--- 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: 6 number: 10 published: 1903-08 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. 10 (August 1903): 796–800.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0610unse 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: improvementera0610unse start_page: 796 end_page: 800 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1903-08) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0610unse publication_year: 1903 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 1903, 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. —June —The M. 1 I. A. conference held business sessions, and closed with an enjoyable reception and banquet of the General Boards tendered to the officers, at Barratt Hall Thomas Judd, St. George, is chosen president of the State Board of Horticulture, and Joseph Hyrura Parry, secretary The 102nd anniversary of the birthday of President Brigham Young was fittingly celebrated at S'altair; in the morning the Brigham Young Memorial building of the L. D.3. University was dedicated — 2 Rev. Dr. Paden testifies before the grand jury Class day exercises of the University of Utah are held at the Theatre, and commencement exercises of the L. D. S. University at Barratt hall Philip Sutherland, only son of Hon. George Suth- erland, seventeen years of age, died in Concord, N. H., where he was at- tending school 3 — Prof . J. H. Newell, of the hydrographic division at Washington, arrives in Utah, and speaks encouragingly of our progress in irrigation matters The 34th U. of U. commence- ment exercises were held in the Salt Lake Theatre The U. P. machinist strike, which has lasted for eleven months,- was today settled, and the men will return to work in Ogden and other places on the line on Monday, 8th — 4 The cornerstone of the new Presbyterian church was laid on the corner of Brigham and C streets, the building to cost $100,000 — 6 Eunice Holbrook Huntsman, a pioneer of Fillmore, age 64, died; Martha Freshwater, born England, Feb. 13, 1832, died in Provo — 8 Rachel Thompson Atkin, age 68, a pioneer of 1859, died in St. George Contract was let to A. L. Hamlin for a new Salt Lake isolation hospital to cost $7800 Scott Anderson, a well known Utah citizen, dies in Salt Lake, age 68 9 Council- — man J. J. Thomas' home in Salt Lake, is destroyed by fire The executive committee of the National Irrigation Congress choses Senator "W. A. Clark president, and he accepts Robert McKee, veteran pioneer, aged 80, the oldest blacksmith in the state,died in Spanish Fork • EVENTS OF THE MONTH 797 10— Eleven thousand acres of beets are up in Utah county 11 —The Mothers' Congress holds an interesting session in Salt Lake Utah county, with a population of 40,000, the sec- ond county in the State, has no criminal case on hand, and only two pris- oners in jail 12 — An annual reunion of the priesthood, of Weber was held, attended by Presidents Smith, Lund, and others The fruit orchards of Utah are reported in fine condition by visiting members of the State Board of Horticulture John Patton, the inventor, visits his Utah home, in Manti — l4 A grand celebration was held in Logan by the Scandinavians — 15 A great concert is held in the Tabernacle by Dr. Brown, the noted organist, and Miss Emma Ramsey C. W. Nibley is president of a new sugar company to be erected in Cache valley — 16 James Ephraira Daniels, born February 9, 1825, Manchester, England, died in Provo;and Patriarch William E. Brown, in Hoytsville, Summit Co — 17 President Joseph F. Smith was elected president of the Brigham Young College, Logan A notable banquet was tendered Senator W. A, Clark, projector of the San Pedro railway, in Salt Lake — 19 S. T. Whitaker is chosen director-general of the Utah Exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 23 Julia Ives Pack, widow of John Pack, aged 86, died in Kamas, She was a pioneer of 1848 After nearly 20 years of service, S. H. Babcock severs his oonnection with the Rio Grande, as general traffic manager — 24 TheL. D. S. Relief Society training nurses, numbering 75, graduated from the class of Dr. Margaret C. Roberts 27 — Work on the enlarged southern Pacific shops begins in Ogden The funeral services of John Olsen Kesko, age 85 were held in Ephraim There is an epidemic of typhoid at Park City 28— Bishop 0. F. Whitney spoke in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on the lesson of atonement afforded by the martyrdom of Joseph Smith the prophet 29 —State Auditor Tingey decides to pay the district judges the increased salary provided by the last legislature General Baldwin officially inspects the Fort Douglass troops 30 — A young man, William Wilson* while trying to rescue a prisoner from Officer J. C. Leaker, was seriously shot by the latter Twelve thousand children of the Salt Lake Sunday schools have an outing in Liberty Park. — July 1. For the first six months of 1903, there were 708 marriage licenses and 118 divorce complaints in Salt Lake 2 The — City Council decides to begin work with $56,000, on the Parley's Canyon reservoir Caroline Young Cannon, born Utah, February 1, 798 IMPROVEMENT ERA. 1851, widow of President George Q. Cannon, and a member of the Daugh- ters of Utah Pioneers, died in Cannon Ward 3 — There is a decided fall in the temperature. The variation in the past 24 hours being 37 degrees — 4 The day was perfect and large crowds celebrated at all the resorts of the State 5 Elder B. H. Roberts in a special meeting in the Assembly Hall addresses a large assembly of tourists on "Mormonism" 6 —The con- tractors order a lockout on all buildings, and building operations as a result are stopped on many contracts. The cause is numerous strikes, especially of hod carriers — 7 At midnight, this evening, the Short Line transferred its roads south of Murray and west of Jordan to the San Pedro road Mayor Thompson vetoes the Parley's canyon reservoir project The first of a new series of ball games between Salt Lake and Helena was played — 8 The first train of the San Pedro road left at 8 a.m. for Tintic over the Leamington cut off via Tooele. The arrow and "Salt Lake Route" will appear on the freight cars and stationery. — — Domestic. June 1. A tornado in Gainsville, Ga., kills over a hun- dred people The supreme court refuses to grant a writ of habeas corpus for Whitaker Wright, the London promoter 2 President Roosevelt enters Iowa Topeka, flooded like Kansas City, where 20,000 are homeless, appeals for outside aid 3 —The President enthusiastically received several is in Illinois cities... 4—The President makes the speech of last Dan- his tour at ville, 111 The flood subsides at Tcnpeka, but the Mississippi con- tinues to rise at St. Louis The Ohio Republicans endorse Presi- dent Roosevelt for renomination, and nominate Myron T. Herrick for governor — 5 The President arrives in Washington A. W, Machen, of the postal service, is indicted on the charge of accepting bribes 6 —The Mississippi breaks through the Sny levee, below St. Louis, with great loss The President orders the postal in- vestigation to be sweeping and thorough Eighty lives are lost in a cloudburst at Clifton, S. C — 7 The Mississippi reaches its highest point since 1858, at St. Louis, doing frightful damage 9 —Twenty people are drowned in a cloudburst at Bisbee, Ariz East St. Louis is being flooded and thousands flee for their lives 10 Eleven people drown in the flood, East St. Louis, and two-thirds of the city is submerged 11 — The flood crisis in St. Louis is past 13 —Lipton's boat is sighted off Sandy Hook The North- ern Securities company is to dissolve 14 —The flood inKan- sas City left 23,000 people homeless; appeals are made for aid EVENTS OF THE MONTH. 799 — 15 A ten-million dollar type-writer trust is formed The Jews appeal to President Roosevelt to have massacres of their people stopped in Russia Hundreds of people are drowned by a cloud burst in Heppner, Oregon — 17 Supt. Jas. T. Metcaif, of the postoffice M. 0. division is dismissed for indiscretion in awarding a printing con- tract — 18 Thousands of acres of cotton lands are flooded and thousands made destitute by breaking of a levee in Louisiana — 21 The strike in the Lowel cotton mills is settled — 22 A. W. Machen and others are indicted on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the government — 23 President Roosevelt orders the prosecution of Ed. F. McSweeney, ex-assistant com- missioner of immigration, New York on charge of embezzling official records and papers — 24 Sir Thomas Lipton arrives in New York, and says he will win America's cup 25 President Roosevelt decides to forward the Czar the petition presented by the B'nai B'rith regarding the treatment of the Jews in Russia — 26 The National colored Immigration and Commercial Associ- ation petitions President Roosevelt for a hundred million dollars to deport negroes to Siberia 2S — Shamrock 77/ beats Shamrock I on every point The President arrives at Oyster Bay to spend his vacation 29— Between 12,000 and 15,000 Christian scientists visit Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, at Concord, N. H Three more indictments for bribery are found against A. W. Machen and the Groff Bros — 30 A fearful coal-mine explosion craves two hundred victims at Hanna, Wyoming The Government fiscal year closes with a surplus of $53,000.000 Wm. E. Corey will perform the active duties of the U. S. Steel Corporation under Chas. M. Schwab The Reliance leads Columbia and Constitution in a second race off Newport. — July 1. Important Government bureaus are transferred to the de- partment of Commerce and Labor — 2 Booker Washington speaks at Louisville on lynching 4 — First messageis sent over the Pacific cable to Manila 5 — Representative Cannon is opposed to currency legislation. — — Foreign. June 1. The rebellion in southern China is sprea ng ' Negotiations for the thirty-five million dollar Cuban loan are opened in London —2 Co-op. societies in England protest against Chamber- lain's preferential tariff scheme — 3 Ionia Island, Hebrides, is sold to the Carthusian monks expelled from France Fire de- stroys the State pawn-broking establishment, Naples; loss $2,400,000 3^There are 150,000 people starving in Kwang-Si province, China> and parents are selling their children for food — 5 Four Bul- garians are convicted of the Salonican dynamite outrages, and ars sen- tenced to death The Pope's health is declining 7 The Czar authorizes the Poli.sh language in Catholic religious instruction in the middle class schools of Poland — 9 The free-trade-pro- tection fight begins in the British House of Commons 11 King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia are assassinated in their palace at Belgrade Pope Leo celebrates mass at the feast of Corpus Christi — 12 The U. S. trade with Porto Rico amounts to 800 IMPROVEMENT ERA. over a million dollars a month .' ...Mexico City is shaken by earth- quakes — 15 Prince Peter Karageorgevich is elected King of Servia, and accepts the bloody throne; the people accepted the notification with salvos of cheers, and a hundred guns were fired 16 The Socialists show nearly 43 per cent gains in the Reichstag elections, Germany Mexico pays the Pius fund award IT — General Rolando with an army of 2000 proclaims himself chief of a revolution against President Castro, Venezuela 18 Austria and Chile announce that they will be represented at the St. Louis exposition 19— The British minister at Belgrade, Servia, is instructed to withdraw for a time on arrival of King Peter, and not to recognize the new government — 21 The Vienna Zeit declares that Von Plehve, the Russian minister, had prepared and managed the Kishineff massacre — 22 Wos y Gil is elected president of Haiti — 23 The U. S. European squadron ariives at Kiel An edict is issued by consent of the Czar restricting the sale of arms and ammunition in Finland The Zeigler polar expedition starts from Trondhjem, Norway The ministers of Great Britain, Holland and Turkey withdraw from Belgrade — 24 Peter I, Servia's new king, is enthusiastically welcomed in Belgrade Kaiser Wilhelm receives Admiral Cotton in Kiel — 25 King Peter takes the oath of office and reviews the army U. S. minister Jackson leaves Bel- grade Emperor William inspects the U. S. battleship Kearsarge and commends the officers and men — 26 Eng- land and the colonies celebrate King Edward's birthday At a dinner to Ambassador Tower, at Kiel, Emperor William expresses senti- ments of friendship and esteem for President Roosevelt and the people of the U. S — 29 The Russian minister to China is summoned to a conference of Russian officers on the Manchurian situation — 30 Bulgaria calls out 3000 reserves to prevent atrocities on the Tur- kish frontier King Peter dismisses the Servian Skupschina The U. S. squadron sails from Kiel for Portsmouth. July 2. —King Edward congratulates the king of Servia, but diplo- matic relations are not resumed Cuba signs treaties with the U. S. ceding to the latter two naval stations, and disposing of the government of the Isle of Pines — 3 The Pacific cable is completed at Honolulu The Russian foreign office inti- mates that the Jewish petition will be slighted — 4 The Pope is suffering from pneumonia, and is in a critical condition — 5 The last sacraments are administered to the Pope in the presence of all the cardinals.