| Show A L POLLOCK DEAD A private dispatch was wa received in this thia city thursday Thu from washington D C ci addressed addre saed to mr fred lyon a half brother of mr A L pollock united states consul to ban salvador conveying the ead information that the latter had bad died the date of his bis death was not given though it is certain the event Is ie of very recent mccu rence mr lyon was out of the city having gone to rush bush valley too ele county on mining business a few days ago when the dispatch reached here and inquiry at surveyor general snowe office where he be works met with the response ren that he was waa ex peeled back this evening mr lyon L i a litter froid mr pollock who was wag with her husband a week ur two ago stating that yellow lever after aas was raging at ban Salva salvador clor andt hath expected to go into the interior couil try onto a large sugar plantation taking her children with her bar where they would escape the ravages of the disease later a letter came ann ouno ing that she ahe bad changed her mind and that she would leave for the united states on the first steamer it appears that she wrote to washington relatives to the same effect as a the one from who the telegram came this morning made inquiry veto to whether she had arrived here it to Is that she he is now on her way united states if that conclusion is correct it is almost certain that she has not yet heard board of ober her husbands death whatever may have been the cause cauce of mr pollocks demise it was basof of sudden development as the last letter from the family stated that they were all in the best ot health the opinion among jib hi friends here is that he bece became me the victim of yellow fever favor and ancl yielded quickly to its ravages mr pollock was a hungarian by birth but came to the united states while but a boy he took part in the great civil strife of this country in the sixties M w a union soldier he was wounded nigh unto death but finally recovered from his bis injuries int urles he was a mau man vt ut recognized superior journalistic attainments and was connected with numerous newspaper enterprises throughout the country in this city he was waa known best in a journalistic way from bis bin connection with the bait lre lake herald as its managing mao aging editor law he was editor in chief of the no now defunct times about fourteen months ago he received his bis appointment as united states consul to san salvador and ft a little later entered upon his bin duties in marcu joist jast he was joined at ban salvador by his wife and three obil children who by his bis death are deprived deprive dof of a beloved and kind protector maw many friends here will sympathize with tho them p in we tiie irreparable less leas they have so aux further particulate particulars concerning mr pollocks pollock a death will be awaited with interest |
