--- 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: 2 published: 1902-12 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* 6, no. 2 (December 1902): 158–160.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0602unse 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: improvementera0602unse start_page: 158 end_page: 160 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1902-12) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0602unse 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 October 17 Doremus and Kelsey are engaged as chief engineers of the storage reservoirs near Kamas, on the Weber river, to be built by land-owners of Weber, Davis, Morgan and Summit counties. Orson Spiers, born Pennsylvania, October 13, 1838, a pioneer of 1848, died in Salt Lake City — 18 The main Agricultural College building, Logan, Utah, was accepted by the Board of Trustees; the institution was visited by Senators Kearns and Clark — 20 The steel railroad company of Salt Lake ordered 1,000 tons of steel rails — 21 The Lehi Sugar factory is making 250,000 pounds of sugar daily Utah stands fourth in the U. S. in the output of precious metals, producing in 1901, $3,450,000 in gold, and $9,171,000 in silver — 25 The University of Utah and Colorado Agricul- tural College football teams play a tie game; no scores 26 Four business houses in Payson, Utah county, burn, causing a loss of from $15,000 to $20,000 27—The Colorado A. C. team de- feated the Utah A. C. football team 24 to 5 28— Mary Ellen Kimball, age 84, widow of Heber C. Kimball, died in Salt Lake City Benjamin Harper died in Pleasant Grove, on the 26th, aged 80, and his wife of the same age died the day following. — November 1 Arrangements have been completed for another Cali- fornia trip of the Tabernacle choir James Hardy, born England, September 3, 1832, died in Provo —2 The Swedish followers of K. H. Nordberg and Otto Rydman held a meeting in the Grand theatre. Salt Lake City, protesting against "Scandinavianism," or a mixture of the three northern languages, and asking the First Presidency that they be given Swedish teachers — 4 Election was held in Utah as well as in 41 other states; the Republican ticket won in Utah, and Hon. Joseph Howell is elected to Congress, and Judge Wm. McCarty to the Supreme Bench — 6 The Bear River Water Co. is merged with the Utah Sugar Co There is talk of reviving "Corianton" by the Deseret Dramatic Co — 7 Orson H. Pettit, age 58, died in Salt Lake City Otto Rydman, editor of Korrespondenten, was excom- municated from the Church by the Salt Lake Stake High Council A reunion of 155 descendants of Bishop H. B. Clawson is held in Salt Lake City Sarah Ann Reece, born England, April 27, 1839, died in Payson — 9 Alexander Cohn, a prominent Salt Lake merchant, born Russian Poland, October 10, 1843, died — 10 Bishop Louis EVENTS OF THE MONTH. 159 M. Grant, born Scotland, February 12, 1839, died in Woods Cross, Davis Co Roy Kaighn was sentenced to five years hard labor for killing W. S. Haynes Amanda A. Bartch, wife of Judge G. W. Bartch, died William Richards, age 82, Wellsville, commits suicide — 11 Enoch Covey, a native of Caldwell Co., Mo., who came to Utah in 1848, died in Salt Lake City The Swedish mass meeting petition was presented to the First Presidency — 12 Utah Catholics will be benefitted by the Pius Fund distribution, in the amount of prob- ably $25,000 John Bunting, age 70, died in Spanish Fork — 13 Alma Pratt, born Nauvoo, 111., age 57, died in Farmers' Ward, Granite Stake — 16 At the South Sanpete Conference held today, Lewis Anderson of Manti was chosen president of the stake, with Joseph Y. Jenson, Ephraim, and G. A. Iverson, Manti, counselors. Pres- idents Jos. F. Smith and A. H. Lund were present. L. R. Anderson was chosen Supt. Y. M. M. I. A. in place of G. A. Iverson, with F. B. Cotening and J. B. Jacobson counselors — 17 Senator and Mrs. Kearns hold a brilliant reception at their new home; over 400 people attend Southwestern Utah is shaken by an earthquake which is slightly felt at Salt Lake. — — Domestic October 17 John Redmond and the Irish leaders arrive in Boston — 19 The Report of the Commissioner of Education is made public — 21 The Mine Workers' convention declares the coal strike off, by unanimous vote King Oscar of Sweden decides the Samoan controversy in favor of Germany Dr. Edmund J. James is installed as president of the Northwestern University, Evans- ton, 111 — 23 Work is resumed at many collieries in the anthracite region — 24 Governor Stone issues general orders for the withdrawal of troops from the coal region 25— Dr. Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated president of Princeton University Attorney General Knox submits to President Roosevelt his report on the Panama Canal Title — 26 The Polish, Lithuanian and Slavic coal miners present John Mitchell, president of the United Mine workers, with a handsome gold watch and a badge set with diamonds — 27 Wu Ting Fang is recalled from the U. S. by the Emperor of China to become minister of Commerce in his country. — November 1 Wm. Ziegler offers to furnish money for another ex- pedition to try to reach the North Pole —2 President Mitchell of the Mine Worker's presents his report to the Strike Commission Since March 20 last, 75,000 cases of cholera have occurred in the Phil- ippines — 4 The result of the election is that the Republican party retains control of Congress —5 The Navy Department learns that the Pacific Cable Co., which has not replied to the President's terms of permission to land cables in Hawaii, Guano, Manila, and on the Cali- fornia coast, is laying a cable under the patronage of the British Cable Trust — .7 Adjutant-General Corbin in his annua) report, praises, and recommends the restoration of, the canteen — 8 Wu Ting Fang presents his letters of recall to President Roosevelt A reciprocity treaty between the U. S. and Newfoundland is signed by Secretary Hay and Sir Michael Herbert The Sultan of Mindanao assumes friendship for the Americans, and the punitive expedition against him will probably be abandoned — 10 The President left Washington for a two weeks vacation in the South Gen. Chaffee and Vice-Governor Wright arrive from the Philippines, at San Francisco. Foreign.— — October 18 After seven days' of battle near La Victoria, General Mendoza, the Venezuelan revolutionist, retreats with 9000 men, 3000 are said to have been killed and wounded The Boer generals leave Berlin for England,having secured -$75,000 for their relief fund, in Germany The British suffer severe losses in their punitive expedition under Colonel Swayne, in Somaliland,Africa, against Mad Mullah — 19 Mass meetings, protesting against Turk- ish misrule in Macedonia,are held in Sofia and Philippopolis, Bulgaria — 20 It is reported that a secret treaty between Chili and Col- ombia gives the former a perpetual right to send war material across the Isthmus When a price is fixed, Germany and England, it is believed,will soon partition the Portuguese territory in South Africa 21— Indian troops are under orders to start for the relief of British troops in Somaliland — 22 The Danish Landsthing rejects, by a tie vote, the bill for the ratification of the treaty regard- ing the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States Andrew Carnegie is installed as Lord Rector of St. Andrew's University, Scotland — 23 ^An agreement is effected by Great Britain, Germany and France, for the military evacuation of Shanghai — 26 The Tuberculosis Congress, opened in Berlin on the 23rd, comes to a close Revolutionists are rampant in the interior of Col- ombia The Russian government issues a censorship code for the use of editors. — November 1 Emperor William appoints Theo. Lewald, German Com- missioner at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904 — 2 The town of St. Pierre, Newfoundland, is swept by a great fire 3—Col. Swayne is recalled, and General Manning will lead the second expedition against the Mad Mullah of Somaliland, who is said to have 15,000 spear- men and 2000 rifles, awaiting the British forces — 4 There is a fresh uprising in Haiti William Redmond, the Irish Nationalist, is arrested on landing in Ireland, and is sent to Dublin jail for six months under the crimes law — 5 The arbitrators in the miners' strike in France decide against the demanded increase in wages —7 The revolution in Venezuela is reported col- lapsed, and Castro's forces are pursuing rebels — 8 Emperor William arrives in England Fifteen thousand coal miners in France decide not to abide by the decision of the arbitrators, but continue the strike The Czar of Russia is suflFering from melancholia, and his condition is creating anxiety — 9 Col- ombian rebels refuse to accept the peace terms offered by the govern- ment The mounted police of Manitoba succeed in forcing the Doukhobors, religious fanatics, to return to their villages — 10 The Spanish cabinet resigns, and the Cortes suspends its sitting President Castro enters Caracas at the head of 3.200 troops The Lord Mayor's procession, London traversed for the first time Petticoat Lane, in the heart of the Ghetto 12 Many lives are lost by the eruption of Mt. Santa Maria in Guatemala.