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

confiict--nANefy- the vcry piar,''e
South taIviina-vhera IL would no.
| gin. tbs was iWcniy.nine years b.
fore the Confederate batteries al
.hafies.v south Carolina. Cred on
r t '""'' W'cipitating the civil
THE FfRsT PRESIDENCY.
The yea l.ai was slgnallzcd By VAR
iour impo.nnt events 81 Kittand, on
the 18th 81 Maroh, the Fifst prssidanex
| was ariscd-rhfoo Uigh Priest IA.
| ter the ofdef u Mclchigc,iek. chosen
and sustained by tho body OK ths
church. ontf which In IT, entirety they
preside. .hc tefnnnnei of the prasi-
| dcncy IN ihls H. flrrt orranigation Wa
NJ follow. Iosoph smith H. PRE-.
| dent: tidney ltEdon. nfst counrrior,
| ffcderick y, Wnilanf. second rouuaa.
| Tor. II wa ne YEAR " iiiiaham Younr'u
| removal " Kirkland from hls farmaf
| home 81 Mendpn. New York where he
was hapifed BY Elicr Eicaasr Miller
on the iNh " Arri. is2 During that
summer % IAN b. had naii visit
| 10 klrtlail, and net Tor the fret time
the i'ropifi " God. Tho latter. un ~.
lnN Mn fppnuirhod exclaimed sWafa
comes . man VII 100 SGT preside over
THIS chtfch." lfiThum now took 10
| permansit fctlicn.o nt itlftiand. work.
Ing upon The Temple there at hia trade
Of psinlar and rlaairr. The
last a. ~ ~ Witnessed thc
sipher. a. RI.hiand, osweFo county
/ New fofks u wilfofd Woodrun. Who
becams The fourth President Of the
| Church. John Taylor and I.orcnso
| Know, nc remaining two ~ the prcfl.
DENTAL quintet. had not yet been gath.
cred inti the fold. II was also the
| year of DC cxpulfinn nf the Saints from
jackson county.
THE JACKSON COUNTY TRAGEDY.
The motives of the Mormon people
In ncttiitE among the MiHauuriann had
| been srmgely miHintefprotci Peace
fully thsy had taken pVsnsHsion of the
lands they had purchased In
that section and were induairioualy
occurIcd Ia Improving them. They had
built houscs, mostly log cabins. opened
ntofc az Independence. and having
| procured a printing press from the
East wsre Issuing a periodical called
| tho "EvcninE and Morning star" a
| school ~ Eld0fa. after the pattern 81
Hchool Of the Prophets at Kirkland.
had been Instituted. with pafisy A..
Pratt a. ~ rfetepiof, and the Dost.I
was beihE preached IN peace AMI nmity.
| i'lsna fuf the city and temple u Zion
had ben forwarded BY the Prophet
from Kirkland. and the United order
was hsing established as fast ~ cir
| cumntnrcea would allow. The Saints
In jackaon county. IN the fall Of isll.
numbsrcd from twelve 10 ffiegn hun.
drcd souls. Such are the facts con.
| corning them and their occupancy u
that land The actions Invented b
| their enemlcs and which caused them
TO b. driven forth from their
| posnerslons by the hafharoua
nd bloody hand n perrtcution.
follower Of the Mormon Prophet
| purpoesd. when they became strong
| enough. 10 take fofcihle Possession ~
the country, unite with the Indians
across the border and drive the Gen.
tiles from the land, They were also
accused BY the Mirnourians % being
Ahniitihnlatr, which charge. supported
| only b, the fact that they were mostly
Eastern AMI Northern people. was Huf-
ncient a. that time and In that region
| 10 blnsken their characters irrvdcem-
ably. Theft United Ordsr theories
were dubb-d Communism" and were
said 70 Involve q community Of inter-
srsr net only In zach others goods and
chnstsiahut In each others sivs~. rhens
/ false frporta. diligently circulated BY
| Christian missionaries and their dupca.
set all Jackson county aname. After
nome preliminary muttefinrn, the storm
| burst ~ the 10Th ~ July, when a mob
| rurrounted the house. of William w.
| Phelps. editor 81 the Evening and
Morning star" and raEsd u 10 the
ground. The editors wife was hrutally
thrust lnin the street with sick child
| In her arms bishop Edward Part
| ridge vas iraEgtd from his nrsride
| strlppti " his clothing and thrfci and
/ feathefsi on the public square. Elder
/ Charles Allen suffered similar mlntfcat-
ment. Mixed with the tar was pow
crful add. which burned their fienh. A
compad followed. In which the Nor
mons" agreed 10 leave thC country
| within certain time, on condition
that 70 further attacks be made upon
| them. but one fourth q the time had
/ not elapsed hpfuru the mob removed
Lostilltrs The Mornonu nppeaiod 20
tho Governor ~ the state, Daniel
Dunkilh Ne advised them 90 seek
fcdfeff IN tho courts They did 10. In.
| stitutinr legal proceedings against their
| opprcasJrs. This was The application
Of the match 10 the mine. AN explosion
foiievrd. IN which. Ike the stones and
tlfnben of some huge building blown
10 atom. the Saints. beaten, whipped
and Numbered Of nll they posresrri
tsomr of them even shot down white
defendlng their honest were driven In
every direction from Jackson county.
| Ont upnn the bleak prairie, along the
MissoGfi'a banks, chilled by Sovcm-
ber's winds and drcnched by pouring
rains hungry and HheiterieFa, weeping
| and keart.brokrn. wandered forth tho
csiiea Most u them. after much SUI
fcrinr from hunger and exposure.
found refuge In clay county. on the
| oppo,iie shore. siNty-six years have
passsi since then. and though the dis
| pohsefsd and driven Saints have never
| yet frtufned 20 Jackson county, that
| spot snd mo- other l. Htiil 60 them the
land N Zion" tho land % which they nr
| their children viii eventually wcnd
| their uay 10 rear upon ~ cpnnecratei
| soil a. glorious city and Tomple of
God. An other gathering places u the
Saint are merely stakes N Zion"
THE TWELVE APOSTLES.
Thu Twelve Apostles u the church
Were chosen at Kirkland ohio, ON sat
urdny, February ~, 1875, They were
rcleeisi BY the three witnesses a. the
Iiool u Mormon. and blessed and ret
apart under the hands 81 the tirat
| Mar David w. Paiten. brigham
| Yourg Iieher q. kimhall orson hyde,
| William a. Mclselllu. Farley 4. Pratt,
| Lux johnson. william smith, oraon
| Pmtt. John 4. iioyninn and Lyman y.
| Johnson. subsequently two quuruma
| OF Hs,euties assistants 90 the Apostles
--w,fc selected. These men were AL
takes from the ranks " the survivors
Of zion.s camp, a ftllglo'm,li,Afy Of,
| ganintl1u. which. ln 1857 went
with the Prophet 20 Missouri 20 re.
deem Zion" sixty.elght u the soJ
men composing the Camp were at
tnclel with cholera on Wishing river,
| and thiftsen or fourteen ~ them died,
Thelr ,fdsta 20 rcinatate their brethren
and flsters uron the lands from which