Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-09
ST. LOUIS.
Sensational Scandals DeyeIOping---The
Ruins of the Southern HOteI-..
The COlOred Invasion
Of Kansas.

specialt to Cincinnati Enquirer.l
ST. LOUIS, April GA neat little
bit of scandal cropped out in the In
quisitors' Investigation OF the gamb-
lers, which is quite entertaining. A
little over three years ago Larry Har-
rigan, the chief of police who pre-
ceded the incumbent, McDonough,
resigned very suddenly and very mys-
teriously. His action was commented
upon at the time as quite inexplicable.
and when Captain Thorwegan, the
well known steambOatman, shortly
afterward confded to his intimate
friends that he had once paid Harri-
gan $1,000 to secure a gambling house
from police interference, and that he
and Harrigan had subsequently had a
very serious falling out, they believed
they had fathomed the cause of the
resignation. One of the witnesses, to
whom the grand jury devoted, consider-
able time and attention, was Captain
Thorwegan, and when they had got
through with him they waited upon
the judge of the Criminal Court to be
enlightened upon the question of
whether a city official could be in
dicted for corruption in office more
than three years after the commission
of an illegal act. The court advised
them that they could not so that the
statute Of limitations has deprived the
public Of the ventilation in open court
of a sweet morsel of ancient yet inter.
esting municipal scandal.
THE REBUILDING OF THE SOUTHERN
HOTEL
is a topic which turns up for consider
alton as regularly as the seasons roll.
When news becomes scarce the news
papers allude editorially to the sad
want Of a tirst-class hotel in this city,
and sendforth their reporters to inter-
view leading capitalists upon the pos
sibillty Of raising the necessary capital
to rebuild the structure destroyed in
the terrible fire of two years since.
Commodore Harrison some months
ago made a handsome offer to assume
the lions share of the financial re-
sponsibility entailed in the work, pro-
vlded other citizens took a hand, but
his challenge remained unanswered.
And now Hon. Thomas Allen profers
his aid in the matter, offering to put up
the building if other citizens will raise
a fundof one hundred and twenty-five
thousanddollar to aid the work. Thisis
handsome, butt is not what is wanted.
What st. Louis citizens want is a
self-abnegating Cr@sus who will build
the hotel and run it all by himself.
They will be generous in their admi-
ration of his enterprise, but as to as
sisting him in a work that will be of
immense benefit to the city-that, in
their way of looking at things, is pre-
p%osterously out of the question. An
other undertaking which our citizens
are very anxious to see somebody else
embark in, is the building of a new
Grand Opera House but If they wait
until a local Springer makes his an
pearanoe and WHITES the Vnsightly
ruins at the corner Of Walnut and
Fourth streets with his Aladdin
touch, they will growgray before their
ambitions are satisfied,
TOO MANY MHN AND BRETHREN.
From conversation with several
citizens of Kansas, now in st. Louis.
it appears that the people Of that
State generally are becoming alarmed
by the magnitude of the immigration
of negroes from Mississippi and
Louisiana. They say they would have
welcomed and could have easily abb
sorbed a few, providing the women
will work as domestic servants and
the men as farm hands and in the va
FiQqa 0ccupatians usually chosen by
colored people. Such numbers as
have come they look upon as a pres
emit burden, and are likely to be very
heavily felt neEt winter They say It
will be impossible to leave them TO
starve, and they believe they wilhbe
compelled to provide largely for their
maintenance. Even if willing to
work, they doubt that suitable work
can be found for great numbers af
them, They also ieaF that the ne
groes, with their %gregarious instinct.
will be unwilling to dispense over the
whole State, but will herd together in
thet0wns0 rtheir vicinity, andthat the
value Of property will inevitably de-
cline in their neighborhood. Some
add that the valuable white immigra-
ton which has recently flowed with
sNCh pEtTaordipary Yapidity into Kan
sas, will DO checked il the report
becomes general that it is likely 10 be
largely inhabited by eolored people.
From this point of view, even the
strongest Republicans say tAst il viii
10 mdst Nwise " stimulate the exc
dus by subscriptions for their aid from
Cincinnati or any other point. All
the more moderate men depoupoa Che
Yant OF patriptism evlnced by lending
4ny assistance whatever TO the per-
suasions or motives which influence
the negroes TO leave the cotton or su-