Show CU Cl E T S Edmunds Law Prosecutions John Graham charged with adul adultery tery also took time to plead he was placed under 1000 bonds Charles Frank who pleaded guilty to an indictment for adultery with his plural wife was sentenced to im- im imprisonment imprisonment im imprisonment for one year Thomas SUrland pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawful cohabitation Sentence was deferred until January 1890 I Jens P Jensen charged with un- un unlawful unlawful un unlawful lawful cohabitation withdrew w his plea of not guilty and entered one of guilty sentence deferred until Dec Frederick Jensen was arraigned on the charge of unlawful u cohabItation cohabitation cohabitation tation to which he pleaded guilty He waived tune for sentence and the court COUlt sentenced him to six months imprisonment in the peni peni- penitentiary penitentiary penitentiary and to pay a fine fi fl ne of and the costs amounting to 35 In the district court Ion Dec there was some liver lively sparring be- be between be between tween Varian and over the case ease of Antoine L charged with unlawful cohabitation Mr Varian insisted on th the fu full penalty had pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four months imprisonment and a afine afine fine with costs co tA amou amounting to Sidney Sidny Kent of Lewiston Cache County who had pleaded guilty to unlawful was arraigned for sentence H His is attorney made ronde a statement as to his family affairs and the court sentenced him to two months imprisonment and the pay pay- payment payment pay payment ment of costs os Charles h L White of Hooper was arraigned on the thes s ime charge having previously pleaded guilty He made a brief statement on which the court coun gave a lengthy lecture and then sentenced him to 00 six months in the penitentiary penitentiary penitentiary Mark Lindsay was arraigned on the charge of unlawful cohabitation cohabitation cohabitation tion and pl pleaded not guilty 1 14 4 fl T J Released From Prison Nov 29 Jesse B Martin of Scipio Millard County emerged from the penitentiary where he has been confined for living with his wives He was sentenced by hy Ju Judd to toa toa a fifty days term December Thomas Griffin of Clarkston Cache County was re- re released re released 2 leased from the Penitentiary where he has served d a term of six months and thirty days additional for the fine on a charge of unlawful cohabitation cohabitation cohabitation November the papers in the thed d case of J Joseph Clark dark of Provo were received by Marshal Parsons Upon the arrival of the pardon the Marshal notified the friends of Brother Clark dark and the lat lat- latter latter ter lafr-ter ter was remove removed from the penitentiary He js still quite ill but has improved a little within the past few days He will be removed t to Provo as soon as ae he is strong enough to bear the journey A Correction If you refer to my letter of the nineteenth th of November you will find it stated that Bishop Steele was elected second counselor to President Ricks in place of Francis Francie C Gunnen Gunnell released not hot hoty y deceased as printed Will you please pease make P correction cOllection Also say that Bishop Ste Steele fe was made Act ing Counselor only This is an omission of the writer y ou truly THOS E RICKS BICKS SEN SEx Territorial Officers General Genera Hunton made an able argument argument ment t Dec 5 in favor of Jack and Claytons Clayton's right to the offices of treasurer and auditor of Utah Terri Terri- Territory Territory Territory tory After exhaustively discuss discuss- discussing discussing ing the merits he said the local oca courts denied the people of Utah that measure of justice accorded elsewhere re He made a strong ap- ap appeal appeal ap appeal g peal to the court not nt to deny them ht of review in this c court urt which which-s their only refuge and safe safe- safeguard safeguard safeguard guard The Solicitor Solicitor General argued for the appellees but pre pre- presented presented pre presented no new points r rOn Death of Mrs Julia Y V Burton On November 27 it was wag stated In the NEWS that a Q private cable cable- cablegram cablegram cablegram gram from Brother Charles Charles S 8 Bur Bur- Burton Bury Burton ton Bur y ton had bad been bet received stating that an operation had been performed at England his Birmingham upon t wife Mrs Julia JuHa Y Burton and that the Doctor octor gave strong hopes hopE'S of recovery This morning the pleas pleas- pleasure pleasure ure caused by these welcome tid- tid tidings tid- tid tidings tid tidings ings was dissipated by another dispatch conveying the sad ead intelligence that the lady ady was in a critical condition This was followed by another re- re rei received re received i ved by Lewis S 8 H Hills ms Esq which stated that Mrs Burton had hac passed away and that her husband would leave England for home bome by a at t steamer which will sail from port November The news of of the death of one so aimable go good and and beloved wi will cause a great shock to the friends of the deceased and hus husband nl who are ue jI i T i sr y y t I a host It is impossible for one om onea 7 acquainted ale with Mrs Burton to think of her without She had P been afflicted for years and bore her sufferings with phenomenal pa- pa patience patience pa patience tience The deepest sympathy will wiH willbe willbe r be felt for the bereaved husband His trip to Europe was solely in the thet t hope of obtaining aid for his wife t Noone No one could ha have ve been more soli- soli solicitous soli solicitous t for his partner in life than lie he has been every means within reach that had i in n It a prospect or proba proba- probability probability of relief for her having been heen tried Now his hia last effort has bat failed and he returns with the lifeless re- re remains re remains mains Maine of his wife that her body may be interred in the home of her kindred and friends God bless the memory of this ten ten- tender tender ten tender der hearted woman Returned Elders Eldera Elder A McMaster who returned from his mission to Kentucky and West Virginia on Nov made madea a friendly call on the NEWS Nov 27 r He reports having had a very pleasant times mong the Southerners he was occasionally invited out by mobs but declined all such Invitations invitations invitations and otherwise was treated very well Some few converts were made by him and his associates but there is ie a general indifference among the people and it is rather up hilt hill work Brother McMaster is looking and feeling well weB and we weare weare weare are pleased to welcome him home December we received a R call caU from Elder John B Reed Beed of the Sixteenth Ward who returned from froma a mission to th the Southern States on the 3rd He left home on the of N Nov ov 1888 During the whole time of his hia absence he labored labor labor- labored labored ed in Georgia He met t with the usual amount of opposition but suf suf- suffered suffered suffered no personal violence the an- an antagonism antagonism an antagonism encountered being con con- confined confined fined tined to threats Suc Success in prose prose- s has been rather limited Elder der Reed returns in good health with a kind word to say for many of the people of the South He goes back to his old position with Mr MrS S P i Elder John Hansen Hausen of iverton Salt Lake County returned on g Tuesday Dec from a mission to the Southern States He left left left- his home October 1887 and was 4 appointed t labor in the Maryland conference ference his field bel bein being ng 1 in n the States of Virginia West Virginia Virginia and Maryland He p vs generally t well treated by the people A few tt thre threats ts were made against him but l no efforts were made to carry them out There is not much interest in religion n in the sections where Elder Hansen traveled His health has hasi i been good and he lie has enjoyed his missionary labors Dec we met Elder Peter S Condie of this city who returned r from the Southern States a few days ago The greater portion of his mission was occupied by travel travel- travelIng traveling traveling ing and preaching in the State of Tennessee where fair success was met with and the Elders found many friends During the last two months his field Held of labor was in North orth Carolina in a part where the x f 1 s to J J feeling against the Mormons is very strong The people there with but an occasional exception would not listen to the Gospel and were strongly inclined to use violence toward the Elders who had to use caution lu in proclaiming Bible doc doc- doctrines doctrines trines trint-s t the people During the early part of his mission Elder Condie's s health was poor but later it improved Elder Wm R B Lee of Oakley Cassia County Idaho reached this city Sunday Dec 1st on his return from a mission to Mississippi and Alabama He started on his mission from this city November 1st 1887 and first went to Mississippi He la- la labored la labored bored I in n all about a year in that State meeting with very good suc- suc success suc success c cess He also labored in Alabama going back and forth between the two States On November 4 1888 he was appointed to pre preside ide over the Alabama Conference He met with even better success in th- th th lat lat- latter latter lat latter ter State than in Mississippi In III Alabama the work of the Gospel is in ina ina fJ a fairly prosperous condition but in Mississippi not a great deal is being 1 done by the Elders Elder Lees Lee's I health was good all the time he was in the field and he met with no violent treatment of any conse conse- consequence consequence consequence quence Dec we received ve a call caB from 1 Elder l er Richard Morse who reached this city this morning with the small party of migrating Saints and returning Elders which left Liver Liver- Liverpool Liverpool pool on Nov as previously noted in these columns Elder Morse resides in Samaria Idaho and started on his bis mission Oct 1887 He labored in Wales during the whole period of his mission and became President of the Welsh Conference in June of this year He states that baptisms I occur occasionally in that field and that considerable quantities of Church publications are circulated Yet the people as a rule do not want to hear the Gospel When he left Wales Jarman was there but the papers were taking no notice of him and the general public had become convinced that his state state- statements statements the Mormons men ments in regard to were untrue hence his following is isnow now no confined almost entirely to a alow alow alow low rowdy element We had a friendly call December seventh from Elder Robert Skelton Jr of Tooele who has just returned from a mission to the Southern States whither he went in Novem Novem- November November ber 1887 The first year of his mission was spent spelt in the south central part of Kentucky where he hemet hemet hemet met and made many mallY warm friends The opposing element was quite strong Generally speaking ng the people of that section are i indifferent indifferent ent to the tae Gospel From there he went to Middle Tennessee where he labored ll until tn his release in the early part of N November vember when in com com- company company company pany with Elders Spry Lee and others he visited some some of the scat scat- scattered scattered scattered Saints On their way home they visited some of the settlements of the Saints Saint in Colorado and found I them in a prosperous and Cheerful condition Brother Skelton returns u in good health although he has t 4 been poorly much of the time He will spend a few days in the city before be- be before fore fore foregoing going home s sOn On November we received a call from Elder Stephen Sample Worthington of Grantsville Tooele County w who o returned on Nov 23 v from a mISSIon mission to the Southern v 4 a States States He left home November 2nd 1 1887 He labored in Tennessee r until April of the present year After that he was WaR assigned to toalii alii Wayne Way ne County Mo where he here here- re- re remained remained until June when he proceeded to Kentucky and presided presided presided ed over the Conference known by bys A Asp t thet t sp that name namA until his return In they the first y first two fields but little head s made although the El Elders ers were i generally generall well treated In Kentucky Kentucky ky there was better progress s 11 five ve additions additions having been made to the Church Church quite recently some of them citizens of high standi standing ng this success sue sue- cess aroused the feeling in Caldwell County About three weeks ago amob a 1 mob of fifteen men armed with rifles and shotguns called at a r r house where Elders Worthington and nd Anderson had been visiting Fortunately 7 Fortunately the Elders had left r about two hours before About a l week later an unarmed mob f r of nineteen men called ii iiri ri at the i- i house of Brother M V Darnall and found the Elders there thereA A man named Stirling LiB Lilly who appeared to be the leader of the crowd informed the brethren that they must leave the country by sundown otherwise there thE were men In the community nUy who would not x hesitate to use violence not only only upon the Elders but toward the family where they were stopping ThE brethren left the same night but subsequently returned a few days later but were not then molested They were entert fined ined by a gentleman named ly who informed them that they were welcome and would be defended as long as he had life in him Eld et er Worthington is succeeded in the tha Presidency of the Kentucky Con Con- Conference Con Conference ference by Elder John L Hun Hun- Hunsacker Hunsacker sacker Hun re sacker Brother Worthington re- re returns turns in good health and spirits We had the pleasure re of a calla can call a few days ago from Elder Joseph Ii H j i Johnson of Johnson Kane Coun Coun- Count County County I t ty who returned to this city Nov Nov- November November November ember from a mission to the Southern States after an absence of upwards of two years His iB labors during his Ins absence were chiefly con con- conF confined con F x 11 fined ned to South Carolina though they extended into Cleveland and Union Counties of North Carolina occasionally As a rule he met f with kind and hospitable treatment treatment though he found comparatively few who were willing to listen to his testimony or investigate the doc doe doctrines doctrines trines which he taught on account of the rooted deep-rooted prejudice so prevalent in that region a against the I Saints and their religion He was never mobbed but many times threatened and and- andon on sev- sev Beveral several sev several eral occasions narrowly escaped violent usage at the han hands s of lawless r and bigoted people rhe last occa occa- occasion occasion sion sien of this kind was WM only a short a Yai F Fl Fy l y o time time before he be was released to r re- re return re return turn home He and Elder Jensen caned called at the house of a widow lady in York County South Carolina who was friendly to the Elders and occasionally entertained them with the intention of remaining there over night but felt impressed after s staying a short time that it would not be safe for them to do so as a membEr of the Church who had been in her employ had been obliged to lea leave ve only a short timE previous bees because use of the threats made towards towaNA him The Elders resumed their journey about 4 pm and three hours afterwards a mob o 0 about sev seventy five five nty-five men surrounded her house and demanded that the Elders should be delivered delivered delivered ered up to them The lady in informed in- in informed informed formed them that her friends were not there and refused to tell where they were and as a result she and her hired man neither of whom i were members of the th Church were subjected to a severe castigation tion with |