St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-23
A STARTLING SHOCK,
Stephen Jourdant Identifies
the Dead Body as His
Wife's.
Sorrowful Sequel Of the Fatal
Fall of Ice on Sat-
urday.
Labor Proposes to Give Presi-
dent Gompers a Royal Re-
ception.
Bishop Ireland Delivers the
Bishop Ireland Delivers the
Last Of His Lenten Lee
ture Series.

When Stephen Jourdant picked up
the GLOBE yesterday morning aud read
the account of the sad accident at the
chamber of commerce Saturday AFTER
noon he had cause to tremble, for the
description of the victim of the fatality
tailed exactly with that of his wife,
whom he supposed was visiting friends
on Carroll street. Mr.. Jourdant lives at
200 West Sixth street, and as soon as he
read the awful story he hurried to Nc
C1rthy DOnnelly'S undertaking rooms,
where the body awaited claimant. On
his way down town he met Officer
Meyerding, who accompanied him to
the undertaking establishment. Upon
their arrival there they were
conducted into the little back
room, where lay the remains of the
woman. completely covered with a
sheet. Before Mr.. Jourdant vas per-
mltted to enter the room, however, he
had been Told enough to satisfy himself
that the dead woman was none other
than his wife. therefore when the
sheet was drawn from the woman 5 face
he was not SO badly shocked as he would
have been had the CHASTITY revelation
been entirely unexpected. He had rec
onciled himself to his bereavement,
and when he looked upon the pallid
race OF his poor wife. he bent over her
form, kissed the cold lips paSSiOnately
and wept bitterly. He was then taken
into the front room, where he was con-
Soed by several men who happened to
he present. Later in the day the re-
mains OF Mrs. Jourdant were removed
to her home, where the funeral will oe
conducted.
Mr.. JOurdant is a carpet layer in the
employ Of the c. o. Rice COMPANY, and
last saw his wife alive about ten min
uteS before she was struck by the fall
Ing ice at the chamber of commerce
building. Rice'S store, where he is en-
ployed, IS just half block from the
chamber of commerce. She had Just
come out of the door and was walking
up Sixth street when she met with the
awful accident. While in the store she
told her husband that she was going up
on Carroll street to visit friends of the
family. About half all hour after
the accident some one told Mr..
Jourdant that an unknown woman had
been killed at the chamber of commerce,
but he never dreamed that his wife
might be the victim. In fact, he never
gave the accident second thought lie
went home to supper at the usual time.
put thought nothing of the absence of
his wife. After supper he read for q
few hours, and then began to grow I'M
easy about Mrs. Jourdant. He called
upon several of the .neighbors, but no
one had seen her. About mid
night he made up his mind that
his wife was remaining over night
with their friends on Carroll street, and
so he went to bed and slept well until
O'Clock this morning. The idea that his
wife might be dead never entered his
mind until he read the description of the
victims of yesterdays accident
Emelia Jourdant. the deceased, was the
daughter of Dr.. Rinehart, of Philadel-
phia. She was thirty years old, and the
mother of four children, the eldest of
whom is under ten.