“Thursday, Jan. 9 . . Releases - -...Elders Alfred Gardiner and David Crackles of the London Conference have been honorably released to return home per s.s. ‘Dominion,’ sailing Thursday, January 16th. (Mill.Star, 64:27)” [BMMH, 1902].
[The following was written January 16:] "Aboard the ‘Dominion,’ which sailed to-day, the 16th inst. For Portland, Maine, were Elders David Crackles, Alfred Gardiner, Martin Ganglmayer and Russell P Teasdale; also Brother Squire Coop, who has been pursuing musical studies in Germany, and whose hasty return home is occasioned by the sad and sudden death of a loving mother, who passed away in Salt Lake City on Friday, the 10th inst. (Mill.Star,64:43)"" [BMMH, 1902]." (source abbreviations)