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died in Provo; and Tabatha Child, born England, June 3, 1824, a pioneer of 1854, died in Springville 31 — Wm. Clegg, born in England, 82 years old, known as the"Springville poet,''a pioneer of that place, died. April 1 — Surveyor-General Edward H. Anderson received orders from Washington to proceed with arrangements for letting contracts for the survey of the Uintah Indian reservation, for which the 57th Con- gress appropriated $108,000 A snow slide in Provo Canyon 90 feet deep and a half mile wide blocks the railway and temporarily dams the river The L. D. S. basket-ball team again defeats the Colorado team, 18 to 13 2— Congressman Joseph Howell disposes of his home and interests in Wellsvilla, and will remove to Logan Gov. Wells designates April 15th Arbor day — 3 The Board of Education for Salt Lake City decides to close the pub- lic schools May 4, for lack of funds "Corianton" is played to a large audience in the Salt Lake theatre with Alphonz Ethier in the title role — 4 The 73rd annual conference of the Church convened Representative Barrett of Beaver lies critically ill at St. Marks as result of a stroke of paralysis The First Presidency print their reply to the Swedes — 5 Large crowds attend conference Peter Later, born England, May 30, 1835, died in Rigby, Ida 6 Carrie A. Nation, the"Kansas saloon smasher, "staid five hours in Salt Lake Conference closed, the priesthood meeting at night being largely attended — 7 The contract for the erection of barracks at Fort Douglas was awarded at Washington to G. W. Atkinson and Son for $110,880 T. D. Lewis is appointed additional Judge for Third judicial District by Gov. Wells S. W. Sears, born England, March, 1844, a director and secretary of the D. A. & M. Society, and well known Utah business man, died Chauncey G.Webb, born New York, Oct. 24, 1812, maker of the wagon used by President Young in crossing the plains, died in Salt Lake — 8 Director J. H. Murdoch of the Weather Bureau leaves for Galveston — 9 The new city direct- ory shows the population of Salt Lake and suburbs to be 87,842 11— Brigham Young, President of the quorum of Twelve Apostles, born Kirtland, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1836, died HansMathias Nisson, born Denmark, June 8, 1823, a pioneer of Ephraim, died. — — Domestic March 16 The itinerary of President Roosevelt's west- ern trip is made public — 17 TheSenate ratifies the Panama Canal treaty by a vote of 73 to 5 The President appoints Dexter North, Director of the Census, to succeed Wm. R Merriam, resigned — 18 The Coal Strike Commission submits its report to the President , The hearing of the Northern Securities Company suit begins in St. Louis — 19 The Cuban Reciprocity treaty is ratified by the Senate and referred to the House, by a vote of 50 to 16. The Sen- ate special session adjourns — 20 The President reappoints W. D. Crum, collector of custDms at Charleston, S. C 21— The report of the Anthracite Coal strike Commission is made public Marcus Braun, New York, is appointed by the President to go abroad and study emigration conditions under the new law — 22 Dr. Parkhurst denounces General Funston for the capture of Aguinaldo by deceit — 24 The bill providing for a 1,000-ton barge canal to

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<;ost $101,000,000 is passed by the N, Y. state senate, and later in the assembly; the National Packing Co., with $15,000,000 capital is an- nounced — 25 President Roosevelt declines Kaiser Wilhelm's invitation for the North Atlantic fleet to visit Germany Gen- eral Wood is relieved from further duty in Cuba, and is placed in com- mand of the military department of Mindanao, P. 1 — 26 Col. Geo. H. Burton is selected by the President for Inspector-general of the army — 27 In an interview Admiral Dewey gives his opinion of the German navy, comparing it with that of the United States A local option liquor license law is adopted by New Hampshire after 58 years of prohibition — 28 The cotton mills in Lowell, Mass. shut down, leaving 20,000 hands idle Admiral Dewey explains to the President his recent interview on the German navy — 29 The new rules for immigration are made public — 30 The strike of textile operators at Lowell, Mass., begins J. Pierpont Morgan predicts that our present prosperity will continue far into the future 31 Dr. Crum takes office as collector of the port of Charleston, S. C The mayor of Seattle, Wash., and the chief of police, are indicted by the grand jury for alleged malfeasance. April 1— President Roosevelt starts west Many strikes are reported in all parts of the country Judge Adams dissolves the injunction restraining the trainmen from ordering a strike on the Wabash — 2 President Roosevelt speaks in Chicago on the Monroe doctrine Wm. E. Rainbridge, Iowa, is chosen U. S. representative in the American-Venezuelan Arbitration Commission 3 — The President speaks on the Trust question in Milwaukee The hearing in the Union-Southern Pacific suit ends at Nashville — 4 The President speaks in Minneapolis on the Tariff question — 5 President Roosevelt spends the day in Sioux Falls where he speaks to 4,000 children, advising them to work hard and play with energy — 6 The President spoke on The Wage Worker and the Farmer, in Sioux Falls, S. D The Harriman interests won in the suit for the control of the Southern Pacific Three U. S. Commissioners were removed for alleged frauds in land deals in Oregon — 7 Carter Harrison is re-elected mayor of Chicago The President speaks at Fargo, N. D. on the Philippines and the Army — 8 A cyclone three miles wide sweeps over Arkan- sas, destroying houses, and endangering lives The President is in the Yellowstone Park — 9 The U. S. circuit court of appeals enjoins the Northern Securities Company from voting stock of the Great Northern or Northern Pacific The explosion of a 12-inch gun on the battleship Iowa kills three and injures five men. — — Foreign March 14. A commission headed by Minister Van Plehve, is appointed to carry out the Czar's reforms 15 Italy appropriates $100,000 to participate in the St. Louis Exposition 16— Salvador and Guatemala agree to arbitrate their dif- ferences — 17 Venezuela pays the first instalment of the German claim Sir Thomas Lipton's new cup challenger Shamrock III is launched at Dunbarton A serious rebellion breaks out in Uruguay — 18 The German Reichstag appro-

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priates $375,000 of the $750,000 to be expended for the St. Louis Expo- sition — 19 Secretary Chamberlain declares that 100,000 Boers have been repatriated, and that Britain is giving $75,000,000 to the new colonies for their resettlement 20— Charles Godfrey Leland, American poet, journalist, and humorist, died in Florence, Italy 21— President Castro of Venezuela resigns ;

Further appropriations to relieve the distress in North Sweden are asked for by the Swedish Riksdag 22— The Congress of Venezuela declines to accept Castro's resignation, and asks him to reconsider his step Peace is signed between the government of Uruguay and the rebels The Rev. Frederick William Farrar, Dean of Canterbury since 1895, died in London, in his 72d year China and Cuba provide for an exhibit at St. Louis — 23 Violent eruptions of Mt. Soufriere, St. Vincent, continue — 24 The French Chamber of Deputies expels the religious preaching orders from the country — 25 The Irish land-bill passes its first reading in the House of Commons Consuls in London fall to the lowest price on record 89| Castro withdraws his resignation of the presidency of Venezuela — 26 The Carthusian Monks ask to remain in France, but are refused by the Chamber of Deputies Discovery, the British antarctic ship, reaches the farthest south — 27 The Bulgarian Cabinet resigns The text of the Irish land-bill is made public in London Nicaragua revolutionists capture several steamships on Lake Nicaragua, and the rebels in Uruguay accept the government's peace terms 28 The Cuban Senate adopts the reciprocity treaty as amended by the U. S. Senate Admiral Dewey is criticised in Germany because of his remarks on th3 German navy — 30 Measures for relief of Russian peasants are inaugurated at St. Petersburg Thos. W. Cridler, representative of the St. Louis fair, is received in special audience by the Czar — 31 The Albanians are defeated by the Turks at Mitrovitsa; and a new Bulgarian ministry is formed, while the Czar warns Bulgaria, and gives arms to the Montenegrins King Oscar, after a severe illness, resumes the reins of government- Shamrock III is given a trial spin at Gourock, Scotland, and proves a fast boat. April 1 — A rebellion breaks out in Albania against the Turkish re- form scheme — 2 The Venezuelan Congress authorizes Pres. Castro to carry out the obligations of the Washington protocols King Edward arrives at Lisbon, and Emperor William, at Copen- hagen as guest of King Christian — 3 Serious fighting occurs in Albania between the Bulgarians and the Turks The work of disbanding the religious orders of France is begun, and nuns solicit refuge in Louisiana in view of their expulsion from France — 4 Rioting occurs in Madrid by workmen and students against Premier Silvela and the Spanish Ministry — 5 Emperor William leaves Copenhagen for Kiel A new Cabinet is formed in Haiti Chinese rebel leaders agree to peace for a money consider- ation — 6 A generallabor strike is proclaimed in Holland..