Show SALT LAKE NEWS mrs kinra A larsan who crossed the with one of the first handcart par nl anns died at her homo seventh east yesterday morning at tho age of e funeral services will bo held at alio eleventh ward meeting house friday at 1 ATE OPIUM AND DIED lincoln thompson an electrician died in his room in the BIake moro house early yesterday aft ernson from the of poisoning it was evident that and at administered self alio drug was first it was thought that it biad been taken with suicidal intent however the circumstances surrounding tho deatle tend to show that the opium was taken as a consummation of a night of dissipation it is known that the unfortunate man after drinking at various saloons about town went to an opium ea on plum alley and asked a to be allowed to smoke a pipe of opium being refused a pipe by the chinesa oi tho den thompson bought 25 cents worth of opium saying he wanted to cat it as is a of opium when a pipe ia not to bo bad at tho timo ho was accompanied compa nied by private john of the twenty second battery the two men went into thompsons Thomp sons room in alio on east second south street and retired according to the story which imarri man relates thompson appeared to be in a cheerfully frame of mind and said nothing that indicate eliat he intended taking bis own life he ate the opium before getting into bed said harriman and after asking mo if I 1 afraid of getting into trouble through staying away from the fort over night went to bleed bleep about 0 in the morning I 1 was awakened by his heavy breathing which continued until I 1 became alarmed and tried to arouse him although I 1 shook and pounded him for five minutes it had no effect and I 1 got out of bed and ran for the nearest doctor I 1 thought then that the opium he took must have been too much for him RECEIVER FOR STOCK COMPANY an application for the appointment of n receiver to take charge ot the asta of burbridge copps co was made and granted in the third district in gait lake yesterday the applina was made by R V who on filed an action against the company to collect alleged to be due him on a stock transaction the court after considering the matter appointed M th jomaa receiver under a bond DIVORCE FOR WARDEN WEIGHT thomas G wright deputy warden of the state prison was granted a de arce of divorce by judge hall in salt lake yesterday from katie B wright on tho ground of desertion INSANITY examinations county clerk james and drs mayo and ellerbeck examined four persons yesterday in salt lake against whom charging insanity had been llred two were committed and two were 1 discharged committed were patrick norton an inmate of the county infirmary aged ca and fritz doe an unknown man aged 45 years about whom practically nothing is known norton is suffering from epileptic mania anu doc from dementia the two discharged were patrick and michael marine who had been informed against by their father it was not believed that their condition warranted a commitment and after a lecture by the county attorney as to their future conduct they were allowed to depart BAD DAY FOR THE STRIKERS the salt lake cooky and walters union met with two severe discourage ments yesterday the first was the arrest of their agent appointed to advertise the bond restaurant aa unfair the second was the news that tho royal cafe employed emp loyes had been granted a charter by the american federation of labor for an opposition union the warfare of the cooks and waiters alie bond restaurant begrin rather inauspiciously an emissary was appointed to distribute handbill in which it was declared in arge black type on green paper that the bond restaurant was unfair the utah federation of labor had so declared it the circular baid and union men and their frienda should act accordingly alio emissary loaded his pockets with the bellg and then proceeded to fortify ills courage with before lie reached alie vicinity 0 the restaurant ho aaa acquired a largo and potent load of intoxicants and when of fiam dime upon him he wag staggering about the sidewalk on east second street ang handbills hand bills about on tho street and lie was taken into custody by the officer and marched to the police station without tho slightest objection on hia part when naked hi name lie looked up etith alic bewildered air of man in a drunken stupor mumbled a few incoherent words and lurched against the railing the name dan black was found on ida letters CHINAMAN 1110 body of mark ming a chinese laundryman wag found hanging by a piece of rope to a rafter in the dincy barret of a plum aucy shack in salt lake yesterday mornings it waa evident that the ghastly object had been where t was found for several datys bg lh body wa in a bad detato of decomposition ming had not been seen by any of his countrymen for a period pt ten daye chinco now jeaa celebration was at its height ming disappeared several chinaman ay nicy noticed lie greatly depressed because of being afflicted alith asthma in an incurable stage he took too part in the festivities and when lie mysteriously dropped from view it was whimpered among the anore of the celestials celesti als that the devils had taken him away this explanation warf received as satisfactory among alio residents of plain talley and no waa made for the missing man yesterday morning chin chan one of tifft more intelligent of the heard of alinga disappearance nt the idea of the devils having taken him and began a search going to ming thoom in the garrat of the c at 53 plum alley chin kicked in the door to discover the awful spectacle it was plainly a case of suicide the unfortunate had stood on a chair until lie biad arranged the noose and had ihen ta eked the chair from under r 1 him despondency over his infirmities is given as the cause the police acro at notified of the gruesome find and sergt Burn hidge cut the body down it was removed to evans undertaking der taking establishment from which place the funeral will be licud this mom ing WEALTHY englishwoman TESTIFIES there wai some amusing testimony before judge hall in salt lake yesterday in the ase isarah oS arah Vs A E alyde in which sirs everhard sues to collect 2040 on A promissory note alyde pleads lack of consideration and alleges that mrs everham had loaned to john W young in london tant he alyde gave her the note now sued upon wilh the understanding ahat she aft to try and collect the amount from young and if she did not succeed she was to turn over the note of young and ane collateral security to him I lyde it is then alleged that acho failed to live up to her agreement mra everaard Ever bard alio is a wealthy englishwoman and a former resident of london tells a very different story she says that when she met alyde in london sho had already loaned about to john W young and that she was about to proceed against young by the bankruptcy route alyde came to her and said that if she would loan young additional he alyde and others auld loan him in addition to pay off pressing chums so that lie could get bome of his railroad scheme through she advanced alio additional she gays but gave the money tp and learned enough later to her that it was never delivered to young she also declared that after reaching salt lake she forced alyde upon a threat that she would have him up before the church to give lier the note now sued upon much of this testimony wag stricken out of course as irrelevant incompetent and immaterial but it was amusing being given and the attorneys and the court found it practically to stop mrs everhard when she began to talk the bearing was not concluded and will be resumed today DIRECTOR WAS A JUROR the supreme court ordered a reversal in the case of the state vs T II 11 thompson appellant thompson was convicted on ft charge of burglary it being alleged that he biad broken into the store of cameron savy a corporation at panguitch and stolen scrip to the value of 3 during the examination of jurors in the case J F Shown lter a member of the panel was asked if he knew of any reason why he should not sit in tho cage and he replied that he did not he was accepted and a verdict of guilty waa returned against thompson later it was discovered that was a and director in alie corporation whose ectore was alleged to havo been robbed by thompson and that lie was also indebted to the firm the su premo court accordingly holds that showalter was not an impartial juror and adda that if he is a man of ordinary intelligence he must havo known that ins relation to the firm wai wa i a good and sufficient reason why he should not sit in he case the opinion is written by justice baskin and chief miner and justice bartch concur |