Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-06
NUMBER 115.

the South foretelling The cause Of ,bs
| conflict slavery-nnd the very Mace
south CnrOllna-where II would he.
klh' rms was twenty-nlnp years be-
55.9hte ,ne confederate batteries nj
,hafleHton, South Carolina. fired on
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THE FIRST PRESIDENCY.
The year 1888 was slgnalIzed by var
| .vus important events. At Kirkland on
the 18Th OF March, the First Presidency
was ergnhizod-Thrcc High Priests. NJ
ter the order of Mclchlse,ick. chosen
ana sustained by the body OF the
Church' over which In It's entirety they
| preside. The personnel OF the prcsf-
dcncy In this itH first organization was
a. follows Joseph Smith, Jr.. Prcsi-
uehti sidney lsigdon. FIRST counselor.
trcderick q. Williafus. second couns.-
Tor II was the year OF brigham Young's
removal 10 Kirkland. from his flrin,f
home NJ Menion. New York. where he
was baptized by Elder Eieazsr Miller
ON the 18th OF April. isg2. During that
GUNNER OF fall he had paid visit
70 Kirkland. and met for the FIRST timc
| the Prophet u God. The latter. On zee.
| ing MIN approached. exclaimed Here
] comics a man who VIII yet preside over
ms church" brigham now took up
/ permanent residence 1T Kirkland. work.
ing upon the Temple there at his trade
last day ~ isl3 Witnessed The
/ baptism, hy Elder Porn pni-
slphcr NJ l,iahland oawcgo county.
/ New York Of MILFORD Woodruff. who
bccamc The fourth President u the
| church John Taylor and Lorenzo
| Snow. the remaining two Of the prcni-
dental quintet, had not yet been gath
cred into the fold. II was also tho
| year NJ the expulsion OF tho Saints from
Jackson county
THE JACKSON COUNTY TRAGEDY.
The motives Of the Mormon people
In settling among the Misaourianr had
been strangely mlslntcrpretcd. Peace
| fuzzy they had taken possession % tho
| lands they had purchased IA
that section and were industriouaiy
occupied IN improving them. They had
built houses. mostly log cabins, opened
store at Independence. and having
| procured printing press from the
| East we're Issuing periodical called
the Evening and Morning star" a
School Of Elders, after the pattern OF
a School ~ the Prophets at Kirkland.
had been instituted with Farley n.
| Pratt ul III prcccptor, ana the ooer.i
was being preached In peace and amity.
| Plans for the city ana temple OF Zion
had been forwarded By the Prophet
| from Kirkland, and the United order
WIS being established ms fast rs cir
| cumHtnnccH would allow. The Saints
In Jackson county. In the fall of isIl.
numbered from twelve TO fifteen hun
dred souls Such are the facts con-
| corning them ana their occupancy n
that land The actions Invented Dy
| their enemies. and which caused them
10 BE- driven forth from their
ponscsllona by the barbaroua
followers of the Mormon Prophet
| purponcd. when they became strong
enough. TO take forclblc possession u
the country. unite with the Indians
across the border and drive the Gen-
i tiles from the land. They were also
accused by the Miaaouriana 81 being
AbolitlonlHta, which charge, supported
only by the fact that they were mostly
| Eastern and Northern people. was sur
ncient at that time and In that region
90 hlncken their characters irrcdccn-
ably. Their United order theories
wcf. dubbed Communism" and were
said 10 invoiv. community Of inter
lists not only In each Others goods aud
chntteia. hut In each others wives Theag
false reports. diligently circulated by
Christian missionaries and their dupcs.
set all Jackson county afame. After
romc preliminary muttcringu, the storm
burst on the goth Of July. when q mob
surrounded the house OF William W.
Phelps. editor OF the Evening and
Morning star" ana RACED Il 20 the
| klNANNf lnf tultuf = WHO WIS ufutlllf
thrust into the street with n sick child
IN her arms. bishop Edward Part
ridge was dragged from his firoaide.
stripped OF his clothing and tarrcd ana
feathef.d on the public square. Elder
Charles Allen suffered similar mlHtrcrt-
mcnt Mixed with the tar was a pow
crful acid. which burned their ficah. A
compact followed. In which the Nor
mons agreed % leave the country
within certain time, on condition
that no further attacks be made upon
thcm' but one.fourth % the time had
not elapsed before the mob removed
hoHtlllil.n. The Mormona appealed TO
the Governor ~ the state. Daniel
Dunkiu. He advised them 90 seek
REDRESS In the courts. They did so In
H,iiuting legal proceedings against their
opprcasorH. This was tho application
81 the match 10 the mine. an explosion
followed IN which. like the stones and
tlmhcr ~ some huge building blown
Co atoms. the Saints. beaten, whipped
and plundercd of all they possessed
lsome OF them even shot down while
defending their honest were driven In
every direction from jackson county.
out upon the bleak prairie, along the
Mlssouri'n banks. chilled by Novem-
her's winds and drenched by pouring
rains. hungry and shelterlesH. weeping
and heart broken. wandered forth the
cxlleH Most u them, after much sur
| A'NANk ANNNN NffN
found refuge In clay county, on the
opposite shore. siNiy-HiS years have
passed since then. and though the dis
possessed ana driven Saints have never
yet returned 10 Jackson county. that
spot and no other II stlll % them THE
land ~ Zion" the land TO which they or
their children VIII eventually wcnd
their way 10 rear upon ltH conseerated
foi the Rlorl0us city and Temple OF
God. Al other gathering places OF the
Saints are merely stakes Of Zion
THE TWELVE APOSTLES,
The Twelve Apostles of tho church
were chosen az Kirkland. Ohio. ON sat
urday, February 10. 1855, They wcrc
| selected by tho three witnesses 60 tho
book uf Mormon, and blessed aud set
apart under the hands nf the First
Presidency They were Thomas ",
Marsh. David W. Pattrn. brigham
Young. Hober 9, kimbnll, ptaun Hyde.
william T.. Mcl.ellin, Farley i, Pratt,
Luke Johnson. william Smith, Ofann
Pratt, John T. H0yuton aud Lyman T..
johnson. Subsequently two quurunH
OF Seventies assistants 20 the Apostles
were selected. These men were all
taken from tho ranks OF tho survivors
81 lions Camp. q rcllglo-militnry or.
| gnnlzation. which la 1854, went
with the Prophet 10 Missouri o. re-
deem Zion" SiNty-clght of the .05
men composing the camp were at
tackled with cholera on Fishing River
ana thirteen or fourteen ~ them dled,