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The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
IBSEN DRAMA DROVE
HER TO. KILL HERSELF
Miss Weidstrand, Wealthy and Young.
Suicide After Extensive
Travels


NEW YORK, May 5.-Tired OF wan.
dering about the world alone, a mind
slightly unhinged and the hypnotic
suggestion conveyed from Ibsen's
Master Builder" are the three causes
given for the suicide OF Miss Ally
Weidstrand, beautiful. wealthy
young woman. in the house at No. II
West Forty-eighth-st.
The young woman, after suffering
with hallucinations most OF the night.
threw sheet over the Intel OF the
door and closing IL tightly firmly Sc
cured il in place. Then wrapping the
other end tightly around her neck
she jumped of chair and died OF
strangulation. When the body was
found by Miss Jane Hanson, trained
nurse, life had been extinct for sew.
eral hours. A copy OF Ibsens Master
Builder" lay open on the chair at her
bedside.
Miss Weidstrand was rich i'm her
own right, besides being the only heir
to large estates in Sweden aged
mother is the only relative. and she
lives on the estates at Noorkoping
that have been I'm the family for sew
eral hundred years. Miss Weidstrand
left home about 10 years ago and has
covered most OF the world. She was
not Swede. although the family
estates are located In Sweden. Her
father was gypsy-and- -mothei
also had gypsy blood.
She was an accomplished scholar
and spoke several languages. She
was a devout admirer OF Ibsen. Fol
the last few years she had lived In
Mexico.
She had been in New York for sew
leral months. having lived at the Hote
Martha Washington.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

fought for 10 years until the city was
taken, and he brought his wife home
once more.
During all the time the war lasted
there was not found one man who was
willing TO seek her heart and to find
II.
The years went by, the King died :;
the Queen feHFHeyed everywhere Men
fought and died for a glimpse OF her
marvellous beauty. She left behind
her strife and sorrow.
Finally she returned home. Her
fame brought her neither joy nor sor.
row.
One day harp player made music
so ravishing that all who heard him
wept save the queen. But her smile
filled him with such worship that he
resolved TO rest no more until he had
found her heart.
He sought for years. At last one
day he found a little blue bird In a
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
DEATHS HARVEST
OF BABES IS NEAR
Do You Know That Hundreds o
Babies That Die in Detroit
Could Be Saved
SAVING THE LIVES
OF $4,000 BABIES

The lives of about $4,000 ba-
bies will be saved in New York
this coming summer.
1t will cost. perhaps, $1,000
600, i'm one way and another.
That's about $166 for each
baby.
No wonder the poor OF New
York can't save their own ba-
bies.
It's the job of them who have
money and love In their hearts
for their neighbors.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
PLAYTIME STORIES
The Queens Heart.

trap and he set it free, and in return
the bird promised him that he should
find the Queens heart. All he had to
do was to go and seek the Queens
palace.
The harper went back and found
the Queen had grown old. But she
smiled on him, and he knelt down be-
fore her. At the moment her heart
was given back to her
The harper lived In the palace and
played to the queen till he died.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
smashes All Records.

AS an all-round laxative tonic an
health-builder no other pills can cot
pare with DR.. Kings New Life PIN
They tone and regulate stomach, I've
and kidneys. purify the blood, streuI
then the nerves: cure ConstipattoI
Dyspepsia. Biliousness. Jaundtc|
Headache. Chills and Malaria. az
them. At f. C. Kinsel, Central Drn
Co.. Gray & Worcester.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

A solution OF eight ounces each Of
sugar of lead and alum in two and
a half gallon of lnkewarm water is
said to render almost any garment wa
terproof without injuring the fabric
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

Miss Emma Reinhardt, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reinhardt. OF NO.
445 Mullett-st., and Charles La Doucer
of Lake City. will be united In mar
riage Thursday evening. The cere-
mony will be performed by the Rev.
j. A. Deter, of st. Marks church.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

About 100000 pounds of aluminium
wire will be used On 300.mile trans
mission line which will supply various
towns in Ontario with electricity gen.
Grated by Niagara Falls.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

Gold mining in Georgia. first d
tempted by the Spanish explorers. VI
learned from the Indians that nul
gets were to be found in the strearnj
has been carried on continuously sine
1925.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
LATSONS WRONG, WRITES HOUSEWIFE;
FRYING PAN ISN'T ALWAYS PERFIDI0US

&. ID W, In ee he to tnsk The
men
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

The Detroit Equal Suffrage club Will
hold its last meeting OF the season,
Friday afternoon, May 7, In the home
OF Mrs. Florence Spalding. No. III
Boston boulevard. The topic under
consideration will be The Women OF
Scandinavia, and Women in Turkey.
This meeting is open TO the public.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

Universally acknowledged TO he the
finest tea grown. Get a packet of "Sa-
ladao from your grocer today.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

The marriage of Mrs. Elizabeth
Marshall. of Detroit. and Harry Mimi,
OF New York, was quietly celebrated
Wednesday afternoon in parlor e, In
the Hotel Pontchartrain. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. Fred
erick Tower Galpin, Of the First Bap-
fist church. The parlor was decorat-
ed with American beauty roses. Mr..
Mimi is connected with the julius
Steinfeldt company, importer of rare
laces, New York city, and Is well
known in Detroit. The couple Will
make tour of the eastern cities and
then Europe, returning to New York
next year.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

A concert will be given by pupils
OF Louise Unsworth Cragg and Charles
j. Cragg, OF the Detroit College oil
Music, in the recital hall in the Var
pey building, Thursday evening. Those
who will participate in the program
are the Misses Charlotte Smith. Hazel
Weber, Elizabeth Ruhlman, Berniee
Wright and Eva Lord. Dianistes. and
Edward Schellberg. tenor.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

Miss Inez Milholland Vassar's siren
uous suffraget. who has paraded with
her brethren i'm London. says she Is
going TO made II her life work upon
graduation. She Is senior
Miss Matilde Townsend of Washing
ton. d. c.. who is much talked about
for her wealth and beauty, has offered
reward TO policemen in Washington
who will report cases OF cruelty TO
horses.
Mrs. Alma G. I.afferty. the only
woman member Of the Colorado legis-
laturc. resents the conventional 'dCa
that she represents woman" in the
assembly. II was elected by bota men
and women" she says. Il serve both"
Servian women have been enjoying
equal education with men for half a
century. Princess Eleanor Iazarovich.
visitor TO New York. is a leader in
the Servian National Women's fedora.
ton. which has for It's organ maya
zine called The Home Woman.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

Uusincss-Iike Printing. No FUSS ana
no feathers The plain. neat kind that
looks right. Times PrJntlpg Co.. No.
tx John R-st Phone 149S.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

Mrs. Winfield T. Hurst. of Cleve-
lana, arrived in the city. Wednesday,
and will remain during May. She was
accompanied by her mother, Mrs. 5.
Marten, and sister. Miss Florence
Heating. who have spent the winter IN
Cleveland.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

Arrangements are being made for a
reunion of those concerned In the
passage OF the Boulevard and Belle
Isle bills by which the city OF Detroit
was authorized to buy the island from
the Campau heirs for $200.000 and con
vert II into a park and TO build the
boulevard. May q will be the thir-
tieth anniversary OF this event. When
the bills were passed Wayne county
had a delegation Of 13 in the legisla-
ture, ten representatives and three
senator's OF these, five representa-
tives and two senators have died.
Those who are able to attend the re-
union are: Ex-senator Thomas w.
Palmer. who has since been United
States senator and minister to Spain !;
John T. Rich, then speaker OF the
house of representatives; ex-Rep. +. w.
Cottrell. Joseph Waltz, John G. Don
nelly. George w Moore and Frank A.
Noah. Senator William Alden Smith
was at that time page to the speaker
and carried the bills from the house to
the senate.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

The marriage of Miss Edna Julienne
Guindon and Hugo George Bishof VIII
be celebrated Thursday afternoon at 4
o clock in the home OF the brides par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.. Guindon, NO.
3S6 Hibbard-ave. Miss Viola Dederich
will attend the bride. and William
Donald Drake will be the best man.
A reception will be held from to 5
O'Clock. The couple will take an east
ern wedding trip. and after June l,
will be at home at No. $50 Hibbard-
ave. The dinner for the bridal party
was given by Mr.. and Mrs. Guindon
Tuesday evening. and was followed
by q theater party.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
In Society

Miss NJ. Armstrong. of Detroit, is in
Atlantic City.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

The Knights of Old, literary and
social organization recently organized,
will give dancing party in its club
rooms on Monroe-ave. next Monday
evening.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

Do you know that hundreds of ba-
bies born in this city during 1909 will
die before they are a year old.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23
HIGH SCHOOL KNIGHTS
VISIT ROWLAND HALL
Not Unm Their Profile Was Over Did
Miss Colburne Know They
Were Exncllcd.

As the result OF o. trough house on
the campus yesterday morning, 2S high
school students were taken to the office
and expelled By Prof. George A. Eaton
after Dc had given them a severe lee
ture They may have been cast down
for q short time. but their spirits evil
IDENTIFY recovered qulckly, for a very
humorous turn was given 70 events IN
little later when the troupe of boys de-
cidcd 10 60 10 Rowland hall, and visit
the young ladies. ono Of the band Of
expelled students telephoned to Miss
Colbuue. the principal % the school
and asked permission 70 visit her
school. which was granted. as she could
not very well do otherwise The So
expelled students then went 20 the
Young ladies' school IN a body. and IL
was not until they had finished their
visit and were leaving, that Miss COLI
burne was informed that they had been
expelled from the high school.
The trouble ON the campus early yes
torday morning was the result OF tho
aophofnores raising their class flag on
the big pole. The juniors resented this
action. and q free for an ensuei. In
the midst of the melee Prof. Baton APP
pearod. but not before some blows were
given and received Tho boys win now
have to see supt. d. II. Christensen
and make matters right with him be-
fore they viii be received back into the
high school. They win probably ID
this early next week as their petition
has been drawn and is ready for pre-
seutaton.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23
LATE LOCALS

One smallpox Case-Bobert Graham
OF gao Reed street was the only
victim of smallpox reported To the
city board Of health tbs morning.
Local Bank Clearings-roday's To-
cal bank clearings amounted TO ST.
O7O.bSS.61 as compared with &70A,6l4.-
30 for the corresponding day Of last
year.
VIII Repeat Operetta--The Operetta
Of "Florinda" was given with great
eclat last evening in the Twenty -ilrst
ward Westinghouse before large
audience. and under the auspices OF
the NJ. l. A. The success was such that
the company will repeat the pertor-
nance this evening by general request
The Flower Drill' was especially
good
Tracklaying on Ninth South--Ihe
Utah Light a. Railway company Is lay
ing track on Ninth South street east
OF the Salt Palace grounds To THIRD
East street. and later tracks VIII be
laid from Ninth East street and Ninth
south to Eleventh East street, ana
then south 70 Tenth South TO con-
meet with the present state Prison line.
The present track on Tenth South be-
between Ninth and Eleventh East
streets. win then be taken up. This
viii remove entirely the Sugar House
cars from the Ashton Avenue line
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23

tained at an elaborate dinner last even
ing. the table being decorated In pink
and white carnations and sweet peas,
and covers laid FOR about so guests
This afternoon Miss Alice Nibley
gives an Orpheum party. followed ny
"a luncheon al Frankins, Ia honor OF
Miss Belva Woodmansee OF ogden, whose
marriage 90 Merrill Nibley takes place
ncxt week Covers viii be laid TOT
"a half dozen.
A large affair Of this evening is the
bali 20 be given at Odeou hall by the
State Capitol Building club ella
borate preparations having boon
made for the event The I'M
vitation committee includes the
Misses Lucille clinton. Hal Cummings.
Ncttie Raleigh. Amy Russon Mary
Holiday. Jean Armstrong. Alberta Bar
ton, Gletchen Busch Mabel Rumel Ha-
eel Bailey. Ardella Livingston. Ivy
Houtg The patrons Of the affair are
Mr.. and Mrs A. J. Davis, M and Mrs.
S. s. Pond Mr.. and Mrs j Hal Moore
and Mr. and Mrs. W W Calder.
The next meeting OF the Archaeology
ical society viii be- with Judge and Mrs
Henderson at 80 Firth East. saturday
evening, April o. The program will
be- as follows. "Tho Mound Builders OF
Ohio" Mr.. E o. LcatherwOod' music;
"rho Industries Of the utes and Ma
vajos Compared with Those of the An
cient Indians
The domestic science class Of the u
OF ". gives a luncheon this afternoon
at the university building. from 3 TO D
O'Clock.
Mrs. w II. Dale was hostess az a
delightful luncheon yesterday given TO
honor of Mrs Thomas MarioneauN,
who has just returned from Europe,
the decoration being ia green, and COW
erH laid for Mrs. II, p. Clark, Mrs. Fred
Hornung. Mrs s. G.. Snyder, Mrs. A.
Dumbeck. Mrs. j. f. Grant Mrs. n.
w. whitney. Mrs Frank Harris, Mrs
win Browning. Mrs Frank Johnson
and Mrs. George Savage
This afternoon Prof Byron Cum-
minFs gives a lecture az the Ladies
Literary club house on the "Clid Dwell
lers OF Utah." and musical program
will be given by Miss Pearl Rothschild
and MI slbley
At the University club tonight the
Salt Lake alumni and local chapter
Of the Sigma chi fraternity give their
annual banquet
Lieutenant and Mrs l.. A. Mcclure
win entertain at a bridge this evening
at the post
Mrs L. l. Downing win be guest Of
honor at "A bridge tea this afternoon,
10 be given by Mrs. W. T. Benson
and Mrs c. H. Edwards. az the home
| OF the latter on Third avenue
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23
BUS PASSENGERS

Frank inns, auditor Of the Ameri-
can smelter and Refining CONF
pany, was local guest today
Mr. Hills was one Of the party accom-
panying S. W. Ecclos, vice president
OF the company who is on his way
westward 70 Ely. Nev.
A. y. Knollin. biz wool man OF
Chicago. is registered at the Kenyon.
j. A. Callahan. western passenger
agent OF the Nickel Plate road with
headquarters at Chicago, is a guest at
the knutsford today.
The Metropolitan hotel this morning
decided 90 place in its office one OF tho
signal devices which will announce the
time OF incoming and departure Of an
railroad trains leaving and arriving at
the railroad stations IN Salt Lake.
+. A. Wadleigh. assistant general
passenger agent Of the Denver and Rio
Grando, who has been stopping al the
Knutsford, left last evening for his
home IN Denver
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23

There was spectacular etoppago of
runaway team ot high noon today at
Second south and state streets that
boat tho equestrian performances of
amy Circus that ever came here. As
conductor John D.. reaguo was watkins
past thc point mentioned cn route To
bis work. hc SAW "a double team tear
inr east from Mam street. on SECOND
south. Tho street was rom OF people
either running otter the team from be-
hind. or running away from 10 in 'front.'
and the windows of hundinr7 along
the line of march were filled with pco-
Die ",aklup m The show. uu4o et,ty-
body uus making remarks suggestive
OF o. disturbed frame OF mime
Now Conductor league is, or was,
or ought to have been "a veteran COW
boy riding thc range and he was on 60
The situation 'nstanter Pulling Die cap
down over his ears. so 10 wouldn't blow
on d. madc Ga straight shoot for tho
runaway team. Grabbing The bride OF
the horse nearest t0 him. he gave "a fly
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23
JOSEPH HEATH KILLS HIMSELF.
After Suffering from Loathsome Dis
ease He Takes CarbOiic Acid.

Especial 70 the "News")
ogden. April 2g.-After suffering FOR
years with a loathsome disease from
which he seemed unable 20 obtain relief
Joseph Heath ended his life locked I'm
bic room az the home Of his parents IN
Madison avenue yesterday He took
carbolic acid. and when found by his
mother, was too far in the grasp Of tho
poison 10 be aided by tho physician
who was called as soon as the young
man was discovered writing on his
bed in the agonizing moments before
death relieved him. He had been u.s.
ing a wash largely composed Of car
holic acid, and from the bottle which
had been used By him in this manner
for years he drained the poison after
a period OF dependency which seized
him when he realized that his condi-
tlon grew no better Ia spite Of all his
efforts.
Heath was % years OF age and the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heath OF
this city. re was unmarried and was
employed in the railway yards for
some time His father is inspector in
the ogden city waterworks department.
Tho funeral win be held in the Larkin
q sons chapel Saturday afternoon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23
Johnny league Certainly
Was Better Than Circus

inq iesp. and in less than q fraction Of
u second was astrlde Of the 1ylng ani-
mail "No lighter doth The swallow
skim along the smooth lakes level
hrim." than did league akim through
the air on to that horse. Then. a.
though merely out Tor a little enjoy
able ride. be reached over aud. with
out losing HE cuuipoisc az all grabbed
the bride OF the second horse and im-
modiately brought both up standing. A
great company Of Interested spectators
now rushed on 90 the scene from the
sidewalks. as long AS the team was un-
der perfect control. and lent their valu-
able aid in holding perfectly fast tho
now entirely QUOTED horses. until the
''Vlnrad Mercury from the carbarus
could dlsmount and got a new cinch on
hts breath The team was returned 20
It's owner uniniurod. Some one pro-
posed 10 take up a collection as a testi-
monial to such an exhibition of braV-
ory whereup0n the crowd vanished iin-
mcdintely. Conductor league has.
however, the innate satisfaction OF
realizing the blessed truth. that "Nir-
tue is its own reward.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23
FRAZIER AFTER CANDY MEN.

The state chemist IS anaNzng quite
a number of samples of candy ~ vari-
Gus kinds brought TO him by the food
Inspector THE solutions BOD the bcak-
crs on the chemists table were covered
with a most reprchensihle looking scum
consisting of pure and unadulterdtcd
dirt. suggestive of most unclean sur
roundings iu manufacturing The chem
ist held up two or three sticks of trans
lucent candy In the light whereupon
the sunlight showed specks of dirt and
delcterious looking foreign matter scat
tered AN through "a. The food inspec-
tor BE- likely to file several complaints
20 Dee followed by arrests. The chem
list has just Analysed l9 samples OF
city milk taken az random. With one
exception an are up TO the standard.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23
RAILROAD NEWS
LOCOMOTIVE A GIANT.
Heaviest Engine Ever Built "a Go In
service on Southern Pacific.

Heaviest Engine Ever Built 10 Go In
Service on Southern Pacific.
Chicago. April 2S-The heaviest loco
motive ever built, weighing 400 600
pounds. without a tender, and 100000
with o. tender. and measuring % feet
long over all Is on is way 10 Chicago
from Philadelphia. II will be exhibited
here for a day before being sent west
for freight service on the Sierra Nevadn
mountain division of the Southern Pa
clhc railroad
With the possible exception OF one
locomotive used on the Erie railroad.
this Is also the most powerful looomo-
tive in the world and is two and two
tenths times more powerful than tho
heaviest freight locomotive used by the
Southern Pacific on its steepest grades
This win haul crude OH from California
wells The weight on the driving wheels
Is $4,000 pounds. AS compared with 1885,
900 for the heaviest used hy this road
at present The tender loaded ready foi
service weighs l70,500 pounds. making
q total weight of more than 800 tons
The boiler has O. diameter OF ga inches
and the total heating surface IS 6.i7l
square feet The wheel base is i5 feet
DO inches
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23
Ai-pIroR YouNG nERE.

General Auditor Erastus 1oung or
the Union Pacific railroad. left for the
east last night, MT Young rs on his
way from southern California 70 Oma-
ha He was accompanied by G.. J. NC
Nit, auditor OF the Oregon short line'
who goes to Cincinnati 70 attend th9
meetings of tho American Railroad Ac-
counting Officers association. Mr.. Nc
Slit win be gone 10 days, and T. A.
Martin win be- in charge Of the audit
Ing department of the Short Line dur
Ing his absence
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23

Mrs. Lillian Bowies. the properietfess
of a rooming house on state street,
was granted N decree Of divorce from
Harry BoWles ON Che charge ot des-
ertion On Judge Morsc's court thls
morning. Rowles accepted service In
cripple Greek. Colorado. where he has
been living for several years since
deserving his wife lie waived his ap-
pcaranco and limo to answer 90 the
charges They were married in Hobo
ken. y. j.. on july q 1896 They came
horc about four years ago and boWlef
frfi bor going 10 Cripple creek
There aro no children as an issue OF
the marriage
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23

mixer of water Tor each meal So fnr
De has thrivcd on 30. and today seemed
90 be Going equally wen on two slices
90 hrc 1 FOR breakfast and lunch But
Jaiier aipley would like Co know just
how long be- is going 90 hold out.
Murphy with his pal Elmer Lane fig
ured in an escaplde in which Patrol
man J NJ. Lyon WAS forced Go use his
gun. and which resulted On Lane rcueiv-
ing a six months sentence officer
Lyon had arrested Murphy as a va
grant and while taking him 10 head
quarters Lane crept up behind and
struck the officer on the head In the
hght that followed in which several
shots were dred, Murphy also struck
at Lyon and ln attempting 20 escape re-
ceived n scalp wound inflicted by the
butt OF the policoman's revolver
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23

in the Oregon short Line service d'ei
81 heart dlseasc last nlfht. a mes .n-
ser who was scnf Co asccftlin the
cause of his delay. found him ly lns
dead in the yards ncar The signal sef-
vice orficc lie was on bic way o. tne
caboose when be was stricken down.
over go years Of Me- life were spent IN
me service OF the short Line AZ ono
dime be- was a locomotive engineer in
ths service 10 is stated that De Intend -
ed 90 quit aftor the "trip Doe was on DIS
WAY % take when overcome.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23
rlrLEs ~ INspLCrInN

r. w. Egelcs. vice president of me
American smoluug a. Refining come
pany and president az The Nevada
Northern railroad Is in SAT- lngo today
for trip over the Western Pacific He
left Tor the west thIs momlng and
Wlu go ae far as HIko Nev. and will
probably take "a ruu down t0 ily to
Inspect che sm.Iiera before returning
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-23
sENAroR RANnERGEn ID.

simon Bamberger president OF the
Salt Lake & ogden railroad, who went
east several weeks ago 20 complete ar
rangements for electrifying the Inc and
to purchase equipment for the same.
has gone TO West Baden, Indiana
where he Will spend a week for the
regeneration Of his health, which ha
not been Of the best lately. II is eN-
pected the new cars viii be deive1ed
I'M Salt Lake IN August