Events of the Month

EVENTS OF THE MONTH. BY THOMAS HULL, SECRETARY OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF Y. M. M. I. A. May 2(M: Henry Sudweeks, born in England, September 11, 1815, who joined The Church in 1852, and came to Utah in 1853, died in Kingston, Utah. * * Stephen Kelsey, a first company pioneer, died in Paris, Idaho. * * * The Lehi sugar factory is being remodeled to treble its old capacity. 22nd: James Clove was named as postmaster at Provo, by President McKinley. * * * The Boer envoys called at the White House. 23rd: The Boers are retiring towards the Vaal, and many Free Staters have surrendered to Lord Roberts' army. * * * The postal frauds in Cuba received an airing in the Senate by Senator Piatt, of Connecticut. * * * Mrs. Emily Smith Patten, wife of John Patten, born in New York, January 26, 1832, died in Manti, Utah. 24th: It is announced that the American Smelting and Refining Co., will erect in Salt Lake Valley a plant of 25,000 tons per month capacity to cost one million dollars. * * * Price, McCornick & Co., a brokerage firm of New York, failed for $13,000,000. * * * The Presbyterian Assembly, in session in St. Louis, (17th to 31st) framed a memorial to Congress, asking that the Constitution be so amended as to declare specifically polygamy a crime. * * * The Boers in the field are voting on whether to continue the war or not.15: * * * The Utah University students defeated Nevada in the inter-collegiate debate in Salt Lake City. 25th: The corner stone of a monument to perpetuate the heroism of the army of the Potomac, was laid at Fredericksburg, Md., witnessed by President McKinley and members of his cabinet. * * * The Nevada athletes defeat the Utah boys at the University of Utah campus. 26th: The Methodist Conference decides not to change its attitude on amusements; and theatres, cards and dancing remain under the ban.

718 IMPROVEMENT ERA. * * * During the week 46 Filipinos were killed, and 180 made prisoners, and 300 rifles captured in several small engagements in Luzon. * * * President Lorenzo Snow and party attended the Oneida Stake Conference at Preston, Idaho. 27th: Outlaws shot and killed Sheriff Tyler of Grand County and Deputy Sam Jenkins, a cattle owner of Ogden, on Hill Creek, about fifty miles north of Thompsons, Utah. Governor Wells was appealed to for help, and a posse is sent to hunt the outlaws. * * * President C. P. Huntington confirms the rumor that the Southern Pacific will enter Salt Lake City. * * * Lord Roberts crosses the Vaal. 28th: The favorable weather enabled many millions of people to see the eclipse of the sun in the path of totality; in Utah the partial eclipse was visible between 6 and 7 o'clock a. m. * * * Lord Roberts proclaimed the annexation of the Orange Free State, under the name of the Orange River Colony. * * * Richard B. Thurman, Provo, received the degree of L. L. D. from the Columbian University, Washington, D. C. 29th : Papal delegate, Monsignor Mar tinelli, spent a day in Salt Lake City. He was entertained at the Alta Club, and a reception was given him at the residence of Bishop Scanlan. * * * Dick Haworth on trial for murder attempts to escape from the court in Farmington, but fails. * * * A fire destroys half the business part of De Lamar Nevada. 30th: Decoration Day was generally observed. The resorts were opened. Many thousands visited Saltair. * * * The Boers evacuate Pretoria; President Kruger has fled to Watervalboven, 130 miles east; Johannesburg has surrendered and 177 officers and 4182 British soldier prisoners are released; the London Times announces that the war in South Africa is practically over. 31st: Foreign soldiers will be permitted to land in Pekin to guard the legations, in the rising troubles. * * * The Senate passed the sundry civil appropriation bill which gives St. Louis $5,000,000 for the Louisiana Purchase exhibition to be held there in 1903. * * * The State of Utah sold $300,000 refunding bonds at par at 3j per cent interest. * * * President Snow donated to the Latter-day Saints College a land grant north of the Deseret News corner. June 1st: The ninty-ninth anniversary of the birthday of President Brigham Young was fittingly celebrated by the family and friends, at the Tabernacle and the lake. * * * John Jaques, assistant Church historian, and author of the Catechism, born Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, January 7, 1827, died at his home in Salt Lake City. *

EVENTS OF THE MONTH. 719- * * The Mercur and De Lamar mines were consolidated, with a capital of $5,000,000. * * * S. H. H. Clark, former president of the Union Pacific Railway, died at Ashville, N. C, in his 68th year. 2nd : Governor Wells issued a proclamation appealing for means to help save the starving millions in India, where 12,000 die daily from starvation and disease. * * * Coal Mine Inspector Gomer Thomas submits his'official report on the Scofield disaster. 3rd: The Philippine Commission arrived in Manila. * * * Aguinaldo is reported slain by the thirtythird infantry in Northern Luzon. 4th: General Mc Arthur reported 10,780 Filipinos killed; 2,014 wounded; 10,424 captured and surrendered, since the insurrection began. 5th: The situation in China is growing worse daily. The dowager empress is said to have ordered the Tsung-li-Yamen to face all Europe rather than interfere with the "Boxer" movement. The situation is such as to alarm all the great European powers. 6th: General Otis, on his return from Manila, passed through the State, being interviewed at Ogden. * * * The possse which scoured the country for the outlaws returned without success and the chase is adandoned, and Governor Wells offers a reward of $1,000 for the capture of the murderers of Sheriff Tyler and his deputy, Jenkins. 7th: With remarkable demonstrations following the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner," and amid patriotic outbursts which stirred all to the highest pitch of enthusiasm, the first session of 56th Congress closed its labors. * * * President Kruger declares that the real struggle has just begun, and that the Burghers will never surrender, as long as five hundred armed men remain in the country. 10th: The annual conference of the Mutual Improvement Associations opened in Salt Lake City. * * * Fifteen hundred foreign troops, of different nations left Tien Tsin for Peking. Massacre of missionaries and other outrages by "Boxers" are of daily occurrence, and the outlook is alarming. * * * Four people were killed in the St. Louis strikes, and it was the bloodiest day since the strikes began, more than a month ago. 11th: Wm. J. Kerr, formerly of the Brigham Young College Logan, was elected president of the State Agricultural College, vice J. M. Tanner, resigned; and John A. Widtsoe was elected director of the experiment station. * * * Senator J. L. Rawlins arrived from Washington. * * * The 4th Battalion Derbyshire Regiment, 700 men, were either killed, wounded or captured by the Boers, at Roodeval, on the 7th inst., when the Boers cut Lord Roberts' line of cummunication.

720 IMPROVEMENT ERA. * * * The Improvement conference closed with a brilliant reception to the visiting stake officers, held at the residence of A. W. McCune, which 500 people attended. 12th: The chancellor of the Japanese Legation at Peking was brutally murdered by the body guard of the empress of China. The inter national army marching on Peking numbers 2,044 of whom 104 are Americans. * * * The British loss in the South African war to June 9, is 23,664, besides 13,147 sent home as invalids, not including the sick in the South African hospitals. 13th: Generals Roberts and Botha engage in a fierce undecided battle fifteen miles south-east of Pretoria, on the 11th. * * * The Chinese, with guns trained on the American Mission and British Legation, will oppose the advance of the international troops into Peking. United States Minister Conger asks for 2,000 troops; 2,000 Russian infantry land at Taku. 14th: The Scandinavian Jubilee, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the Gospel into the Scandinavian countries, opened by a meeting in the Tabernacle, presided over by Apostle A. H. Lund. The jubilee will continue until Sunday evening, 17th. * * * Large reinforcements of troops are being arranged for by the European powers to enter China. * * * Advices declare that in the recent battle between Lord Roberts and General Botha, the latter resisted the former two days, and then retreated without loss of men or guns.