The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-01
TODAY IN HISTORY
"Dominlon Day" in Canada.
FRIDAY, JULY I, 1910.

July was originally the NTH month OF
the Roman year and hence denominatc,di
"Qulntilis." In the Alban calendar II
had complement OF thirtyi;siX days snd K0i
natal month After the death " this
for many centuries. At length 1t was
restored to thirty-one by julius Caesar.
Julius felt a personal interest In 1t as his
natal month. After the death OF this
great reformer of the calendar, Mark An
tony changed the name TO July IN honor
OF the family name OF Caesar Regard
ing this change, Brady says; This
month he selected for such honorary dis
tinction, when the sun was generally most
potent, the more cffectually TO denote
that Julius was the emperor of the world;
and therefore the appropriate leader OF
one-half OF the year"
Our Saxon ancestors called July Hey
Monath,' because therein they usually
moved and made their hay harvest. anu
also ''Maed Monath," from tho mcads be-
Ing then in their bloom.
Today Is one that has been particularly
noted In history. II was on the lst OF
July in 1901 that the London newspapers
contained the following simple announce
ment: An experiment took place today
on the river Thames for the purpose OF
working barge or any other heavy craft
against tide by means of the steam en-
sine on a very simple construction. The
moment The engine was set TO work the
barge was brought about. answering her
helm quickly, and she made way against
O strong current AT the rate of two miles
and a half an hour"
This was the first serious Il ial OF steam
craft in England, although as early as
October, 1888. similar experiments were
conducted in Scotland and about the same
1901 was so successful that by the fol-
lowing year steam navigation was estab-
lished on the Thames.
Today Is n holiday in Canada and is
known as Dominion day" Before 1867
the term Canada was used to designate
the region about 400 by 100 to 400 miles
Lake Superior. Its neighbors were New
foundland, Prince Edward island, New
Brunswick. Nova Scotia and the great
western and northern regions once the
property of the Hudson Bay company.
The causes which led to the union were
many and varied. 1t took the British
colonies many years 10 see the way out
Ui che p1m.lSa ian ana M rehg,0ns Questions ms
the uniting OF all their possessions under
one name the Dominion of Canada.
These however. they at last overcame,
The leaders conceived the idea of the
union. agreed upon the articles OF con-
federation. and were then given the au-
thority by an imperial act of parliament,
which is known technically as the Brit
sh North American act 1867"
This act went into effect on July /.
1867. and Sir John Macdonald formed the
first Dominion government. oddly enough
carrying out a plan originally suggested
by Benjamin Franklin.
July marked the beginning OF the bat
tie OF Gettysburg In 1863. 1t is the date
Of tho famous battle of the Boyne In
Ireland in 1880; on which the battle of
Lucknow was fought in 1857. and the bat
tie OF Ell Caney, Cuba, was fought in
1898. II is the date of the landing of
Napoleon in Egvnt in 179S: on which the
first toll was collected on the Erie canal
In 1920 the first overland mail route was
established between Missouri and San
Francisco in 1861. and the United States
established the International copyrieh
law in 1891, 1t is the birthday OF Jean
Batiste Rochambeau, the French soldier
lI25); Gideon Welles. secretary af the
Boone. first missionary bishop Of China
GS1D; George B, Marllle. inventor OF coal
breaker and pump for mines GS27). and
Harry l.. koopman. poet GS60), II Is the
date of the death of Governor James Ed
ward OClelhnrnn In lIsh