Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
CHRONOLOGICAL
RECORD, 1899.
sunday schools OF the Lattcr-day
Saints. held In Salt Lake City

Sunuuy schools OF the LAttcr-day
Saints. held In Salt Lake city.
| Bishop Edwin stratford. OF Ogden
died.
| g-Prcsident Mckinley laid the corner
stone OF the seven million dollar fed
cral building In Chicago. ILL.,
Charge OF unlawful rehabilitation fiied
against President Lorenzo snow. in
Salt Lake City. by G. NJ. owen. Case
dismissed Oct. 10.
| 1o-ultimatum OF the Transvani re-
| public demands the withdrawal OF Brit
ish troops that threaten the Transvaai
border. or In the event OF failure. gives
notice that such failure Will be con-
sldercd declaration OF war by Great
Britain.
11--British government notifies the
south African Republic that Il has no
communication TO mike TO the latter
government. State OF war considered
to begin.
Boer troops cross into Natal, n Brit
ish colony.
storm In western United States inter-
fcres with telcgraphic communication.
FAN campaign In the Philippines
against the rebels. opened.
Earthquake at Ccram, Dutch East
indies. kills 5000 people.
VIM. Greenwood. OF Beaver. Utah, 20
years old. accidentally drowned In
SEWER river. near Riverside. Willard
county, Utah.
12--Boers capture n British armored
train Minor contests frequent from
this date.
ls-Indinns insulted and beaten by
holdiers at San Carlos agency. Arizona.
and serious trouble threatened but
avertcd by the arrest ~ the offending
soldlery.
H-Stcamer Nutmeg State burned
at sea; persons burned TO DEATH
Don Corey. OF the Utah light artillery,
who came home with the volunteers, Ill
uien NJ Provo.
chicago d Northwestern railway
train held up south of Chicago and
robbed OF large sum OF money.
Kimberley besleged by the Bocra.
&. NJ owen files affidavit charging
CONGRESSMAN II. H. Roberts with hav-
Ing violated the Inv by living with n
plural wife.
1s-facht Columbia wins first race
over the shamrock.
II. j. Parker, OF Tooeic county. Utnh
and II. J. Murpie, OF Kansas. killed In
collision on the Union Pacific railway
at Cheyenne, Wyo. Three other per-
sons We're injured.
Beers repulscd In an attack on
Mafcldng
ll-second OF the yacht races award
ed TO the Columbia.
James BEDFORD and oscar Slctt met
death at Silver city, Utah, and Pnui
Bcrta nj Mammoth, Utah, by powder
explosions IN mines.
1g-Gcn. LnwtonH command north Of
Manila. LuEon. starts out to capture the
Filipino insurgent capital
Battle OF knaipan. Natal. won by the
Beers.
Announcement that the Salt Lake
stake Of Zion. Utah. would be divided
Into three Stakes OF Zion.
Il. N. snyder. OF Ogden. died OF ex-
posure near weiser. Idaho. while out
with n surveying party.
20-Battlc OF Glencoe, Natal; British
claimed u victory. but were forced TO
retreat.
Yacht Columbia won the third race
with the yacht shamrock This yxInnIny
the match and retaining the Americas
cup on the American side OF the At |
lantic.
Temporary arrangement OF the Alas.
kn- Canada American boundary made |
between the United States and Great |
Britain.
Pullman company at Chicago alb
sorbed the Wagner Car Company
22-Battle OF Eiandslhagte. Natal
Beers defeated, but the British after
wards retired.
II. +. Cummings. sr.. n pioneer resi-
dent OF Utah. died at Salt Lake City.
Collision on oregon Short Line rail-
way at Pennington, Utah: engineer
and fireman Injured.
23-coilision on Rio Grandc Western
railway at Cotton. Utah; three persons
injured.