The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-07
NEW APOSTLE
IS SELECTED
Anthony Woodward WINS of
Juarez Stake Chosen as Sue
cesSor to Apostle TeaSdaIe.
IMMENSE THR0NGS ATTEND
ING AFTERNOON.
IMMENSE THRONGS ATTEND
CHALLENGE SMITH AND
MAKES A HASTY EXIT

MAKES A HASTY EXIT y
: The reading by President Joseph
= r. Smith of his own name for in y
dorsement was the occasion for \
brief sensation in the conference yes +
terday. man. said to be James y
= Charles Bowen. arose and chal- y
4 lenged the president of the church. i
7 on the ground that he had broken +
4 the civil law.
: At first President Smith paid no :
= attention TO the interruption. but y
when the man persisted he said:
Here, you sit down. there" =
sun perslsting, the president d.
= him." He was attended to by being y
= summarily elected from the hall y
Mr.. Bowen has attained some no y
7 toriety in the past through his re \
\ lations with the Mormon church. He y
y was formerly employed as a janitor +
= In one of the public schools and cast !
= his lot with a Gentle candidate who =
= was running against a Mormon for y
= member of the board. His break y
= with the church is said to have dated y
= from that time.
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Anthony Woodward WINS, president OF
the Juarez stake in Mexico. was yesterday
| selected by the seventy-eighth conference
of the church of Latter-day Saints to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Apos-
tie George Teasdale Apostle Twins is d
y,
and lives with his family in Colonia
Juarez. Chihuahua, Mexico. The election
was unanimous.
President Joseph F. Smith and the pres
ent authorities of the church were ssls-
tanned.
The conference decided to suspend the
organ recitals until the April conference,
and during the course of the day listened
to a number of addresses, chief afaonz
which was one by Brigham II. Roberts.
IN Whlch Mr.. Roberts reviewed the history
of the state Of Missouri so far as it -
lated to the part taken BY the Saints IN
their early efforts to found settlements.
Mr.. Roberts severely scored those who
were responsible for the sufferings inflict-
ed on the Mormons and declared, in con-
cluslon, that the state, as a state had
sown the wind and reaped the whirlwind;
that its chastisement had been complete
Apostle Shoots Warning.
An address by Apostle Reed Smoot was
/ largely devoted to d warning against be-
coming the prey of takers, patent medi-
cine agents. eye glass vendors and the
like. Senator SmoOt urged his brothers
and sisters to keep out of debt and spoke
earnestly against investing money in
speculation.
Apostle David o. Mckay spoke of the
value of internal strength. saying that all
the internal organs must be healthy if
the outer body would stand.
The president of the central states mis-
sion spoke briefly on the progress of the
headquarters at Independence, Mo, to be
in f1ourishing condition.
Joseph S. Wells delivered an address on
the growth of the church and expressed
the qualification felt by himself and all
of his people that this is so.
Overflow meetings were held in Barratt
nall and in the assembly hall. The serv-
ices in the former place were in charge Of
seymour B. Young and Apostle Rudger
CfawsOn presided in the assembly hail
Both halls were filled
At both the forenoon and afternoon
services in the tabernacle the great audi
torium was crowded to the doors and be-
yond: Every available inch Of seating and
standing capacity was taken advan-
tage of.
Great Throngs Present.
When the immense throng left the
grounds after the afternoon session the
estimate was made that more than 3OOOO
persons had passed through the gates dur
ing the day, which is a figure apparently
not particle too high, in view of the
fact that the tabernacle was twice filled
and the assembly hall once, and that there
were nunoreds or persons on the grounds
at all hours of the day
Forbidding weather greeted the saints
and the people of Salt Lake when thew
aWoke yesterday morning and looked out
OF their windows The rain came in a
steady downpour and continued falling
until nearly II o'clock. In spite of this
fact, however the forenoon session did nor
suffer in point of attendance. The aft
ernoOn was as beautiful as though it had
been made to order.
This forenoon in the assembly hall at
10 O'Clock there will be a meeting of all
the high church authorities. The priest
hood meeting will be private The numer-
out reunions that have been in progress
during the last three days will come to q
close today.
Off for Home.
large number of conference visitors
left the city last evening on the earlier
trains, and there will be more departures
today. AS is usual, however, many of the
visitors who have relatives i'm this CITY.
will remain for several days. Many, too.
Will remain to transact business.
1t is the testimony of the church off
Gals that the conference has been the
greatest in the history of the Latter-dav
Saints in point of attendance The re-
ports presented have been uniformly of
an encouraging nature. and as stated so
often on the rostrum during the confer
ence there is every reason for congratu-
lation.
MISSOURI is cHASTISED.