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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, , OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1896.
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NUMBER 10.
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HANGED AT FOLSOM
The Kussian Kovaley Paid
the Death Penalty.
HIS CRIME AN ATROCIOUS ONE
The
Murder of the Web era at Sacra
mento Ltat Tear Thought Bo
Would be Pardoned.
Folsom, Cal., Feb. 21. Ivan Kovalev
the Russian ex:convict '. who escaped
from the island of Snghalein three years
. ago, today paid the penalty for his parti
cipation in one of the most atrocious
. crimes in the criminal annals of Califor
nia..' . . '
A little over one year ago, in Sacra-
mento, Kovalev and another escaped
convict named Mathlen .Stcherbakav
murdered F. H. L. Weber, an aged
merchant, and his wife. The murderers
broke into the residence of the old cou
ple, who lived over the grocery store,
and literally hacked them to pieces with
a hatchet: .- The assassins were bare
footed, and after wndins' in the gore of
their victims tht-y rauBaekt the house,
their movements lipinjri-M.-i.-d by their
bloody footprints. Kovalov was finally
arrested in San Francisco, and when he
was taken into custody he had on a suit
of clothes belonging to the murdered
merchant. :
Stcherbakov was stabbed to death
while attempting to rob a man in San
Jose.
Kovalev during his trial made a par
tial confession, in which he said he saw
the Webers killed, but would not admit
he had a hand in it. He laid it upon
his partner. Kovalev has maintained,
ever since his escape from the Kussian
penal colocy, that he had been sent
there for a political offense.
Russians who have conversed with
bim, however, said he was not a .man of
sufficient intelligence to be mixed up in
an affair of state. He was a shoemaker
by trade and a man of very ordinary in
telligence. He did not possess the col
lege education which had been attri
buted to him. The other day he admit
ted to one of the prison officers that he
had been sent to the Saghalien islands
for life for poisoning a man in Russia
. The Russian interpreter sent to the pen
itentiary for the purpose of Bpending the
. night with the condemned man endeav
ored to get him to tell something more
about-the murder of the . Webers, but
Kovalev positively refused to do so. He
was urged to give the address of his
mother in Russia so that she might learn
of his fate, and pray for him, but he
absolutely refused to do bo.
Another attempt was" made to inter
view him this morning, but all he would
say was that he wanted to be left alone.
He refused to eat a tempting breakfast
which was set before him, and declined
a glass of whisky, and would, take noth
ing but a cup of milk. ..'.'.
It was the general opinion that Kova
lev had an idea he would not bang. He
would not permit a prison minister to
offer any religious consolation. He said
he had some doubts about the existence
of God and expressed the opinion that
when a man died that would be the last
of him. .-.'.
Kovalev was practically a dead man
when he stepped, upon the gallows. "The
life bad almost been frightened, oat of
him. He was. so weak and trembling
that he could scarcely walk on the gal
lows. But there was no painful wait.
He was launched into ' eternity in less
than a minute after he came from his
cell.. - '
THE ASEPTOLIN TREATMENT.
The Discoverer Overwhelmed With Cor
. . respondence.
New Yoek, Feb. 21. Dr. Cyrus Edson
informs the Associated Press that he is
overwhelmed with correspondence since
the Associated Press sent out his report
about his Bolution of aseptolin, so much
so that even with three stenographers at
work he is unable to reply to many of
the letters received. He desires, through
the Associated ' Press, to express his
thanks for the kindly congratulations
received and says : ':;, - .. .; '.': : . .'
"The aseptolin treatment ican be ad
ministered by a ' physician.' only,, and,
second, it cannot be carried bri . by corre
spondence The treatment is very eim
ple and can be adminstered by any phy
sician as, well as by me. Under no cir-'.
cnmstances 'whatever .will I allow the
aBeptolin to be sent to any patient. It
will be sent to his physician only -and
must be administered by that physican.
I decline absolutely' to give the pa
tient of any other physician advice
bout his case. I will gladly correspond,,
with any physician about his cases. I
will see no private patient outside of
my Qwn' practice except as a consult
ant with hi9 physician. Any patient
wishing to see me must bring a letter
from his physician asking'me to see him.
The final result of mv examination I
will band to that physician and will not
communicate it to the patient.
''I wish to impress on those, suffering
the fact that their own physicians, who
know, their condition, ere infinitely bet
ter judges of the. treatment needed than
I can' be. Their own physicians have
studied their case ; they know the con
ditions existing ; they are the only ones
who can ay whether aseptolin will
help.
"I am willing to send a 2-ounce bot
tle of aseptolin to any physician in the
United Slates so that he may be con
vinced, by the improvement of his pa
tients, of its value. I wish to repeat
that this is not a specific for consump
tion, although it is for malaria and sep-
ticaenia. It is folly to expeot any re
suit from it when the patient has been
given' up. The treatment with it is
merely what I called it, a rational treat
ment, because it follows the line indi
cated bv nature. It has done and will
do good in many pases, but It is not
remedy which will restore lungs which
have been destroyed.
"I. would suggest to surgeons having
patients with bad hygienic surroundings
and who fear septic results that, the
aseptolin has been exceedingly success
lul in cases or septic poisoning." .
- Two Live Saved.
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City
111. was told by her dqctqjs8he had
Consumption and that there was no hope
ior her, but two bottles" ofCr. King's
New Discovery completelv cured, her
and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thosi
Eggers, 139 Florida St. San Francisco,
Buffered from a dreadful cold, approach-.
ing Consumption, ; tried without result
everything else then bought one bottle
of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two
weeks was cared, lis is naturally thanK
ful. It is such results, of which these
are samples, that prove the wonderful
efficacy of t his medicine in Coughs and
ldi. Free trial bottles at Btaselev &
onghton's Drag Store. Regular si za
50 cents and $1 00.
Fltzaimmonl Wing.
i XjAngtbv, Deb. 21. The following is
the result of the Fitzsimmons-Maher
prize fight, by rounds:
Fitz led and reached Maher's body :
Maher returned on the neck ; Bob feint
ed and led his left direct icto Maher's
wind, then followed with a vicious right
hand swing on the jaw. It was all over
and George Siler handed Fitz the purse
containing $10,000. The kinetoscooe
photographed the mill.
Later The . authorities are on the
track of principals and witnesses, and
declare all shall suffer alike. There is a
strong possibility of trouble before night
The betting was all in favor orFitzsim-
mons at odds of two to one.
Geo. W. Jenkins, editor of the Santa
Maria "Times," Cal., in speaking of the
various ailments of children . said:
"When my children have croup there is
only one patent medicine T ever use, and
mac is Uhamberiain's ucocn Kemeay.
It possesses some medica properties
that relieve the little sufferei immedi
ately. It is, in my opinion, the beet
cou a edicine in the market." . If this
remedy is freely given as Boon as the
croup cough appears it will prevent the
attack. It is also anfoVal remedy for
whooping cough. , There is no danger in
giving it to children, as it contains noth
ing injurious. For sale by Blakeley &
Houghton, Druggist.
The "JJloe And Gray" Parade.
New Yobe, Feb. 24. General IvanN.
Walker, head of the G. A. R., was at
the Fifth-avenue hotel last night He
has sent. to Adjutant-general Robbins,
at tbe Grand Army headquarters in In
dianapolis, his proclamation concerning
the encampment in St. Paul in the first
week in September. - General Walker
said that he had lately visited all of the
principal Northern cities, and found that
there was strong opposition .to the pro
ject to hold a "Bine and Gray" parade
in New York city on tne Fourth of July.
Sheriff Driver and Officer Connelly re
turned today from Salem, where they
went with the prisoners Sheer and Brad
ley and the boy Osborne ior the reform
school. Osborne tried to escape at Port
land by jumping from the train,' but
Connelly was a good second, and when
Osborne ' made a slide for ' base 'by
stumbling' over a railroad' track Con
nelly caught him without a chase. The
conductor accommodatingly stopped- the
train till the officer and the boy again
ggton. board.'. : . .. ,
, A Four. Years' Seutance. :
Tacoma, Feb. 24i James W. McMc-
Cautey, convicted Saturday of using pub
lic money for his own benefit; while
treasurer of the city, was today sentenced
to four years in the state penitentary.
He will apply for a new trial.. . :
THE SALVATION ARMY
Ballington Booth Retires
From the Generalship.
REASONS GIVEN FOR THE ACT
Partisan of tbe General Give Their
Version of the Causes of the
Removal
New Yoek, Feb. 22. The retirement
of Ballington Booth and his wife, Maud
B. Booth, from the command of the Sal
vation Army in the United States is an
nounced in the following address by
Commander and Mrs. Booth : '
"It is with inexpressible grief and
heart-felt pain that we haye to announce
to our staff officers, field officers, troops
and friends throughout America the ap
pended important decision arrived at
after thorough and careful deliberation
We hope they will ever bear in remem
brance that we feel there is no alterna
tive left to our discretion :
"First We do not seek, nor shall we
seek, to take any advantage of the
strong feeling respecting our 'farewell'
existing in all parts of tbe country, by
attempting to sever the United States
branch of the army from the parent or
ganization as a separate or independent
movement. .
"Though, through the help of our un
failing God, aided by the efficient and (to
us) happy co-operation of our officers,
our toil has been rewarded in upbuilding
the movement in this great country ; yet
we do not wish any action of ours to have
the appearance of personal ambition, npr
do we wish our precious troops to stand
for a moment in the relationship of op
ponents to those of other nations, made
brothers and Sisters by one common
bond of Christianity. -
: "Second Despite our intense and un
dying love for America and onr com'
rades here, we should have had no other
thought or purpose than that of proceed'
ing to England for another command,
were we able to do so. , But, owing to
conscientious feelings and private rea
sons well known to the general, we are
unable to enter upon new duties and
controversies in connection with a for
eign command. Owing to our inability
to longer work freely as leaders in the
armv under existing circumstances, we
have made known to London our decis
ion not to accept another appointment.
This does not mean that we will no
longer be Salvationists, nor' that we
shall , be any other than the warmest
friends of our comrades throughout the
world.
"Third We therefore propose, as
widely and as expeditiously as possible,
to relinquish and hand over our com
mand, fully and absolutely, to the in
coming commissioners when they arrive.
London headquarters, however, . sent
over three separate representatives un
announced, who pressed us to an im
mediate decision, offering, us proposals
we could not accept. Yesterday at mid
night, with most positive and uncalled-
for precipitation, with the authoiity of
international headquarters, Commander
Herbert Booth demanded that we 'hand
oyer our keys and offices , by 10 o'clock
this morning. We had therefore no al
ternative but to accept our peremptory
dismissal. :. ..
"Fourth None can fully comprehend
what this step costs ns. The blade of
disappointment has gone deep. The
struggle and suffering have been long.
We have Bought not to be hasty in this
matter, but the international head
quarters have pressed us hourly to a de
finite decision. In relinquishing onr
command we are giving up all, nor have
we any plans or prospects for this emer
gency.
Fifth Finally, we. know full well
that by some persons untrue and unjust
motives will be attached to our action,
but we. feel consoled In tbe fact that
those who have witnessed our lives, to
gether with pur toil and effort during the
past nine years,, will at least give us
credit, for acting . conscientiously and
disinterestedly, and for doing right be
fore the Lord of our hearts.
"We have .repeatedly called upon all
of our troops to stand by the army, its
general and , its principles. We do so
again. .May God's .blessing rest upon
our country, the army, and all." . .
Partisans of Ballington Booth say that
the secret of ' his removal, lies wholly in
the fact that he has .'succeeded in almost
completely Americanizing the Salvation
Army in - this country. His methods
aroused the antagonism of a little Eng
lish coterie headed by'Colonel Edie, the
chief secretary, who came oyer from Eng
land one year ago. General' Booth,
father of Ballington, and commander-in-
chief of the Salvation Army, did not
fancy the idea of tbe army in America
breaking away from tbe English prece
dents, and was finally prevailed upon to
order the withdrawal of Ballington
Booth. '
According to a clause in the constitu
tion of the armv. the commander is ab
solute owner of all the real estate of the
organization. Tbe building on West
Fourteenth street, completed within the
last vear, represents nearly iSOO.UCO.
which is deeded to the commander
his own name.
PULPITS AND PEWS.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
"Pure Religion" was the theme upon
which Rev. W. C. Curtis spoke at the
Congregational church yesterday, both
morning and evening. From the con
elusion of the text that ' pure religion
and undefiled is to visit the widow and
fatherless in their affliction and to keep
one's self unspotted from the world, the
speaker gave an exposition of what prac
tical religion should be. Just as the
farmer judges of his land by the crops it
returns, so is the Christian to judge of
his religion by the results it obtains.
Not only should a person practice be
nevolence, hut with it should be given
the hnman sympathy, without which
benevolence fails of its chief good. The
evening sermon was a continuation of
the morning discourse. The singing by
the choir was very fine.
M. E. CHURCH.
The morning theme of Rev. R. C.
Motor, who filled the Methodist pulpit,
both morning and evening, was "Chris
tian Unity," the text being from John
xvii -.21, That they all may be one. The
words are taken from tbe prayer of the
Savior just before his death on the cross
in his great desire that there should bs
a nnity of purpose among tbe people of
the earth. In this nnity or oneness, is
found man's highest happiness and
greatest good, Christianity's chief cre
dential and God's glory upon tbe earth.
This oneness is in character, consisting
In singleness of purpose, purity of mo
tive, and uniformity , of disposition,
hence is consistent with diversities of
opinion, personal peculiarities, various
methods of operation and the existerra
of different denominations. Religiors
people may observe different formB of
service, yet be far from Christian nnity.
The glory of the Christian religion is
that it makes men's hearts right, bring
ing them into harmony with each other
and meeting- them in the strongest
bonds of fellowship. The unifying in
flue nee of Christianity on the nations is
seen in the growing tendencv to ami
cably adjust all differences, avoiding the
destruction of life and human interests
by war. Tbe prayer of the text will find
its perfect fulfillment in the world to
come. J. he evening sermon was on tbe
unpardonable sin. The prevalent esti
mate of this sin in tbe minds of many is
that it consists in the commission of
some specific crime, but in tbe opinion
of Mr. Motor the unpardonable sin is
not that of a moment, nor a day, nor a
year, but consists in the gradual train
ing of the mind to reject God's word so
that finally holy things seem to be ab
horrent and even hateful. The murderers
of Christ, the greatest specific crime of
history, did not even commit the un
pardonable sin, for they were prayed for
by Christ-himself and forgiven.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
THe evening sermon at the Christian
church . was a continuation oi the inter
esting series on Revelations, which has
filled that church to overflowing every
Sunday evening. Rev. Hazel progressed
last night up to the dark ages, beginning
about 420 A. D. The symbolical mean
ing of the seven angels with trumpets
the four having control of the four
winds and tbe three woe angels, was ex
plained as to the first four, by four in
vasions upon the city of Rome, which
ended in tbe complete destruction of
paganism. Tbe historic meaning of the
fifth angel the first woe angel and the
continuation of the subject will be taken
up next Sunday evening, which is the
beginning of the veiled dark ages. We
are indebted principally to the Moors
for what meager history we have of this
interesting . period, "ending .about . tbe
fifteenth century. Mr. Hazel . claims
that the book of Revelations lies almost
wholly in the past that is that nearly
all the prophecies of that book have
been fulfilled.
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Decided A. P. A. Victory in
House of Eepresentatives
FIGHT LED BY UXT0X OF MICHIGAN
Significant Vote In the Senate on the
Resolution for an Investigation
of the Bond Issues.
Washington, Feb. 24. The house to
day in committee of the whole, after a
very interesting debate, by a vote of 93
to 64, decided that none oi the appro
priations in the Indian appropriation bill
for Indian Schools should go to the sec
tarian schools. The only sectarian
schools to which money now goes are
Roman Catholic in denomination, and
and the fight today was led by. Linton, a
Michigan Republican, who is the most
pronounced and openly avowed A. P. A
on the floor.
In last year's bill the appropriation
was cut down 28 per cent, with tbe un
derstanding that it should be reduced 20
per cent each year uutil it ceased, at the
end of five years. The committee on In
dian affairs this year resolved that this
appropriation.be reduced 20 per cent, but
Linton moved an amendment that no
portion of this appropriation should go
to sectarian schools. In his speech in
support of it, he attributed the defeat of
many members two years ago to their
refusal to abolish sectarian schools, and
predicted disaster to those who still
stood out against their abolition. He
also referred indignantly to a statue of a
jesuit priest and decorated with tbe
paraphernalia of his church, which soon
is to be erected in statuary hall, in the
presence of the high -dignitaries of the
Catholic church.
In the debate which followed, Cooprv
(republican, of Wisconsin), Watson (re
publican, of Ohio), Hamer (republican,
of Nebraska), McLachlan (republican, of
California), and Grosvenor (republican,
of Ohio) supported the amendment,
while Eddy (republican, of Minnesota),
Gamble (republican, of South Dakota),
Walsh (democrat, of New York), and
Sherman (of Ohio), argued in favor of
carrying out the policy of reducing the
appropriations by 20 per cent per year.
The latter recalled that General Grant
had proposed the system, and that for 2o
years congress had encouraged the
churches to carry on their educational
work among the Indians.
Irie Indian appropriation bill was
completed today, save for a single para
graph. -
SPANISH KEW9 FROM CUBA.
Insnrg-ents, Accord lngr to Reports, Get
ting; Worsted.
Washington, Feb. 24. The Spanish
minister has received tbe following ad
vices from Havana :
Bands of insurgents are marauding to
the north of Taruca with tbe intention
of diverting the attention of the troops,
and to permit Gomez and Maceo to
cross to Matanzas and enter the Cienega
de Sapata. The roads to it are guarded
by the commands of Ecbague and
Francis.
One of the insurgent bands recently
entered the town of San Antonio del Rio
Blanco and was defeated by tbe Guada-
laja battalion. The encounter took place
at the Ovideo plantation. The insur
gents lost three killed, four prisoners
eight horses and arms and ammunition.
They carried away several wounded.
Colonel Seguara has captured the rebel
chief Enliseta between Cataliua and
Guines.
A small column organized by the mil
itary commander of Marina with volun
teers and firemen, defeated completely
the bands of Villa Neuva and Valdonero,
killing 20 and capturiDg 15 prisoners
and 10 horses with saddles and a few
machetes. The reports are that the in
surgents carried away many wounded.
Generals Aldecoa and Linares and
Colonel Hernandez met ill the night,
after passing the river Ppedega, tbe
band of Maceo retreating after having
been defeated by Colonel Hernandez.
The engagement lasted an hour, and six
of the enemy were killed. The troops
arrived at Catalinalate in the night with
two men wounded.
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Knowing by report of a spy that the
enemy was at the plantation Elegato,
Colonel Fort went to meet them. About
2o miles from tbe plantation strong
groups of the enemy began firing with
tbe intention of deceiving the govern
ment troops, but Colonel Fort pursued
his way to the plantation and was met
by the fire of the enemy, who were in
trenched in a strong position, formed in
half circles, according to their usual tac
tics. Tbe troops dislodged tbein from
the sides by tbe fire of the artillery, the
center being taken by the infantry.
The enemy made a final stand in the
ruins of the hut, where they were
stormed by tbe troops of the Peoniero
regiment and two companies of the Ver
agua battalion. The losses of the enemy
were 10 killed 03 the fiold'and about
30 carried away. Many were wounded
The bands engaged by the government
columns were those of Maceo, Travas,
Pan-as, Cardenas and Calmuga, united
with a force of about 4000 to 5000. The
enemy tried to make a last stand, but
were dispersed, the principal groups re
tread ug toward the Esperanza hills.
The government casualties were one
captain and six soldiers dangerously
wounded and six others more or lees
woundsd.
A civilian carried by force by the in
surgents to serve as guide, said when he
returned that the insurgents are disabled
and discouraged in consequence of the
constant prosecution ; that they carried
away more than 200 wounded, and rend- '
ered full justice to the courage of the
troops. The guide said they were en
gaged in a running marten.
No Use For Corbett. ,
London, Feb. 24. Manager Fleming,
of the National Sporting Ciub. said that
under no circumstances .would they sub
scribe a cent for a contest in which Cor
bett was one of the principals, but, it
was added, any other American pugilist
might apply with fair prospects of ar
ranging a match. The objection to Cor
bett ia based on the bitter tongue-lashing
he gave tbeNational Sporting Club when
he returned to the United States after
his appearance here.
Secretary Stevens, of Bolingbroke
Club, said they would give a purse of
$8,000 for Fitzsimmons and Corbett to
compete for and allow tbe contestants -$500
each for expenses. Should Fitz
simmons fail to accept promptly, Frank
Slavin stands ready to meet Corbett be
fore the Bolingbroke Clnb.
Slavin has already offered, in Sporting
Life, to ' met' Fitzsimmons for $5,000 a
side in England or he will bet $5,000 he
can stop Corbett in six rounds.
Manager Fleming, of tbe National
Sporting Club, was surprised when in
formed this evening that the Boling
broke Club offered a purse ot $S000 for a
contest between Fitzsimmons and Cor
bett. He said that since he announced
the determination of his club not to put
upa cent for the contest in which Cor
bett was one of the principals, the mat
ter had been re-considered and the deci
sion reached, that if Corbett will apolo
gize, the .National sporting Uluo will
offer a purse for a match between him
and Jbitzsimmons.
Mrs. Maybrlck I'ardoned.
New York, Feb. 24. A local paper
says: ' .
It is announced by cable that Mrs. .
Florence Maybrick, who is in prison in
England, serving a life sentence for -pohoning
her husband, is about to be
liberated. An official announcement to
this effect, it is said, will be made this
week. : Ever since the conviction of Mrs.
Maybrick, in 18S9, great pressure has
been brought to bear upon the home
secretary to influence him to commute
her sentence. She was sentenced to
death first, but tbe decision was reversed
and she was sent to' the working prison
for life. Her friends have been unceas
ing in their efforts to secure her release
ever since, and in tbe until now appar
ently hopeless effort made by thorn.
Ba Booth Is Commander.
New York," Feb. 24. Notice was
posted at Salvation ' Army headquarters .
today of intormation by cablegram from
London as follows: Field Commander
Eva Booth has been placed in com- .
mand of affairs in America, and all
officers of the army must report to her .
for the present."
The notice posted yesterday that Com
mander Tacker Booth .and bis wife were
appointed to succeed Ballington Booth
and Mrs. Maude B. Booth disappeared
from the bulletin-board during the
night.
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