Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-29

naded the town, di couising oil the
natiOualairr; a procession was formed
ana pafadtI through the principal
streets, anu cateiully prepared pro-
ffam Of tNtruIfes, commemorative Of
occnsiou, was rendered ut Agsm-
by hall. A ouiufen'E dance was
riven In the afternoon, and n bail Tor
tae elders In iha evening. Tue sitrf-
neon was devoted [ sports AMI rcnufnl
recreation. Several horse races, Z OF
faee', etc., were on the program. The
weather was fine, the late rains have
log tcmpettd the attn sphere, ava
made It comfortable tor those latiiot.
patinr In the celebration, Hud also uHd
tue elect 0f securing "A large attend.
ace during tho exercises.
Edward NJ. CLARK and Harry San.
iOft, who started TO Uiive H'tOHs tn
& l1tHdo desert from Bauuiul, Cal,
to- lun'., Arlz1nA, I.st mOltu, nave
uAunuhto ny uUen lost on the deceit.
James Ccyir, vino j. tue rtoptlutDr ot
the European HDtel IA Pomona, Cal,
and who was finauciuIly I1tcTratod Ia
these two men, hss Inform ton that
confirms hi worst fostY ns O. their iatt.
Six wouks ago CLARK and SANFORD were
"
aud lr0aioc,ing tour along tho C0lura.
DO rivaf,nnt they started from T. mona
with % nurse ana wagon auI lot Di
camp tools Hnd provisions. Cnylu
heard ir IN them every few baya until
tuey reached Blnniug, some seventy
miles away, wi here they ttaTtUi 10 cT0fs
the desert. Clark wrote from Bannir
that the weather was 20 Ter man
usual, aud, nolwithsianull < warnings
Of men there, ho anu San ford were
going to start tuat ni.ht hUMas tlu
desofi, which he believed they would
cross IA i've Or Bix days. In iuu
clufse Of eight days CJyie received
short letter written b. Clirk
at Volcano Syringe station. he sail
that he and SANFORD had sullefuI terfi.
uly Ou ,ho desert ami had been nearly
overcome by the awful neat anu no
sand storm. phoir horse had, how.
over, served well and pulled them
through, They had about wOrh out
their shoes. anu oACh bad lost twenty
pounds Of fiuah Ia one week. ThOy were
cut OF money aud nearly out Of pro.
Visions, 90 they must 20 on toward
Yuma, eighty miles away, ~ last o.
possible. From that time MLC0yiO mas
not heard from either oil the met. Ir
has done everything possible 10 hear
about them, Sunday he had cOuCluslyt
Information that Clatk ana Sanford
have died on the desert. a prOepect0r
named Higgins sent word ~ MI. COylt
IL m lndlO that last week no found
two bodies answering the description
81 Clark aud SANFORD lying on thV
desert twenty-five miles rom Vol.
cano Syringe. Tue bodies were much
deCOmpcaud. Two miles away there
Ia dead hoTsu with harness on "
that answers u close description Of the
horse anu harness with winch the two
missing men started away from 20.
NOM. CLARK was member VI Que Of
the besl.knUwn iamilies Ia New YORK
tiatr. Ills uncle was Ex-Governor
Myton IL. CLARK Of Canaudailua, ana
his cousin IL State Treasurer COlvIn o.
Gene FALL, n. Y. Clark crmu TO
California two years ago with an In.
valid wife, aud lived IN Gruss valley
ana Penn valley until, by Hn uniOrtu.
nate land speculation, no l0st all he
hhu. lie wns too proud to write t.
bis eastern relatives for help, and de.
tefmined 10 make his own fortune over
again. Clark was friend OF MaJof
Mckinley, and among his pancrs aft
leIlere written by Mckinley WHEN
Congressman In 1890 relative u the ap.
poinIment OF Clark la the postal 6er.
vice. SANFORD has wlfo and four
children at COlu bus, Nc. He wusA
house painter ana hHu lived IN POmo.
ma for Two yeprs.