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Show TEMPLE flrirlffi. I President ttulon S. Wells, ot the H European mlaalon, la now visiting Ilia H branches of the Church In Continental D Europe. D The branch of the church In (taker N City, Oregon, baa been transferred to EM the Northwestern nilitlou, and It now I JfeO .hoheadquarlera ot that mtttton. WRt The name of the Hannock atake In BS Idaho, over which President T. IS. jl Itlcks pretldet, haa been changed to MR Fremont Stake, aa tha settlements of jEZ .he mints in that Stako are almost wt intirely confined to Fremont County mfm P.lder HllaaS. Kimball, of Mendon. K lato President of the Southern Stales (9 mission, having been appointed by jE President McKlnley chaplain of the jH Second Regiment of engineers, of rthlcli Wlllard Young Is colonel, left tn July SSth for Fort Sheridan, III., where the headquarters nf the regiment regi-ment la at present located. Klder (leorge T. Wehtler of West Ionian returned on July loth, from a filiation to South Alabama. He left homo on October 8tb,and haa labomt In the South Alabama conference all tho lime. The mission waa In good irdcr when be left and the elders were enjoying good health, Klder Webster enjoyed lilmtelf while on his nlstlon and found the people to be rery hoipltable. At the celebration of Independence at Apia the capital ot Samoa, the tinging of 'the native jhlldrcu of the Mormon achoola surprised sur-prised ovcryliody. Thty sang 'America", "Hall Columbia") "The 4tar Spangled llanncr," "All together" 1 md "lleaiitlful Home" In aatyle that tew of their age of any people could eiual, Ihey alto serenaded the Chief luallce and other dignitaries. Klder I'.. J. Wood waa the chaplain of the i.y. Klder Joteph Cottrell of Fanning-ton Fanning-ton returned July IJrd, from amttalon to Hanover, (lermauy. Klder Cottrell left home on April to, thus having been absent only a little more than a a year. Ills early release was aiilhorla- 1 rxl by the First Prestdtnoy nu account J I of the previous condition of bis , mother, who la Buffering from a cancer. lu Hanover, aaya Klder Cottrell, Cot-trell, the Klders bare a great deal of freedom to preach and the mlatlon It rontequently In good condition. The only regret ho oiperlcnccd was when be said good-by to the ciders behind. I Klder II D. Horenton of Nephl, Juab I rouuty, hat returned from a inlttlon ' , to the Northern ttatat, He left his I in.,,.. i.lttmi,fciwapvtiliUA,.- J nrer the Southern Indiana conference Jnj for the patttwo yeara. The mlttlon 7- work of tbe Latter-day Saint Kldtra la rapidly bearing fruit In thatsectlou. ' The baptisms thla year have already eclipsed the record of any previous year and give promlte of doing at a rate of four to one before another rar rolls around. There aro Ucnergctlo elders In this Held aud all are enjoying good health. Oil Sunday, July ItUli, a new atake of X.lun was organized In Idaho, It It composed of wardt belonging to tha )nclda atake with the exception nf Hod a Springs, which bat been a part )f tho Hear Lake atake, It will henceforth be known at the II in node stake, as the bulk of tho msuibcrshlu' will bo found In lleullle Vullny, Hannock Han-nock County. .Klder Lewis H. Pond watchmen toprctldo over this new stake wltli Klders Denmark Jensen and Clareno Kldrcdgu na his counselors, coun-selors, and Klder Daniel J. Lnu, ot Hoda Springs, was appointed atake superintendent of Sunday schools. July Sstli was Mormon day at Salt-air Salt-air and fully alx thousand people went out to the popular retort. There were literary and musical exercises In tho afternoon. Hpcrclics were made bj-President bj-President Wllford Woodruff, (leorge (J Cannon and Joseph F. Smith. II, H Young recited the poem "Jim and Me" and a double quartette led by Protestor Pro-testor Stephens rendered several patriotic selections. Oihsr prominent Mormon ofllclal t prvteiit were Apottle F. M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, John W. Taylor, lleber J. (Irant, P. D. Hlchardt, Anton Lund, It II, Roberta ami 0, P. Whitney. The warmth of the day made the bathing unusually tine and thousands went Into the water. Hoatlug and dancing proved popular alto. Tim inductions taken up in tbe Mormon meeting liousas through this Intvr-Mountala region on Sunday, July 31th, for the Maine memorial monument aro variously estimated at from 11,000 to 13,0)3. It will bs some time before tha latt of the colleotloua aro received from the dlttant outlying M dlttrlcta. Wm Dr. Jamea K. Talmage, of the Unl- J jK' reralty of Utah, Is now giving an II- II lustrated lecture In tha largett cltlce of (Ireat llrltaln, commencing at Now- Wm oattlo-upon-Tynti lilt subject It "The 'M lloeky Mountalnt" including Utab and . H hur people, SgB Tho opening dlicourso at the taber- tB nacle Sunday July 31, wat delivered BB by llUliop llyrum 11. Clawaon. who iH exprctted his gratitude for the bleat- j inga Injoyed In a country when there H Is freedom to worship according to H ones H |