenty Saints left Amsterdam Holland 1 q