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Show I TEMPLE AND TftBrLRNftGLE,. i wwwwwwvvvvwvvwvv5 A company of missionaries for Xew Eealand, Australia and Samoa will Bail from San Francisco on January 95. Tho Young' Men's Mutual Improvement Improve-ment Association Stake Conferences to be held durintr January are: January 14 and 15 in Heaver, Morgan and Summit Sum-mit stakes, January 21 and 23, in Wasatch; Jnnuary 2'J, iu Dayis stake. These close the program of conferences for the present winter season. A proposition to make a separate organization or-ganization of the Swedish-speaking members of the Church of Jesus Christ has been acted on adversely by the high council of the Salt Lake stake. The Scandinavians, whether Danish, Swedish or Norwegian, will continue to meet together as they have in the past. President Seymour 15. Young of the first council of the seventies, has returned re-turned home looking but very little worse for the accident that occurred to himself and Elders A. O. Woodruff Ind Andrew Kimball through a team running away in the darkness of the night, near Thatcher, Arizona, a short time ago. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of the Sixteenth Six-teenth ward, Salt Lake, in accordance with their annual custom, commemorated commem-orated the birth of Joseph Smith, the prophet, on the evening of December 23. The program consisted of short addresses, musical selections and recitations. rec-itations. The annual stake Sunday school conference con-ference of the church in Arizona, Colorado Colo-rado and Mexico have been arranged as follows: St. Johns, Arizona, February Feb-ruary 18 and 19; Snowtlake, February 25 and 26; Maricopa, March i and 5; St. Joseph, March 11 and 12; Juarez, Mexico, either March 18 and 19, or 25 and 20; San Luis, Colorado, April 1 and 2, 1899. It is understood that Elders K. G. Maeser and L. J. Nuttall, of tb general board of the Sunday school union will attend all these gatherings. Mrs. Lydia Snow Pierce, wife of Eli H. Pierce, and daughter of President Lorenzo Snow, died unexpectedly December De-cember 23 at her residence, 76 North State street, Salt Lake City. She leaves a family of four girls, the youngest being 2 years of age. The deceased was an indefatigable worker in the circles in which she moved; was interested inter-ested in the Y. L. M. I. A. and Sunday school work, and up until four weeks ago, was a teacher in the University of Utah training school.' The remains will be interred at Brigham City, the place of her birth, the funeral services to be held on Saturday at 12 o'clock. Friday, December 23rd, was a gala day at Logan. The occasion was the dedication of the magnificent new rock edifice, which will form one of the buildings of the Erigham Young college. col-lege. The attendance at the ceremonies ceremon-ies were very large. Apostle Brigham Young offered the dedicatory prayer; other distinguished visitors from afar were Bishop William B. Preston, Dr. Karl G. Maeser and President C. O. Card, the last named of Alberta (Canada) stake. The building has cost 840,000, covers ISSxSO feet and contains fifteen class rooms, general assembly hall, gymnasium, offices, etc. Within the last few days death has twice invaded the homes of members of the general authorities of the church. On Saturday, December 17, Mrs. Marian Mar-ian S. Teasdale, wife of Elder George Teasdale, unexpectedly departed this life at Nephi. Her funeral took place on Wednesday, December 21. On the same day that Mrs. Teasdale was buried, President Snow lost a daughter in the person of Mrs. Lydia Pierce, wife of Elder Eli TJ. Tierce. Uer remains re-mains were taken to Brigham City, and the funeral obsequies took place Saturday, December 24. This will be a sad Christmas for at least two prominent promi-nent families in the church. The present addresses (so often needed by correspondents in Utah) of the presidents of the various conferences con-ferences in Great Britain are as follows: fol-lows: Thomas Ash, 320 Summer Lane, Birmingham; II. L. James, 18a Mil-som Mil-som St., Stapleton Eoad, Bristol; II. A. McQuarrie, 5 My Lady's Koad, Belfast, Ireland; Chas. Woolfendeu, 33 Thir-k Thir-k ill, Terrace, Spring Mill St., Bradford; J. W. West, 30 Peuton St., Islington, N. London; Jas. Briggs, 34 Turkey Lane, Rochdale, Lancashire; Thos. Gilchrist, 37 Cavendish Road, Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne; John F. Porter, 114 Old Palace Rond, Norwich; George Ruff, 40 Sabina St., Nottingham; b. O. McKay, 63 Holmhoad St., Glasgow, Scotland; E. P. Oldham, 6 Freeman St., oil Dobie St., Bnrnsley; Evan R. Owen, lrH Cathays Terrace, Cathays, Cardiff, Wales; Amos N. Merrill, !i2 Iligber Antley St., Accrington, Liyer-pool. Liyer-pool. Elder A. IT. Schulthcss, who will leave for Germany in a few days, was tendered a farewell social in the Fourteenth Four-teenth ward assembly rooms, Salt Lake Citj', on the evening of December Decem-ber 23. lie has been called to preside over the German mission. Religion class conferences will be held in Utah stake, Sunday, January 15th; Cache stake, Sunday, January 2'jth; and Oneida stake, Sunday, February Feb-ruary .1th, ISM. General Superintendent Superinten-dent Karl G. Maeser expects to be present at all of these meetings. |