Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-05-01

IN The world, is now confined to a dis.
1rlct OF some 20 blocks and is under
The closest police supervision. Few
arrests are made and much better re-
Su'CS IN preventing crime are obtain
eu wlthln The district. Everything is
VIDE open and the moralist and re-
former will stand appalled, at the Job
OF renovating the social ulcer, here on
exhibition. But the system is far
preferable to the old plan of assuming
no special control over the haunts of
thls class OF people. One policeman
stated that he had made but one ar
resi- IN SIX months. The other parts
OF the city are entirely free from TIE
presence OF the element referred to
and the condition is not like it is in
New York and other cities where the
req llght precincts haye been closed
and the denizens driven to apartment
houses and to every portion Of the city
"here they were formerly excluded.
From long experience the New Or
leans city council believes in strict
regulation OF the social evil rather
than futile attempts at the exter-
mlnatIOn OF it. One of the worst re-
sorts IN the city, that has nuurished
Tor years, a sailors low concert saloon
| has been closea, and $4,000 annual
license placed on any Such resort. No
other place of the kind has ever ap-
peared since the license was establish
ed in that sum.
The Audubon Park is one of the most
beautiful spots on earth, the great
HVeoaks in portions OF the park shading
theearlh completelyfor blocks. A mag
nlticent collection Of tropical plants,
palms and vegetation marvels Of the
equator, is to be found in the large
hot houses
In the French part of town the
house where the slave auctions took
place is still standing and an object of
curiosity to all visitors, also the .'old
Abslnthe house." l30 years old. on
Burgundy street is to be seen, where
the ''green devil"i is courted by vic.
tins who lose their powers Of mind in
q peculiar manner and in short
time. \ United States mint coins
vast sums OF silver and gold and ships
about 100000 a day in the busy sea
son. The government barracks down
the river is a beautiful loafing spot
for I. S. army officers and at present
is q drilling school for a lot of raw VOL
unteers picked up in various ways
around the country.
In New Orleans. as everywhere in
the south, great deal of affection is
shown for the dead Notices inviting
friends OF dead persons to the
u a + d | are TO be seen
posted everywhere in the city. When
some people die they become better
knownI than when they lived. The
cemeteries Of New Orleans are among
the most noted show places of the CITY.
Owing to water being reached at a
depth OF a foot or two, all burials are
IN vaults above the ground. The
poorer classes are buried in spaces
about two feet square, and and in long
rows or ovens of brick and cement.
The wealthier own lots and erect
more or less elaborate family vaults Of
marble, polished stone. or carved
granite. The Metaire anG Greenwood
cemeteries are the largest and best.
The city tiremen also have cemetery
of'their own, and all religious denomi-
nations use the same cemetery. The
Metaire contains the elegant and cost
ly monuments erected for several Con-
federate generals, and for the soldiers
of Louisiana who belonged to the var
ious Confederate corps. The finest
monument in Metaire cemetery is at
the very entrance, and the name of
the owner cut in great letters is
"Moriarlty." Everyone naturally in
QuIres "Who is Moriarity?" ''Who is
the man whose memery is thus preserv-
ed amid the tombS Of noted men of
the south" We learn that it is the
family monument of a wealth Irish
man, who lives most of the time in
California, and whose lone wife is
buried there. The monument is an
immense marble shaft and it's cost was
$4,000.
The least cost of a family vault in
this cemetery is about $1,000. The
great --ajority cost from $1,000 to
$4,000, and there are hundreds Of
them. Societies. on an insurance plan,
erect vaults for their members, and a
great many tiremen are buried in the
cemetery Of that association, with
record OF their bravery often appear
ing in inscriptions. At ST. Roche's
cemetery there is shrine on which
can be seen the crutcheS, canes, shoes,
and other mementoeS of cripples who
claim to have been cured by prayers to
the patron saint of that cemetery.
The st. Louis cemetery is the Oldest