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Show A General Order Issued by Marshal Youajr for the Suppression of Vags aud Bonncloia- 13 HARMON PLAYING LUNACY fie is Disohargod oa His Own Story Gaorge Stratton as a Star-Boarder Pdica Pick ingi- Under general order No. XXVJ I, providing pro-viding for the regulation of the sport-'jug sport-'jug fraternity, the subjugation and ultimate ulti-mate extinction of the ancient order of burns and vampires, the gambling home will, in future, be compelled to work its doors with a system of signs, passwords and countersign that may be hail by the speculators on application applica-tion to the inner guard or in his absence ab-sence to the "queen's" chancellor. The vagabond and rounder are barred they must bo frozen out and this having been made tho burden of the official ukase tho order has gone forth to enforce it to the letter. It will was entered by marauders yesterdaj and relieved of a six -shooter. A number of applications have been fiiod for places on tho police force. G orge Stratton the stalwart tin horn, will occupy the bridal chamber down at Dr. Kalle.gh's hotel wita the iron bars. John Daily, the jewelry tiiief, was found guilty' by a jury before Judge Gee and semeuced to live mouths imprisonment. im-prisonment. Charles L. Blazer, who is held in tin sum of tlOUO pending a new trial that was granted him by Judge X.ano on a batch of affidavits, is making a desperate desper-ate struggle for sureties. The police are of the opinion that Harmon's faculties are about to go to pieces and that thn collection collec-tion of almost measureless moss of odds and ends is one of the evidences of dementic. The eccentric gentleman is iudebtedto this paper in the sum of is for subscription which may perhaps be construed by him and his friends as another evidence of approaching lunacy. It is different with tho circulator however who pronounces pro-nounces it as a rugged example of dead-btatism. dead-btatism. The police are justified in making u rigid examination even upon the testimony of Harmon's closest neighbor. Ho wears a Shriner ensignia which lie represents was fouud upou the streets. mora almost lucaicuiaoie reiiet to tno proprietor, the dialer and the other adjuncts ad-juncts of the gambling house and as a measure in political ecouomv is hailed by every member of the fraternity. It does away with the constant wails of the famished bum who is perpetually levying on the dealer and the money drawer. There will bo no more assessments assess-ments for a square meal. No more levies for his week's washing. wash-ing. No more drafts for cigarettes and opium. No more change for street car faro. No more touching up for a mornin's bugle and tho thousand other incidentals inci-dentals that the drawer is compelled to furnish the prolligates and idle gentry who beseige it by day and night. They are to be quarantined and "under r.o circumstances," says tho order, are they to be tolerated in tho citadels of chance. Disobedience will result in the prompt forfeiture of the franchise, the confiscations of the gilded paraphernalia. para-phernalia. "It's a whipsaw for the gambling houses," said a well-known bouifaco who has never turned his back upon llio mullled appeals of charity, last night. "The incidentals in the houses of ion are sufficient Lo maintain an orphan asylum or a hospital and speaking speak-ing of benevolent institutions 1 believe the fraternity, now that they are about to get rid of the rounders, would be glad to assess themselves once a month for a hospital or nine project of that kind. On a rough estimate 1 suppose the hand outs in this house will amount to something like 110 a day and equally as much all round, so that i'.'o a week to a charitable charit-able institution would never ho felt." The crusade began last night in the nrrest of (ieorge Stratton, the spectrelike spectre-like bilk who has been plying his nefarious work at tho Stone Front. Officer Mathews landed his harpoon in his hide and towed him without difficulty diffi-culty to headquarters whore he was held on a charge of gambling. For a first catch under tlin general order for the suppression of tin horns it's a good ono aud tlie minions of the court will use every eff ort to make his stay at Dr. llaliuigh'a lire proof hotel a protracted ono. The tin horns have got to leave the ship and if the members of the fraternity are sincere in their expressions expres-sions the authorities havo now got them between two exceedingly tropical zo ues. An Uirirluiiatu Fellow. Andy Luyton, who was yesterday ar-reslod ar-reslod at his own solicitation by Officer Sanders, was liberated last evening and is again vending his rhymes upon the thoroughfares. Tho waif has made his way from New Orleans, where, he rcp-teseuts, rcp-teseuts, he was employed on one of the railroads that lead from the southern hub. In the sturdy vigor of manhood he awoko one morning to find his left arm contorted by paralysis, and from that moment it has been practically a dead member and pensioner. He admits ad-mits to having "worked" at the asylum for the insane in later years, and that, If nothing else, seems to have impaired his reason. llitrmon lleloa.ed. No one having identified the material fouud at Harmon's rookery, the prisoner, who was arrested about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and detained de-tained for three hours, was released. The camel's back was broken when a jack-plane bearing a neighbor's name was introduced as a fatal link in thechain of circumstances and the original owner testified to having sold it to Harmon. W hen Catechised concerning con-cerning the grotesque collection at his rookery, he stated that they had been picked hither and thither until they grew into the strange stock with which the rooms are tilled. I'olioe rirklnei. Ttiu residence uf Charles Dangerfield |