--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Hull, Thomas collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 3 number: 3 published: 1900-01 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Thomas Hull, "Events of the Month," *Improvement Era* 3, no. 3 (January 1900): 239–240.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera33unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera33unse start_page: 239 end_page: 240 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1900-01) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera33unse publication_year: 1900 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1900, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Events of the Month EVENTS OF THE MONTH. BY THOMAS HULL, SECRETARY OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF Y. M. M. I. A. November 20th, 1899. Smallpox is reported to have broken out in Sanpete County. Five cases are said to exist in the town of Sterling, and the place is quarantined. * * * General McArthur enters Dagupan finding it deserted. General Wheaton's troops had already been there and had withdrawn. * * * The German Emperor and Empress arrive in England on a visit to Queen Victoria. An enthusiastic welcome is accorded them. 21st: Vice-President Garret A. Hobart dies at his home in Pater, son, N. J., at 8:30 o'clock this morning. President McKinley issues a death, proclamation to the people of the United States announcing the in which the following appears: In sorrowing testimony of the loss which has fallen upon the country, I direct that upon the day of the funeral the executive offices of the United States shall be closed, and all stations of the army and navy shall display the national flag at half-mast, and that the representatives of the United States in foreign coun- tries shall pay appropriate tribute to the illustrious dead for a period of thirty days. * * * General Lawton is crowding the insurgent forces very by the hard. Reports from the field show great hardships suffered the rapidity of the advance. Many men American troops on account of nearly naked, their clothing having been torn to and some officers are barefooted, their shoes being pieces getting through the jungles, and are literally worn off their feet. 22nd: Joseph E. Taylor is fined $150 for unlawful cohabitation. obey the law hereafter, The court asks the accused for a promise to refused to commit himself as to the future. but he 23rd. The American forces continue to closely crowd Aguinaldo, at an end. * * * A and the rebellion is believed to be practically fought between the Boers and English at Belmont. desperate battle is bought. The British win a great victory but it is dearly 240 IMPROVEMENT ERA. 29th: In a great fire in Philadelphia, by which $2,000,000 of property is destroyed, the building of the great publishing house of J. B. Lippincott & Co., is completely ruined. 30th: By a telegram from his wife, received this morning, it is learned that Oscar Eliason, the celebrated young Utah magician, has been shot and killed in Australia. No particulars are given. December 3rd:The report of the postmaster-general is made public. It shows the total expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, to be $101,632,160.92, while the receipts from all sources were $95,021,- 384.17, leaving a deficit of $6,610,776.75. 4th: Congress opens in Washington. In the House of Representatives David B. Henderson, Republican, of Iowa, is elected speaker. When the roll is called, upon reaching the name of Brigham H. Roberts, of Utah, Representative Robt. W. Tayler, of Ohio, objects to his taking the oath and the representative from Utah is ordered, by the speaker, to stand aside. Upon the completion of the roll call a resolution referring the question of Roberts' admission to a committee is presented by Mr. Tayler and by agreement goes over for one day. 5th: The House of Representatives adopts the Tayler resolution referring the Roberts' matter to a committee for investigation. * * * President McKinley transmits his message to Congress. The message opens with a tribute to the memory of the late Vice-President Hobart. Reference is then made to the unusual prosperity of the country; the business with foreign countries; receipts and disbursements of the government. The President recommends the maintenance of the gold standard, suggests that additional powers be given to national banks, and urges that Congress confer "the full and necessary power on the Secretary of the Treasury and impose upon him the duty to uphold the present gold standard and preserve the coins of the two metals on a parity with each other, which is the repeatedly declared policy of the United States." He calls attention to the value of an American Merchant Marine and the necessity thereof to a proper national development. Indirectly the President favors subsidies to increase the merchant shipping. Trusts are referred to and Congress recommended to ascertain and assert what power it possesses to suppress unlawful and hurtful combinations. The message treats at length upon our fereign relations; the Philippine question; the peace with Spain; praises the volunteers; recommends liberal appropriation for the navy, and modifications in the pension laws; refers to affairs in Hawaii, and recommends a form of temporary government for Porto Rico.