The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-24
Steps are now being taken to
very close one.
llhrinnnize all

very close one. Steps are now being taken to
harmOflize all
THE FACTIONS or THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
for the coming fall elections, and ] think the
effort will be q successful one. The officers to
be voted for in ST. Louis this fall are three
Congressman, three State Senators, one State
Superintendent Of Schools, ono State Register
Of Lands. tfteen Representatives, one circuit
Judge, one circuit clerk, Judge and clerk also
of The Criminal Court. judge, clerk, prose-
attorney of the Court of Criminal Correction,
one recorder of deeds, sheriff coroner. public
administrator fifteen justices OF the peace.
fifteen cotlstables, and q full municipal as
'sembly.
At the last meeting Of
THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD
q petition was presented asking that immedi-
ate provision be made for the teaching Of the
Irish language i'll the public schools Of the
city. The petition was referred to the com
mittee on "course Of study and text books
and will be reported on at the next meeting Of
the board. The petitioners some twenty OF
thirty IN number, and embracing several well
known citizens -claim tp represent an Irish
population Of 10000. all citizens, and large
proportion Of them contributing to the sup
port Of the public schools. They claim for
the Irish language that q ''perpet,lation Of 1T
Is useful and desirable not only on account Of
its peculiar excellence, but because Of It's pfaG-
tical utility" Their greatest glory, they say,
Is to be American citizens, and they neither
seek nor desire to Introduce among the people
any element OF disturbance or discord or to
do anght which might even seem to antago-
niHe American laws. customs or institutions
They simply propose either that no foreign
language shall be taught in the common
schools at the public expense or that the
Irish language shall be taught us well as the
German.
1T Is hardly necessary to state that the Pc
tition will not be granted, but it may have the
effect of producing q reaction against
THE TEACHING or aERnIAN IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
and this is probably the real object of the pc
titioners. German Is now taught in forty
nine out of sixty grammar schools for white
children, and the number Of pupils. studying
German is given by the Superintendent Of the
Public Schools at p 1Go n q total enrichment
night school pupils.l The total amount paid
out annually by the School Board for the
teaching of German is In the neigbborhood Of
100000, or about 1917 for every pupil In the
German classes. German has been taught In
the public schools since 1875.
You have already been Informed by tele-
graph Of
SEVERAL TRAGEDIES
that have occurred the past few days in or
near St Louis. The first one was the shoot
ing Of Mr.. Adolph hmson by o burglar. Mr.
Anson heard the burglar in an adjoining
room, md upon entering the room was shot
in tho left side, the ball entering the spleen
and producing a hemorrhage, of which he
died the next day. The burglar is still at
large. The second murder occurred in
Venice, Illinois, a little town opposite
North st. Louis, and was not tln-
like the. Amson murder DR.. Moss
saw q mai looking through q window Of his
residence at three o'clock in the morning. and
upon opening The front door to find out what
the fellow wanted, he was shot through the
heart No clue 10 the murderer has yet been
discovered
The third tragedy occurred Tuesday night
ut the Lindel Hotel John Lumbinger, a bar
keeper, and Miss Maggie beider, n daughter
OF q saloon-keeper and brewer, were occupy
ing a room at the hotel as man and wife.
when Lu1nbinger put a ball through Maggifs
left Temple and another one through the right
side of his own head. Both were found dead
IN the room the following day. They were
lovers and engaged, but Maggie's parents OPP
posed the match, and refusing to marry her
lover without the consent of her parents and
not being able to obtain their consent, she pre-
ferred death with him to life without HIM