Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-13
PARIS In MOURNING.
PLACES OF AMUSEMENT ARE
CLOSED
By Order of President Faure =
Bravery Exhibited by the
Duchesse D'Alenc0n, Who

Paris, May 7.-W1tn u--v <
ception of the Socialist news
papers, the whole press associates
itself with the profound sorrow
which has overtaken the upper
classes of French society. The
papers point out that the ques-
tion of the responsibility for the
fearful fire at the Charity Bazaar
must be fixed. They reproach the
prefecture of police for not having
taken proper precautions. The
government has ordered all the
subsidized theatres to be clos
ed until Saturday, as a mark of
respect for the dead.
To the list of victims must be
added the names of Mile. de
Chevaily and the Viscomtesse
d'Avenal, who have succumbed to
the injuries they sustained while
escaping from the fire.
It is stated that Mile. de L,
name not given in full, according
to custom of French newspapers,
the daughter of a well-known
colonel, visited the Due de Ven
dome, son of the Due d'Alencon,
yesterday and repeated a conver-
sation she had with the late
Duchesse d'Alencon just before
the catastrophe. Mile. de l.
spoke of the courageous conduct
Of his royal highness after the
fire broke out, and continued:
s'I was talking to the Duchesse
in front of the stall where I was
assisting when [ heard cry of
fire, and Immediately said to the
Duchesse;
g Let us go, madame; come at
once.
"The Duchesse replied: No,
not yet. Let us give the visitors
time to get out.
I saw the crowd rush for the
exits and the flames spreading
from hanging to hanging around
us, while drops of burning tar
fell upon us. I took the Duchesse
by the waist and was dragging
her away. [ repeated:
you must come, madame. [
dragged her few PAGES; but, with
a brusque movement, she released
herself, saying No, I will re-
main.
Gas [ myself was sufocating,
and as the flames had already
reached US, I was compelled to
abandon her. She stood motion
less, then took a few steps to-
ward her stall, her eyes uplifted
to heaven, as though seeing vis-
ions, and that was the last [ saw
of her.
| The report that the Countess
Castellane, formerly Miss Anna
lGould, was among the missing, is
pure invention. The Castellanes
were not even in the vicinity OF
the fire.
| A cable message has been re-
ceived here from San Francisco,
saying that the French colony OF
that city is deeply moved at the
catastrophe which has plunged SO
many families here into mourning,
land expressed coincidence with
the sufferers.
/ General Meunier, who was SO
severely burned during the fire at
the Charity Bazaar, died at noon
to-day. Only five bodies now re-
main unidentified.
/ The remains of the Duchesse
d'alencon were placed in coffin
! this afternoon, in the presence o1
Prince Louis and Prince Ferdin-
and of Bavaria, Baron Lambert
and Colonel De Percival, who
, signed their names on the sealeo
, coffin. The Due de Vendome, son
of the deceased Duchesse, was
also present.
Other victims whose remains
) have been identified are Nine De
: Villeneuve, Nine. Cordoct, Nine
: Blinsky, Nine. Cousson, Nine
GENTRY, Sister ST. Claire and DR.
, Rochet Manure.
II The American Chamber O.
Commerce of Paris to-day adopted
! : resolution setting forth that th'
) Chamber is "deeply panied a
/ the terrible misfortune which ha
-Iiust caused the premature dealt
| of SO many prominent persons
and expresses it's most keen ant
sincere sympathy, and sends t.
the families of the victims wh'
r gave their lives in the cause o
t charity and benevolence the as
: surance of it's deep and respectful
i coincidence