The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-04
LOCAL HISTORY
WHAT HAPPENED OCTOBER

lS51-A Joint resolution. passed by the
Utah legislature. legalizing the laws
Of the provisional government of the
state OF Deseret, was approved by the
lS53-John e. Warner and William Mills
We're killed by Indians, few hu1-
dred yards above the grist mill, al
N1onu. Sanpete county. Utah.
lS55-John :. Eldredee and James Gra-
ham and twenty eight Mormons emil
grating 10 Utah from Australia. on
board the ship Julia Ann, were
wrecked on a coral reef near the So
ciety islands. Five persons were
drowned and the rest barely escaped
with their lives and landed on a bar
ren and uninhahited island (Slcily
island), where they subsisted on tur-
tie for six weeks, when they were
rescued,
1S56-Franklin D. Richards. Daniel spen-
Ger. John Van Cott. William c. Dun
bar. John D. T. McAllster, Nathaniel
H. Felt. and a number of other Nor
mon missionaries. arrived in Salt
Lake City, having left Florence, Sep
tember 3,
1S60--Hon. John F. Kinney arrived in
Salt Lake City. having been reap
pointed chief Justice OF the territory
OF Utah.
1S63-John w Woolley's church train Of
immigrants. which had left Florence
August 9. and also Thomas +. Ricks's
church train Of immigrants. which
had started from Florence. August
10. arrived in Salt Lake City. Hor-
ton d. Haights church train OF i'm
migrants arrived In Salt Lake City
1S6i-Capt. William S. Warren's train
of immigrants which had started
from Wyoming. July 10, arrived at
Salt Lake City.
1S12-Wool was carded at the Provo
WOODEN factory for the first time.
lS74-Jay Gould. accompanied by dis
tinguished party OF wealthy railway
gentlemen. arrived in Salt Lake City
Mrs Elizabeth Adams of Bountiful
Davis county, was shot and killed by
an unknown person while engaged In
o. reading in her own house
left Salt Lake City for Denver. Colo.
1ST9-The first number OF the Contribu-
tor was issued in Salt Lake City. TIE
suit OF the heirs of the late Presi-
dent Brigham Young versus the ad-
ministrators of the estate was set
tied by the church paying the heirs
$4,000.
lss6-In the Third district court, Rasmus
Nielsen pleaded guilty TO a charge
Of unlawful cohabitation.
1SS7-ln the. Third district court. Fred
erik Petersen OF the Second ward.
Salt Lake CITY. was sentenced by
Judge Zane to six months imprIson-
ment and 500 fine, for unlawful CO.
habitation. After trial. Edward
Brain; also charged with unlawful
cohabitation. WAS acquitted Mrs
Hodson and daughter, the latter the
alleged plural wife OF John Penman,
were imprisoned in the penitentiary
In default OF bail.
lSSS-Samue c. Pratt OF Salt Lake Clty
fell into the hot springs at Wads-
worth New. and was scalded 10
death.
lSs9-Perry Fitzgerald. one of the pio
neers of 1S4T. died at Draper, Salt
Lake county. In the Third district
court. Salt Lake City. Bedson Eard
ley was sentenced by Judge Zane TO
eighteen months Imprisonment; and
in the First district court at Provo
Otis l.. Terry OF Fairview was sen-
fenced by Judge Judd 70 nine months.
both for adultery. The semi AN uual
general conference OF the church was
commenced in Salt Lake City. con-
tinuing until the 9Th On the last day
the three vacancies existing in the
twelve apostles were hlled by Marrt-
ner w, Merrill. Anthon II. Lund and
Abraham II Cannon. John Jaoues
was sustained assistant church
historian and general church recor-
der.
ls90-The semi -annnl conference OF the
church commenced in Salt Lake CITY. |
II was continued for three days on
the 6th. President Woodruns mani !
festo was accepted. In The First
district court, at Provo James II
jenkins OF Goshen, was sentenced by