Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-01

nehriy tNenty.lour houTd. lne IOiiro
an everything possible 10 keep back
tho crowd, but suddenly the msltos
pressed forward aud swept everything
before them, overturning tables and
benches and trampling hundreds
under foot, aud crushing tho llio out
OF great rumhofs. Among the dead
were ladies evidently OF high rank.
dressed In the flnesi silk anu adorned
with the richest Jewels.
Tue police barracks, 10 which The
bodies Of the dead ware taken by the
authorities, are brsiegsd with persons
btsysohing Tor new1 OF friends and
relatives. Tho scenes at the barracks
are terrible In the eKlrsms. Ths re-
mains o. the dead will be conveyed 10
tho Cemetery, where \ large mofguo Ia
| located.
The disaster, AZ now explained, was
due mainly 20 tue absence OF the pO-
lice, who had not sffived At 20 carly an
hour Fully 100000 persons, OF all
grades OF society, had gathered to-
goiher on the plain n, tho time the dis
attur occurred. Only about thousand
attendants were In charge, and they
seemed 10 DO unablo 10 control the
mob. Hoping 10 lessen tho pressure Of
i the assembled huudfods OF thousands,
all moving toward common center,
they toasod the packages aud presents
into the mldat OF tho crowd. This
seemingly preoipltaied tho panic, na n
| scramble 10 obtain thu glfts enfued,
and the hollow piece Of ground near
the confer 'ormed n death trap for
thousands.
WORSE THAN AT FtRsr THOUGHT.
Moscow. May 3i.-rhe dlsaGter on
tho kondJuskojo plain yesterday In
constantly gaining In proportion 40
tho investigation by tho butterflies
continue. IL Ia said now the fatalities
VIII amoun. TO between two ana ;hreo
Thousand, but u IL impossible NJ yel
10 learn exactly the extent OF tho dia.
asier. An official statement this morn
lug placed the number OF dead reeOv.
etcd at 1885, aud lthosoriously or fatal.
~ injured a. ESQ. But In contrast with
thiE Official statement, there are aeS
oorpaes lying this Afternoon nj tho
cemetery, besides the many dead aud
dying that arc known 10 nave boon ~.
moved from too Inflated noit by
friends.
Last evening, after receiving duputa-
lions, tho ekaf aud czarina attended
and danced NJ tho brilliant ball NJ tho
fFench ombaity. Seventy thou
sand dollars was expended on
tue supper alone, rare vlands
AMI delicious fruits AID yuge-
tables tolug brought from the
most distant olimea TO add to tue de-
liKhla OF tho ioasi, while France fur.
nishod the roHtliot, and most elegant
fabrics AID furniture 20 set on the
ueautlca u tho palace wnero the ON
loukeus WINE lho uhnco ol
Wy ftenoh emuhssy eOhunued amid
~ w nc, onpahlnenth OF luxury emu
k.ioyi uAeohAoiAtc Ilehuu anu relh-
hses Whnueieu over INC ueholats plain
suhypg .ne ueAu, Tue huuering am inc
syInh i'oA'nsi oi'en IN vain, iof lheir
iniiss'ng.
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49,, e, ..k " tou'e IntIuAso. tnht
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Ws.I elose 'Vunu'
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s,', ia ue snu utu,h aie ouifenI'
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tho point where thew fill and
tho news spIcad like ~ilddru Up aad
down tue throngs of expootant peas.
ants that tho distribution had com.
meneed. THIS resulted In u headlong
pell.mell rush Tor tho booths where the
disItibution Of souvenirs Was TO have
been made later. Tho arrangements
which Il was INTENDED 10 make 10 keep
the crowd Ia order during the distri. |
bullion were not completed NJ that early |
hour and the force On hand wss power.
les to stem the tide OF the crush Of hu. |
mainly. WHAT added greatly 10 the
disaster was tho fact thai these booths |
were surrounded by bitches. The |
foremost pofson In the Incoming cTowJs |
fell PROSTATE In these ditohss anu the
people following them speedily tram. |
Piled them To dealh, Others stumbled |