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courts elsewhere, The most important
cases are taken % Batavia 10 Do trled
ana matters OF nCte are referred TO the
governor general III the Dutch East In
dies ut that point
Lands may be leased OF the princes
for a certain number Of years and LABOR
may be hired undor certain conditions
The laws require that the wages must
b. paid by the month, and that the
employer must furnish his labOrotJ
with medical Attendance and food whci
they are sick. All land contracts To
Europeans are subject TO the consent OF
the resident Dutch governor, ana MIN
Ink contracts have TO be approved w
the Dutch governor general In nearly
all the provinces the Dutch collect the
customs dutlos and ordinary revenues.
GOLD AND COAL OIL,
have not been able to discover much
as to the mineral wealth OF Sumatfa.
Cold and silver are known to exist anu
the country has a Mount Ohplr but
whether lts name has anything to do
with tho gold OF Ophlr / do not know
There are gold ilelds about Padahg
which have have been noted for CEN
turtles ard placer mines In other parts
OF the Island which are still In opera
ton. There Is sOrlc tin along the coast
of the strait and there are copper mines
near the Merapl Volcano, Iron has been
snelted for centuries by certain Of the
tribes. ana there are coal oil fields
which are the source OF much specula-
ton In the stock markets OF the varl-
Gus ports of the far east. There IL
one oil region KIN, wn as the LangkDt
which has made fortunes ON paper Tor
the foreigners IN Shanghai put so FAR
aa I can learn no great quantity OF pc
troleum has yet como from them,
THE TIN MINEs OF BANkA.
Among the riche,t mineral regions Of
this purt OF the world are those on
some Of the smaller lelands about Su
matra. / passed the Island Of Banka
m coming 10 Singapore, This island Is
separated from Slnatra by the Banka
straits. Almost adjoining II Is the ISL
aud of Billion. banka Is about lNlt
again as large as Porto Rico and Bill
ion about one ard one-hHlf times the
size of Rhode Island Both these ISL
ands have enormous deposits of tih
their outpu. amcu ting to several mill
lion dollars annually, The mines are a
monopoly Of the Dutch government,
which works them with Chinese cheap
labor Much of the tin Is alluyial; It
Is washed out and smelted by the Chi
nese. The ghlef town Of Banka is Mum
tok, which Is the seat Of the Dutch gov.
eminent. i. IL little city Of 1000, and
Is Il port OF call for Dutch steamers be-
tween Batavia ANA Singapore,
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Is done. About these the peddlers and
marketmen collect story tellers stand
and sing out their tales, and here dane
Ing ~ sometimes held. lasting for sew
eral days and nights,
rrIr NOUNS ON e,,,,.r
40 va SOhAit'A
] have talked with the Dutch officials
about the towns OF Sumatra. The ma
tiVes nearly everywhere live In villages
and there are only few cities Of any
size. have already spoken of Pa
dang. This Ia the capital OF the west
coast, 1t has about $4,000 people, and
OF these about 100 are Europeans.
The province Is ruled by the Dutch and
the town has many beautiful Dutch
Villas. somewhat like those OF Java.
Many also live In bungalows. con-
structed OF wood and bamboo with the
floors several feet above the ground.
Some OF the villas are rooted with
thatch OF tapa leaves.
The natives live In matched huts
with curiously pointed roofs. Their
houses are shaded by cocoanut trees
ana Padang makes you think OF an
immense park with these curious
houses scattered through II. The
town IL close TO the mountains and II
Is SAID to be very healthy. II Is not
tar from the cool fields, which are con-
nected with II by rail-
Not Iar IRON Padang IL Benkulen.
when was once the English capital of
W. Wv Soun.ry. ~ mas isooo people, but is
,aI ,, ' ,ts Dii u me Dutch capl-
of river ON Malacc, stra1. we hlou ,l,
tie below penang ~ tu'' a ~
ciyi1 and n,lIitnrv oe,ciais ~, e Dutcn
as many Furonaan ,,ercb,,,s' 90 Weu
worry pleasant foreign on,o,, ,''aH I,ii
Is laid OFT In modern sty,e ,,s' DilI
heiur lighted bv ,lect,io,;v ~ ~ s.recls
bauks. two yood hotels ,,,a , n,.9 t"o
racing association and MAJ, SL.s
Japnnese indians nfoiav ga " I1,i..
buslnoss honses 7, a. ~ ""u h,ins
tho tobacco ey,or,,nn 49, .v,i,ti Vi
norris n great Jsai 30 W., a." ~" ~ III, III
strait settleroenfs NV ''Vin 'ie
In eastern sun,e tya is ,ho ,roo., a,,..
OF Inc Island II e. tron'n '' ~. b. 60, w
han. and Ia ,ho c,,I,a, 40 y. - 90 LSleli-
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NOTICE 10 STOCKHOLDERS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A
special meeting Of the stockholders OF Co.
operative Wagon & Machine 90. will bs held
OF the company's ofice l3s y state street
salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday, December
@. 1901, az O'Clock pm.
The purpose OF said meeting Is 10 vote up.
on the proposition 10 c1nsolld ate the %.
operative Wagon & Machine Com pany and
the Consolidated Implement Company into
one corporation and 20 do whatever may bs
necessary 10 perfect such consolidation aud
10 transact any such other business as may
properly come before said meeting
MELVIN d. WELLS, Secretary
salt Lake CITY. Utah, November - 1901
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
a special meeting of the stockholders OF
the Wonder Cold Mining company Will
be held at the office Of the company No,
5lS Tempeton building, on corner Of South
Temple and Main streets, In Salt Lake
city, Utah, on the 18th day Of December
1901 at nine o'clock a, m, for the purpose
OF authorizing the board Of directors OF
said company TO sell the following describe
ed mining claims to-wit:
The Old Grover.
The North Side,
The Wonder
The Mary f.,
The Mary II, No, @
the same having been surveyed as con-
soldated group by United States survey.
or general. and being designated as lot
No, S07S together with all OF the COM
pany's interest In that certain mining
claim known as Navigator Lode mining
claims, all situated In Camp Floyd min
ing district, Tooeie county. State Of Utah,
And for the purpose Of transactlng such
other business as snail be brought before
said meeting, 49,,
Dated the Goth day Of November, 1901
ANGUS NJ, CANNON.
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traveller In that country. / am sur
prised at their looks. They have better
forms and features than the Jayanese,
and they dress better. Young girls
wear great deal OF jewelry-every
maiden carries her whole dOwry on her
person. Her arms are covered with
bracelets from her wrists to her Shout
ders, and IN her cara are buttons and
hooks Of silver and gold.
Some girls have high back combs
plated with gold and some have sar-
ongs of silk interviewer with gold
threads and decorated with small coins
1t Is not uncommon for woman to
cover the whole upper part of her per-
son with silver dollars beginning with
a row at the neck and running In con-
centric rows down 10 the depths OF q
very decolette dress, am told that
some Of the women wear silver nail
protectors such as are used by the
Chinese and that many have gold belts
and gold and silver buckles TO fasten
their sarongs.
QUEER MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
Marriage is largely a case OF court
ship and love In many parts or Sumat-
ra. Still the daughters have to be
bought by their husbands from the
parents. This purchase Is secret, but
IL Is necessary, nevertheless, and Is al
ways insisted upon. unless the girl Is
old and tough and the prospective hus-
band has little. Then he may be taken
into the family OF his bride with no
payment whatever. In the latter case,
however, the ceremony Is different from
the regular marriage ceremony. and the
husbands rights are also different. He
becomes. In short, the slave OF his
wifes parents and his wife Is his legal
boss. II he should get tired OF his con-
ditlon he may apply FOR divorce but
the wife keeps the property and the
children.
WHERE THE WOMEN RULE.
Indeed, there is a part OF Sumatra
where the women are said 10 be the
real rulers. This Is In the middle Of
the island. In part of the country sell
dom penetrated by travellers There
the women have more property rights
than the men, II man dies his pos
sessions go 70 his father and mother,
but if the woman dies, then her pro-
perty goes TO the children. For this
reason, the men give their property 10
their wives. and the result Is that most
OF the wealth Of the tribe Is owned by
the women. The husband can divorce
his wife whenever he chooses, but he
must allow her to keep the property
In her possession. For this reason
there are fe~ divorces. and the people
are said 10 be uncommonly moral.
They are generally monOgamists, not
withstandlng their Mohammedanism
Several families will often live In one
house. II a daughter gets married "a
new addition Is built on the back, and
In this she lives and brings mp her chill
dren The various additions can be
recognized by the prongs which extend
up from the roof and you see some
times half a dozen houses so Joined
together.
In some villages there are houses
somewhat like the club houses Of New
Guinea. In the Lamp0ngs even small
places have their town halle where
the men. women and children meet to-
gether and where all public business
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Bret Harte,s Ellest Son.

New York Dec. "a. THE Herald an
nounces the death Of Grlswold Harte,
eldest son Of Bret Harte, the novelist.
GriswOld Harte was born IN San Fran
cisco thirty-seyen years ago, lie was
a student IN oxford, England, although
he did not graduate from the university
lie began HE as writer Of newspaper
articles and short stories, but he mad
not the literary force and skin Of his
father and his stories, while not with
out merit did not win for him fortune,
More recently he has been Interested
in business enterprises
Recent letters received by members Of
the family Of Grlswold Harte from Bret
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ABOUT SUMATRA.
Continued from page tenn

CONTINUED from page ten)
are enormous. The plants begin TO
bear az three years in some regions,
and IN some IL takes from FIVE to eight
years FOR them 70 reach full maturity.
after which they win produce from ten
70 hiteen years longer The pepper is
In the form Of berries, which are nrst
green and then red. and when ripe arc
yellow They are picked as they begin
10 ripen and dried on mats In the omen
air When dry they turn black. Tho
white pepper r. made by washing and
rubbing the black berries and drying
them In the sun.
AMONG THE BATTAKs.
Some Of the best pepper plantations
in sumatra are In Ne land OF the Bat
taks, vast tribe Of semi savages who
live In the hills south Of Achn. These
people are Malays intermixed with
Dyaks Of Borneo and with Hndoos.
They are taller than our Fillpnos.
darker In complexion and more heavily
haired. Many Of them have benrls. In
the wilder portions OF the country they
are very savage and cannlbals are
FOUND The penalties for certain crimes
are that the guilty shall be cut In pieces
ana be eaten alive These practices
however prevail only In the back dis
uicts. Those Battaks who have come
IN contact with the Dutch are semi-ciy-
illzei, and many Of them can read ana
Write, They have an alphabet Of their
own. and write upon palm leaves m
stead OF paper.
Ihc Battaks arc pagans, but | doubt
whether missionaries would be allowed
nF IRE Dutch to 60 among tham. as
they think missionary work disturbs
ne natives. Some OF the psop,e are
Mohnmmedans, and others believe In
,hree delties-a creator, a preserves and
a., DESTROYER They have also touch Of
hiindrooism. They are, on the whole
courteous.
THE WOMEN OF sUAiATRA.
have several pictures Of Battak
gir's brought TO Batavia by a recent
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Violent Scene in Reichsrath.

Wilma, Dec. H,--A violent scene arose
In me reichsrath yesterday. when a
socialist member, Herr Ellenlogen. des-
eribed the proceedings Of the ant-sem-
ties at the recent municipal elections
as deceltful a furious interchange of
epithets followed, the rival parties call
ing each other swindcrs, thieves and
Iogues. This led 20 unseemly scunles.
The astonishing scene was brought 10
q close by a voice loudly quoting from
ueothes 'Goez Won Berllchingen 3"
when caused such surprise that the
tumult ceased.
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po,os Arc Very Anti Gcrman.

Berlin. Dec 1.-THE onu-Gorman
temper of the Poles was shown at a
PaderewsN concert here. which was
attended by q large number Of Polish
mobiles They presented NJ PaderewsIN'
with great many bouquets tied Win
The Polish colors, red and white
The receipts Of this concert VIII go TO
the families cf those persons impriSou-
ed as an outcome Of the Wreschcn
school scandals, following which 70
persons we're sentenced to various
terms Of Imprisonment for attacks w
on Prusslan sChoOlmasters,
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New York, Dec 1.-THE neads Of le-
cations In Caracas q few days asO held
meeting and decided to send an iden-
teal note to their respective govern
ments regarding the present situation
IN Venezuela, and the Inability to trans
act any business or arrive at any agree
ment with President Castro concerning
their claims or affairs, says the Port Of
Spain. Trinidad, correspondent Of the
Herald.
The Spanish minister at once dissent
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NJ. A. BREEpEN. seeretary.
GREEN RIVER on co.

LOCATION OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
business. salt Lake CITY, Utah. Notice Is
hereby given that al a meeting OF the dlrec.
Tors. held on the end day OF November, 1901
M assessment OF LILO OF one cent per share
was levied on the capital stock OF the COR
gora.tos, psy ~ ,re. urr w. T. sa sse,h
ST. Salt Lake City, Utah. ANY stock upon
which this assessment remains unpaid on the
Ind day OF December. 1901. viii be delinquent
and advertised for sale az publ auction,
and unless payment IA made before, will be
sold on the 9th day OF January, 1902. 20 pay
the delinquent ASSESSMENT together with the
cost Of advertising and expense OF sale
PRED @. BAssEtT. secretary.
Nov. "a 1901.
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Goyerpmen, Control of Telcgraphs.

Washington Dec. H-Represeptatlye
Jackaon of Kansas introduced bin
recommending that the United States
purchase the Western Union and Pos
tai Telegraph companies, and thereaf-
Ter opel ate them in connection with the
postolnce departments. Provision Is
made Tor appraisal of the property OF
the companies, and for the payment OF
It's appraised value when the amount Is
reported to Congress.
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DAILY Gets London Theatre.

London, Dec 1.-THE house Of lords
has unanimously decided the case for
the possession Of the Days Theater
here In favor Of the DAILY estate,
Newton Crane who Is counsel for the
DAILY estate, Informed a representative
Of the Associated Press today that the
decision not only gives the Daily heirs
possession Of the theater but awards
them about 100000 accumulated in
court as their share Of the takings of
"San Toy" The balance OF the lease
hold u worth about 100000, In addl-
ton there VIII be an accounting for
damages, George Edwardes contract
with the DAILY estate TO produce musical
plays at the theater Is SIN in force AVID
Is not affected by the result Of the suit.
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A Fortune Falls to the President

New York, Dec. il.-The Times says.
According to decision handed dow
for the purpose Of obtaining a con
structlon OF the win Of Cornelius van
sohalek Roosevelt who died IN New
York IN 1881 President Roosevelt VINO
IL nephew OF the iestator VIII IN,
herlt a fortune Of between SiOV'oOV ana
tfFO mn
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NOTICE ro sTOCKn0LpERs.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A
special meeting Of the stockholders OF the
Consolidated implement Co. will bh held at
the companys Office, $50 3 state street. Salt
Lake Oily. Utah. on Monday, December 70
1901, at o'clock pm.
The purpose OF said meeting Is to vote up
on tho proposition 10 consolidate the Consol-
idated Implement 90. and the coop Wagon
and Machine 90. into one corporation and 10
do whatever may be necessary TO perfect
such consolidation and 10 transact any such
other business as may properly come before
said meeting.
PRANK r. SNOW, Secretary
falt Lake City. Utah. November 20. 1891.
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Linton on shnmrocls's Lose.

London, Dec, li-slr Thomas Upton
said TO representative Of the Asso-
ciated Press last night
81 have been informed from New
York that all the Shamrock IT'S sails,
gear and blocks have been destroyed by
fire. This Is tremendous handicap !
am not speaking Of the financial loss,
but all this material has been specially
tested and the entire boat Is now lc't
IN the condition of a newly launched
yacht. While | am not willing TO say
that It win absolutely prevent Q race, Il
Is great disappointment and an inn
mcnse handicap In the future"
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Telephone Business in United states

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Electrical
Review gives data on the telephone
business In the United Stateo showing
that, including all companies there are
4,3ll exchanges in operation with 2g7S-
IA telephones In use The total capital
invested ia nearly $500 100000. one com
pany employs $1,000 persons and handles
two billion calls per year The mlnu-
featuring side is estimated to produce a
total Of 5000 telephones per day. the
annual output Of instruments with their
accessory apparatus being valued a, be-
tween S50.00O.0OO and S600O0,OOO
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May Pay Miss stonc,s Rnnsnm.

London, Dec l4.-Under a Sofia date
the Telegraph publishes a dispatch T.
the effect that George Wushburn, rresi-
dent Of Robert college at Constantine.
pie, has arrived az Sofia on conAden-
tlal mission connected with the release
Of Miss Stone the captive American
missionary.
The dispatch further says. that It Is
rumored that the United States will
pay the demand OF the brlgands in full
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Picketing Injunction Violated

chicago. Dec. N.-The transcript NJ
appeal from the Judgment Of the United
states circuit court at Indlananolis
convioting Edward Il. Bessette of con
tempt OF court for violating the ln,pnc.
Won restraining the picketlng OF the W.
- Sonkey company plant at Ham
mona IND. has been flied here.
me appeal Is made to the United
yates yates court OF appeals, OF which Judge
FRANCIS H. Baker, son OF Judge ] II
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New York. Dec. MA pro Boer
meeting has just been held IN ; emma
saws the correspondent Of the London
Times and New Yolk Times from Inc
Austrian capital The meeting was
organized ana led by anlI,soml,es IN.
Guiding Vice BurgOmaster Numaygr IL
was held because Of the failure OF ne
attempt to provoke q prJ-Goor d bat
In The relohsrath. MI Chamberlain
was denounced IN abusive language,
and the Hungarian premier NJ De
Sell was severely criticized, The
Clerical Journal yaterland AT the came
time published an attack upon Great
Britain,
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Rhodes'wayor settling Bocr Troubles

London, Dec ti.-Cecil Rhodes, In a
long letter to the Daily Telegraph adj
vocated the settlement Of large num-
bers OF suitable British subjects on
land among the Beers as the only safe
means Of Graduating race hatred In
South africa lie contends that " the
Brltshus cOnHne their attention to the
mining districts and the towns, 1t Is I'M
possible for the race difficulty to be
solved
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Permanent Port for Manila

washington, Dec l4.-Secretary Root
mas submitted to the House an estimate
OF souO0OO Tor a permanent military
post in the Vicinity OF Manila. 10 accom-
modate two full regiments OF infantry,
TWO squadrons Of cavalry and two bat
tallons Of artillers. He says that Gen.
ChaHee strongly recommends this per-
manent establishment