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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
NARROW ESCAPE.
Mrs. William Astor Left None Too
Soon.

New York. May GA dispatch TO the
Journal from Paris says: There were
very few Americans present in the
charity bazaar at the time of the
fire. and these seem to have been es-
pecially favored by fortune.
Mrs. William Astor left the bazaar
a quarter of an hour before the COLI
fiagration Miss Fame. sister of Fred
erick Fame, an American. residing in
the Rue Prony, who is almost totally
deaf. was in the building when the
fire broke out. Her escape was largely
due 10 her infirmity. She saw the fire
and made her way to the exit. being
among the first TO reach it. Baroness
de Delliere. formerly Mrs. Livermore,
of New York, also reached the door
among the first.
Consul Morse was passing near the
Rue iona, riding on bicycle. when
the cry of fire was raised He left the
machine in the street and devoted
himself all night to assisting the fire
men. Mr. Whitney of Boston. another
volunteer fireman, who is living in
Paris. also assisted the firemen in he
work of rescue until day broke.
When the Journal correspondent
reached the scene General SurZaier,
military governor of Paris. with Gen
eral Feoriad. was rushing about dis
tractedly calling Tor the premier u
''send for my men, from Quai Dor
east barracks.
Look" he said to Harry Blunt.
this American journalist will have a
strange tale to tell of municipal negli-
gence, but let us help
The catastrophe was a royalist 'heca-
tomb. One mystery is now cleared up.
The victims were besmeared with
flaming tar and other infiammable
compounds dropping from the roof. and
this was why there was no prelude of
asphyxiation. The fair flower of
French womanhood was singed like
poultry by the licking flames and lit
orally burned alive as we sobbed and
wrung our hands in hopeless despair
Imagine a pile of skeletons still smok-
ing with no distinction of sex discern
ible. teeth barred and grinning jaws,
emitting that horrible smell which car
ries back the memory to the Opera
Comique, which today are at the Pa
lais de L'Indurtie, not lessened by the
drench of picnic acid.
Visitors to the salon caught it as
they went up the stately staircase to
identify what can only by fiction be
called corpses. In the comparatively
few instances of suffocation the fea-
lures were placid, those of Mile. JAG
quenot being almost pleasant in her
sudden Sleep of death
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
BEYOND DESCRIPTION.
Scenes That Would Sicken a Heart
of Stone.

New York, May "a dispatch to the
Herald from Paris SAYS:
The scene on entering Porte of the
Palais de / Industrie last night when
the bodies of victims of the Rou Jean
Gougon were taken there was fearful
beyond description. There had been
placed the charred corpses of what had
beeen a few hours before beautiful
women of the very best families of
France The bodies were laid out on
roughly improvised platforms of
boards The bodies were charred be-
yond recognition. Almost all the bodies
were burned about the head and feet,
while the middle of the body remained
comparatively intact Ambulances
kept coming up in a continuous stream.
bringing more and more of the unfor-
tunate victims, the crowd outside Civ
ing way in awe-stricken silence. The
Rue Jean Gougon was almost impass-
able. OF the bazaar building, in which
only a few hours before everything
had been fair and beautiful, there re-
NAMED only few charred poles. In
side the wrecked building there was
nothing but pieces of rags, wood and
human remains.
The firemen were digging among the
isdebris in search of the bodies. There
were not enough ambuiances and the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
COLORADO.

The Denver ministers have decided
that the Prohibition party is fail
ure-
The state supreme court has held
that the Sunday closing law is con-
stitutional.
President SIocum of Colorado college
TODAY. received a cash donation of $1O,-
ooo. The gift was unsolicited and I'M
exr,eeted. and the giver refused to have
his name made public. The money viii
he used 10 build girls dormitory.
Moses Liverman, superintendent Of
The Silverton railroad at SllVerton, mas
resigned, and the road has made sew
eral changes in its force Alexander
Anderson. who was formerly secretary
md auditor of the road, has been
elected to the position Of superintend-
Ont and Frank P Thornton has been
made secretary and auditor. Mr.
1Tbornton has been with the road for a
number OF years.
INC state land board has decided
thai leasers of mineral lands must de-
lion the mines or relinquish the leases.
II is claimed that mining snarps nave
secured control of much valuable min
eral land. g
lanes Morrison. county attorney OF
,,;lnin county. has been arrested for
passing worthless checks
Allen B. Sopris. a pioneer who came
Ia the state in 1860, died TUESDAY at
Denver. ~
The latest slate fixed up for the Nc
Kinley Republicans al Denver READS
a. follows: Collector of internal rev
enue George 5. Adams. Greeley; United
stale. marshal. W. A. LOOMS, Denver;
surveyor general, Richard LIE Bert,
Dsnver: collector Of customs, Thomas
e. McClelland. Denve-. Colonel Neil
Denison is slated for a consulship.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07

bodies had to be placed in wraps. Then
came soldiers, police and firemen to
carry away the dead, and they all
worked in silence and with a will.
The soldiers carried sheets in which
to wrap W and transport the bodies
conVeniently-
There were women nurses from
Hospital Bonjon also with sheets,
waiting 70 cover W the dead before
they We're taken awav in ambulances-
Near the western wall which bounded
what had been the bazaar. bodies were
literally found piled in heaps and their
position seemed TO indicate that ter
ror-stricken rush had taken place. or
was it that of an instructive budding
together in the face of death2 There
were pieces of underskirts all over the
ruins and fragments of wooden gar
ments and corset covers. Tiny little
slippers were everywhere to be seen.
crisp, but entire, only charred by the
heat.
On one side was a pile of valrables
jewels, etc, guarded by policemen
There were bracelets and rings COM
pletely free from flesh. showing how
terrible had been the flames in their
fury.
A terrible looking body was brought
out to the door so as to have as much
became suddenly more stringent than
ever and no one was allowed TO enter
the building.
From mouth to mouth passed the
word That is the Duchess d'Alen-
con-"
But how to recognize such a charred
mass. In the face of such a difficult
problem the relatives and friends of
the bereaved family had recourse TO
the family dentist. The latter remem-
bered certain filings of the teeth and
could recognize his handiwork even
under such awful circumstances. In a
short time it was established that the
remains were those of the unfortunate
duchess and very quickly pine coffin
was screwed down and taken away.
A woman approached the door sup
ported by two friends and preceded
by a venerable priest She had come
to identify her daughter. but while the
work of identification of the remains of
the Duchess d'Alencon was going on.
she fell in a fit of horrible Mysteries
and her cries were so terrible, her
movements so heartrending, that a
cab had TO be called. She was taken
away apparently mad, between two
policemen.
For obvious reasons disinfectants
were freely used inside the building.
and the odor of carbolic acid was so
strong that holding ones handkerchief
to the face and a plentiful use of strong
perfume were insufficient TO remove
the penetrating fumes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
McCrea Explains It.

Pittsburg. May 6.-James McCrea,
first president of the Pennsylvania, to-
day said: THE report that the Penn
sylvania company is in any way inter
ested in the suit brought in my name
against the Northern Pacific is entirely
without foundation; in fact l did not
know that such a suit had been
brought or that my name had been
used. The facts are the judgments re-
ferred to were assigned to me by my
brother-in-law, as part security for
some advances made and as this as
signment is on record | presume thai
my name had to be used in the efforts
that are being made to collect the
same
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
U. P. TIME CHANGES.
Rumor That a New Card Will Go
Into Effect.

Cheyenne, Wyo., May "a rumor is
afioat in railway circles here to the eff
feet that new time card will go into
effect on the Union Pacific shortly.
Only passenger trains will be effected,
but in these trains a complete change
win be made. Nc. l, the overland
flyer, due to leave Cheyenne at 1890
p. M, will leave at 9 a. m. on the new
card. This train will connect with the
Oregon Short Line instead of No. 8.
the fast mail. as at present. The lat
ter train will leave here in the evening
instead of in the morning as at present.
No. 2, the eastbound fast mail, will do
more local work and No. s. the Allan
tic express. will be made the fast east
bound train. No. 1. the flyer will ar
rive in Salt Lake at the time No. 8
now reaches that city and No. will
arrive there on No. Is time. These
changes are made, it is said, TO accom-
modate Short Line passengers and that
passengers for northern Pacific coast
points can make better connections.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07

a Bad Combination.

San Francisco, May 6.zRufus P.
vassar. grandson of the founder of
Vassar college. Poughkeepsie, n. Y, is
under arrest here charged with en-
bezzlement. The complainant. Maud
Essington Stewart Mitchell Duggan, of
Chicago, alleges that she entrusted him
with a 5000 diamond ring and $50 in
coin and that he appropriated the same
to his own use.
Vassar, however, claims that there is
nothing criminal in his transaction
with the lady, and states that they
maintained a community in the race
track speculation, and that the ring
and money do not nearly .counterbal-
ance the amount advanced on her ac-
count. The fair complainant came here
ostenSibly for the purpose of securing
a divorce from John Edward Duggan,
of 80 Gault Place, Chicago, to whom
she was married in 1898 at Racine,
Wis. The decree was granted April 8
last
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
Because of the Rebellion.

Washington, May 6.-United States
Minister Cox at Tegucigalpa has re-
ported to the. department of state that
on the 18th of April the executive pow
er of Honduras promulgated a decree
which provides:
1. That the port of Puerto Cortez and
its tributaries shall be temporarily
closed to foreign and coastwise COM
merce until the power of the legitimate
authority is re-established in that sec
tion of the country.
?. Merchandise which may be entered
a the custom house shall not be ex-
amined for withdrawal The importers
shall remain indebted for the proper
duties under the pain of being consid-
cred as defrauders of the public reve-
nue..
This action was taken by the Hon
duras government in consequence of
the rebellion now in progress.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
Railway Notes.

The For Fair Virginia" company
will leave tonight for Denver by the
Union Pacific.
The Short Line excursion to Mercur
and Tintic on Sunday will take over
a good crowd.
The Otis Skinner company of y
persons passed through Ogden yester-
day on the way to Kansas City by the
Union Pacific.
Word was received at the Oregon
Short Line headquarters yesterday that
s W. Eccles had started from New
York for Salt Lake City.
George W. Greenland has been ap-
pointed stenographer in the office of
General Freight Agent Choate of the
Union Pacific.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
A Familiar Occurrence.

Washington Star: There are in the
Garnet man. crises when some few
men must step forward and save their
country from utter ruin"
Yes replied Senator Sorghum,
that's very true. 1t happens once
every four years with us, the next
occasion of that kind being scheduled
for 1900"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
CALIFORNIA.

Christopher strothman, an aged and
wealthy farmer, suicided at Sacra-
nento last Monday by hanging HIM
self.
Ramon Molina, formerly member Of
the Vasquez band of outlaws. is on
trial at Fresno for the murder of Juan
Para.
Zen Hill who is to he hanged for
numbering his wife, was baptized and
received into the Methodist church at
oakland last Tuesday.
san Francisco's expenditures have
exceeded her revenues and it is esH-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
No Official Notice.

New York, May 6.-Brayton Ives,
president of the Northern Pacific Rail
road company (Which should not be
confused with the reorganized railroad
company, said today that he had no
official notice of the suit brought at
Tacoma, Wash, by James McCrea of
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
and attacking the reorganization of the
Northern Pacific system
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
Canadian Pacific Changes.

Montreal May 6.-The office of as
sistant general manager of the Cana
dian Pacific railroad has been abolished
and Thomas TAFT, who formerly held
that position, has been appointed man
ager of the line east of Winnipeg. with
headquarters here, while William
White. of Winnipeg, has been made
manager of the line west of Winnipeg
Mr. Mapole has been appointed general
superintendent of the pacific division.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
British Ship Wrecked.

Port Louis. Island Mauritius. May G.
The British ship Traveller Captain
Cheystie. from Zuebaya for Delaware
breakwater. was wrecked off the island
Of Rodriguez, $50 miles northeast of
Mauritius. Feb, 4. The news has just
reached here Three tons of cargo
only were saved.
Captain Cheystie, his first officer and
IA of the crew died at sea of fever. The
Traveller was built at Dunbarton. cot
land, and registered 1,420 tons. owned
by ]. r. Halves & Co., Liverpool.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES
One Fare Rate For Utah School
Teachers.
NOTICE GIVEN BY THE ROCK
ISLAND YESTERDAY.
There May Be Trouble on Account of
It-Talk of a New Time Card on
the Union Pacific - Attempt to
Wreck a Train-Railway Notes.

Chicago, May 6.-Notice has been
given by the Rock Island that it will
make a rate of one fare for the round
trip for schoolteachers from Utah to
the Missouri river and Chicago some
time in June. Last year there was
all sorts of trouble over this PROPOSE
ton and this year the Rock Island has
simply gone ahead and done what 1t
and other roads desired to do last year,
and the chances are that there will be
trouble about it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
-<s'-<9z.s-D-----
Strikers Turn Fighters.

Chicago. May GA fight occurred to-
day between the striking iron workers
and non-union employees on Wander
pool & Co., on a cottage at Grove ave-
nue.. Three non-uniop men were in
jured. One had his head badly cut by
crowbar thrown into the basement
where he was working. Others were hit
by bricks. The trouble arose from an
attempt of the strikers to persuade the
non-union men to stop work.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
A Susnicion.

Washington Star: Il fooled 'em, ="
said Meandering Mike. That farmer
tried ter prejudice me agin the cider
he offered me, SOS he could hev laugh
at my expense"
How did he try ter prejudice yer?''
asked Flooding Pete.
Told me it had ben workin'"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
Died at Ogden.

Early this morning a Chinaman,
whose name could not be learned, died
while being transferred from the Union
Pacific TO the Southern Pacific at Og-
den He was on his way from New
York to China
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07

terrain church in this city. who has just
returned from a tour in the west. made
with the object of raising contributions
for the famine sufferers in india, called
at the navy department today to re-
port progress to Secretary Long, who
is charged by law with the procure
ment of suitable vessels for transporta-
ton of food supplies. The doctor re-
ported that he had been thoroughly
successful in obtaining contributions
and wished TO arrange for sending the
goods as early as possible
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
FIFTY DISABLED
AND ONE DEAD
Record Made by the New York
Fire Department.
DAMAGE WILL
REACH 100000
THREE ALARMS CALL OUT SIX
TEEN FIRE ENGINES.

Blaze in a Cold Storage Warehouse,
and it Was the Fumes of Am
monia and the Heaviest of Smoke
That Struck Down Fireman After
Fireman and Threatened to Dis
able the Entire Department.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
Dividend Reduced

New York. May 6.-The directors of
the Chicago e Alton reduced the an
nual dividend from s to per cent to-
day. The price of the stock fell from
166 bic yesterday to 159 at noon today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
Assistant ATTORNEY General.

Washington, May 6.-James NJ. Ty-
ner. Indiana, has been appointed as
sistant attorney general of the post
office department
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
Hav Gives a Dinner.

London, May 6.-Colonel John Hay,
the American ambassador. gave a din
ner last evening TO Mr.. and Mrs. Bay
ard and a small party at his residence
in Carlton House terrace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
King of Greece is Ill.

London. May THE Daily Telegraph
prints dispatch from Vienna saying that
the condition of the king of Greece is
pIecariOus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
Eleuen Men Drnmnad

Durham, May 6.-Eleven men have
been drowned through the inflow of
water into the Kello E colliery
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
Embarrassing to the Turk.

Denver Post: 1t must be painfully
embarrassing TO Greek soldiersto feel
his skirt coming down while9on dress
parade,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
Talmage Has Good Luck.

Washington. May 6.-Rev. DR.. De-
witt Talmage of the First Presby-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
HEROISM

We are going 10 thrash the Standards
with our tongues:
We will brow them off the brinv with
our lungs.
If YOU do not think we're i'm it
You'll admit in half minute
That our talk would start powder bar
rels bungs.
Wow,
Hark, Our rhetoric rends the various
parts of speech
Forward. led by gallant Sulzer (he's a
~ peach.
Lodge. our hero. does not Iinger:
Mark. he fires his right forefinger.
And above the battle, hear the eagle
screech,
Wow,
See us sniff the scent of carnage Cfrom
ATARI;
That's the kind of lighting hairpins that
We are.
Cuba Libre' for our slogan.
While We load our trusty blowgun.
Simply wallowing in the horridness of
war;
Wow,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
RESPONSIBILITY
MUST BE FIXED
Partisan Papers Reproach the
Police Department.
SORROW IS
MOST PROFOUND
BUT FEW AMERICANS WERE
PRESENT AT THE TIME.

Mrs. William Astor, However, Had
a Very Marrow Escape-Remains
of the Duchess d'Alencon Sealed
in a Coffin-Other Victims Added
to the List, Which is Liable to be
Further Swelled.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
WYOMING.

A dispatch from Green River to the
Denver Republican says: A sensation
was created here today by the county
attorney requesting the court to nolle
PROSE- quive all but three of the Grim
inal cases On the docket of the Sweet
water district court for the present
term. The county attorneys action
grew out Of the acquittal of Dan Me
dill, charged with burglary and grand
larceny. The case in the opinion of
the county attorney warranted a con-
Viction, and when a verdict of acquit-
tai was rendered he scored the jury in
emphatic terms. This morning he filed
an affidavit in the cases of Jack De-
mar, charged with burglary and grand
larceny; Curt Dolly, charged with
burglary; Quong Lee, charged with re-
ceiving stolen goods, and John Klei-
nina, charged with assault with intent
TO kill, stating that there was sufficient
evidence in each case to warrant a
conviction, but that no conviction
could be secured with the present jury,
and asked leave to enter a nolle
PROSE- in each. case. The court re-
fused to allow the plea to be entered
in the case of Kleimina.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
A TRAGIC DEATH.

Cheyenne. Wyo., May 5.-Word was
received here this evening from Clear
Creek. johnson county, of the tragic
death of ranch hand named Thomas
Brown, which occurred some time ago
Brown left his employers ranch about
TWO weeks ago to look for a bunch of
horses which had been missing for
several days. The snow on the plains
and in the mountains was deeper than
ever before recorded and a short time
after Brown left the ranch it began
showing again, and a blizzard which
lasted three days set in. The unfor
tunate ranch hand did not return. and
as soon as the storm abated a search
ing party was organized. After a two
days search the mutilated remains of
Brown were found in the midst of a
huge 25-foot snow bank. 1t appears
the horses. driven to shelter by the
storm, took refuge under a small HILL
the snow drifting around them. leaving
a crust just over their heads. Brown
on his snow shoes passed over the
bank and the crust gave way, precipi
tating him among the horses. who
stamped him to death.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-22
THEIR "WORST LEGISLATURE"
Gov. FrankIin's Characterization of
Arizona's Lawmakers.

Phoenix. Arz., March 2l.--The final
adjournment OF the Legislature yester-
day came at the end of one of the most
exciting sessions ever held in Arizona.
The last official act of the assembly
was vote of CenSure on Governor
Franklin, and declaring that the best
interests of the territory would be Sc
cured by speedy change in executives.
The immediate cause of this was the
governors refusal to return several
bills the legislature wanted to pass
over his veto. Concerning the salary
reinstatement bill, which was passed
over his Veto the governor said:
"A member of my administration re-
ceiVed word from one of the Pima
county assemblymen that my signature
to the bill would be worth $500 to me-"
Early in the session a bill to tax the
net proceeds of mines was killed by
both houses. Concerning this, Gov
ernor Franklin openly charged that a
representative of the Congress Gold
Mining company had been sent down
from Prescott with $4,000 with which
to defeat the measure. Governor
Franklin characterized this as the
worst legislature that had ever met in
Arizona. ON the other hand, the mem
bers of the legislature still in town
score the governor roundly for pocket
ing eleven bills.