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Show I LOCAL HISTORY WHAT HAPPENED MARCH 3, 1550 Oliver Cowdcry died In tho faith, at Richmond, Ray county, Missouri, of consumption. 1S5G Elder A. Milton Musser sailed from Calcutta, for London, England, where ho arrived July 19, 1S5C, after being 13S days at sea. He went by way of Cape of Good Hope, 1SC3 A large mass meeting was held In tho tabernacle, Salt Lake City, at which protests were entered against the course pursued by Governor Harding and Associate Justices Waite and Drake. A petition nsklng for their rcmovel was drawn up, and subsequently was forwarded to President Abraham Lincoln, Washington. Wash-ington. D. C. A congressional act creating the territory of Idaho was ' approved- A portion of northeastern northeast-ern Utah was Included in the new territory; later (July 2',, ISfiS) this became a part of Wyoming. 1SC0 The Utah Produce company was organized in Salt Lako City, with Dlshop Edward Humor as chairman. 1S75 W. G. Thomas was killed by a snowsllde in Little Cottonwood canyon. can-yon. 18S0 James Whittakcr, Sr., died In Cedar Ce-dar City, Iron county. 1551 A number of men were killed by an explosion In a "coal mine at Almy. near Evanston, Wyo. 1556 In tho Third district court, Judge Znne sentenced Hyrum GofT and William Wil-liam Jenkins, botli of West Jordan, to six months' Imprisonment and $300 line each for unlawful cohabitation; both were taken to the penitentiary 1557 N. P. Peterson of Logan was arrested ar-rested for unlawful cohabitation and placed under bonds. 1SSS William J. Jenkins of West Jordan Jor-dan was nrrosted on a charge of unlawful un-lawful cohabitation and placed under un-der 1000 bonds. Hyrum H. Evans and John Ilarwood were discharged from the penitentiary. 1SS0 Samuel W. Woollcy was discharged from the penitentiary. IS90 Elder John C. Hall died at Rock-vllle. Rock-vllle. Washington county. 1891 Samuel Gonipcrs, president of the American Federation of Labor, visited vis-ited Salt. Lake City. In the First district court, nt Provo, John A. Mower of Falrvicw was sentenced by Judge Blackburn to three months' Imprisonment for adultery. 1S92 In tho First district court, at Og-den, Og-den, Judge James A. Miner commuted the sentence passed November U0, 1S91, upon Christopher S. WInge for six months' imprisonment, to twenty twen-ty days' imprisonment. 1899 Local smelter men deny connection with combine, 1900 Verdict of $10,000 damages In caso of Mace vs. Jesso Knight. 1002 Strike of electrical workers sot-tlcd. sot-tlcd. Work begun on track for the Leamington cut-off. 1903 Board of education declares in fu-vor fu-vor of benefit of pension fund for teachers. Funeral of Mrs. C. M. Benedict Ralph Guthrie's friends boom him for chief of police. 1901 Blauvelt sings in Salt Lake. 1005 Leonard Hess of Farmlngton was killed In a runaway. ' 190G Sheriff. Emery fined 55 by Judge Ritchie for failure to provide bailiff. National Guard gives ball, 1907 Forty men discharged from army at Fort Douglas. 190S State Supe'rlntendcnt of Public Instruction In-struction A. C. Nelson chosen secretary secre-tary superintendents' section National Nation-al Educational association. |