Show CURRENT EVENTS Y L M 1 A association conference the first general conference of the young ladies mutual improvement association was held wednesday afternoon and evening in the assembly hall at the afternoon session the following ladies were unanimously sustained as officers president E elmina min a 8 taylor first bret counsellor maria Y dougall second counselor mattle mattie H aids aide adella W eardley aggie campbell sarah eddington and lillie freeze treasurer fannie Y thatcher secretary ann M cannon the meetings were well attended there being present representatives frona from almost all the different stakes in I 1 a zion mon addresses were made by a number of ladles ladies and president joseph F smith the remarks were highly instructive and thoroughly enjoyed it is the intention hereafter to boid bod a general conference once every every year at A t the regular officers meeting held tuesday afternoon at the residence of sleter sitter sit ter maria Y dougall dougal very satisfactory reports were given showing the associations to be in a flourishing condition primary conference the central board of the primary associations held their annual conference in the assembly hall on monday afternoon october ath there Ther ewas was a very fair attendance the meeting was opened in the usual manner the minutes of the last conference were read ana approved A condensed report of the stakes and the financial and visiting report were also read and approved A very interesting address on n the organization of the primaries marles was delivered by sister amelia 8 rogers president of the davis stake blake remarks were made by president louie B felt and counselors lillie T freeze and clara C cannon A meeting of the stake officers was also held on sunday evening at at the residence of C B felt north main street this was a very interesting Begg session iOD each officer had an opportunity ot of resenting presenting p her ideas and methods of conducting the primaries in the different Stake sand on bearl hearing ing each others experience would be able to improve their own it is expected that we will bold a conference and an officers meeting every october MAY A seely the chilean war valparaiso chile via galveston riston oct 12 according to the present political outlook the liberals will carry the large towns at the coming elections the conservatives and party will make rains gains in the country districts at the earliest opportunity port unity after the firm establishment of the new dow government a number dumber of claims will be presented for payment by the representatives of the different foreign nations here barre the british claims amount to between and separate parate he english claims to between and 2 to these are for damages to the nitrate works and for railroads and buildings destroyed during the bombardment of iquique aquique also for losses incurred by business houses at valparaiso after the battle of la placilla PJ acilla and for the detent detention io D of the pacific steam navigation company companas comp anys Is steamers and vessels the spanish and italian claims amounts to each and are for sacking the tores stores during the riots that followed the taking of valparaiso by the juntas ajuntas troops the american claims amount to only the estimated value of property destroyed in the vicinity of the city all these claims are now dow filed at the respective legations the resumption of guano shipments from the lobos deposits will be made at an early date and new officials will be detailed to look after them receiver lawrences laurences Lawren ces report the report of receiver lawrence of his receipts and disbursements since his app appointment on july 16 1889 to september 12 1891 was approved by the judges of the supreme court on saturday afternoon the report shows that lie he received from F H dyer and his receipts since that time the rent of the gardo house historians office titling grounds church farm sale of wool interest and from other sources swelled this total to while the total disbursements amounted to the report showed that the receiver had the following property in his possession gardo house rented to J R winder at per month historians office rented to J B R winder at per mouth month church farm rented to F A mitchell at per months month the tithing grounds acdan interest in coa coal I 1 lands shares of gas stock shares of deseret telegraph stock fetock and certain office furniture the receiver also reported that there was pending in ID the third district court an action agal against not james eldridge eld ridge and twenty others to recover a decree of the court in an action brought by P V H dyer against these defendants to recover possession of a lot rods in block 76 plat A also a suit in the first district court at ogden in which the receiver was plaintiff and D M stewart robert and R J taylor Tay loret et al were defendants this suit was brought to recover possession of the tithing house property the tabernacle property and the shurtliff property the board of education an AD adjourned session of the board of education was held last night vice president nelson presiding the members in attendance were young newman AIX baldwin pike pratt and A communication was read from A L withdrawing his offer to sell certain lots in waverly addition to the board committee on sites and buildings the committee on sites was authorized to make an expenditure of in the construction of a coal house fence and flume on the premises of the tenth district school the committee on sites and buildings presented the following report which was read and adopted your committee to whom was referred the request of mr lett beg to report that we do not think it for the best interest of the board to sell the sixteenth district school property at present because we cannot do without it until another site is purchased and buildings erected to accommodate the children and unless we cap can realize from to 1500 for the property we do it wise to dispose of the same B G JL ARTiE ARTHUR run PRATT R ALFF JOHN N PIKE INKE committee A few more matters were disposed of and the board adjourned returned elders elder horace D barber of the twenty second ward of this oily city called at our office today he returned rhu thu iday october 1 I from indian territory where be has baa been laboring as a missionary for nearly two years he left his home on the of february 1890 brother barber says rays his ha health hf kaso not been strong all the time but other wise he be has eq enjoyed Joyed his work derx Us 3 much he has been well treated tream among the people with whom he haa haj come in contact and he entertains we the best hopes for the future of the mission in indian territory elder john 8 bingham Bing bam of cl afton i idaho hasquet returned from his m mission to new zealand elder bing ham left home bome in may 1888 he VW ro lates that during the first nine month of his mission he labored as a school teacher inthe in the district instructing ting the natives in the ED english 9 language he was then appointed to preside over the waikato ato district where he labored nine months and was then called to preside in south island district After two months he was made president of wai rv p and from there after five months he ww way t called to take the place of bague c tas as president of the austra v lian ilan mission elder E D Smi smith of san ban luis 3 colorado gave us a pleasant call satu i day evening having returned from big I 1 mission to indian territory last 1 day october brother smith sm ith left 1 his home on the of october 1889 J an and d h has as g since ince then bee been n laboring with I 1 marked success in various places of 1 territory he reports that he has been treated well by almost l everybody he e 1 says a friendly feeling towards out our missionaries s is manifested by many otra the indians and even the population the prejudices are oom comm t i to disappear brener ermith thinks the prospects for t j work oiw on that field are very encouraging al affa health has ban been good all the time and anda he be feels thankful for the experience he has had brother bingham has ajo enjoyed y ed the 0 best of health and spirits durl during ng MT W absence abbene e he reports that the work in that region is going forward fairly well there is now low a membership of 85 about of whom are europeans tte left the elders all in good goo health brother bingham is accompanied home ham 6 by elders J P beck IF ephraem john son and sister ida dunford elder jos joe beck came in this afternoon brother beck was wag sent frob paris idaho and has been away three no 1 years this month until last april apri hb fie had bad been laboring in the hawkers district he was then callej called to lr io bay of islands where he remained until released elder beck report that with the exception of t two wo ma months 0 SZ S Z of illness last fall all he has enjoyed ane j host best of health and was wag successful W 4 bis big labors |