Show CURRENT EVENTS D death e ath of john fitzgeral the many friends friend of brother john fitzgerald one of the best and most moat prominent citizens of draper will doubtless be surprised and pained at learning that he died at 6 feb 16 as am it was not generally known that he be was ailing and those who were aware of it were not looking for a fatal result from flom his bis ailment he came to utah as a boy with the pioneers and has since been an active and intelligent factor in the development of the country as well as an earnest and con latter day saint his funeral will be held on friday but the hour has bas not yet been announced death of hallarn king the news of the udden sudden and unexpected death at the deseret De steret hospital in this city at 11 february 17 of elder william william king father of hon W H king president of the present territorial legislative council will be received by his hie numerous friends with surprise and sorrow borrow the deceased has recently had bad temporary charge of the colony of sandwich islanders located on the property of the josepa agricultural stock company mcany mp any in skull valley tooele thoele county on monday last he came to the city for surgical treatment for one of his bis legs lee in which he was badly wounded by a desperado many years ago while acting as an sheriff of millard county yesterday the afflicted member was operated upon by drs richards and wilcox and anci last night indications pointed to the rapid and permanent recovery of the patient he was visited by his son william H at t the hospital last night and was iund found in the best of spirits was resting easily and was experiencing no pain today however he passed quietly away at the time mentioned elder king was in the fifty seventh year of his age and was a native of new york he came to utah in an early day and has been identified with some of the foremost interests of the territory his home during his residence in utah has been at fillmore fill more to where his remains will be forwarded for interment on friday twelve years of elder kinalis life were spent in ali missionary labors among the natives of the sandwich islands he also filled a mission to the states death of mr and mrs R L bybee by bee on the ath of august last R L bybee jr of manti was working in a saw mill at that place and accidentally received injuries to one of his arms aria that caused him great pain this increased until it was wag found necessary to bring him to this city for treatment on arrival here he was placed in the holy cross hospital where every care was bestowed upon him recently it was decided that amputation of the injured member was necessary and this operation was performed on the ast 1st net the arm being removed from the shoulder the sufferer was so low at the time that the a shock h 0 ck was more than his bis nervous system could sustain and he be sank rapidly thereafter death bringing a welcome relief on the alb between the hours of 2 and 8 a am ru just previous to the operation on january the wife of the patient was confined at her home in manti manta she took cold in childbed and died four hours before her husband at 11 pm on the ath his body was sent on to manti mand and the two were buried in one grave the funeral was the largest ever held in manti the event being without a parallel in that part of the country if not indeed inde edin in any part of the territory the sympathy of the people was very great every attention and kindness having been shown throughout the grandfather R li bybee sen takes three of the surviving children to take care of the cifes relatives taking charge of the other two the former desires through the NEWS to express his gratitude to those here and in manti who contributed in any man ner towards alleviating the sufferings Buffe rings of his children ob oh ildren and who sympathized with them in their sorrows B R li by bybee bee jr was born february 14 1860 in uintah weber county and his wife in manti april 16 bear lake stake conference the quarterly conference of this stake convened on saturday and sunday the and dinst the weather was all that could be desired and there was a very large attendance president joseph P F smith of the first presidency and president C D fjeldsted of the first council of seventies william budge and jas jae H hart of the stake presidency J U and H findlay of the presidency of the high priests quorum and the high council occupied the stand rf the satisfactory condition of the wards was reported by the bishops the tithes of the people are increasing meetings are better attended th in 4 n ever before and union and good feeling prevail to a great extent elder wilford woodruff dark clark was ordained a high priest and set apart as second counselor to bishop H A lewis of georgetown ward by president joseph F smith the sabbath schools were reported by superintendent galloway as pro grer Alve and encouraging president joseph F smith spoke three times during the conference encouraging cou raging the saints to acts of righteousness and bearing powerful testimony to the divinity of the book of mormon and the truth of the great latter day clay work established through gli the instrumentality of the prophet joseph smith the other speakers were president C D fjeldsted president wm bud budge e counselor james H hart J aj u and bishop joseph jose ph kimball whose remarks were replete with in st ruction and encouragement the singing was a very noticeable feature of the conference I 1 cannot close without paying paving tribute to those who took part at the concert given on saturday night in aid of the tabernacle organ fund in addition to our home talent R 0 easton and walters walter S lamoreaux Ij amoreaux of logan rendered valuable and gratuitous assistance and many thanks are am due to them for their valued help also to all who contributed to make the concert a success T MINSON cl clerk erk |