The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-13

been officially identified, and it was also
stated officially that the total number of
dead would not exceed Ill.
Among the last to escape from the
burning building was the Baronne de
Reuter-, formerly Miss Beatrice Potter of
Philadelphia.
The Grand opera, the Opera Comique,
Theatre Franchise and Theodore were
closed tonight as mark of respect for
the families of the victims.
Further particulars regarding the find
ing of the remains of the Duchesse
d Alencon show that the secretary of the
prefecture, accompanied by the maid of
the duchesse and footman, belonging to
the household of the duke, examined the
rows of bodies. The two servants
stopped before blackened and mutilated
corpse whose abdomen was torn open
and declared that it was the remains of
their mistress and also sent for the den
fist of the duchess. The latter, after
examining the corpse for half an hour,
declared It was not that of the duchess.
He claimed there was Il tooth too many
in the head. but the servants insisted,
whereupon the dentist and two others
operated upon the upper jaw and then
the dentist was able to formally identify
the remains as those of the Duchesse
dAlencon.
The unidentified bodies, as well as the
jewels recovered from the debris, have
been photographed.
The funeral services of the victims
have been fixed for the cathedral of
Notre Dame. NJ. Faure will attend and
Pere Richard will probably oificiate.
AT tonight's session of the cabinet it
was decided to ask. the chamber of depu-
ties for II special credit in aid of the
needy families.
fINhn ,,,inictar Of i,,Stioa Al taJ fr,
his colleagues the first result of the in
quiry into the cause of the fire. The in
vestigating magistrate, Nj. Beftolu, re-
ports that there was great carelessness
and imprudence in the principal ar
engagements of the bazaar.
Former United States Consul General
:. Il. Morse said to the representative
of the Associated Press that 1t was sim
gularly fortunate that there was only
remarkable, because just now there Is an
unusually large number of Americans in
Paris. They are generous supporters of
such fetes as the Grand Bazaar de
Charlie, and, moreover, it gave them a
| favorable opportunity of getting into
close quarters with the aristocracy and
many of the celebrities of Paris.
Mrs. Porges was the only American
victim. She was a Miss Weiswiller.
Her daughter accompanied her. to the
bazaar and escaped uninjured. The
Porges family reside in Vienna.
One feature which is generally re-
marked of the victims taken to the
Palais de fIndustrie is that the head is
| thrown back and the arms uplifted with
| a peculiarly wierd effect.
The scene on the Champs Elysee is
like that on popular fete days. The
| throngs are enormous, and multitudes OF
carriages are driving about. From time
to time solemn hush falls upon the
crowd, and every head is barred as the
hearse passes by.
| There are nineteen bodies still uniden
tilted. among which must be those OF
the COmtesse de Lrtpee and Nine. Nj
tots second daughter, both of whom are
missing. Nj. Gosse, the notary, on learn
ing that his wife and daughters were
I among the victims, was so Frustrated
that his life is despaired of.
Nj. Girard, director of the municipal
laboratory, reports that the ether for tn,
lamps used in the kinetOmagraph set fir,
to the film, the flames then igniting tn,
apparatus.
The Empress Frustrated.
London, May ga dispatch to tn
Times from Vienna says
Not until this morning had the empero
and empress of Austria heard that tn
Duchess dAlenc0n was among the vic
tins at Paris. The empress was over
come by the bereavement. She has re
manned in her room all day and decline
to receive food or nOurishment.
The Daily Chronicle publishes an inter
view which its Paris correspondent ha,
with William L. Hogan, whose sister
Margaret Hogan, was one of the four la
dies assisting at the stall of the Duches
d'AlencOn, and the only one who es
capped. Miss Hogan is a niece of Mayo
Strong of New York. Her brother states
MY sister is now in bed, completel
Frustrated. At the time the cry of fir
was raised she was about to accompan,
the Duches d'Alencon to take tea at tn
further end of the room. As yet she cal
recall nothing after the rush except bein,
dragged by the hair from beneath pill
of women and children near the front O
the building. My mother had driven Il
the bazaar a few minutes before the dis
aster, but the crush was so great tina
she was not able to enter"