Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-06


lust now there IL an unusually large
number OF Americans in Paris. They
are generous supporters OF such fetes
as the grand charity bazaar, and more
over. 1t gave them favorable oppor-
tlinity OF getting inio close quarters
with the aristocracy and many OF lhe
celebrities OF Par.s."
Mrs Porges was the only American
victim. She was a Miss Weisweiller.
Her daughter accompanied her to the
bazaar and escaped uninjured. The
Porges family reside In Vienna.
NINETY-FOUR CORPSES IDENTIFIED
At Z o'clock this evening the police
officials announced that ninety-four
corpses had been positively identified.
The names, In addition TO those already
published, are as follows: Comtesse
d'Hora. Nine. de Demas Nine. Marie
Disle, Mile, Terre, Mile. Comeau, Nine.
Beauchamp. Nine. Billaye, Nine. Lame
grie. Nine. Gosse. Nine. Nitot. Nine. de
Sorne, Mime. Cecil Julian, Mile. Barassi,
Mile. Quilleton. Mile Marie Moisson,
Mile Suzanne Nitot. and Mile Theresse
Donon, daughter of the Baroness de
Saint Didier.
There are nineteen bodies still uniden-
tilted. among which must be those OF the
Comtesse dc Lupu and Nine. Nito's Sc
cond daughter, both OF whom are miss
ing
The Viscountess Sel!eux is now placed
among those officially identified.
DYING OF GRIEF.
NJ. Gosse, the notary on learning that
his wife and two daughters were among
the victims, was Frustrated that his
life is despaired of.
NJ. Girard, director OF the municipal
laboratory, reports that the ether in the
lamps used in the kinematograph set fire
to the films, the flames then ignting the
apparatus.
Tonight, such theatres as are open are
almost empty. and the large cafes on
the boulevards are practically deserted.
MOURNING AT VIENNA.
LONDON. May 5.-A dispatch to the
Times from Vienna says: mot until
this morning "wednesday had the En-
peror and Empress of Austria heard
that the Duchesse d'Alencon was among
the victims. The Empress was devot-
edly attached 10 her sister, and is COM
pletely overcome by the bereavement
The dinner which was to be given to
the QueenRegent and the Queen of
Holland at the Chateau Lainz, where
the Emperor and Empress are staying,
has been cancelled.
Nine. Josephine Porges, one of the VIC
Tins. was a near relative of the WE'LL
known Vienna banker Ephrussi."
The Empress has been weeping all day
over the loss of her favorite sister. and
declines to receive food or nourishment
This morning none of the attendants
dared place "A newspaper at her Ma
jesty's breakfast table. When she did
not find it in its usual place she called
for II, and opened it, trembling with
anxiety. She could not believe that her
sister, the Duchesse d'Alencon, was more
than injured. After breakfast she went
for her usual walk in the deer park sur
rounding the fairyike Castle Lainz She
went alone. Before she returned TO her
room she had received a telegram from
her sister, the Comtesse Trani who is
in Paris, confirming the news Of the
Duchesse's death. The Empress burst
into sobs. returned to the castle and
with her two daughters went to her
boudoir, which she has not since left.
DUCHESS D'UZES'S EXPERIENCE.
LONDON. May 6-The Times publishes
an interview which its Paris correspond
ent had last evening with the Duchess
d'Uzes. She said: 1.-The first gleam OF fire
came from spot but short distance
from where l was standing. l was dazed,
so swiftly did the flames spread. l can
compare 1t only TO the bursting of a
rocket. There was no such thing in my
case as reaching the main entrance, but
near me was a small door. leading to a
waste piece Of ground behind the bazaar
structure. l rushed through this, and
was soon in the open air, though still in
an enclosure. / had passed, as it were.
under an archway Of flames. but was only
slightly burned. The hair above my left
temple was singed."
A dispatch TO the Times from Paris says
that Michael Heine, the manager of the
bazaar, admitted last evening that the
arrangements were evidently ill-made.
adding I'VE ought to have foreseen that
such a disaster as this was possible but
the stalls have been increasing in number
every year, and we were very anxious
not 70 lose an inch OF ground"