Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-01

and were about 10 choke the unfor.
~ nate man because he had no wealth.
Thinking better OF the matter, they let
the man 20, and resolved 10 ~ into the
gold brick business In future. Thsk
concluded there was more money In II,
and less risk, and they would always he
dealing with bankers and men Of
wealth.
The arguments generally used
against woman suiIage are that wo-
mai Is untitled for the more onerous
duties Of citizenship, such NJ police
men, mnrshals aud No on. This IL q
fallacy Of tho baliest kind. Phoebe
Couzins served "a United States mar
shai In Missouri, ono OF the toughest
districts In tho county. Aud Mrs.
Derrah Of Salt Lake, In the capture Of
Ford shows what woman can do rs n
policeman. In fact, II would be the
proper thing TO put her on the force
and discharge a halfdozrn OF the In.
cnpables who now spend their time
housing around applc-stands and drug
stores.
There are now confined at Fort
Sheridan, near Chicago, four Indian
warriors, who were taken prisoners at
Pine Ridge. Their names are Little
Horse, White HEAVIER. His Hore'a
Voice aud Taho-thc.Shieli.AwHy.
They are dying Of consumption. Their
condition Il pitinIi, and reflects no
credit on the War Department. Their
comrades were taken away 10 EurOpo
by Buffalo Bill TO hc exhibited. These
Indians were sick, Lieutenant Maxwell
says, when they werc brought TO Fort
Sheridan January 2Tth last. They
contracted their disease from exposure
In the Sioux wsr. Crofton, COM
mander Of the post, sent n telegram TO
Washington, asking for Instructions NJ
TO disposlug OF these four Indians. The
War Department replied that II had no
special Information regarding them,
and did not wish 10 interfere with the
plans OF General Miles. The latter IL
expected 10 return to Chicago this
week, and viii doubtless take action In
the matter without further delay.
Negotiations are In progress between
the Boston Jobbers and Cotton Manu-
incturers' Association 10 shut down nil
the print cloth works In New England.
The object Ia 10 work or the present
surplus OF manufactured stock of some
halt a million pieces, and 70 restore tue
market. The printers have been doing
business ut n loss for year. Six cor
pomtions have passed their dividends.
The depression In tho cloth market has
Increased and the stock mt hand at this
center Il III 900 pieces more than nj the
close OF business week ago. The sales
In Providence were even lighter than
In this market, and the stock Of 3Di 900
pieces held there prccludcs the possi-
bility Of Improvement by further
reduction In prices here. rhe quota
lions at which spot goods were disposed
OF last week are the lowest ever known,
and under the most favorable condi-
tons there Ia no money In prints for n
great majority Of the sixty.nve mills.
IL Is more than probable that shut
down will DO made.
In Home township, Montcalm coun.
", Michigan, n prehistoric mound has
been discovered which contains inter.
csting ROLES. The discovery indicates
that the Aztocs probably stopped there
long enough 10 bury their dead and 10
make cooking utensils and ornaments,
which they left behind. Perhaps the
most remarkable Of all the articles
found was n sealed caslct and tablets,
beneath which was the skeleton Of n
man, who In lilo had boon Of more than
common height and had n peculiarly
shaped head that did not belong to the
present race. The mound was about
six feet In circumference nj the top,
near the centre OF which was huge
pine stump, that woodsmen say
must have been there over GOO
years. Tho top layer OF this
mound was composed OF gravel,
twelve TO sixteen inclies In thickness.
Below this was thick layer OF earth,
and beneath this layer OF charcoal,
formed, II Is believed, by the burning
OF wood over the grave, ns this
mound proved To- be. Beneath this was
deep layer OF ashes and sand foot
In depth. When the bottom Of this
layer was reached the diRgers came
upon n caskst about four feet long. On
tho top OF this caskct. which Is OF red
clay baked probably In the locality, IL
the bgurc OF woman recumbent, with
her mead resting on pillow. The
features were somewhat marred by the
spades OF the diggerr. Beneath this
casket was found the skeleton Of n
man. The bones crumbled while being
taken out, except the skull. The face
aud forehead are long, the forehead
beiup uuTtlctilaflv snuare anI hivh