Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
CHRONOLOGICAL
RECORD, 1899.
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Sunday schools Of the Latter-day
Saints. held In Salt Lake City.
Bishop Edwin Stratford, Of Ogden.
died.
s-President Mckinley laid the corner
stone of the seven million dollar fed
eral building in Chicago, I'll.
Charge Of unlawful cohabitation filed
against President Lorenzo Snow, In
Salt Lake City, By c. NJ. Owen. Case
dismissed oct. 70.
l0-Ultimatum Of the Transvaal re-
public demands the withdrawal Of Brit
ish troops that threaten the Transvaal
border, or in the event Of failure, gives
notice that such failure Will be con-
sidered a declaration OF war by Great
Britain.
ll-Britlsh government notifies the
South African Republic that II has no
communication TO make to the latter
government. State Of war considered
TO begin.
Boer troops cross into Natal, Brit
ish colony.
Storm In western United States inter-
feres with Geographic communication.
Fall campaign In the Philippines,
against the rebels, opened
Earthquake at Ceram, Dutch East
Indies. kills 5000 people.
VIM. Greenwood, of Beaver, Utah. 10
years old, accidentally drowned In
Sewer river. near Riverside. Willard
county. Utah.
l2-Boers capture British armored
train. Minor contests frequent from
this date.
13-Indians insulted and beaten by
soldiers at San Carlos agency, Arizona,
and serious. trouble threatened but
averted by the arrest Of the offending
soldlery.
1i-Steamer Nutmeg State burned
at sea; persons burned TO death.
Don Corey. of the Utah light artillery,
who came home with the volunteers, III,
died at Provo
Chicago G. Northwestern railway
train held up south OF Chicago and
robbed Of large sum Of money.
Kimberley besieged by the Beers.
c. NJ. owen files affidavit charging
Congressman b. II. Roberts with hav-
ing violated the law by living with a
plural wife,
ls-Yacht Columbia wins first race
over the Shamrock.
r. J. Parker, OF Tooele county, Utah.
and II. j. Murple, Of Kansas. killed in
a collision on the Union Pacific railway
at Cheyenne, Wyo. Three other per-
sons were injured.
Beers repulsed In an attack on
Mafekng
17-Second Of the yacht races award
ed to the Columbia.
James BEDFORD and Oscar Slett met
death at Silver City Utah, and Paul
Berta at Mammoth, Utah, by powder
explosions In mines.
l9-Gen. Lawton's command north Of
Manila, Luzon, 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
L. n. snyder. OF Ogden, died Of ex-
posure near Weiser, Idaho, while out
with a surveying party.
20-Battle OF Glencoe, Natal, British
claimed victory, but were forced to
retreat.
Yacht Columbia won the third race
with the yacht Shamrock, this winning
the match and retaining the Americas
cup on the American side of the At
lantic.
Temporary arrangement Of the Alas
ka-Canadia American boundary made
between the United States and Great
Britain.
Pullman company at Chicago alb
sorbed the Wagner Car Company.
22-Battle Of Elandslaagte, Natal
Beers defeated, but the British after
wards retired.
Il. +. Cummings, sr, 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-Collison on Rio Grande Western
railway at Cotton, Utah; three persons
injured.
President George Q. Cannon seriously
III in New York; recovered and returned
home to Salt Lake City shortly after
ward.
2i-British forces in northern Natal
retreated into Ladysmith
Battle at Puerto National, Colombia,
between government forces and insur-
gents, latter defeated with a loss Of
200 killed.
25-President Mckinley issued a
thanksgiving day proclamation.
Daniel Frey killed on the Oregon
Short Line railway near Fairfield
Utah.
British public aroused over news
from South Africa. Lord Wolseley was
charged with making British reverses
there appear as successes.
26-Sixth annual conference OF the
Federation Of Women's clubs, held in
Salt Lake City.
Fighting at Kimberley. Beers re-
pulsed
27--Price OF coal In Salt Lake City
raised to IS per ton.
Beet sugar Juice pumped twenty-five
miles, from Springyille to Lehi. Utah.
30-Battle Of Nicholson's Mex, be-
fore Ladysmith. British defeated
Apostle M. w, Merrill appointed
president Of Cache Stake. Utah
3l-Ferryboat Chicago sunk in North
river, at New York; several persons
drowned.