Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-23
NEWS OF The WEST.
Danced 10 Death By His Chlld'S
Corpse.
DROWNING OF TwO SMALL BOYS.
Army WORMS Rayages Political Pro
motion Disadyau age Chinese
Women Slayrs.

Six men were killed 10 a snowfall nj
II iosland, b. O., on Tuesday evening,
and six others more or less severely
hurt.
A special dispatch from Whatcom,
Wash, sRye: Two little sons OF MIR.
AM Mrs. W. q, Burston OF Marietta, OF
this county, were drowned Saturday
hight In the slough which extends u
short distau ce inland from the bay a
that point. When the tide went on
Sunuay the BODY OF one Of he little
fellows WAS founI on sand bar out IN
the bay u short distance, bu. the other
one has not been recovered.
John w. Harris, au old time resi.
dent Of Laramie, Wyoming, and 40
engineer CD the Uuiou Pacific Tor
about thirty yesrs, died suddenly ut
his home on lueslay evening, al the
Fge oil 81. The cause was heart trouble.
He leaves a wife and four children.
His funeral took place on the alter
Loon OF Friday, April 20.
News has been received from the
Parker Indian agency, Cal, OF u pecu.
lier inoideAt there which endel fatally
for the prir cipal figure. remRko, II
Yuma lnd Az, lost mis- child by death
ma would not be comfOrleI. HI be.
gan singing dirge Of his tribe and
daucing the death uance around the
corpse, al the same time rafting
gourd. For hours and hours he kept
up the performances. Tue physical
strain upon him was Intense, anu
finally he fell beside the DO OF the
child, and In short time was himself
corpse.
A machine used for loading car
iTiIges exploded at the works OF tn,
selby Lsal anu Smelling company,
Cal, Tuesday afternoon, and William
Bryan and Eugene Fliod, two labor
"rs, were both seriously Ii jured. The
cause OF the explosion Is not known,
but 1t Ia supposed tD nave resulted
flom over pressure. Bryan anu III od
were atau ding uear the machine an.
both Were thrown some distance anu
quite badly burned. Taey were treated
at the works ana then removed to
their homss In Selby. The machine
was comp eteiy wrecked.
Chemist w. T. Wenzeli has sub.
mitted 10 the San Franc co board U
health his report OF analyses made
during the month OF March. He
tested hty.niDe samples Consisting
principally of jeilies. o the jellie,
nine samples were found pure, eleven
adulterated within the meaning oil the
pure food law AMI Twenty-Five iraudu-
lent substitutes. Five samples OF mar.
malades were pure, three samples Of
Tilk pure; two Of the samples OF con.
deDseu NILS, the butter fat in one was
defcien, ana In the other in excess.
sh1 wing the aid tion Of cream. rhree
samples OF tomato cateup were alul-
t rated. The samples Of raspberry
syIup were absolutely pure.
Henry W.Anderson OF Philadelphia
WENT to San Fraucisco several weeks
ago In search OF employment, Beip
unable to OBTAIN 1t he tslegTaped h 1 me
Tor aid. Money was sent 10 him by
telegraph to bis last known address ~
Tuiru and Howard streels. He was
nj TO be found anu his where's bouts
have since remained d mystery,
William Eriokson, u neighbJr OF
AndereOn's mother In Philgue pbia,
came to San FTnnci.co recently all
began search for Anderson, without
avail. The missing man liz described
he 81 years OF sge, 8 feet inches in
height, with dark brown hair and
ustBche and u scar over his left eye.
sistaut prosecuting attorney of
San Francisco police court has
gone into executive session with him.
eelf and 10 eudeav ring to estimate the
advantages OF promotion back ward.
Prior to his appointment to the police
court, Mann WAS night.school
teacher at a salary OF $50 month.
The two positions gave h IN month ~
income Of $40. The board oil
eduoation, however, decided to
promote Mann, and at recent meet.
Ing placei him in the clsts OF eligibles
for the position OF teacher OF a day
school. AS Mann cannot act as assist.
ant prosecuting attorney and teach
day school class AZ the same time. hi-
promotion has lost him his salary OF
$50 a month, and he now regards
political ,advan cement as hollow
mockery.
Wa Ting Fang, the new Chinese
minister to the United States, had his
eyes. opened Tuesday 10 n state OF
affairs existing In the city oil San
Francisco among HIS ouEtry men OF
which he had not dreamed the exist.
snce. Msjor II. A Moore, special
agent OF she treasury department, had
o consultation with the minister, In
which he Informed that diRnit. nv
that Chinets women were being
brought to Ban Francisco and sold into
slavery. His attention was called 10
the fact that within the last
monthg more than hundred Chi.
nese wVnen had been landed at San
Francisco ander the guise OF native
Daughters OF this state or as wives OF
resident Chinese merchants, W no had
gone to China for visit. Facts were
laid before the minister to convince
him that these inspirations were IN
violation OF the law, ana he promised
Major Moore to use every endeavor In
his power to assist him In putting an
end to the Illicit traffic 10 womankind.
"A special from San Bernsrjino to
the Times says reports of the horticul.
ture commission are 60 the effect that
the army worm Is making Its appear
Rnce along the ioothill region and 10
doing great damage. It has attacked
grape vines and apricot trees anu ap.
tears to be more numerous than for
seRrs. It has commenced operations
nj Highland, Rialto, Grapeland anu
Intervening places. An eighty.acre
vineyard near Cotton had every Leaf
sttipped from the vines and seventy.