Events of the Month

EVENTS OF THE MONTR BY THOMAS HULL, SECRETARY OP THE GENERAL BOARD OP Y. M. M. I. A.

July l^th, 1899: Governor Heber M. Wells issues a proclamation calling upon all loyal citizens of Utah to assist in making the return of * * * rpj^^ the Utah Volunteers a memorable occasion. transport Hancock with the Utah Batteries on Board leaves Yokohama, Japan. All well. The Hancock is expected to arrive in San Franciso on July 28th. 16th: Major R. W. Young of the Supreme Court of Manila leaves that city on a vacation. He comes on a visit to his home in Utah. 17th: In a fierce battle, caused by an old feud between factions, near Manchester, Ky., five men are killed and several wounded. 18th: Angus M. Cannon pleads guilty to unlawful cohabitation. 19th: Major-General Merritt, chairman of the Dewey celebration has extended an invitation to the Utah volunteers who served in Manila, to be present at the celebration in New York. * * * ggg. retary of War Alger tenders his resignation to the President. 20th: Prof. Theodore B. Lewis dies in Boston, Mass. * * *

President Angus M. Cannon of the Salt Lake Stake of Zion is fined * * * $100 in Judge Norrell's Court, for unlawful cohabitation. The War Department made public today the following telegram from President McKinley to General Otis:

Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C. July 1, 1899. Otis, Manila: —The President desires to express in the most public manner his appreciation of the lofty patriotism shown by the volunteers and regulars of the Eighth army corps in performing willing ser- vice through severe campaigns and battles against the

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insurgents in Luzon when under the terms of their enlistment, they would have been entitled to their dis- charge upon the ratification of the treaty of peace with Spain. This action on their part was noble and heroic. It will stand forth as an example of the self-sacrifice

and public consecration which have ever characterized the American soldiers. In recognition thereof I shall recommend to Congress that a special medal of honor be given to the oflBcers and soldiers of the Eighth array corps who performed this great duty voluntarily and enthusiastically for their country. William McKinley.

2l8t: Rob't. G. Ingersoll, the famous atheist, dies suddenly at his

home, Walston-on-Hudson, New York. 22nd: President McKinley appoints Elihu Root of New York, Sec- retary of War. 24th: C. M. Owen swears to a complaint charging Heber J. Grant with adultery. * * * Daniel Seegmiller, Counselor to President Edwin D. WooUey of Kanab Stake is shot and killed by Wm. H. Roundy. 26th: Gen. Ulises Heureaux, president of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated at Moca, Santo Domingo. 29th:The transport Hancock arrives in San Francisco harbor with the Utah batteries on board. * * * Tjjg great international

peace conference, which has been in session at the Hague, comes to an end. Baron de Stahl delivers the farewell address and declares the con- ference closed. But little was accomplished except that a start was made in the right direction. 31st:Hon. Heber J. Grant is arrested on the charge of unlawful cohabitation, waives examination and is placed under bonds of $100.

• *     *     The Utah volunteers land in San Francisco and are
  

accorded a hearty welcome. August Qth: By the breaking of a gang plank of the Mount Des- ert ferry, Maine, two hundred people are thrown into the water and twenty are drowned. * * * A loaded trolley car runs off a trestle over a mill pond at Oronoque, Conn., and twenty-nine are killed. 7th: The new trial of Dreyfus begins at Rennes, France. 10th: A terrific hailstorm in North Dakota and Minnesota destroys a vast amount of wheat. The loss is essimated at about 2,000,000

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bushels. * * * ^ fierce hurricane sweeps over the West India Islands. Great damage is done in Porto Rico. The city of Ponce is flooded and every building in the city damaged and hundreds of lives are lost. 11th: Governor Wells issues a proclamation designating August 19th, the day the Utah volunteers return to Utah, a legal holiday. 12th: Ex-United States Senator from Utah, Arthur Brown, is

stricken with blindness while arguing a case in Helena, Montana. 14th: An attempt is made to assassinate Maitre Labori, counsel for Dreyfus. He is ambushed by two men while on his way to the court and is shot in the back. He will recover. 16th:The Utah batteries are mustered out of the service of the United States at San Francisco. * * * Major Richard W. Young arrives in San Francisco from Manila and will return to Utah

with the volunteers. 17th: The Twenty-ninth Annual Conference of the Methodist * * * Episcopal Church in Utah opens in Salt Lake City. * The Utah batteries leave San Francisco for home at 5 p. m. * *

The President issues an order calling for the organization of ten more regiments of volunteers for service in the Philippines. 19th: The Utah batteries arrive in Salt Lake City and are given an enthusiastic reception by the citizens.