Show ENSIGN HENRY ALLEN PEARSON I A Mfh Naval ReproSGntatlvo Who Was With Commodore Dewoy at the Farrious Battle of Manila Bay It Is 1 11 eOUo of conrlderl1ble pride to the PeaPISS of Utah to knoXv that thot In the great novel repreeentaliv bd a nd noW famous battle of Manila tiny Commander now Admiral where suit his brave SAW Achieved Veey brilliant and ovenvMlmlng victory 0 u h a tory over the Spanish Aell1l1o squat Especially Ie It a source oC pride ron I when It 14 I knqwn that the Utah re m tentative relrred to posmeases > all tho attributes of 11 great naval leader film Clf and that he may some flay become dltlngulhed na the gallant coni os msndPr under whose leadhlp be taught In tile Phllll A Mrelororo stated In nes New the Ulnhn rerrred to I Henry Allen Pearson oC Limper lJalt Lake county The young mnn Is I now real and graduated with the highest honors Juno 1893 Mr Pea oil uns always known M C most Exemplary and moral young mn being Inj hued with a Itcw sense of right and wrong following closely the iromptlng of Christian duty In phI cal proportions ho I Is Almost Perfection Itself file Iclahn bOng made thAt 110 flner formled man graduated from file Annapolis Academy lie Weighs jut 200 Pounds and Is I exactly six ft high lie has un easy And graceful vpmont and Is I As strong And brave 1 its a lion On leaving Annapolis ho Initliedfateir entered upon acme level life and quickly distinguished himself for ft Iclrnt service tanking iirticularljr I high ns a gunner of unerilng marks innnshlp I I l rn proficiency In this I dltec I tlon won for him the favorable notice o fthe Mal authorities and resulted In him being I awarded two medals of I morll In 1115 tr 111111 I It IVV0 Or nhence nnd cnme to Ulnl vllllnR Ills parents at Drnpei And exchanging OIL V IFFF to I an ensign In the American navy an Official position ranking with n lleuten ancy In the nrmj He was born at Draper December 24 16GD and Is I there tore twentynine years of age Ills father ii I a native of s eden reared and educated under the tutllnge of the Swedish nobllltl His mother la I n daughter of Utah inslgn ron as a boy attending the ditittlct school at Draper where he showed unusual aptitude for learning learn-Ing especially In the linn of mathematics mathe-matics On completing his course of Study In the Draper school lip entered the Unlunltj of Dcscret and graduated gradu-ated from the normal department of that Institution at the age of eighteen He Immedlatel took up the profession ot teaching and frllowed It for two years In the schools of fault Lake coun tx I lie was given the opportunity of ttah cndet to the United States Acacia ny September t 1889 being named by I lion John T Calno while that gentle I Stan MassqviRg the pple of file then rb Ttrtitorv I as Congressional i reprviienta I the Ior the ensuing tour yean he lure M his studies with unflagging greetings with his many friends In this city Ills Unit was cut short by tho receipt of telegraphic orders to hasten to San Francisco and join the Olympia for a cruise In Chinese waters and to protect American Internets In that part of the world during the ChineseJapan eso war During the trouble between thee tO nation 11 a tOa given excellent excel-lent opportunity to study the force and effect of modern uatfare lie has not hen horn since 1f15 having remained continuously In Asiatic watt lie wrote his last letter to his I parents front Shanghai under date of April 5th It was unusually brief and simply stated that the situation was very serious tint be wn In the Mnnocacy at that time hut that he and three other Americana hM just received older from Commodore Dawcy to forthwltl Join him on his flagship the Olympia and i roced with the United Mates fleet for tha riilllpilnci This being true there 13 I got reason to believe that Ensign Pearson was tm tho Otympla when the great battle tooK place In Manila harhor on May lot Ills Account of the now historic fight will I be awaited with Intert I Rowan mnd Acquainted with Captain SlKsb nnd Iho other 01 fleers of the Illfiled Main And In n recent letter to his father and mother expressed the Profoundest regret and sympathy for the Havana harbor did aster I |