--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Thomas Hull collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 5 number: 2 published: 1901-12 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* 5, no. 2 (December 1901): 157–160.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0502unse 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: improvementera0502unse start_page: 157 end_page: 160 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1901-12) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0502unse publication_year: 1901 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 1901, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Events of the Month — EVENTS OF THE MONTH. BY THOMAS HULL, GENERAL SECRETARY OF Y. M. M. L A. Local — October 19 —Four companies of the 18th Infantry arrive at Fort Douglas The Republicans of Logan named Lorenzo Han- son for mayor Members of the Salt Lake bar name T. D. Lewis and A. B. Sawyer as Independent Republican and Independent Democratic nominees for city judges 20 George J. Gould — and party of the Missouri Pacific and Rio Grande railways visited Ogden and Park City, inspecting the roads 23 Mrs. Dr. Snowden — of Mount Pleasant fatally wounds her baby, and commits suicide Gilbert D. Amos, once a wealthy man, dies in the county infirmary, aged 55 President Joseph F. Smith is chosen General Superintendent Y. M. M. I. A., and selects Heber J. Grant and B. H. Roberts as his assist- ants — 24 Hyrum Mack Smith, son of President Joseph F. Smith, age 29, is chosen to fill the vacancy in the Quorum of Apostles Mayor Thompson states to reform committee that he is in favor of the enforcement of the Sunday laws now in existence. But he is not in- clined to favor a law looking to the abolishment of all Sunday sports ....» 26 —Hannah Van Wagoner Smith, a pioneer of 1847, died in Provo Reform committee recommends that candidates for city positions not in favor of the reform movement, be not supported at the polls It is decided to institute military drill in the Salt Lake High School 27 —The friends of Isaac J. Wardle, the pioneer, who disappeared mysteriously three weeks ago, are afraid he has been murdered Elder A. H. Schulthess, late president of the Ger- man mission, reports that it is in a prosperous condition 29 ^Mrs. Emma L. Osgood of Tooele, is killed in a runaway 30-^ Leslie Stewart, son of Isaac Stewart, of Richfield, is fatally shot by ac- cident, at Draper 31 —Asahel H. Woodruff, a son of the late President Woodruff, is appointed president of the Northern States Mis- sion Gideon H. C. Gibbs, a pioneer of 1847, dies, aged 80. — 158 IMPROVEMENT ERA. November 1 — Dividends for Utah mines in October, $490,000; ore and bullion settlements, $1,936,437; stock sales, 5,140,528 for $3,740,803.- 30 Bathsheba W. Smith is appointed president of the Relief Societies of the Church, to succeed the late Zina D. H. Young Ephraim H. Nye is appointed president of the Eastern States Mission President Anthon H. Lund is elected president, and Joseph E. Taylor a member, of the Board of. Trustees of the L. D. S. University 2 —President Joseph F. Smith becomes president of the Gen- eral Board of Education of the Church, and President John R. Winder is elected a member of the Board 5 —The Republicans carry Og- den and Logan and the Salt Lake City election, all their candidates for general offices, except treasurer, being elected in the latter city, and eleven out of fifteen councilmen The Payson roller mills are destroyed by fire. Loss. $10,000; insurance, $800 7—R. G. Taysum, a prominent newspaper man, dies in Salt Lake City, of paresis, age, 53 President Joseph F. Smith is elected General Super- intendent of Sunday Schools Russell Harding becomes general manager of the Rio Grande Western — 8 The street railway company of Salt Lake City is to erect a $250,000 electric plant on the banks of the Jordan The 10,000,000 pound mark has been passed by the Lehi sugar factory in this season's run 9 The — residents of the southern part of Salt Lake county decide to establish a high school there 10 —In the Tabernacle, a special conference and solemn assembly is held, and the general authorities of the Church, as recently appointed, are unanimously sustained. The voting was by quorums of Priesthood and lay members of the Church in regular order, and was very impressive Mrs. Sarah Carmichael Williamson, a noted poetess in Utah in early days, is dead, aged 64 .12 There are prospects of a friendly alliance between the Rio Grande and San Pedro railroads The Logan Sugar Factory begins oper- ations Orders are issued for the establishment of rural mail delivery in a great part of Salt Lake county 13 Southern Utah is badly shaken by an earthquake. The loss in property will amount to $100,000. Most damage is done in Sevier county President Joseph F. Smith was elected President of the Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway Co., of the Saltair Beach Co., and the Utah Light and Power Co. It was decided to new bathrooms to Saltair build 600 .John Brigham Young's barber, born Squires, President England, December 23,1820, came to Utah in 1853, died 15 Geo. W. Hancock died in Payson, Utah county, aged 75 years — 16 The Ogden and Salt Lake high schools tie in a game of football; — EVENTS OF THE MONTH. 159 score 12 B. M. Ellerbeck, aged 46, died in Salt Lake City. 17 —The Salt Lake Federated Musicians organized with J. J. McLellan, president A fire in the Davis Shoe Co. and Elite photo gallery, Salt Lake, destroys $12,000 worth of property Wra. Smith, born Scotland, June 6, 1818, died in Kaysville — 18 Utah has 572 Chinese and 417 Japanese. In 1890 there were 806 and 4 respectively James Shefiield, born England, May 22, 1830, died in Kaysville. Domestic. — October 19 — Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce, died at home in Hartford, Conn New Haven, Conn., is in gala attire in antici- pation of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of Yale 20 —The bi-centennial celebration of Yale began with religious ceremonies 21 —Burglars obtained entrance into the Chicago postofiice by digging under the building and boring into the vault, and taking therefrom $76,610 in postage stamps 23 President Roosevelt receives honorary degree LLD. from Yale At Walker's Station, Ore., Express Messenger C. Charles saves, by his bravery, the treasure from robbers 24 — A negro, Bill Morris, is burned at the stake at Balltown, La., for assaulting a white woman Admiral Schley begins his testimony before the court of inquiry — 27 A rebel force is defeated in the Philip- pines 28 — A serious race riot occurs in Washington Parish, La., resulting in the death of three white men and eleven negroes Determined to die unrepentant, Czolgosz, the assassin of President Mc- KinJey, refuses to see clergymen, and roundly abuses them 29 — Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin, is electrocuted at Auburn prison, N. Y. He dies an avowed anarchist 31 —Rebels in Cebu, Philip- pine Islands, lay down their arms. November 2 — President Roosevelt appoints Thursday, November 28, a day of thanksgiving The Pan-American Exposition, at Buffalo, closed at midnight — 4 All the evidence in the Schley investigation has been taken, and arguments have begun Another negro is burned at the stake in Mississippi for the usual crime. 5 —The Tammany ticket in Greater New York meets with overwhelming defeat. The Citizen's Union ticket is elected, Seth Low being elected mayor. Republicans show gains in the Ohio and other state elections — 5 A plot to massacre the American garri- son at Moncada, Luzon, Philippine Islands, is detected and frustrated 6 — Ten lives are lost in a theater fire at Hurley, Wis 7 —The Schley court of inquiry concludes its public sessions. Its sit- tings have covered a period of forty days A serious mutiny — 160 IMPROVEMENT ERA. occurs in the United States prison at Leavenworth, Kansas 8 —A fierce battle with convicts occurs at Leavenworth 11 The National Business League urges on President Roosevelt the estab- lishment of a Bureau of Commerce and Industry An attempt of the Filipino insurgents to massacre an American garrison, is frus- - trated 15— In a very unsatisfactory prize fight in San Fran- cisco J. J. Jeffries proved victor over Gus Ruhlin, in the fifth round The Bureau of Forestry in the Interior Department is re- organized Decisions in the Bureau of Internal Revenue de- clares the Philippine Islands domestic territory 16 —Yale defeated Princeton in the annual football game at Yale by a score of 12 to The new Hay-Pauncefote treaty was signed at 12:05 in Washington. After ratification of the Senate, it takes the place of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty relating to the Isthmian canal. Foreign — October 19 —M. Santos Dumont, the Brazilian aeronaut, ' won the Deutsch prize of 100,000 francs, by making a trip in his air ship from St. Cloud, Paris, around the Eiffel tower and return in thirty min- utes. There is some dispute over the time limit 24 There — are prospects of all able-bodied men in Great .Britain being called to the military service 27 — It is rumored that King Edward, of Great Britain, has cancer of the throat 30 —A serious bread riot occurs in Mexico, in which twenty persons are killed. The people of the section of country south of the City of Mexico, are threateded with starvation France has sent a squadron to Turkey, to enforce claims against that country — 31 Word is received of a severe reverse met by the British in South Africa. November 3 —A desperate, two-days battle between the British and the Boers, is reported from South Africa. The Boers were repulsed. 4— Traffic in London is paralyzed by a heavy fog A bloody fight between two factions of Christians occurs in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem 6 —It is reported that the women of Japan have protested against the "Mormon" missionaries being allowed to continue their work in Japan 7 Earl Li Hung Chang, — China's greatest statesman, is dead of ulceration of the stomach .^ 8 —Turkey concedes all of France's claims 9 — A fearful death- rate is reported as prevailing among the Boers in the concentration camps of the British in South Africa — 10 It is reported that the life of Miss Helen Stone, who is held for ransom by brigands in Bul- garia, is in danger — 12 A tremendous storm sweeps over Great Britain, causing great damage 16 —Severe frosts and dense fogs prevail in London 18 —Advices from Rome indicate that the Pope is in very ill health, and that his end is not far distant.