This is a timeline of major events in Mormonism in the 20th century. 1900s 1900 January 25: The U.S. Congress votes to not admit B. H. Roberts, who had been denied a seat since being elected in 1898, because of his practice of polygamy. April 19: Reed Smoot is ordained an apostle. 1901 April 10: The Daughters of Utah Pioneers organization is founded. September 1: Japan is dedicated by Heber J. Grant for missionary proselyting. October 10: Lorenzo Snow dies. October 17: Joseph F. Smith becomes the sixth president of the LDS Church. 1902 January: The first issue of The Children's Friend is published, a magazine for LDS primary children. August 4: The Bureau of Information opens on Temple Square, the first visitors' center of the LDS Church. September 20: The first volume of the History of the Church is published, edited by B. H. Roberts and covering Joseph Smith's life from 1805 to 1833. October: A new edition of the Pearl of Great Price is approved, as prepared by James E. Talmage, who introduced chapters and verses and removed material duplicated in the Doctrine and Covenants. 1903 January: Reed Smoot, an apostle, is elected by the state legislature to the 58th congress as a U.S. Senator. Controversy over his election arises immediately. February: Despite allegations and controversy, Reed Smoot is allowed to be seated in the Senate. March: Reed Smoot takes the senatorial oath and formally becomes a member of the senate. October 15: Brigham Young Academy becomes Brigham Young University. November 5: The LDS Church acquires Carthage Jail, to be used as a historic site. Samoan edition of the Book of Mormon. 1904 January – Reed Smoot submits carefully prepared rebuttals to allegations against him and his church. March – The Reed Smoot Hearings begin, evaluating whether Reed Smoot should be allowed to be a senator. April 6 – Joseph F. Smith issues the "Second Manifesto", which reinforces the 1890 Manifesto and prescribes excommunication for those who continued to practice plural marriage. April 14 - The LDS Church purchases 25 acres in Independence, Missouri, originally part of the 63-acre Temple Lot from 1831. Church leaders intended this to be the site for a temple in Zion, fulfilling a prophecy of Joseph Smith. 1905 January 1: Latter-day Saint Hospital is opened. April: John W. Taylor resigns from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles due to disagreements with church policy