Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-16
is MRS. POLLOCK ALSO DEAD
A Painful But UnlouIdtd RumOt To
That Eject.
a Pathetic letter From Tue LsdI lie.
Iatipg 90 Ser iIusbsrd'- Illness.
Death nnd uuriai.

The San Francisco Chronicle oi Sat.
uriRy, the 18Th Inst, contained
budget OF news from San Salvador,
presumably Thought by the steamer
CITY Of Sidney. II feciies 10 detail the
closing Of all the San Salvador ports,
tue quarantine Of the citics oi the
republic on aoeouht Of the yellow iev,r
scvurge which has been sweeping over
that part Of the country, tue narrow
escape Of the steamer while making
the voyage, confirmation VI the death Of
Uaitei States Clnsul Pollock, former.
ly OF this city, and the additional state.
ment apparently positively made that
arrangements were being made by his
widow Or the removal u his remains
~ San FuucioCo, where the uuf0rtuu-
Rte lazy was also stricken down with
fuver aud died IA y few uays."
A NEws representative showed the
article thiH mOruiug 10 Mf. Fred Lyon,
hall brother u Mr. Pollock, anu it
greatly panied anu surprised him, ~
ouly last night he received lotieri nom
Mrs. poilOcs, which, however was
pgBneu before shc became victim %
the awful disease. Extracts from %
arc given below. Chanuing, john snI
Kate are children VI Mr. ami Me.
Pollock.
There arc tub'tantlal reasons for
doubling tbs correctness Of tue state.
ment Of the Chronicle that Mis-. Poi.
lock Is dead. On UtoUur ith the WASH
ington F0a pubiihoI Icrott re- v,yed
from official sources Ia Warrington
to the eiioel that -he was cOnvelcscent
anu tust was Two weeks after the
steamer CITY Ui Slluey lot San saliva.
dor. 10 requires seventeen days i1f
ihe fastest ste mUfa 10 make the voyage.
Tho iact ihat WORRIES Mt Lyon
ami other relative ami friends most
h thai Airs. Pollock has not ueou heard
from since October i.h and the theory
10 advanced that tnn steamer OIL cials
of tue CITY OF sydney may have hud
the news VI Mfs. P0ll0ck's death con.
veyed by oablc.
Nit. Lyon immediately after bying
shown the article IA question ~ tue
NLws mnn telusrapncd 10 Wa hiugtUu
askiug tot authentic Information, Tut
up 10 pfftH time he had received no
reply. la Tue meantime he h suffer.
lux Intense mental distress. The Tor.
tons OF Mt. Pollock letter 10 Mt
Lyon heretofore ftfiTfud ~ aru a. i1l.
lows;
SAS SALVADOR, sept. 70, isoL
10 my loved one. ut home; Since tho
police have taken charge of NY homo
aud my clothes have been burntand now
thoto IL mo- risk 10 you Hll, sit down At
tho English consulate, where thuy have
taken me, tp write TO you NJ home. !
have not ho strength 10 wfito To zach No
/ send this 20 Fred, and ho must write 10
my best friends aud thea send 10 to my
| relatives.
About four weeks ago tho yellow fcycr
| broke out in san salvador aud Alex
| begged mo 10 20 home. ! would not
/ leave him, hnt sought and sound d uuca
| lcoiioo plnntAtiuuI TOO high for tte plague
| 10 live there, aud nttor hurry Ing Cham
/ ming through an operation iir umOr,
/ which would have boon =eTinusf allowed
/ 90 develop Tow weeks longer, We lott
/ tho place aud went to our beautiful home.
I Alex would not fnfsako his posi- but no
| Cnmn up every Saturday and had : u fear
/ Of tho plague. LAST Saturday hu came
/ out with john, VINO had been with him
/ Tor a low days with au attack OF con-
| rpstlnu fthu brain. We wefo all hap.
/ py that nigh. sunday, too was happy
/ day, but AlON was very quiet. On Mon-
/ day morning A. no rode OIL he remarked
| hn. his stomach was bad. ll0 reached
! san salvador IN two hours and went to
the consuln aud wa, At once stricken
aud was unable 10 DO moved. Thoy
/ wired inc, but only got the message on
| "Wednesday aud was with him IN an
/ hour. 4. was then light case aud ho
] had no Idea what II was OF that no was
| 20 40,
We woro quamnlluod ai once. one
| good American shut him self ia with us,
| also the English Consul. Mr.. Campbell,
I and his vito, who has been "A slatnr to
me, saying only now' "lf We 60, We go
| ,ogrthos'
Saturday night, while not alarmed, |
| called clusulu ion oi thtoo ~ tho test
| doctors thal could ba found any
I where. Thoy gaFO mo hope, but SUM
| day ht was wor-e and while he know
"a, hU fortunately could NOS realize his
| condition. We called in tho fourth doc.
| tor and Two medical students TO nurse
| him. Tho doctors hold iour cUnsulta-
| lions ana had littlo hope, but he took 30
much milk aud had 10 much strength.
/ that wo would not give him up. We
/ could noi bar The doors; the Americans,
| English aud Germans, aud some natives
rushed In o help and We put him IN hot
baths. In one his breath left his body,
hut they brought him back again and by
| artificial liiO he hrnalhCd unll Monday
al "a, ~; but II WAS 10 be. The hot
baths, tho oxygen, tho teaches NJ lhIs
head, the leo al his brain, tho pray ors OF
the people, nothing rnuld zayo him.
1 suppose, / must be- thankful, hat /
am here go ana 10 ! have brealhod tho
foul air aud they lay mo down by him
| IN two weeks, you must thank God, that
| my children I've, even II they are or
phans and suffer the tortures of hell, IA
! hayo done; oven 1hon thank God that
they live,
alex died In coma, slept his lie
away, no goodbye, no word about bis
business, bu l am with people who arc
human aud you need not worry, We
shall suffer Tor nothing. / will attend
| TO his business matters at once so M
case anything happens to me my chill
dren will not ho stranded. Tho Eng,
lish consul has only now gone TO tue
ilnca ~ tell my children, fearing ia,
uows would reach them before ho gol
thero.s
September lOh-Alex was buried at
p.m. on Monday, tho day no died. The
low mob Oi common people surrounded
the doors shOutingi GO for tho polio,
and dump him as they would one Of ia
| But no, he Is a consul aud he must b,
buried with hOuOrf,n on the Othel
hand, not only the American people bu
the English and Germans, also the higher
natives rushed la To holp and IA,
Americans were TO him on a brother. a
vault WIS bought aud metallic coilir
and then he was wrapped In Tho dear OLD
Glory the flag that protected US through
the revolution, has gone TO tho gray,
with him,
The floral offerings were numerous
| The Counulnto was dtHpud Ia mourning,