| Show irim elre eire ATY AT axy tOVO PROVO I 1 i I 1 r 1 PARTICULARS luts luls DY by oun OUR correspondent NT ie lon lor londay bionday Ion day january at a quarter past evening the quiet echoes of 0 provo were awakened by the hideous shout of yire wire elre eire in the western hea heavens yens vens in a lew leiv ino luo moments a tiny flame lea iea leapt pt up shadowy do y figures ihn ran through ough the streets street 8 with 7 the e cry of its the B BY Y academy A j nearer rapp Approach roach to the fire firo verified this statement and around the namin naming 0 building surged and shouted a iare large lare crowd of people THE ORIGIN ove OVI tia ante Is unknown 0 ayn lyn it commenced in the low rooms under the stage coal dills Is kept in these rooms and thus gave to the tho elemen food for its deadly work making mak it an impossibility to save ave the building whispers are verv very very frequent that thatis it was the work of an incendiary cen diary as no fire had been in u the tho part art of the building in which the tire nire M began an for three days the janitors were absent so the there retas was no light the fari alre wn was discovered about 11 by two twi gentlemen named mamed 01 sten and wilson who rumor says broke into the building and took out the organ thie The alarm alarin was immediately givers and many rushed to lo the scene The piano plano the tho professors secretary with all his papers his office furniture even his pictures a hundred dollars worth of work materials belonging to mrs virt williams some books from lile llie the ille library many things from the tilo laboratory 1 school books from the lower departments part ments some of the best benches and i many dittly other things were quickly drar draz dragged ged out by the yo young ung men mostly students tse 1 l I 1 it I 1 A jl BRIGADE E wag was organized by reed smoot and two or three lother iother young men an and dwater water was thrown wherever it was to do tany tiny good A nest of little wooden bt buildings didin aidin s which hugged close to the eastern the academy were torn hastily down dowtin nand and carried off prof mae the scene in se season asonto to direct and s superintend the removal and care of the musical instruments books I 1 etc presently all ali that could be done was to watch the sight bight and listen to the crackling hissing names as ag they crept from door to window and window to roof apostle erastus snow and prest smoot as well as the acuity faculty of the academy were iu in the crowd doing and saying all that I 1 was wag possible to ald aid and cheer many of the students wept at the sight of the dear old building around which to so many happy memories clung going down to ruin the tiie high dismantled walls of brick were all that was lett iett bi rbt the famous fatuous bull huli fling A crowd has surrounded it since sinda early eilly morning kept at a distance by a guard of rails as the west wall sways and swings and looks ready to fall with the firs tirs dhigh ehigh high wind A of the loard board faculty and students was called at the tabernacle this morning at 10 about people were vere there mostly students student sr and when prof maeser arose and said i I 1 MY ST STUDENTS DE we have IU suffered a heavy loss and aej aed yet it will be all ra night right h t f one felt as though the academy was indeed a i i wonderful institution the speaker sp spoke 0 ke kindly and calmly to his bei bet beloved oven pupils and said that the academy should arise phoenix like ilke from its ashes brother smoot followed with a hearty speech of good cheer and faith as to the future of the academy apostle E snow also 8 04 in the same strain saying without reservation tion that tiey they they should havena better academy than everand ewer ever and should in a little while be better off thaw than ever eser b be adre fo re he alluded to its now becoming a public work worl of which all mill feel the I 1 responsibility viz that of rt building rebuilding i 1 the academy it I 1 apostle Apost lee iee PM M lyman xe reminded minded his h hearers bearers that there was not so soi sot much to b be e sorrowful over no one ono was killed or ni aimed malmed it has happened mercifully when the building was empty he hoped brother smoot would have it wired all over the territory that the academy would open school As usual in irl tha the th morning and alth aith although bugh the building was completely destroyed but one day should elapse ere the ther academy pro proper per should be order the lord would not allow this i institution to fail tali and brother brothen maeser should grow aunger instead of older olden I 1 in lix body and in n spirit I 1 ri I 1 judge W wy N dusenbury in afew adew a few appropriate prop remarks referred to the time when he started in the academy building with bare walls to build uphan educational institution i said as be lie looked ht at the ruins this thia indr lnor morning ning he hd felt the acad academy em y is not burned ltd spirit and genius lives ilves bety even as aa gaid gald is untouched by the dev devouring alame oame the elements to build up an academy were all here and if one teacher or pupil were spiritually or morally lost howanich howd howA nuch much greater would oun loss be I 1 now is id A Brother Smoot said sald there be places provided andall andali and ana all ail willbe made as comfortable as possible e t school will win couve convene nei iliin iiii 9 lel iii tinn abiri everi 0 J ua 1 I past eight it will occupy it is thought the he upper part art of the new bank build alig ins ini with ille jile the basement of the mue muc meeting ting I 1 house the loss is estimated at between 1 l 15 and what a grand opportunity is before bedol Q this is eople el 10 show their appreciation of t this E is no noble nobie ae institution and the faithful labors of professor with his teachers Wac hersby ty contributions from one and all ali alliet let it indeed be said that zion loves her chi idren land like ilke the faithful mother she billies is restore with more than former fact facilities t the brigham soung youn academe academy and aud as each on one e expresses zis zia his sorrow yv kt at this tins blow let iet him quest question lon ion himself as did the good quaker 1 I feel sorry tive uve dollars wo etli how low much doica f fel fei acl aci sor yol yoi i 11 i |
