Show MORMON missionaries ELDERS interviewed IN NEW YORK from the telegram of april the following accod account rit of an interview with elders john stoddard and 0 C ormsby of cache valley valleys 13 s pretty correctly related the reporter however bag has added ten years to brother stoddards studdards dards age and seven years to dr ormsbyl bys period of practice in logan there is also a little discrepancy in the report of the doctors remarks about family ass associations ocla ocia and some somo few points of an unimportant character the reporter I 1 however has almed aimed to be correct and he should have credit accordingly to in g y there are no now w staying at the stevens house on broad way several elders of the mormon church departure of the guion gulon line ine ste steamship wyoming to carr carry y them hem to liverpool they are under the he leadership of elder john stoddard and number 42 persons mr stoddard who was found at his hia hotel today to day introduced a tere TeZe telegram gram reporter to elder ormsby M deho together with his brother in mormonism signified the willingness to be interviewed the elder in charge is a man of some 55 years of age with pleasant open counte countenance nance nancO fringed all round with a handsome brown beard his eyes have a merry twinkle yet denote a determination not to be trifled with dr ormsby who wilo is a californian by birth received his hia medical education in chicago from whose college he has graduated with high honors Howls how is your youn party divided as to nationalities was the first question asked by the reporter there are sixteen of us who claim either england scotland or wales as the thebaud aud and of our birth while the remainder are scandinavians with the exception of two germans there are also four ladies with us but they travel simply as visitors 8 and it id Is not worth while to give glye their names sister mrs carpenter and her two children who wh 0 came through with the party aro are going to connect connecticut cut to visit t her family can you tell me what you intend doing in europe conour on our arrival in liverpool we shall report to the president of or the Euro european peau mission who is one of the twelve apostles and he be will distribute us and anti our fellow elders among the various conferences where we shall labor und under erthe the several presidents pres we shall not riot know until we land nor do we care to what part art of europe we may be sent e but ut of course those of us speaking foreign tongues will be assigned to foreign countries we expect to be absent abou about t two y ears eans an d during that intire entire time shall preach the gosp gospel el and have no doubt of making many converts in different parts of great britain and scandinavia with a single exception we all have wives and families each one of us is prepared to pay our share shard of expenses of course we dont ax expect to stay at first class hotels all the time both the doctor and myself brought quite sufficient to see us through two years we are all tradesmen and farmen farmers except the doc doe doctor tor and every man an poss possesses esses esies his hia I 1 own land and house 1 I sald said ain air i stoddard am a millwright we ve leave our fa milles families and business behind us for the sake of the church but neither will suffer during our absence for they will be looked after by our friends some of us have closed out our businesses and there is no needom need of any family wanting for anything as should they require assistance si the bishop of the ward would look after them at once my family is left well provided for and my eldest son will care for my business 1 I am a druggist as well as doctor added elder ormsby and my par partner tiler can mn act for me while I 1 am away I 1 have never been east further than chicago before but have been practising practicing medicine regularly for 20 years in lit logan cache county which has a population of 11 turning to the leading ledding elder the reporter asked from what parts of the territory the members of the band came and what their ages were othey they come from all around said sald sa I 1 d he K 1 I myself live at wellsville wilf wils cache county a city of 1500 which has its mayor and common council I 1 have been hi in this country fryover over thirty years and was a member of the church before that and the longer 1 am in it the more convinced am I 1 of its great and untold worth in every way the ages of our party var vary from twenty to fifty five years Is utah in a prospering condition efto to beg begin in with we have a population in the united states of over one hundred and forty foun four thousand and about four hundred to five hundred eiders eldera constantly laboring in the field in different parts of the world the work is a great success everywhere not only in the southern aud eastern states of this country is mormonism on the increase more than at any in a the last fifty years but also in canada australia australla st the sandwich islands new zealand besides many european countries and other parts of the world which I 1 cant think of just por now pov iusi business property and things generally have neven never ney nex er before been so prosperous as they ye thu ailis thy spring oar our u y yield foid fold of drops crops will 11 be siniva cimpl aliar immense ani and every branch of trw taj Is thriving sickness among Us s h rare and our families are contented with their pleasant to in the city of logan where here 2 doctor comes froin from we are build a temple which will b bo next summer its ita cost will be neu leu no ly y the tabernacle house of worship wh which ich la Is nov now k 1 use cost and arid seats 3 yoe people you pyou are frequently represent ei in printas print as very dangerous us and nd u people what have yot yol houi lt say about it here the doctor took up tle the edd cud gel gei and said the the accusations quite sat unworthy of potice fi otice ind ud y that reason we never deny them theme AI the stories you hear bear are pure as cat catlong ions ae to the Da Ila I 1 de knew of any the name used to t applied to all members of bf ta church I 1 never say san ea winy YA ny the lifland life ilfe and property of jewa jew gentile alike are protected equi egda with those of the mormon alt it is an insane idea for inta late gent 9 ent but persons to brieve believe for obie obbe one ofie mo in ment that people are put ou out oui I 1 bat lot way or murdered in the riwu mau I 1 in ii a g great reat neat highway over which is cons constant tant taut travel are not kli all them american citizens and if I 1 were th ohp e case would not the god goz 1 ment interfere then again dic dik I it not kem strange should ta thi things be true that churches oft of denominations are table tabie estable tabli an everywhere where throughout the T terr M gead ry and others 6 are constantly beai W erected I 1 tell you sir thai that apostate harthe has the same rights as mormon when we meet a ekoy okay or jew we are always frenda polite their lives ilves li ves are never JA ing ger af at our hands bands but of couram cour visit th thein their ein eln I 1 la families ott oa count of pie na difference in our x ous ova views |