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CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING.
The Ninth ward Webber colored club
met at 25th and L and enrolled 16 new
members. There were several speeches
made in behalf of Mr. Webber.
The Sixth ward Webber club met last
night on 45th and Broadway and held an
enthusiastic meeting.
The following clubs will meet tonight:
First ward Webber club on 8th, between
Postoffice and Church.
Second ward Webber club On Strand, be-
tween 15th and 16th.
Fifth, ward Webber club on 26th and
Postoffice.
Twelfth ward Webber club, Tolex’s Gar-
den.
Fourth ward Webber colored club, 24.th
between Winnie and H.
PIANOS CHEAP.
We are offering some special bargains in
pianos to cut down stock. If you want a
piano, now is your time to buy. We mean
business.
We are selling good American made man-
dolins for four dollars and guitars for five
dollars. These are just the instruments
for serenading purposes and hard usage.
All sheet music at one-half price for cash.
Beware of humbug piano repairers and
tuners. THOS. GOGGAN & BRO.,
Cor. 22d and Market Sts.
PHONE 529
Widmer 8 Spranley,
ENGINEERS AND ELECTRICAL CONTRA C-
TORS, when you have any electrical wiring,
need supplies or repairs. Fans, Lamps, Mo-
tors in stock. Motor repairing a specialty.
507 TREMONT STREET.
WE WILL REMOVE
To our new quarters, 2207 Mechanic street,
where we will carry a Full Line of Elec-
trical House Goods, Electric and Com-
bination Fixtures, Desk and Ceiling Fans,
Incandescent Lamps, Etc. Electric Light
Wiring. Repair Work.
THE BARDEN-SHEETS ELECTRICAL
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
, Telephone Building.
Galveston, Tex., April 28th, 1897.
Office of Registrar of Galveston egrtinty,
No. 2107 Postoffice street, between 21st and
22d streets.—The office of registrar for the
registration of the legally qualified voters
for the city of Galveston for the general
city election for mayor and aidermen of
said city, to be held on the 7th of June, 1897,
will be open, according to law, on Tuesday,
the 4th day of May, 1897, at 8 o’clock a.
m., and it will continue to be open for the
registration of the legally qualified voters
for twenty consecutive days, Sundays ex-
cluded, from 8 o’clock a. m. until 8 o’clock
p. m. of each day—and no longer.
To be entitled to register every male per-
son must be 21 years of age by the day of
the election to be held, must be a citizen
of the United States, and must have re-
sided within the state one year next pre-
ceding the election, and the last six
months in the city of Galveston; he must
furnish the Registrar his name, color, na-
tionality, the number of the ward, the
name of the street on which he lives and
the number of the house in which he re-
sides.
Voters must register in person, and not
by letter or proxy. Idiots, lunatics, pau-
pers supported by the county, all persons
convicted of felony and not restored to
the right of suffrage by the governor, and
all soldiers, marines and seamen employed
in the service of the army or navy of the
United States, are not allowed to register.
Under the law, all persons applying to
vote in the city of Galveston at said elec-
tion must first be registered, and have the
Registrar’s certificate issued, before they
can vote, and must present such certificate
of registration when offering to vote, at
said election. L. C. FISHER,
Registrar of Galveston County.
Garrison
Coal
8s Cheaper Than Wood,
Burn Coal
In Your Cooking Stoves
And Save Money !
$3.50 PER TON.
$2.00 PER HALF TON.
A TON IS EQUAL TO A CORD OF WOOD.
Give it a trial.
B. S. DAVISON, Sole Agent,
Phone 44. 410-412 Tremont Street.
Yards—30th and Postoffice Streets.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
AND POLITICS.
Mr.
COL. C. W. HAYES IS ELECTED.
BASE BALL.
THE COURTS.
PERSONAL POINTS.
BOARD MEETINGS.
BODY FOUND.
A Disagreement Growing Out of an
Attempt to Indorse Local Can-
didates for Office.
size package.
’Phone 703.
Arthur Bornefeld Resigns
the Presidency.
Galveston vs. Dallas.
BEACH PARK,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, May 5, 6,7.
Game called at 5 p. M.
H. KOESTER,
The bord of (water commissioners meets
at 5 o’clock this afternoon at the office of
the ^waterworks in the city hall and the
school board at 6 o’clock at the office of
the superintendent of education in the
Ball high school.
Every owner of a horse or cow should
use Gnat Oil. We have it for sale in any
HANNA & LEONARD.
SATLER’S NEW QUARTERS.
George Satler has removed from 20th
and Mechanic to 501 Tremont-, corner Post-
offied street. His new place is now open
and is strictly up to date in every particu-
lar. Mr. Otto Ritter is in charge. The
friends of both parties-and the public gen-
erally will be made welcome.
THE GRAND JURY.
The grand jury is a very busy body now,
and the prospects are that it will have
returned many bills before it adjourns.
Today the grand jury was investigating
the killing of Eugene Pela, in a drunken
row, in the alley, in the neighborhood of
27th and Postoffice streets, on an early
Sunday morning, not long ago.
Tomorrow the grand jury will take up
the case of Mrs. Brothers, charged with
murder in connection with the death of
Mrs. Florence Ada Stansbury.
It is understood that several bills have
already been returned, but no information
has been given out as yet. The trial of
cases in the criminal district court will be-
gin on Monday.
Flr Tnrntn Dentist, returns to Galves-
171 ■ fi dl V III, ton to resume practice after
an absence oi over one year in the north.
He will have charge of my office in the fu-
ture. The Doctor is up to date and has had
experience. D.S. Plough , tist.
33d & Ave. H. DRUGGIST.
Dealer in Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet Arti-
cles, Soda Water, Cigars, etc.
Prescriptions filled night or day and deliv-
ered free of charge. ..... phone 396.
WE HAVE BOUGHT
OUT TODAY
The little imitation Racket Store next
to Wm. Repp & Co., 21st and AAarket
streets. Look out for others coming
the same way, which we will tell you
about later. This stock will be sold by
us next week for less than half its cost.
The Only Original Racket Store,
Next to Kahn’s Candy Store,
Market St., bet.’21st and 22d.
DOHERTY’S CASE.
In the district court today the case of
Patrick Doherty against the’city of Gal-
veston, was on trial. Doherty was a mem-
ber of the police force a.nd -was dismissed,
after having been tried on charges pre-
ferred against him. He' then brought suit
against the city for the amount of money
that would have been due him if he had
been permitted to serve out the term for
which he claims he appointed. The
judge’s decision was adverse to the plain-
tiff, whereupon exceptions were taken and
a continuance granted. ;
DISTRICT COURT.
Patrick Doherty vs. the city of Galves-
ton, debt; the defendant’s demurrers are
sustained, to which ruling plaintiff ex-
cepts, and plaintiff has leave to amend and
cause continued.
Henry Bee vs. Nellie Bee; defendant has
leave to file cross bill for divorce; decree
of divorce granted on the cross bill of de-
fendant, Nellie Bee, and costs adjudged
against the plaintiff, Henry Bee.
Let the blood be vitalized and good
health is insured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS.
Affirmed: -W. H. Sinclair vs. Weekes,
McCarthy & Co., from Galveston; Texas course he had. Before replying
and New Orleans railroad company vs W. feld found through a series o
L. Single, from Liberty; C. W. and Alice
Jones vs. Wm. Lee, from Nacogdoches;
East Texas land and improvement com-
pany vs. R. P. Shelby & Bro., from Jas-
per.
Reversed and remanded: C. W. Red-
dick vs. J. D. Bryant, from Harris.
In the case of S. T. Robb vs. H. L. Robb
et al., is affirmed in all respects, except as
to issue between S. T.Ttobb and Sam Tom
Robb and appellee 6. A. Robb, involving
title to the 200 acres of-land of the Roberts
headright, and as to that issue the judg-
ment is reversed and .tite, cause remanded.
Motion for rehearing, granted and cause
reversed and remanded: Thomas Filter vs.
Meyer & Schroeder, from Galveston.
'Motion's for rehearing refused: San An-
tonio and Aransas Pass railway company
vs. Mary A. Lyrect et ‘al.,, fit-om DeWitt;
Wm. R. Johnson vs, Wm. B. Lockhart, ad-
ministrator, from Galveston; city of Pal-
estine vs. N. R. Royal et al., from Ander-
son; Emma S. Montgomery et al. vs. Jacob
Hornberger, from Harris.
Motion .to dismiss refused.: C. W. Howth
vs. M. A. Shumard, from Galveston.
In Ira Go'och vs. G. S. Parker, from
Brazos, the motion to dismiss is taken un-
der submission to be disposed of with the
case.
Cases set for submission on May 20: John
W. Harris vs. H. Masterson, from Brazo-
ria; F. Jurgens vs. Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway company, from Harris;
Texas Mexican railway company vs. R. Tt.
Savage, from J4uec.es; Galveston, Hous-
ton -and San Antonio railway company vs.
Edward L. Pitts, from Harris; August
Otto e.t al. vs. < Charles Kruschel, from
Fayette; Walter Gresham vs. Jos. Welsh
et al,, from Galveston: J. F. Pitts vs. Gulf,
Beaumont and Kansas City railway com-
pany, from Jefferson; Jos. Powers vs.
Jackson county, from Jackson; E. P. Hill
et al., executors, vs. Harriet Conrad, from
Harris.
New Bedford, Mass;, May 6.—The body
of Wm. D. Hoiwland, treasurer of the
Howland mill at the New Bedford manu-
facturing company and Roch spinning
company, was found at the dock at the
foot of North street. The place where it
was found was not far from where he
was last seen alive. The corporation, with
which Mr. Hoiwland was connected is now
in the hands of receivers as the result of a
discovery of unsuspected financial en-
tanglement recently by stockholders.
All is not serene in the ranks of the So-
cial Science league. There has been a
muddying of the waters, as it were, and
Mr. Arthur Bornefeld has resigned the
presidency, though he has not withdrawn
from the league.
It seems that politics is at the bottom of
the change of presidents, and local politics
at that. There are two factions in the
league, so it is understood, one of which
wishes to treat politics as an abstract
proposition', while the other wishes to
mix up things in an aggressive manner
by way of endorsing candidates and the
like. It was at the meeting of the league
last Monday night that Mr. Bornefeld
handed in his letter of resignation. In
that letter he gave his reasons for resign-
ing the presidency. While as a general
proposition the league is not averse to get-
ting itself into the newspapers, it did not
in this instance, so far as The Tribune is
concerned, give even so much as a gentle
■pointer that Mr. Bornefeld had resigned.
But The Tribune found it out, all the
same, and yesterday evening* asked Mr.
Bornefeld his' reasons for pursuing the
*" J Mr. Borne-
feld found through a series of questions
’that The Tribune was in possession of
the fact that he had resigned because the
league had adopted a resolution to endorse
certain candidates in the coming city
election after it had at a previous meeting
decided by solemn resolution to endorse
no one. This much he admitted, at the
same time declaring that he had not with-
drawn from the league, because the prin-
ciple of it was good.
’At the meeting at which Mr. Bornefeld’s,
resignation was accepted Col. C. W. Hayes
was elected president. This morning Co).
Hayes was called on for a statement oi
the differences between the late president
and the league. Col. Hayes said .that he
was not present when the resignation .of
Mr. Bornefeld was read and that he haa
merely read i.t -casually. He referred the
reporter to the secretary of the league,'
Mr. Niblo, who President Hayes said,
would give all the information wanted.
Secretary Niblo was sought .and told that
it was understood that Mr. Bornefeld had-
resigned 'and that politics was the cause
of it and that The Tribune would like to
publish Mr. Bornefeld’s letter of resigna-
tion. Mr. Niblo declared that he was not
the proper person to see; that the club
had an official, reporter to- prepare matter
to be given to the public, and that if The
Tribune wanted any information it must
go .to the reporter of the league and he
would give anything that was proper for
publications
Rev. Father Urana of Praha is in the
city.
Post Master A. K. Voelkel of New Ulm,
accompanied by his wife, is in the city.
William S. Hull of Dallas is at the Tre-
mont.
R. H. Worke of Nashville has registered
at the Tremont.
A. J. Orts of Delhi, Tex., is at the Grand.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Cohen, Will Rogers,
Robert Rogers, jr., and Robert Weiss leave
this evening for New York via the South-
ern Pacific. Mr. and Mrs. Cohen and Mr.
Will Rogers are en route to Europe.
Dr. Welbourne Barton and bride left last
night via the Southern Pacific (Honey-
moon route) to Mexico City.
J. M. O’Rourke and George O’Rourke
are guests of the Tremont.
Herman Specht left last night for his
ranch near Wichita.
S. Heidenheim of New Orleans is at
the Tremont.
Wm. Rosenberg of Hallettsville is at the
Grand.
C. N. Cohen of New Orleans is a la,te ar-
rival at the Tremont.
Robert M. Durham of Washington, D. C.,
is at the Tremont.
Joe Erich of the Misfit clothing parlors
of Galveston and Houston, came in from
Houston this morning.
THE PLATFORM.
The following platform is being circulat-
ed by the league:
1. The land belongs to all alike, and the
advantage flowing from the community
should be- returned to the community;
hence we favor the taxation of the full
community value of land, and the exemp-
tion of all persona! property and improve-
ments for taxes.
2. Public functions should be owned and
operated by the public, through public
agents in the interest of this public, and
not farmed out to individuals or corpora-
tions for their enrichment by impoverish-
ing the public; therefore, we declare that
the city shall not grant any more fran-
chises to corporations or individuals, and
shall do all in its power to reclaim those
heretofore granted at the earliest possi-
ble moment.
3. We discourage the idea that money
need have any real value in itself as a
superstitious relic of barbarism, but we
encourage the idea that tjie sole use of
money is- its exchange value, and recom-
mend that the city should adopt a medium
of exchange on the principle of the “labor
exchange.” That we are not opposed to
the taking of usury, in the way of interest,
rent and profits under the- present system,
as these are the evils engendered by the
system itslf, but we are in favor of a. sys-
tem that will not compel an honest man to
steal.
4. We favor the submission of all ques-
tions involving the moral and property in-
terest of our people, to a direct vote of the
people.
5. We favor the election of all city offi-
cers by a direct vote, and the power re-
served to recall and re-elect any officer on
a petition of 10 per cent of the voters.
Resolved, That we submit the above
platform to the various candidates for city
offices, and pledge our support to those
who indorse the same, and if two candi-
dates for the same office pledge them-
selves to these principles, we will chose by
lot which we will support and ask the
other to withdraw.
RECORDER’S COURT.
Hi Tom Long, vagrancy, nol.' pros.
Charles Bera, cursing and abusing; con-
tinued to May 7. \
Steve Willilams, assault; not guilty.
R. B. Mallia and Charles Griffin, fight-
ing; discharged.
Charles Ennis, vagrancy; nol. pros.
Hattie Appleton, intruding on premises;
discharged.
Fred Heideman, interfering with an of-
flfleer in the discharge of his duty; fined
$15 and costs.
Henry Posnaisky, disturbing the public
peace; fined $10 and costs.
Fred Heideman, assaulting and striking;
fined $10 and costs.
Richard Mallia, assaulting and striking;
fined $10 and costs.
NOT BROTHERSON.
In The Tribune’s .report Tuesday of the
case of Mrs. Brothers, charged with the
death of Florence Ada. Stansbury, the
name was written Bratherson by error in-
stead of Brothers.
Phone 40.
THE TRIBUNE WANT COLUMNS
ARE THE BEST MEDIUM
FOR LOCAL ADVERTISERS.
THREE LINES THREE TIMES 25c.
Menutes Bros.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Fine Home-Made Candies,
Fruits, Nuts, Cigars, Etc.,
21st.Street, bet. Market and Postoffice
Free delivery to any part of city. Phone 464.
REMOVAL.
SARGENT TRANSFER
AND STORAGE
removed to
21211-2 STRAND.
Tremont Hotel
NOW OPEN.
REMODELED AND RENOVATED.
EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS.
Only Billiard Boom in the City—New Tables.
GEORGE E. KORST.
Proprietor.
FOR SPRING SUITINGS
AND UP-TO-DATE
FashionabjeTaijorinq
Call on T. C. KORN,
TREMONT HOTEL.
SHIRTS TO ORDER A SPECIALTY.
OUR SPECIALTIES:
The Very Best of
Ice Creams, £nava”s
And the Choicest and Freshest
Cakes and Candies.
Kahn’s Confectionery.
10. FREE and prompt delivery.
5
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-$2,300
$1,800
J. E. BOREN, :
W. B. KINKEAD. ' !
510 TREMONT STREET. !
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MODERN__
8-Room 2-Story Residence, corner
lot, Barn and Servants’ House, desir-
able neighborhood, close in...... -$5,000
2- story 7-Room Residence, on N, near Cen-
ter street..... $2,500
Raised Cottage. 6 rooms, full lot, Q1-2, be-
tween 24th and 2^th
6-Room Cottage on ^th, near O.
3- Room Cottage and 2 lots in Denyer Re-
survey - $1,000
WELL WORTH TRYING.
H. MOSLE & CO.
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CITY OF MEXICO.
Only Standard Gauge Line Running
Through Sleepers to
Coffee
Only 15 Cents a Found.
THE TRIBUNE HAS THE '
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
OF ANY NEWSPAPER
JN TEXAS.
Night and Morning Connections at New Or-
leans with lines to New York, Philadel-
phia, Washington, Atlanta, Cincinnati,
St Louis, Memphis and Chicago.
C. W. BEIN, Traffic Manager, Houston, Tex.
L. J. PARKS, Asst. Genl. Pass, and Ticket
Agent, Houston, Tex.
This Being the Excursion and
Picnic Season,
Remember that we can supply
you with
Fancy Crackers, Sardines, Salmon,
Lobsters, Corned Beef, Chipped Beef,
Lunch Tongue, Potted and Boned Turkey
and Chicken, Pickles in all size bottles.
B. G. TARTT,
Phone 422. 702 Tremont Street
J. H. MILLER, Pass, and Ticket Agent,
403 Tremont St. Phone 87.
N. Salzmami,
Manufacturing^ L E
A FULL LINE OF DIAMONDS, WATCHES
CLOCKS, ETC.
repairing done at moderate prices.
2117 POSTOFFICE STREET.
DOUBLE DAILY
TRAIN SERVICE
WITH BUFFET SLEEPERS,
New Orleans and Galveston,
San Antonio and Galveston.
SflUTBN
Pacific.
“SUNSET
ROUTE.”
Our Well Known
“Crescent” Parched
COOK’S.
COOK’S.
Try a Package
BRAND
ROASTED
COFFEE
“CRESCENT
Fresh Shipment Just Re-
ceived.
Free Delivery.
10 cents.
B. A. COOK,
CITY”
Importing Grocer, Direct Receiver of
California Wines and Brandies, Penn-
sylvania and Kentucky Whiskies.
2525-2527 Market St., Cor. 26th. Phones 465 and 723.
Warehouse, 26th, bet. Market and Mechanic.
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STORY OF THE FIRE.
NO AMERICANS WERE VICTIMS.
THE FLOOD.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Graphic Portrayal of the Great
Paris Holocaust
The Royal—White and Pure
as the Driven. Snow,
UNDERMINING TRACKS.
Kansas City, Mo., May 6.—Though the
Missouri river is gradually falling here^
several railroads, whose tracks run close
to the Missouri, near the mouth of the big
Blue river; about two miles below here,
are much concerned over a threatened loss
of roadbed. At that point the Missouri is
rapidly cutting the banks, and the tracks
cf the Air Line have already been un-
dermined, even after 200 tons of limestone
had been thrown in to protect the banks.
The Air Line, the Missouri Pacific and the
Santa Fe companies have combined their
forces in an attempt to stem the eurent.
Special to The Tribune.
Brenham, Tex., May 6.—John Szetlick, a
Bohemian farmer, suicided ate Welcome
this morning by shooting himself with a
gun.
Croup and whooping cough are child-
hood’s terrors; but like pneumonia, bron-
chitis and other throat and lung troubles,
can be quickly cured by using One Minute
Cough Cure. J. J. SCHOTT.
a plentiful use of strong perfumes was in-
sufficient to remove the penetrating
fumes.
HYSTERICAL NEGROES.
Natchez, Miss., May 6.—One'of the most
pathetic scenes since the flood took place
yesterday. Thirty negroes, drifting on a
raft were landed here, having been floating
for four days with nothing to eat. No
sooner had they reached land than they
fell down and worshipped. A colored Bap-
tist preacher being near by, offered his
services, and began at once to baptize the
whole crowd. They refused to eat or leave
the river bank until baptism was com-
pleted. They said the flood was a visita-
tion of divine wrath.
An Anti-Lynching Resolution Stirs Up th®
Hc-use.
Special to The Tribune.
Austin, Tex., May 6.—The house this
morning, after a hot debate, referred to its
committee on state affairs, a resolution, of
Mr. Smith of Colorado, the negro member,
asking legislation looking to the suppres-
sion of lynching in Texas.
A senate, bill was passed prohibiting the
writing of fire insurance policies by others
than authorized and licensed state agents;
also the senate bill authorizing towns and
cities to condemn right of way across rail-
road tracks to open up streets.
The senate spent the entire morning dis-
cussing, without action, the bill authoriz-
ing the Houston and Texas Central to pur-
chase and operate the Waco and North-
western and Texas Central railroads.
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POWOEB
Absolutely Pure
A FARMER’S SUICIDE.
Pitiable Pictures of Distress at
the Morgue, Where Relatives
Searched for Their Dead.
New York, N. Y., May 6.—A dispatch to
the Herald from Paris says: The scene on
entering Porte 8 of the Palais de 1’Indus-
trie last night (when the bodies of victims
of the Rue Jean Goujon were taken there
was fearful beyond description.
There had been placed the charred
corpses of what had been a few hours-be-
fore beautiful women of the very best
families of France. The bodies were laid
out on roughly improvised platforms'of
boards taken from anywhere about the
place and were charred beyond recogni-
tion. Almost all the boidieis were bunted
about the head and feet, while the middle
of the body remained comparatively in-
tact. Ambulances kept coming up in a
continuous stream, bringing more ana
more of the . unfortunate victims, the
crowd outside giving way in silence.
The Rue Jean Goujon was almost im-
passable. On the Bazaar building in which
only a few hours before everything had
been gay and beautiful, there remained
only a few charred poles. Inside the
wrecked building there was nothing but
pieces of rags, wood and human remains.
The firemen were diligently searching
among the debris in search of the bodies.
There were no ambulances and the bodies
had to be placed in wraps. Then came
soldiers, police and firemen to carry awa.y
the dead and they all worked in silence
and with a will.
The soldiers carried sheets in which to
wrap up and transport the bodies conve-
niently. There, were women nurses from
I’Hospital Beaujohn, also,-with sheets,
waiting to cover up the dead before they
were taken away in amt>uia,nces.
Near the western wall which bounded
what had been the bazaar, the bodies were
literally found piled in heaps and their po-
sition seemed to indicate that a terror
stricken rush had taken place, or was it
an instinctive huddlingJ together in the
face of death? .
There were pieces of underskirts all
over the ruins and fragments -of woolen
garments 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 valuables, jew-
els, etc., guarded by policemen. There
were bracelets and rings completely free
from flesh, shewing how terrible had been
the flames in their fury.
I spoke to twO' women who were stand-
ing near the ruins. The elder one was
Mme. Ro'chesautier and the younger was
a servant.
“We were attracted by the cries of. the
ladies,’’ said Mme. Rochesautier. “Oh,
such cries. We called to men in the hotel
—the Hotel de Palais, which fronts on No.
28 Cours de la Reine. It was the work of
a moment -to tear down the iron bars of
the window and to throw out the chair.
We hauled those poor women in here.
They were so frightened that they did not
stay here long. They were so terror
stricken that many could not cry.
“But many were lost, and I saw several-
rush out from the flames and fall dead.
We saved at least 150.”
Mlle. Le Cottnte of 22 Rue Jean Goujon
said: “The fire broke out at half past 4
o’clock. It was terribly sudden. The heat
was worse .than, the smoke. You could no t
go out info the street for fear of the heat.
The bazaar burned- up just as if the wood
had been soaked with kerosene. .
“I should think there were 3500 peonle
there, because, you know, the Nuncio was
there during the afternoon and that made
it an extra attraction. He had hardly left
when the flames burst out. They seemed
to spring up from all over. They shot up
clear into the air and the heat was thrown
out on all sides.
"So fierce was it that all the windows
■and shop fronts opposite were burst open.
Birds in the windows dropped dead from
their perches as if struck by lightning
and many of the neighbors were so para-
lyzed with fear that they did not know
what to do. The fire lasted only about 20
minutes.
“Women ran shrieking into the streets,
fell dead in the roadway overcome by
the heat, burning from head to foot.”
A big Frenchman, A. Marchand de Vin,
said: “All I could think of doing was to
get a hammer and rush to the burning
building and break down the sides, for
you know no one could get out of the main
entrance, or no one seemd to be able to get
out.
“We hammered and smashed down some
of the sides of the shops inside the build-
ing and aided people as best we could.
They were all rich people. Some had their
clothes literally in flames; others were
burning about the breast and neck, but
the greater number that I-saw had their
hats in flames. We tore their hats off,
pulled the burning hair from their heads
and all the time they shrieked, *Oh mon
Dieu! mon Dieul’ I saw one young and
beautiful girl rush into the middle of the
street. Her hair and hat were in flames.
She fell, stricken by the terrible heat.
We could hardly stand the heat.”
A cab driver said: “I stopped to take
two ladies from the louvre. They were
middle-aged and richly dresed. They told
me to drive to the bazaar. This I did and
I was waiting for them when the fire broke
out. I have not seen them since.”
Various theories were advanced by the
police and people who were eye witnesses.
Some said the fire was caused by a spark
from a cinematograph machine. Others
said it was caused by the explosion of gas
from a stove. Others again said that a
lamp which was smoking burst and set the
place on fire. But whatever was the cause
all are unanimous as to the suddenness of
the conflagration.
At the Palais 1’ Industrie a terrible look-
ing body was brought out to the door so
as to have as much light upon it as possi-
ble. The police suddenly became more
stringent than ever and no one was al-
lowed the building.
From mouth to mouth passed the word:
“That is the Duchesse d’Alencon.”. But
how to recognize such a chared mass. In
the face of such a difficult problem the
relatives and friends of the bereaved fami-
ly had recourse to the family dentist. The
latter remembered certain fillings of the
teeth, and could recognize his handiwork
even under such awful circumstances.
In a short time it was established beyond
a doubt that the remains were those of
the unfortunate duchesse, and very quick-
ly a pine coffin was lowered down and
taken away.
A woman approached the door supported
by two friends and preceded by a venerable
priest. She had come to identify her
daughter. But while the work of. identi-
fying the remains of the. Duchesse, d’Alen-
con was. going on, she fell in a fit of horri-
ble hysterics, and her cries were so terri-
ble, 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
ordor of carbolic acid was so strong that
holding one’s handkerchief to the face and
AMERICANS ESCAPED.
New York, N. Y„ May 6.—A dispatch to.
the Journal from Paris says: There were
very few Americans present in the Charity,
bazar at the time of the fire yesterday,
and those have been7 especially favored by
fortune.
Mrs. Williams left the bazar a quarter of
an hour before the conflagration.- Miss?
Fane, a sister of Frederick Fane, an
American, who is almost totally deaf, was
in the center of the building when the fire
broke out. Her escape was largely due to
her infirmity. She saw the fire without
hearing the tumult ensuing on the discov-
ery, and made her way to- the exit, being-
among the first to reach it.
Baroness de Zellier, formerly Mrs. Liv- •
ermore of New York, also reached the door
among the first.
Consul General Morse was passing near
the Rue Jena, riding on a bicycle, when
the cry of fire was raised. He left the ma-
chine in the. street and devoted himself
all night in assisting the firemen.
Mr. Whitney of Boston, an old volunteer
fireman, who is living in Paris, also as-
sisted the firemen in the work of rescue
until daybreak.
When the Journal correspondent reached
the scene, Gen, Saussier, military governor
of Paris, with Gen. Feorier, was rushing
•about distracted and calling for the pre-
mier to send “for my men” from Qua!
d’Orsay barracks.
“Look,” he said to Henry Blount, “this
American journalist will have a strange
tale to tell of municipal negligence, but
let us help.”
One mystery is now cleared up. The vic-
tims were covered with flaming tar and
other inflammable compounds dropping
from the roof, and this was why there was
no prelude of asphyxiation. The- fair
flower of French womanhood was singed
by the licking flames and literally burned
as w7e sobbed and Wrung our hands iu
powerless despair.
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