Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-16
is MRS. POLLOCK ALSO DEAD
A Painful But UnIonldtd RumOf To
That Effect.
a Pathetic letter Prom Tue LADY lie.
tatinE 10 Her iiusband's tiness,
Death mud BurinI.

The San Francisco Chronicle Of Sat.
uriAy, the 18Th inst, contained
budget OF news from san Salvador,
presumably brought by the steamer
City OF Sidney. IL rcciles in detail the
closing Of all the San Salvador ports,
tue quarantine Of the cities u the
republic on account Of the yellow fever
scUJrgo which has been sweeping over
that par, Of tho country tue narrow
escape Of the steamer while making
the voyage, confirmation of The death Of
Uaite States CIutul Pollock, former
ly OF this city, and the additional state.
ment apparently positively made that
arrangements were being made by his
willow or the removal VI his remains
to San Francisco, where the uuinrtun-
ate lazy was also stricken down with
fever and diud Ia Tow uays."
A NEws representative showed the
article tins m0ruing 10 Mr. Fred Lyon,
hail brother u Dir. Pollock, anu It
greatly paincd ana surprised him, a.
ouly last night he received a letter itOm
Mrs. P0il0cs, which, however, was
psnneu before she became victim o.
the awful disease. Extracts from Do
are given below. Chanuing, John uui
Kate are cnillfcn Of MIR. AMI Mo.
Pollock.
There arc sub,iantlal reasons for
doubling the correctness Ut tue stale.
meut Of tue Chronicle that Mis- Poi.
lock " dead. On OtlUuur ith the WASH
I 81 a. "a
from Official sources ia Warrington
to thu eiiost that she was convalesceut
anG that was Two weeks alter the
steamer CITY OF Sidney lvItSau saliva.
dor. lt requires seventeen days Tor
lhe fastest ste mUrs TO make the voyage.
Tho iuct thai worries Mt. Lyon
AMI other frlaiivol ana friends most
Ia that Aifs. Pollock has not been beard
from since OrtUDer ilh ami the theory
Ia advanced that tue steamer officials
OF the CITY OF sydney msy have had
the news VI Aifs. PullOck's death o3n.
yoytd by cable.
Mr. Lyon Immediately after being
shos 10 inc article IA question ~ tue
NLw8 mau telugfapncd 20 Wa fhiugtUn
asking tor authentic Information, but
w 10 press umu he had received no
reply. Ia tue meantime he b. suffer.
iug Intense mental distress. The pot.
tons OF Mt. p0lloCk's letter ~ MI
Lyon heretofore ref5frud ~ nfo ~ iUl.
lows;
san SALVADOR, sept. Is, 1894.
To my loved ones ut home;-sincc tho
police havo taken charge ~ NY homo
aud my cioihDs have boon bufntand now
thoro IL mo- Risk 10 you ull, sit down at
tho English consulate where thoy have
taken me, 10 write 10 you NJ homo. !
have not he strength 10 write 10 zach w
] sond this 20 Fred, and ho must write to
my best frgnds aud thon send 90 TO my
70 NATIVES.
About four weeks ago the yellow foyor
broke out ia Sau salvador aud Alex
begged mo 10 20 home. / would not
leave him, bu, sought aud found "a inca
lconuo plautailoul too high for tho plague
90 live there, aud nitor hurrS ing Chan
Mug through hu operation for lumor
which would have boon soTiousi II allowed
10 develop Tow weeks longer W. lcit
tho place and went toour beautiful home.
Alex would not fnrsHko his post, but be-
cAmO up every Saturday and had no fear
Of tho plague. Last Saturday hu came
out with John, who had boon with him
for Tow DAYS with an attack OF CON
grstion Of tho brain. We were all hap.
py that nigh. sunday TOO was a happy
day, but AloN WAS very quiet ON Mon.
day morning o. no rode OIL no remarked
lhh. his stomach was bad. lie reached
san salvador iu two hours aud went TO
the cunsula q aud wa- at once stricken
and was unable 20 DO moved. ThOy
wired me, bul ] only got tho message on
Wednesday and WAS with him in an
hour. ~ was then a light case aud lao
huu no idea what 10 was OF that ho was
10 40.
We woro quamnilnod at once. ono
good American shut himsel la with a..
also the English Consul. Mr. Campbell,
and his wife, who has hOrn a sister tu
me, saying only now' "li We 70, We go
iugrthug'
Saturday night, while not alarmed, I
called clnsu,m ION OF throu ~ tho bost
doctors tiAt could be- luund any
whore. They gayo mo hope, but sun
day hC was wore aud while he know
"a, no fortunately could no. realize hi.
condition. We called in tho fourth doc
tor ANA Two medical students To nurse
him. Tho doctors held Hour cuusulta.
lions anu had Little hope, but no took no
much milk aud had 40 much strength,
that wO would not give him up. We
could not bar ,ho doorsi tho Americans,
English aud Germans, aud some natives
ru-nod Ia o help and we put him IN hot
baths. la one his breath left bis body,
hut they brought him back Hgain and by
artificial lie he brcahod unll Monday
~ % %, nj but II was To be. The hot
baths, the oxygen, tho teaches at ibis
head, tho Ice at his brain, tho prayers OF
tho people, nothing could save him,
| suppose, / must be- thankful, hat
am here yo aud 10 | have broalhod tho
foul air aud they lay mo down by him
In two weeks, you must thank God, that
my children live, even u they are or
phans and suffer tie torturos Of hell AZ
] have done; oven 7hon thank God that
IhOy live.
alex died In coma, slept his life
away, no goodbye, no word about his
business, bu / am with people who arc
human and you need NOT worry. We
shall suffer Tor nothing. 1 will attend
10 his business matters nt once 20 In
case anything happens 20 me my chill
dron will not be- stranded. Tho Eng
llsh consul has only now gone 10 tue
inca 10 tell my children, fearing tho
uews would reach them before he got
thero.s
september iph--Alex was buried nj 4
pm. on Monday, the day ho died. Tho
low mob ~ common people surrounded
tho doors shouting; "Go fOt the pulito
ana dump him as they would ono Of us.
lut no, lac is consul aud ho must be-
buried with houou.' on tho other
hand, not only ito American people but
tho English and Germans, also tho higher
natives rushed In To holp aud the
Americans were To him az a brother A
vault was bought aud a metallic coffin
and then ho was wrapped la the dear old
Glory the flag that protected Us through
tho revolution, has gone to the grave
with him.
The floral offerings were numerous.
The consulate was dmprd IN mourning,
while tho flag moved at half mast Al
4 Dim. the hearso and carriages came 10