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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-01-18

Total for four sections. ............ 500
For the ten next highest lists from the
whole territory at random, not
taking any Of above prizes 5000
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-01-18

The Constitution wants good agents
everywhere. Men who will get out
and canvass aud hustle for new bust
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01
A VOTE FOR a SHARE.

A cooperative institution in Iron
county has been projected, In which the
promoters desire to make the shares OF
the value Of s25 each. with the proy!soes
that no one person shall hold more than
$500 OF the capital stock, and that no
shareholder shall have more than one
vote at any meeting Of the company
The Deseret News Is requested to say
whether this can be done legally II
these provisions are made IN the by
laws.
A cooperative company, or partner
ship or association Of persons may be
formed in the manner desired and by
laws may be adopted according to the
wishes Of the partners In the company,
But n they wish to have the benefit Of
the law Of the state in reference to
corporations. they will have to organize
under It's provisions and limitations.
They cannot avail themselves Of the
limited liability protection unless they
incorporate, but each shareholder VIII
be liable for the debts Of the company.
Also assessments could be levied on
individual shareholders for liabilities
INCURRED by the company. But under
the incorporation laws those liabilities
would not occur.
II the company incorporates under
the laws Of the State, the bylaws may
provide for the limitation of stock to
be held by one person, in any number
determined upon. But every share
holder will be entitled TO one vote for
each share held by him or her, The
statute provides,
at all meetings each shareholder
shall be entitled to one vote for each
share OF stock which he or she may
have In his or her own right or held
by him or her in trust for others. and
such votes may be given In person or
by an authorized agent or by proxy,
Sec. 1885, Revised Statutes OF Utah,
1898"
We presume our friends in Iron coun-
ty want 10 organize under the laws OF
the State as 10 corporations. They had
better do so II they want the protec
ton afforded by those laws. And COM
mon Justice as well as the provision We
have quoted, would demand that each
share OF capital stock should Involve
the right TO vote as to its disposition.
and the regulation Of all the affairs
OF the corporation OF which II is a
financial integer A bylaw in con
fllct with the State law would be In
valid.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01
THE WEATHER.

The month OF March, which came In
'lilSe a lamb made its exit. not only
as a lion, but as den Of lions. The
last day was icy, though the sun at
times attempted to give the wind a
more sephery-llke touch. and Il ended
with snow storm, "the heaviest Of the
season." to use a not altogether too
bold metaphor.
The FIRST day OF April found the val
ley covered with several inches Of pure
gllstning snow. It Is 10 be hoped this
has come IN time TO melt so that streets
and roads can dryupbefore Conference
for the mutual benefit OF both visitors
and residents.
Complaints have come from various
parts Of the country Of the severity Of
the March weather. There have been a
cyclone In Alabama, a tornado In Mich
igan. snow blockades IN Nebraska and
Colorado. and cloudhursts. hallstorms
gales. foods, hurricanes, etc, In other
parts. The farmers In this region,
however, do not complain OF the snow
that covers the hills and fills the hol-
lows UP In the mountains. II
tells them 10 look forward with
hope for an abundant harvest.
According TO reports there can be
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01
REVOLT IN TURKEY.

But for the events Of grave import IN
Eastern Asia, the status OF the SICK
man at the Bosphorus" would attract
general attention. London adYices
state that affairs in Turkey are rapid
ly nearing crisis. The finances are ~
hopeless confusion Government SUI
aries are in arrears. Millions OF dollars
are due for war material, and the mill
tary expenditures are on the increase
Arab insurgents are said 20 have issued
a proclamation comforting upon the
brother OF the sultan, Mohammed
Resha, the title Of sultan under the
name OF Mohammed V. In consequence
Of this uprising, the patrols Of Constan-
tlnople have been doubled Both MO-
hammedans and Christians are being
arrested every day and numbers are
being deported to Asia Minor.
Generally, when the Turk shows signs
OF attacks Of the malady that seems to
have become chronic with him, the
European powers flock to the sick
chamber and apply such remedies as
seem necessary, but al the present time
the powers are so busily engaged In
other quarters, as to have little time
left. The Turk Is therefore left to him.
self TO a large extent What the out
come will be time alone can tell. But
# is certain that the various storm CEN
tiers Of the world show that disturb
ances are brewing that may become de-
vastating cyclones 1t is not impos-
sble that Russian diplomacy has
hand in the present rising Of the Turk
ish patriotic party. A revolution In the
sultan's domlnions would be very I'M
welcome to the European powers, while
eastern Asia claims so much of their
attention and their military resources.
The new century has opened decided
ly cloudy on the political horizon. But
the clouds. instead Of dissolvlng, appear
to be gathering IN darker and more
threatening groups. The atmosphere
may not become entirely clear again
until the thunderbolts OF heaven have
been poured out upon the nations OF
the earth, and that shall have come TO
pass which the most cear-slghted
statesmen for many years have pre-
dioted.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

man with modern culture and broad,
humane ideas. The real masters Of the
country are Of different type. They
may have chosen the methods OF the
assassin to brighten him into comply
unce with their demandsf for Russanex-
pansion. Russia will never become a
free country, until the power Of the
nobility is broken, as It has been IN
other countries National liberty must
be built upon the power Of the common
people. and not upon the privileges and
prerogatlyes Of the few.
The present car Is hardly strong
enough to shift the foundations of the
government from the oligarchs to me
people, even If the latter were prepared
for such change. But the Russian
autocrat that shall be able to aceomp-
llsh this work, will establish his throne
securely or that there can be but III
tie doubt.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01
MAMMA IN INDIA.

The London Chronicle tells Of mod
ern miracle, connected with the famine
in India, which is worthy Of notice. II
is stated that providential food was
supplied to some, as wonderful as that
which was given the children Of Israel
in the desert The Chronicles account
says:
"a remarkable incident Is officially
reported from the central provinces OF
india In connection with the famine.
The bamboos in various districts were
found TO be yielding mama or KIND
and quality hitherto unknown to the
natives, who have been finding IL q
valuable help to them In their famished
condition. Samples have been analysed
by the government reporter on econom-
lie products with an unexpected result.
Mr. Hooper finds II to be composed OF
sacharose almost Identical with cane
sugar. the ingredients belng--sugar,
1858; water, 2,66 ash, 90, and glucose
rs. Neither expert officials nor natives
ever before heard Of this product com
ing from the bamboo, and It Is not sur
prislng that this opportune yield OF
mamma is regarded, under the ccircum-
stances, as an act OF Providence"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

When the name OF John c. Fremont
Is mentioned Il brings back many mem
cries. II is the same with the name of
his wife. the daughter Of Col Tom
Benton. Now they are all brought
back The Boston Herald says It Is
brought to mind that Mrs. Fremont
is yet living By the fact that she Is urg-
ing a claim against the United States
government for lands taken from her
In California. These lands were appro-
priated as far back as 1863 for military
purposes. They had cost her more than
$4,000 TO say nothing OF interest since.
and she has never been paid for them.
Gen. Miles, when he was in California,
examined into the subject, and pro-
nounced her right to restitution to be
unquestlonable, Mrs, Fremont Is now
living with her daughter at Los Ange-
les. There has been delay IN the settle
ment OF the case through the lack Of
concurrent action In Congress and the
court Of claims. though the war DEPART
ment appears to have favored Mrs, FIRE.
mont. There should be sentiment
enough in the country to support Just
claim for this once celebrated woman,
whose name was in the nature Of an In
spiratlon in one Of the memorable politi-
cal campaigns OF the nations history.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01
THE czAR's MARROW ESCAPE.

A London dispatch conveys a report
from Kieff according to which the car
has again been the object OF murder
ous attack. this time by an officer Of his
own household. The Russian ruler. It
is said, has taken every precaution pos
sble to secure himself against assas-
sInation. He sleeps in a steel lined
chamber, and he changes about from
desk TO desk while at work. nobody
knowing beforehand at what precise
spot he win sit down TO read letters or
sign documents. His food is OF course.
also taken with all possible precaution.
But H. as II appears now. there are
regicides among his most trusted Of
ncers, his chances OF escaping the ter
rlble fate Of his lamented grandfather
Alexander are not worth much No
wonder II he Is nervous.
The guess has been yentured that
British intrigues are at work In Rus
STA, fomenting trouble in order TO COM
pei the cars government to retreat
from Manchuria. But this Is extremely
improbable British policy does not
take that form. Besides, internal
troubles In European countries often
cause the governments to engage in
war MS sort OF protection against
revolution. Russia would perhaps well
come a war, should the present turmoil
continue. The car, at all events, would
apparently be as safe on the battlefield
as he is in his own palace.
II Is much more probable that the
Russian emperor is being attacked BY
the arlstocracy Of the country than by
people in foreign employ. Nicholas Is
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

no danger of shortage Of water for
irrigation this summer Some anxiety
was felt the first part OF the winter
lest the previous shortage Of snow
should not be made good, but that anx-
lety Is long past all over Utah, we be-
lieve,
Some damage by foods may be looked
forward TO during the hot season The
people in localities afflicted with flood
should look to the creeks and bitches
In time, removing distractions and
strengthening dams whore necessary. II
this is neglected, much loss Of property
may ensue, and that needlessly. An
ounce Of prevention is both better and
cheaper than the cure which has to be
undertaken when prevention is neglect
ed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01
Engineering News.

The recent decision against the Ber-
liner telephone patent 10 giving rise to
numerous predictions that the telephone
business viii now be open 20 free com
petition. The prophets who venture
such remarks overlook the fact that
the telephone business is a natural
monopoly anyway, even more so than
the telegraph business; and not at al
n proper field for competition. OF
course, II Is true that the patents Of
the Bell company were originally Of
great aid to It In securing control OF
the business. Their annulment at the
present time, however, while IL might
stimulate competition in the manufac-
ture and sale Of Instruments could do
nothing 10 foster competition In the
business OF furnishing telephone COM
municatlon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION CON
FERENCE.

The semi-annuai conference OF the
Deseret Sunday School Union VIII con-
vene Sunday, April 9Th, 1901, at p M
IN the Tabernacle. It Is desired that
zach stake Of Zion be represented al
this meeting, and that stake superin-
tendsnts, officers and teachers attend
ms the General Conference OF the
Church be present.
A cordial Invitation Is extended to the
public,
GEORGE @, CANNON,
GEORGE REYNOLDS,
General SUPPLEMENTARY.
HORACE S. ENSIGN.
General Secretary.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01
The American MaehInist.

The improbabIlity that the Bell Tele.
phone company viii be materially az
iected by the late decision is shown by
the fact that the resulting break In its
stock--"American Telephone and Tele.
graph" as Il IL now designated-was
comparatively small and quotations
have since recovered In part II Is
charged, indeed, that the company
holds both sides OF the case. The legal
tactics which have successfully been
pursued % keep this patent alive show
the way that Il il possible to give a
patent much longer life than the sew
enteen years nominally allowed by
law"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

them. In the very latest report 0,
Commissioner Duel, Congress - uIsv'
TO amend the patent laws so thet ap gmi
cants shall be obliged TO use due ui.',
genee in putting their papers IN snap ~
for final action. What Is needed u suu"
radical reform in congressional proye'
dure as to enable II TO enact leglsia-
ton OF public Importance. REFORMS ~. ~,
thousand directions are hopeless 'i'
this is accomplished.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

Now the field is open to any company
that may desire TO use the microphone.
There Is no doubt that the Ameri-
can Bell Telephone company will take
the case to the United States Supreme
Court. but Independent telephone COM
pany officials feel so confident that
Judge Browns decision viii there be
upheld, that they intend proceeding on
those lines. The decision Furthermore
cannot help but strengthen The inde-
pendent movement, as capital that has
heretofore been withheld from invest
ment In telephone enterprises, owing
70 the uncertainty Of the validity OF the
Berllner patent, win now unquestlon'
ably be- forthcoming. -
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

In the distribution Of presidential
plums to army men Utah is not for
gotten. George F. Downey gets ma
iorlty, and Frank A. Grant, George II.
Penrose and c. r. Stanton get captain
cies. Gentlemen, we congratulate you,
Nav you 60 up higher.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

The seyenty-hrst Annual Conference
II the Church Of Jesus Christ OF La'-
,er-day Saints will convene IN the
Tabernacle. Salt Lake City. on Friday
April s, at 10 a. m.
LORENZO SNOW.
GEORGE Q. CANNON.
JOSEPH F, SMITH.
First Presidency
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

Only the other day Uncle" John
Millens, aged 70 years. and Aunt"
Nancy Downey, aged a, Of shawan-
gunk. n. Y. eoped. drove fourteen
miles and got married. 1t is probable
that they Will never live to regret their
youthful escapade.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01
The Journal Of Commerce.

II would be almost impossible 70
frame a more tremendous Indictment Of
the patent Office than the decision Of
Judge Brown The history OF the Der
liner transmittcr patent proves that
the patent Office should be abolished OF
radically reformed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01
RECENT PUBLICATIONS,

In the April number Of Frank Les
lies Popular Monthly appears an ao-
count Of the Inauguration of Englands
new king, written by It's special cores
pondent, Mr.. Curtis Brown, and Illus
tfated with sketches drawn by clever
artist, especially 10 accompany the ar
ticle Another article deals with a
curious Chicago controversy, Years ago
a steamer was grounded off the famous
Lake Front, The sand washing against
II became the nucleus Of new and
valuable territory. The ships captain
claimed Il by right of discovery. Inc
shore owners said Il belonged to them.
There has been trouble ever since. The
story 10 graphic and entertaining
"Shooting Oh Wells" describes one Oh
the most hazardous occupations by
which men of today earn their living
and gives a number Of authentic anec-
dotes OF the extraordinary vlcissitudes
of Shooters who keep daily COM
many with nitro -glycerine. Another ar
ticle. Of a very different kind, des
cribes the process by when pictures oi
letters In fac smile may De Trans
mitted by wire from san Francisco 10
New York within half an hour Chas'
G. d. Roberts contributes one OF MS
famous animal stories, and A. i. eull-
ler-Coueh a capital story OF adventure,
touched with humor. "Bettinas Easter
stock" by Marion Hill Is story OF
children, as pretty and sympathetie
as II can be, while Arthur Colton's The
Musldora Sonnet" Is the clever story
OF an unparalleled social situation
Leslles Series Of Patriotic Stories Is
continued Personalities" accompanied
by some very unusual portraits Is an
other attraction. New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

Really II the country had known how
thoroughly bad and utterly unfit for
self government the Cubans are, ac-
cording to reports constantly coming
from the island, would we have gone
TO war Ia liberate them2 one thing
alone about Cuba seems certain, and
this IL, there was either an immense
amount OF ante-bellum transformation
or there Is an immense amount Of post
belum transformation. The truth
about the Cubans seems almost i'm
possible OF attainment
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01
Engineering News.

Our contemporary is placing the
blame In the wrong place. The patent
Office authorities are helpless against
such delays In the issuance OF patents
~ occurred in the Berllner case. They
IA only execute the laws as they find
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01


The news comes from Manila that
great frauds have been discovered IN
the commissary department Their
extent Is not at present known, but
they seem - be extensive, Whatever
they are they should. and no doubt viii
be thoroughly investigated and the
guilty parties severely punished The
frauds themselves are a grave crime
But IN the present case there is some
thing more than the mere crime IN
vowed The United states ls In the
Philippines as a civlllginR and humaniz-
ing agent, and such doings on the part
OF It's agents as these frauds cannot
fail to have very bad effect on his
people over whom we arc ruling, but II
enables other nations that envy ana
dislike us TO jeer and laugh at US and
In measure hold us up to scorn. All
this can have but one eifect--to retard
the work we are endeayorlng to do
there and to shake the none too solid
faith Of the natives In our intentions
and protestations, Let no guilty man
escape"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

SO Funston is to be a brigadier-sen-
eral Of the regular army. II Is Just
reward for distinguished services, and
he merits II In every sense OF the term.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

An old song says, Spring would he
but gloomy weather II we had nothing
else but spring" 1t would be II II were
all like the first April day in the
twentieth century
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

Gear Nicholas Is almost on the verge
OF collapse from nervous prostration.
II he would take off his crown perhaps
his head would lie easier.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01
AGAINST rnE BELL COMPANY.


believed to be one Of the most I'M
portant patent decisions rendered by
the United States circuit court at Bos-
ton appear in The Literary Digest:
The Western Electrician.
II the claims of the American Bell
Telephone company regarding this pat
ent had been Sustained, II would have
given that company or It's successors
the absolute monopoly of all forms Of
telephone transmitters now In com
mercial use. Some form Of transmitter
Is absolutely essential TO the carrying
on OF the telephone business BY con-
trolling, therefore, this essential detail
OF telephone apparatus, the American
Telephone company would have been
put in complete control Of the telephone
business OF the country, az II Is now
carried on. When 1t is considered that
throughout the United States there
have grown up in the seven years since
the expiration OF the fundamental tele-
phone patents, vast interests independ-
ent Of the American Bell Telephone
company--interest which have COW
cred the whole country with a network
of wires and have established ex-
changes in many Of the important cities
OF the country, as well as a multi
tude Of small towns, the Importance, of
this decision may be appreciated. Since
the expiration OF the fundamental Bell
telephone patents, the growth Of tele-
phony has far exceeded all It's growth
prior to that time. There is hardly q
farming community in the country
which has not its system of private
lines.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

II is said that Ohio is TO have the
finest gerrymander of any State In the
Union She will II she sets out to, TO,
Ohio knows lust how to do Il.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

Lee. This viii be pleasant news TO the
people Of Utah, for some months ago
the doctors health was go poor that ne
had to retire to a santarlum for a
while, This entertainment means that
he Is out again and In good health he
has been one OF the steadfast friends or
Utah and her people since the early ilf-
ties, and his great and warm interest
In her has never once abated, and It
has always been most kcenly appFecl-
ated. George l.. Miller OF Omaha has
always been man among men.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

The Worlds Work closes It's first vol
ume with the April number. The fea-
ture Of this months number is an ar
ticle about Andrew Carnegie. Among
the general articles are story OF the
Rise OF the Russian Jew by Hutchlns
Hapgood: a dramatic account with
well taken pictures Of "a Sea Captains
paws Work" by Macmillan Foster
short illustrated articles on the. new
Solar Motor and the Telephone News
paper OF Budapest the second OF SID,
ney Brooks series on "The Political
status Of Europe this time considering
Italy; "our Prairies and the Orient
how the new trade IS coming to the
Great Vest by William X. Lighton;
short treatise of the Relation or
Education to Production" by Charles
w. Dabney. PHI, D.; and two articles
ON English and American Trade one
by T. Sharper Knowlson, the other by
Chalmers Roberts, therefore giving both
the English and the American view
Especially notable are the full-pagt
portraits this month.--New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

When you read that bear story re-
member II Is published April |.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

Aguinaldo is to be treated just as n
rebel prisoner. Pshawl That takes all
the starch out of his romance and hero
Ian,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

March true to tradition, went out
like a lion.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

This is April /. but we do not hea'
anything about that s5.OOOOOO fake.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-01

The other day in Omaha. Dr. George
l.. Miller entertained Gen. Fltzhngh