New Orleans Republican., 1873-06-21

Appeared In Paducah-Great Alarm In
Memphis - Seventy-fhree Deaths in
Nashviiie-Three in Cincinnati-A Mich.
igan Village Destroyed by Fire-Cot.
ton Mills Burned in Baltimore-New
Trial Denied susan B. AnthOny-Two
Children Locked Up in n Closet in
Philadelphia for FOrty.eight Hours
One Dies of SuliOc ation-The st. Louis
Failures.
BALTIMORE. June 20-Loss by the burn
ing of the Mount Vernon cotton mills over
$3.50 900. The building was of stone, l34
feet long. 43 feet wide, and was five stories
high. The valuable machinery and stock
was completely destroyed.
The first story contained looms, the Sec
Ond the card room, the third the spinning
room. the fourth looms. and the fifth warp.
ing and twisting rooms.
The picking establishment. fire proof
building near the main mill, was saved.
About two hundred hands are thrown out
employment
CANANpAIGUA. June 20.-The motion for
new trial for the persons who received
ilega; votes from women was denied.
They were sentenced to pay fine of $25
each and the costs of the prosecution, $50.
The motion for a new trial in the case of
James and other inspectors of election. etc.
wa. this morning denied. Upon being
asked if he had anything to say why SEN
tence should not be pronounced. Mr.. James
nounced he guilty of crime. The jury
has had but little to do with it. In the
performance of my duties as inspector
of election, which position l have held
for the last four years. l acted con-
scientiouslv. faithfully and according to
the best of my judgment and ability did
not believe that had right to reject the
ballot of a citizen who offered to vote, and
who took the preliminary Oaths and an
swered al! the questions prescribed by the
law. and the instructions furnished me BY
the State authorities declared that l had
no such right. As far as the registering of
names are concerned. they would never
have been placed upon the registry. if
it had not been tor Warner. the Democratic
federal supervisor of election appointed by
this court. who not only advised the regis
try. but addressed us. saying: Young men,
do you know the penalty o: the law if you
refuse to register these names" and after
| discharging my duties faithfully and hon.
estly and to the best of nv ability. if it is to
vindcate the law that l am to be impris-
oned. willingly submit to the penalty"
HALIFAX. n. S.. June 20.-Two white
and one coiored man. belonging to the
fishing schooner Ben Periey. were drowned
yesterday.
| outlaw. Hogan. g ives the names of eight
bank robbers working between PendletOn
| county. Ohio. through Kentucky, Virginia
and North Carolina.
GEORGETOWN. June 2C.-A colored rape:
was hanged here today.
NASHVILLE, June 20.-The cholera is
worse. The deaths to day were forty-hine
colored and twenty-four white. Every
sanitary measure is being observed, but
| the indications are discOuraging.
A slow rain is now falling. Weather close
and sul;ry.
Sr. LOUIS. June 2o.-The amount for
| day was greatly exaggerated. The actua!
| losses OF the three firms are less than
| 100000. The meats bought by the parties
| involved revert to the original owners, and
| the rest OF the losses are margins on pur.
chases for futures. The figures given yes
terday were. however. furnished by the
| parties themselves. and were supposed to
be correct. The failures created no excite.
ment on Change nor produced any in.
| fluence on the market.
| DETROIT. June 2O.-Michigami City. Mar.
| quette county. Lake Superior. was destroyed
Yesterday by fire which caught from the
burning woods. The place was mining
| town in the iron region. and contained some
800 inhabitants. Among the other build.
| ing burned was the mill OF jackson
HOughtOn. just equipped at an expense of
! $4,000 At the Spur mine two barns and
a number Of log houses were burned.
| The heat has warped the rails Of the Mar.
Guette. HoughtOn and Ontonagon railroad.
SO as TO render the passage of cars impos'
sible in certain places. The telegraph poles
| were burned and the wires are down along
the track. Superintendent Morrill,. as soon
as heard OF the catastrophe. sent special
train with supplies to the relief OF the sui
| terers.
| PHILADELPHIA. June 20.-Hugh Smith.
who attempted to swim the Schuylkill river.
was drowned.
\ brakesrn an on the Pennsylvania rail.
road was crushed to death between two
cars to-day.
Two girls. aged five years. were found to-
day. locked in closet in a vacant house.
They had been missing since Wednesday.
| One survives.
The excitement attending the finding OF
the children. who were missing since
! Wednesday. in the closet of an unOcuupied
house. still increases. At the post mortem
| examination this afternoon it was clearly
shown that the child had not been raw
! ished. She died of suffOcatiOn. The stom-
] ach revealed the fact that she had eaten
nothing for nearly forty eight hours. Thus
goes to strengthen the opinion OF some that
the Titles ones had strayed into the house
and accidentally locked themselves up in
the closet, but the testimony Of Officer