The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-16
Feared That Prominent Society Peo-
pie Have Been Drowned
IN THE MEXICAN GULF
TINY CRAFT ENCOUNTERED A
HEAVY GALE.
Colonel Yocum and Daughter Of St.
Louis and Daughter Of Mayor
Taggart Of Indiana Were In the
Party-Last Heard From On jan
uary 5.

Louisville, Ky, Jan. 15.-There seems
to be every reason TO believe that the
Naptha yacht Paul Jones, which left
Louisville on Dec. with a pleasure
party of, prominent society people,
bound for Pensacola, Fla, and other
ports in southern waters. has gone
down in a gale in the Gulf of Mexico.
with all on board The party consisted
of Colonel r. c. Yocum and daughter
Miss Yocuu and G. NJ. YocUm, all Of
ST. Louis; Miss Florence Taggart,
daughter of Mayor Taggart of Inaian-
apolis, and Miss Margie Woodland of
Chicago.
Deck Hand John Barry and Engineer
Badgley were the only two members Of
the crew of four known in Louisville.
The last heard from the yacht was
when it left the mouth Of the Missis-
sippi on Jan. 5. 1t was the plan of
the yacht was sailing, to coast along
the various ports between the Missis-
sippi's mouth and Pensacola, where it
was the intention of the party to. make
a considerable stay. According to the
weather reports received at the local
bureau, the yacht encountered a storm
when three days out.
The relatives of those on board are
in a terribly perturbed state of mind,
owing to lack of information. They
have been telegraphing every port on
the gulf coast where it is thought the
slightest chance of information could
be obtained. No word of the missing
craft had been learned Up to a late
hour tonight. Tugs have put out from
a number of ports in search of her,
and some definite information may be
learned concerning the vessels fate to-
morrow.
About midnight Mayor Taggart, in
response to a query, wired from In
dianaDolis as follows:
--latest l have is what Mr.. Lawrence
Jones says, that they left the light
house at the mouth of the Mississippi
on Jan. 8 for Pensacola, since which
time nothing has been heard
A telegram from Mobile, Ala, late
tonight said: There are no new par
ticulars to be obtained regarding the
reported loss of the yacht Paul Jones.
Tugs have been sent out of southern
ports, and all shipping people have
been requested TO keep a lookout for
the missing boat, but no tidings have
as yet been received. Vessels arriving
report that severe gales have been
blowing for the last few days on the
gulf. They say the winds have been
very strong for several weeks. Every
means is being taken to find some trace
of the yacht.
1t is barely possible that the Paul
Jones put in during the gale at point
along the coast where there is no tele-
graph office, hence no tidings.
The Paul Jones was one of the finest
pleasure yachts OF her size afioat, be-
ing sixty feet in length, ten feet beam
and five feet draught. A 2O-horse
power gasoline engine in the center
of the boat furnished the power to turn
the single screw propeller. Fuel for
], 200 miles w2s carried. The interior
of the four cosy cabins was finished
in mahogany and plate glass mirrors
and these were changed to sleeping
rooms, much as q sleeping car is
from q, coach 10 a, sleeper at
night.
The complete equipment and hand
some decorations made it veritable
floating palace.
The fine lines of the hull and I'M
powerful engine and screw
made the yacht as speedy and sea-
worthy as it was possible to construct
The cruise of the Paul Jones was TO
have lasted until next June. From New
Orleans the yacht was TO go to Mobile
and thence to Clearwater, Fla, where
the party was to spend some time at
MI 1OCulH CtLldSe winch ne eIeCt6tl
during the summer There Mr.. Law
renee Jones was TO have joined them.
The plan was then to proceed to Key
West, Havana, and circle Cuba before
their return, visiting Puerto Rican
waters also.
Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 15.-Mayor
Taggart received a telegram from
Senator Fairbanks tonight saying ne
would ask the treasury department to
send a revenue cutter in search Of the
Paul Jones. Mayor Taggart will leave
for Mobile tomorrow unless favorable
tidingS are heard.