Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 9, Petersburg, Pike County, 12 July 1895 — Page 2

®lw fife* GimmtgflfttWftat X. MoG ST003P8, Editor »nd Proprietor. PETERSBURG. - - - INDIANA. II I —. I A dispatch from Pekin, on the 4th, •aid the Russo-Chinese loan had been signed. __ J. Scotto, a restaurant propriet of Los Angeles, Cal., received word, on td, that he had fallen heir to 4.000,000 francs in Italy.

The report that yellow fever had broken out in Tampa. Fla., was, on the 5th, discredited by the Marine hospital authorities in Washington. The United States cruiser Marblehead, which unexpectedly arrived at St. Petersburg, on the 4th, anchored near the Nicolai bridge, where crowds of people flocked to see her. Oh the 2d Judge McComas, of Washington, sentenced W. W. Howgate to eight years in the Albany (N. Y.) penitentiary, four years on each charge of forjfcry and embezzlement. Pms said upon the highest author- « Ity that Mrs. Leland Stanford will soon go to Europe to sell her jewels, f valued at $1,000,000, to carry on the Iceland Stanford, Jr., university at Palo Alto, Cal. lx a speech at Wick, Scotland, on the 4th, Ambassador Ilayard said that the secret of his mission to Great Britain was that the war of 1312 should be the last war between the United States and Great Britain. Acting Secretary of State Uhl left Washington, on the 2d, for a six ■weeks’ tour of Europe. During his absence, Mr. Adee, second assistant secretary, will act as secretary ofstate in Secretary 01 ney’s absence. Beginning on the 5th, the wages of the employes of the Diamond State Iron Co., of Wilmington, Del., were advanced 10 per cent. About 700 men are affected by the increase. The works are now busier than they have been for years. A report was current in Montreal, Can., on the 4th, that the Blackfoot Indians near Gleichen, Northwest Territory, are in a very ugly mood and threaten to kill all the whites on the reservation. The English church missionary has been compelled to flee for bis life. August Dahner, who was sent to the Ionia (Mich.) prison for brutally whipping a man who refused to pay him his wages, was released on the 1st. When he stepped out of prison he was met at the door by an attorney, who informed him that a fortune of $225,000 was awaiting him. Dr. Robert W. Buchanan, the wifepoisoner, was electrocuted in the Sing Sing (N. Y.) prison, on the 1st, after every legal expedient had been exhausted to save his life, or at least to secure for him another respite. The execution was the quickest and most successful ever witnessed in the prison. President Hill of the Great Northern Railroad Co,, has for some time been preparing plans for a line of Pacific steamships to be established in connection tCith that road and to be run in opposition to the Canadian Pacific steamship line. It is said that the new scheme will be announced at an early day. Among the passengers on the steamship Empress of China, which arrived from the orient at Vancouver, B. C., on the 2d, was Hon. John W. Foster, * ex-secretary of state. He declined to Apeak of his mission to China farther than to say it had been successful and was conciuded. He started immediately for Washington. The records of the immigration bureau show the number of immigrants who arrived in this country' during the fiscal year ended on the 30th to be approximately 255,325, a decrease for the year of 30,304. Of the whole number of arrivals about 2,500 were debarred from landing and deported to the coasts from whence they came. The reports of the operations of the life-saving service, made public on the 1st, show that during the past year the total number of disasters to vessels at sea and on the great lakes was about 551. Of these about 858 were on the Atlantic and gulf coasts, 170 on the lakes and 12 on the Pacific coast. Property loss, $1,354,000; lives lost, 25, against 68 last year.

D. C. Ball, president of the St. Louis cotton exchange, concluded negotiations, on the 4th, with the Bessonette Compress Co. of Waco, Tex., for the transfer of that company’s patents and new process of compressing cotton to a company of St. Louis and New York capitalists, who will proceed to put the new system into operation on an extensive scale. On the 1st Rev. John A. Brooks severed his connection with the large and influential Christian church of Memphis, Tenn., to go to Kentucky to engage in evangelistic work. It is said that in a fight against progressive euchre he was worsted by the leading society ladies of his flock, as a result of which his resignation was offered and accepted. The same fate, it is stated, overtook his predecessor. On the 4th Mr. Samuel Ingles, a merchant of New York, presented the Young Men’s Christian association of that City with a piece of property on Broadway valued at $300,000, and twenty-six unnamed friends presented the same association with a plot of ground 72x300 feet oh Fifty-seventh street. The association will build upon these lots with the $140,000 bequeathed to them by the late William N- Vanderbilt

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THE HEWS 1W BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Henri Rochefort is excited on the subject of Cuba, and says in his Paris paper: “America, .to which the island belongs, will one day*take Cuba from the Spaniards. We demand that this shall be done immed iately.” If Americans had any idea of seizing Cuba, the moral and vocal support of Rochefort would paralyze "them. The kaiser's ot#*ervation that the seas now connect, ’instead of divide, is not far from right when the rapid and luxurious transit on the ocean greyhounds is considered A railway journey of six days is not much faster and far less comfortable. John E. MundY, who was arrested in St. Louis for the murder of his wife in Toledo, O., two years ago, and whose body he buried under the house where they lived, and which was recently unearthed by a dog, confessed his crime while being escorted back to Toledo. On the 1st the Illinois Steel Co. raised the pay of all the men employed in their Jolliet works, except the tonnage men, 10 per cent. Froriaxo Pkixoto, ex-president of Brazil, died, on the 29th, aged 52 years. He was accounted the most adroit politician in Brazil, and won military fame in the war with Paraguay. Gen. Green Cray Smith, the veteran preacher, soldier and politician, died at his residence in Washington city, on the 29th, after an illness of several weeks’ duration. He suffered from a malignant carbuncle, which resisted all treatment. On the 29th Prof. Thomas Henry Huxley, the distinguished English naturalist. died at Eastbourne, England. He was born May 4, 1825. Mrs. Bennett, ■* widow of Benson Bennett, a locomotive engineer who committed suicide at Indianapolis a few months ago, locked herself and her two children in their home in Jeffersonville, Ind., and administered poison to each. When found, on the 1st,, by Mrs. John Gonole, a visitor, Ella, aged 10, and Omer, aged 5, had long been dead. The woman was gasping for breath, but unconscious. All were dressed in spotless linen for their burial. The body of W. I. Lothrop, an apprentice attached to the cruiser Concord, who died and was buried at Wuhu, China, about a year ago, is to be disinterred and brought to this I country for burial at Cherokee, la., the former home of the deceased. The Otis Steel Co. of Cleveland, O., posted a notice, on the 1st, of a 10 per cent increase in wages beginning on that date) The increase affects all departments. There are 800 men employed at, the works. Clarence and Sadie Robinson, convicted of kpling Montgomery Gibbs at Buffalo, N. Y., will, through their counsel. Judge Hardesty,*apply for a new trial on newly discovered evidence which, it is claimed, will estab-1 lish a complete alibi, while indicating that Gibbs was killed by another. The big Rex mine at Leadville, Col., was drowned out, on the 30th, and has now over 250 feet of water in the shaft. All the workmen made their escape. The owners had spent thousands of dollars in sinking and pumping the plant. Work was resumed, on the, 1st, at the plant of the Cumberland Nail and Iron Co., at Bridgeton, N. J., after an idleness of more than a year. Employment was given to 150 men. Dr. Theobord Smith, chief of the division of animal pathology in the bureau of animal industry, agricul1 tural department, has been called to a chair in Harvard university. Three masked highwaymen held up a north-bound Southern Pacific passenger train near Riddles, Ore., at 1:15 o’clock on the morning of the 2d, by placing dynamite upon the rails. They secured a large quantity of registered letter packages, and robbed the bet-ter-dressed passengers. Officers were sent in pursuit. The funeral services over the remains of Dr. Buchanan, who was electrocuted at Sing Sing, were held in New York city, on the 2d, Rev. J. E. Halsey officiating. The interment was in Evergreen cemetery. The house of Trotter Holliday, at Gridley, Col., was burned on the 1st. Holliday and Miss Mary Turle, his niece, perished in the flames. The Stamford (Conn.) Manufactur

mg Uo., employing 500 hands, announced, on the 3d, that the wages of all its employes would be increased at once 10 per cent. The loss by the burning of Godillot’s Ynilitary outfitting establishment and other buildings in Paris, on the 1st, is now estimat ed at between 7,000,000 and 8,000,000 francs. Two bombs were exploded near the police barracks at Monopoli, Italy, on the night of the 1st. - No one was hurt and very little damage was done. While 600 persons were crowded on a bridge at Bristol, Ind., on the 4th, Witnessing a boat race on the St. Joseph river, the bridge suddenly collapsed and went down with its living freight into the stream forty feet below. A desperate and harrowing scene ensued as the victims of the aocident, many of them severely injured, struggled and sought to escape from their perilous position. Many casualties but no deaths were reported.

A laborer walking through Boyne street. Dublin, on the 3d, picked np a tin canister which was lying in the roadway. He attempted to remove the cover when it exploded, instantly killing him. The nature of the explosive contained in the can is unknown. Dunixe a parade in East Boston, on the 4th, representing A. P. A. lodges. Patriot Sons of America, Change lodges, Order of United Workmen and other kindred organisations, a series of riots occurred, in which one man was killed and many others were severely injured, several of the mob bei&g badly clubbed by the police, who did efficient work in dispersing the unruly rabble.

Four of the five men who held up the paymaster of the Naeasari Copper Co., June 13, were recently captured by the authorities of the Mexican state of Sonora, taken to the scene of their crime and shot to death, under the new law providing for the punishment of train and stage robbers in Mexico. A portion of the grand stand at Buffalo (N. Y.) driving park fell, on thAth, injuring twenty-five or thirty persons, some of them fatally. Ten thousand persons, gathered to witness the big bicycle races, occupied the structure at the time. Tammany * Halt, celebrated the Fourth of July in the historic wigwam in New York city with the greatest enthusiasm. Patriotic letters from President Cleveland, Senator Hill and others were read. The town of Wellington, O., was well-nigh destroyed by fire on the 4th. Firemen from Cleveland arrived in time to render efficient aid and the flames were finally gotten under control. Willis L. Moork, the new chief of the weather bureau, is regarded as one of the best forecasters in the service, having a reputation for accuracy second to none in the department. Frederick Heilman, a contractor of Chicago, murdered his wife and children by asphyxiation, on the night of the 4th, and died with them, at the Heilman cottage, 601 Cornelia street. The house is small, but it was their own, and the family were supposed to be living happily together. Mrs. Caroline H. Polhemus, of New York city, in memory of her late husband, Henry Polhemus, has presented $600,000 for a dispensary in connection with the Long Island College hospital in Brooklyn, to be known as the Polhemus Memorial Dispensary. Mr. Daly, Canadian minister of the interior, stated, on the 5th, that there was no truth in reports of trouble among the Blackfeet Indians, the latest advices received by the department being that the Indians are perfectly contented. On the 5th the supreme court of Minnesota affirmed the sentence imposed on Christian Kortgaard, who wrecked the state bank of Minneapolis. He will serve a term in the reformatory. He was once treasurer of Minneapolis. James L. Whittier, chief editorial writer on the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Tradesman, was suddenly attacked with-' paralysis, on the 4th, and fell senseless from his carriage. He is a relative of the late John G. Whittier. Mary Morgan, aged 21,? and Maggie Lafferty, aged 22 years, were struck by a Pennsylvania train at Holmsburfr Junction. Pa., on the 4th,and killed. The ship Stanley Force collided with and sank the steam dredger Beta at Liverpool, on the 5th. Five of the latter’s crew were drowned. The Italian minister to Brazil left that country, on the 6th, thus severing the relations of the two countries. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Late advices from Honolulu are to the effect that Queen Lilioukalani and her followers are plotting to form an alliance with Japan by her marriage with a Japanese count. The Japanese have 30,000 residents on the island, and, with this new alliance, it is claimed, the Hawaiian republic could be overthrown. The associated banks of New York city, in their statement for the week ended the 6th, showed the following changes: Reserve, decrease, $2,052,225; loans, increase, $182,400; specie, decrease. $734,900; legal tenders, decrease. $1,458,100; deposits, decrease, $563,500; circulation, decrease, $25,000. The supreme court of Kansas rendered its decision in th# case of Mrs. Mary E. Lease against the members of the state board of charities in favor of the defendant, George C. Clark, who was appointed to succeed her as a member of the body. This removes Mrs. Lease from office. *

Alarming reports haTe been circulated in Rio Janeiro recently of a conspiracy on the part of the chiefs of the army and navy to overthrow the government and form a junta or provisional government, with Qeh. Quadeos as war minister end Gen. Gonclaves as minister of marine. By an explosion of gasoline, on the ?th, Mrs. Gunn walk, and her husband who ran to her assistance, were burned to death. The house was destroyed, and Mrs. Ayres, the mother of Mrs. Gunnwalk, was probably fatally prostrated by shock. The order of the New York police department that the saloons of that city be closed on the 7th (Sunday) was almost unanimously observed, saloonkeepers understanding that for once the order was not intended as a “bluff.” The British parliament was formally prhrogued, on the 6th, till July 24. A deceree of dissolution was made on the 8th, immediately after which writs for a new election were issued!. At Gray Gables, near Buzzard’s Bay, Mass., on the 7th, the wife of President Cleveland was safely delivered of a girl baby. Mother and child were both reported as doing well. The wages of the employes of the Pacific rolling mill at San Francisco, have been voluntarily advanced 10 per cent. Better outlook for trade is the cause. Oh the 6th the associated banks of New York city held 1^2,173,700 in ex1 cess of the requirements of the 25-per-cent rale.

INDIANA STATE NEWSL Ex-Congressman Jobs E. Labs hn been retained by the Terr* Haute Brewing Co. to test the constitution* allty of the Nicholson law. Henbt Lie as a young' farmer, was probably fatally injured at Knightstown. He attempted to cross the track in front of the Pennsylvania limited train and was hurled thirty feet. At Indiananolis, Briscoe M. Carter died very suddenly under circumstances that have aroused the suspicions of the officers. The coroner has taken the dead man’s stomach and will have the contents analyzed. The residence of Wm. V. Sanders. New Portland, was struck Jby lightning at an early hour the other morning. The fluid descended the chimney, ran into the rooms and stunned Mrs. Sanders and also her son, who was sleeping in an adjoining room. Neither of them are dangerously hurt. Joseph Paxton and Wm. H. Artman, life convicts in the prison south at Jeffersonville, died within a few minutes of each other the other day. They were on adjoining cots. Ex-Cong kkssman Wm. F. Parrott, oi Evansville, died suddenly the other day. P

Pensions'-'Have been issued as fol* lows: Original—James E. Houghton, Plymouth. Marshall. AdditionalWilliam N. /Barnes, Hartford City, Blackfordr^Kenevval—Jacob C. Smith. North Liberty, St. Joseph. Renewal and Increase—Velosea A. Taylor, Loo* gootee. Martin. Increase—George Bawel, Lvnnville, Warrick; Booker Smith, Jeffersonville, Clark; Georg* Burket, Set’mour. Jackson; John SL Coffman, Bainbridge, Putnam. Reis* sue—Laban Swafford, New Lisbon, Henry; William Perry, New Albany, Floj’d; George A. Jones, Newtonville, Spencer; Jesse Ake, Poe, Allen; Tillman H. Weatherman, Sullivan, Sullivan; Josiah V. Grant, Brazil, Clay; John A. Swoveland, Tipton, Tipton: Chester W. Putnam, Wawaka, Noble. Original Widows — Lucinda Kinney, Franklin, Johnson. Original Widows Reissue—Elizabeth A. Crossman, Indianapolis, Marion. A monster oil well on the Beckell farm, seven miles north of Portland, has been struck. The well commenced flowing when two feet in the sand. Conductor Severance, of the Wabash railroad, discovered a female tramp, bound for Wabash; on his train after leaving Huntington. The water in the rivers at Elkhart is low and people are afraid of typhoid, malaria and kindred evils. Hammond’s mayor issued an order that all unmuzzled dog^ found upon the streets must be shot and the city marshall killed 18 the first day. Mr. F. L. Patrick, of Columbus, 0., a leading projector of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Rock port railroad, arrived in Rock port the other dhv from Chicago, where he has been arranging for the resumption of work on the road and for a settlement with the Italian laborers who caused so much turmoil here several days ago. Mr. Patrick has contracted with the South Chicago Contracting Co. to construct the entire line of railroad from Chicago to Rockport. which will be commenced at once. The South Chicago Contract Co. will settle the accrued indebtedness of the road, and now has representatives at Pittsburgh contracting for rails for the track" already completed from Rockport to Grandview which \vill be laid at once. The 150 Italians have been in camp near Rockport, but are quiet and orderly and will receive their wages in full and will be retained on the work of grading. , , The bicycle road race from Indianapolis to Matthews, via Muncie, a distance of 75 miles, was one of the hardest road races ever run, and the winner was Marshall Taylor, a colored lad, aged 18. Five surgeons performed an operation upon Mattie, the 10-year-old daughter of Rev. George Knox, pastor of the Seventh Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, for appendicitis. The operation was successful and the patient will recover. Chairman Taggart, of the Indiana state democratic committee, has refused to call a silver convention. Capt. Floyd Post No. 10, G. A. R.,of Annapolis, at a recent meeting adopted resolutions eulogistic of the late Gov. Chase and 'expressing sympathy with his family. I'lPTON’a Farmers’ Alliance elevator, that burned, may be rebuilt. David D. Ficki.e was appointed receiver of the Logansport street railway. Nearly every saloonkeeper in Bedford has arranged to abide by the Nicholson law. The will of John Yankee, Bluff ton, will be contested. He left his estate to two children, disinheriting Jive. Rev. Field, Delphi, says he killed two big rattlesnakes in the road near that place, and each had twenty-eight rattles.

\Ym. Goodie, an engineer on the L. E. & W., was killed at Alexandria. Wax Coose was prostrated by the heat at Columbia City, falling on the pavement, breaking his shoulder blade. New Indiana postmasters: J. C. Cur* tis, Dundee, Madison county, vice A. G. Howell, resigned; H. H. Mot, Santa Claus, Spencer county, vice F. A. Hoff, removed, and Edwin Dungan, West Point, Tippecanoe county, vice Daniel Rynearson, resigned. Lewis Kisti.er, a prominent resident of Royal Center, has disappeared, leaving a wife and family of small children in stringent circumstances. His wife acknowledges having chided him for his alleged attentions toward another woman. At Richmond, Mrs. Jurietta Duke filed a 55,000 damage suit against the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad for injuries received in a runaway-that was caused by the horses taking fright at the ears. f Abner Bakes, one of the pion«ers of Clinton county, died at his home in Jefferson, the other morning, in hie eighty-eighth year. &

RAGING ELEMENTS Wreak Their Vengeance Upon Life and Property* , _ . } flmt Dntrnrtlon OccaaiaMd In Kuau »nd Mhmrl AwonpaaM by thelMtof HUbt PmloKUiauUm. Baxter Spriagi, Kan., In Rains, the Work of a Cyclone. Baxter Springs. Kan., July 7.— Baxter Springs is in ruins, nine people killed and about twenty others injured. as a result of a tornado or cyclone that struck the town Friday evening about 6 o’clock. The dead are:,/. V

Sallie Webster. Florence Webster. Ralph Webster. H. Hibbs. M. B. Hibbs; died from excitement, falling dead in a store. Infant child of Thomas Shields. Mother, daughter and son near the city, three members of the Webster 'family, were killed by lightning end another son was probably fatally injured. Two currents of wind struck the town, one going north andl the other going west. They met near the Methodist Episcopal church, joined forces and turned east. The separate currents of air did serious damage to property before meeting, but after joining forces the destruction of property was complete. In the track -of the current going north, the passenger depot was the first thing damaged. Further on much damage was done to residence property, shade trees and everything in its way. The current going east seems to have been the stronger. It struck some of the residences west of the freight depot, doing serious damage, but when it came to the yards of the railroad twenty-eight freight cars were thrown from the track and badly damaged. The depot was moved on the foundation and wrecked about the roof, and the building was badly flooded. From the railroad track to the point of meeting the other current the damage to property was not great. The first object after the meeting, was the Methodist Episcopal church. This was totally destroyed, and it lies in a heap of ruins. The current turned slightly to the southeast, doing a good deal of damage until it reached a point just west of J. M. Cooper’s largp store, where it turned directly east, striking the store building, caving in the west end and badly wrecking the roof. The floor was flooded and much damage done to the goods. The next object of the storm’s fury was the old blacksmith shop on the northwest corner of Military and River streets, which was completely swept away. The Christian church was directly in the path. It lies like a pile of kindling wood. The Episcopal church was not touched, but the storm struck further up the street on the south side, %nd from there not a residence escaped from being badly wrecked. - J. M. Cooper had seven houses including the one in which he lived, very badly damaged. The residences of Col. William March, A. A. Ilanbeck, Mr. Childs and Ira Perkins are-in ruins and untenable. The Occidental hotel, now used as on opera house, was struck by lightning and somewhat damaged. Four large hay barns in the neighborhood of the freight depot were completely wrecked. * A conservative estimate of the damage places it at 5100,000. There was little, if any, cyclone insurance. The damage to property west of Baxter Springs cannot be fully determined. It is reported that for many miles in the track of the storm, fences and barns are blown down, and crops more or less destroyed. The west part of Lyon township seems to have had a touch of it, perhaps the same twister that lit down on Baxter. It struck the farmhouse of Thomas Shields, of Lyon, demolishing his house and barns. Mrs. Shields and her two children were in the building at the time the storm struck it. One of the children, a 2-year-oid girl, was killed, the older child’s leg was dislocated and it was injured in the back and spine. She j will die. One or two other farms in j the immediate vicinity of Mr. Shield’s were damaged, fences, trees, etc., being blown away. W. L. Archer, better known as Lute, was found dead on the Noolan farm in Sheridan township. He left McCue Thursday afternoon about 4 o’clock, where he had been on business for his employer, A. Hood. It is supposed that he was drowned while crossing a creek. Forty miners at work in mine 47, of the Kansas and Texas Coal Co. at Weir City, had no knowledge of the storm until the mine was deluged with torrents of waters from above. All narrowly escaped, but every mule in the mine was drowned. The rain was the most violent ever known, resembling a cloud-burst and the entire country was flooded. Reports of further fatalities seem almost certain, when the roads are opened up.

A Missouri Town Swept to Destruction with Ore at Doss of Life. Springfield, Mo., July 7.—A special to the Republican from Winona, Mo., says: Winona, in point of population and business importance the leading' town of Shannon county, was totally wiped out of existence by a cloud-burst or ? torrent similar in devastation between 10:30 and 1 o’clock Friday morning. Winona is situated on the Current River branch of the Memphis railroad, 123 miles east and a little south of Springfield. It had a population of 610. Birch Tree, eight miles west on the same railroad, with a population of 525, suffered great damage, but no loss of life. Twelve persons were drowned at Winona and the financial loss will

reach at least 980,000. The dead am j Rev. O. W. Duncan. Mrs. G. W. Duncan. Miss Mattie Duncan. Mrs. Crawford, daughter of I Duncan. Mias Crawford. Mrs. George Kevins. ~ Norma Kevins, daughter of Lloj Bright. Maggie Gannon. John Norris. Mrs. Kevins. The bodies of Rev. G. W. DuncanJ his wife, Mattie Duncan, Mrs. Crawford. George and Norma Kevins and the little Wright girl were recovered before daylight and the others were found before noon. The bodies of Mrs. Crawford, Maggie Cannon and Mrs. Kevins were found two miles below the town. The first information that the outside world had of the disaster was. when Mayor B. F. Evans telegraphed to this eity and other places for clothing and other aid.

The heavy rain, accompanied bywind of cyclonic nature, swept down on the townat 9 o'clock. At 10 o’clock there was an awful torrent raging and the water stood from four to twelve feet in the streets. A half hour later, with the downpour unabated, the' buildings of the town were no longer able to resist the avalanche of water, and began drifting with the current. Pike Creek, which runs through the northeastern part of town, caught the debris and the struggling people, carrying all a way toward Current river. The lightning was vivid and quick successive flashes showed men. women and children struggling in the torrent.' They were clinging to broken timbers and cries for help could be heard above the roar and din. It was after midnight before the storm had abated so that the people were in places of safety. They stood in water, without clothing until daylight. In the early morning after the water had in a measure receded and thebodies of the dead had been recovered the survivors scattered among the farm houses or went to-neighboring towns. THEODORE NOT A BUilFFER, And When He Ordered the X»nr York CitySaloon* Closed They Closed. New Youk, July 8.—This city yesterday had somewhat the appearanceof a Maine prohibition town. There were fewer saloons doing business than, on last Sunday. Many which had; done a quiet business on previous. Sundays were closed yesterday beyond all doubt. Many of the saloon proprietors had been impressed by the statement of President Roosevelt of the police commission during the week past, that the excise law would be strictly enforced on Sunday, and that anv one caught violating it. would-be arrested. President Roosevelt had convinced the saloonkeepers that there would be no “bluff" in enforcing the law, so must of them, decided not to take any chances. A dew, however, kept open, but, as on last Sunday, they would not admit a»yoc*& unknown to them. Heretofore, on Sundays, in the liotani cafes, small plates of cheese a**i crackers were placed on every tabfcand,anybody who presented a respectable appearance could take a seat and, bv eatipg, or pretending to eat some of the cheese or crackers, could get whatever h® called for1 to drink. This, was thanged yesterday rft all of the hotels. Patrons were handed a menu and requested to order something toeat before anything to drink was. served to them. The famous ‘'tenderloin district" was no exception to thedryness prevailing in other parts of the city and the Bowery was practicallydeserted. In many churches the ministers delivered6 sermons extolling the* crusade against the opening oi the* saloons on Sunday.. A JUDGE'S •MUST" And a Woman’s “Won’t” I.lkely to CkMJhJ:* » Chicago Court. Chicago. July7 .—If Mrs. Alonzo- 32. „ Cottier does not tell where her child before next Tuesday, it is almost cei*- - tain she will go to jail for contempt off court. Judge Payne has ordered a*, writ of attachment to issue, returnable Monday morning, at which times » she will be given a lost chance to disclose the whereabouts of her daugh terFlorence. Mrs. Cottier was present in, court, but was not questioned. Through her attorney, she declared she would not tell whether the child was alive ordead or, if alive, where it now is.. ' Judge Payne said; in entering the or^>der of attachment, that it was ridiculous to ask him to grant Mrs. Cottier a divorce and the custody of herchild when he did not "even knowwhether or not there was a child in,, existence. The plaintiffs counsel gave notice? that he would ask for an appeal Monday, and the court said he would hearhim on that point, but as an appeal the present state of the case would! amount practically to supersedeas, it, is not likely the court will entertain.* the motion.

A VERITABLE CHARNELHOUSE,. A Lcree Camp OconplwS Only by D«ftdl and Dying Victim* of Smallpox. Memphis, Tenn., July 8.—About, twelve miles south of this city is the* levee camp of C. F. Degaris, though it, now contains only two tents. These* i are in a dense and muddy swamp. Its, desertion by all the former occupants* of sound health is due to smallpox., ' A vigorous shotgun quarantine ist maintained. While the camp, is on* Tennessee soil, a narrow strip of Mis*sippi land intervenes, and it is to prevent the crossing of this that the* guard is kept. In the tents are four*- _ cases of smallpox, one of them a*, corpse. Nothing can .be done with orfor them, despite the desire of thelocal health authorities to remove the* living patients to the pesthouse andfc. to bury the dead. The dead and dyeing are all negroes. Alexander Hesler, the first photographer in Chicago, is dead.