Events of the Month

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

February 21st: Governor H. M. Wells arrived in Washington to be present at the meeting of Governors to arrange for the centennial celebration of the removal of the seat of Government from Philadelphia to Washington * * * Leslie E. Keeley, the inventor of the Keeley cure for the liquor habit died at his home in Los Angeles, California. 22nd: The governors of the arid land states ask Congress to delay action regarding arid lands for the present. * * * The secretary of the Interior recommends that no action be taken at present looking to the segregation of any portion of the Uintah Reservation for the purpose of restoringit to the public domain. * * * President Lorenzo Snow received notice of the death in Norway of Elder Henry Ward Berg, son of 0. H. and Annie Nelson Berg, Provo. 23rd: The total casualty list in the Philippines for eighteen months is 3491. * * * J. A. McAllister of Logan was appointed to succeed M. W. Merrill as trustee of the Agricultural College. 25th: Mexicans and Yaquis engage in a battle near Guaymas, in which the former lose 227 men. * * * The ore and bullion shipments from Utah for the week ending 24th inst. weighed 4,592,638 pounds. 26th: A letter from Major R. W. Young to Governor Wells was received announcing: "I have purchased a large bronze cannon weighing about 800 pounds from the Spaniards, with the carriage for mounting the same, and will ship the same at once to you, as a gift from me to the State of Utah. The gun was manufactured in 1776, our historic year. It bears the name Ganan, which might be translated 'they conquer.' 27th: General Cronje and four thousand soldiers surrendered to Lord Roberts at Paardeberg at 7:45 a.m., the anniversary of Majuba. * * * The G. A. R. Department of Utah elected Major M. A. Breeden, Department Commander, at their session in Ogden. March 1st: General Buller announces the relief of Ladysmith after a siege lasting nearly four months, and there is great rejoicing in England. It is announced that the British casualty list in the Transvaal totals 12,834 to date. * * * The amended Porto Rican tariff bill has passed the House by a vote of 172 yeas to 161 nays. * * *

480 IMPROVEMENT ERA.

The Democratic State Convention nominated Hon. W. H. King for Congress by a vote of 338J to 175J for David C. Dunbar. 2nd: Hon. James T. Hammond is nominated for Congress by the Republican State Convention by a vote of 301 to 91 for William Glasman. * * * The Boers 6000 strong have re-formed at Osfontein and are said to be facing the army of Lord Roberts. 6th: Winston Churchill announces that the relief of Ladysmith has been effected at a cost of upward of 5000 officers and men, in an army only 25,000 strong. * * * The Salt Lake City Council granted a franchise to the Oregon Short Line, and Rio Grande Western railways for the erection of a union station in Salt Lake to cost not less than $200,000. * * * The initial meeting of the Democratic campaign was held at Mendon, Cache Co., Judge King and Hon. D. C. Dunbar, speakers. 8th: Governor Wells returned from the East. * * * Queen Victoria was hailed with demonstrations which outdid the Diamond Jubilee, on the occasion of the celebration of the victories which have transformed the South African campaign from reverse to success. 10th: Mayor Thompson of Salt Lake City signs the Union Depot Ordinance * * * John H. Benbroke on trial for the murder of Burton C. Morris, last July, was acquitted by the jury. * * * Presidents Kruger and Steyn ask for cessation of hostilities, and England looks for an early peace. 11th:In a battle with the Mexicans 200 Yaqui Indians are killed. 12th:The Federal Court rendered a decision in the case of the Ogden Water Co. vs Ogden City, giving plaintiff judgment for $11,183.32. * * * Lord Roberts' army reaches Bloemfontein. 13: The Utah Society of the Army of the Philippines was organized in Salt Lake City, Major F. A, Grant, president; H. Klenke, corresponding and Wm. E. Kneass, recording secretary; Nels Margetts, treasurer. 14th: The new monetary act, designed to increase the National bank circulation was signed and went into effect. * * * President Steyn has fled from Bloemfontein which was entered by Lord Roberts on the 13th and is now occupied by the British. 15th: In reply to a question concerning the offer of the United States to use its good offices for peace in Africa, England declares that no interference in the Transvaal war is desired. 16th: General Wheeler tells the War Department that the war in the Philippines is practically over. * * * The Senate passed the two million dollar Porto Rican relief bill. * * * As a result cf the new financial act, over two hundred new national banks have applied to begin business.