The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-02
LOCAL HISTORY
WHAT HAPPENED MAY 2.

1S56-Elder Robert skelton. after appoint
Ing James Patrick Meik TO preside
over the saints In India, sailed from
Calcutta, homeward bound. He was
the last of the American elders tc
leave India. which was now abap
doned as a missionary field.
lSe6-Mr; Illusions threeyear old
daughter was stolen by Indians. near
recovered.
1S72-Thomas Hawkins OF LehI was ad
mItted to $4,000 bail. pending an ap-
peal to the supreme court OF the ter
ritory. and liberated from prison,
lS74-Thc Fairview Coal Mining and Coke
company was incorporated.
1877-Elder Briant w. NoWland was ac-
ciden5ally killed at Blacks sawmill
In Butterfield canyon. Salt Lake
county,
1Ssl-The first issue OF the Ogden Herald
was published In Ogden. Utah: John
Nicholson. editor; Edward II. Ander-
son, business manager.
lSS6-The jury in the third district court
returned verdict of guilty against
a. Milton Musser, James c. Watson
and Farley p Pratt, The latter. who
had been indicted for unlawful CO.
habitation. plead guilty to the charge
and was sentenced 70 six months i'm
prisonment and $500 fine. and taken
TO the penitentiary,
1SSG-Thomas Alfred Judd died In Salt
Lake City.
-lSS7-George Naylor was released from
the penitentiary Miles Williams OF
North Point. Salt Lake county. was
arrested for unlawful cohabitation
and the following day placed under
$500 bonds. In the district court at
Blackfoot. Idaho, the charge OF trea-
son against Apostle John w. Taylor
was dismissed
lSSS-The Utah supreme court ruled that
the tithing office and certain personal
should be turned over to the receiver
OF the church. Chief Justice Zane
dissented from this opinion, Moron!
NJ. Sheets was brought Into court
from the penitentiary. where he had
been imprisoned for a month, ;or re-
fusng 20 answer questions In re-
gard TO church suits. He now ans
wered the questions and was released.
Hans c. II, Beck OF Chester, Sanpetc
county, was arrested on a charge OF
unlawful cohabitation,
lS9o-David j. Evans OF Pleasant View
Weber county. was arrested for un-
lawful cohabitatlon. Charles L. White
emerged from the pen,
1S9l-In the first district court at Ogden
Niels Peter Christensen OF Randolph
Rich county. Utah was sentenced by
Judge Miner TO one years imprison-
ment for adultery.
1S92-Elder Charles Lambert, a church
veteran. died In Salt Lake City.
ls9S-The Utah volunteers pitched camp
at Fort Douglas.
1S99-Trial OF Banker j. NJ. Stout be-
gun. Two companies OF the Twenty
IOurln infantry lcaNc tort Douglas
for Wardner, Idaho.
l900-Salt Lake Republicans elect dele
gates to the state convention. Abra-
ham Day. pioneer. dies In Utah coun-
ty. designations Of Director Foster
and Professor Hugh at the Agricul-
tural college accepted. e.
1o01-John Bradshaw fatally hurt AT
Wellsville. a. w. Vogt. an old soldier,
dies of heart disease
1902-Mrs, Matilda Barratt gives $40 600
TO Mormon church. New road. Salt
Lake to Portland. Incorporated Ex-
tensive improvements at Fort Doug
las planned
1o0i-Shockley sentenced to be shot on
Juno "a
l905-Eptscopallans held their sixth an
nual convention. Money appropriat [ ed
TO take the Ogden choir to the Port
land fair, Salt Lake route defers It's
bond Issue. Mrs a. NJ. Stoddard of
Milford, a pioneer OF Utah. died
l9o7-.Iuyenile court in muddle
Clever forger captured