The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-18
TODAY IN HISTORY
rba Maintain Meadows Massacre.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1s

On September 1S. 1857, occurred the
famous Mountain Meadows massacre IA
| Utah a crime which. at the tine, seiihSa ,tter
the country IRON one eadnst ems - party OF
| emIerants from Arkansas and missouri, ~
who were passing through tne L1,bsred eIrfe ed
dren' They were refused food every
where until they reached the neign9}oSr g}Sa,.
hood OF M9qntata abou: s5S miles south Of
Salt Lake city. Hero they stopped 20
rest their horses and were fred upon py
pdinns and Tbny IT Is thssed aissedd the siege un
TIL September IS. when. on pro,na{ise ,a, ~, ~
protection from John D Lee, Lee, mTr'nGs iaft ,0a
bishop and Indian agent they ie'' ''e
| shelter of their wagons.
| All adults and children under seven
years old were killed. and seVen.esn n
younger children were distributed aimons .a,
restored 10 relatives by the United states
government Lee was executed I, i3r TINS rs
crime In 1877, and. though the -, ehGrt n1LdS 10
failed, there can be little doubt thet tne
! project was known and approved og
them. especially since Brigham young
| mo person shall be allowed to pass or
repass into or through or from TINS Ter
ritory without permit from the proper
officer" H. Il Bancroft. In his 'Hlstory
OF Utah." places blame on Leo entlrely-
| At the request OF the federal Judge
| Johnston furnished a military detach-
ment to guard the prisoners. and when
| Cumming, the governor. interposed be-
cause of. the angry remonsrrance or the
people, Johnston would not remove them.
! Utah was settled by the Mornlons III
1847 when 1t was Mexican territory. For
two years there was no secular govern
ment. In 1S49 a constitution was tornu-
lated and the provisional government OF
| the state of Deseret went into operation
with a full quota OF state officials In
1850 Utah was organized into territory
OF the United States. but the new GOV
| ernment did not go Into elect until the
1t was number of years after the
massacre that the government was able
the Mormons, and the incident was closed
with the execution OF Lee at the place
where the massacre was committed IN
1877.
September 1S is the date Of the laying
of the cornerstone of the capitol at
Washington in 1893. Before the building
was completed. in 1914. 1t was burned by
the British The present central struc-
ture dates from 1878 and was completed
| in 1927,
The cornerstone OF the capitol extern
Of representatives, In the south wing,
was first occupied In 1851, and the senate
chamber. In the north wing. In 1853. The
work was continuously prosecuted during
! crowned the summit on December l.,
| 1863
| The entire length or the present pullo :.
| ing from north TO south is ISL feet 4
inches, and It's greatest dimension from
east to west $50 feet; The area covered
| by the building Is 153,1l2 square feet.
The rotunda Is 81 feet. 6 inches I'm d.
ameter and its height, from the floor to
the top Of the canopy is ls3 feet 3
inches. The senate chamber Is 1l3 feet
| 3 inches In length, by 80 feet 3 Inches
in width, and &c feet In height. The
galleries will accommodate 1000 persons.
The representatives hall Is 139 feet in
length, by % feet in width, and &c feet
| In height,
September Is Is the date OF the Bloody
Brook massacre at Deerfeld, Mass, In
! 1915; and Quebec. Canada. was surren-
dered to the English in 1853. Today is
the birthday OF Trajan, the Roman en-
| peror (66 4. D.: Of DIR, Samuel Johnson,
the eminent English author Q7OO (;
George Read. the revolutionary states
man (1738), Justice Joseph Story Q779) !;
John S, c. Abbott. clergyman and au-
thor GSe5); John T. Trowbrldge, author
! Gs2D. and the date Of the death of the
Roman emperor Domitian Cos A. D. /;
Louis VII OF France Q1S0l, Matthew
| prin Iinv,, he