Salt Lake Times | 1890-12-11 | Page 11 | A Chinese Suttee

! husband died of leprosy early in the year. ! Wio was cliildltsg and liail none except dlaut relatives to depend upon for snp-; snp-; port. She had, therefore, fho naid, no ' a'ternalive hut to eiminiinthis act of pelf sacrifice. Assoouas her intention lifelines lif-elines known she received several invito : lions to ,'rrand banquets, all (if which she accepted and enj ,"od tin if thero were to bo no sequel. After a t-iiecial fe3t of this charai.'ter she Hscemled a Rlao constmcti'd for tho purpose, where tho village elders caute to make llieir ob"isanees, each tiireo times, as if she were already a canonied paint. The uignal having been given by firing off a gun. she ascended a scaffold with her hands uripinioiied, and there, in the sight of all, strangled herself. Kit body was placed in a coffin, which A'as duly prepared beforehand. It is Mid that the emperor will giant a tablet extolling her virtue as soon as tho viceroy of tho province represents, the caso to the throne. Lon d ( n Times. I A ( lilnee Suttee. j A case of suttee, which is unusual In ? China, although it is regarded as a great S , virtue, is reported from the neighbor- ! i ho"d of Foot how. Tho victim was a ' voumr woman. 2-1 vetirs of arm. whnsa