--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Hull, Thomas collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 6 number: 1 published: 1902-11 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* 6, no. 1 (November 1902): 77–80.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0601unse 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: improvementera0601unse start_page: 77 end_page: 80 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1902-11) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0601unse publication_year: 1902 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 1902, 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. I. A. Local — September 9 — Peter Mortensen's death is delayed by a cer- tificate of probable cause for appeal signed by Judge Morse, which will probably postpone the case till January next 21 The — drought in Sanpete county was broken by a copious rain Y. M. M. I. A. oiRcers' conventions were held in many of the stakes — 22 Mayor Thompson of Salt Lake appoints and the City Council confirms a new Board of Public Works, with Spencer Clawson chairman Elizabeth Butt Whimpey, aged 70, died at Lehi, Utah Co — 24 The first annual fair of Weber county opened auspiciously at Ogden — 25 The City Council and thirty Salt Lake citizens visited the great pumping plant at Lehi — 26 In the case of Roy Kaighn, charged with the murder of Willard Haynes, the jury returned a verdict of voluntary manslaughter — 27 Catherine Corless, age 95 years, born in England in 1807, came to Nauvoo in 1841, and Utah in 1848, died in the 4th Ward, Salt Lake City The plant of the South Jordan Milling Company was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $17,600 — 29 The tomato crop of Davis, Weber and other northern counties of Utah has been seriously damaged by frost — 30 The State Pair opened at its new grounds, and 9,000 people attended, business in Salt Lake being suspended one half day to allow employees to visit the fair The mining dividends of Utah for September were $285,000. October 1 —U. S. Engineer F. H. Newell addressed a meeting of rep- resentative irrigators in Salt Lake, and stated that the Government might spend a million in reservoirs in Utah. It was recommended that the first efforts should be expended on Utah Lake Hundreds of sportsmen celebrated the opening of the duck season in Utah — 2 Nearly 8,000 people attended the state fair. The Irrigation Congress discussed means of increas- ing Utah's water supply Sarah Reeves, born England, Jan 16, 1819, who joined the Church in 1840, died in Coalville, Summit Co — 3 The farmers of northern Utah county have or- ganized a farmer's union The W. C. T. U. held a con- vention in Provo The largest attendance of the week was at the state fair, viz., 14,000 The Irrigation Congress adjourned, having endorsed the recommendation to ask that Utah lake receive first governmental aid Mrs. F. S. Richards was re-elected president of the Utah Council of Women at today's session. — 4 The state fair closed The Seventy- third semi-annual conference of the Church opened with a very large at- tendance, President Joseph F. Smith presiding — 5 There is an unprecedented attendance at conference; an overfiow meeting in the —A Assembly hall and an out-door meeting near the Bureau of Information building; prominent stake presidents and apostles addressed the multi- tudes — 6 The conference closed, having first sustained the Church authorities and listened to the closing addresses of the First Presidency The State school convention began its annual session, addressed by Dr. Jas. L. Hughes of Canada 7 George T. Wade, a public school teacher, while in typhoid fever delirium, suicides in Ogden A nine-year-old daughter of Amos Thornton, American Fork, is burned to death by a bonfire 8— The 0. S. L. roundhouse at Milford burns W. S. Mc- Cornick is chosen a director of the Oregon Short Line, in place of T. R. Jones The action of raising insurance, by the Pacific underwriters, is bitterly denounced by Salt Lake business men 9 The National Irrigation Congress, Denver, having decided not to combine with the Trans-Mississippi Congress, adjourned to meet next in Ogden, Utah, Col. E. F. Holmes, president The "Corianton'' com- pany disbanded at Kansas city — 10 At an irrigation con- vention of Weber, Summit, Davis and Morgan counties, held in Morgan, it was decided after organizing to build two storage reservoirs for hold- ing surplus waters of the Weber river The state teachers chose D. H. Christensen, president, and adjourned 11— new sugar factory will be built on the Malad river, south of Garland 12— James C. Wood, born England, Aug. 20, 1832, a counselor to the bishop of the 10th ward. Salt Lake City, for twenty- six years, died James S. McLaren, the pioneer type founder, who in early days made all the type for the Desecet News, a par- ticipant in the battle of Balaklava, born in Scotland, died in Sale Lake City 13—Joseph Foreman, first teacher in the Brigham Young school house, recently torn down, who came to Utah in 1859, died, 79 years old — 14 David H. Moifat has arranged for money to build the Denver Salt Lake Short line Mail boxes will be placed on certain Salt Lake trolley cars for receipt of letters :.. Canute Peterson, born Norway, 1824, joined the Church in 1837, came to Utah in 1859, president of the Sanpete stake of Zion since 1877, died at his home in Ephraim — 15 The 0. S. L. purchases land from Z. C. M. I., presumably for a depot site Agnes Sharp Patterson, sister of the late Bishop Sharp, died, age 80 years Thomas R. Higham, born England, 1819, came to Utah 1851, died in Salt Lake City Andrew Trane and wife, born Denmark, 1822, and 1823, baptized by Erastus Snow, died in Lehi on the 15th and 10th respectively — 16 The Logan sugar factory is making 1,000 sacks of sugar daily Rev. I. N. Morehead, pastor of the M. E. church, died The weather was favorable for viewing the eclipse of the moon tonight Organ recitals at the tabernacle are discontinued for the season. Domestic. — — September 16 Speaker Henderson refuses to accept the renomination for Congress from Iowa — 17 Secretary Hay makes public a note to the powers which are parties to the treaty of Berlin, urging them to force Roumania to observe the obligations of humanity, and ameliorate the condition of the Jews in that country — EVENTS OF TEE MONTH. 79 18 —Minister Conger reports the probability of another great Boxer uprising in China 19— Secretary Shaw announces the distribution of ten million treasury funds among the banks of the coun- try At a negro National Baptist convention in Birming- ham, Ala., addressed by Booker T. Washington, 110 people are killed in a stampede caused by a false alarm of fire President Roose- velt starts on his western trip — 20 The Navy Department sends 600 more marines to Colon The President is enthusiasti- cally received at Cincinnati — 22 Cuba requests the with- drawal of the U. S. artillery companies now stationed on the island. Reciprocity with Cuba is the subject of President Roosevelt's speech at a Spanish war veteran's dinner in his honor, at De- troit — 23 The President abandons his further trip to the northwest owing to a surgical operation, an abscess having formed on his leg as a result of the recent accident at Pittsfield, Mass — 24 The cruiser tan Francisco sails for Panama to protect American interests Rioting increases in the coal regions The Republicans of New York nominate Governor Odell for governor of that state, with F. W. Higgins lieutenant-governor, and endorse Presi- dent Roosevelt — 25 Charlemagne Tower is selected to suc- ceed Andrew D. White as ambassador to Germany 26 General Funston, in his annual report of the department of Colorado, declares that the abolition of the canteen has had a deplorable effect on the army — 27 The coal operators, with the civil and mili- tary authorities, arrange for the resumption of mining under protection of soldiers — 28 A second operation is performed on the President's leg — 29 In Porto Rico 1,200 schools open with an attendance of 55,000 pupils — 30 President Roose- velt decides that he cannot interfere with the coal strike General Chaffee relinquishes his command of the Philippines to Brig- General Davis. October 1 — Violence continues in the region of the coal strike J. P. Morgan effects the organization of the International Mercantile Marine Co., a ship combination with a capital of $120,000,000 — 2 Amos S. Kimball, Chambers McKibbon and Charles C. Hood, are ap- pointed brigadier-generals in the regular army — 3 President Roosevelt confers with the coal magnates and officials of the Mine Workers' Union, but fails to cause a settlement of the strike — 5 The President holds another conference in Washington on the coal strike — 6 Governor Dole of Hawaii suspends Auditor H. C. Austin from office; and it is discovered that Auditor Wright is $17,000 short in his accounts — 8 The G. A. R. procession of 20,000 veterans is reviewed in Washington by President Roosevelt and Commander Torrence 9— Gen. F. J. Stewart of Penn- sylvania is elected commander-in-chief of the G. A. R The 31st anniversary of Chicago's great fire is celebrated. Secretary Moody spoke on "the navy" 10— The G. A. R. encamp- ment is concluded, and San Francisco selected as the next meeting place — 11 The Crown Prince of Siam is in Washington — 12 The street car strike in New Orleans is settled 13 The anthracite coal operators have agreed to the appointment of a com- mission to be named by President Roosevelt, to arbitrate their differ- ences with the miners — 15 The great coal strike is prac- tically ended. A common ground of agreement was reached between the operators and miners. The work was done by President Roosevelt and a committee of arbitration of six: John M. Wilson, E. W. Parker, Geo. Gray, E. E. Clark, Thomas H. Watkins and John L. Spalding, and Carroll D. Wright, recorder. Foreign. — September 15 — Archbishop Falconio is chosen apostolic delegate to the United States — 16 From 300 to 1,000 converts have been slain by Boxers in the province of Sze-Chucu, China Queen Wilhelmina opens the Netherlands parliament 18 —The Windward, with Lieutenant Peary on board, arrives at Sydney —19 The queen of the Belgians succumbs to a lingering illness Secretary Hay's Roumanian note causes great stir in Europe — 20 The government of Haiti, fearing intervention by the United States, have taken energetic steps to end the rebellion — 25 M. DeWitt, Russian min- ister of finance, starts for Manchuria Johannes Orth succeeds Prof. Virchow in the chair of pathological anatomy in the Uni- versity of Berlin — 26 Recent earthquakes in Turkestan kill nearly seven hundred persons and injure a thousand — 28 Captain Sverdrup, the Arctic explorer, arrives at Christiania in his ship, the Fram — 29 Emile Zola, the famous French nov- elist, died in Paris An open insurrection is declared in Macedonia, where 3,000 insurgents have organized a provincial govern- ment — 30 The battleship Wisconsin reaches Panama. — October 1. The Pius Fund argument, begun September 15 before the Hague Tribunal, is closed — 2 Because of disagree- ment with the young king, General Weyler is reported ready to resign from the Spanish ministry^ The Central American Court of Compulsory Arbitration is installed in office at San Jose, Costa Rica; Guatemala not participating — 5 Coal in large quantities is being loaded in Great Britian for the United States Thousands of Parisian workmen attend Zola's funeral; Dreyfus went un- noticed in the crowd — 9 At a strikers' riot in Gibraltar, five men are killed and several wounded The Irish leaders, Redmond and Dillon, sail for America 11 —The high and low sections of the Church of England disagree over criticism of the Bible Ten strikers are killed at Gibraltar by the cavalry — 12 The Geneva strike has collapsed, and the men are called upon to resume work — 13 American Generals Young, Corbin and Wood are entertained at luncheon by King Edward The revolution at Haiti is spreading — 14 The Hague arbitration court in the Pius Fund case, decides that Mexico must pay the United States $1,420,682 in Mexican currency — 15 Santos Dumont proposes a trip in an air ship from Paris to San Francisco 16— John O'Donnell, M. P., is sus- pended from the House of Commons.. Mt. Soufriere is again in eruption.