The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-12
DR.. TANNERS RIVAL.
Signor Giordano Succi to Fast
Forty-tiye Days.
THE IMPERIAL GROWN BRAND.
The Labor World-Indian Troubles Feared in
IdahO-@entral strikers Wait
Upon Denew.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner DISPATCH.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Signor Giordano
Succl intends to let America be the locality
where another record is smashed. The
signor is faster, not erforce mind you.
put professional faster, aud he makes lots
CT money by his peculiar business outside
OF what 1t would cost for meals. 1t is safe
to say that While in New York he will never
be used as a human sandwich to stand in
front OF Bowery hash house to advertise
the quality and dinners given for the thir-
teen cents. Succi was around town TODAY
looking for hall, not to speak in. but
where he can rest for forty five days, and
IN That time have lots of meal tickets. TIE
slgnor is about in his prime. He is forty
years old, rather short, with flesh as hard
as rawhide and eyes that seem to so right
through you when you look at him. His
black hair is slightly tinged with gray
and that hair stands up just like the hair on
a clothes brush. When the gentleman
talks he does it with brisk, nervous ac-
cent or motion, as it were. He spits his
words out as if hswished the first one to
pc oVertaken by its fellows: a linguistic
imitation of a horse race. Il would be I'M
SAFE Tor anyone to get his finger in Signor
Succrs mouth during row, for the gentle
man mas jaw on him that will hold any
tning when 1t is closed. Before starting on
MS practice lessons for a possible famine
Slgnor Succi misses several meals as an
appetizer or to give zest to his work and
also does some fencing, riding, climbing and
walking that puts him in good trim he
says. All the gentleman takes to nourish
him while on exhibition, he says, is small
preparation OF laudanum, which soothes his
stomach. He only takes the drug the first
lew days OF the show, while the compliment
tary tickets are coming in. In talking to.
day about his coming part, Doctor
Tanners rival said: Il am going to fast
forty five days in New York intend to
nave committee of prominent physicians
and newspaper meI watch me all the time.
shall be glad to be observed every mo-
ment OF the forty-fve days, and hope the
gentlemen invite will each serve so MANY
hours daily. | have tasted thirty DAYS
publicly IN Milan, thirty days in Lisbon,
thlrty-fve days in Brunswick and forty in
London. feel sure that 1 cap fast for
forty five days in New York. 1t is all a
matter OF VIII power. This will be my
th1rtyfourth fast. What sustains me is
an electric force generated within myself
After his fast in Florence he went to
Africa, where he says he tasted sixty
days. Crowned with such success he was
10th to leave Africa, and prolonged his
stay there to ten years. During that time
he met many adventures and came near
furnishing feast himself to tribe of
gentlemen who do not hesitate to eat any
KIND OF animal that comes within reach,
even though adorned with trousers. Such
a fate was very repugnant to Signor
Succl's anti epicurean soul, so after having
had the honor of meeting Stanley in 1879,
he returned to civilization and entered the
field made famous by DR.. Tanner