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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carnegie, Andrew 1837- (search)
Carnegie, Andrew 1837- Philanthropist; born in Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1837; was brought to the United States by his parents, who settled in Pittsburg in 1848. In the early part of his business career he was associated with Mr. Woodruff, the inventor of the sleeping-car, in introducing it on railroads. Afterwards he became superintendent of the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; invested largely in oil-wells which yielded him a considerable fortune; and then engaged in the manufacture of steel, iron, and coke. He is widely known as a founder and contributor to public libraries, and a promoter of other educational institutions. Among his most notable gifts are the Carnegie Library and Institute, with art gallery, museum, and music hall, in Pittsburg, erected at a cost of over $1,000,000, and endowed with several millions and implied promise for still more; the public library in Washingto, D. C., $350,000; and Cooper Union, New York, $300,000. In 18
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mormons, (search)
Church, for the first time in its history, presented a policy of acquiescence instead of opposition, which was embodied in a remarkable manifesto, issued by Wilford Woodruff, then president of the Church, in which he solemnly denied that the Church was then practising polygamy or plural marriage, and stated that the Endowment Hounual conference of the Church, attended by apostles, bishops, elders, and about 1,000 people, unanimously adopted the following resolution: That, recognizing Wilford Woodruff as the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and the only man on earth, at the present time, who holds the keys of the sealing ordinad Sept. 24, 1890, and that as a Church in general conference assembled, we accept his declaration concerning plural marriages as authoritative and binding. President Woodruff said at the time: The action of the conference is conclusive. The Church has no disposition to violate the laws or defy the government. The revelation of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith, Joseph Fielding 1838- (search)
Smith, Joseph Fielding 1838- Mormon; born in Far West, Mo., Nov. 13, 1838; crossed the plains to Salt Lake City in 1848; worked as a laborer in 1848-54; was a Mormon missionary to the Sandwich Islands in 1854-57; became a high-priest and member of the high council in October, 1858; was subsequently missionary to Europe; was ordained an apostle in July, 1866; and was president of the constitutional convention which met in 1882 to draw up a constitution for the State of Utah, and to petition Congress for admission to the Union. He was second counsellor in the Mormon Church under presidents Taylor, Woodruff, and Snow, and on Oct. 17, 1901, was elected president of the Church to succeed Lorenzo snow (q. v.).
ers......May 31, 1898 The Utah batteries (A and B) sail for Manila, Philippines......June 15, 1898 A company of Utah United States volunteer engineers leave Salt Lake City for San Francisco en route to the Philippine Islands......July 10, 1898 Battery C (Utah volunteers) is organized and sworn into United States service......July 14, 1898 Memorial services are held in honor of the American sailors who lost their lives by the explosion of the Maine......July 24, 1898 President Wilford Woodruff, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies......Sept. 2, 1898 Lorenzo Snow chosen president of the Mormon Church......Sept. 13, 1898 The legislature adjourns sine die without electing a United States Senator......March 9, 1899 The Utah volunteers return from the Philippine Islands......Aug. 19, 1899 Congressman B. H. Roberts, of Utah, by a vote of 280 to 50, is excluded from the House of Representatives......Jan. 25, 1900 The Mothers' Congress held at
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woodruff, Wilford 1807-1898 (search)
Woodruff, Wilford 1807-1898 Mormon; born in Northington (now Avon), Conn., March 1, 1807; was ordained a priest in the Mormon Church in 1833; accompanied the Mormons to Salt Lake City; became one of the twelve apostles in April, 1839; travelled over 150,000 miles on missionary tours; succeeded John Taylor as president of the Mormon Church in 1887; and was a member of the Utah legislature for twenty-two years. He died in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 3, 1898.