St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 11, 1879
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Lows Zo = VOL. XXVIII. ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1879. es NO. 16. os > H.. _— , a = ~- Striped Tutt Ceersncker Coals, 1O CENTS, “The Golden Eagle,” 119 to 123 F Fifth; 508 and 510 Pine. HOLMAN LIVER PADS AND AUXILIARY REMEDIES CURE BY ABSORPTION. Sure Preventive of Yellow Fever and Other Infectious Dis 2ases. Fever and A Dumb Ague, Weaknesses, Lamb e, Bilious Disorders, Headaches, Dys te Catarrh, Jaundice, Neuralgia, epee male These and many other diseases effectu- ally cured, where me iptne has failed. Pads and d Plasters Sent by Mail on Receipt of Price, Free of Charge. Supply Ladies), Nos. 2 Depot and Consultation Reoms (Separate Parlor for and 3 Singer Building, Cor. Fift and Locust Sts. mae for Agencies should be made at this office. HOLMAN LIVER PAD CO., SINGER BUILDING, ST. LOUIS. ee UNDER THE RUINS. - — — The Skeleton of a Woman Found at the Southern Hotel, — > In the Laundry, in the Basement on Elm Street. The Shoes and a Petticoat Still on the Remains. - — — ‘The Skeleton Supposea to be that of Kate Lawler, a Servant Girl. **A body tound in the ruins of the Southern liotel,’’ was the rumorthat quickly spread through the city this morning. The report proved true; nota body, but a skeleton, had been unearthed inthe ruins this morning at half past nine. As every one knows workmen have been busi- ly engaged during the_past few weeks in cart- ing away the debris of the ill-fated Southern. They have nearly completely cleared the cen- tral portion, running from the main entranee to Walnut street, across to Elm street to whcre Tony faust’s dining and supper rooms abut onthe botel. Although it has generally been supposed that SEVERAL BODIES would be discovered when the ruins were re- moved, up to to-day the workmen had come across no signs of any; neither was any of the wonderful treasure trove that was supposed to be hidden under the heaps of brick and mortar met with. This morning a gang ot workmen bossed by Thomp- son and Hickey were carting away the last pile of rubbish on the Elm strect side adjacent to Tony Faust’s, when one of the workmen, James Kaiser, aGerman, who was shoveling away the bricks, gave afshoutot surprise. Immediately the workmen rushed towards him and several bones were seen protruding from amongthe rubbish. Some of the men worked at once witk a will, and in afew minutes all the morter dust and bricks were clearcdaway. A horrible sight met the gazeof the iaborers. ‘ Lying on its back, the legs bent in a cramped position, was THE SKELETON OF A WOMAN. Not a particle of fiesh remained on tle skele- @ton. The hair was stili attached to the head, but some of it had ‘been burnt. Several of the ribs were broken and crushed. Around the body of the skeleton there was nota vestige of clothing. Around the bony legs were the remnants of a colored petticoat which bad also been partly consumed by fire. The bones of the feet were also partly covered by the remains ot a pair of shoes, which, too, were badly dam- aged by the fiery element. Stretched thus on its back, fullin the glare of the burning sun, the si-eleton was a GHASTLY SIGHT. The workmen at once as the osseous female. For some minutes the laborers looked at it with horror. Then a messenger was at once dispatched to the Coro- ner, who-shortly afterwards arrived and re- moved the bony remains to the Morgue, The identity of the skeleton, of course, was not known. It is supposed, however, to be that ot one of the female servants of the hotel. The remains were found in the laundry, in close proximity to the laundry-stove and owash-tubs and quite closeto the window. One theory is, that the girl, must have been in the laundry when the building took fire, and that shetried to escape through the window, but the smoke and flames impeded her efforts, and she must have tallen upon her back, when thetumbliing debris s00n covered her, smash- ing herribs and putting an end to her agony. One proof of this theory is that the skeleton was found onthe floor ofthe laundry with all the bricks, etc., on top of it, , ANOTHER THEORY is that the girl wasin her room at the top of the hotel and came falling down with the bricks and other burning matter. But the fact that the remains were found all the ruins igs against this view ofthe case, although in corroboration it is stated that the laundry was locked at 9 o'clock every night, andthe servants were not allowed to work there after that hour. The following diagram shows the exact lo- cality where the skeleton was discovered: ee recognized form of a ELM STRE ET. FOURTH STREET. ‘LAFULS HLA SOUTHERN HOTEL. WALNUT STREET. A—Where the skeleton was found. The Southern Hotel was destroy ed by fire or on the morning of April 11. The alarm was turned on precisely at 1:10 a. m. Within an hour the entire structure was in flames. At the time of the fire there were 225 guests in the hetel and eighty employes. These latter; most of whom were servant girls, were located in the upper story of the southern wing, with a frontage on Elm street, and it-is directly underneath the laundry that the skeleton was Giscovered to-day. fter the flames were extinguished and a THE MISSING \ & was found underneath still that the following persons were unaccounted for: H. J. Clark and wife, J. L. Holland, ot Holly Springs, Mis3;.; Ella Jackson, a colored girlin the employ of the Clark family; 8. K. Wilson, of Khoxville, Tenn.; Frank Waters, of Bloomington, IIl.; Bridget Carr and Kate Gibson, servants; two unknown ladies and a child; F. F. Bruce, ot Georgetown, Ky.; A. Cushian, of Cairo; H. Loby, of Texas; W. S. Munroe, of New York; H. Leyin, of St. Louis county; Charlie Kief- nicht, the head waiter of the hotel; Annie, Nellie , and Bridget O'Keefe, and hate Lawler, servants. Another and protracted search was made by a gang of men under direction of Jerry Fruin, and after several days’ tamily and that of an unknown mau found. x Atter the close of the investigation notices were published far and wide request- ing those who were in the bunilda- ing at the time of the fire to report. By this means the list of missing was cut down to were FIV E— four servant girls, Annie, Bridget and Nellie O’ Keefe, and Kate Lawler, and the head wait- er, Charles kiefmecht. THE CORONER. Coroner Auler was notified of the ghastly find about 10 a. m., and procecded to hold an inquest over the remains. But little testimony was taken, just the narration of the workmen as to the condition of the body when tound,and it was conveyed to the Morgue, from whence it will be buried to-morrow. The brown bair and the general formation of the bones indi- cated thatit was that of a woman. The general belief is that the remains are these of hate Lawler, one of the missing servant girls, who was never seen after the fire. The Keefejgirls were known to be all to- gether, and if the sxkeletonot one had been tound those of the others would in all proba- bility have been in close proximity to it. All ithe inferences point to the skeleton as that of poor Kate Lawler, andtbus another unfortunate victim of tbe Soutbern Hotel fire has come to light. This now makes the number ot those who are known to have lost their lives by the Southern Hotel disaster sixteen. TWIN TWISTS. Two Virginia Murderers Hanged To-Day. News Gleaned in Various Por- tiens of the Country. Criminal } Execution of Two Negroes. By Western Associated Press. WARRENTON, VA., July 11.—Two negroes, Jno. Williams,who murdered Howard Holtze- law, railroad agent and telegraph operator, at Warrenton Junction, in February last, and Winter Payne. who killed an old negro man, named James Adams, near Salem, Fauquier county, in April, were hanged to-day in the jail yard, in the presence of aboutItwenty-five persons, the new law requiring all executions to take place in private. The Buford Trial. By Western Associated Press. OWENTON, Ky., July 11.—The court met at 10 o’clock, and the work of selecting jurors continued up to the time of adjournment, when five had been chosen, making the total number selected ten. It1s expected the jury will be completed before adjournment this af- ternoon. ——— + SPORTING. The San Francisco Walking Match. By Western Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.—In the walking match here, at the end of the first twenty- four hours, Scott and MelIntyre had each made one hundred miles; Edwards and Calla- han, eighty-five; Chenowith, eighty-one; Bowman, seventy-eight. The others were strung out from ten to twenty-five miles be- hind. The attendance is good. A GREAT SUCCESS. A Depth of Thirty Feet Reached at the Jettics. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW ORLEANS, La., July 11.—Capt. M. R. Brown, Government Engineer in charge at the jetties, sent officially to the Secretary of War yesterday his certificate, to the effect that the jettied channel of the South Pass contains a central depth of thirty feet. He also sent a certificate that, at the head of the passes,there was a navigable channel of twenty-six feet in depth. This makes the full width and depth re- quired by the jetty act, and is a virtual com- pletion of Mr. James B. Eads’ contract. The Late Northwestern Storms. By Western Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, July 11.—The weather in the Northwest is cooler. The late storms were mostly confined to a narrow district in the central portion of Minnesota, and the damage as vet is not considered serious. The Death Roll. MRS. ELIZABETH COLLINS. By Westein Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.—Elizabeth Col- lins, relict of the late Brig.-Gen. Jas. A. Col- lins, a veteran of the Mexican war, died at Sa- cramento ce oor aged: 0. Falling in of a Stock House. By Western Associated Press. Youncstown, O., July 11. —The stock house of the Nimrod Furnace Co ®feli in this morning. Loss about $6,000. Five men were injured, but none fatally. ‘Marine Matters. By Western Associated Press. NEW York, July 11.—The steamship City of Chester, with Hanlau onboard, has ar- rived, — Mulford & M’Kenzie,brokers,sell R.R.Tickets toall points at fie wide rates, 612 Chestnut, labor the bodies of the Clark. Last Edition — na; a —_— --—_» = —_—— ee lw YELLOW FEVER. The Panic in Memphis Abating. No New Cases Reported To-Day, and No Deaths. —_— — Little Rock Quarantined Against Mem- phis Refugees. —e— e— Private Telegrams Received Here To- Day, Showing the Present Situation. MEMPHIS, July 11.—There have been no new developments to-day, no new cases, and a general feeling of confidence is being exper- ienced. THE PANIC. OF YESTERDAY has entirely subsided and everything tliis morning is quiet and serene. The sick mem- bers of Judge Ray’s family are progressing favorably. There has been no spread of the disease as anticipated. LAST NIGHT’S DEPARTURES. It is estimated that fully 5,000 people de- parted from the city yesterday. The midnight trains of the Louisville and Memphis and Charleston Railroads last night were crowded to suffocation. Both roads sent out double trains, and yet were unable to accommodate all. MANY WERE COMPELLED TO REMAIN over until to-day. The Little Rock Railroad sends out its last train at noon, the author- ities of that city having notified the raflroad officials that quarantine woula be established on all trains leaving Memphis after that hour. Little Rock Quarantiues Against Mem- phis. By Western Associated Press. # LITTLE ROCK, July 11.—Yellow fever news from Memphis creates a profound excitement here. Little Rock is in excellent sanitary condition; nevertheles the Board of Health met and resolved that no train on the Memphis and Little Railroad shall be permitted to enter quarantine limits, five miles east of the city, after 12 m. to-day. Health officers were ordered to be on the Iron Mountain Road and Dr. Colburn was appointed to meet incoming Memphis trains. Mavor Fletcher was notified to ap- point a sufficient number of sanitary policemen tobe placed underthe control of Sanitary Officer Pat. Morrison. Numerous anxious | telegraphic inquiries from neighboring cities of the State are made to the Board of Health, asking and promising full co-operation with the Little Rock officers. A Telegram to the Health Commis- sioner. Mr. Francis, Health Commissioner, having | telegraphed to Memphis for a statement in re- gard to the actual extent of the yellow feverin that city,received the following answer, which indicates the total number of cases and fatali- ties up to date: MEMPHIS, TENN., July 11. Chas. W. Francis, Health Commissioner, St. Louis: Four cases, two deaths. Sporadic and con- fined to one locality. No danger apprehend- ed. S. H. COLLINS, M. D. Private Telegrams. The following telegrams were received in St. Louis this morning: MEMPHIS, July 11.—Bartle & Cochrane, St. Louis: All quiet. Excitement over. False alarm. S. H. YOUNG. MEMPHIS, July 11, 10:30 a. m.—John A. Scudder, St. Louis: No danger whatever. Scare all over. No new cases. : AD. STORM. July 11.—Francis Whittaker & Nine cases yellow fever. HENRY HENDEE. MEMPHIS, Sons, St. Louis: Feeling very gloomy. The Feeling in St. Louis. The yellow-fever scare, from which the re- cent reports from Memphis have ¢reated asort of reflex alarm in this city, is, as the tele- grams show, abating. Atthe same time the effects have been well marked in this city. A number of flour, provision and Commission houses here are in receipt of Memphis tele- grams to-day countermanding previous orders. The price of a number of commodities has fallen, and trade is standing still waiting for news from the South. To see how St. Louis was prepared to stand the epidemic should it come this way a call was made on several gentlemen connected with the Board of Health, with the results spread before. ——- = The Health Commissioner. Mr. Francis, the Health Commissioner, was asked about the matter. ‘‘Il do not think,’’ he said, ‘‘that there is any reason for a scare here. Memphis is so situated that if there is any disease going she is sure to come in for her share. Backed by a muddy and pestilen- tial bayou, and with no sewering at all, it is no wonder that the yellow fever breaks out. Still there is _ really no cause for alarm because one case of spor- adic yellow fever has occurred in that city. **Howis the sanitary condition of city??? **Excellent. There is no cause for alarm on that point atall. We have been watching this thing since winter, and are ready.’’ ‘*Is the Quarantine ready ?’”. ‘Yes, sir. We could take in sick there now. And if we have threeor four days’ time our Quarantine will be sim shy perfect. ’’ **Will you declare quarantine?’ ‘‘Not until we are convinced that the fever has become epidemicat Memphis. We will be in plenty of time.’’ ‘ vied: ben will you know?’’ ‘*Can’t say. We are in constant telegraphic cemmunication with the Memphis Board, of Health, and are thoroughly informed of the facts in the case.’ the The Mayor’s Views. Mr. Overstolz, the Mayor, was found in his oftice and he kindly suspended his business of signing various documents to chat with the reporter on the yellow fever. ‘*The newspapers are altogether too sensa- tional. ‘You are trying to get up a scare now on this and damage the city, just as you did with your flaming headlines and leaded arti- cles on the heat. **I don’t see why you want to be sensation- al; you don’t see the thing as I do, or you would know how you are injuring the city. I have lived in this city for forty-three years, and we have had a heated term every titne ex- cept once or twice, but the papers didn’t be- gin to raise a howl about it until a couple of years ago. **Now you want to be sensational about this Memphis business. What good is there in alarming the people?’’’ FIR. ag the people a right to know the truth?’* ‘*But it ain’t the truth in a majority of cases,’ **Is there any gg to quarantine?’’ ‘*Not if we can help tt. Quarantine is a dangerous thin it thorough! paralyzes busi- ness wih the bout, everything stagnates. placed | Last year it got so that we had to establisha system of passes, and everybody was obliged to make an affidavit as to bis sanitary antece- dents before he was furnished with a, pass. As soon as we quarantine against Memphis, Texas will _ take the alarm and quarantine ogabust us. ‘*What do vou think of the sanitary condi- Let the tion of the city?’’ **It is all we could ask. Be eople understand that we are thoroughly able * take care ot the city and propose to do it ull costs. Mr. Moffett. Mr. Moffett, Police Commissioner, and meme= ber of the Board of Health, was next hunted up. f ‘* What do vou think of the weather?’’ asked the reporter. ‘*It is much cooler than yesterday. breeze has made all things solid. ‘*What do you think of the chances of afi low fever here?’’ ‘*The city never was in a better fix to meet it. Our sanitary condition is almost perfeot, and we are straining every nerve to make pror , tection complete. ’’ **How about the Lime House and the Ash+ | ley building ?’’ ‘**What more can I do for the Ashley build- ing than Ihave done? I am putting in as ice-water tank on the second floor. I mh had the building whitewashed and clean from top to bottom, and it is all right. ‘‘Astothe Lime House, the only thing knew of is to burn it to the ground; but A dives as that never dobdurn. A good house | would be in a blaze in three minutes. That reokery couldn’t be burned.’’ ‘‘And bow about Clabber Alley and Wild Cat Chute?’’ Thi, ‘*Well, that is our dangerous ground; ffany f epidemic were to break out here, it would be in that neighborhood that it would find its nest. I don’t know any way in which we could clean them except to get the help of the Fire Department. I am going to speak to Clay Sexton about it to-day.’’ ‘** What is our principal source of danger froni yellow fever?’’ ‘‘T think from the elothing, bedding and baggage brought North by the exodus. I spoke | of that matter at the time, and [I still oy we were very imprudent to permit t." **But those negroes claim that the story of their taking the bedding from yeliow fever hospitals is a slander?’’ **Oh, they would claim anything; they are utterly unrelfable. ’ ‘*When wil) you quarantme °’’ **Not till there is a certain necessity for it. We will not quaranfine until the Memphis Board of Health deelares the disease epidemic in that city. Withim twenty-four hours of’ es «§ time we will havea rigid quarantine ere.’ “Do you apprehend having to resort to ex- treme measures?’ ‘*No, sir. Let the people understand that nothing will be keptfrom them, and that as soon as the board know anything they will communicate it. There is, as yet, no cause for alarm.’’ The Quarantine. The Quarantine Hospital has been compiete- ly refitted and fixed up, and is nowin an ex- cellent condition to fulfill its peculiar pur- pose. All of the old part has been burnt that could in any way retain the fever germ, and its breezy location and excellent arrangements make -it a building of which our city might be proud. All it needs to be thorougly ready for the reception of pa- tients is a corps of nurses whocan be putin | on the shortest Possible warning. DASHED TO DEATH Eight Persons Blown Into Eternity at Bodie, Cal. And Forty Others More or Less Seriously Injured. — _— The Explosion of a Powder Magaziné the Cause of the Fatalities, A Boiler Explosion at Baltimore Kills | Two Men—Other Casualties. By Western Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.—A Bodie dis- patch of yesterday reports the terrible explo- .sion of a powder magazine near the old Stand- Works. It evervthing The was blown to near by leveled Summit Works, a ard Ineline atoms, and to the grewnd. _ short distance off were shattered to pieces. Many men were killed, and about twenty wounded men have been found thus far. It is not known how many, if any, have been in- juved intbe shaft and underground works. The top of the sbaft on the old incline is now on fire, but ean surely be put out. The hills are black with people, drawn together by the news of the terrible accident. The dre ge- partment is doing good work. THE KILLED. As far as can be learned at present, the fol- lowing are the killed: Frank Fyle. Thomas Flaherty. William O’Brien. And several others whose yet been obtained. WOUNDED, A. D. Pierce, slightly. Tom Murphy, arm tractured. Mr. and Mrs. Chaff, slightly. Sullivan, engineer at Standard, both eyes blown out and skull fractured, cannot live. William Hedge, leg broken, Thomas Gill, burt in the face. Richard Palmer, hurt in the arm badly. ® Hugh McMillan, leg broken and internally injured. Jas. Hickey, foreman, hurt in the foot and otherwise severely injured. Mrs. McKinney and child, buried in the ruins of the boarding-house, were extricated with difficulty. John MeMillan, buried iu his cabin. was ta- ken out slightly injured. A LOST CHINAMAN. A Chinaman who was buried under ruins has not yet been found. HEART-RENDING SCENES. The whole town is a hospital. Rumors fly around thickly, and every moment news comes of miore deaths and injuries. As far as heard from there are eight known to be dead and over forty wounded, with the prospects that many of them will die from their injuries. It is impossible to get any particulars, as everybody was ex- cited. Women and children are crying and searching for the remains of their loved ones. Probably many were blown into air and their remains scattered broadcast. Everything is being done that kind hearts and willing hands can do. AN IMPROVISED HOSPITAL. The Miners’ Union Building has been im- provised into a hospital, and the Masons and Odd Fellows are active in their efforts to alle- viate the sufferings of all. THE SHOCK was scarcely felt under ground. At the three hundred foot level the men felt a slight jar, but paid small attention to it. “Fortunately the drift had just been connected, so that no injury was done toany betow the greund. The shock was felt on thesurface far a dis- tance of twenty miles, as is learned telegraph from Bridgeport. To beautify your skin use Poxzoni's Meqicat. ed Pow der; is healthful—ng Ceugs ix if, names have not the . FOREIGN FLASHES | - three story butiding adjoming and the rear A Sensational Scene in the Eng- lish House of Commons. Cetywaye Refuses to Yield to the British Demands. -— —_ Another’ Disastrous Fire at Irkutsk, Siberia. Completing Arrangements for the Prince Imperial’s Funeral—Notes. England. WOOLEN MERCHANTS’ FAILURE. By Cable to Western Associated Press. LONDON, July 11.—Edward Wurtzburg & Co., woolen merchants, of Leeds, Bradford, have failed with liabilities of £50,000. A SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. By Cable to Western Associated Press. LONDON, July 11.—The scene last night while the House of Commons was in commit- tee on the army discipline bill was most exciting. Parnell, a Home Ruler and member for Meath, accused the Speaker of a breach of privilege and one-sided conduct. This lan- guage caused an altercation with Raikes, chairman of the committee, whom Parnell at- tempted to silence by shouting. A tumultu- ous debate followed, in which all the Home Rulers participated, and during which re- coutse to physical violence appeared not im- probable. THE PRINCE IMPERIAL’S FUNKRAL. By €able te Western Associated Press. Loxpox, July 11.—The latest changes made in the arrangements for the funeral of the Prinee Imperial are as follows: The body of the Prince, instead of remaining all night in- the armory at Woolwich, will, after it bas been identified, be escorted to Camden Heusethis evening and will remain there all night. Queen Victoria will be at the €amden Howse on Saturday and will there withess the funeral procession. Neither the @ueen ner the ex-Empress’ Eugenie will partieipate in the proces- sion or be present at the chureh during the service, which will be conducted by the Bishop of Southwark. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Connaught and the Duke of Cambridge will, during the service, sit on the right of the eata- falque. ° The coffin will remain in the church all day Saturday, and will be removed to the sacristy at night. ARRIVALS FROM FRANCE. Three huadyved passengers from Paris ar- rived in London yesterday by one train, to at- tend the l, © THE REMAINS. The steam ht Enchantress with the re- | mains of the Prince Imperial has arrived in the Thames, but will lie below Woolwich till 4 o’ clock this afternoon. A Seeond Fire at Irkutsk. By Cable w Western Associated Press. ST. PETERSBURG, July 11.—A second fire atjirku.sk destroyed five churches, vent of the Lutheran Church, the Court of Justice, the police offices, the telegraph of- hices, the post-oflice, the excise, artillery, en- gineers. and medical establishments, three banks, the barracks and town hall. South Africa. CETYWAYO WILL NOT SUBMIT. Ry Cable to Western Associated Press. LONDON, July11.—An official telegram to the War Office, dated Utrecht, June 24, says the border police report that Zulu head-men have been spoken to on the border. A messenger is With them to collect men for Cetywayo's army. The head-men say Cetywayo will not submit to Lord C wreewed s terms. SETTLED. - — —" Final Winding Up of the Affairs of Apple- ton, Noyes & Maude. -— -_- Ex-Collector Simmons, of Boston, Takes $300,000 to Distribute Among * Eastern Creditors. A settlement of the affairs of the well- known firm of Appleton, Noyes & Maude bas at last been effected. it will be remembered that the firm were extensiye wholesale dealers in boots and shoes, and that their suspension was brought avout bv the death of Mr. Jarvis, of Louisville, who was a limited partner. The indebtedness of the firmand Mr. Jarvis together amounted to about $900,000, and when Mr. Jarvis died he left $200,000. Ex-Collector Wm. A. Simmons, of Boston, who represented the creditors, held that. Jarvis being liable as a general partner, his estate was also liable, but to fix this liability would have required years of litigation and would have, consumed the estate. Hence a compromise was affected acd this will realize about $150,000 from the firm assets and about $ 150,000 from the Jarvis estate, so that the creditors will receive about $300,000, or 3>—Stsé ents on the dollar. This is , more than was ‘at first expected, Mr. Simmons and his asseciate, Mr. Squire, having been very successful in converting the assets into cash and in making cash negetiations. They returnto Boston to- night with a little over $300 ,000 to distribute among the creditors. The firm of Appleton, Noyes & Maude pass- es out of existence entirely. The accounts of the firm were sold Messrs. Sim- mons and Squire to essrs. Appleton and Noyes. original members of the firm, for $50,000, and these accounts have been put in the hands of Messrs. Wm. Patrick and E.T.AlI- len as trustees for collection. Messrs. Patrick and Allen have ably represented the sus- pended firm all the way through, and have contributed their share toa settlement that seems to be satisfactory all around. The failure of Appleton, Noyes & Maude is said to be the heaviest that has ever overtaken Eastern manufacturers. CASUALTIES. Two Men Killed and One Mortaily Wounded. By Western Associated Peas. NEW ORLEANS, July 11.—A Lake Provi- dence, La., special reports the killing of Postmaster Austin by "Squire Lusk, of West Carroll, and the mortal wounding of S. L. Austin, Jr., the Parish Judge. W.H. Smith (colored), crossisg the .street duxing the melee, was struck, jt is alleged, By a stray bullct, and was mstantly killed. Boiler Explosion in Baltimore. Specia) to the Ppst-Dispatch. BaLtimonyH, July 11,—The explosion of the a cone- | boiler inthe box factory of Adams & Sether, Low street, @emolished the boiler-house, a wall of the factory, wreckimg the contents. A portion of the boiler fell two squares away. Henry Ulrich, engineer, were killed, od ‘*Pinafore’’ at Uhkrig’s. The Friday evening audiences at Uhrig’sare | always large and of the most fashionable char- acter, and the audience of this evening, it » Delieved, will surpass all others in the num- ber of persons in attendamee and the eleganee of the toilets that will be worn. Last night’s attendanee was very good and the programme was given in the usual spirited and excellent way. Miss TMlie McHenry pluyed and sang a2 reat deal better than at any time since her rst appearance,and was several times encored. Little Miss Annie Rennie, the Midshipmite, kept the audience interested througtrout ‘*Pinafore’’ by her quiet little eccentricities, and inthe Buttereup song the dance with Sir Joseph, set the audience wild with entho- siasm, and was applauded until the foliage of the overhanging trees seemed to dance with delight. The other characters were, ae usual, well done. ” DEATH OF A STATESMAN. Hen. William Allen, of Ohio, Departs This Life at Chillicothe, 0. Ending of an Interesting Political Career —The Death Roll. Death of Hon. Wm. Allen,.of Ohio. By Western Associated Press. CINCINNATI, July 11.—Hon. Wm. Ailen died suddenly at his home near Chillicothe, Ohio, this morning. BIOGRAPHICAL. Mr. Allenis aman who has been at one time very prominent in polities, and the influence of whose name has done much towards the success of his party on more than one occasion. His-chief prom- inence 1s due to the fact that forty-six years azo, that is, in 1837, he was chosen to represent this state in: the United States Senate and filled that position with credit until 1849, during which period he was the compeer of suoh men as Clay, Webster, Benton, and others of that great ctase of statesmen... Ih: 1849 he retired to his farm near Chillicothe, Ohio, and _— there, for many years, he led the simple and unostentatious life of a farmer. For almost a quarter of a century he lived in retirement, until, in 18738, he was nominated Govemor of Ohio, was elected and served a term of two vears. In °75 he ran again at the urgent solicitation of his friends, and after a most furious and desperate struggle,. for the election of that year meant the presiden- tial nomination and election. of the next, was defeated by Ruth- erford B. Hayes. Since that time Mr. Allen remained in domestic quiet and re- fused to be again drawn into the vortex of politics. In public and _ ~»private life he made many friends, whom he retained up tothe hour of his death, and all of them will regret the sad event that causes them to grieve over the loss of a friend and a statesman,who might still have done his coun- try great service had he lived. STEAMSHIPS ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Why the Wachusett Cannot Reaeh St. Louis This Seasou—An VUid Beoatman’s Opinions. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch: The Globe- Democrat of the 10th inst. printed the following item: The Secretary of the Navy could have secured the services ot Jules Douglass at New Or- leansto pilot the Wachusett when. she first staried. Jules was fresh off tbe track, and his reputation as a pilot aad a gentleman is untar- pnisbed. The Secretary of the Navy did procure the services of Charles M. Scott, at New Orleans, to pilot the Waehusett. Mr. Scott is one ot the oldest and most experienced pilots on the Mis- sissippi River, and his reputation as apilot, a patriot and a gentieinan is untarnisheé. I am prompted by a feeling’ of justice to make a few remarks in defense of Capt. Scott. In the first place lI will state that it was impracticable to start the Wachusett to St. Louis in the condition the river has been in any time during this season. 1 have conversed with quite a number of steamboatmen as to the probability of that ves- sel getting up, and have heard but one opinion on that subject, and that opinion was that she would not be able to get to St. Louis this year. I regard it as doing Capt. Scott a. great injustice to write such articles as the above, which tend to criticise that zentie- manor expect himto do what no practical steamboatman (so far as | have heard an ex- pression) could do. Any wan who has studied the navigation ofthe Mississippi River knows full well that the changes of the channel are so sudden when there is a rise in the river that the place where the channel of the river was before the rise, sapthere was 8 feet in tne channel, and the river raised 12 feet on the banks, there would likely not be 16 feet water where the channel had been before the rise. To makeit more plain, asthe river rices the old channel fills up and the bottom of the river levels. off, and in many instances when the river falls again the channel will be found feutting out half a mile oreven more fromthe place where the former channel was. Again, I will state that there has-not beena time during this season that the Lest and freshest pilot could employ. first-class. leads- men and run a buvattrom St. Louis to Vicks- burg, giving him daylight to do the work, thut would not, during thetrip, find souniings of less than fifteen feet. So until we have Euds or some other practical river to make improvements on Mississippi River to confine the water to some given point, Il regard it as impracticable totry to navigate the river with a vessel drawing over fourteen feet of water. I.am free to ad- mit if we had floods in the river asin bygone days, vessels ought to be brought. to St. Louis drawing 18 teet of water or more, but this year has been an exception, and to ask or expect of Capt. Scutt to perform an im possibility 8 doing that gentleman great Injustice, and newspaper — should be careful to not criticise old and ex rienced officers forthe purpose of gratity ae young and ambitious pilots. I rather rgret that this steamer did not employ, say twoof the most popularand ambitious voung pilots onthe Mississippi River, and save Capt. Scott the ungenerous criticisms that bave been made about his services. Il will now take occasion to state for the infor- mation of your readers position as a boatman. I was a pilot before the war from Pittsburg to New Orleans. and 8¢t. Louis, and had an opinion, be it vain.or not, that no man living was my superior asa pilos. lt was evidently the design of the Secretary of the Navy to meet the June flood, and so known among his friends nere, and had@ this usual flood not been a failure the project would have met with success. This flood has not failed be- tore for many years. So to. manefaeture pub- lic opinion against an. individual, either be it to strike the Honorable Seerstary or the effi- cient Pilot Scott, is ema 2 ‘THE GRAND JURY. J. KOUNTZ. An Investigation of the Beoks of the Broad- way Baak Begun. The grand jury entered upon their labors last Tuesday noon, and, having disposed of a num- ber of jail cases, have now taken up the matter of the Brorndway Savings Bank. Up to the present they have made no discoveries besides what were brought Out on notarial investigations, but by the middle of next week damning disclosures may be expected as to the workings of that institution. The United States Savings wil! be hauled over the coals when the Broadway Bank bas been effectually shelved. The present session is expected to last some thuee weeks, and will be devoted almost exclusively to the defunct Broadway Sariags and Uuited States Savings banks. ee The Semple A Birge Con pany. Another meeting of the creditera of the Sem.- ple & Birge. Manufacturing Qompany was held this morning in the Lisdell Liotel. The BLOWING BREEZES. ‘They Serve to Temper the Augtast Sether, ome of the proptietors, and Torrid Heat. — —_ Tike Backbone of the Heé Term é Broken. -— — How Business is Affected —Heat Incident§=At: the Dispensary—The Temperature. — Cooler Weather. The weather, as on yesterday ,was at an caily heur this morning the subject of universal comment. The weather is a good staple topic of conversation af &ll times and under all cir- cumstanees, but the weather forthe last few davs bas been more than this. There is a serene satisfaction in asking a man who is mopping off his Bushed forehead if he doesn’t find it warm, that is only equaled by the per- tormance ot a virtaonus action. Not that one expects him not to find it warm, or that one wants confirmation of one’s owao views on.the subjeet; itis the consciousness ot misery loving company that gives point to the remark. The boys on the streets are offering the broad and breezeful palmleaf at two tora nickel, and driving a thriving trade at the same; the only reason they do not offer, and peopie do not buy three faws for anickel, is tbat the average man has only two hands to fan with. Besides the boys’ business an immense trade in lemonade bas sprung up on every street corner, and cooling drinks ata nickel a glass stare one in the face atevery turn. Lemonade is the hot weather beverage , but he that escapes the se- ductive yellow hemisplrereg fails a victim to the meliow ice cream soda. Locally, to-day was novas hetas yesterday. At 6°42 a. m, the Signal Service thermometer stood at 83 deg., and at7e’cieek it had not varied from this height. This was one degree ‘higberthau at the same hour yesterday. At 11:07 the reading was 9# degrees; lower by one degree than on Thursday. Lhe cool breeze which sprang wp about ten o'clock did an immense deal of good. Coming as it did from some cooler northwestern re- gion, itfanned the feverish brows of the hot workingmen, and gave new life to tne tired peastsof burden. Mr.Weber, the signal officer, thinks the weather is apt tu be cooler to-day than heretofore, a bopeful prediction, the rul- filment of whch will be looked for anxiouslv. The temperature to-day at2 p. ms. stood at 99.5 degrees, the same that it was yesterday at2o’clock. The highest temperasure yester- day was before 2; to-day it came after that hour. Sergeant Weber, atter a _ careful study of the War Department map saia that there was probably an area of hig!» barometer forming over Dakota. The low barometer, whose center is now at LaCrosse, will proba- bly pass over the lales and ZO out’ over the Gulf Stream. The present area of high barometeralong the Southern coast is disappearing. The area of hot weather yesterday had La Crosse for its northbermogt point, and New Orleans tor 8 souther- most; it was bounded on the west by Denver and east bya point between Pittsburg and Cincinnati. Thethermometer stoed at 90 and more in all this region, and'‘at'two places— Fort Dodge, 1. T., and Springtield,. O1.—it ran up to 1U0 degrees. At Aljoe’s. Thermometer record for this day, taken at Aloe’s Optical Establishment. corner of Fourth and Olive streets, for the Post-Dis- PATCH: Inside. Degrees. 87 Outside. Degrees. 87 Hottest day of season. 11, 1878, 9 0’clock, 83°; 3 o'clock; 96°. Thermometer, July 12 o’cloek, 92°; -_ ---——-.- -—--— Fast St. Louis. East St. Louis is coming in for its share of the warm weather. Yesterday at’: 2:30 p.m. the thermometer marked 103> in the shade. At 11 o'clock last night it bags 600 and at lv o'clock this a. m. 94> Spontaneous Combustion. A singular phenomenon took place vesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock, at the residenee of Mr. Daniel Cvelly, 3109 Sheridan avenve, which will give some idea of the terrific power of the vertical rays of Ol Sol. A hemp-mat-was lying on the deor-step, when suddenly -it took fire at one corner, extending all round the mat and gradually working its way to the center, when the whole fabriae was enveloped in flames. The cause of the cenflagration could be only attributed to solarinfluence, as no person had been in the my yp hood for at least an hour, previously, nd then only ladics, so that no fire had been put to. it by any one. At the Dispensary; The usual tubsful of ice were standing about the eorridor infrontof the dispensary drug- store, and the usual loungers were stretched on the wire cots cooling themselves in the breeze. Animmense awning has been stretch- ed over the court-yard of.the City Wall, trans- forming it into a great marquee, in which the ambulance teams stand much... more at their ease than they have on the preceding days. A number of gentlemen were standing about the yard watching the ice slowly melt away in the tubs and telling wondrous tales of the hot weather they had at different times experienc- ead. The doctors in charge didnot expect any cases before afternoon. An unknown man. about 70 years of age, was prostrated by the heat on the corner of Bicventh and Carroll streets, at 5. é’clock yes- terday afternoon. Sergt. Hall pnecured a con- veyance and had him removod to.the City Hos- pital, where he could receive proper treatment. At 5 o’clock last evening, Louis Valle, a lad seventeen years af age, was overcome by the heat on the pavement in front of the residence of his parents, on Taylor street, between Main and Second streets. Dr. Outior was called in attendance, and applied the usual remedies with good effect. The Effect on Business. Buyers, especially in the dry goods and no- tion houses, have been extremely scares. The clerks are doing hardly anything out making a strenuous efiort to keep. cool, and the stray customer that Dappens ia imitates their lauda- ¥ example. Little is being soldin any of the houses that depend on the ‘‘shopping’’ system, as the weather is not exactly favorabie to that dilet- tante style of pure ng. Those businesses which cater to the public taste and necessities like the ice-cream saloons, bar-rooms and groceries, are reaping their harvests now. A Foaurth Street Incident. Mr. Multiple lives on Olive street. Yester- day noonhe boughtathermometer, remark- ing at the time, ‘‘The eld woman's deat set on keeping her. own record of tne hot spell.’’ At abowt 3 o'clock p. wm. Muitiple, flushed Nike a boiled lobster, was going up Fourth stveet at a rapid gait. Stopping suddenly before a thermometer hanging ina doorway, he pulled out his purchase and be- gan a cowparison. Something was wrong, toz Mukiple waa beard to mutter: ‘‘Dod rot the thing, its outer ix; it’s a fraud; I'll jest setgle that,’’ and away he went for the piace of per- chase. ‘‘Leomahere!’’ said he to the ciprk, **this things no account,’’ and from an inper pocket he produced the thermometer.'* What's the matter with it?”’ asked the cierk. **Why the d@areed thing's woo fam. ile's about ten ahead of the bottest thermometer in towr."’ ‘‘Well, that’s very strange,’’ rejoined the clerk. *tWhere have you had it?'’ er had ft outer my replied Multiple with ' Genly on Multiple, EI SGA up the ther miometer, he rushed froavthe stete ans to himself, ‘‘ well, dog on’ my fool Age This incident occurrea yemerda Bernard Donar Store, where” Mu)tiple’s *’teo fast’’ therme@eters are for sale. “tenes RACAL PERBSUNASS. ‘on Se Va frartee, Ot . Joe; ey City; W. Boston, be brew i findson T 8.6 ne vo = Jonategham — od wate, Bayon: F. Seaford. herd. Fr. are at the Lindbit. wen. age . erie fd Autonter Weber. O- Oa ington, D Texas; de. ¥. fh body and fauily, Peon and family,. Augewsa, Ark., Plantets*. a Ue w York; C. New York; J. D. ampbelt, New Yorks hott and wife, Sherman ww Hon. Phillips, Salina, Kas: ;. Geo w.E. Wiliams, Johuston\. ‘Ya >R. L. er, Nashville, Tenn., aré at the Laci The Civti Courts. . Four new suits filed im the: Cirenit Clerk's office: M. Cullinane against William Kedge Eliza Bresier against Péter Bresler; N. @. Olds & Sons agalist Eugene Pypin & Co.; Fred A. Cline against Fred Clark. The suit of Theresa Klein against Leme Mein, for di- vorce, was filed yesterday’ wvening on the grouna of general marital croakoduces. City Han ‘Notes: ue to-day amousted to $4,- The Comptroller will have the tax bills for - &78 in tne hands of the Coliecter ma few ays. ‘ihe house committee on ways and means meets this oe nat to consider"tte banker’s license quest The Board at Public Improvements ‘met this morning. Twenty-five deaths were registered at the urtinent to-day. two of which were Health De from sunstrokes, and two trom the heat and Ou. some Other a ABOUT TOWN. PROSPECTS are lively for 1 more weather. THE first fruits of the exodus-yellow fact. THE ice mission is becoming an assured suc- cess. EUPION Oil gives a brilliant light. THESE are the halcyon days tor ming schools. Picnics and steamboat excursions: fail to diaw any longer. SUMMER vacation isthe most popular ineti- tution in the city. | A FEMALE floater was picked up at thefoos of Plum street yesterday afternoon, . A Lot of rotten new potatoes did their-best to taint the air along the levee vesterday. . EUPFION Oil is the best family oil. ’ EXPERIMENTS with the electric light are bé- ing made out on Lucas avenue and Twenty- fourth. EVERVBODY asks for Reed*s Gilt Edge Tonite. THE yellow fever scarets communieating itselftothis city, anda quarantine is recom- mended. EUPION Oil does pot crust the wick. NEARLY all the street car lines are establish- ing relays to Jhelp the overworked teams-up the steep grades. TWENTY-NINE burial permits were issued yesterday, thirteen forthe day, and sixtcen for the day betore. ; A RUNAWAY furniture wagon collided with an awning post at 2504 Broadway yesterday, and was damaged $30. A8k your grocer for Eupion Oil. THE Socialists will meet next Thursday even- ing at Turners’ Hall and nominate a candi- date for school di r. THE Poplar street ra ad is stilla bone of contention tor the ple living along the route. They don’t likeit. AN English gentleman's note -book oot this significant entry: ‘*Mem.—Horses in-Ss&. Louis wear straw hats with ear holes."’ A RELIABLE preventative, Reed*s Gilt Edge Téne ic. SUPERINTENDENT HARRIS has left forGoncord, N.H., where be wil! delivera coursedf lect- ures before the Concord School of Philosephy. EUPION Oil insures the safety of the family. THE meat-shop men met at Washington Hall last night. Considerable business was tranaag$- ed and the meeting adjourned to Thursday next. ALL the principal jewelry stores have jojngd the early closing movement, agteeing to shué up at 6 instead of the late hours heretefere kept. . Evurios8 Oil Las no unpleasant odor. the swin- ST. Lou!s is just now seeing the thorough re- vival of the building interests; the sound-of the mallet and hammer are heard on every band. Berar female medicine, Reed's Gilt Edge Tonia. THE only vehicles that can enforce their right of way in the strects belong to the Five Department. Everybody gives them the road in a burry. 3 THE foundations of the new Pacific.freight depot are of & most imposing description, and a large force of laborers are busily emplieved on the growing walls. OFFICER CLEVELASD shot and killed a vicious dog on the corner of Eighteenth and Kxchange streets, yesterday ufternoon, at the requesa of its owner, Charlies Bope. EUPION Vil is absolutely non-explosive. THE sanitary condition of the Lime Heuse, Jabber Alley and Wild Cat Chate, while better than usual, siill need some attention on, the part ot the proper officials. RELIABLE aud trustworthy, Read's Gils Tonic. RUDOLPH KLINGENBERG fell Cead atChris. Peterson’s saloon, No. 108 North Iiftls, be- tween eight and nine o’clock last night. The body was taken tothe Morgue. A TEAMSTER named Jacob Utrich hada bad fall yesterday from nis wagon. One of the wheels passed over hia head, breaking both jaws. He was sent to the City Hospital. IN the report of the Signal Service yesterday, the two o’elock reading of the thermometer should have been 99.5; LUO degrees was the maximum, not the two o'clock reading. BurRN Eupion Oil, THE Rev. G.C. Betts,rector. ol Trigit¢ Church, Eleventh and Washington avenue, has been appointed chaplain Company IT First Regiment Police Reserves, by Capt. Huntington Smith, Usr Reed's Gilt Edge Toulc. and Geeeme as God intended you—‘‘a perfect mag.’ HENRY WIEDICK, a lad of twelve, who was standing onthe wharfboat atthe foot of Wash st last night, tumbled into the water. The little fellow was rescuedina bali strangled condition. THE credisors of the Semple & Birge Manu- facturing Company met at 2 0’ eloek yesterday. at parlor 22 ofthe Lindell. Ogmmittees were appointed andthe meeting adjourmed to mees to-day atl’) a. m. t No accidents ean oceur pa A BOY named John O' Donad, who wits his parentson Second and . run over bya heavy double am wagon on Fourth and Loqust. He was pretty badly cus, but has no bones broken. The G@river waa arrested and Locked up. EVER) BQp®y takes it, Reed's Gilt Edge Tonk, . W.K. Gaopricnu, Jm., died last at 9:50 at his residence, No. 2747 Woleel onder The deceased was & popular young ma». having been seeretary Gi the Abbey Coal ang Mining Company for the past five years, which brought him i» contact with a large number ef railroad and business men generally, wita whom ka was a kepere) favorite. About three weeks ago he took a t cold, which settied inte an ateack of bilious intermittent feser, from which be partaally re@overed and waadown to bdusi- Eilze the 1. 2 St. L. B. B. at G65. te Charge of his brother-in-law, ER. J. Orandall, manager of the ADbey Company, accompanied by Mra. Goo? rich and W. K,. Goodriek, Sr., Wie father. Dr. WHITTIER, all private matters, hours 8 a. m, til) 8 p, @., a8 for 95 years pAst, cures s*
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