Show Thatcher Mosses Moses Ills s is no nu longer er a meni nt ler of the th 1 um of the Else t twelve tielve apostles apos- apos ilea te of ol the Church of Jostle Jesus Christ Oi QI Latter Latter diy d ty lY Saints haVing been severed from frons ill the l 2 council and d of lt his his' other ollices of 0 the the pl priesthood at a it meeting ng of his qu yesterday All II the he lt members of the u the quorum were present excepting Mr Thatcher hatcher hen he the action m io tok k p It will be re remembered remembered re- re there i is ii one vacancy that vacancy thai caused by the d death lh ol Oll Elder Abrans whiCh some tinie tittle ago Lt r Of Of e e lit thing definite nite concerning c the he ti can cui be obtained bla le t. t the meeting tJ Navin havin having been n held till The lie Diet Dt OItt N News w the Else d al organ vl I the h I liC q of the jhc j ft wd 1 ut ai comm comment nl The Theann i iam ann aim m it as is t follows follows' wi NOTICE TI T. the tilE Officers and Mem Members bets of r the h of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Sant is to fo that at af a meeting ol of the council of held this day l Thu NOV 19 1896 there bein being present Lorenzo Snow Franklin D. D Brigham Young Francis Al 1 Lyman John Henry Hemy Smith GeorgeT George T Teasdale le Heber J. J Grant John Julio JohnV W V Vr r Taylor Marriner riner VV W Merrill and anu H HJ H L Lurid lid aach meeting meet meeting meeting ing was called l fur for r the purpose purpose pur pur- pose puse of con considering and taking action actio on ou the case ot of Elder Moses l Thatcher er erand I and o of which meeting airi I ol object been duly notified after notified after af ll consider consideration alien of all the circumstances of of the case cas casard and ard after each apostle pre present ent h hi hr d d expressed hims himself lf upon pOll the tile subject it was unanimously decided that Moses 1 Thatcher hatcher be severed from rum the council councilor of the twelve apostles and that he be deprived deprived de t of f f apostleship and aCid other offices pi In the priesthood LORENZO LORENZI SNOW Show SN W President Council cf Twelve Apostles It was announced last evenin evening that drat Mr Thatcher Thacher had nothing to to- tosa sa say V concerning concerning con- con the action af of the apostles in inas inas inas as much as th their ir VOl work k kvas' kvas vas vas' iso JO nitre more than was expected among his friends and b. b by y himself The statement nl is made matle hi ht never H r tha he lie is glad il itis over over and anu the suspense ended While he regrets that the church with s which h he has worked and toiled for so m many years and tJ lor which the has expended so much time tine anc and energy en- en e en energy lerRY l- l ergy erRY in advancing should deem it h wise to Lo take the step it has busy the interval bt- bt iween the time time which has elapsed since the fir first t notice of disciplining him hint and has been been fraught with a a great deal of anxiety Mr j Thatcher d did clid d n not t attend attend- the of of the apostles for reasons of his ov own which he may y and may y not see fit to tu make pi p public at some lime time As a matter of f c course couise urs lie f feels eI that hal his action in iu the premises has been right a and lid that tha I hs his conscience c d es hot lol loll l reproach pOa h himin in the least Mr Thatcher's Thatchers friends are considerably considerably consider consider- ably relieved relieved al alst ti I They TIey know n now now- jn t what hat do dl in iii all alI matters t-matters mIllers with which r lie fie ts is s- s l t U they have liven been heen on ou the seat selI so to speak George Georg-e Thatcher who oho hu is is in to the city ilY Heaved H. H t etl a sigh of lei tel tf when he h hs heard heald the l He lie d did 1 not tut caie rue IQ to say anything this that t he believed there had bad lt pot nut be been n justice done dUli h his r i i. i M JI the the Ille promises m mide ide him hd t not nut been kept Mo Muses Mores es Thatcher retired relied early List t evening II t to get some sinie re rot rest t fur foi foia fura f ll a I trip to Cache county this thE morning vl r he i is iy i lor a c. c u le cf ef d days days- ys The strain under r which he be has been laboring ic is is stated staled by bv hi his friends to tl have been sufficient to mIke make a a. a teeth wd man ill ill- to 10 say nothing tg of all affecting a pets pets' n in hIS Ins physical But he is not IlOt so bad badly Iv as asas was as im ins would he be the case On the he contrary he appears quite now v that thai it k is all over ever I His absence fr m nu the flue of thin the quorum yesterday excited c l comment th th meni ets as as it was as expected he be would be Notice N Nut ce was sas sent to fu thit the meeting would be held The effect his on Ih the people p o l lof of this stale slate s late will be I td in its t tiled fl cl in the jud mel t of his friends He Ha H is is-a is isaman a aman man who taio lio is beloved ed by his people and a unit uni universality a re regret ret to to toun un may be exp expected cled to prevail Especially in the flue J o II rn counties w heie tie Iraq has lived will v the of oi regret exist in ill an intensified forts form his It is announced that this lU meeting and action cf d the apostles w I was as in lion to w what hat bat might have been expected after alter the promises have been en 1113 made de It was stipulated by those in iii authority that no action n should houta betaken ken until after Mr tr Thatcher had entirely le Ie coveted oled o led hi his health Bitt But just a as he h has i begun he un to g get t b better ller th the climax has has been been The l g hint him of his liis is office as an aft apostle and md cUl cutting l g lim hm off from rom the priesthood d does es not noL deprive him of his Ills membership in iii the chinch That wa was vat the last step and was not taken Th The flue ext extent nt of the Le offending as slated stated by hy Mr l f Thatchers catchers friends friend who ho claim lo to understand th the s situation lu ti n that is-that is' is that that he heI I has s that a atu nan au can be le- lea a citi cult zen zeri zen of the United States and di discharge any function th thereof and a member ol ul the Mormon Murmon church the s same me as a man mui may belong to Lo any other oilier church and be bea a citizen For this so say the fl o of the he has sulT suffered red ip- ip in indignities dignities and has been pursued as r. r 1 Vcr vei a m nuin man II was d before Mr Thatcher has has' always s stood high in the esti estimation of flue church chinch authorities ties lie Ile has been especially beloved b bj rrt in the heart o beart-o of Snow president o of the tl eh he S Jus held in high esteem II i ever hell the lIt fe-lIt of the the 1 L t. t s t. t I o of f i 1 apostle is given givets to to the public there iere i rabe e to lo be he some ver very interesting s published sere Jere are no now IV two vacancies in the quorum j of the twelve t One was caused af stated b by the death of Abram H. H i C Cannon ninon the other by y the action taken laken I yesterday Who will be bee chosen to fill fillI I tl m is a matter n Her of coi jecture Speculation Spec Spec- is is- rile rife as CIS to that m matter lter alth although ugh 1 it lj ts is given o out t on on good authority that Charles W W. Penrose se i is lIkely e a as one while B. B H. H Roberts will be the other In this connection there is a ant fact in nl a telegram I which ich WAS V yesterday sent to the he latter taller lattera a Brooklyn calling callig him home Mr Roberts is now president of the first q quorum orum of seventies while while Elder Pen Pen- ro mantis eis counsellor li to the president of the Silt sl Lake stake slake stake of Zion A Angus M I. I ft c Camion r |