Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-06
WOMEN ITS PREY.
Flame in the Paris Horror Fed on
the Fair Sex.
LIST OF LADIES OF HIGH DEGREE

Whose Mansled and Mutilated Corps.s
Have Been Identified-Total Death Roll
Will Probably Reach 2OO-How the
Body of the Duchess d'AIencon Was
Notwithstanding Incidents of the
Catastrophe-MotherR Refused a Sight OF
Her Daughters Remains.
Paris, May 6.-At o'clock last even
ing the police officials said that nine
ty-four corpses of the victims of the ba-
zaar fire had been positively identified
Among the names are the following:
Comtesse d'Hora, Nine. de Demas, Mile
Terre. Mile. Therese Donon daughter Of
the Baronne de Saint Didier), Duchess
dAlencon. Baronne Elizabeth ST. Mar
tin, Comtesse st. Pierre. Barorae ST.
Eidier, Nine. Florez (wife of the Span
ish consult, Comtesse Miramel. Com
Jesse Broderville, NJ. Victor Cosselin.
Nine. Haussmann, Comtesse Humol-
stein, MarQuise des Maison, Baron Car
uel de ST. Martin, Baron de Laumont
Baron de Mackou, Comtesse de Nun,
Comtesse de Serrurier. Comtesse de
Gefulhe, Comtesse de Ia Bletterc, Com
Jesse de Vallin, Comtesse de Subersac,
Comtesse Carayon-Latour, Vicomtesse
de MalesieuX, Baron de Shonlay, Comte
de Boneval, Nicomte de ST. Pierier, vi
comte de Chevigny. These names show
Row terribly the elite society of Paris has
been stricken. There are nineteen bodies
still unidentified, among which must be
those of the Countess de Lupe and Nine
Nltots second daughter, both of whom
are missing.
Cause of the Fire Discovered.
NJ. Gfrard, director Of the municipal
laboratory, reports that the ether for the
lamps used in the acknowledgement set
hre to the film, the flames then igniting
the apparatus. Not the least among the
horrors of this visitation has been the
heart-rending doubt as to the fate of
many. This was the case with the
Duchess dAlencon, whose remains Were
found late yesterday Particulars re-
garding the finding of her remains show
that the secretary of the prefecture. ac-
companied by the maid of the duchess
and a footman belonging to the house
hold of the duke, examined the rows of
bodies. The two servants stopped be-
fore blackered and mutilated corpse
whose abdomen was torn open. They
declared that it was the remains of their
mistress, and also sent for the dentist of
the duchess. The latter, after eXamin-
ing the corpse for half an hour, declared
1t was not that of the duchess He
claimed there was a tooth too many in
the head. but the servants insisted,
Whereupon the dentist and two doctors
operated upon the upper jaw and then
the dentist was able to formally identify
the remains as being those of the Ouch
ess dAlencon. The duchess was the ia
vorite sister of the empress of Austria.
Despair of IA Mother.
Terrible scenes continued to be en-
acted at the Palais de rIndustrie all
yesterday afternoon. The mother of a
4-year-old child. Alfred David, one of
the victims. arrived during the day for
the purpose of taking the body away
with her. 1t was decided, however that
1t was inadvf.able to show her the ghast-
IL remains of her child. When this news
was communicated to the unfortunate
mother, in a paroxysm of grief she tried
to force her way in the mortuary hall.
screaming: Il will see my child!" 1t
was found necessary to forcibly remove
the poor woman. whose case is one of
the most distressing. 1t appears that
Nine. David lost her husband a month
ago and that her only other child died
a fortnight ago.