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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26
ALBERTA STAKE CONFERENCE.

The Alberta stake quarterly confer
ence. held on Saturday and Sunday,
Fec. u and l3, was probably the best
attended conference held in the stake
Tor years. The assembly hall was well
lilled at the first meeting. and. at the
Sunday afternoon meeting a fourth OF
the people could not gain admission
Every bishop OF the stake was present
from the first session. and all but two
OF the high council. and they were
unayoldably detained.
President Edward j Wood delivered
the opening address In which he re-
ported the stake as never In a more
prosperous condition, and dwelt upon
the liSerality of the general authori-
ties toward the stake in the way Of
helping in ward maintenance and IN
the building OF our stake tabernacle
He adverted to the prosperity ahead OF
our colonies In Canada and to the gen-
orous reception accorded our people by
The government of tho country Hs
complimented the bishops and members
of the nigh council upon their faith
fulueSs and urged preparation for mis-
SONS upon the young men, and the TO-
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WESTERN STATES
MISSION NOTES

Elder w. II. Lynn, president OF the
West Colorado conference writes
Upon my return from Denver | found
the progress made In Montrose very
gratifying Last week the elders here
held five cottage meetings at the homes
of some of the leading citizens of the
town On Sunday we procured the
odd Fellows hall and held n well at
tended meeting. After the service sew
eral remarked that Mormonlsm is
broad. Carrying with IT an influence for
good. One lady declared that the deep
rooted prejudice of the world must
soon pass away and give room for facts
and light
President S. w. Ballard in reporting
the condition of the Nebraska confer
ence states: THE Omaha branch is In
a nourishing condition. Many new
friends are being made daily who are
becoming earnest investigators of the
restored gospel While tracing In the
business district Elder r. b. Harris
met doctor who asked him If he
could tell the reason why the minis
terS OF other denominations never visit
ed the educated classes with the object
of explaining their doctrines to them.
The answer was given thus: My
sheep know my voice and stranger
they will not follow Christ set the
way. we must follow after him And
they know not the way; therefore they
fear to have the sunlight OF investlga
tion thrown upon their doctrine. We
know the way. hence we want every
body to know what we are teaching.
Elder Daniel Nield performed two bap-
tiSms at Lincoln on the 23rd- He stateS
that many more in that vicinity are IN
vestigating the gospel
Elder Joseph Brinkerhoff who Tor
more than year past has been labor
ing In the Dakota conference has been
honorably released to return home after
having spent in the field % months
Elder William NJ. Johns has been
transferred from Nebraska to South
Dakota. and Elder David Burnett from
Denver to Nebraska.
President John l. Herrick visited the
elders and Saints of the Pueblo confer
ence this week, spending with them
Sunday and Monday. Everything there
is in a prosperous condition.
Following is a report of the mission
for the month OF January: Books ot
Mormon sold. 253: other standard
Church works distributed, n other
books distributed. SS9 tracts distribute
ed 1879; Liahonas distributed, 2.4yf'
Llahona subscriptions. "A; families
visited. 9939: families revisited. Ib2:
hours tracing. 3,4i4, hours gospel con-
vcrsations. 1916; hours with saints. sol.
hours In study. 5612; number of gos-
pei conversations, i,7S2; hall meetings,
i'll: cottage meetings. pa; open air
meetings, %: children blessed. ,, bap-
tisms. .. T. ROSS WlLSoN'
Secretary.
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upon the

sponslbillty of motherhood upon the
mothers
He was followed by returned mis-
slonaries, Henry NJ Bohne. Frank
Leavitt. c. Edgar Snow and Thomas
Wilson, who gave splendid reports or
their missionary labors abroad, after
which President Rhoda c. Hinman,
who was baptized by the Prophet 10.
seph Smith bore her testimony and
reported the Relief society.
Sister Sarah j. Austin was the next
speaker, she also having been baptized
by the Prophet Joseph Smith, She felt
that the responsibility of rearing a fam
lily ought not to be laid upon the moth
er alone; that the father, too was. In 4
measure, responsible.
The afternoon session was taken up
with excellent reports by members OF
the high council and bishops OF wards.
The Sunday morning session was
occupied in having the Sunday schools
of the stake reported by Supt. NJ. A
Coombs. Ii fully organized Sunday
schools, all in good working condition.
were reported. also with other good
talks
At the Sunday afternoon meeting
more reports were given and the gem
eral and local authorities were sus-
tanned unanimously
Great credit is due the stake choir,
under the direction of Chorister Frank
Layne, and the several talented per-
formers. who favored the conference
with such superb music during all OF
its sessions
The stake Mutuals closed the con-
ference on Sunday evening with n par
ticuiarly pleasing program of exercises
Altogether il was, as usual. zone or
the best conferences we have ever at
tended" L. A. WILSON.
Stake Clerk
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ELDERS OF THE EAST KANSAS CONFERENCE.

departed this life Friday Feb. 4.
Brother officer has been a members of
the Church for some three years and
was full of faith in the gospel. He
leaves a wife and large family OF small
children to mourn his death.
The elders throughout the field have
taken advantage of the recent good
weather for holding meeting and tract
ing From the various parts of the
mission there comes the report OF good
and we'll attended meetings. In the
cities street preaching has been more
favorable and halls. schoolhouses and
churches are becoming more and mora
open to the elders,
Here are extracts from two letters
which are only types of many that
come to us:
I'VE have held three street meetings
this week with large and attentive
audiences, Today we had the pleasure
of explaining the gospel to more than
$50 attentive listeners. Louis S. Dun
yon. Salina. Kan.
You will notice from our reports
that we are not selling so many books.
but we are having better success In
holding hall meetings than ever before.
We have held 23 meetings in the last
IS days, and it has been the cause of
making friends of many who were Gc-
lOTt our efleIllltS- All Wtlc IitNt-
ingS but three."-D. L. Galbraith, Tish-
mingo. Okla.
The following elders have labored
diligently In the field until it has been
said enough" Samuel Butterneld y.
M. DalIymple and Sister Phoebe Hard
ing of Missouri conference: Peter Mort
ensen and w. w. Wilson of East Kan
sas conference; Robert j. Turner of
Independence conference; and Walter
Cottle of the st. Johns conference.
Elder Cottle has for the past few weeks
presided over that conference.
Elders l.. John Nuttall, Peter Mort
ensen and w. w. Wilson and Sister
Phebe Harding having fulfilled their
missionary term. took advantage of the
opportunity to visit Nauvoo and Car
thage before returning home
President Peter Mortensen of the
East Kansas conference reports MS
field in good condition. Elder Morten-
sen has been in the mission field for
over % months. much of which time
he has held the responsibility of pre-
siding over the conference When he
returns from NauVoo. he will set his
face toward loved ones in Idaho.
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Kentucky. a Theo. Thorup, presi-
dent. Be" 657, Paducah. Ky.-On Sun
Gay. Jan. %. Elders Charles G. Long
hurst and Joseph II Casper were per-
mitted to hold meeting in the Uni
1ersallst church at Hopkinsville and
were treated well by the minister and
his flock. Elders Nell NJ. Stewart
and Thatcher Kimball, laborlng In
Henderson. report good success. They
are making many friends. one of
them, the editor of a leading news
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paper, printed an article explaining
their mission and speaking we'll of
the elders.
Middle Tennessee. Thos. Jones. pres
ident, Box 269. Memphis, Tenn.-With-
in the past week Elders Aroet Whittle
and Cyrus W. Tolman tracted the lit
tie town of Big Sandy. leaving one
Book of Mormon and Is small books.
The last night. by request. a meeting
was held where so people gathered and
were pleased with what the elders had
to say. Give well attended meet
ings were held at Jackson by Elders
Chris Bandley and Peter T. Hansen.
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HISTORY OF THE
SOUTHERN STATES MISSION
Two Weeks Ending February 3. 1910

AIubamn, Hans C. Peterson. presi-
dent. Box 705, Montgomery. Aa.-
While canvassing in Montgomery
President Peterson met genIIeman,
Mr. Edgar Smith, who is second
cousin to the present president CT the
Church. Mr.. Smith treated him kino-
ly and promised to give his some IN
fercstinr history OF the Smith family
in the near future. He belongs 10 no
church. but speaks very highly oil tne
Prophet Joseph as man. althougn ne
Is not yet believer in the divinity OF
the prophets mission.
East Tennessee. Geo. W. Stephens,
nresident 2002 jefferson avenue,
KnoxyilIe. Tenn.-Elder W. III. Larson,
who has been presiding over the EAST
Tennessee conference for the past nine
months, has been transferred to the
mission office and is succeeded by Ed
er George W. Stephens.
EYorida, L. L. Myers. president, 119S
Highway avenue. Jacksonville, Fla
In canyassing Stilbnan, Ga. Elders W.
M Jones and n. Harold Tracy were
successful to the extent Of placing
their literature In every home.
Three persons were baptized near
orange Heights by Elders Cecil A. Call
and Forest l. Dynl. the latter onicl-
atinR At Ft Myers. good crowds
attend the street meetings and the peo-
ple in their homes are attentive TO the
message of David T. Adams and Lorln
MerkeIy, After holding meet
ing in a Methodist church. Elders Lo-
rim Taylor and Wilmer Seabury were
invited to the home of the deacon. The
family were very friendly and upon
leaving the next morning the elders
received hearty invitation to return
ut any time Elder Joseph Palmer
reports one baptism for Jan 30, In
connection with which very success
full service WAS held by him and Elder
L s. Richman i. Tallahassee, the
capital of Florida. heretofore appar-
emily impregnable to the message OF
Morlnon;sm, has recently experienced
such change OF sentiment that Ed
ers Edgar Meacham and John Tout
were able to leave 30 Books of Nor
mon besides an immense amount of
other literature. In years past the
elders were threatened with mob vio-
lence in this city and were driven out
of the county Now they hold street
meetings unmolested. One gentle
man who had never before seen a Nor
mon now declares the doctrine to be
reasonable and scriptural and he be-
Heves. true. and insists that the elders
make his horne their home while In
Tallahassee.
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CENTRAL STATES
MISSION ACTIVITIES

President John H. Jones OF the In
dependence conference stopped off at
mission office Monday evening on his
way to the southern part of the con-
ference, having been visiting with tn
elders, saints and friends of St Jo-
seph. He reports the work In that city
as being In a very 1ourishing condition.
There are n number of friends and
earnest Investigators in whom IL is
hoped the gospel message will soon
bear fruit. Two cottage meetings, one
hall meeting and a Sunday school are
held regularly each week.
We are sorry to announce the death,
since our last writing. of Brother John
Foster Officer OF Conway, Mo, After
a lingering illness Of several months he
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26
NOW at all druggists in three
sizes. Csc. soc and S1.OO
per bottle.

Danderine enjoys greater sale
than any other one preparation regard
less of kind or brand, and it has much
greater sale than all of the other hair
preparations in the world combined.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26

Virginia. NJ j. Tilbury. president.
Box iS?, Roanoke. Va.-Last week IN
Roanoke. iS books were sold and 1S7
tracts distributed by Elder r. b. Ma
tor; 42 books and 210 tracts by Elder
Henry Robinson. Brother
Daniel Beasly OF Hanover county has
just a,ed. He has always been a
stanch friend to the elders. and they
sincerely sympathze with his family
and friends in their sorrow. ',
Elder Arthur Manning has been trans
ferred to East Tennessee TO teach
school w. II. LARSON.
Mission Secretary.
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CHURCH
MISSION ADDRESSES

!. For the convenience of travel
|. eis. the Deseret News gives here-
|. with the addresses OF the various
!. missions df tho Church where
Z this paper Will always be found
Z on fl1c, and where travellers Will
, receive courteous attention:
. New York City-33 West Ono
. Hundred and Twenty-sixth st.
. Chicago-1@ So. Panlina st.
San Francisco-144SB Baker st.
Los Angeles%2s West Tenth
Denvcr-e22 West, Sixth Ave.
. Chattanooga. Tenn.-711 Fair
. view Ave.
. Portland. Ore-5e2 E. Main st
: Independence. Mo.-3o2 South
Pleasant ST
Mexico-CuIsada sta. Maria
Qa rodonda) mum. 90 (altos).D. F.
. London. England, Deserct
. High Road. South Tottenham.
, London.
Liverpool. England-ze5 Edge
. Lane
. Bristol-1o Albert Place. Chelt'
. cnham. England.
> Zurich. Switzerland - Hoesch-
gasse 6S.
Copenhagen-Korsg IL.
. Stockholm. Sweden-Svartens-
; gatan 3.
; st.
Tokyo. Japan-s1 Yakuojimae
Machi. UshiSome Ku.
Toronto. Canada - 66s Bat I
hurst st.
; Rotterdam. Holland
Croosw'tkschesingel 8.
New Zealand-sS Upper Queen .
street, or P, o. box. u. Auek-
, land.
. Australia -''victory." Pencil
St. Newton. Sydney,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26
PRONOUNCED SUCCESS OF
MISSION SCHOOL IN SAMOA

Pago Pago. samoa. Dec. 6, 1S09.--The
present highly satisfactory condition of
the Tutuila conference of the samoan
mission iustllcs what follows In this
article Here Is situated the thriving
Church school. and this one fact alono
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26
SORE LUNGS AND RAW LUNGS.

Most people know the feeling, and
the miserable state OF III health. It In
dicatcs. All people should know that
Foley's Honey and Tar. she greatest
throat and lung remedy. will quickly
cure the soreness and cough and re-
store a normal condition. Ask for
Foley's Honey and Tar. Schramm-
johnson Drug Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-21
TEACHERS PENSION.

The tsschers' pension fund will re.
celve gripping blow II the bill intro.
duced on the frat day OF The session In
the House 6y Delegate U'z. taking away
the 5000 annual appropriation BY the
state, is passed.
THIS bill, while it has nothing to say
in regard 10 the pension system, if
adopted will throw the whole burden of
the fund upon the active teachers.
The psnsioo fund VAS started by the
last legislature, which adopted a meas-
ute appropristing $1,000 annually Tor
The fund and tskad the public school
teachers one per cen un OF their salaries
for the rest Of tie fund. The measure
was adopted 5y large majority by the
last Legislature. There ia sentiment
among the present members of The as
sembly tba! the support of the teachers
should.fsll on the teachers, and IS the
fund from the teachers salaries amounts
to approximately 100000, the tskiuy
shy of the state appropriation is being
seriously considered, The bill came up
for resdiog ia the II use yesterday and
vas referred to q committee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-21
Boycotting Meat.

PIttaburg, Jan. 2l.-The first organ,
'zed movement toward boycotting me,t
had start In Plttsturg today. The Iron
City Trades Council adopted resolutions
last night calling for boycott: Of The
meat trust ami declaring that if condi-
lions aGe moi beltered at once all mem.
Der, o local trades unions shall pledge
themselves to abstain from the uss Of
meals for thirty days. The union men
are also called upon to secure others not
Affiliated with labor organizations to take
the same action. Ths following are
states Ia which boycotts against meal
have been started. These boyc ,t,s are
spreading rapidly: Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Del.
aware, Connecticut, Michigan, Nebrasks,
Kansas, Missouri and Wisco1siu. Labor
rnioAa Ia mcst of the states ere leading
the boycott movement.
Boston, Jan. 2l.--"No meat" clubs
similar to those which have stirred
Cleveland, are to be formed here. Plans
sre being made TO use Es1euil dali for
great mass meeting ut which the ex.
pertinent will be inaugurated probably
under the auspices of the unions.
Prominent business men of the city
who are large buyers uf meats, it Ia re-
ported, alan are to be bohlHd the plan 10
cat down tia butchers profit and It 10
not unlikely that the movement may be-
fore long become statewide.
Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 2l.--Despite
the groWth OF membership of The meat
boycott movement Ia thirty thousand
pledges, thu price OF slrloin steaka sd'
vanosd two cents today.
Chicago, Jan. 2l.--The State Fedara-
lion of Women's Clubs will join the
meat strike which is rapidly getting the
country in it's grip.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-21

lease @! Ferdinand D. Cohen, tae waiter
who "elopsd" with l6.Year old Roberta
B. De Jauon, but intimsk, d that for a
married man OF his age to go away with
young girl, renovlay, her from her
natural guardiaG, 1ss, d crime, even if it
were done st ner suggestion. The only
coDcsesob MADE to Cue accused man vas
to pefmit ais release on bail. The
amount WIS hxsd st $4,000.
After pertecting concrete plans for fu-
tur1, s.ouclaves, the conference OF govern
CPS in Washington adj utoed yester-
dsy 10 meet at one OF the slate capitals
r,n a date between Thanksgiving Day and
}, Christmas Of the current year, the exact
time snd place to be determined by
committee which was aopoioled. The
final sessions of the conference wtre
marked by divergence OF views among
The governors IS to the WiadCm OF the
stste executives So BODY passing res
olulIo1s for or sgaiuet any given propo-
sitiou. Three suffragettes presented sn
address. It asked the governors 10 deslg-
nate the question CT uDifcrm lava for
woman suf:ags in the states ss topic
for discussion ct the next meeting OF the
governors. The governors listened gal
lautly and then turned 10 other business
The euffrase.tes, who we're ready 10 I'm
10 auv discueslon which their mission
| would prompt, looked disappointed and
| left the room.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-21
Tho English Election.

London, Jan. 2l.-It was officially
announced at The libelal headquarters
today that unless The liberals and labor
ties, without The aid of the Irish nation
slists, have a minimum maj5rity over
the conservatives of forty, they will not
accept the ministerial control. The an
nouncement has occssioned great ex.
element, as present indications are
that the liberia! aud laboriIe mSjorlty
over the conservatives will no! reach this
figure.
The opposition of the liberals mskes
il equally impossible for the coDaer9a.
tives to scosp! ministerial control under
sach conditions, thus forcing re.elec-
toa almost Immediately. 10 case O:
another election, the liberals are con-
6dent of greater success, believing that
The conservatives haya exhausted their
political energies and are on the verge o.
colispae.
II the liberals make good their threat.
the new parliament would probably cit
about a week, Herbert Asqulth retain.
ing The premiership for administrative
convenience.
The most serious aspec! of the new
situation is that 1t will continue in.
definitely The prssen! paralysis OF bust.
ness.
A mob attacked the liberal club head.
quarters at Newmarket today driving the
members from the clubh. 10 and wreck
ing the cu'-roens before tbs police ar
rived aud dispersed The rioters. 4 uun.
Der of the liberals were Injured, At
Louth mob attacked The residence of
liberal candidate Davies and was only
dispersed by the arrival OF police rein.
furct msnts from Grimaby.
Three The sand coal miners sm mashed
the wIndows of the Mu,ton collisry near
Scaham "A 'rbor aud attempted to loot
the colliery ctuces and the managers
htu,e, alleging that the manager had
attempted to intmilsts The miners in
their voting. Sixty police fought with
he mob. A scors OF persons were hurt
before order was restored.
At Carnavon the tu:lding occupied by
the sufragetses SO headquarters was
wrecked by crowd of men, ~ho also,
'risd to run Usgonette containing 8
dozen sufrsgettes into the public foun
tain, because they we're interfering with
an address by chancellor Lloyd George.
A complication OF the strength OF the
various parties, with ten OF yesterdays
districts still unconnled, showe: Oousar
eetiVes 1871; Liberal, $50; Nations,ists
So; Lakorites 80. This gives the Oon.
servstives a majority CT ono over the
combined Liberal and Labor vote.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-21
Japan's Formal Refusal.

Toxic, Japan, Jan. 2l.-The japanese
government today handed to Ambassador
0 3 len. of the United c!es embassy,
q formal reply, refusing positively to &c.
cept Secretary Kuox's plan TO neutralizs
the Manchurlan railways on the grounds
that bis proposition ia impraclicable.
The text of the formal reply has not been
Published, but the newspapers and off,
cisls here declare Japan'e refusal Ia d'u.
1t wss Secretary Kucx's desire to
have syndicate OF American and En-.
ropean baukers take over the Msncburisn
Rsilrosd nov held By Japan. and thus
insure an "open door, tor the mer.
chants OF ali nations in Msnchuria
ct. Petersburg, Jan. 2l,-Acting in
apparent concert with Japan, Russia to-
day banded her reply to Secretary
Kaox's proposal Tor the naturalization
of the Msnchunisn railways TO Ambaasa.
dor Rockhill The reply is adverse.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-21
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

At democratic CAUCUS held imn adj
ately after adjournment of the house
yesterday Representative Raiuey, of
Illinois, who vas deaisd place on the
BslllDger. Pinchot Investigating commit.
toe by vote of the republicans of The
Il 1use, addressed biz colleagues and
withdrew bis name from further consd-
Grafton In that connection. Representa-.
tive James also asked to be relieved from
services upon the committee, but upon
motion of Mr.. Rsiney the caucus voted
to ask Mr.. James 10 continue. Dir.
Lloyd baving expressed desire to be
left cf The committee, the caucus ez.
pressed vote Of confidence in Dir.
Lloyd, and decided to meet again tenor
row night, at which the question Of act.
log upon the latter's successor Ia to be
taken up. A motion xas made by Rep
reseDlatlve SIsson, OF Alabama, that;
Representative Clayton, of Alabams,
chairman of The caucus, appoint COM
mittee of democrats 10 consider the ques-
ton OF the vacancy Oh the iuSe.ti2atioa
commission and to drsE up an address
to The country, was adopted BY lbe nsr.
row vote OF 40 to AZ. Chairman Cls5-
ton announced that be would appoiot
the committee tomorrow.