Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-04

utes before on account of her strange
actions ON the street.
A report has been received in Ia
coma. Wash, that twenty Indians
have been dancing for two weeks on
the Mashall prairie. thirty miles from
Tacoma. All but two or three fami-
lies of Indians of the vicinity are in
the dance, which begins Mt dusk and
continues until a. m, and claim
ing supernatural power. The country
where the dancers are is sparsely set
tied and the whites are alarmed. 1t Ia
thought by some that the talk of war
among the pale-fnces has aroused the
Indians.
No definite evidence has been OBJ
tanned to substantiate the rumor that
the recent explosion in the powder
mills at Santa Cruz Cal, was caused
by Spanish spies. The output is now
5000 pounds of sinokeless and 10000
pounds of brown powder daily. The
only delay caused by the disaster will
be In the manufacture Of infantry
sm0keless. but there is enough Of this
now on hand TO supply 10000 men for
three months, The powder used by
the American ships at Manila was
made there.
A call was made FOR a state const-
tutional convention by the third an
Labor OF Colorado. meeting in Colora-
do Springs. The labor forces claim
that they will I've able to carry the
next legislature. which convenes in
January, and through that body the
constitutional convention will he
called. Radical legislation in the In
terests of organized labor Will be de-
manded The convention declared for
IN cight-hour law; against child la
boz, and In favor OF the Federation
entering politics to secure needed legls-
lation. The convention is by far the
most important ever held In behalf of
labor In Colorado.
In the midst of squalor and filth and
improperly fed and nursed, eccentric
Mrs. william Kreigher has lain sick
for over a month In one room of her
farmhouse near Pinole Cal, and the
authorities Of Contra Costa county viii
probably be asked to remove her to the
poor farm. Her condition was only dis
covered n few days ago and the voluu-
teers who went to her assistance could
not remain at her side. Mrs. kreigher
has led a remarkable existence. She
has property and 1t is said that her
check for 100000 would he honored by
her bankers, yet she has gone about
for years in garments made of old bur-
lap. She has rich garments. but only
wears them on periodical trips to San
FRANCISCO ana IL IL rented tnut When
she reaches Pinole on the return trip,
each time she invariably takes off her
shoes and walks home harefooted.
The following message was tele-
graphed Tuesday to Senators White
and Perkins at Washington by GOV.
Budd of California: california has
seventeen fine additional companies of
infantry Of the national guard condi-
ton which can be assembled at San
Francisco on twenty-four hours no.
tlce. They consist of two regiments.
one Of eight companies well drilled
and disciplined, Urge their acceptance
by the United States as volunteers. II
the national government will re-fur-
nish the national guard with uniforms
and equipments advanced by this
state. or pay for same promptly, we
can reorganiZe and reclotne our entire
guard within thirty days. Try at least
to have them accept four companies
more, so as to allow us to furnish three
full regiments of infantry of twelve
companies each"
The announcement that the govern
ment would probaly send Pacific coast
troops to the Philippines as soon as
possible after Commodore Dewey's re-
port has been received, created con-
siderable excitement in San Francisco.
The officers of the various departments
at army headquarters eagerly read this
Associated Press dispatch which con-
NeYed the first intimation of the gov
ernments action, and evinced the live