Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-28

ON earth, hut now this quarter OF the
city Is governed by regulations that
have the effect of keeping II cndurable'
30 say the least. Tho department ls
now directing It's attention to the fac
tories of this district which have been
termed hot houses O disease. The
product Of these factories Is consumed
principally by white people, SO VINO
can say that great deal OF sickness
has not had Its origin In these goods
A Market street drug store has had
on exhibition in its principal window
what is reported to be the rnummihed
remains Of an Inca queensaid to have
been buried over Il thousand years ago.
1t Is II horrible sight to behold, dried
and shruukcu and dwindled uq ike n
jack knife. though said by men who
ought to know, to be In good state OF
preservation.
An advertisement was Inserted in
the columns Of last weeks Examiner
by q would-be klondiker seeking suit
able female companion to accompany
him as his wife to the gold diggings.
No less than eighty-four answers were
received, from women Of al ages. sizes
and color, who imagined they We're the
proper ones to ill the requirements.
They all expressed themselves as
anxious to go to the Klondikc, and
they didn't seem to care how they got
there. They were the victims of
practical Joke.
There seems to be an epidemic of
suicide in this locality among young
girls. mere children, as no less than
seven have ended or sought to end all
connections with the responsibilities Of
this life. for the most trivial reasons.
Too bad they couldn't have waited
until the circus came TO town or seen
something that would have given this
life a brighter color for them theh
they might have changed their minds
arF.It lnH lARf q al
tured with all his tools and implements
for making bogus money, and n local
papcr. thaf makes much Of such mat
ters, has reproduced In drawings the
complete OUTFIT and detailcd account
of the workings of the same. no doubt
as helpful hint to some juvenile
would-b inventor. such publications
have a tendency TO encourage crime
and more than one poor devll can
trace the root of his evil to informa-
ton gained In this way.
In the mad rush to reach the golden
shores of Klondike men are casting
discretion to the winds, and not Few
of them are leaving good positions,
while In many case others have de-
serted homes and families In their
eaEcrness to follow the phantom.
Word comes from Santa Clara county
that the Schofleld murder had klon-
dixie flavor. Geo, W. Schoheld was
shot and killed by his hired man. while
attempting to murder his wife, who
had refused to agree to the sale of the
homestead to furnish the means for
ain Alaskan expedition
quite q number of women hare be-
come charmed with visions of secur-
ing queenly fortunes, and every
steamer leaving for the North carries
from one to u dozen of these fair for
tune seekers. The majority Of them
appear to be we'll advanced in years
and the idea has suggested itself that
having in view the scarcity Of women
In the northern camps they are dream
ing OF matrlmony rnther than money.
one fair would be pioneer, who claims
to be able to endure the hardships of
the journey, has undertaken to trans
port the largest part of her household
furniture and pets. Her equipment,
outside OF necessary supplies, com
prses a piano, a horse, five dogs, two
canaries and parrot, How she e&-
poets to accomplish the journey with
this array of baggage is beyond con-
lecture, but trust woman for at
tempting impossibilites Should she
succeed no doubt her vanity win be
rewarded for she will undoubtedly
have the most luxurious cabin In the
northern country She has no inten-
tion Of going into the mines to work
hut intends to invest her money ten
thousand dollars in assisting poor
share with them in the prohts-a sort
of phllanthropic angel as it were.
EnterprisinG advertisers have not
been slow to grasp the situation and
are reaping rich harvest by the
craze, Among other speCialties is the
"Klopdike pill' II guaranteed cure for
the gold fever. one OF the main streets
that is beingtorn up preparatory to
grading has been niClSnamcd after the
great discovery, and has been stakcd
of into mimic claims bearing all kinds
Of ridiculous and absurd placards.
A recent issue of the Examiner, the
western exponent OF new journalism.
devoted n page to what was evidently
intended for a sensational publication.
by Annie Laurie, one of It's special
writer's, under the glarirg headlines.
"As To Plural Marriage-Annic Laurie
Talks with Titan Women Who Say
1t Is a Blessing" This article is en-
bellishcd with Illustrations, rather
pleasing from an artistic standpoint,
and moro spacious than llfelike. 1t is
very dOubtfuLJudglng from the article
whether Miss Annie Laurie ever visited
Utah and | do not hesitate to say that
believe her even ignorant Of its geo
graphical situation, for the reuding
matter Is about MS near truthful as
| the pictures are natural. After ventur-
| ing to say that the men and women Of
| Utah are still strongly in favor of
| quently pOlygamy still prevails and
| the practice is being continued, con-
| trary To the laws of our government"
| one would infer from some OF her
| statements that reference was being
| made to some tribe OF the South Sea
| lslanls, and II must have proved Il
| great surprise to her providing She
| really did visit utam TO find the in
| habitants OF Utah far from harbRrlans.
! Did it cause her any pain to admit that
We're Just Ike the best" GENTLE wo-
| men? This she does after sppalIinE
| very favorubly Of the moral and social
| conditions Of the state, In the follow
ing ridiculous style;
II have met some of the best Nor
| mons in Salt Lake City. The best
Mormon women are great deal like
! the best Gentle women, They are
pretty, wellmannered and well dressed.
Most OF them seem TO have plenty OF
money Tor all ordinary needs They
| live in neat pretty houses, which look
decidedly Hike homes They go To
| church and TO Sunday school, Mormon
| Church and Mormon Sunday school,
OF course; and they read. ana sing, and
play the plano, and give dinner par
ties, ana act very much like the best
women In a small city anywhere in
the United States."
! wonder II poor little Annie thinks
she has conferred any favprs upon the
women of Utah by such an absurd ar
tcle, and is she foolish enough to Con-
slider that she has enlightened the read
ers OF the Examiner?