Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

sons were killed. and been given over
% pllinEe and rapine. IN tho summer
q ISIS came the call for the Mormon
latthlion. to which i've hundred men
chccrfully responded and marchinn
westward assisted the tinted state In
It's war against Mexico. In April, isti.
brigham Young. At the head Of a
picked band u Pioneers set out 10 Ind
home for HIS homeless
people and make good the prophecy
% his predecessor. that the Saints
the midst OF the Rocky Mountains"
They travercd the trackiesH plains ~.
INK west 81 the Missouri river. pene-
ttntcd the snow.cappcd mountain fast.
netHef on the Great American Desert.
and on the 2fth Of July arrived on the
shores o. The Great Salt Lake. n thuus.
ana fniiss from civilization. where they
founded Hoit Lake city. tho metropolis
| oI tho intermountain region. the parent
nf more than two hindrcd cities. towns
nud villages that owe their existence
20 the energy Of the Mormon people
en1 the genius 81 their .Ereat loader,
brigham Young.
II would be too long a story 10 mar.
| rate In detaii the many events that
have crowded like waves urun the
shore ~ history since the Mormon PIC.
necfs settled this once desoiate 70
slon.-"a salt land not inhab-
Il fN"Ntf NNNNN VI WIN UNkNNa NV
age rcd men and sDraclous
cfup.destfoyinE Insects. which. with the
| natural drtreaa 81 the soii. necraaitnt-
Ing irrisntion. constituted almost In
turnountahlc barriers to ~ rcciafna.
uea. This rrilcie g. no, s,cry Of the
meaEre one. q Mormonisfn.
PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YouSG.
The First residency--vacant sine.
the death ~ Joseph Hmith--was
reorganlxed December ~, ists. after
tho return Of the Pioneers to
Winter euarterH brigham Young
hecamt Prcaldcnt 81 the church 81 j..
.us Christ o. Laticr-day Saints In all
the World. With Hebcr g. kimbaii and
willard Richards a. hls counseiors.
Under their leadership ths main body
or the Salntn. sacatlng Winter Quar-
tors. crossed the rlalnH In the summer
q 1875. following IN the wake o. other
Mormon IMMIGRANT trains 10 Salt Lake
valley, Their arrival here In scptsm-
hqr and october swclied the popula-
ton u the pioneer city 10 four OF I'VE
thousand souls.
on the iath Of February. 1870. four
vacancies Ia the Apostolic Council were
nllcd. the new incumbents being
CHARLES g. Rich. Lorenzo snow. Efaa-
tus Hnow and Franklin -. richards.
= nslr confrercs. the -irht other Apps.
ties. were Ofson Hyde. Farley 4. Pratt.
prron Pratt. toha Taylor, Wliford
| Woodruff. Ocorge A. Smith. Amaaa ~.
Lyman and kxra I. Benson. The same
month permanent stake organization.
after the pattern Of those forinei
nfsi q forty such orxnnlEa-
tons now In existence - was
established At Salt Lake city,
whlsh wa. divided into nineteen &C.
cle.lastlcni wards with a bishop over
each. Newell k.Whitney wna the prraid-
Ing bishop Of the Church The same year
went forth the frsi missionaries from
/ The Rocky Mountains. az foiloWn: John
/ Taylor, Curts y. Bolton ana Ionn Pack
10 frnncei ErnatuE Snow and 20. Han
son 20 Dvnmafk. John y forSErun to
Toronto 10 Italy, Franklin u. Rich.
ards, jos. W. johnson. Joa. W. Young.
| Job Smith. Haden w. Church. Geo. III
/ wallace and John \. nigbec 20 Great
liriiain; charles G. Rich aad Francis
y. fomeroy 10 Lower California. -.
olson Pratt and James brown 20 the
society Islands Hiram clark. George q.
cannon. Henry W. niRlar. fyrum
blackwell. Thomas white, Thomas
Norria John Dixon. James Haw.
hlns, William Farrer and James
Keller. To The Sandwich Islands. \
sent % The California roid mines.
The PERPETUAL Emlsrailng Fund
company vas organized. 20 aaalat ponr
salnu IN the United States and In
EUROPE 10 einizraic. and bishop ia.
ward Hunter. a. agent Of the fund.
was sent 10 the frontier 10 put into
oprrarln IT, provisions and rupcfin.
tend the next SEASONS emigration
The British mission at this period
contained nearly thirty thousand
alotmon converts. and three 10 nvc
thoupdnd more were reported from the
nyeisV irlahda. ihoasanur OF prose-
1tes were scattered through the Unit
"a states ana Canada. From this time
Iofth hey we're destined 10 come from
hearty every nation under heaven. MY
Inf upon the shoulders OF the pills.
ilheA the sieainshipa and railroads Of
The uentiies.supplemcnted BY their own
Vest" a ccaseiess tide Of Enumeration,
lowing unto the mountain 81 the
! Lords house" now established Ia the
tops u The Rocky Mountains.
The principal subsequent events Of
lfrtlicnt noung'a long, prosperous ana
| comparatively peaceful career omit.
ung his multitudlnous aud inccnsant
lab0fs ~ exploring. colonlxlnE. city aud
temple building. founding u home IN.
! dustfies. establishment 81 foreign and
local misslona Indian missions. ETC..
eia. may thus b. SUMMARIZED
/ ~ The organization Of the Terri
tory Of Utah by act OF Congress az.
proved September .. 1870, ana the ap.
pointmeHt OF brigham Young A. Gov.
efnor. BY President Willard Fillmore.
| "a The nfnt public PRONUNCIATION 81
The principle Of plural marriage. at
| conference held at Salt Lake City,
sunday, August 20. 1854 90 The laying
Of the corntr-stonea % the Salt Lake
Temple. April Z. 1854. 90 The placing OF
Utah under martial Law BY proclamh.
ton Of Governor brigham Young, 10.
sued September Is. 1851, la which the
| United states troops. under General Al.
bort sidney Johnston. then on the
march for Utah. were forbidden to en-.
Ter salt Lake valley an act supple.
lnsnted ~ the concentration of the mill
ita IN Echo canyon TO rcpel the Ia.
fadera, and the subsequent pcacabie
adjustment Of the difficulties between
liah aud the gcneral government, 90
the completion OF the overland Tele-
graph iine 10 salt Lake city, ssptom-
| ptr, n, 1861. TIE hrrt tclrgrama east
and wet telAg sent BY President Brig
Aafa Young next day. Among the nfst
measages he transmitted was one TO
| ircaldcut Abraham Lincoln. announce
! iAE, Utah has not seeded. but 10 arm
| Tor the Constitution and the Lava"
| 90 The approval ~ President Lincoln.
July = leo, 81 an act passed by Com
| ffcaa prohibiting polyEAmy Ia the TER
i'iqrlca, Law regarded by the Saints
~ unconstitutional 90 The opening OF
me Dtaerst Telegraph line between Salt
/ Like lllg aud Dnaan laaafIt lar