Show by our special correspondent semiannual SEMI ANNUAL conference OF CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS complaint made that old horac sales of express Compan a fake other capital city events salt lake city oct 6 the seventy fifth semiannual semi annual conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints began this morning at tea the tabernacle was lilledal most to its full capacity in addition to this general conference there willbe several conferences 0 auxiliary acco clatious clat ions the meeting of the general priesthood will be heldT evening at 8 the special conference of the general priesthood the general authorities the stake presidents bishops and counselors high presidents of temples and presidents of will convene in the assembly ball saturday morning at 10 the general boards of the sunday school union and the officers of the YM M 1 A and Y L HI I 1 A will alstat lend this meeting the religion class stake officers will meet in the assembly hall saturday at 2 the relief society met in conference wednesday day afternoon TUB FIRST SESSION prof mcclellan played the organ as the opening feature of tbt conference and immediately all were still president smith opened the session by announcing noun cing the hymn come let us anew our journe pursue after which the opening prayer was invoked by president angus M cannon president smith after the singing of another hymn addressed the congregation touching upon all the auspicious surroundings roun dings of the present day and the leading questions before the people of the church he spoke of the condition lot the the work in progress in the mission field he spoke regarding the duties of the bishops and their flocks la each ward the great responsibilities resting upon br of the church and church officer were dwelt upon he referred with a happy thought to the quorums of Bar entieS aggregating 1000 men who are in reserve to be called upon in a to go forth without purse or ic alp and preach the gospel in conclusion cl president sineth urged his hearers to continue their efforts ln up building the churan and in spreading the GospeL president john R winder then ad dressed the ana mostly upon the lines of a that the work of christ is progressing co favorably he was followed by president anthon H lund who spoke of the methods of the present church rs compared with the first church in times lie pointed out the identical of organization and administration his concluding re marks promised somewhat of a sensation but failed to developed dev elope one he called attention to the educational work carried out by the church and urged that every child in every mormon family be educated in secular and spiritual affairs NO MIXTURE OF CHURCH AND STATE we do not want to mix church and state we do not want to mix our religion with the state schools but we do want the right to teach our children in our religious classes as we choose I 1 want to say to all latter day saints to not underestimate the value of church and religious training in our own religion classes atthe conclusion of president bunds lunds address the choir sang an anthem and benediction was pronounced when an adjournment was taken until 2 following president lund prayer closed tho forenoon session THE SESSION at the beginning of the afternoon session president david H cannon of the st george temple was the first speaker after singing we thank thee 0 god for a prophet and prayer by elder joseph E taylor elder davish cannon of st george addressed the meeting he told of the work being done in the southern portion of tho state he spoke of the growth of gene societies and said that people were eager to find out concerning their ancestors without knowing why it is the outpouring of the spirit of the holy ghost within and the work ft be turned to the work of god he bore a strong testimony of the work of the church in conclusion the next session will convene friday morning at ten FAKE AUCTION complaints A complaint has been made that oli horse sale by the express company is a fake A purchaser bought a package containing an pair of worn out shoes for a bid of cents ahe condition of the shoes him to believe that the sale is a take as no one would ship shoes of that through the express company WILL AFFILIATE the executive committee of the lake bowling league has decided affiliate with the american congress that any noteworthy of members may secure recognition large the teams which at present the league are the brilliantz brilliants Brilli ants the senators the tuxedos the independents the railroads and the nonpareils Nonpar eils these teams will meet some time week and elect captains it has decided to uniform the teams and each will have different colors LUTHERAN conference the third annual lutheran conference convenes thursday night at swedish lutheran church south and east the rev S P landahl D D of rock island and the rev C E bangser of falls will preach the services com mcnae at 8 the will be in session over sunday certificates ARE GRANTED at a meeting of the state board education held thursday the following certificates were granted grammar grade diplomas katherine wall henry barker carl marcusen temporary high school certificate herbert burton state certificates marle maguyre Magu lre rose allson osmon justensen john lovegren minnie Margett ts edward C C steffensen B W ashton TWO RALLIES james T hammond and J A largent will address a meeting of republicans to ha hel at hunter on tho alth ot this month at federation hall on the judge J E frick will address the republicans on campaign issues DISTRICT AND POLICE COURTS nelson B reynols has commenced suit in the district court against F E luff to compel him to execute a certain deed and to pay the sum of 1475 alleged to be due the plaintiff as executor of the estate of elizabeth M reynolds judge hall has granted to alice E decker a decree of divorce from F W decker on the grounds of nonsupport non support the case of john meyers against hie highland boy mining company Is on trial for the second time before judge morse the plaintiff sues for 2000 for personal injuries sustained while in tho employ of the defendant company the case of the state of utah against john was dismissed by judge lewis today upon motion of district Att torney smith the state could not procure the necessary witnesses to make their case C K dubois was up for preliminary hearing in the police court this morning he waived oils privilege and his plea of not guilty to the charge of burglary stands he Is bound over to ahe district court under bonds MINING NOTES prof walter E janney has been engaged to make an examination of the minnie moore and has gone to idaho john dern has been suddenly called to fremont neb by the illness of mrs dern the mammoth reported with another consignment of tons of gold ore on thursday morning i A new strike is reported on the foot level of the galena king at stockton the new ore body runs about 35 per cent lead and 15 ounces of silver per ton george st ciali who is leasing on the chloride point is inthe city with another consignment of rich ore VISITORS IN THE CITY A E mclean and wife of new york and pennsylvania are at the knutsford H S bardln of maiden lane N Y is at the knutsford W H beal of washington D C Is at the knutsford Knut stord J barringer of south bend Is at the wilson faun and F bachman of provo are at the allson W G dark of seattle Is at the kenyon george borthwick of buffalo is at the wilson D A smith and wife of ogden are at the allson |