Show THE CHURCH FIM FUND distribution of about of personal property ball salt lake times efm the question of what shall be done with the personal property pro propel petty ty ot of tha the church came up before ju judge go loofbourow aa as master in chancery this morning under title ol 01 the united states vs the church of jesus christ of latter day sainta saints the action ia Is an odd one and involves the distribution of personal prop property arty exe exclusively lual vely it ia is an action to determine by the master the purposes and uses to which cash in the sum of about shall be devoted upon the opening of the idue this morning in the constitution building united stales states district attorn attorney e varian john A marshall and jose joseph L rawlins appeared for the tile united d states md and P F S richards and judge dickson for the church ojen ogden and the northern part of the territory stretches out its band hand for a 6 share hare of the fortune and is in represented by mews me ors heywood and henderson enderson II and judge bishop of the probate court of weber county the lindof line of procedure was disclosed in Ogden fl claim this moraln at which time counsel set up that auch such portion of the prop erty to which they might ba be entitled 1 should I tob be placed in the banda hands of a trustee to faced t then en be turned over to such charitable purposes as tho the trustee may direct the ogden people presented their ca case a a whereupon tho church answered As a counter complaint the defence urges that the tile funds should be turned over to president Pre aident wilford woodruff as trustee to be used for such each purpose sei as an he aa as trustee and bis his colleagues may direct in support of their position counsel for the defence is now introducing its evidence and a maca map of authorities in reply to the position taken by the ogden petitioners petition ers upon resting judge stated abed this afternoon that the united 11 V d I 1 states would begin its case the presentation sen tation and final submission ilon of which would require some timo time I 1 it t brings bring u up a number urn clr of very nice aenlo questions ae flo eald fin d be an and d as the question las baa rarely been fathomed in this country will give rice rise to come some decidedly interesting debates the libraries of the old country be have ve been appealed to and the question qu astion of c cy pres as it related to the old days alil will m be folly fully covered the personal P property property in dispute has his b been son accle in a d from various sources in various stakes throughout the territory and having gone before the united states supreme court it Is directed that the funds now in the bands hands of the receiver go to the de destination atIns nearest that to which it was intended by the church this will embrace all the charitable institutions of the territory and it is scarcely arcely ac probable that the matter of church a association a whether ibbe it be methodist catholic presbyterian or mormon 11 will be permitted to exempt any 0 of f them four hundred bund red thousand dollars judiciously and impartially dietri distributed tri by trustees who diced dicea can accomplish some most beneficial results |