Oct 12 1896
I spent the day in the office I met with the General Church
board of Education & with the business board (on my return
home I met a Letter written 20 years ago)
~ Tuesday
13 ^[FIGURE]^ I received two Letters one from Dr Lelslie W Snow
concerning M Thatchers state of health one from ZCMI
I looked over my tax list and we find that the public
taxes are a great Burthen to the people they cannot Pay them
~ Wednesday
14 I spent the day in the office & had an interview
with Br Edlefsen we obtained a Letter from Orson Smith
saying Moses Thatcher was preaching to the people when
He had not setled his difficulty
~ Thursday
15. Moses Thatcher came to the Temple & was not admited
by the instruction of the first Presidency, his case was
discussed & decided for the Presidency to Publish a card
forbidding him to Preach untill his case was setled
Senator Proctor called upon us to day with a request
that we send President ^G. Q^ Cannon to the senate of the
U.S.A the request made by leading Men of the Nation
~ Friday
16 In company with President Cannon I took car
to Provo to Attend the great Celebration of the founding
of Brigham Young College ^Academy^ we had a great Day President
G Q Cannon was the oritor but many speeches were made Emma & Owen went down to Provo in a Buggy we spent
the Night at Sister Diana Smoot Her Son Parley got
into Difficulty with a girl & He or some one Els got her in
a family way And they have trouble over it
I was quite unwell through the night with the Hives or sumthing like it
~ Monday
Oct 12 1896
I spent the day in the office I met with the General Church
board of Education & with the business board (on my return
home I met a Letter written 20 years ago)
~ Tuesday
13 [FIGURE] I received two Letters one from Dr Leslie W Snow
concerning M Thatchers state of health one from ZCMI
I looked over my tax list and we find that the public
taxes are a great Burthen to the people they cannot Pay them
~ Wednesday
14 I spent the day in the office & had an interview
with Br Edlefsen we obtained a Letter from Orson Smith
saying Moses Thatcher was preaching to the people when
He had not setled his difficulty
~ Thursday
15. Moses Thatcher came to the Temple & was not admited
by the instruction of the first Presidency, his case was
discussed & decided for the Presidency to Publish a card
forbidding him to Preach untill his case was setled
Senator Proctor called upon us to day with a request
that we send President G. Q Cannon to the senate of the
U.S.A the request made by leading Men of the Nation
~ Friday
16 In company with President Cannon I took car
to Provo to Attend the great Celebration of the founding
of Brigham Young College Academy we had a great Day President
G Q Cannon was the oritor but many speeches were made
Emma & Owen went down to Provo in a Buggy we spent
the Night at Sister Diana Smoot Her Son Parley got
into Difficulty with a girl & He or some one Els got her in
a family way And they have trouble over it
I was quite unwell through the night with the Hives or sumthing like it
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," October 12, 1896 - October 16, 1896, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/YyvA