Show RETURNED ELDERS elder alonzo francis of morgan city reached this city friday on his ble return from a mission to the french franco on cantons of switzerland he left utah april 21 1894 and went direct to berne where he was appointed to the lauss nine mie BloD he labored there about eighteen month when he be was transferred to geneva the condition of the work in the french part of switzerland la in better now than it bae 1169 been for fir many yeara excepting slight alight elder francis was wae not sick a day during hla his absence and be enjoyed his hie mission very much in deed the NEWS had st a pleasant call monday le eveni nR from eders edere J 8 geddes ira gall call and john C poulson Pou who returned yesterday yeat erday from we he southern states ru mission lesion they rhey have all been laboring in the south alabama conference and report repart the missionary work there in a berous condition over b baptisms flame having been attended to last year the prejudice that once existed toward we the elders eldera la Is being rapidly alloyed allayed though occasionally casio nally it Is ie manifest jim in some cormor torna or other the latest exhibition of this spirit was an attempt an n the part of a mob to burn down a meeting house which was being erected by the eldora elders and salute sainta the building was set on fire but was extinguished by the brethren after one corner had apen burned the fact that it was wae only partly erected saved it from total destruction truc truo tion elder geddes whose home la Is in plain city weber county has hag been president of the south alabama con ference for the post two years he left here for the mission minion fieldon field on november 10 1894 and was called to preside over the conference soon after his arrival there at that time the south alabama conference confer euce embraced the southern part of alabama and all of florida and for sometime he be labored in these two states in the fall of 1895 the couler coner once ence was divided and elder joeph A west was chosen president of the florida conference since that time el 1 er Ged desse labors labore have been beao confined to the southern bouthern ou thern part of alabama he reports that while hla his health b as ae not been am a good an ae he would have liked he has baa enjoyed his bia labors labora very much and speaks peaks in terms of praise of the hospitality of 0 the people with whom he bag bae been associated elder geddes was met to in this city by his bis wife and together they proceeded to their home in plain city this morn ing elder call whose home is in chesterfield bannock county idaho also labored in the south alabama conference he left for the mission field on the let day of june 1894 and was blessed with good health during his bis absence he reports having on en joyed his bia missionary labors la bora very much elder call went to bountiful last evening with wilb the expectation of continuing his homeward journey today elder poulson s home to is in holden utah he left on his hie mission seventeen months ago and labored in the south alabama cone conference rence the first year he be enjoyed good health and labored assiduously la IU the missionary work but about four months ago his bin health failed ailed and since that time has been poor his hie health improved very materially on the journey homeward after remaining in salt bait lake a few days he will proceed to his home to la 1101 holden deD elder eider artemus millet of mesa city arizona was also a mem member berof of the same party but separated from the others at kansas city and went direct to his home at mesa he also labored in the south Alsba alabama mak confer ence the elders were also accompanied by elders franklin ln D of plain city weber county and elder eider allred who did nut stop over to in this city but continued their journey home borne both Bothof of these elders labored in the kentucky conference elder richardson being assistant to the president he to is reported as having done a great amount of good to la that conference having been there since november 1894 |