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Show THE SALT iLAKE TRIBUNE, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 192, 15, Tragedy of the Donner Party Recalled by the Death in California of Daughter of Captain of the Argonauts Ill-fat- I ed Jsan francisco, De. h Th death at Byron, Cal., of Mrs. Fran courage and endurance. ' Of the fifteen, only five died, and four of these gave AlLake WlJdsr, a daughter of Captain their lives to aid or comfort their chilrlt E. Donner, tha recalled has tragic dren or companions. borgeof ' of On December 18 the forlorn hope tha Donner party, forty-tw- o Airy whom perlehed In deaerta and rhountains started over the snow on foot. It eon while en route slated of nine men, five women and IS the winter of 1(48-4sur-V- I n t California. boy. t)lx days later Stanton, the ret Only a rora remain today to tell the tale of cusr,- - gave out and was abandoned, that moat disastrous of all migrations storm that began Christmas day halted of the Argonauts, In which they partici- them a week. Three men died and were Only t mother can know bow grateeaten. January 4 another man sue ful I am to Tanlae for restoring tpy pated sa children, n cum bed and wag eaten. William Foster are three said 'Mrs. health and strength, lAmong these of Mrs. Wilder, children of the cap-til- e pursued and shot the Indians, Luis and boys 848 Post street, Salt The tiny Lucinda Owen, from whom tha party took Its name Salvador, who were eaten. . Utah. They ars Mrs Elisa P. Houghton of Los came out of the snow January It, wers LakeA City, great load of worry has been aided by Indians, who gsvs them scorn .Angeles, 7S: Mrs. Leana App of JamesWilC. wa found Tan-labraad and helped them to Johnson's lifted' off my mind since town, Cal.. 6; and Mrs. Elitha as he 4iad suffered so long from der of Brueeville, Cal., . A aanghtar of rancho. They had been thlrtr-tw- o days Jhmes F. Reed, a member of the party, coming from Donner's lake, and 'eight had stomach trouble without getting any redied Two men survived and all the five lief that we had almost who forced hts way over the given up nope, Sierra mountains and then returned with women. The experiences of the four relief par- lie was losing ground steadily and was rillef for hie dying companions, is living ie Mre Mat-ti- e ties, from the first that left Butter e hort getting thinner and weaker every day. at Capltola. Cal. Her name Tanlae put him ou the road to .Lewis and aha Is a bright-eye- d lady, February (, to ths last, April 1, wers to thoes "forlorn similar of the hope health in a very short time and he years young. ; Of all tha companies that mads their party. Going In on snowshoes. ths resand strength almost from to be uaed on their gained weight way by o wagons on ths Overland Trail cuers cached provisions In several Instances thess the first dose. Only en unusually good cerate desert and mountain to California return trips. could do what Tanlae has before the railroad linked east with west, caches were destroyed by wild animate, medicine tha experiences of the Donner party were eo that the return trips with ths emac- done for him. Tanlae is sold in Salt Lake City by the woret Thetre wse the greatest loss iated. weakened. Donner people became Schramm-Johnsowith death, In which many died of life, and tt was attended by a slow struggles Drugs, and by the starvation during ths six months they and were eaten by their starving compan landing druggists everywhere, ( Ad vf) were held In the high S'erras that finally ions. The fourth and last relief party started risers tha stronger members of the party .expedients of . man feeding from Johnson's rancho April 13. Thar upon the bodlee.of seme who had riled,-ao- r jUponthathis last been promised by the aloalds naif of had' own kind. did ths children with her knowledge men, women and the fortune of eeveral thousand dollars fOf the eighty-eigThe efforts of James F. Reed undoubtchildren that started with or Joined the tn monsy and goods which Georgs Don edly saved many lives. Banished to the Six ner was supposed to possess. Donner party, forty-tw- o perished. for having fatally Nevada The seven men of the party, under Wit desert In James died n the deserte of Utah and Nevada, Snyder when Snvd r x euccumbed to the horrors itam O. Fallon, reached Donner Ink In stabbed and thlrty-eia whip while the Reed with Mrs four jlav. Lewis Keseberg was ths only struck of the mountain camps. men weie fighting, Heed made b. All the suffering and loss of life may ore alive of the man who had not been two over the mountains tc way by horseback he ascribed to the primary mistake in able to accompany the relief parties who California ahead of the Donner party had preceded them. Of Keseberg the retaking a southerly course around the lief th" men demanded money, accusing him Although heof did not fully realise Great Sait lake from Port Brtdger, Wyo, their condttlon, he causer' around the of having robbed, killed and eaten George seriousness instead of the usual course be to relief first the party diepatthed northern end. The reeky- passes tn the Donner and his wife,. Tameen-- Keeeberj bfmself led the second expedition." VIMatch mountains of t iah ueiaved them finally gave them (Mid - which, he aald and title month; the sands of the Orest Amer- Mrs. Donner had requested him to give ican desert and ths Humboldt sink stalled to her children should ha reach Califori nia. their wagons and stsrvsd their cattle. Five-tixth- s The fourth relief started back next tThe party was In starving condition site Truckee Meadows, day, Keseberg following them as well as when it reached of the present city of Reno, Netf., Octo- he could with an Injured leg. Each night , ber If, 1(48. The emigrants were met he managed to make camp, and finally gpeetal to Ths Tribune. 14 , In an Opinion BOISE, Idaho, Dec. there by Charles T. Stanton, who had reached civilisation, To the end of hii ,re life he wse an object of accusation and written by Justice McCarthy, In which preceded them to California, and Salaveralon, although most survivors and all the other Justices concurred, the su-- , tamed with two Indiana, Lula and vador, bringing flvs muleloads of provi- historians agree that he was Innocentwas preme court today reversed the decision ol the district court of the First Judicial The brightest part of ths story sions. After some delay, the party pushed on, but October 21 found them stalled In the heroism of the women. Of the five district for Shoshone county, In the case who died, Mrs Georgs Donner gave her of the State vg. Albert Jutlla and Matt saew at the foot of precipices at an of 8000 feet, from which the trail life to be lth her husband at hie death, Konkonen The defendants "were charged with robJacob Donner remained with her Us as In one mile and a half 1200 feet to Mra. by a the summit, where two to five feet of four children; Mre. Graves stayed for the bery and convicted of assault , mow lav. They were In a pocket of the sake of four little ones, and Mrs. Murphy jury verdict. her eon and three grandchildren mountains. A snowfall began that In a cared for 111 to accompany the rescuers. Week placed ten feet of snow about them. until too WARD TO GIVE CARNIVAL. f Some were at Prosser creek, some at To the seal of Mrs patriot' Pren was The annual fair-aricarnival be hed Aider creek and some at Donner lake. mainljcdue ths rescue of her husband and In ths Holiday ward chapel willto open its They erected tents and brushwood huts, eleven children, wno had oeen tefi in toe doors Thursday evening. The amusement about which they wrapped rubber coats snow while the relief party went forward hall has been decorated with evergreens were There at this time for help when they discovered a cache symbolical of the Yuletlde. A chicken and quilts. Mlhty-on- e persons In the camps, twenty-f- had been destroyed. Mrs. Breen kept dinner Is to be served every evening of our e fires men, fifteen women and burning, nursed children with a litfair, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, children. In the subsequent hap- tle sugar and water and kspt them alive the 6 to 8 o'clock. A concert Is schedfrom penings ths women showed the greater unit) rescue came. She would i t feed uled for 8 oclock each evening. - Woman Had most Given Up Hope of Boys Recovery. Salt 7, half-doze- els-ta- ie half-dosr- t Eiioiiiarlioljlo c, snow-capp- l iftDITDSD 7 ht -- -- Idaho Court Reverter ' Jury Verdict t Including Our Entirie Stocks of Felt and Leather House Slippers . i. t f Hi "l4fefc' t'l" hrJb. V " WJTfl ot of. Pairs - , Men's and Women's SItooes, xfinrfs five-sixt- hs d f forty-thre- amid HUGHES Pomps v A ' To Be Closed Out at These Exceptionally Low Prices SAVEFROIY1 $2.00 TO $5.00 A PAIR Next Door East Of Loews Theater . Sensational vent Chamoisette, Velours, Serges, Tricotines. Smart, youthful, ish models styl- -- Cantons, Roshanara UsSatins, Crepes. ually selling at $39.50 and $4.00. - c Jcc in iJE jSjr&, CHILDRENS FELTS COATS : LADIES FELTS Sale price LADIES FELTS . Bolirias, Veldynes, Peachbloom, Sale price ' i . f- ' f - . r . . Velours, Normandiesj fur arid self trimmed. f Vs m Sit and rises. SI 33 s . Hard and soft soles. Pan- - . CO Soft soles. ' , ' OO ylsuJ t Sale price The seasons smartest modes. $23.00 and $27.50 littV All colon MENS LEATHER Hard soles. velaines, Beaver Trim. - Sw MENS FELTS Soft and hard soles. 7 Cape Effects arid Wrappy Coats. ' ! a Salo price $39.50 and $49.50 - .r't - $1,75 nd $235 ..... . .'. ..'.V, , Ladles Mens All-Sil- k All-Sil- k Hose, Hose, $1.50 Pair 75c ' Pair, t " A T Box of Three Pairs Box of Six Pairs $4.00 $4.00 . These Values Were Made Possible by Exceptional Purchases; Made in New York During the Past Week. Our Windows Truly Reflect the Stock. fO CR m DOWNSTAIRS- -J UDGEBU1LDING |
