St. Louis Globe-Democrat from St. Louis, Missouri • 10

1 10 St. Louis Daily Sheet. A RAILWAY BLAZE. Total Destruction of the Union Warehouse in East St. Louis.

The Loss of Buildings and Freight Estimated at Nearly $80,000. List of Properties Destroyed, With Details of Insurance. Supposed Origin of the Fire--How the Surrounding Buildings were Saved -Notes and Interviews, Another big blaze occurred yesterday in that sensational suburb of St. Louis called East St. Louis, and, as usual, the flames were only gotten under control when there remained nothing within reach to feed upon.

According to the statements of those who were on the ground when the fire commenced, smoke was first noticed issuing from the long frame building formerly occupied by the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad pany as freight depot, but now leased to George F. Caruthers, of 8t. Louis, as a warehouse. About 3:10 p.m. the appearance of smoke and the outburst of the dames were almost simultaneous, and it was soon apparent that the whole structure must go.

The alarm was given, but the East St. Louis engines were out of order and could render no service. An ineffectual effort to throw water on the cars standing on the track north of the burning warehouse, toward which strong wind was blowing at the time, was quickly abandoned on account of THE INTENSE HEAT. When the fire spread to the long train of care from the warehouse, which by this time was ablaze thoughout its entire length, there did not seeni the, slightest hope that the conflagration would cease before the entire northern end of the island, with its numerous depots, mills, elevators, granaries and dwellings had succumbed to its fury. The news was telegraphed to the St.

Louis Department, who responded with two engines and hose carts, accompanied by Chief Sexton and two of his assistants, and it was with their assistance--although too late to save any of the buildings which had already caught--that the fire was finally confined to the space in which it exhausted its power. Even this would have been an impossibility had it not been for the intervention of a large space untilled with cars between the last structure consumed and the next mass of inflamable material--the immense stables of the St. Louis Transter Company and the Toledo, Wabash and Western-immediately adjoining on the north. The buildings consumed, outside of their contents, were comparatively valueless, hav. ing been abandoned to a great extent by the Ohio and Mississippi since the completion of the bridge.

G. F. Caruthers Co. have been the occupants of the warehouse building in which the fire originated for the last year and a half, running it in connection with the Advance Elevator, of which the same firm are the proprietors. BY FAR THE GREATEST LOSS occurred in this quarter, as the warehouse was Ailed with flour, seed and produce, belonging chiefly to St.

Louis merchants, and will not amount to much less than $50,000. The second structure to sink into a mass of coals in a few minutes was the old Ohio and Mississippi receiving platform, occupied by Messrs. Yochom also as a warehouse, and in this was stored fitteen or sixteen carriages and buggies, just received from the East, and five car-londs of wagons. The passenger depot followed. The front portion of this was the residence of Mr.

Spelker and fumity, who lost all their furniture except the little saved before the tast spreading flumes reached the spot. Mr. Spelker, who was trying to save what he could, had a very narrow escape for his life while thus engaged. He was in the second story of the building when it caught, and the flames from below cut him off from the stairs before he recognized his danger. His attention being called to the fact by the loud cries of the crowd, he sprang from the window to the ground below.

a distance of about twenty feet, and just in time, for almost as his feet touched the pavement the whole building gave way and instantly became a fiery furnace. A few bruises and spranis were the total offpersonal damage. This was the only approach to casualty noticed, although it was rumored for some time that CHILD HAD PERISHED in the small frame next door, in which lived J. Smith, known as with his family, a conI dumper for the Gartside Coal Company. When traced, however, the rumor proved antrue, Mr.

Smith and his entire family escaping unhurt, but with the loss of near all their household effects and a wagon. So imminent was the danger of the fire being uncontrollable that the St. Louis Transfer Company led out about twenty head of horses and inules, the only aniuals in the stables at that time of day, at an early stage, and removed, also, every wagon and ail the harness to safe quarters. The precaution was fully justifed, but, happily, the wide intervening street prevented any loss at all. The fire completed its work of destruction, involving the ruin of about $80,000 of vainable property in less than twenty minutes.

The natives turned out in full force at the scene of the conflagration, the most destructive which has visited the town for years, and was also viewed by many citizens of its larger sake from the bridge, the spectacle being a fine one to 8 disinterested spectator from this point. The fine new depot of the Chicago and Alton Road made a lucky escape. It is located about forty feet south of the Union Warehouse, and the heat was at all times suflicient to cause alarm. Tint the structure did not go may be ascribed to the energetic exertions of tendent James Lake, and the water trom the new reservoir erected on the east end of the depot. By means of this powerful auxiliary the men kept the house drenched, and thereby saved the valnable fright therein contained.

THE AREA OF THE FIRE. For the better understanding of the fire, it may be well to describe the position of the care and buildings, beginning at the north, the farthest point from the origin of the fire. The Gartside Dump, small building. stood at extreme north of the area of the lite, which was 700 feet along the river front by 1,000 feet deep; here all the coal cars were burned. Next, to the sonth, WAS an old freight depot, which was occupied as a tenement house Again was a passenger depot, where the man Spelker lived, and about which the cars of hay.

lumber and flour were burnt. Yochom's carriage factory and the Union Warehonse then came in, in order. Next the track upon which the C. and A. ears were burnt and the O.

and A. depot, which was the northern limit of the fire. The Losses. Mr. James M.

Davidson, Freight Agent of the Obio and Mississippi Railroad, stated that the losses of his company would not amount to more than $12,000. Other authorities place this Loss, on a low estimate, at $17,000. There were Shirty-two cars belonging to the 0. and M. to.

Sally destroyed and ten badly damaged. The Chicago and Alton have lost eight cars, probably worth about $4,000. The freight in these cars, Mr. Davidson claims, is the consignee's loss. Notices were sent out yesterday to all but two to whom the freiglit was shipped, and these notices release the railroad company from lability after twenty-four honrs from their date.

Mr. Davidson's dicta, however, quay not be supported by the Courts. SIX CARS of coal were totally destroyed and eight jured. The consignecs were the Gartside Company, B. T.

Savitz of the O'rallon Coal Company, and the Trenton Coal Mining Company. The loss will be about $560. Three cars of hay were burnt, belonging to John MulIally and Redmond Clears: loss $100. One car of machinery, which was being shipped east to Salem, consisting of threshing machine and power, worth $350. Four cars of oak lumber for Werner Moore and Henry Espenchied, valued at $300.

Three cars of flour coming to A. C. Muller, Fusz Backer, and Mauntel, Borgess altogether worth $2,000. LOSSES ON THE O. AND PREMISES.

Cars destroyed and $17,000 3,010 2,500 This estimate is probably much smaller than the real loss at this place. THE UNION WAREHOUSE, which was leased to George F. Carrothers was stored with valuable merchandise. Kehlor Brothers, of the Laciede Mills, owned between 4,000 and 5,000 barrels of flour, worth $25.000. The Einpire Mills Jose 1,000 barrels.

valued at $5,000. Ten car- loads of bran and ship stuffs owned by W. W. Carrathers, worth 1,000 bushels of wheat, belonging to G. W.

Carruthers 5900; three car-loads of bonedust, belonging to George F. Carruthers 5900; a car-loud of staves for Horn Son, $300; cement to the value of $000; D. I. Bashnell Co. had 3.360 bushels of grass -the exact value could not be ascertained, but will not be less than making a total loss of $16,200.

Carriage Factory, which, like the Union Warehouse, was an abandoned building of the 0. and M. Road, contained fifteen carriages and buggies, worth five carloads of wagon material, taking total, $4.500. The Chicago and Alton Railroad had twelve cars standing between the Union Warehouse and their depot; one was loaded with general merchandise and they were stated to be wort $12,000. The above represents the heaviest part of the loss, which is, to a large extent, covered with insurance.

The six families which were burned out of the Northern buildings at the end of the fire, probably lost, in wearing apparel, turniture and money, $2,500, making the total loss of $77,710. The Insurance. The Union Warehouse was owned by the Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company, who, as stated Superintendent W. W. Peabody, had no insurance on the building proper.o The contents were insured in an open in the La Caisse Generals for $1,500, and there was $750 of insurance on warehouse charges in the North German.

The individual insurance was as follows: W. W. Carrathers, $500, on mill feed; P. B. Mathiason $500, on bone black and meal; Behr Wolfnger, $500 on bone meal; G.

F. Car. ruthers $750, on warehouse charges. Kehlor Bro. had 2,500 barrels of flour, valued at $6 a barrel, insured in the Citizens', of St.

Louis, for $17,000 the, insurance having been again placed by that company in smaller lots. Mr. G. F. Carruthors, lessee of the house, also carried a large line of insurance on personal stock, pluced by W.

Noyes Co. and Carroll Powell, and he stated to the porter that the Empire Mills, as well as the others who lost stock in the warehouse, were fully insured, as it is customary for merchants on goods thus placed and in transit. The Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company, it was learned, carries its own insurance, but will of course get the benefit of whatever policies are held on the goods in transit consumed betore delivery. Theory of the Fire. Patrick Hays, the yard-clerk of the Chicago and Alton Road, who was the first man who saw the Are, said: "I noticed smoke issuing from the roof or the Union Warehouse, and Are coming through the floor.

There WAS an old tank under. neath, which packed with mannre to keep it from freezing last winter. This manure had become very dry, and when a spark fell on it of course ignited, just as so much flax. I alarmed the engineer so that he could get the cars away out of reach, and if this work had been done promptly the cars, as well as the depot, would have been saved, and we would have had a chance to help Carruthers, too." This view of the origin of the fire Was ported by several of the employes of the Chicago and Alton who were present. MR.

W. W. CARRUTHERS stated that he came to the warehouse, hitched up his horse and buggy and walked over to the Advance Elevator. When he entered the warehouse on his return he found the building full of flame; he rushed to the office, and succeeded in getting in. All that he could possibly get out was a few barrels of flour, which were afterward burnt.

He says the fire came up from below, about the middle of the building, and spread with amazing rapidity. No reliable information could be gleaned As to the exact cause, but the general opinion seemed that it started from the ashes of a pipe or lighted cigar stub thrown or left under the warehouse by some of the laborers who. were accustomed to escape the rays of the sun and enjoy their after-dinner snooze underneath this and other buildings of like nature in the vicinity. CHESS. ST.

LOUIS, May 11, 1879. communications for this department should be addressed to the "'Chess of the GLOBE- DEMOCRAT. I Chess Directory. St. Louis Chess Club--Mercantile Library chess-rooms.

Down Town Chess Club-No. 2506 avenue. Problem No. 209. BY CHAS.

MOHLE, NEW YORK CITY. first prize problem of the American Chess Journal's White to play and Inate in four moves. Solutions of Problems. NO. 207, BY H.

E. KIDSON. 1K RI BS (S) 2 RBI Any 3 8 mates 8 (Q) 2 Q85 Any 3 or mates Solved by Court House Chess Club, Iola, H. O. Dunkee, Rock Isiand, Mrs.

Mary J. Doming, Normundy, H. M. Dunphee, city. Answers to Correspondents.

R. L. Farley, city. There are two problems numbered 207. which occurred mistake: tire solution of the first appeared last Sunday, and that of the second appears to-day.

W. A. Conklin, Gainsville, Mo. Problem was duly received, which we will shortly exainine. Notes.

Mr. John O. Holman, a short time ago, played match consisting of Ave games, at the odds of knight, with Mr. Max Judd, and won by A score of to Mr. Judd can not rive this gentleman a knight.

The game of chess with living figures, that lately took place at Washington, D. WAS grand success and netted the St. John's Home a handsome sum. The annual Oxford-Cambridge match, which came off on the 3d ultimo, resulted in favor of the latter by a score of five to four and three draws. Mr.

Steinitz acted as umpire. The Detroit Free Press Problem Tourney closed with 118 entries. Mr. Bull is undoubtediy happy. Last week we formed the acquaintance of Mr.

E. R. Marvin, a chess player, of Sedalia. He spoke of the dullness of chess in his city, but added that there were twelve fair players there that occasionally played. While here.

Mr. Marvin obtained some idea of the strength of our players, by contesting against them over the board. We much regret to have to annonnce the discontinuance of the Westminster Papers, which have ranked so high among the chess publications of the present day. They have passed through eleven volumes, and contain A complete history of the came for the last decade. Every chess library sbould contain these pers, which can be bad by addressing the Civil service Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, 8 Salisbury Court, Fleet street, London, England.

The price is £5 5s. The award of the Arst tourney of the American Chess Journal has been announced. Chas. Mohle, of New York Oity, wins the frat prize, $10, and volume of Chess Strategy; H. D.

Norwood the second prize, $5 and a volume of Chess Strategy; Mrs. Wm. Brace, Wolcottville, the third prize; J. C. Ninde the fourth prize, and J.

M. Hughes the fifth prize. The problems were graded according to dimenlty and the number of pieces employed. There were sixty four competitors, which is, indeed, an excellent showing for the first problei tournament. and indicates that the American Chess Journal, of which Mr.

Loyd is editor, is well supported by the chess fraternity. Long live this popular magazine! An interesting match is now in progress between Mr. Sainuel Loyd, the distinguished problemist, and Mr. Eugene Delmar, the most brilliant amateur player of New York City. The games are to be played alternately in New York City and Elizabeth-Mr.

Mackenzie acting as umpire in the former city, and Mr. C. H. Waterbury in the latter. The stake is $100 8 side; the time limit, twelve moves per hour.

The winner of the first five games is to be clared the victor. This match appears to be gotten up to test the vexed question whether a problemist is a good chess player. We abide the result, and will then express ourselves more freely, although we hold that it is a rare thing for. a person to be talented both as a player and composer. Game No.

105. in the recent match between Mr. MAx Judd and eight of St. Louis' best am Remove white's Queen's Knight. MAX JUDD.

C. D. MOODY. White. Black.

9 4 94 Kg 5 5. Castles 6. 9. 8 COn (b) 10. PK B4 13.

PXP 11. 8 9 (c) 3 14. 15. B4 SQ 3 16. (d) 17.

5 Sx 18. 4t 20. 19. 21. 3 8 3 22.

QR 2. 3 23. 0 2 24. 4 (e) Castles 23. 3 9 8 5 (f) 26.

27. B4 28. Pt (g) 29. 30. QR B1 31.

32. 33. RBI 34. Q7 35. 36.

K3 RE 37. Resigns NOTES. (a). A 8 very transparent move. (b).

If 9 4 follows immediately. (c). The pawn can not be captured yet on account of R6 t. (d). A useless sacrifice of the pawn.

(e). Another unsound move. (f). Pretty playing along here on both sides. (g).

Black uses good judgement here; he exidently sees a win with the majority of pawns. THE following is An extract from a recent letter written by the Cincinnati Commercial by Dr. L. P. Meredith, during a yisit to New Orleans.

It goes to settle the question whether Paul Morphy is demented. When we read it our heart went out in sympathy toward him, than whom, as a chess player, none ever stood higher, and toward his friends who are doing all they can to alleviate his sufferings: 'I learn from undeniable nuthority that he utterly repudiates chess; that when addressed on the subject he either flies into a passion or denies that he knows or ever did know any. thing of the game. Occasionally, I hear, he admits that he used to play chess some, but not enough to justify persons in attaching ety to him. He professes to be a lawyer of prominence, and, although he has no office, no clients, and spends hours in promenading Canal street daily, he imagines himself so pressed with business that be can not release himself for the briefest time.

The great case that sorbs nearly all of his attention is an imaginary one against parties who had charge of an estate left by his tather. He deinanas a detailed, plicit account of everything connected with their administration for a number of years; and they pay no attention to his demands and repexted suits, because, it is supposed, of the trouble, and because everybody else interested is satisfied and knows that there is nothing coming to him, he already having expended more than his expectancy. certain hours every day Paul Morphy is as sure to be walking on Canal street as Canal street is sure to be there to waik on. People shun him for the reason that the least encouragement will resalt in being compelled to ten for hours to the same old story that everybody knows by heart--that renting to his father's estate. He talks of nothing else, and apparently thinks of nothing else.

"His persona pearance is not at all striking, and were it for his singularity of manner he would be noticed in a crowded thoroughfare. of less than medium height, and thin body; his face is yellow. careworn, show revert day of his forty- -two years of age, destitute of beard except an effort at a mustache on a thick upper lip; his eyes are dark gray, large and intelligont. He is always, while ou the street, either moving his lips in soliloquy, removing, and replacing his eye-glasses, or smiling and bowing in re sponse to imaginary salutations. His scrupulously neat dress renders him a much more agreeable object of curiosity than he would be if he were negligent in his attire.

regard his As a very peculiar case, amenable to treatment, possibly, it placed under their eare; but no opportunity 1s afforded, as he regards himself as sane as any man, is harmless to society, and is well-cared for by willing relatives. Medical experts who have made mental phenomena a study, also say that his chess strength is probably not at all impaired, possibly increased from long rest, and that it he were so inclined he could ish the world with his wonderful powers more than ever. Judging, however, from his long retirement from the chess arena, and from his persistent devotion to his insane idea, 11 is only a reasonable inference that Paul Morphy is forever lost to the chess world, and that he will continue to keep burled those talents that would benefit the world and gain honor tor himself, together with the wealth be wants needs, and which he is striving for so energetically in a way that is visionary and A Storm Brewing. Thoro 1s cloud in the west--it portends something ont of the general course of events. Those who have not provided themselves with wearing apparel, boote, shoos, hats, caps, fur.

nishing goods, for all ages, will be much fited by carefully reading the following, and giving it an earnest consideration: On the 18th instant shall. make An announcement of prices, the like of which WAS never, never, before heard of anywhere, and as a preface we beg so state that the goods are precisely as they will be represented in quarity and quantity; if we say we will sell a coat for 10 cents we mean just that, or a suit for $1, it is to be so understood. Not that we promise any such astonishing things as the foregoing, but wO do promise that there will appear schedule of prices that will be 88 truly wonderful Travels" or the the only difference being that what we may say shall be positively true in every particular. Our son for making this. announcement thus early is to prepare you for the strangest and most remarkable price list you ever saw, that through the coming week you may note whnt we say and govern accordingly.

Our reputation we will stake that never before were prices given for goods as low as will be by us next Sunday. 705 and 715 Franklin avenue. Court Notes. LACLEDE J. HOWARD fled a suit in the Circuit Court yesterday against Wm.

C. Jones, J. G. Lodge and R. S.

MacDonald on A note. for $500. ELIZABETH BROWN filed a petition yesterday for a from Anton C. Brown, They wore married in September, 1573, and separated March, 1878. She charges him with drunkenness and desertion.

ETOILE HEMPHILL, prays for a divorce from Thomas H. Hemphill, and the restoration of her maiden name of Beach. She alleges that Thomas was addicted to drink, that he called her bad names, threatened her life, and was anfaithtal to his marriage vows, THE jary the in the the case of Andrew verdict Murppy against city gave plaintiff a for $450-just half the amount awarded by the Jury at the former trial. The suit was for a violation by the Water Board of a contract that Murphy bad to cut ice from the Compton Hill Reservoir. Gas Receiver's Report.

S. Newman, Receiver of the St. Louis light Company, Alod his report for ihe month of April, 1879, bowing balance on band, April 1, $233,323 86; receipts for April, 1879, $59,132 35; total disbursements April, 1879, $23,181 18; Dalance, $269,275 03. The receipts for the month from private consumers amounted to $43,827 19; from coke sold, $4,460 12; from interest on 4-percent United States bonds, from city, for lighting lamps for March, $1,556 14. The prin-.

cipal items of expenditure were: For gas- -holder, No. 4, labor in meter and service repairs, $1,844 60; labor at station works, $740 85; labor in making gne, $5,549 40; office pay roll. of $2,104 99; Receiver's salary, $805. The quantity gas made WAS 24,637,000 cubic feet. Coal nsed, 63,653 bushels; lime used, 1,965 bushels.

On to Leadville. NEW YORK, May consequence of the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court, awarding to the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company the prior right of location over the several routes named in its charter, powerful syndicate has been tormed here to lines complete 49 8000 possible the principal in Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, included in the system cogered by that decision. It is announced that $3,000,000 of the $5,000,000 proposed for this year's operations have already been subscribed, and will be expended in finishing up the to Leadville and Ten Mile, and in building torth with to Santa Fe and the San Juan. The Memphis Medium. veelal Dispatch to the Democrat.

HANNIBAL, May Mott, the celebrated Memphis medium, is in the city on A visit to triends and converts. He was met by reception committee and escorted to the is residence fever of Mr. C. A. Treat.

The entire eity in a of excitement, every one wishing him to give a public seance, which be refuses to do. He will remain here several days, dur. ing which time a party will explore the Hannibal Cave. He will go from here to St. Louis.

TaB striped "pokin' which has been ased so much for trimming and drapery during the past winter, reappears in dowered patterns, and is very much affected for cool and delicate house dresses, and what are called sacques, which are long, sacque-shaped paletote, and trimmed with lace, or ruffles of the same. LAND LITIGATION. Reply to Don Morrison's Libel upon the Memory of Peter Lindell. The Strategy and Falsehoods of Land PIrates Exposed. To the Editor of the GlobeST.

LOUIS, May 10, the request of several members the Bar, I wrote 8 brief history of In St. Louis, between the possessors under old spanish titles confirmed by the United States, and land grabbers, under New Madrid earthquake certificates, surveyed and located on the lands, already covered by Spanish grants confirmed under acts of Congress, passed to fulfill the treaty of cession at Paris in 1803. You published this history on the 1st of May inst. Not a word was said of J. L.

D. M. or of his career as a land pirate in the City and County of St. Louis. Bat J.

D. M. made the inpocent a pretext for a number of false and libelous charges against Peter Lindell, my client, and myself, which you published on the 5th inst. This makes it Iny duty to state the facts as they exist, in defense of the memory of an old and esteemed friend. Don Morrison moved here from Illinois in 1878, and sued great numbers of persons in the Federal Court, living at Lackede, Webster, and the neighborhood, for 7,056 arpents of land on an oid Spanish title, conArmed by the United States, and in 1874 he sued the Lindell heirs and their grantees for 280 acres of the Hunot New Madrid location, lying east of the King's Highway, south of Olive street, west of Wm.

M. McPherson's residence; and. north of Market street continned, covered by the Perry confirmation and common-feld lots of St. Louis: The owners of these lands, their grantors and ancestors, had been in possession of them for nearly half a century, when these formidable suits came, alarming the whole community, and preventing the owners trom selling or improving their lands. The suits for ster and Laclede, and the farms adjoining within the 7,056 arpents, were decided against Morrison in 1876, but the libel of the title by the frivolous land suite ruined many of the owners, who were unable to sell antil value of their land had depreciated 50 or 60 per cent, which forced them into bankruptey.

The Lindell heira were also successful in the defense of the suits of Morrison and the Hammonds. The Circuit Court of St. Louis RAvE judgment for the defendants in 1875, and the Court of Appeals stirmed in 1877. While this decision for the defendants was in full force, Judge Lindley, in 1878, delivered an opinion in favor of Don Morrison, and in direct conflict with the decision of his Superior Court, on the same title and testimony, with the addition of the Hunot patent of 1839. to the former defenses.

The Supreme Courtiof Missouri, in January last, ordered a judgment in Hammond and Morrison vs. Coleman to be entered against the deceased husband and wife, to date the parties. by making 8 decision what would be acceptable to them. Ag the defendants Coleman and wife were dead; long before this judgment, in January, 1879, the cision declared in the opinion to be acceptable to the parties could only have been acceptable to Don Morrison and his clients. The Court promptly set the judginent aside, and the decision of the Court of Appeals for defendants remains now in full torce.

When the whole case, on its merite, is beard in the Supreme Court, on full argument, there can not be any reasonable doubt that the defense will be maintained and the piratical suits defeated. But in the meantime the owners of the lande sued for may be ruined by the litigation, taxes, costs and expenses. In fact, nearly all the heirs of Peter Lindell have become beggared by these suits of Morrison and Hammonds, and some otbers of Cummings, and Cornwall for the Conway N. M. Location, adjoining Hunot.

It is a great defect in our system of laws that such rain can be brought upon families by land suits so groundless as these are, without any remedy. My object in publishing the history of "'land litigation' on the lat of May inst. was to arouse the people and our law- makers to the necessity of suppressing this system of land pirating law suits by statutes requiring a bond to be filed in each suit in ejectment, conditioned to pay the owner or possessor all damages he may sustain by reason of the suit, the taxes, and the loss of the use or sale of the land sued for. Not a word was used by me in the history of the lat of May inst. that could be construed into an attack upon Don Morrison.

But he makes my modest article the pretext for a cious assault upon the Chauvincontrination of 1811. le his occurred to him perhaps that this confirmation must be located somewhere east of, RobertGratiot; and that if all the other owner: of field lots and outlots in the Chauvin survey are content, the Lindell heirs would be protected from the innd pirates by the approval of the survey of 1872 now on fie in the General Land Office. Hence the astute J. L. D.

M. seeKs to destroy the Perry title, and the right to a tion, by mere billing gate abuse of Madam Peter Lindell and myself. I defeated the approval of the location and survey of the Perry confirination before Secretary Usher, who had ordered the survey in March, 1865, and refused to approve it in the May following; but Mr. Cabanne paid me only $500, not $5,000, as stated by Morrison, for his share of my three months' attendance in Washington City at my own expense, to save his as well as my own lands, and those of Gen. Pratte and Capt.

Bryan, from the Chauvin surver, I had nothing to do with the commencement of the suits in 1874 by Snyder and others against Sickies and Lewis and 18; other persons, for the recovery of the lands in the Chauvin- Perry confirmation, as surveyed by W. H. Cozzens in 1865 and 1872, and by O. E. Salomon, untier an order of the St.

Louis Circuit Court, in 1874. The defendauts did not seek to employ me to defend them, and the plaintiffs about three days before the trial engaged me for a fee of $2,000 to try a test case against Sickles Luwis in the Circuit Court of the United States. I had a good right to try. this case, and earn the fee tor my services as counselor. It was supposed, up to the time of my employment, that the Hon.

Montgomery Blair would have tried the cases for the plaintiffs. The detendants had employed Col. Gantt for the defense, and not one of them expressed any desire to employ me, even as consulting counsel in those cases. It is not true, As Morrison states, that 1 was ever joint owner of the Chauvin claim, or ever had an interest of 25 per cent therein. In 1872, Penoneau, for his wite, claimed she had an interest of in the Chauvin-Perry condrination, und gave me a power of attorney to sell to and compromise with the Lindell heirs for one-fourth of her tenth, or per cent of the whole for my commissions.

It my duty to the Lindell heirs, my clients, to get in all the outstanding titles to the Lindell farm. Peter Lindell had acquired 90-100ths of the Perry from Danie' D. Pago and others in 1850. The 800 acres the Lindell farm, covered by the Perry in confirmation, was posed to be worth 1872 $3,000 an acre, or $2,700,000. The Pensoneau cluiin tor of the whole, if it should be surveyed and patented over Lindell's farm, would have been worth $270,000.

Several of the Lindell heirs, after the Ham- mond-Morrison suits were brought against them, compromised with Ponsoneau and wife for about $13,000, on which I received my commissions, with the knowledge and consent of all the parties. This perfected the Lindell title under the Perry confirmation. to all of the heirs who compromised with Pensoneat. My clients were satisfled, and their adversary has no right to complain or assail me for doing my duty. The assertion that I was ever a partner of Pensoneau is not true.

By a power of attorney, recorded, I had power to sell the claim of Pensoneau's wife to the Lindell heirs for ver. tain commissions, but Pensoneau and the dell heirs settled the claim themselves. It is not true that I ever advised the Lindells to buy the one tenth represented by Pensoneau. Their ancestor nad already bought and paid for the other 90-100ths, and some of them deemed it wise to compromise the other 1-10th, and did so. Having had nothing to do with suing the 188 persons on the Chauvin tract, I do not know whetber Dameron and other heirs of the Lindells were sued or not.

They were not my clientsin those suits -but ull of them bad employed me to defend against Morrison and the Hammond heirs. If I had succeeded in using the Chauvin-Perry confirmation as fall defense of the Lindell he.rs to the suits by Morrison and the Hammond heirs tor $000,000 worth ot land, the heirs would have saved their estates in 1875 trom the land pirates, while Dameron, Patchin, Gordon, Bailey and Davis would have been compelled to boy 10-100ths of their lots from Mr. Pensoneau, and Morrison would have gotten nothing except an execution for costs. I have never had any conflicting clients in my life, and I am sorry that my defenses do not please Col. Morrison.

His unprovoked attack on me for my efforts to use the confirmation to Perry to defend the Lindell heirs against his unjust claim under Hunot is the highest compliment he could pay ine. The Chauvin- Perry confirmation, so furiously denounced by Col. Morrison, has at least one hundredfold more, equity, jastice and validity than the claim of the Hammond heirs against the Lindelis, of whom Col. J. L.

D. M. bas taken deeds for two-thirds of the' land for his services in the prosecution of the suits. If justice is ever done to the owners of the Perry confirmation by the United States, it will be surveyed and patented, at the place it was possessed in Spanish times, excluding from the survey the common deld Tote of St. Louis.

But I do not intend to enter into any discussion of the United States survey for Perry's grantees. No New Madrid location of 1818, under the sot of 1815, requiring 1t to be located on publie lands, surveyed into sections and quarter tions, and subject to sale, can be pianted on confirmation or grant of 1811, and certain common deld lots of St. Louis, confirined in 1812 or 1816, by the United States. Such a location la and will be so held by the Courts. The libels of Pirate'! on living man, who stands in the way of his seizing upon the land he covets, may beneft the party assailed; but when the ghoul descends into the burial places and desecrates the tomb, one can not avoid feeling a an emotion of horror and indignation.

At the close of the libel of the 5th Col. J. L. D. M.

falsely declares: never had any title to either (the Hunot or Conway) tract; an ignorant man from Maryland, be came to St. Louis at an early day, and was the most unblushing land freebooter and the most useless citizen that ever located in St. WHO WAS PETER LINDELL He was born in 1776 in the colony of Maryland, was raised as A farmer, came to. St. Louis in: 1812 with groceries, and carried on business here until 1825, when he devoted his attention to the purchase of a farm in the vicinity of the village.

His book learning was limited, but his good common sense, integrity, industry, energy and temperate business habits Increased his fortunes in his trude, so that he was able to buy the cheap lands -for sale west of the town, and procure A farm for cultivation. He had given his younger brother, Jesse, a tull academical education in Philadelphia, and brought him to St. Louis to join in the business that had then become very lucrative. The brothers, Peter and Jesse dell, gathered the family together here in one of the richest valleys of the earth, and they accumulated a vast estate. Jesse died in 1857, leaving to his widow tor life about $2,000,000 in lands, with remainders over.

Peter died in 1861, leaving to his ten heirs at law, in lands. about estate escaped was $600,000 the free land from pirates. New Madrid Peter's in all. locations, great Jesse's farm and I was cursed by New Madrid titles, and has been suffering under land piracies since the act of Congress of 1864. PETER LINDELL'8 TITLE TO HIS FARM.

Mr. Peter Lindell commenced buying lands for a tarm in west St. Louis township in 1828, and continued to purchase grand. prairie mon field lote, and New Madrid locations, in 1831, 1834, 1840, 1842, 1850, and in succeeding years up to 1859. He employed the best legal talent to be bad in those days to perfect his titles.

The Hon. Edward Bates, Gov. Gamble, Gov. Polk, and myseif, counseled and advised Mr. Lindell as to his titles, for many years.

The New Madrid locations were deeined to be good antil their overthrow in 1844 by the Supreme Court of the United States. His land purchases for his farm included the Joseph Hunot and James Conway New Madrid locations, 650 acres, the Baccanne, Bouts, Bizet, Ann Camp, Corneau, Berger, P. Lacroix and other common field lots of St. Louis, about 300 arpents outside of the New Madrid locations. After the decision declaring N.

M. locations on United States confirmations' of Spanish grants to be void, Mr. Lindell bought of Perry's grantees, in 1850, nine- -tenths of that confirmstion, so far as it covered his farm, to extinguish all adverse titles. By these, bona fide purchases, he concentrated in himself all the title known to him on his 900 acres. He had commenced fencing his farm in 1881, and gradnally enlarged his inclosures as he purchased more lands, building, in the meantime, houses, barns, stables, etc.

For thirty years Peter Lindell caltivated his farm, planting trees, raising crops and seeding down in grass. He died in 1861 at the advanced age of eighty-five years, fall of honors, closing a long, well -spent life of great usefulness with pious resignation. He WAS baried in his own family burying ground, in the center of his farm, that had so long been the pride of his manhood and the consolation of his declining years. IS THE FARM Col. Morrison wishes to sieze and take from Peter Lindell's heirs and their grantees, because no seal of the Circuit Court to a Sheriff's deed of 1824 now appears on it, after the lapse of nfty-five years.

My article on the 'Law's in your paper of the 30th of March fully explains the frivolous character of this. technical flaw. The courts eventually will decide this question against the plaintiff, and end the lawsuits of Col. Morrison for the north half of the Hunot location, at his own costa. Col.

Morrison, in the heat of chis angey zeal, to slander the name of the honest old merchant and farmer, as an excuse for seizing his estate, in the conclusion of his article of the 5th triumphantly announces that Mr. Lindell, in addition to being "'an unblushing land freebooter, WAS most useless citizen that ever came to St. Louis." This false statement is made of a good man, who bad, from 1828 to 1859, exerted 'his best energies for more than thirty years, to buy all the titles he could find, aided by eminent legal talent, to protect his farm and his tomb. This is a conclusive refutation of J. L.

D. talse charge of land ireebooting. As for the other false charge, let the record of the Peter honest, Lindell, the industrions and houses he temperate built life many in the city of his adoption, the donation of the largest portion of the ground on Washington avenue for the erection of the first Lindell. Hotel, and his many noble acts of charity and humanity, be recalled to the memory of our older citizens who survive him- stamp with falsehood and reproach these libels of J. L.

D. M. on one of the most unassuming as well as honored and respected citizens of his time in St. Louis. With this vindication of my old client, I leave the libeler to the judgment sure to tollow such wrongs.

B. A. HILL. THE hI ORS. Height of water above 10w waser mark: 12 ft.

2 in. Rise in 24 3 in. Space under center arch of ft. in. Space under side it.

1 in. ARRIVED. Lady Lee, Peoria. Elliott, Grand Tower. Josie Dubuque.

Bald Eagle, Grafton. War Eagle, Keokuk. Ironsides Pittsb. Chambers, Paducah. DEPARTED.

Bald Eagle, War Eagle, Kookuk. Elliott, Grand Tower. Lady Lee, Peoria. Maggie B'dst'n. Jno.

L. Rhoads, Pittsb. Tidal Wave, St. Paul. W.

P. Halliday, N. 0. Joe Kinney, K. City.

Josie Dubuque. Ironsides, Cairo. Jno. Gilmore N.O. BOATS ADVERTISED TO LEAVE.

War Eagle, Reokuk, Tuesdays, Thurs. days and 4 p. m. Golden Eagle, Keokuk, Mondays, Wednesdays and De Smet, Paducah, Tuesdays, and Cape Girardean. p.

m. E. C. Elliott, wrand Tower, Tuesday, Thursday and 4 p. m.

Ste. Genevieve, Cairo, Mondays and Fridays. 5 p. m. Spread Eagle, 3 p.m.

Calhoun, Napica, Monday, Wednesday and 4 p. m. Lady Lee, Peoria, Wednesday and Satarday. D. BelleSt.

Louis, I Every Tuesday, 5 p. m. John A. Scudder, N.O...... 5 p.

in. Grand Tower. Monday, 5 p. m. John Dippold and barges, New Or5 p.

m. Raft Items. Albert Lowry came in yesterday with two strings of walnut feet-from the Missouri River, for Leibkie Schrage. The Frank Burnett came in yesterday morning with two strings of cotton wood logs, 80,000 feet, from the Missouri River, for Jacob Suess, to the St. Louis Woodenware Works.

The Louisville with the Knapp, Stout Co. Company'8 lumber raft, was delayed two days getting her raft through the canal, and the wind was so strong yesterday that she made but poor headway, il she got away from the bank, which will make her arrival here three days later than was pected. She will probably get in Tuesday evening. The Jim Watson is expected in to: morrow with a raft of walnut logs from the Missouri River. August Lowry is expected in to- or -morrow with raft of walnut logs for W.

C. Bell Bro. Another week past, and high and dry winds continue to prevail, and the lumbering season fully a month behind the usual spring opening on the Mississippi River, and us yet it shows but feeble signs of starting in. Special River Telegrams. LA CROSSE, May Mopler, Weave er and Golden Gate.

Down Lu Claire Bolle, Annie Reper. River rose 2 inches. VICKSBURG, May thermometer 85 River fallen 19 inches. Up J. M.

White, 10 a. and City of Vicksburg at 11 a. m. No boats down. BOONVILLE, May 10-Monntain steamer, Dakotah, ap at 5, and Belle Louis down at 10 o'clock this morning.

Weather warm and dry; river falling. GRAND TOWER, May 10 Up, Grand Tower, 10 a.m..; L. Davis, 8 a.m,; Gold Dust, 12 River rising. NEW ORLEANS. May Great Golden City, last night, Cincinnati; Centennial, St.

Louis. Departed- Golden City, Cincinnati; City of Alton, St. Louis. Weather clear; thermometer 840. CAIRO, Mav 10.

-Arrived--Annie Silver, St. Louis, 2 p. Laura Davis, St. Louis, 4 m. Departed-Laura Davis, Cincinnati, 5 p.

m. River 14 feet 5 inches. Weather clear; thermometer 780. SHAWNEETOWN, May falling. Clear and warm.

Up-Arkansas Belle, 1 a. Golden Crown, 2 p. Silver Cloud, 2 p. m. Lilly, p.

m. Down-Andy Baum, 6 n. Idlewild, a. B. H.

Cook, 7 a. m. Gaff and Mitchell overdue. PITTSBURG, May 2 feet 7 inches, and stationary. Weather clear and pleasant.

Arrived--Pittsburg. W. P. Thompson will ar rive this evening. Abner, O'Neal and Salt Valley are due here The W.

P. Thompson will leave for Cincinnati to- morrow. DAVENPORT, IOWA, May -The Arkansas arrived at 2 p. will not leave till daylight; detained taking freight. The Victory goes down, in the morning.

Weather warm and windy, 2 with appearance of rain. River falling, with feet on bridge. LOUISVILLE. May clear and warm. Departed -Clinton, for St.

Louis. River falli 6 feet in canal. EVANSVILLE, May Arrived -Silver Cloud, 8:30: Golden Orown, 9:30. Departed- Golden Crown, Cincinnati, 10 p. In.

MEMPHIS. May -River fell 6 Inches. Departed--Jno. B. Maude, Be.

Louis; James D. Parker, Cincinnati. Weather clear and warm. May falling, wish 8 feet 10 inches on gauge. Weather clear and warin; meroury ranged to 800 Arrived- -Belle and Guthrie, Departed -Mitchell, Now Orieans, a.

Belle, Cairo, Johnson, Cincinnati, Guthrie. Louisville, 6. Teas and Coffees. Best Good Tea Tea of of every every 30, 40, J. ...75 cents 3 These Teas are about half the price Teas are usually sold at in this city.

Rio prime 15c Mexican roasted 2. Java ronsted 25c Old Government Java Coffee. roasted Mocha roasted 85c Best quality Baking Powder Nutmegs 12 White $1 00 Sugar below wholesale prices. Out-of-town orders solicited, and goods shipped C. 0.

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Paul. Str. ALEX. Wm. Boland, Master.

Leaves MONDAY, 12th, at 4 p. m. For Clarksville, Louisiana, Hannibal, Quincy and Keokuk. STR. WAR Thompson.

Master. Leaves TUESDAY. THURSDAY and SATURDAY at4p. mi. For Clarksville, Louisiana, Hannibal, Quiney.

and Keokuk, STEAMER ER GOLDEN Master. Leages MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, at 4 p. m. W. F.

DAVIDSON. Pres't. EAGLE PACKET COMPANY. For Madison, Alton and Grafton. SPREAD EAGLE.

Williams. Master Leaves St. Louis daily at p. from Wharfboat, foot Vine street. HENRY LEYHE.

Supt. TRUE DODGE. LOWER MISSISSIPPI. Memphis and St. Louis Packet Company.

ANCHOR LINE. For Memphis, Vicksburg and way landings. Packets leave every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 p. m. Str.

GRAND Lenox, Master. Will leave Monday, 12th at 5 p.m. For Cape Girardean, Cairo and way points. Steamer STE. Master, Leaves Mondays and Fridays, 5 p.

m. For Ste. Genevieve, St. Mary's, Chester, berg and Grand Tower. STR.

E. C. ELLIOTT Leaves Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdav. at 4 p. m.

W. B. RUSSELL. Agent NEW ORLEANS ANCHOR LINE. For New Urleans and Way Landings.

Str. JOHN A. SCUDDER Master. Leaves Wednesday, 14th, at 5 p. m.

Str. BELLE OF Master. Leaves Saturday, 17th, 5 p. m. For freight or passage apply on board wharf-boat toot of Market street.

N. B. -Through bills of lading given to Shreveport, via N. 0. R.

R. Co. (Aiken a line). JOHN W. CARROLL.

General Freight Agent. Mississippi Valley Transportation Company. FOR NEW ORLEANS, Steamer JOHN DIPPOLD AND BARGES, Leaves Thursdav. 15th. at 5 p.

m. For freight rates to New Orieans and points in Texas, Alabama and Georgia. apply to WM. F. HAINES, Freight Agent.

MISSOURI. KANSAS CITY PACKET CO. STAR LINE. For Augusta. Jefferson City, Boonville, Glasgow, Cambridge and New Frankfort.

SUE BELLE ST. LOUIS. Master. Leaves every Tuesday at 5 p. m.

For Jefferson Frankfort. City, Boonville, Glasgow, Cambridge, New Lexington and Kansas City. JOE Vickers, Master. Leaves Saturday. May 10.

at 10 m. m. Wharfboat. foot Olive street. L.

F. D'ARCAMBAL. Agent. HUNTER BEN JENKINS. ILLINOIS.

For Beardstown, 1 Havana and Peoria. CHICAGO FAST FREIGHT LINE. SIr. LADY Master, Leaves Wednesday and Saturday at p.m.. from Company wharfboat.foot Market st.

F. D' ARCAMBAL, C. S. BUGERS, Pres. R.

F. SASS, Agents. REGULAR NAPLES PACKET. Steamer ALHOUN. Master, Will leave every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 p.

from company's wharfboat, foot Market street. 0. S. ROGERS. Superintendent.

OHIO. For Cairo and Paducah. Ugnt draught side-wheel Steamer DeSmet, J. A. Bruner, Master, leaves every Tuesday for Paducah and Cairo and Saturday for Cape Girardeau.at 4 oclock.

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HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, OFFICE CHIEF AND DEPOT QUARTERMASTER, CHICAGO, March 22, 1879. SEALED PROPOSALS, in triplicate, will be re ceived at this office until 12 clock noon, May 19, 1879, for the delivery of the following named animais, or such portion of them as may be wanted: 183 horses (preferably Southern Iowa or Northern Missouri) for Department of the l'latte. to be delivered at Omaha; 275 (preferably Kentucky) for the Department of Dakota, to be delivered at Saint Paul, and 109 for the Department of the Missouri, to be delivered Leavenworth. Delivery must commence May 26, and be completed June 5, 1879. The animals will be inspected by a board of officers at each of the places of delivery, and must conform to the following specitications: To be geldings, of hardy colors, sound in all particulars, in good condition.

well broken to the saddle, from (15) fifteen to (16) sixteen bands high, not less than (5) five nor more than (9) nine years oid, and suitable in every respect for cavalry service. Blank forms of proposals can be obtained at the Quartermasters' offices at Omaha, Leavenworth, Saint Paul, Saint Louis, Louisville and in this city. The envelopes containing proposals should be marked for Cavalry RUFUS INGALLS. Chief Quartermaster. Sealed Proposals 715 be Locust received up at to the 12 m.

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LACKLAND, President TRUSTEES' virtue of the provisions and for the purposes of a deed of trust, dated the 17th day of December, 1869, and of record in the St. Louis City Recorder's office, in book 802, page 847, executed by Eugene L. Massot and Ellen, hie wife, to the undersigaed trustecs, notice is hereby given that we will. on WEDNESDAY, THE 21ST DAY OF MAY, 1879, between the hours of 10 o'clock a.m.and 3 clock p.m. of that day, offer for sale, at public auction, at the east front door of the Court House, in the Uity of St.

Louis, Missouri, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described lot of ground, with the improvements thereon Containing twenty-six feet eight inches nine (26.8) back on the with of Ham street, and runfront east side eastwardly the same width one hun-. dred and twelve (112) feet: bounded west by Ham street, north by land formerly of George Peisch, acquired by said Peisch of Asa Wilgus, D. 4 273, east by Charlotte land formerly Brows. of David Mitchell, and south by SAMUEL KNOX. MAGUIRE, Trustees.

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PROPOSALS. Proposals for the Erection of State Capitol. Notice to Builders: OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, TOPEKA, KANSAS, April 30, 1879. SEALER o'clock PROPOSALS Monday, will be June received 1879, at this for office farnishing the materials and doing the masonry and iron work of the west of the State House. Plans and specifications and detalis and drawings may be seen at the office of E.

T. Carr, Architect, in the city of Topeka on and after May 10th. section The of attention of bidders is called to the following the law making appropriation for the erection of said building: SECTION 18. That for the purpose of erecting and constructing the said west wing of the State House, and completing the same so it may be occupied by the priated Legislature out in of January, money 1881. in the there is hereby approany State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $60.000.

and in addition to said direct appropriation, and for the pose of raising additional revenue for the payment of purthe costs and expenses of the erection and construction of said west wing of the State Honse, there shall be assessed, levied, and collected, and the proper officers of the State are bereby authorized and directed to assess and collect. in the year 1879, the sum of onehalf mill on each dollar of taxable property of this. State. and in the year 1880 the sum of one-half mill on each dollar of taxable property in this State. all of upwhich taxes shall be assessed and collected as other State taxes levied at the same time are levied and collected.and the proceeds of the said taxes herein authorized and directed to be levied.

assessed and collected are hereby appropriated. to the exclusive use of erectIng and constructing the west wing of the said State House provided for in this act, and when the same is paid into the State Treasury shall be known as the State House Each bid must be accompanied with a bond in the penal sum of $10,000. signed by twe or more responsible parties, conditioned that the party bidding, in case the bid is accepted. will enter into contract to furnish the material and do the work according to the plans and specifications, and will immediately give bond to the amount of contract for the faithful performance of the same. marked Envelopes Proposals containing for proposals should be plainly furnishing material and doing the masonry and fron work of west wing of State House, and addressed to the undersigned at Topeka, Kansas.

The right to of reject any or all bids is reserved. By order the Board of State House Commissioners. JAMES SMITH, Hecretary of State, and ex officio Secretary of Board. SALE -Notice is hereby given that the as Recelver in the matter of John M. McGumn VS.

John Hodnett and Albert B. Cunningham, will, on Wednesday, the 14th day of May, A. D. 1809, at 12 o'clock at the east front door of the Court House, in the City of St. Louis, by virtue of order of the 8t.

Louis Circuit Court, proceed to sell, to the highest bidder, tor cash, all the property and etfects of the 'St. Louis Evening consisting of franchise of paper, good will, press, type, sate, Oxtures, etc..