Events of the Month

EVENTS OF THE MONTH. BY THOMAS HULL, SECRETARY OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF Y. M. M. L A. August 11th: Official dispatches confirm the capture of Pekin, China, by the allied forces on 14th inst. The ministers were liberated. * * * Bishop Fowler at the Methodist conference shamefully abuses the "Mormons" * * * T^o steamers from Alaska bring three million in gold to Puget sound ports. * * * rpj^g Cannon & Sons job and book printing and binding business has been sold to the Deseret News. 18th: Fourteen anarchists arrested in New York charged with conspiracy in a plot to assassinate President McKinley. * * * The 1400 Cuban school teachers on a visit to the United States are entertained at Washington. 20th.- Henry Parsons, born in England, April, 1827, an old and respected resident of Manti, Sanpete County, died. * * * rpjjg Consolidated Mercur mine is putting 1175 tons of ore through daily, at a profit of $4.00 per ton. * * * Li Hung Chang asks for an American peace commissioner. 21st: Ofiicial confirmation of the fall of Pekin states that the allied armies entered on the 14th, the American and Russian flags having been planted on the east wall at 11 a. m. The United States has refused Li's request for a peace commissioner. 23rd: William H. Smart has been released as president of the Eastern States Mission and will be succeeded by E. H. Snow, of St. George; Alfred L. Farrell, has been released as President of the Netherlands Mission to be succeeded by Sylvester Cannon. * * * rjij^g funeral services of Stephen Hunter were held in the Third Ward Salt Lake City. 25th: Mary Ann Barfoot, wife of the late Professor Joseph Barfoot, died, aged 84 years. * * * President Jesse Crosby of Panguitch Stake, who removes to the Big Horn, was succeeded as president of the stake by David Cameron.

958 IMPROVEMENT ERA. 27th: The Populist party accept the declination of Hon. C. A. Towne^ for vice-president, and substitute the Democratic nominee. * * * The thirty-fourth annual encampment of the G. A. R. opened in Chicago last night by a monster meeting in the Coliseum; 350,000 excursionists are in the city. * * * General Olivier, the Boer general and his three sons have been captured by the British, and the Boers were severely defeated at Machadodorp. 28th: Professor Joseph J. Daynes, who, in 1867, at the age of 15 years became Church organist, sent his resignation to President Snow, the reason assigned for the action being pressure of other private duties. He served faithfully under five choir conductors — Sands, Careless, Griggs, Beesley and Stephens, and is the only organist who has handled the great tabernacle organ since it was built in 1869. * * * rpjjg Utah and Oregon lumber yards were destroyed by fire in Ogden; loss, $10,500. * * * Loi.(j Roberts is reported to have succeeded Lord Wolseley as commander-in-chief of the British armies. 29th: The Great Salt Lake is lower than since 1861-2, and teams may be driven across it from the Jeremy Salt Works to Antelope Island. * * * A fire destroys much timber in Pine Canyon, Tooele County, entailing an estimated loss of $20,000. 30th: There is a revival of the rumor that the Salt Lake and Los Angeles railway is to be built. * * * Lqq Rassieur was chosen commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., and the next encampment will be held in Denver. 31st: Bishop T. J. Stevens, born Bristol, England, January 24, 1848^ died at Ogden. * * * John G. Woolley, prohibition candidate for president, spoke to a large audience in Salt Lake City. September 1st: Hon. F. J. Cannon announced that he is a candidate for the United States Senate. * * * ^he Utah Loan and Trust Co., in Ogden, go out of business. * * * rf^e production of Utah mines reaches $13,727,620 so far in 1900. 2nd: The Salt Lake Stake conference was held; a feature was a meeting at 10 a. m., of the Sunday Schools, all being represented. 3rd: George A. Baton, was chosen principal of the Salt Lake High School at a salary of $200 per month. His place in the Ogden High School will be filled by Professor A. E. Wilson. 4th: The Republican State Convention met in Prove and nominated the following ticket: Presidential Electors — Wesley K. Walton, of Rich, C. E. Loose, of Utah, J. R. Murdock, of Beaver; Representativ^e in Congress— George Sutherland, of Salt Lake; Justice of the Supreme Court — George W. Bartch, of Salt Lake; Governor— Heber M. Wells, of Salt

EVENTS OF THE MONTH. 959 Lake; Secretary of State — James T. Hammond, of Cache; Attorney-General—M. A. Breeden, of Weber; Superintendent of Public Instruction — A. C. Nelson, of Sanpete; Treasurer —John DeGrey Dixon, of Utah; Auditor — C. S. Tingey, of Juab. 5th: The population of Salt Lake City, as announced by the Census Bureau, is 53,531, an increase in the decade of 19.37 per cent or 8,688 persons. * * * Embassadors at European capitals advise Washington that there is no danger of a clash among the powers over the Chinese question. 6th: The Democratic State Convention met in Salt Lake City and nominated for Representative in Congress — William H. King, of Salt Lake; Governor — James H. Moyle, of Salt Lake; Secretary of State — Fisher S. Harris, of Salt Lake. Frank J. Cannon acted as temporary chairman. 7th: The Democratic State ticket was completed by the nomination of Henry N. Hayes, Sevier, for Auditor; R. C. Lund, Washington, for Treasurer; A. J. Weber, Weber, for Attorney-General; N. T. Porter, Davis, Superintendent Public Instruction; 0. W. Powers, A. H. Tarbet and I. C. Thoreson, for electors; J. W. N. Whitecotton, for Justice of the Supreme Court. 8th: The N. G. of Utah passed in review before Governor Wells at Camp Liscum. * * * ipjjg monitor Wyoming was launched at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, it being christened by a daughter of Senator Warren. 9th: A terrible tornado overwhelms Galveston, Texas; about five thousand people are killed and nearly twenty millions of property destroyed. * * * Indications point strongly to the building of a railroad from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, by western capitalists one of whom is Ex-Senator Clark of Montana. 10th: The public schools opened in Salt Lake with an enrollment of 10,801, and in Ogden with 3,890. * * * The number of American missionaries murdered by Chinese is given as 22, while the English is given as 71. The number of Chinese slain in the battle of Tien Tsin is given as 2,000. 11th : Today closed the week's National Guard encampment at Camp Liscum. * * * Rev. Daunt Scott returns to Salt Lake City. * * * Twenty-three hundred dead have been recovered from the ruins of Galveston. 12th: Senator Charles Warren Fairbanks, of Indiana, spoke in the Salt Lake Theatre on campaign issues. * * * The death list in Galveston is increasing, and the conditions are indescribable.

960 IMPROVEMENT ERA. Relief funds are established over the country. * * * President Kruger is in Lourenzo Marques, a fugitive, in Portuguese Territory. * * * The United Mine Workers of America have ordered a strike to begin the 17th. 13th: A monument to Gen. Henry W. Lawton, was unveiled at Fort Wayne, Indiana. 14th: Lord Roberts appeals to the Boers to lay down their arms, pointing out that Kruger has abandoned them. * * * It is reported that Russia and France will demand the disarmament of China. * * * Hundreds of victims of the Galveston disaster are cremated as the gruesome work of cleaning away the debris goes on. The exodus from the city grows daily. 15th: The C. A, Smurthwaite Company received notice of the awarding to them of a gold medal at the Paris Exposition for Utah alfalfa and timothy seed. * * * Thousands of people have lost their all in coast towns of Texas that were covered by the Galveston hurricane. * * * The great anthracite coal miners strike practically began, and 145,000 coal miners in Pennsylvania will lay down their tools. 16th: Great Britain is considering the transfer of more soldiers to China in view of further hostilities. A company of 14th United States Infantry had a sharp engagement with 2,000 Boxers near Matow, in which the Chinese were routed, leaving 200 dead. 17th; Hon. A. W. McCune announces that he will not be a candidate for the senate. * * * The great strike in the anthracite coal mines is on. It is the greatest in the history of our country. The coal fields affected represent the hard coal output of the world.