Events of the Month

EVENTS OF THE MONTH. BY THOMAS HULL, GENERAL SECRETARY OF Y. M. M. L A.

— Local—J^wne 15 Madame Mountford delivered an address in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on the Shepherds of Palestine — 17 The Fort Hall Indian reservation is opened Allen G. Campbell, born Sep. 15, 1834, in Missouri, and who came to Utah with Johnston's army, mining man and politician, died in Riverside, Cala Dorsey B. Ash has been appointed to supervise the new federal building in Salt Lake 18 —The Pythian Grand Lodge elected Dr. C. L Douglas Grand Chancellor of Utah Deborah Billings, a pioneer of 1850, age 72, died in Provo — 19 A motion for a new trial for Peter Mortensen is filed Lois R. Harrington, widow of L. E. Harrington, born New York, 1823, and a pioneer of 1847, died in American Fork — 20 Major R. W. Young has returned from a visit to West Point, having been a member of the visiting com- mittee — 22 The temperature was 98, the hottest day so far this year — 25 Thomas H.Davis is appointed postmaster at Ogden.. Mercur, the great mining camp, was destroyed totally by fire, the loss approaching a quarter of a million. A relief fund for the homeless was started in Salt Lake Three thous- and people went to the Lake with the M. I. A. of Salt Lake Stake, and the Sunday schools of Weber John Siddoway, aged 63, a former city councilman, and janitor of the City and County building, died — 26 Twelve hundred old people had an outing at Lagoon The Mercur relief fund amounts to $3,200. The place will be rebuilt — 27 Plans for the Joseph Smith me- morial building on the old Deseret Neivs corner are under consideration; it is expected the building will be ready for dedication on the 100th an- niversary of the Prophet's birthday — 28 A. A. Robertson, city councilman and teller in Wells, Fargo & Co.'s bank, is missing, and there is a shortage reported of $60,000 The Mercur fund amounts to $4,283 Caroline Picker, born Ohio, 1843, came to Utah in 1853, died in Salt Lake — 29 Robertson, the missing teller, returns — 30 The oar and bullion settlements for the past six months was $9,201,706; stock sales for same period 12,151,791 shares for $6,153,105.25 An affidavit setting forth that trial was had in absence of defendant is filed in support of a new trial for Mortensen The Southern States mission is divided, the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama, being presided over by E. H. Nye, with headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia. — July 2 Harry T. Duke, assistant cashier, and Alex. A. Robertson,

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paying teller, are arrested, charged with embezzling $60,000 from Wells, Fargo & Co.; their bonds are placed at $30,000, and both are put in jail. Capt. A. J. Taysum, pioneer, soldier and master of arts, born England Nov. 26, 1826, came to Utah in 1853, died in Salt Lake Elizabeth J. D. Townsend, born Alabama, July 4, 1829, joined the Church in 1844, died in Logan — 3 The Ogden, Logan and La Grande Sugar companies were combined, and the new company is known as the Amalgamated Sugar Company, David Eccles president, capital four mil- lions Snow covered the mountains in many parts of the State. — 4 This was the coldest Fourth on record The census report shows 19,387 farms in Utah valued at $50,078,350 — 5 Eleanor Beckstead, 63 years of age, a resident of Utah for fifty years, died in Riverton, Salt Lake County — 6 Joseph Ha- worth, leading man in the new "Mormon" play, "Corianton," is in Salt Lake, accompanied by Manager George E. Blair Congressman George Southerland returns from Washington — 7 Twelve hundred bushels of grasshoppers have so far been caught in Sanpete county —9 The hearing of the motion for a new trial in the case of Peter Mortensen, was postponed until August 25 Alvin Crockett died in Logan; he was born in Maine, October 19, 1831, and came to Salt Lake City in 1849 Prof. W. M. Davis, of Harvard University, is visiting, Utah and will lecture at the Brigham Young Academy Homer T. King, manager of Wells, Fargo & Co., arrived from New York to investigate the local bank trouble — 10 Congressman George Southerland announces that he is not a candi- date for re-election to Congress The Interior Department grants permission to admit 50,000 more sheep to the Uintah reservation — 12 At a conference in Prove, President Joseph F. Smith warned the members of the Church not to join secret societies Senator Jos. Howell announces that he will accept the congressional nomination 15— Samuel Gompers, the labor leader, is in Salt Lake City. — — Domestic June 13 The irrigation bill passes lower house of Con- gress by a vote of 146 to 55 — 15 Senor Quesada, Cuban minister, is received by President Roosevelt Capt. Chas. E. Clark, formerly of the Oregon, is nominated rear-admiral — 17 Cruisers Cincinnati and Topeka are ordered to La Guayra to protect Americans threatened by the Venezuelan revolutionists — 18 The President signs the irrigation bill — 19 Secretary Root states the cost of the Philippine war to date to be $170,326,-586 23— W. J. Bryan refuses to harmonize with eastern Democrats, and attacks Cleve- land's harmony speech before the Tilden Club. 25— Harvard confers the degree of Doctor of Laws on President Roosevelt who, in a speech, pays a personal tribute to General Wood, Civil Governor Taft and Secretary Root The Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma statehood bill is postponed for consideration to December 10 — 26 The House passed the Philippine civil government bill by a vote of 141 to 97 — 27 Admiral Dewey testifi;es before the Senate committee on the Philippines that Aguinaldo was a mere figurehead, and too much fuss is made over him and the Filipinos — 28 The

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President signs the Isthmian Canal bill — 30 The annexation of Cuba is discussed in the Senate by Elkins, of W. Va., and others. — Juhj 1 The first session of the 57th Congress adjourns John M. Burke, a New York retired merchant, gives four million dollars for a convalescents' home... — 3 President Roosevelt issues three important documents: the first proclaims amnesty for Filipino politi- cal prisoners, the second establishes civil government throughout the Philippines, and the third expresses his appreciation of the work of the army in the Philippines and Cuba — 4 The day is generally ob- served. President Roosevelt addresses a great audience in Pittsburg Civil government is established throughout the Philippine Islands — 5 The Sultan of Bacolod, Mindanoa, insults the American commander by letter, and threatens offensive operations in August — 9 Continued rain storms in central and western Iowa do immense damage to crops — 10 An explosion in the Cambrian Coal Mine Co.'s mine at Johnstown, Pa., entombs over 200 miners, 125 of whom lose their lives — 11 The dead at Johns- town number 143 President Roosevelt is concerned respect- ing the negotiations with the Vatican for the withdrawal of the friars from the Philippine archipelago — 12 The freight handlers' strike in Chicago has tied up business. All the teamsters have quit. — — Foreign June 13 King Edward predicts prosperity and peace for South Africa — 15 King Edward has a severe attack of lumbago. — 16 The Venezuelan revolutionists have put on renewed activity — 17 U. S. Minister Conger becomes the dean of the Pekin diplomatic corps — 19 King Albert of Saxony dies in his royal castle at Dresden Up to date 18,500 Boers have surren- dered — 22 Lord Milneris sworn in as governor of the Transvaal at Pretoria — 23 The king and queen return to London, and the coronation festivities open — 24 The coronation frestival is postponed owing to the serious illness of King Edward, who is operated upon for perityphlitis Lord Milner takes the oath of office at Bloemfontein as governor of the Orange River colony — 28 The Triple Alliance, or Dreibund, is renewed in Berlin by the signatures of representatives of Germany, Italy, and Austria — 29 King Edward continues to improve. He has passed the danger point — 30 Coronation bonfires are lighted throughout Great Britain Gen. Cronje and other Boer prisoners on St. Helena take the oath of allegiance to England Fighting is reported in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. — July 3 A treaty of amity, commerce and navigation is signed be- tween the United States and Spain, at Madrid — 5 King Ed- ward gives dinners to 600,000 people of London — 6 The Pope celebrated the 24th anniversary of his coronation at the Vatican. — 10 The Boer losses during the late war were thirty-seven hundred killed; thirty-two thousand prisoners, of whom seven hundred died; total Boer forces in the field, seventy-five thousand — 12 Lord Kitchener is welcomed to England — 13 Lord Salisbury, the last great statesman of the Victorian Age, resigns the Premiership of Great Britain, and the Right Honorable A. J. Balfour, government leader in the House of Commons, is appointed to succeed him.