St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 23, 1883

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nad H. Kott- and style of ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1883.—TWELVE PAGES. “VANDERVOORT & BARNEY. LATEST EDITION. IN THE SLUMS. A Woman Suffocated while Trying to Sleep in a Cellar. Sickening Scenes in the Mulberry Street Neighborhood in New York—Fourteen Per sons, Including Mothers with Babes at their Breasts, Huddied Together in one Room —A Terrible Description. By Telegraph to the Post-Dispatch. New YORK, June 23.—Kate Sweeney was killed in the house No. 35 Mulberry street by as they have been for the past thirty years and they have ony warm personal friends of MacDonald as a l, but whether I liked ve to be satisfied, since the fullest sense of the “ds there any likelihood of there being a contest between the friend : i and MacDonald” ea s of Hendricks “None e@ worl endricks { candidate either for the presidency A. er Ape ape santhe . = friendly to oth and a grea m oO thIi i fied that MacDonald is ¥ — THE CHOICE not only of the democracy of Indiana but of the M deme ee on vs *“‘Does any portion the party i desire the old ticket, Tilden a dricks ?’’ “‘As far as I know there is not a democrat of any prominence in the state who wants that ticket. { know that Hendricks does a= want it, for he told me so last Mon- y: THE LIQUOR LAW. Difficulty of Convicting for Selling Liquor Without a License, Thirty-One Cases Against the Proprietor of Uhrig’s Cave—Only Three Judgments Se- cured and Executed—The Present State of the Fight—A Red-Hot Controversy in Which the Law is Always Vanquished. A case was decided, Wednesday, in the court of criminal correction in favor of Thos. McNeary, proprietor of Uhrig’s Cave, on an indictment found against him by the grand jury for keeping a saloon and selling liquor without a license. ‘Rhis is the only case in which McNeary has been tried on indictment, but it 1s one of a series stopped. Ifthe proof which has been used against McNeary without effect, had been shown against a man accused of murder he would have been hang.” The clerks of the courts are beginning to look for the regular cases against McNeary as they would for a daily meal, and as there is no sign of weakening as yet the fight romises to continue. A number of prom- nent lawyers say that McNeary can stopped, and as the affairis in very awkward Shape at present the final outcome will be watched with interest. Fewof the people who sit, al fresco, listening to the sweet musical strains of an opera, watching the graceful movements of a bevy of chorus girls while sipping the foaming beer, know anything of the heated controversy about it or dream thata coup d’etat of the enemy. might cut off the supply of refreshing liqui THE CHILD MURDERER: Dr. Hathaway Held for Trial on Very Serious Charges. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 23.—The coro- ner began an investigation into the charges against Dr. Hathaway, who is alleged to wet ? - » . om) wy » The German Statesman Discusses the Political Situation at Home, S —— He Thinks Bismarck is a Stumbling Block | the Way of Liberal Ideas—American Po and German Protection—An Ir Talk. ¥ + J Sa ee a Pr By Telegraph to the Post-Dispatch, New Yorx«, June 23.—The least | worthy in outward appearance was the mos® - distinguished passenger which the steamie ship Werra of the Bremen line brought to” this port yesterday. This was Dr. Edw Lasker, for a long period and until two ago the leader of the national liberal x In the German reichstag. As he mi with the crowd of passengers on the ee ts i. ae . ~~ _- “ A. ) -» EY a Pr SY be * My rd FS wf Yt x » 'y TIRED OF EVANS. of criminal cases amounting in . ore, ©8 m6 . q the overflow of a sewer. If youturn out of |. ‘ number to thirty-one which | have buried the bodies of illegitimate chil- | in Hoboken, Dr. Lasker cut avery insignifie ~ al We offer IMMENSE LINES at MOST ATTRACTIVE |the Bowery at Mulberry street and walk | phe President Dissatisfied With the New Jae The eee ceninet. him since last | dren in the cellar of his dwelling. The doc-|cant figure. He is hardly above five feet $ him tor the PRICES of along that narrow thoroughfare two or three internal Revenue Commissioner. called a colehiratan Panag ae Psy OR sons: OE tor was brought from prison and was present | tall, his features are broad in mould and by © arictene, blocks you will come suddenly upon a By Telegraph to the Post-Dispatch. on the inefficiency of the present law with | 2¥*ng the examination. Anna Maria Em-/| no means comely and he wore 8 | ae property has neighborhood than which there is nothing} New York, June 23,—A special to the | respect to liquor-selling its history is - inter- prt Dam Ag sy me — ; eee ay, oo GREAT SLOUCH BAT ; worse in St. Giles of London. 1t is little] Times from Washington says: This day | °S*2g. Up to the time when Collector Hud- | 214 their burial in the cellar. The sons of | of black cloth with a high round crownand this court to is on the firse rore the tuird anid, accord. | against nim Summer Underwear! matter what. time you go. It is always swarming. The narrow and greasy walks are obstructed with a mob of idle, dissolute, three weeks ago Mr. Walter Evans, of Ken- tucky, was sworn into office as internal rev- enue commissioner. A week ago he began to son came into office and when Messrs. Ghio, Bernero and Saitz took possession of Uhrig’s cave under a lease, there had been no trouble experienced by the proprietors of the obtaining a license, both the doctor and_ the woman also gave similar testimony. Detectives Wolfe and Miller were examined in regard to the dis- coveries in the houses occupied by the ac- an ungainly brim. It was not until here” moved this uncouth articée of dress at Windsor hotel that a massive and modeled head with many marks of high in 5 * ‘ 2 oe tab " ~ i ‘a =e 7 « - Min Trost Dis Consisting of every grade, and made of every popular and sullen and vicious people. Women, unkempt | attract attention in consequence of intima- | put > nee of property-owners in |CUS¢d. The jury rendered a verdict that | teliectuality was disclosed to a Te | ed in the city desirable material, such as India Gauze, Gossamer, Lisle | 44 dishevelled, with their sleeping babes on | tions made of his purpose to reorganize and| the block objected to the issuance mgr 0 eS ee ad Sa mes... wage Dr. ‘ 2 ae . 4 . i is | “improve” the int l of a license to sell li . thio, .w spo ouchin S) resen tical DS Dourt Cur Thread, Balbriggan, Anglo-Indian, something new, Nain- tema can tle aan | ane? sg ean Monday he 0 tage gaan gael and Saitz, ontielpation Goelha aaid tholrin trial and his alleged wife held as a witness. | state of Germany. He spoke with connate a . sook, i ll the vari d he 1 iced : ; ’ t”” hewi ith " P terests in the cave to ‘Thos, serve aud declined to be drawn very farinto FEL, Clerk. \ >» ina 1e€ various grades, from the low priced | quarreiling, sodden women with shawls over noes ha a x ee oe. Men M’NEARY, THE PRESENT PROPRIETOR, aan . ed the. + = ey ld, a well-to death between prem, resigned by the ,onthe Vid day said estate aro le = {\ TMBIMELLIER'S CINCHONA HAIR DRESSING. IT HAS NO EQUAL. and exharating;cleanses the scalp and prevents dandruff fury for two hours. The width of desolation varies from a half to three-quarters of a mile, and in length abeut six miles, Two buildings at vallon, five miles further east, were unroofed, an tion on the part of the residents is not caused by malice because most of them do not know McNeary, but their sole consideration is the value of their ape jy — oe . anes respectability of the neighborhood, ey ss 5 Rg sy pe Be ee do not object to the theater, but they do ob- Mrs. Jack Wilson, Mrs. John Glick. The | ject to the liquor-selling. The BF ay wounded are: John Glick and child, enumerated are to blame for the failure to Josh Dusenberry, wife and son, badly cut onioess wed er ae te ‘ones ees — : ’ , u . and bruised; Barrett and child, Bert er ~ oy inene she pewad ired i difficalt to would have been, but that Hoadiey will earry Ohio, and that the: Democrats will! carry the country in 1884 if “tariff for reve- nue only” is kept out of the platform. He says that neither Mr. Pulitzer nor Mr. Wat- terson will be permitted todictate the plat- form in the next convention, and adds that neither of their papers have much influence in Indiana, which of course settles the mat- of this city, vice Tullock, deceased. Co’. Parker has been for a long time chief of the ne agar division of the postoffice depart- mel A pack taining $40,000, expressed ay a iecine Sank of New York to the Stquehaane eriay Valley bank, mysteriously disappeared a aa transit over the Erie railway. a The centennial celebration at New Windsor, Y., of the breaking of camp by w a army at the termination ot hosti with RE ag de Imported Cattle, Britain, took place ou Friday. ; Boston, June 23.—The steamer Branton | At Dell Valley, Texas, on City brought three lots of Holstein and red | Marcellus Castfey deliberately lied cattle from Holland and England for | afterward and Castiey escaped. reeding pu Two lots are for Ohio and New York. n any benefit of » aes exhibited with- miblication, they erinann, decd, * deceased. — No | « BIERMANN, tes res estamenutary on o — Dcents per bottle. of Ladies’ Satchels and Shop- | tet. Being asked about the report that Hughes, wife an requ eragmed by te — S UST outs, Crocedile,. iigator. and Seal. > Hendricks and MacDonald had refused to chlid, ‘Mrs. Morgas Hughes Jack Wilson, | obtain, eg eyed ce he Fe ' kish Towels, Bath Gloves and | §P°}* % each other on a recent occasion, he| arm crusied, and Miss Ca The tota | est pretex Stewart & Co, | said: “Il know that to bea Me WILFUL, MALICIOUS, INFAMOUS | telegraphed to the country b Mac mgknah ena ton, Hen eelle were - room for three hours oné ¢ . 4 4 , : ‘ *. " ‘ sal y . : % en : : : lp £Lie a a Ss 8ftOn ~ 2 "MacDona > inate mae. d hod Lea Va [ht -"E 5 eee" we > - . , , Dc all ' ee . oS 4 : = i *~ » : hs net . Pe w Tay . vs wg) by * d ness itis to stop this t ia estate are re- re re assortment of Sponges, Tur of sala ie Cham a Traveling D vited with aan) Oo T : | ost approved chemicals, hich are dispensed b ressing Cases. T we use Williamson, damage Will foot up $20,000. __Assignes Joseph P. Whyte, ot the Se only the iamson-Stewart | Graduates in Phar- a. $70,000. F ey ' c. ye P Rogie ee Sate ss‘ alta iain tila alaete a F 7 . ee e a ye ><" ¥ ' nS Be. ~ a 1 ats Pe Post A. ; : es ~~ a. uy a o ; — Py ae SRT Ps nd Rt + te hon ENE eS —