Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-07
Formidable Strike of New
York Gas EmplOyes---A
New Scheme at
st. Louis.
Latest from Spain---Escape and
Reception Of Three Mur-
derers---Calcutta
Cases.
Indians and Indian RaidS.--Im.
pOrtant Cuban News Con-
firmed---Miscella-
neOuS.
Raid ON Keno in 81. Louis.


Raid on Keno In ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, April 6.-The police at a
late hour last night raded the keno
houses of the city and captured sixty
five persons, and seized the apparatus of
the various houses visited.
Distinguished Guests.
NEW ORLEANS, April 6.-Postmaster
General Cresswell, Senators Cameron
and Howe and Governor Z. A. Straw,
of New Hampshire, each accompanied
by his wife, are stopping at the st.
Charles hotel.
Reports OF Spanish Troubles Exagger-
aIed.
BRUSSELS, April GA Madrid CORE
spondent OF the Ildepend0nt Beige,
says the reports published in French
aud English papers of the popular dis
turbance and military insubOrdinatiOn
in Spain, are greatly exaggerated.
Calcutta Cases.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-The British
and American mixed commission have
adversely decided in what are known as
the Calcutta cases, growing out of the
detention of United States vessels under
a proclamation of the queen during the
late rebellion, and preventing them
from sailing from British East India
ports with cargOes of saltpetre.
Frsm the MOdOes.
SAN FRANCISCO, April "a dispatch
from Yreka tonight says that on Thurs
day Jack sent Bogus Charley to Rose
br0ugh to tell him he would meet him,
Fairchild and the other commissioners
Friday at Lava Bed. Candy and Gill
lem must not come. He did not want
the commissioners to talk, as he would
do all the talking. The weather at
Lava Bed to-day was intensely cold.
The Indians.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.-Advices
from Prescott state that Major Browns
command struck the Apaches at TOnto
Basin, killed thirty-eight warriors and
captured seventeen squaws. The Apa-
ches were frightened, and many surren-
dered at Camp Verde. Owing to the
prevalence of the epizootic, the troops
operate principally on foot. The Apa-
ches are restless on their reservation.
1t is believed the Cachez are stirring
them up.
Escape and Reeapture Of Three Pris-
ODers.
CAIRO, ILL, April 6.-Three pris-
oners, named McCurtock, Moon and
Moore. escaped from GolcOnda Il1-
nois jail Thursday night. McCurlock
and Moore, the latter colored, were ar
rested at Vienna last night, and Moon,
for whom a reward of three hundred
dollars had been offered, was captured
by Alexander McLain, a citizen of For
man, Illinois, this morning, and de-
livered to the sheriff of Pope county. All
three are charged with murder.
An Indian Raid.
OMAHA, April 5.-On Friday morn
ing last a party of ten or fifteen Indians
stampeded the government stock while
they were grazing on an upland on the
Platte river, near Fort Mcpherson, Ne
braska. Pursuance was made and the
stock recovered. Two detachments of
soldiers were in pursuit of the Indians
at last reports, and a company has been
sent to the Sioux camp, on the Republic
can river, to see if the Indians were
from that camp.
The Elections in Cincinnati To-Day.
CINCINNATI, April GA greater in
terest than for years before is manifested
in the municipal elections of to-mor-
row. Candidates for mayor and for po-
lice commissioners are ones over whom
the greater struggle is made.
The sketches intended to represent
the process of pork-packing, prepared
under the auspices of the Cincinnati
pnrk-packers association, left tonight
for Vienna, in charge of Mr.. Farney, the
artist.
100000 Worth of Struggled Goods
New YORK, April 6.-One hundred
and forty-one packages, invoiced as
crockery, blankets etc., for the use of
settlers in the Red river country, and la
beled care of James Freeman, st. Paul,
Minnesota, and imported recently by
Cunard steamer, was seized yesterday
in various localities, including the Erie
depot, Hoboken, by United States Off
GERS, and, it is alleged, contain fine
chinaware, silks and expensive clothes,
valued at sixty thousand dollars.
Patriot Successes I'm CubasCOnfirmed.
New YORK, April 6.-News from
Havana through Spanish sources con-
firms the reported capture of the fortified
city and seaport of ManZanillo, and
saws that an immense loss of booty in
money and munitions of war fell into
the town. The attack was made at
night, and in the absence of troops in
the field. Captain Caballos
has telegraphed to Madrid that large
body of troops is imperatively wanted
in Havana, as a revolution may break
out among the Spaniards at any mo-
ment. The slaves are also reported to
be meditating revolution.
The Gaofou Exn
ST. LOUIS, April "a mass meeting
of ladies was held yesterday afternoon
to consider the social evil law now in
force in this city, and to devise means
for its repeal. Quite a number of prom
inent ladies were present, and two or
three clergymen. Letters were read
from several ministers of the gospel and
physicians, taking strong grounds against
the law, and two or three speeches were
made by the gentlemen present, includ-
ing one by Mayor Brown, who regretted
that the discussion was confined to one
side of the question, as there were many
interesting and important facts involved
in the case, and much could be said on
both sides. Resolutions were adopted
declaring against any compromise with
vice. and demanding the repeal Of the
Objectionable ordinance.
Movements OF Government Officials.
ST. LOUIS, April 6.-Mr. s. ]. KIM
ball, chief of the revenue marine bureau,
and number Of the examining board Of
civil service, and Edward o. Graves,
chief clerk of the United States treasury
Office, arrived here, and Captain Merri-
man, alsoo the revenue marine service,
will arrive tomorrow. These gentle.
men will establish in this city board
of civil service in connection with the
customhouse and sub-treasury office,
before whom all applications for posi-
tons must appear for examination. Mr..
kimbau and his associates viii leave
Monday evening for Galveston, Texas,
where they will establish a civil board.
Ihey will then visit various points along
the gulf coast, and establish saving
stations, in accordance with the recent
act of congress. From New Orleans
they will proceed to Key West, and
thence up the coast TO Maine. r
New Railroad scheme at 81. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, April 5.--Senators Schurz
aud Bogy, Congressman Willis, Stanard