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title: Improvement Era
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periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 7
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published: 1904-04
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
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# Events of the Month

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EVENTS  
        OF 
        THE  
        MONTH.
Local.
        —
        February, 
        1904.
Miscellaneous 
        Events. 
        15.
        —
        Joseph 
        Odell 
        has 
        been 
        appointed
postmaster 
        at 
        Logan, 
        vice 
        Robert 
        Murdock, 
        term 
        expired. 
        18.
        —
        Old
Folks' 
        day 
        was 
        celebrated 
        in 
        Mt. 
        Pleasant. 
        A 
        program 
        and 
        dinner 
        were
given 
        to 
        300 
        people. 
        There 
        were 
        53 
        persons 
        between 
        60 
        and 
        70 
        years
of 
        age; 
        27, 
        between 
        70 
        and 
        80; 
        and 
        15 
        over 
        80 
        years 
        of 
        age.
        —
        A 
        repre-
sentative body 
        of 
        dairymen 
        from 
        Cache, 
        Bear 
        Lake, 
        Box 
        Elder, 
        Weber,
Wasatch, 
        Davis, 
        Juab, 
        and 
        Salt 
        Lake 
        counties 
        met 
        in 
        convention 
        at
Logan. 
        President 
        Joseph 
        R. 
        Murdock, 
        of 
        Heber, 
        presided, 
        and 
        in 
        his
speech 
        of 
        welcome 
        showing 
        the 
        importance 
        of 
        their 
        business, 
        compared
the 
        dairy 
        and 
        mining 
        interests, 
        showing 
        how 
        the 
        former 
        produce 
        a 
        steady 
        .
monthly 
        income 
        to 
        the 
        many 
        while 
        the 
        latter 
        produce 
        great 
        wealth 
        to
the 
        few. 
        The 
        Utah 
        Dairymen's 
        Association 
        is 
        a 
        growing 
        institution.
20.
        —
        Perry 
        S. 
        Heath 
        resigned 
        the 
        secretaryship 
        of 
        the 
        Republican 
        Na-
tional committee. 
        27.
        —
        During 
        the 
        night 
        eight 
        and 
        a 
        half 
        to 
        nine 
        inches
of 
        snow 
        fell, 
        generally 
        over 
        northern 
        and 
        central 
        Utah. 
        It 
        was 
        the
heaviest 
        storm 
        of 
        the 
        season. 
        The 
        Lake 
        has 
        risen 
        eight 
        inches 
        since
November. 
        29.
        —
        Hon. 
        Quil 
        Nebeker 
        returns 
        from 
        a 
        visit 
        to 
        the 
        state 
        of
Tabasco, 
        Mexico, 
        greatly 
        pleased 
        with 
        the 
        country, 
        and 
        expresses 
        the 
        be-
lief that 
        in 
        twenty 
        years 
        the 
        Americans, 
        English, 
        and 
        Germans 
        will 
        own
two-thirds 
        of 
        Mexico.
Scandinavian 
        Mission.
        —
        In 
        the 
        three 
        countries 
        of 
        the 
        north, 
        the
Church 
        of 
        Jesus 
        Christ 
        of 
        Latter-day 
        Saints 
        has 
        a 
        membership 
        of 
        5,317,
out 
        of 
        which 
        number 
        897 
        are 
        children 
        under 
        eight 
        years 
        of 
        age. 
        There
are 
        2,620 
        members 
        in 
        Sweden; 
        1,358 
        in 
        Norway; 
        and 
        1,339 
        in 
        Denmark.
There 
        were 
        478 
        baptisms 
        in 
        the 
        ten 
        conferences 
        of 
        the 
        mission, 
        in 
        which
188 
        Elders 
        and 
        three 
        lady 
        missionaries 
        were 
        laboring, 
        during 
        the 
        year
1903. 
        President 
        Anthon 
        L. 
        Skanchy 
        and 
        his 
        body 
        of 
        laborers 
        held 
        59,104
gospel 
        conversations, 
        5,594 
        meetings 
        indoors, 
        and 
        75 
        outdoors, 
        during
the 
        year. 
        There 
        are 
        five 
        native 
        Elders 
        laboring 
        as 
        missionaries; 
        and
during 
        the 
        year, 
        177 
        people 
        over 
        eight 
        years 
        of 
        age 
        emigrated, 
        and 
        36

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EVENTS 
        OF 
        THE 
        MONTH. 
        4rr5
under 
        that 
        age, 
        all 
        of 
        which 
        is 
        taken 
        from 
        the 
        annual 
        report 
        in 
        the
Church 
        organ, 
        Skandinaviens 
        Stjerne, 
        February 
        15, 
        1904.
Col. 
        Theodore 
        Bruback.
        —
        This 
        well 
        known 
        mining 
        man 
        and 
        rail-
roader lost 
        his 
        life 
        on 
        the 
        18th, 
        in 
        Park 
        City, 
        by 
        falling 
        down 
        an 
        incline
in 
        the 
        Daily-Judge 
        mine. 
        He 
        was 
        a 
        native 
        of 
        Pittsburg, 
        Pa., 
        and 
        came
to 
        Utah 
        in 
        1885, 
        immediately 
        identifying 
        himself 
        with 
        mining 
        and 
        rail-
roading. He 
        was 
        receiver 
        of 
        the 
        Sanpete 
        Valley 
        railroad, 
        and 
        built 
        the
extension 
        from 
        Wales 
        to 
        Morrison, 
        and 
        was 
        president 
        of 
        the 
        road 
        at 
        the
time 
        of 
        his 
        death. 
        He 
        was 
        also 
        colonel 
        on 
        the 
        staff 
        of 
        Governor 
        Wells.
In 
        1886, 
        he 
        married 
        Miss 
        McLane 
        of 
        New 
        York, 
        and 
        leaves 
        two 
        children.
Two 
        Good 
        Points.
        —
        It 
        appears 
        that 
        there 
        is 
        a 
        Manti 
        Farmers' 
        As-
sociation which 
        held 
        a 
        session 
        on 
        the 
        17th. 
        Professors 
        Merrill 
        and 
        Hutt
of 
        the 
        Agricultural 
        College 
        were 
        present 
        and 
        spoke 
        on 
        timely 
        farming
topics. 
        Two 
        points 
        that 
        are 
        specially 
        good 
        were 
        mentioned: 
        First, 
        the
need 
        of 
        improving 
        the 
        soil 
        by 
        growing 
        pod-bearing 
        plants, 
        and 
        plowing
them 
        under, 
        and 
        by 
        utilizing 
        the 
        manures, 
        and 
        for 
        farmers 
        to 
        arrange
their 
        affairs 
        on 
        a 
        system 
        to 
        employ 
        their 
        time 
        the 
        year 
        round. 
        Second,
the 
        need 
        of 
        making 
        the 
        grounds 
        and 
        yards 
        of 
        the 
        country 
        home 
        more 
        at-
tractive; and 
        the 
        elimination 
        of 
        mongrel 
        males 
        from 
        the 
        herds, 
        and 
        re-
placing them 
        by 
        pure 
        bred 
        animals.
Dreadful 
        Catastrophe 
        on 
        Lucin 
        Cut-off.
        —
        At 
        Jackson, 
        a 
        small
station 
        in 
        Nevada, 
        on 
        the 
        Lucin 
        Cut-off, 
        at 
        4 
        o'clock 
        p. 
        m. 
        on 
        the 
        19th,
there 
        was 
        a 
        collision 
        between 
        a 
        freight 
        and 
        a 
        construction 
        train. 
        The
latter 
        carried 
        two 
        cars 
        of 
        black 
        powder 
        and 
        dynamite. 
        As 
        a 
        result 
        of
the 
        collision, 
        which 
        appears 
        to 
        have 
        occurred 
        on 
        account 
        of 
        some 
        train-
man's carelessness, 
        some 
        23 
        persons 
        were 
        killed, 
        eight 
        of 
        whom 
        were
Americans 
        and 
        the 
        remainder 
        Greeks. 
        Fifteen 
        persons 
        were 
        injured.
The 
        calamity 
        caused 
        a 
        sensation 
        in 
        Ogden 
        where 
        large 
        numbers 
        of 
        Greeks
are 
        located. 
        The 
        explosion 
        caused 
        a 
        large 
        hole 
        to 
        be 
        blown 
        in 
        the
ground, 
        and 
        debris 
        was 
        scattered 
        for 
        miles 
        around. 
        The 
        track 
        was 
        dis-
placed for 
        500 
        yards, 
        and 
        the 
        telegraph 
        poles 
        were 
        blown 
        down 
        for
miles.    
        The 
        dead 
        were 
        brought 
        to 
        Ogden 
        for 
        burial.
Wealth 
        from 
        the 
        Mines.
        —
        During 
        1903, 
        Utah 
        mines 
        paid 
        in 
        divi-
dends, $4,869,016, 
        an 
        increase 
        in 
        round 
        numbers 
        over 
        1902 
        of 
        $627,-
000. 
        The 
        total 
        output 
        of 
        mineral 
        wealth 
        for 
        the 
        year 
        1903 
        was 
        esti-
mated at 
        $34,000,000, 
        an 
        increase 
        over 
        the 
        previous 
        year 
        of 
        $15,000,-
000. 
        Three 
        great 
        mines, 
        the 
        Daly-West, 
        Utah 
        Consolidated, 
        and 
        Silver
King, 
        paid 
        over 
        four 
        millions 
        in 
        dividends, 
        and 
        the 
        remainder 
        came 
        from
the 
        other 
        mines.
Poultry 
        Show 
        in 
        Sevier.
        —
        Sevier 
        has 
        followed 
        Ogden 
        and 
        Salt
Lake, 
        and 
        has 
        had 
        a 
        poultry 
        show.    
        The 
        show 
        closed 
        in 
        Richfield 
        on 
        the

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476 
        IMPROVEMENT 
        ERA.
22nd, 
        and 
        had 
        an 
        average 
        daily 
        attendance 
        of 
        300, 
        proving 
        a 
        financial
success. 
        The 
        premium 
        list 
        covered 
        forty 
        pages. 
        Exhibitors 
        appeared
from 
        Salt 
        Lake, 
        Sanpete 
        and 
        Weber. 
        The 
        Poultry 
        Association 
        was 
        ad-
dressed by 
        Profs. 
        Dryden, 
        Hutt 
        and 
        Merrill 
        of 
        the 
        State 
        Agricultural
College.
Missionary 
        Shoots 
        Himself.
        —
        Lorenzo 
        Crosby, 
        a 
        returning 
        South-
ern States 
        missionary 
        from 
        Creer, 
        Arizon, 
        intentionally 
        shot 
        and 
        mort-
ally wounded 
        himself 
        on 
        a 
        Chicago 
        and 
        Alton 
        train 
        near 
        Higbee, 
        Mo.,
February 
        20th. 
        He 
        died 
        the 
        following 
        day. 
        No 
        reason 
        has 
        been 
        given
for 
        the 
        dreadful 
        deed. 
        It 
        is 
        believed 
        by 
        President 
        Ben 
        E. 
        Rich 
        that 
        his
mind 
        was 
        unbalancad, 
        and 
        that 
        he 
        was 
        not 
        responsible 
        for 
        the 
        fearful
action.    
        He 
        had 
        done 
        a 
        good 
        work 
        in 
        the 
        South.
An 
        Original 
        Pioneer 
        Dead.
        —
        Benjamin 
        Franklin 
        Dewey, 
        member
of 
        the 
        original 
        143 
        pioneers 
        of 
        1847, 
        died 
        in 
        Chloride, 
        Arizona, 
        February
23rd. 
        He 
        was 
        born 
        at 
        Westfield, 
        Mass., 
        and 
        went 
        to 
        Nauvoo 
        in 
        the
spring 
        of 
        1848, 
        where 
        he 
        joined 
        the 
        pioneer 
        band. 
        When 
        the 
        gold
fever 
        broke 
        out 
        in 
        1849, 
        he 
        went 
        to 
        California 
        and 
        remained 
        about 
        two
years, 
        again 
        returning 
        to 
        Utah 
        where 
        he 
        made 
        his 
        home 
        until 
        about
twelve 
        -years 
        ago 
        when 
        he 
        moved 
        to 
        Arizona.
Liberty 
        Stake 
        of 
        Zion.
        —
        In 
        conformity 
        with 
        a 
        prior 
        decision 
        to
divide 
        the 
        Salt 
        Lake 
        Stake 
        of 
        Zion 
        to 
        make 
        four 
        stakes, 
        the 
        Priesthood 
        of
the 
        wards 
        in 
        the 
        southeast 
        part 
        of 
        the 
        city, 
        divided 
        by 
        Main 
        street 
        and
Third 
        South, 
        (1, 
        2, 
        3, 
        8, 
        9, 
        10,
        31, 
        33) 
        met 
        on 
        Tuesday 
        evening, 
        February
23rd, 
        and 
        nominated 
        fifty 
        persons 
        from 
        whom 
        the 
        Church 
        authorities
were 
        to 
        select 
        a 
        presidency 
        and 
        other 
        officers 
        for 
        the 
        new 
        stake. 
        They
also 
        decided 
        to 
        name 
        the 
        stake 
        Liberty, 
        if 
        it 
        should 
        meet 
        with 
        the 
        ap-
proval of 
        the 
        people. 
        On 
        Friday, 
        26th, 
        the 
        people 
        of 
        the 
        new 
        stake 
        met
and 
        sustained 
        the 
        nominations 
        for 
        stake 
        presidency, 
        made 
        by 
        the 
        Church
authorities, 
        as 
        follows: 
        President, 
        Hugh 
        J. 
        Cannon, 
        at 
        present 
        in 
        charge
of 
        the 
        German 
        mission; 
        first 
        counselor, 
        Arnold 
        H. 
        Schulthess; 
        second
counselor, 
        Philip 
        S. 
        Maycock. 
        The 
        High 
        Councilors 
        for 
        the 
        new 
        stake
were 
        chosen 
        as 
        follows: 
        Le 
        Grand 
        Young, 
        Charles 
        W. 
        Symons, 
        Milando
Pratt, 
        Oscar 
        F. 
        Hunter, 
        Elias 
        A. 
        Smith, 
        George 
        Buckle, 
        John 
        Vetterli,
William 
        Stringham, 
        Briant 
        S. 
        Hinckley, 
        William 
        N. 
        Davis, 
        Fred 
        M.
Mickelsen, 
        and 
        Alvin 
        C. 
        Strong. 
        Alternates: 
        Taylor 
        H. 
        Woolley, 
        Sey-
mour B. 
        Young, 
        Jr., 
        and 
        John 
        Stringham. 
        Joseph 
        Keddington 
        was
chosen 
        president 
        of 
        the 
        High 
        Priests' 
        quorum. 
        They 
        also 
        decided 
        upon
the 
        name 
        Liberty 
        for 
        the 
        new 
        and 
        53rd 
        stake 
        of 
        Zion. 
        Three 
        other
stakes 
        will 
        be 
        organized 
        out 
        of 
        the 
        remainder 
        of 
        the 
        old 
        stake, 
        on 
        the
return 
        of 
        President 
        Joseph 
        F. 
        Smith 
        and 
        Francis 
        M. 
        Lyman 
        from 
        Wash-

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EVENTS 
        OF 
        THE 
        MONTH. 
        All
ington, 
        whither 
        they 
        were 
        called 
        as 
        witnesses 
        in 
        the 
        Senator 
        Smoot 
        case.
When 
        these 
        are 
        organized 
        there 
        will 
        be 
        a 
        total 
        of 
        eleven 
        stakes 
        which
were 
        parts 
        of 
        the 
        original 
        Salt 
        Lake 
        Stake.
Died.—
        Sarah 
        Eyre 
        Meyers, 
        wife 
        of 
        Joseph 
        Meyers, 
        February 
        7,
1904, 
        at 
        Minersville, 
        Utah; 
        born 
        at 
        Densby, 
        Lincolnshire, 
        England, 
        Au-
gust 26, 
        1835; 
        joined 
        the 
        Church 
        in 
        1849, 
        and 
        emigrated 
        in 
        1855, 
        cross-
ing the 
        plains 
        in 
        1859.
        —
        In 
        Spring 
        Lake 
        Villa, 
        9th, 
        W. 
        W. 
        Barnett, 
        a
pioneer 
        of 
        Utah 
        county, 
        and 
        a 
        veteran 
        of 
        the 
        Indian 
        wars.
        —
        In 
        Hoyts-
ville, 
        Summit 
        county, 
        11th, 
        Joseph 
        Wilkinson, 
        a 
        pioneer 
        of 
        that 
        county.
—
        In 
        Hyrum, 
        12th, 
        Jens 
        Lauritzen, 
        born 
        Denmark, 
        November 
        5, 
        1824, 
        a
Danish 
        soldier 
        in 
        the 
        war 
        of 
        1848-50, 
        who 
        came 
        to 
        Utah 
        in 
        1863.
        —
        In
Salina, 
        14th, 
        Celinda 
        Hannah 
        Martin, 
        born 
        Ohio, 
        February 
        29, 
        1832,
came 
        to 
        Utah 
        in 
        1852, 
        and 
        was 
        a 
        pioneer 
        of 
        Sanpete 
        Valley 
        and 
        the
south.
        —
        In 
        Mt. 
        Pleasant, 
        February 
        12, 
        1904, 
        C. 
        C. 
        Rowe, 
        born 
        in 
        Indi-
ana, May 
        11, 
        1823. 
        He 
        was 
        a 
        Mexican 
        war 
        veteran 
        of 
        the 
        Mormon
Battalion 
        and 
        also 
        took 
        part 
        in 
        the 
        Indian 
        wars 
        in 
        Utah..
        —
        In 
        Richfield,
14th, 
        Lemuel 
        Thompson, 
        a 
        veteran 
        of 
        the 
        Civil 
        war, 
        who 
        came 
        to 
        Utah
35 
        years 
        ago, 
        from 
        New 
        Hampshire.
        —
        In 
        Logan, 
        19th, 
        Mrs. 
        Caroline 
        Af-
fleck, born 
        in 
        London, 
        January 
        25, 
        1839. 
        She 
        came 
        to 
        Utah 
        in 
        1861,
and 
        was 
        prominently 
        identified 
        with 
        Church 
        work.
        —
        In 
        Ephraim, 
        22nd,
Sarah 
        Bridget 
        Hadden, 
        born 
        in 
        Norfolk, 
        England, 
        1816. 
        She 
        came 
        to
Utah 
        with 
        her 
        late 
        husband, 
        Thomas 
        C. 
        Hadden, 
        in 
        1852. 
        She 
        was 
        a
great 
        friend 
        of 
        the 
        Indians, 
        and 
        often 
        entertained 
        the 
        early 
        chiefs,
among 
        them 
        Black 
        Hawk, 
        Indian 
        Joe 
        and 
        Sam.
        —
        In 
        Cedar 
        Fort, 
        17th,
John 
        Cook, 
        pioneer 
        of 
        1852, 
        born 
        Michigan, 
        May 
        22, 
        1838.
        —
        In 
        Ply-
mouth, Box 
        Elder 
        county, 
        18th, 
        Sarah 
        Cunningham 
        Bigler, 
        born 
        in 
        Vir-
ginia, aged 
        92 
        years, 
        3 
        months 
        and 
        18 
        days. 
        She 
        joined 
        the 
        Church 
        in
Nauvoo, 
        was 
        a 
        friend 
        of 
        the 
        Prophet 
        Joseph, 
        and 
        came 
        to 
        Utah 
        in 
        1853.
        —
In 
        Hyrum, 
        Cache 
        county, 
        21st, 
        Hans 
        Jorgen 
        Johansen, 
        born 
        Onso, 
        Nor-
way, August 
        31, 
        1826. 
        He 
        came 
        to 
        Utah 
        in 
        1855, 
        locating 
        in 
        South
Weber, 
        and 
        in 
        1863 
        in 
        Hyrum.—
        In 
        Salt 
        Lake 
        City, 
        23rd, 
        George 
        Thomas
Luff, 
        born 
        England, 
        October 
        23,
        1835, 
        a 
        competent 
        tradesman, 
        who 
        joined
the 
        Church 
        in 
        early 
        manhood 
        and 
        came 
        to 
        Utah 
        in 
        1361.
        —
        In 
        Ephraim,
24th, 
        Neils 
        Clemenson, 
        an 
        early 
        settler 
        of 
        Sanpete, 
        1856, 
        a 
        native 
        of
Denmark, 
        aged 
        84 
        years.—
        In 
        Logan, 
        20th, 
        Mark 
        Fletcher, 
        born 
        Scotland,
August 
        19, 
        1826, 
        and 
        came 
        to 
        Logan 
        in 
        1865. 
        His 
        father 
        fought 
        in 
        the
battle 
        of 
        Trafalgar, 
        under 
        Nelson.—
        In 
        Ephraim, 
        28th, 
        Ellen 
        Gorena
Dorius, 
        wife 
        of 
        the 
        late 
        Bishop 
        C. 
        C. 
        N. 
        Dorius, 
        born 
        Norway, 
        April 
        16,
1837, 
        came 
        to 
        Utah 
        in 
        1857 
        by 
        handcart, 
        having 
        joined 
        the 
        Church 
        in
1853.
        —In 
        Lehi, 
        28th, 
        William 
        Simons, 
        born 
        England, 
        March 
        26, 
        1844,
came  
        to 
        Utah  
        in 
        1857 
        by 
        handcart.    
        He 
        was 
        a 
        veteran 
        of 
        the 
        Black

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        IMPROVEMENT 
        ERA.
Hawk 
        war, 
        having 
        served 
        at 
        Richfield 
        under 
        General 
        Wells.
        —
        In 
        Salt
Lake 
        City, 
        17th, 
        Ann 
        0. 
        Preece, 
        born 
        England, 
        February 
        21, 
        1830, 
        and
arrived 
        in 
        Utah 
        October, 
        1855, 
        having 
        walked 
        over 
        the 
        plains.
        —
        In 
        Span-
ish Fork, 
        20th, 
        Ann 
        Jarvis 
        Gibbs, 
        born 
        England, 
        June 
        1, 
        1825, 
        and 
        a
pioneer 
        of 
        the 
        early 
        50's.
        —
        In 
        Salt 
        Lake 
        City, 
        27th, 
        Warden 
        George 
        N.
Dow, 
        of 
        the 
        state 
        prison, 
        born 
        New 
        Hampshire, 
        1839, 
        and 
        came 
        to 
        Utah
in 
        1882, 
        and 
        was 
        warden 
        during 
        the 
        enforcement 
        of 
        the 
        Edmunds-Tucker
act, 
        and 
        again 
        since 
        statehood.
Bishop 
        Reid 
        Dead.
        —
        Bishop 
        William 
        T. 
        Reid, 
        of 
        the 
        Manti 
        North
w'ard, 
        died 
        February 
        28, 
        1904. 
        He 
        was 
        born 
        in 
        Drumbo, 
        County 
        Down,
Ireland, 
        July 
        21, 
        1830, 
        but 
        was 
        of 
        Scotch 
        descent. 
        He 
        accepted 
        the 
        gos-
pel in 
        Belfast, 
        January 
        9,
        1848, 
        and 
        for 
        a 
        number 
        of 
        years 
        was 
        an 
        active
missionary, 
        presiding 
        over 
        the 
        Edinburgh 
        conference 
        in 
        1861-62. 
        In
1862, 
        he 
        emigrated 
        to 
        Utah, 
        and 
        in 
        1877 
        was 
        made 
        Bishop 
        of 
        the 
        North
ward, 
        Manti, 
        which 
        position 
        he 
        held 
        at 
        the 
        time 
        of 
        his 
        death. 
        He 
        was
a 
        veteran 
        of 
        the 
        Black 
        Hawk 
        war, 
        and 
        has 
        held 
        several 
        offices 
        of 
        trust,
both 
        politicaly 
        and 
        ecclesiastically, 
        in 
        Manti. 
        At 
        the 
        time 
        of 
        his 
        death,
he 
        was 
        a 
        member 
        of 
        the 
        stake 
        board 
        of 
        education, 
        and 
        president 
        of 
        the
Manti 
        Co-operative 
        Mercantile 
        Institution.
Domestic—
        February, 
        1904.
The 
        Isthmian 
        Canal.
        —
        The 
        Senate 
        of 
        the 
        United 
        States 
        ratified
the 
        treaty 
        with 
        Panama, 
        providing 
        for 
        a, 
        canal 
        across 
        the 
        isthmus, 
        on
February 
        23rd, 
        by 
        a 
        vote 
        of 
        66 
        to 
        14, 
        the 
        negative 
        vote 
        being 
        wholly
Democratic, 
        while 
        16 
        Democrats 
        voted 
        or 
        were 
        paired 
        in 
        favor 
        of 
        the
treaty. 
        The 
        first 
        article 
        of 
        the 
        treaty 
        places 
        the 
        new 
        republic 
        under
the 
        protection 
        of 
        the 
        United 
        States, 
        in 
        these 
        words: 
        "The 
        United 
        States
guarantees 
        and 
        will 
        maintain 
        the 
        independence 
        of 
        the 
        republic 
        of 
        Pana-
ma." Ratifications 
        were 
        exchanged 
        on 
        the 
        26th, 
        when 
        President 
        Roose-
velt issued 
        a 
        proclamation 
        putting 
        the 
        treaty 
        into 
        effect.
Master 
        of 
        the 
        "Cumbberland" 
        Dead.
        —
        Commander 
        William 
        Pritch-
ard 
        Randall, 
        U. 
        S. 
        navy, 
        died 
        on 
        the 
        21st, 
        aged 
        72 
        years. 
        He 
        was 
        act-
ing master 
        of 
        the 
        frigate 
        Cumberland, 
        in 
        her 
        famous 
        battle 
        with 
        the
Merrimac 
        in 
        March, 
        1862, 
        and 
        he 
        fired 
        the 
        last 
        gun 
        before 
        the 
        vessel
sank.
Postal 
        Troubles.
        —
        A. 
        W. 
        Machen, 
        ex-superintendent 
        of 
        the 
        Rural
Free 
        Delivery; 
        Diller 
        B. 
        Graff, 
        of 
        Washington, 
        D. 
        C, 
        and 
        George 
        E.
Lorenz, 
        of 
        Toledo, 
        Ohio, 
        were 
        convicted 
        on 
        the 
        26th 
        of 
        conspiracy 
        to
defraud 
        the 
        government 
        in 
        postal 
        contracts, 
        and 
        on 
        the 
        day 
        following
were 
        sentenced 
        to 
        two 
        years 
        imprisonment, 
        and 
        to 
        pay 
        a 
        fine 
        of 
        ten
thousand 
        dollars 
        each.

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EVENTS 
        OF 
        THE 
        MONTH. 
        479
March, 
        1904.
Successor 
        to 
        Senator 
        Hanna
        .—
        On 
        March 
        2nd, 
        Hon. 
        Charles 
        Dick,
Republican, 
        was 
        elected 
        by 
        the 
        Ohio 
        legislature 
        to 
        succeed 
        Senator
Hanna, 
        both 
        for 
        the 
        short 
        term 
        ending 
        March, 
        1905, 
        and 
        for 
        the 
        full
term 
        beginning 
        with 
        that 
        date. 
        Mr. 
        Dick 
        is 
        serving 
        his 
        fourth 
        term 
        in
the 
        legislature 
        of 
        his 
        state, 
        is 
        a 
        lawyer, 
        and 
        is 
        45 
        years 
        old, 
        and 
        pos-
sesses many 
        good 
        traits 
        of 
        leadership, 
        though 
        the 
        papers 
        picture
Hanna's 
        shoes 
        much 
        to 
        large 
        for 
        him.
Men 
        Who 
        Will 
        Build 
        the 
        Panama 
        Canal.—
        The 
        President 
        sent
to 
        the 
        Senate 
        the 
        following 
        names 
        of 
        men 
        who 
        will 
        be 
        entrusted 
        to 
        super-
vise the 
        construction 
        of 
        the 
        Panama 
        canal:
Rear 
        Admiral 
        John 
        G. 
        Walker, 
        retired, 
        chairman 
        of 
        the 
        former
Isthmian 
        Canal 
        Commission.
Major 
        General 
        George 
        W. 
        Davis, 
        retired.
Colonel 
        Frank 
        J. 
        Hecker, 
        of 
        Detroit, 
        director 
        of 
        transportation 
        dur-
ing the 
        Spanish-
        American 
        war.
William 
        Barclay 
        Parsons, 
        engineer 
        of 
        the 
        Rapid 
        Transit 
        Commission
in 
        New 
        York 
        City.
William 
        H. 
        Burr, 
        professor 
        of 
        engineering 
        in 
        Columbia 
        University
and 
        member 
        of 
        the 
        former 
        Isthmian 
        Canal 
        Commission.
C. 
        Ewald 
        Grunsky, 
        of 
        San 
        Francisco, 
        an 
        eminent 
        hydraulic 
        engineer.
B. 
        M. 
        Harrod, 
        of 
        New 
        Orleans, 
        a 
        member 
        of 
        the 
        Mississippi 
        River
Commission 
        for 
        the 
        past 
        twenty-five 
        years.
Attorney 
        General 
        Knox 
        has 
        notified 
        the 
        President 
        that 
        he 
        is 
        author-
ized to 
        pay 
        ten 
        million 
        dollars 
        to 
        Panama, 
        and 
        forty 
        millions 
        to 
        the 
        com-
pany which 
        has 
        been 
        "notified 
        that 
        this 
        country 
        is 
        ready 
        to 
        take 
        the
property.
Foreign
        —
        February, 
        1904.
Panama 
        Constitution.
        —
        The 
        new 
        Republic 
        of 
        Panama 
        has 
        adopted
a 
        new 
        constitution 
        which 
        was 
        officially 
        promulgated 
        on 
        the 
        15th; 
        and 
        on
the 
        20th 
        Dr. 
        Manual 
        Amador 
        was 
        inaugurated 
        president, 
        he 
        having 
        been
unanimously 
        elected. 
        He 
        was 
        a 
        leader 
        in 
        the 
        revolution, 
        and 
        one 
        of 
        the
two 
        commissioners 
        who 
        visited 
        the 
        United 
        States 
        last 
        November. 
        The
constitution 
        excludes 
        Chinese 
        after 
        January 
        1, 
        1905. 
        The 
        republic 
        was
recently 
        recognized 
        by 
        Chili, 
        Mexico, 
        Argentina, 
        and 
        Brazil.
Following 
        Hobson.
        —
        On 
        the 
        23rd, 
        a 
        daring 
        attempt 
        was 
        made 
        by
the 
        Japanese 
        to 
        block 
        the 
        entrance 
        to 
        Port 
        Arthur, 
        in 
        the 
        manner 
        of
Lieut. 
        Hobson 
        with 
        the 
        Merrimac 
        at 
        Santiago. 
        Several 
        old 
        transports,
laden 
        with 
        inflammables, 
        were 
        sent 
        in, 
        and 
        were 
        sunk 
        by 
        the 
        Russian's
fire, 
        but 
        after 
        the 
        engagement, 
        it 
        was 
        found 
        that 
        the 
        entrance 
        to 
        the
harbor 
        was 
        still 
        open.

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480 
        IMPROVEMENT 
        ERA.
The 
        Venezuelan 
        Case.—
        The 
        Hague 
        tribunal, 
        which 
        has 
        been 
        con-
sidering since 
        last 
        autumn 
        the 
        claims 
        of 
        Great 
        Britain, 
        Germany 
        and
Italy, 
        for 
        preferential 
        treatment 
        of 
        their 
        claims 
        against 
        Venezuela, 
        de-
cided unanimously 
        in 
        favor 
        of 
        the 
        allied 
        powers, 
        and 
        the 
        United 
        States
was 
        commissioned 
        to 
        carry 
        out 
        the 
        award. 
        It 
        was 
        decided 
        that 
        30 
        per
cent 
        of 
        the 
        Venezuelan 
        customs 
        duties 
        be 
        set 
        aside 
        for 
        meeting 
        the
claims 
        until 
        they 
        were 
        satisfied; 
        then 
        the 
        other 
        claimants 
        will 
        be 
        paid.
In 
        Washington 
        there 
        is 
        disappointment 
        over 
        the 
        award, 
        as 
        it 
        is 
        believed
that 
        granting 
        preferential 
        rights 
        to 
        blockading 
        powers, 
        will 
        work 
        dam-
age, in 
        that 
        it 
        will 
        make 
        nations 
        in 
        a 
        hurry 
        to 
        press 
        their 
        claims 
        against
weaker 
        states 
        with 
        warships, 
        to 
        the 
        danger 
        of 
        peace.
March, 
        1904.
Eussian 
        Commander-in-Chief.
        —
        General 
        Nikolaevitch 
        Kuropatkin,
appointed 
        commander-in-chief 
        of 
        the 
        Russian 
        army 
        in 
        Manchuria, 
        has
seen 
        more 
        active 
        service 
        than 
        most 
        military 
        leaders 
        of 
        his 
        time. 
        He 
        is
described 
        as 
        56 
        years 
        old, 
        stout, 
        broad-shouldered, 
        unpretentious, 
        ener-
getic, bluff 
        of 
        speech, 
        and 
        intolerant 
        of 
        pleasure-seeking 
        officers. 
        He
was 
        chief 
        of 
        staff 
        under 
        Skobeleff, 
        in 
        the 
        conquest 
        of 
        Khokand. 
        In 
        the
Russo-Turkish 
        war 
        of 
        1877, 
        he 
        displayed 
        great 
        energy 
        and 
        bravery 
        in
the 
        siege 
        of 
        Plevna, 
        being 
        in 
        the 
        thickest 
        of 
        the 
        fight 
        night 
        and 
        day.
He 
        it 
        is 
        who 
        has 
        been 
        the 
        prime 
        leader 
        in 
        the 
        Russian 
        railroad 
        conquest
of 
        Central 
        Asia; 
        and 
        Russia's 
        expansion 
        in 
        eastern 
        and 
        western 
        Asia 
        is
due 
        to 
        his 
        plans 
        as 
        minister 
        of 
        war.
War 
        in 
        Macedonia.
        —
        Turkey 
        and 
        Bulgaria 
        are 
        again 
        both 
        making
warlike 
        preparations, 
        and 
        each 
        complains 
        of 
        the 
        attitude 
        of 
        the 
        other.
There 
        are 
        threats 
        of 
        the 
        renewal 
        of 
        the 
        insurrection 
        in 
        April, 
        and 
        there
have 
        been 
        already 
        several 
        encounters 
        between 
        Bulgarian 
        bands 
        and 
        Turk-
ish troops. 
        Russia 
        being 
        busy 
        with 
        Japan, 
        grave 
        fears 
        are 
        entertained
that 
        Austria 
        cannot 
        single-handed 
        check 
        the 
        various 
        elements 
        of 
        dis-
order in 
        Macedonia. 
        The 
        condition 
        of 
        the 
        population 
        is 
        pitiable 
        in 
        the
extreme.
Count 
        Von 
        Waldersee 
        Dead.
        —
        This 
        great 
        German 
        field 
        marshal
was 
        born 
        April 
        8, 
        1832, 
        and 
        died 
        March 
        5th, 
        at 
        Hanover. 
        In 
        his 
        60th
year, 
        in 
        1891, 
        he 
        retired 
        from 
        office, 
        and 
        settled 
        down 
        on 
        his 
        estate 
        in
Hanover 
        to 
        an 
        old 
        age 
        rich 
        in 
        memories. 
        About 
        the 
        close 
        of 
        the 
        Franco-
Prussian 
        war 
        he 
        married 
        the 
        widow 
        of 
        Prince 
        Frederick 
        of 
        Schlesvig-
Holstein, 
        who 
        was 
        a 
        Miss 
        Lee, 
        of 
        New 
        York. 
        Sedan 
        and 
        the 
        siege 
        of
Paris, 
        and 
        his 
        work 
        in 
        bringing 
        the 
        German 
        army 
        to 
        a 
        high 
        state 
        of
mechanical 
        efficiency, 
        are 
        among 
        his 
        stirring 
        memories 
        and 
        achievements.