The age-herald., 1900-07-29
NEW ORLEANS Is
 
 AGAIN PEACEFUL  Burning of Negro School the Mob'S Browning Act.
THE MILITIA WILL BE HELD
Leading Citizens of Tangipahoa Ofsr Services of Sufficient Number of Men to Annihilate the Ne
 groes of New Orleans

 preme in this city tonight. In fact, 1t is less troublesome, and the more so when compared to the exciting scenes and oc- currences of yesterday. The police have been so roundly scored by the local press and the general public for their apparent inertia throughout the entire trying time that they have at last awakened to real ization of the imperative necessity of aid ing in preserving order. Mayor Capdeville today issued two proclamations, one order ing all barrooms closed at o'clock today and to remain closed until o'clock Mon- day morning. The other proclamation re- quested' all merchants to close their re- spective places of business at D. m and keep them closed until a. m. Monday. The order closing barrooms was enforced and the request to merchants almost unani- mousy complied with.
 The bodies of the two negroes who were murdered by mobs yesterday were buried quietly from the morgue today. During the early morning hours tomorrow the disiig- ured remains of the desperado, Charles, will be taken from the morgue and inferred in Potters Field with as much secrecy as possible, in order not to arouse that class of the public which is yet far from entirely pacified.
 Sergeant Porteous was buried this after noon, as was also Andrew Van Kuren. The police officers remains were escorted to the graveyard by a full battalion of police and the funeral cortege was a very long one. At frequent points along the route there were little gatherings of friends of the dead policeman, who uncovered as the funeral passed.
 The city is being patrolled by the militia and the civic police to quell any impending disturbance It is one of the most quiet Saturday nights that has been known in this city in many a day.
 vioiencs Has pent Itself
 Mob violence seems to have spent itself, and the city, If not actually seresle, is at least more quiet than it has been for seyer- al days and no fresh outbreaks were re- ported. The burning of the Thomi Lafcn school last night having evidently been the crowning piece of mob violence.
 Mayor Capdeville believes that lawless- ness such as that which has shocked the community during the past few days can only be suppressed with force. He saiS tc. day that he has no intention of disbanding the special police or discharging the militia until the last vestage of mob violence has disappeared. Both of these branches nf martial government will be held in readi- ness for several days.
 Among the communica tions received bv the mayor was an offer from the .leading citizens" of Tangipahoa for a sufficient number of able-bodied men to "annihilate the negroes of New Orleans" It is unnec- essary to say the offer was declined
 At police headquarters today everything was reported to be quiet. Affidavits were made against those parties who were ar- rested yesterday on the charge of harboring the negro Robert Charles. The identifica- ton of the latter was made complete and the murderous negro will find a resting place in Potter's field.
 The grand jury is still Investigating the riots A report is expected shortly.
 All Eoubt Removed
 What doubt there may have been as to the identity of the negro Charles was re- moved this morning. At o'clock when the mobs had dispersed, the police went to the Parish prison and got Leonard Pierson. Charles pal, on the evening that Mora was wounded, and carried him to the morgue. Pierson, without any hesitation, declared that the dead man was the des- perado.
 Coroned Richard today held a postmor- tenn examination on the body of Charles He found that the negro had been shot forty-eight times, besides having been bad ly beaten.
 Several men have claimed the credit of having killed Charles. Men who were pres- ent at the time that Charles was attempt ing to make his escape from the burning building said that Private Anderson axa