| 305 Commencing April 6, a debate was held at Clear Creek, Nebraska, between Reverend D. R. Dungan, of the Christian Church, and Elder R. M. Elvin.
The annual General Conference of the church for 1880 convened at Plano, Illinois, on April 6, and continued in session nine days; Presidents Joseph Smith and W. W. Blair, presiding; H. A. Stebbins, secretary, and John Scott, assistant. The following business of a general character was transacted:
The following ministers present at the conference reported labor in the following territory: W. W. Blair, Utah, Nevada, and Idaho; J. R. Lambert, Northern Iowa; J. H. Lake, Iowa and Minnesota; W. H. Kelley, Michigan, Indiana, Canada, and Ohio; M. H. Forscutt, Chicago and Northern Illinois; C. G. Lanphear, Iowa and Illinois; J. S. Patterson, Northern Illinois; R. C. Elvin, Nebraska; F. C. Warnky, Colorado and Missouri; E. C. Brand, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, and Montana; J. F. McDowell, Northern Illinois and Southwestern Ohio; W. T. Bozarth, Missouri; G. T. Griffiths, Missouri; Heman C. Smith, Southeastern States; M. T. Short, Kansas and Missouri; B. V. Springer, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky; A. J. Cato and H. L. Thompson, Texas; J. A. Crawford, Illinois and Missouri; G. S. Yerrington, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts; Columbus Scott, Michigan and Canada; Jobe Brown, Iowa and Illinois; C. A. Wickes, Michigan and Illinois; G. F. Weston, Indiana and Illinois; Rudolph Etzenhouser, Missouri.
The following ministers not present reported labor done in places, as follows: Z. H. Gurley, Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri; T. W. Smith, Eastern States; James Caffall, Nebraska and Colorado; A. H. Smith, Iowa and Missouri; Charles Derry, Utah; S. S. Wilcox, Iowa; R. J. Anthony, Utah and Idaho; T. J. Phillips, Missouri; T. E. Jenkins, Thomas Taylor, British Isles; J. R. Gibbs, Wales; Peter N. Brix, Denmark; James W. Gillen, Australia; Robert Davis, Michigan; John H. Hansen, Southeastern States; John C. Foss, Maine; Isaac N. Roberts, Kansas; J. Frank Mintun,
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