Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 21, 1872, Page 8

A DRY DAY. Effect of filr. Washburn’s Order on the Salcon-Keepers, The Drinking Population Re- duced to Plain Seltzer, Physician’s Prescriptions and Obliging Apothecaries Alleviato the Suffer. - ings of a Few. The “Sunday Law?” Generally " Observed in the City, Dr. Fowler’s Views on the Situation--- Legal Aspect of Affairs, Mr. Hesing's Opinion, as Expreses “in the ** Staats Zeitung.” Startling Result of the ]jroughf' on the Police Docket. YESTERDAY. * A LITTLE SPARK KINDLETH A GREAT FLAME. 1f the proprietor of the saloon where Raflerty ‘was drinking at the time he shot officer. O’Meara. bad had any idea that the indirect result of his presence there was to be the closing of his sa- Joon, and the taling away of his Sunday profits, he would have rapidly seized Mr. Rafferty by tle napo of the neck and have kicked him out into the ditch. When he gave that individusl his last glass of whiskey, he had no idea of the mis- chief that oy hidden in the pale fluid. Fatal dranght ! ‘Wa heve long been listening to the muttering of the gathoring storm. We have had public mmestings, resolutions by prominent citizens, committees, discussions with the Mayor, police orders, . and supplementary orders, interviews and letters, and atlast the tempest has come, rather suddenly—so much so as to take by surprisg both the drinkers and the furnishers of Iiquor, thelatter having no opportunity for con- certed ection, and, therefore, agreeing-in clos- ing their saloons yesterday, and taking theweek 0 consider what theyshall do on thenext Lord's Dey. - . Not everybody reads the papers, and there are nnmbiers who are ignorant of what is going.on in the orld except fhen they happen'to drop in at a politicél ‘meeting, and what they learn there is often apt to be & little one-sided. Con- eequently yesterday morning & number of men, who look npon & Sunday drink as quite as neces- 8ary to their comfort as a Monday or a Thurs- dsy one, gotupin ntterignorance of the changed condition of their affairs. ‘During theirlong lives they had never seen suchs thingss the abso- lute closing of saloons. Thoy had heard the mat~ ter talked of, but they had listéned to other suggestions, which to them seemed equally ab- surd. They remembered that a proposition had been made that foreigners should not vote; but nothing ever came of it. So imagine Rr. Bchmidt getting up in the morning, eating his breakfast, and then taking his pitcher and starting off for the saloon, to get hisday's sup- ply of beer. He finds the front door shut, but that does not distress him, a back door i8 just a8 good, if it leads to the bar. He tries the side or back door, but thatalsois closed. The alley gate is fastened. The fortress-is impregnable. He meditates, and comes to the conclusion that there is & death in the family, or that the whole establishment has a picnic or the small-pox. 8o, gince there is another place only a few doors off, he goes to that and finds it also hermetically sealed, nomoreto be opened than a Herring eafe or the heart of & tax-collector. Then he uzzles over what all this means. Per- ps _he tries another place, but more likely he meets & friend who tells him the whole story. He refuses to believe it. It is incredi- made awers of th loor faciliti reming o be aoen. T oAk e eV 'gxzz‘uo‘r EVEN. e were some genilemen, not inseparabl; conncoted with the saloon Intarasts, who. dic. the city ordinance Which prevented their fillin, tlelr coffers, flhgcombininpg amusement to thome selves, and gratification to thirsty Northsiders with the ‘manifestations. About 10 o'clock yes- terday morning, a gmceuuion of beer-vendors, and others interested in the manufacture or dis- position of the fluid which is eaid to cheer with- out inebriating, formed upon the North Side. ‘They were about 500 strong, and marched in sn orderly manner behind an expréss wagon, which contained two beer kegs. When theyhalted, all who thirsted_drank beer gratuitously presented to them. - The ordinance forbade the sale of beer in any iipfiling»hcnsa on Sanday ; another law prevented its sale without license.” There was no way of getting evenwith the city, while obeyingits commends, without the gratuitons distribution of_ drinks. There were pcsmb’li some who §:xined by it, but the do- nors cannot be expected to have made money by their mockery of Municipal Jasw. A MOST ASTONISHING CIRCUMSTANCE was pointed out to the Superintendent of Police, who made a tour throughout the entire city, and visited every Police Station, and that was the absence of a name on the book of arrests since Friday night. Saturday and Sunday, up to 8 o'clock, could not show s single name. This, hovwever, could not be attributed to the Sunday ordinance, as the whiskey cases are generally booked after dark on Sunday evening. At the ‘Webster avenue Station there were two cases of drunkenness, end two (both tailors) of fast driving, caused by previous fast drinking; one digorderly at the North Branch Station, attribu- table to the same cause. Under the orders given by Superintendent Washburn not to release prisoners on deposit, these worthies have a hard time of it, spending nearly 24 hours in the cells without o possibility of escape. Itis aupgcserl that the almost complete ‘{mw alance of obedience is too good to last, and that by next Sunday ways and means will have been found to evade the law and escapo the notice of the police. 1f tho ofticers display a8 much vigi- lance then as they did yesterday, the North Siders had better not trust to any such possi- bility, but lay in a stock of beeron Saturday mfl:t ‘on the co-operative plan. " In making his visits on the North Side, Su- perintendent Washburn called upon the officers .to enforce the law without showing_ the least (partiality. They were all sworn -to do so, and ‘must not make any distinction in favor of any- ‘body. DEYOND THE CITY LIAITS. The day being warm and IJ;e!.lial for driving, many young bloods, as usual, found their way out to the drinking-places’ beyond the North Side city limits. The dusty road and warm eun- shine produced. thirst, which was probably in- .creased by the consciousness that no liquor was to b obtained near home. Tho North Bide po- lice generally have to coutend with theso parties, and generally the North Division is unfortunate enough to have & dozen drunkards boarded within its confines who really belong to other divisions, But a8 long 6s Sunnyside and Dovwning’s are within reach, this appears to be inevitable. Such was, to a great extent, the result yester- day. At the terminus of the North Sids Rail- . way track are four or five beer saloons and whis- key shops, and, driven thither in search of fiuids, thousands of citizens, hard and not so hard, flocked to enjoy what could not be obtained in town. Beer and alcohol were poured down with- ,out intermission. At Sunnysido a gentlo colleo- -of -alksarts and conditions of humanity en-. e occasion, and meade the most-of it b; g deeply. Banmanville was also thronge throughout the day, and the legitimate result of repressive legislation, a concentrated eraption of what was songht to bo repressed, witnessed to a remarkable extent. With Evaneton at one end of the road and Chicago without drinks at the other; with s dusty drive and a warm sun, what other result than excesssive intoxica- tion where liquor could be obtained, was to be looked for? “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good,” and the st that blew the practical equivalent of *Zwei bier” from the pockets of tho saloon-keepers of the city, carried it directly {il::gt the coffers of their rivals outside the 8. < THE WEST DIVISION. In the West Division the observance of the law was almost uniform, the only notable excep- tion being inthe case of Zennischek & Matt- hien’s beer saloon under the Briggs House. This was opened 58 early as half-past 3 o'clock in the morning, the design of the proprietors evidently being to make their defiance of the law as complete as possible. Both are Ger- man’s who beliove that Sundsy is no better than any other day, excepting that they sell . more beer. Their trade, howerver, is nbt one‘quarter German, o that their action can scarcely be ex- plained es intended to accede to the wishes of their customers. As theirs is the largest beer saloon in the city, in point of business, they un- doubtedly determined to make = test case of it, HAVING PREVIOUSLY TAEKEN COUNSEL ble.” It is against religion. It strikes at the very foundation of belief. But the saloons are cloged, an.ngly fact which cannot be gainsai and he goes home with a pitcher as empty as i was when he started. Fancy his return, the horror of his wife, the amazement of the children, and his own reflec- tions during the day as he asks himself whether the mesult of a long civil war, of the loss of 2 hundred thousand lives and of millions of treasure, has been thet he, an'American free~ man, is deprived of the_inestimable blessing of drinking beer on Sunday. Has free government come to this? Had he left a despotism abroad, where beer drinking was nllo\ves, to come to & repnblic where it was not permitted? That was what came from the defeat of Fred. Gund. He never would have sanctioned any such proceed- ings. fie case was soméwhat different with those who did read the pepers, and were awaro of what was goingon. Someé were wise, and laid in their.“provisions *Saturdey evening, but oth- ers, animated by a false hope, took 1o such pre- caution, trusting that the order would not be en- forcsd fo very xigidly, after all. But they fonnd to their horror that it was, no matter how many glg_aes they might try. They were eeen during he morning prowling around.saloons. They slipped down alleyways, climbed over back fences, and tried kitchen doors. But all in vain. Finally thei gaveit up as a bad job, and fell back on the drug stores, which temperance pegple call the ‘respectable gateways of hell,” and found expensive consolation there. The apothecaries were radiant. It is an ill wind, etc., and this one_filled their sails. They were continu:.uixelienng human distress from bottles labelled *“Laudanum,” and “ Castor Oil.” The nilment known s “druggists’ pain in the stom- ach,” raged fearfully yesterday. The temper- ance ngpla looked sourly at these gerfurmam:es snd the next move will be to forbid them to sell medicines of that kind, except on a physician’s prescription. THE NORTH DIVISION, A PREDICTION FULFILLED. As predicted in Tee TRIBUNE, the saloon- keepers of the North Division fell in with the orders issued by the Superintendent of Police to close the saloons without any unpleasantness, The Captains of the various precincts had been ordered to notify all saloon-keepers and keepers of billiard halls and tables to close. Captain Gund bad transmitted his orders to the men of his command, who had given the desired notice to saloon-keepers, and the law-sbiding Gormaus had promptly obeyed. It may be that they execrated those who -~ framed the law ; it is certain that they aid. Many of them complain- ed of the absurdity of its passage, and intimated that its appeal was merely aquestion of time. But they concurred in thinking that while such 2 law was extant upon the statute book, it ought to be enforced, regardless of consequences. among the hundreds of ealoons, which & week 850 yesterday were in full operation, only two were found to be open, while a third wes closed in front, but accesaible from a side door. The two first were upon North avenue, and are kept respectively by Messrs. Guttenstein and Hock, ‘whose names were reported at the Larrabee Street Station, as required by Superintendent Washburn, Theywillbe summoned to-dsy and probably fined, having no good excuse. third saloon mentioned was No. 490 Larrabee - street. No mention of the fact was made at any station, and the proprietor will probably es- cape punishment. Besides these INFRACTIONS OF TEE LAW wwere others whereof no notice was or could be taken without remarkable peneiration on the part of the police force, an such . penetration the police forco was not especizally anxious: to exhibit. Mysterious disappearances of Teutonic gentlemen in alleys at various points, amon, them several places on Chicago avenue, an their rezppesrance ab intervals ranging from fhree to ten minutes, inclined one t6 the opinion that the Leer saloons were in some way accessi-" blo from the alleys, Whothex the police will ke on the subject, as it is stated that Mr. A.C. Hesing urged and advised them to keep the sa- loon open, in order, as he said, to “ses whether the d—d Temperance people could interfere with & man's legitimate business.” Of course the police were soon aware of the fact that liquor was being 80ld in the saloon, but they did no more than to ascertain positively that such +was the case, and also to secure witnesses tothe fact. Beyond this they did nothing—not so much a8 they could ordinarily be expected to do on the Sabbath day. The locality of the saloon, the corner of Canal and Madison streets, was wholly deserted by the police from morning to night, although a large crowd was gathered on the gidewalk above, and the saloon itself was completely crammed with drinkers and - ards, Men staggered or wero helpsd up the stairs, and rolled along the streets wnmolested by any offcer of the law. Your policeman grasps but one idea at a time. The mon were instructed yesterday towatch the saloons; there- fore they must watch nothing else. Their ener- gies were concentrated upon the saloon-keeper; the drunkard was nothing to them. Twenty murders might have been committed yesterday at the corner of Madison and Canal streets, for all the police hod to do with preventing them. The adventurous proprietors of the Briggs House beer saloon were smply repaid for their risk. They can well afford to pay & fine of $100 in the police court to-day, for their sales were simply enormous, ug%ra ating 2860, and their profits curraaponaing y e. The saloon was Hll led with thirs;iseeken after beer, and men who usually drink but a glass or two saf there and 3 GUZZLED BY THE HOUR— the harder to get, the more enjoyable, being the motto of the day. Seven or eight bar-tenders were unable to wait upon the crowd, and the Iager flowed continuously. The spiggot was sel- dom closed until thebarrel was empty, The fact that the glasees were but three-guarters filled seemed to occasion no merked symptoms of discontent. People were glad enough to get _that much. At * about half- past I o'clock the stock of beer gave out, al- though two exiraloads had been procured, and it became necessary to turn out the crowd and close the premises. This was accomplished with much difficulty, as there still remained plenty of sour wine and rot-gut whiskey. The proprie- tors, howevyer, dared not deal out these liguora to a mob already full of beer, for the effect of such a mixtnre, as every drinker knows, is_posi- tively awful at the time, not to speak of next morning's headache. The temperance cause tri- umphed for a time, but 18 soon as a fresh supply of “beer could . be obtained the saloon was re- opened, and business began more brisk ever. 1IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WEST DIVISION the nimost quictness and good order prevailed. The day being remarkably warm and pleasant; the streets were lined with men, wWomen, an children in Sundsy attire, while the horse-cars and stages were patronized more extensively than usual. It wasan admirable day for making 2 beginningof the enforcement of the Sunday 1aw, for the weather was 60 dolightfal that every- body wanted to bo out of doors enjoying it. The city wore a general aspect of quiet content, and even tho saloon-keepcrs wWere _compelled to admit that they rather liked the privilege of & day whally to themselves. Perhaps the depri- vation was more keenly felt by the keepers of small billiard rooms than by any other class, as these men, who do & small business at the best, rely upon Sunday to keeg ux their average re- ceipts. There was a lively demand for permis- sion to play billiards, but the proprictors vere anwilling to take the rislk, and 80 kep. the saloons closed altogether. At the West Twelfth street Tarner Hall the programme was carried out as asusl, with the exception of beer and wine, cof- fee, lemonade, and scltzer being subtituted. THE PLACARDS UPON THE SALOOX DOORS, announcing that the establishment was closed, were numerous and varied. At a place on Canal street the poster read: * Bolshaw closed. Gone to the Little Church Around the Corner,” with a picture of the little church. On the entrance of & large billinrd hall on West Madison street Tas thelegend: © Closed by epecial request of the Superintendont of Polico; ” Tkile a Halgied covered a means for exhibitfng their disgust ab | - street beer seller announced in flaming capitals: & Closed, :‘;ffg he day. [Grand matine at 12 loc] 1) . red Liunc] and Plenty of Beer.” ST THE SOUTH DIVISION. HOW THE ‘‘ EUROPEANS" EVADED THE LAW. } The order of the Police Superintendent closing the saloons caused little or no excitement in the South Division. In the First and Second Wards cberg aro comparatively few seloons, and they are Of the better class. The majority of them were shut a8 tight as an oyster, and not a drop of drink sold out of them. Chapin & Gore on Butrfrda.y evening posted a notice inside the bar setting forth that no-drink would be sold on Sunday, and advising their patrons to * buy a bottle and take it home.” How many followed this practical suggestion it is impossible to say. Anyway, no drink ‘was sold ot Chapin & Gore's. The thirsty were not com- pelled, however, to go beyond the boundaries of the Firat Ward to obtain liquor. All they had todowas to call on Phil. Conley's. The bar- room was &ccessible by way of the restaurant, the front door being closed and partially blinded by & newspaper curtain. Further up Madison street the wayfarer came across Burke's Hotel, where the saloon was in full blast. The front door was closed, but the evolutions of the bar- tender as he concocted beverages were plainly visible through the plate glass window from the street. The way in was through the restau- rant. Once inside, the customer was quickly outside his drink. There was no sttempt ot concealment. At another European Hotel, on Dearborn streot, to =ll outward appearances there was nothing for sale more intoxicatin than beef steak, oysters, ham and eggs, an other innocent ingredients of a square meal. The ealoon was apparently closed, but by * tip- ping a wink” to the courteous clerk, presto, change, and & drink appeared. Whero it come from wasnot apparent. It camo with the sud- denness of a stroke of lightning, and was swal- lowed with railroad speed. The drinks sold in these establishments were not of the vaigar kind, but high-toned dilutions, fifteen centsa piece. Thoy seemed to do a fair trade, and must have teken in considerable money. WANDERING UP CLARK STREET, . . the wanderor not_entiraly engrossed in the beauties of the Pacific Hotel could not fail .to haye observed a wooden structure, architectu- rallyclassed asashanty, standing on the diagonal corner. Thero was nothing attracting in its ex- terior, but the interior musthave had its fas- cinations, for evor and anon the door would open to empty out & crowd of mon and allow the apartment to rapidly fill up with others. The ‘curious observer—some pOrEODS &re curious— with & ?ick enr might, as he passed, have heard the clinking of glasaes and such exclamations as “ zwei beer,” “*Tour beers,” “ whiskey straight,” and go forth. A reflecting mind wonld im- mediately conclude that the proprietor of the establishment was not in favor of Sundsy ordinances. A solitary policeman writing by the side of a fence—Ofiicer Shandley it was—was noting the name of the proprietor of a boarding honse on Adams street, where the door was open for the gale of liquor. Approach- ing Harrison streot, another policomsn was seen ° DRAGGING ALONG A DRUNKEN MAN —an extensively drunken man, drunk all over, especially in the legs, which utterly failed to erform their appointed functions. He was found on State street, one of the genuine bum- érs, the. officor paid, a confirmed inebriate, " soaked. “;liqg_ar,di:cgi. unshorn, and beardedlike Darwin's ancéstral Clilthpsnzee. - He forgot his name in the saloon where he took the last drink, and could not tell it at the station. 'This was between 8 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and was one of the first arrests made during the day. STATE STREET. At the corner of Harrison and State streets the large establishment of P. O'Neill was closed tight. 8o was the big beer saloon in the basement, and John O’Neill's place on the oppo- site corner. This last had a notice in the win- dow saying that the place would be closed all day. Similar announcements wers meade in the windows or on the doors of many of the long. series of ealoons which line Btate street, from Harrison to Twelfth. None of them were open. Many of them arc of the lowest grade, and are adjuncts to worse evils which run in connection with them. They have_fancy names, “Eclipse,” “Americus,” etc. dows are made opaque b ing them, because what takes inside connot bear the light dsy. Even during the weck the doors are closed, and it was nothing strange that they were shut yesterdsy. There was no activity abont them, no signs of life, and they were evi- dently doing no business. ON THE SIDE STREETS, west of Btate, are worso places yet. They are low in every respect; and are angported by the vilest clags of our population who reside in the ‘miserable premises in the neighborhood. Here sare hsunts of vice in sl its forms. Saloons down stairs, vice in another shape up stairs, and. poverty and destitution all arom Ragged crestures, unfortunate women, thieves and ruf- flans swarmed everywhere on the sidewalks, on the doorsteps, and in the windows, but not in the saloons, which were rigidly c_ioaed. Some of them announced by written notices that the; would be open at midnight. - THIRD AND FOUBTH AVENUES | ‘have few drinking places, and they observed the: law. Clark street has nearly as many as State, and they are generally disreputable. ' The ma: jority of them wore shut, though persons_could be seen going in and out of side doors, and-their business inside was probably not of a devotional kind, Dupont’s beer dispensary, between Polk and Harrigon streets, wss in fuil operation. The proprietor denounced the law in violent terms, opened his door, snd sold all he could. - A rough crowd assembled outside and inside, admiring mnfid “ pluck,” as they called it. Hedid a roaring . THE TWENTY-SECOND STREET establishments were all closed. ALONG ARCHER AVENUS everything was quiet and peaceable, only one sa- loon, near Halsted street being in operation. There waa quiet a crowd around it, going in and ont. The door was opened when one squad got through and another went in to succeed it. Bridgeport observed the ordinance with becom- ing respect for the majesty of the law. gn the South Division there were ngpn;‘am‘.ly not more than & score of saloons doing business, and not more than twelve were actually open. Meany who were detormined to drink wont to the Nm‘ti fide with the expeciation of gnttmg all they wanted. Others hired carriages an buggics, and repaired to the suburbs on the seme mission. _ The streets were remarkably free from crowds, and, though the ordinanco was the principal Eopic of conversation, the diecus- sion was carried on with genersl good feeling. Many of the seloon keepers debated with each other as to their future courze, but as in the multitnde of counsels, there is sometimes con- fusion, no definite conclusion was reached. DR. FOWLER. INTERVIEW WITH THE ELOQUENT CLERGXMAN. * A reporter of TEE TrIBUNE called on Dr. Fow- ler, pastor of the Centenary M. E. Church, and one of the Committee of Fifteen, at his resi- dence, No. 409 West Monroe street, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of learning what he had to say about the Superintendent’s order. The convorsation is appended : Reporter. Doctor, are the Committee satisfied now that the order to close the ealoons on Sun- day has been issued, and the police instructed to enforce the law ? Dr. Fowler. I have been away from the city for two weoks past, and have not heard any of the Committee express themselves regarding the matter R. Well, if the saloon-keepers resist the en- forcement, and the police are unable to prevent them from selling liquor openly or behind blind- ed doors and windows, will the Committee afford the anthorities the necessary physical assistance to carry out thelaw in its spirit ? - Dr. F. Of course. Let the Mayor call on the people, and they will respond. R. Do you think there is enough available militia in the city or State tobe of any assist- ance to the authorities ? . i, Dr. F. 1think go; if there is not, the people will come out. . _Will you get recrnits from among the church members, if it is necessary ? _Dr.F. Wewill goatit justas in any case of riot or disturbance. R. Do you think the church people will turn ot and run the risk of gotting killed for princi- ple’s sake ? Dr.F. TIcantell youbetter aboutthat after : ‘Sul. My conviction is that many wonld come R. Did you notice an increase in the attend- ance at your church this mornis ing ? Dr. F. Our house is always {ufi, anyhow ; the effect would be seen more at night than in tho morning. Men sre tired on Saturday night, and do not get around on Sunday morning. R. Now that the ball has started, & the Com-" mitteo Rropose to koep it rolling unfil the Sak- bath is observed ss they think it should be; that is, as far as the saloons are concerned ? Dr. I We propose to do the best we can; to stand by the law as far asit is possible; to do everything, as we told the Mayor, in our power, and anything he tells us to do we will do. We have no personal consideration any more than other Iew-abiding citizens ; we cannot live here unless the laws arc enforced. The law isnoba h:g o%e. i = . Do you intend stopping drinking on Sun- day absolutely? e 5 Dr. F. You cannot stop drinking any more than you can stop any other sin. We propose to stop 1t as far as it is possible, and I think we can greatly reduce the amount of drinking. You cannot stop men from swearing by law, but you can prevent them from swearing in church. Thers are limits to what can be done, but we can make the Sabbath day respected, and make it quiet and peaceable as it is in other cities. R. Have any arrangements been made by the Committee to provide places where young men others can spend the Sabbath ? Dr. F. '© heve that in view now. My judg- mentis that we will'open rooms _in the centros of the saloon districts, where coffee can be pro- cured st cost, and reading matter furnished. R. When do you intend opening these places ? Dr.F. Wehavohed one or two conferencos about it, but Ido notknow how soon we will open them, I think one will be nE‘anefl near our church, on Halsted street near Twenty-sccond streot, before long. R. The saloons must close? Dr.F. They must be made to close up. R. And the Committeo will assume the re- sponsibility in case of any disturbance ? Dr. F. ‘e will take our share of the respon- sibility. The saloon-keepers mustbe made to obey the Iaw. We do not want to antagonize or ombarrass the Mayor, but to reinforce and help Have the Committee deputized any men to walk around to-day, and notice infractions of the law ? Dr. F. Wo ordered such an arrangement to be made—to prepare evidence for, the antorm_? of compaints ; 1 do not know, however, that it is being done. -The reverend gentleman having said he was in & hurry to keep an appointment to malie two one, by tho aid of the marriage ceremony, our reporter bade him good day. When at tha daor, Dr. Fowler remarked, * we must stand by oar institutions or wemust go under. Men are put in office for duty, and not for safety.” Thereisa moral sentiment in the community which will sustain the Mayor and—" Reporter. It is said that offorts will be mads to induce the Council to ropesl the Sundsy or- dinance; if such efforts are made, will the Com« mitteo wrestle with the Aldermen? . Dr. Fowler. They will ; and we shall endeavor to awnken a public sentiment, by showing the enormity of the crime, and the danger to our re- publican institutions if it is not suppressed. While walking enst on Monroe street, after leaving Dr. Fowler’s house, THE TRIBUNE'S re- Eormr 8aw & drunken man. The fellow was elpless, lying on his back, and so stupid that he conld not articulate. = Prosently a citizen came around the corner of an intersecting stroet, accompanied by two officers, who seized the in- ebriate by the coat-collar, and raised him to his feet, and shoved him forward toward the lock- up. The citizen was = PHILLIP MEYERS, a member of the Committec of Fiftecn. He was_accordingly interviewed. In addition to tho information imparted by Dr. Fowler, he said that if the Council did ropesl the city ordinance the saloon-keepers wounld -be- prosecated under the State law of 1845, which also contained a Bunday clause. The Committee desired to avoid unpleasantness or a contest, but if the whiskey and beer-sellers had an idea that they oould intimidate the tsche“me men by threat-, ening violence they would be greatly mistaken. The Grand Jury had failed to find indictments against the men complained of,and the cases would be presented to the next Grand Jury. Nineteen men had been complained of, and there were 150 cases roady for the consideration of the Grand Jury. The:resding-rooms of the Young Men’s Christian Association had been thrown open in the morning. They did not ex- poct to get the people into the churchesall at once. E JUDGE TREE. . THE LEGAL, ASPECTS OF THE SUNDAY QUESTION will prove to be interesting, and an interview between Judge Lambort Trce, s gentleman ‘whose opinion is worth having, and a TRIBUNE reporter, is subjoined: Reporter. Mr. Tree, I have called to have a conversation with you about the Sunday law. Judge Tree. I will furnish yon any informa- tion you may desire. R. Ihave heard it stated that the Aldermen will be asked to repeal the Sunday ordinance ; if. they do 5o, will it prevent the closing of the sa~ loons on that day? Judge T. No. Wehave's State law which provides for the closing, and imposes & penalty of $100, or imprisonment for six menths in the County Jail, for keeping open & tippling housn on Babbath day or night. has been on the statute books since 1845. R. Hus it over been enforced ? Judge Tree. I do not know how far it has been enforced throughout the State. Its ob- gorvance has not been general, though I pre- sumo there have been, from time to time, proses cutions and ‘convictions under it. - K R. Within your knowlodge, has anybody been dént to_the Couiity Jail for violating its pro- vigions ? Judge T. Not that I am. aware of. I would not know the particolar punishment inflicted. It is within the discretion of the Court to fine the gfindsr €100, or imprison him in the County R. Do you think, with the large foreign ele- ‘ment in our population, that the law can be en- forced ? * Judge T, I am very clearly of the opinion that thereis no law on the statute books that cannot be enfarced. _The mode of proceeding under this Stato Iaw must be by indictment in every instance by the Grand Jury. After trial and conviction, the judgment of the Court would be enforced in the seme way as in every other case of law-breaking ; it would not be in sny unusual manner. --R. Do you know the reasons the Grand Jury assigned for not finding indictments against the saloon-keepers complained of by the Temper- ance Bureau ? Judge T. I was not aware that the last Grand Jury had the cases before them until after they were discharged. Then I heard incidentally that they had investigated » number of cases, and had not found bills against the parties, on the ground that the law had been on'the statute ‘books since 1845, but had not been enforced; and that a majority of the members of the Grand Jury thought that, before persons wore indicted nnder tho law, it was only fair that there should be somo notice that the law would be enforced. ! R. Does 3fr. Reed, the State’s Attorney, in- tend to bring the cases that were before the last Grand Jury to the attention of the next one? Judge T. I have no knowledge as to what he intends to do. Any citizen has a right to go be- fore the Grand Jury, =nd call their attention to the commission of any offence within their knowledge, for investigation. R, Cannot the evidenco submitted to them be used by the next Grand Jury? Judge T. No, it cannot. 4 R. Then the Temperance men will have to collect evidence of violation after notice has been given? Judge T. Yes. The Grand Jury have noth- ing todo with proceodings that have transpired before any previous Grand Jury ; their proceed- ings are secrot, and are not known ontside of their own body. R. Isit necessary to give notice that it is the intention of the authorities to enforce the law? Judge T. No. The Grand Jury, I presume, meent that a notice which would come from the city authorities ; bub no notice is required of the enforcement of any State law. No officer of the State has any authority to give notice that it is the intention of the Grand Jury tolearn whether any law has been violated. R. In case the ualoon—keo(flmrs organize, and resist by force, what could tho authorities do in the atb?sencee of & proper military force to quell ario Judge T. It cannot be presumed that any citi- zens will organize to_rcsist by violence the en- forcement of & law. I cannotconceive how such a case can arise under the ouforcement of alaw by the ordinary procees of court. If this or any other law is obnoxious to s majority of the pec- ple, the only remedy that I can see is an appli- cation to tho Legislature for its repeal. R. But should it prove to be obnoxious in_the city, and not in_the country, what remedy have tho peaple of Chicago? i Judge T. The Courts have nothing to do with the question as to whother a law is popular or nnp?nlar. If a proper cage is brought before ‘the Courts, the law has to be enforced. If any Iaw is oppressive, the best way to ropenl it is to enforce it. I cannot conceive how, in & civilized community, the enforcement of any law through the ordinary machinory of the Court can be _Te- sisted in any other way than by appeal to ‘the Legislature, if it is improper. - I% Is the militia force of this State adequate to sustain the authorities? . Judge T. I think it is. R. Bupposo the saloon-keopers armed them- solves, eud gathered avound them a hundred of their sdherents, “and défied the * officers of -the law, could the ‘euupleba called out ? Judge T. We do not proceed in that way under this Stdte law. The city ordinances are enforced by tho police, but this State law is - forced by the Sheriff, - He takes the body of the saloon-Eeeper, and hes suthority to call out a posse comitatus to vrrest & man. “1t is not to be ‘presumed that if indictments were found under this’ Iaw, that one of two thousand parsons would bs indicted at the eame time, . R. Do not the city suthorities assist in en- forcing this Iaw ? Judge T. Not at-ally-they have nothing to do with it. It is enforced thgmagh the judgment of the court-and the Sheriff f Cool County. “R. The city authorities, then, are acting un. der the city ordinance? = Judge T. Yes. » = R. And the Temperance Committes bring in their cases under the Btate law? Judgo T. Yes. - R. If the Grand Jury continues o ignore the bills of _indictment, the city anthorities are not obliged to cease their endeavors to prevent Sab- bath desecration? - = Judge T. No.” They are acting undef an ordinance with which the upper courts lisve nothing to do, Their cases are prosecuted - be- fore the Police Courts, and the process is; sorved and judgment enforced through the officers of the city, the Mayor having power & revoke any license, if he considers it necessary. -R. Revocation hanging over the heads' of the saloon-keepers ought to have a good effect? Judge T. I should think so; the power of: the Mayor to Tevoke licenses should be very po-- tent in securing the enforcement of the or- dinance. - « -R. It would require much tims to indict, try, and convict all the saloon-keepers in Chicago, if they violated the law, would it not ? E Judge T. Yes; firat is the hearing. before: the Grand Jury; if indictments are found, the cases are placed in the docket and are tried 'in regular order; and, if the evidence was ‘clear, a jury wonld undoubtedly convict. By this pro-- cese all the snloon-keepers would be reu.hn; by: the time the Jews return to Jerusalem. - . B. Do you know ‘the course the city authori- ties propose to pursue ? ~ - Judge T. I do nof,—whether: they propose to ush in and fine every men who violates the or- dinance, or to enforce it as they do every other ordinancs, a8 far a8 they can, I cannot tell. R. Do you apprehend. that any difficulty will result from its enforcement ? - Judge T. No. . Ithink we have a law-abiding community here, and, if there is & public'senti~ ment which demands the enforcement of thie law, that there will be no disfinxition on the part of anybody to resist the law by unlawful means. Every man has & right to contest the logality . of a law which he deems inhumen or upé:reasiva, in any lawful manner, and has a right to endeavor to obtain the repeal- of'such a lIaw; but no one has aright to reeist alaw by breaking another law. x _R. Has the Supreme Court ever given an ?pim';m on the constitutionality of Sunday av7s ? - Judge T. Not to my knowledge. . R. I presume they will have an opportunity to-pass upon the question before long, as one galoon-keeper, under the advice of the Personal Liberty League, o[{laned his doors to-dey, and Gold liguor to all who asked for t, intending to Lieve the law tested. ~ Judge T. I suppose the first case will be car-, ried up for & decision.” . 220 R, Have there been uni the law passed by the last Judge T. None that I am aware of. 3 Thig ended the interview, and, bidding the Judge ud}eg, the reporter left him. MR. HESING’S VIEWS. From the Illinois Staats Zeitung ‘'of Sunday. After the question of the closing of the sa< loons has been discussed for many days, it bhas suddenly and unexpectedly been decided. Though beset on.sall' sides, Mayor Medill has firmly repelled the effort to- limit Sunday: froe~ dom, untouched since 1845.~ - Ho leaves it to the temperance people, with the .Rabid Democrat Kelly at their head, to seek their redress from the Grand Jury, with what success is known.. He has been attacked in the papers, at public ‘moetings, and from the pulpit, because he would: not allow himself to be made the tool of fanati- cism. But he would not be misled. -Then these fanatics and Temperance people adopted another ocourse, which has won them apparent success.’ They turned to Corporation Gounsel Tuley, and_ City Attorney Stiles, two decided Democrats and Greeley men, for an opinion,and with that they assailed the Buperintendent of ‘Police. Yestar- dsy, he issued a proclamation based uponit. An inquiry made of Mr. Washburn by the editor o4 the Staats-Zeitung, was answered “that noliquor could besold at concerts, thestrical perform- ances, orballs,” and he gave it as his opinion that entertainments like those of the Swiss Mannerchor, this evening, came under the head of soloons. - : prosecutions unde ogislature ? - | Solemn contabs about imp: tioti between i+ andths pofite hesdguarters. The arrésts off su}xdq -afe gp fo'1l 3%}:& k st night. - THE. LATEST. % A HAPPY HOUR FOR MARY 5 BOUL. . - $0a The power of the law vanished at the atriking of thecloclclike & ghost at coék-crow, and, such Teuton boer-sellers and Teuton beer-drinkers a8 were then awake were themselves sgain. Tho doors of several saloons in different portions of u:s._ city were thrown open; and the thirst~- afllicted multitude trod their native sawdust once more. Musculsr bar-tenders swung the once ostrasized, beer-keg to its olevated stand, :u;dmmmet} the fawcet home with joyful mal- let. ‘“Zwei bier!" and other numerical cries re- sounded- .through the different estab- lishments, and faces which through the day had- wore s sickly look beamed with more than ‘ordinary brightness. t imperriled liverties, vio- lated pledges, and ruined constitations (politi- cal, not constitntional) gave place to merry speoches and boistorous “congratulations, The Eeiupla acted as if they had won a great victory. In many German saloons bands- of music were ‘called into requisition lest the merry drinkers ‘might fail to manifest their satisfaction with spfficient_loudness. Clam-chowder and free Ianch did their share toward making the Great netagmmg & decided success, and an event to be held green in the memory of those who partici- pm‘,ofi ugnul the early minutes of next Monday mo; X HIDNIGHT WAS THIBRSTY The Dedrease of Production in the 0il N T Region. * TrrosviLLe; Pa., Oct. 20.~The Herald's oil report for the month of September, which ap- ears to-morrow, shews a decrease in the pro- [uction of petrolehm over the month previons of 2,256 barrels pdrday; the production being 16,561 barrels daily, & 8t 18,816° the previous month. This large:decrease i3 owing to the suspension .of pumping for thirty days, tho movement hsvinsg_' Gen. inaugurated about the' 20th of Septembgr, There is a decreasa in the stock inithe region over that held the previons month of 386,987 barrels. There is also a falling off in the sfiip- thents smounting to 73,892 barrels. There is swincrease fn the number of drilling wells of fourteen, with no development of ‘new territory during the month. Fs L S NG B Personal. - BostoN, Oct. 20.—General Wm. Schouler; who hes beerr dangerously ill for several days past, is evidontly growing weaker, and hopes of his re- covery.have been abandoned. As an able news- sg.ger editor and faithful public officer, General ouler had a wide reputation. James T. Fields delivers the lecturs of the Btar Course_ lo-night at the Michigan Avenue Boptist Chiirch. Subject, “ Master of the Bit- uation.” - f : On this we would remark : L ‘We advise every saloon-keeper simply to keep his front door closed, and if he chooses to keop his curtains down, 8o that passers-by can ‘have no pretence for complaint, and so that'he cad | wait on his customers quietly as usual. A sa- 16on bas the same right as a church, so long -as it is quietly and decently'carried on. If its pro- prietors, by preserving external appearances, deprive church-goers of all pretext for com- plaint, tney have done their duty, and we should like to see any one venture to search their prem- ises. Agohcemen, except when called in, or when he has a State warrant has nothing to do in a ealoon, and if he shows . himself there he can gimply be ordersd out. The pro- prietors should let it come to that, and act unit- edly.. If it is necessary, they will find_citizens enough to aid them, even if the matter has to be carried up to the Supreme Court. But, in the menntime, there will have been ogportunifien enough to put a radical stop to this business.- ‘What the Buperintendent of Police says about gn_uu];“gnthenngs like the entertainment of the wiss Mannerchor is simply lsughable. The Verein is master in its own house, and has n flg‘hfi to eject impudont intruders. ” - 1t is & painfal and unpleasant thing that the influence_of Democrats and Greeloyites lilre Mark Sheridan, Kelly, (who has just brought suit againat Almendinger), Callahan, Tuleyand Giles —the last two stump- speakers, who orate for Greeley at =~ every ward meeting—should have brought Chicago back toamatter which was believed to have been long ago settled. There -is only one thing to be done: determined resistance and firm union . ‘We again_advise saloon-keepers to keep their {ront doors closed, perhaps to keep a boy to shut them behind the new arrivals, and generally to on their business as quietly e usual, and cont dmfi in_their fellow-oitizons -to await the further development of affairs. E The supplemental order of Washburn, in which he expressly declared to the Polica Capiains that the shutting of front doors and closing of cur- taing would not answer, stamps him 88 en un- trustworthy, weak-minded man. After having up to this time pretended to be n{gnsed to Bunday restrictions, anda friend of the Germans, he bas carried things to an extreme, which Tuley's opinion did not require. Washburn shows him- 8olf to be a fanatic, as bad as the worst of them. It is exceedingly provoking to see howhe special- Iy, strictly orders the Captains of Police toact without the lenst forbearance. Therefore, all forbearance must vanich on the other side. We callon the Captains and the police to ignore! Washburn's order, and-report no ealoon-keepers. : If the self-unmasked fanatic, Washburn, and his Democratio assistants wish to carry it to ex-* tremes—very well, the pllarrs canteonting them, will be no jesting matter. ARRESTS. A COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. The subjoined table shows the number of ar- rests in the several precincts for Saturdayand Bundsy a week ago: ° 'WEST DIVISION. Oct., s19. Oct. T to deal with whom Station, 20, Oct. 13, 1 [ will find a determined|. [ 5 1 0 H 5 i - Station. 0Oct. 19, 0ct.20. Oct, 13.' Harrison street. b Rl Wt Cotlage Grovo. . 0 1 ‘Twenty-second streel [ -2 Bouth Branch (Bridgepo o 0 L T N a 1 o KORTH DIVISIOR. Station, 0ct, 19, Oct. 20. Oct, 13., Huron street. 3 2 12 North avenue. 0 1 ‘Webster avent 2 v Total....... T Division, 19, 0ct 2. Oct 15, 1 1u 1 ] The North Branch Station is not included in the table, there being no telegraphic communi: MARRIED. VEASEY—RIGDON—1In this city, Oct. 15, by Rev: W. m E‘R{dsnr. D B AR, Vs B . ELL_ROBERTSON-In_this Rev.W. H, . D, D, Afr. Tiias Junotie B, Boberiacn " 2won : DIED. . THOBAS—At Desplaines, TIL., on Sato ornin I9th fnst, of qulck consumption, By A 18 years. 'ho onls ragret she ex, at 4 that hor SHSF CTading them: em ot city, Oct. 16, b; K. Riddell’ and nrenta sionld be left alonos and, o sisters and brothers good-bye, she begged 10 moudn, for sho was Bappy. HIOKEY-THo funeral of Richard Hickoy will take placg trom b late resideace, % Archorar., at 10:30 5. AUCTION SALES By WM .A. BUTTERS & Cco. Real Estate Sale - 140 CHOICE RESIDENCE LOTS AT AUCTION, On:Monday, Oct. 28, at 2 o'clock p. . AT THE NEW OFFICE, 168 Eest - Madison-st., L _ corner LaSalle. * These Iots'ars located at the corner of Cottage ‘Grove- a7. pud Slxty-seventhgs.. Hydo Park, midway between Great South Parks 1 and accesstble by 20 Dummy Trains to.ang fyom the city each day.. Only two Blocks each oy from the dopot. * Fine houses ‘already built and ocou- pled. " Btrectafinely graded. - Ground highand dry. In everyrespect B . First~Class Property Salo absolately . Without Reserve. . Torms only 850 cash, 850in 6months, balance $100per yoar, with 8 per cent interost. Abstracts farnished: WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctionsers. No. near FURNITURE)| . AT PAREK PLACE, Corner Indiana-av., cor. Twenty-second-st., T At Auction, On Tuesday, Oct. 92, at 10 otlock & m. ‘WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctioneers. : Second Grand Auction Sale - OF OHOIOE RESIDENCE LOTS! HANDSOME - DWELLINGS HIGHLAND PARE, ON SATURDAY, OCT. 26; 1873, ON THE GROUNDS. The Highland Park B: AR B Conn e st ny. - Theso lots axe- locat near the lopot. _Also, they w!ll sell the Hotel and grounds near thodepot.. . - = - A special train of cars will leave the Milwaukee depot S N TBRK!SiOEx&bJH cash, balance 1, 2, and 3 years, wit‘h intorestat8 per cent. By order of the Highland Park Building Company. i e | . A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctioneers. Valuable North S Property Five Handsome Houses and Eight g Lots 24x124, AT AUCTION On Tuesday, Oct, 29: at 2 o'lock p. m, -ON THE PREMISES. These Houses front south on Webster-av.,’ being Nos. 434, 438, 440, 442, & 444, pe- tween Lincoln-av.. and Hurlbut-st., are nesrly new and most desirable. Also, 3 vacant Lots, fronting on Webster- av. Terms, one-third cash, balance one and | two years ;_interest 8 per gent. Wit A. BUTTERS & GO., Auctrs. By HARRISOX & CO. CONDEMNED HOUSES AT ATOTION. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 9 o’clock, ON THE PREMISES. Al the buildings on blocks bounded by HALSTED,: SANGAMON, CARROLL, and KINZIE-STS. Thojl. butldings must be movod of &t once, as the land is to boj nsed for railrond purposes. -Terms OASH atiimo of ‘ HARRISON & CO., Auctioneers, At Auction, On MONDAY AFTERNOON, fct 21,8t 2 5 s _ olock, on fip premises.- ‘ Being Subdivision .of part of the ‘W. 1-2 of the S. W:i1-4 of Sec. 11,. Town 39, North of Range 13, East,. .lying north and fronting on Lake— st., and west of.and fronting om Central Park; the Homestead of John Davlin, Esq., and known as: the “Four-Mile House Property.” -In this Subdivision there are 20 legant: Residence Lots, fronting east on PARK, with s depth of 175 feet, and 18 Lots; fronting on Lake and Davlin-sts.,less than. two minutes’ walk from Central Park Depot.. Of all the choice property fronting the Parks. of Chicago, none'is more accessible or desir-* :}l:}s, orhasa greater prospective value than: s, - Terms of sale, 1-5 cash, bolance in fives equal annual peyments, with interest at 8 per: cent per annum, payable semi-annuslly. - The Houses and Barns will be sold sepae- tately. Terms, 1-3 cash, balance in equal! payments of 3 and 6 months, with-approved: security. ~ ; A Special Train of Cars will start from- ‘Wells:st. Depot at 1 o’clock p.m., stopping: at Halsted-st. and Park Station, and return. 2t4:30 p.m., for the conveniende of all per-- sons who would like to attend)ths sale, or- take a ride to Central Park. Al are,invited.. : BLISON & FOSTER,Atctioneers, . Randolph-st. oars go within one mile of the: property. 5 % ER 2 STATUARY SALE. THE SALE, OF a 5 Ty & Bronzes Will take .place on Monday Evéuing-, Oct: 21, at 71-2-0o’clock, and con~ tinue each evening during the week,, At No, 138 Thentyseqindst. - Goods on exhibition Monday, with: Cfl'mog}:lfiscfi & fi‘bs-m Av‘a‘a‘uun&n; : Boots and Shoes, - HATS. & CAPS; NOTIONS, &C. 3 AT AUCTION, kg On Taesday morning; Ocf, 22,2t 912 o'tluk, * - AT OUR SALESROOXS, _ ,85 & 87 TST. ELISON & FOSTER, Auotionears, " DRY GOODS, n ; Notions, &0, AT ATTTION, On WEDNESDAY Mornin, valock, Sk Y 54&52&&'-9}‘1: ok, 8% oux salesrooms, 8 and 81 M Tiin ELISON & FOSTER;-Anuctioneers. - CLOTHING, Shirts & Drewers, Boots' & Shoss, AT AUOCTION, On-Thursday Morning, 0ct/24, 4t-9 1-20dE. . .i AT OURSALESROOMS, .-. : 85 & 87 MARKET-ST. ELISON & FOSTER, By GEO: P. GORE & CO., 23, 3 and % East Randolph-st. ESPECIAL ATTRACTIONS: CITY RETAIL sgon_thALBRsf. ‘BOOTS, SHOES, AND RUBBERS, for Oct. 33, we shall offer, in addition to our regular catae loguo of seasanable goods of all grades, the best assarte ment of FINE GOODS EVER SOLD in this market. The goods are in store, and will ‘certainly be closed out. Balont 934 2. m. B : GEO. P. GORE & CO., 2, A and 3 Randolph-st. Aucticnsers. * Hats, Gaps, Clothing ing to the Gom- id Park |- AT ATOTION, On Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 91-2a.m,, By GEO. P. 23 R o S o at, Also & Line of LACE QURTAINS and ARMY CLOTHING. . ... Another Attractive .Aucfiofl Sale A Large add well assorted Line of FANGY - CHINA - G0ODS, TOYS, DOLLS, GAMES, &C, On Thursday, Oct. 24, at 91-2 8. m. GEQ. P. GORE & CO., 22, 2 20d 26 Randolph-at. O THETSaY, O, 36, .9 12 0clok, il S of El!gl.'.\nl ‘Household Furnitore to c].cfu ‘soveral Eastern Partor: Tibéary, Chamber, and_Kitehea Farniturs,’ or 5 3 Frenoh Plate Mircory, Camp Chairs; also every, descrip- Honof fumiture. I is slo should command, the agten- | hing to buy first-olass farnitaro, i 2ade will 15ko place g the sesond floor of ‘our baildiag Also two slegant Planos (n (mew). s GEO. P. GOI&B & CO., Auctioneers. By T. S. FITCH & CO. ‘Peremptory Sale! BY T. 8, FITCH: & €O, st their Salesroom, No. 167 Dearborn-st., on ‘WEDNESDAY, Oot: 30, at 3 p: g An elogant Tot frontfhg south on Donglas- lace, near Lake-av, * .~ 2 P A chnvenient nouse’ and Tot, No.367 Fule ton-st. i ] 5 A fine residence I6¢°on Forty-first-st., near Drexel Boulevard. % '.sl“wo half-acxg lots in South shni-es dte il ey ! 2 8 Tw7o one-acre lots near Oentrd'ruk,' oy Hull’s Subdvision. . & .- -+ 3