Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-27

street toward the fire. The soldiers
held the line and as he was on the
other side they let him go and he
walked deliberately until the flames
met him and he perished." Continuing
he said II also saw n man who had
stayed i'm "A saloon until II caught fire
take a flying jump through the plate
glass window. He was terribly cut up
and hurt and I do not know whether
his friends got him away or not
NO BREAD FOR CHILDREN
Elder McCarty worked for a day and
half in the commissary, where he
Witnessed millionaires and Cinnamon
take their places in the line for bread
and provisions. While thus engaged
he had plenty of chance to study hui
manity and see men and women with
the mask OF caste torn off and standing
their real selves. One of the most
vivid pictures OF suffering that he Wit
messed was the case Of a lady. She
had been standing IN the bread line
for two hours and the supply ran short
two people ahead Of her When she
saw the last loaf given out, she broke
| down and wept bitterly. at the same
| time wallng that her little children
| had not had a bite OF bread to eat
for nearly two days.
SNEAK THIEF EXECUTED.
Elder r. IL. Clark of Sprfngville was
| put TO work among others at clearing
! place In the ashes, digging a founda-
, ton and assisting in helping erect Il
| temporary bakery. While out helping
| a family Of Saints he came across the
| body OF sneak thief lying in Golden
| Gate park. The man had come upon
a woman who was sleeping on the turf
| and had attempted to steal the dia-
| mond ear rings from her ears. Her
| screams attracted the attention OF
| sentry, who promptly shot the man
| dead without asking any questions.
FREE DRINKS.
| He was also near the fire line where
| he observed saloonkeeper invite
everybody into his place to take as
| many free drinks as they wanted while
he stood at the door with a pistol in
| his hand to shoot down the first man
| who attempted to carry away a bottle
| of beer or spirits from the premises
| Some of the men stayed In that saloon
| until the last moment and had TO be
| assisted out. Elder Clark was not
sure but some remained after the build
| ing caught fire, and miserably persisted.
HE GOT HIS NAIL
Elder John Nelson of Spanish Fork
started out to get the mail. He asked
q soldier to direct him to the post
! office. He was sent down the line
| and given pick and shovel. He
worked for hours at clearing the
streets until the job was completed,
ana was then given a pass to go
through to the postofiice, where he Sc.
cured the mail and returned by a
circultous route to the quarters
TRICK OF A WOMAN.
| Elder a. G. Benson of Grantsville,
| president of the San Francisco con-
| ference. was set to work preparing a
| foundation for a bakery While thus
| engaged, he affirms, he saw a trunk
full of liquor taken away in a rig by
means of very smooth trick. A
| woman, with pair OF crutches and
pretending to be a cripple drove up
accompanied by the customary guard
| of one soldier with fixed bayonet, to
see her past the pickets The soldier
| on reaching the place, ordered the ci-
| villains to load up the trunk and then
| the buggy was turned around and the
| woman got away with her prize. Ear.
| lier n the fire IN the downtown dis
| tricts he witnessed the spectacle OF men
| and women drinking raw whisky from
| q keg. Some soldiers came along and
| elnptied the contents into the gutter
| and passed on, AS soon as the mill
tary turned the corner, men and women
went dcwn on their knees and scooped
| up the spirits and gutter refuse with
their hands and consumed II. This
happened In Jefferson square, after
every jug and bottle had been smashed
Ivy the soldiers.
ELDER AT FIRE ENGINE.
Elder j. r. Shepherd of Paris, Idaho
was detailed for two nights to tend a
fire engine Owing TO exhaustion the
fireman in charge was kept awake with
whisky. He was too drunk and tired
to work himself and sat on the curb
giving orders and telling the amateur
fire fighters what to do.
IRISH HUMOR.
Another Elder witnessed an incl
dent which raised a smile all along the
line Among the crowd coming up
Market street from the ferry was a big
minister attired In the unmlstakable
garb of his calling. The wall of tall
building was stretched across the
street some distance up and IN the or
Ger of events the sentry. who unmis-
takably carried the man OF Ireland ON
his big freckled face cried Halt"
The crowd coming up tried to get back
but was met by q bayonet from the
rear. When about SO men were gath
cred the minister pushed to the front
and said: Il am minister of the
gospel and have come over from Oak.
land TO render spiritual consolation "a
the suffering and dying"
"Phwat -tiony snapped
the sentry back AT him.