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Show DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SCANDINAVIAN MISSION.<br><br> From the Deseret News, of the 2d inst., we clip the following: <br><br> A cablegram from President Carrington, of Liverpool, received to-day, conveys the melancholy intelligence fo the death, on the 1st inst., of Elder Niels Willhelmsen, President of the Scandinavian mission. Deceased was the son of Wilhelm Christansen and ?? Neilsen, and was born April ??, 1824, at ?? Skanderborg, Denmark. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, August ??, 187?. by Frederic ??. Brother Wilhelmsen held the office of High Priest. He resided at St. Charles, Bear Lake Co., Idaho, and was ?? to the Scandinavian Mission by President John ??, July 20, 1871. At present we are without information as to the immediate cause of Brother Wilhelmsen's death. He was a good and useful man. His family and friends, however, have our deepest sympathy and condolence in the loss they are called upon to sustain. |