| Show FROM THE SOUTH SOOTH SEA lait evening JL A bailey jr of nephi arrived in this ibia city alter sla an absence from home of over three years yeara on april 1 1890 elder bailey left ou on a mission to lo the Samoan islands A arriving eriv at his destination in due time he be wae was assigned to labor on OB the island of tutuila Tu tulla there he be remained for one year when wann he be wai wa to th the island of upolu which was wail the scene of his mission arly efforts off orts until bla I 1 a release to return home he eailee from apia abia on april un on the be conowal Mo nowal which arrived at sun san francisco on friday Jast the met elder eider bailey says that he be met with fair success in his bla labor of spreading aprea Jing ft a knowledge ot or the gospel among the natives of the samoan islands jt J t is five years yeara next june since the mission there was waa commenced by the arrival of elder J H dean aud and wife and it ft is now in a condition elder bailey las has had fair health during his hia sojourn in samoa and greatly enjoyed his missionary labors la tors when the on her voyage toward san ban francisco every berth on the vessel was waa taken and in order to travel on the boat elder Baile Balley yand anU many others had to sleep on deck every night during the trip owing to occasional rough weather this experience was wag sometimes far from pleasant the Mo conowal nowal had on board fur elders from the australian mission those these were oscar oacar audrus andrus george hales and hans hada madsen from new zealand and H B dalling from australia at apia abia besides elder bailey two other returning return inK missionaries took passage on the steamer these were elders george mccune of Nephi and david R morgan of bear lake cou county rity idaho the former stopped off in and went down to san bernardino Berna ruino to visit clait relatives he will arrive in utah in about ten days elder morgan has been from home only about three months when he reached samoa the climate was unsuitable to him and his health became seriously impaired under these circumstances it was considered advisable fur him to return home As stated the was very much crowded many of the pass enters engers were unable to stand aland the stench below deck and preferred to remain on deck in all kinds of weather in n the steerage th this Is overcrowding was exceedingly unpleasant there were only four wash basins and two towels tor for over ninety men so the passengers stated there was a bathtub bath tub but it took so long fur for nearly passengers in the lower hold to get a turn that many of them appeared to dispense with the bath altogether in heavy weather the pals pao eugere ugere suffered great discomfort among the interesting interest lm people on boar were four samoan women on en route to the worlds fair it bad been the intention to have a dozen each of male and female natives but the sa moan government would not allow it so H J moor the american merchant and trader who undertook to get them took dij dans and others in their stead only toe lae four native women were permitted to come one of these to la the wife alte of H J moor koor she I 1 if eaid aid to have been a princess abe has baa a baby lol fourteen months old there is if another princess detol a woman about eighteen years of age and a girl about fourteen they brought along material to construct a samoan house houe at the world woolda Is fairon the voyage they complained of the cold as their clothing was waa light and they were very sensitive to the he change in temperature they will remain in san francisco until today when they the y will start on their journey by rall rail to chicago |
