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VOL. VI.
THE DALLES." WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 4. 1S96V
NUMBER 15.
SLOWLY STRANGLED
Sickeninaf SDectacle Wit
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nessed in Havana.
FIVE CUBANS PUCLICLY EXECUTED
Torture. Inflicted on the Victim by
Bungling Executioner.--President
Cltneroi Manifesto.
Havana, March 31. Never ia modern
times baa there been a more sickening
spectacle than that which today attend
ed the public execution of the five Cuban
condemned to death by the earrote, as
murderers, violators -and incendiaries.'
The trooDS were drawn up in a hollow
square and in the middle were placed
chair and post.
Ruise, the public executioner, had
deputized his assistants to conduct the
affair.-' The condemned men were
brought into the square to meet their fate
One had confessed his guilt and affirmed
the innocscne of all the others, who also
protested they were guiltless.
The first man took his seat i n the chair
calmly, the iron collar was fixsd about
his neck and tho cap was drawn over his
face. The execuiioner undertook to ap
tlv the screw, but was so excited that
his hand slipped repeatedly. .The victim
died by slow strangulation, emitting the
most distressing cries.
The second . execution was accom
plished with even more distressing awk
wardness, the executioner being almost
on the verge of collapse.
The protests of the officers and priests
forced Euise to undertake the third exe
cution, but he did little better than his
assistant had done. Raise then literally
fled from his post, leaving his assistants
to put to death the fifth unfortunate
Cuban, who suffered the same agonizing
experiences as his fellows.
" POLITICS IN OREGON.
County Tickets Nominated In Klamath
and Lincoln Counties.
Klamath Falls, Or., March 31. The
Republican convention in - Klamath
county nominated the following ticket:
W. M. Davis, commissioner; C. 8
Withrow, clerk; W. F. Arant, sheriff;
Charles Pattee, superintendent; J. W.
Siemens, treasurer; J. I. Donnell, asses
sor; W. B. Simpson, surveyor.
The names of the delegatee to the state
convention are : C. S. Moore and George
S. Nickerson.
The delegates to Lhe congressional con
vention, O. C. Applegate and E. S.
Moore, are instructed for Hermann.
Oregon Weather.
Oebgon City, March 31. Ice a quar
ter of an inch thick formed on water out
of doors last night. While peach and
cherry trees were in full blossom, it can
not yet be told whether the freeze had
destroyed this year's crop. At Logan
and throughout the Springwater foot
hills snow was four inches .deep yester
day morning. No great damage is re
ported from that section however.
McMinnville, March 31'. The ther
mometer registered 25 degrees above
zero this morning, and there was ice on
everything. Most of the fruit in bloom
was killed.
Dayton, Or., March 31. The severe
frosts of the past three mornings have
caused the fruit men to fear for the
safety of fruit trees that are now in bios
eom. . .
'; Grant's Pass, Or., March 31. A se
vere frost here last night injured fruit
badly, and there ia every indication of
another tonight.
t
Killed Herself and Children. ,
San Francisco, March 31. The
phyxiated bodieB of Mrs. Olga Deuss and
her three little children were found tbis
morning by her husband, a prosperous
jeweler. Deuss said he had been out to
' the lodge last . night,, returning about
dagiight today. Mrs. Deuss left a note
to her hnsband, indicating her intention
to commit suicide, and 'said that her
children must die With her. The mari
tal relations of the pair had lately been
unhappy. . ' '- .-.
Pigeon Messenger Service.
Washington, Marc,h 31. Secretary
Heibert added a novel chapter to our
' naval strategic tactics when he signed an
order adopting the messenger-pigeon
service for coast defenses.' - Many hun
dreds of pigeons are shortly to . be dis
tributed in groups among about twenty
different points along the Atlantic coast.
Here they will be kept in coops and edu
cated to regard their new quarters as
permanent homes to which they will re
turn when liberated from vessels. Hay
ing thus domesticated them, they will
be placed aboard coasting' vessels' and
carefully trained to find their homes
without losing time. Their coops will
be placed in telegraphic communication
with Washington.
VENGEANCE.
OUTLAWS SWBAR
It Is Directed Arainst , the City of
Wichita Falls.
Wichita Falls, Tex., April 1. Sev
eral farmers who live on the Texas side
of the Red river, just across from Fort
Sill county, were in town today. They
claim there is a cane of outlaws in the
territory or posite thorn. Occasionally
one or more come over for supplies and
ammunition, and spend a portion of
their time target-shooting with Winches
ters and six shooters. They say that
Crawford and Lewis, who robbed the
City . National bank here February 25,
and killed Cashier Dorsey, and were sub
sequently lynched by the citizens, were
a part of this gang.
The criminals tell these settlers that
J. A. Kemp, bank president and whole-
saie mercnam, ana .DurKo nuraeu, uie
cattle king, are responsible for the lynch-
ing of Crawford and Lewis, and they
have sworn vengeance against them and
the city of Wichita Falls. These settlers
have been slow to inform these gentle
men of their impending danger, as, ow
ing to their proximity, their lives and
property would be at the mercy of the
outlaws. Before Crawford and Lewis
raided the City bank and killed Dorsey,
the bank officials were notified of the in
tended raid, but they made light of it
and failed to take warning. They will,
however, heed the notice that has now
been given them and be on their guard.
BISMARCK'S BIRTHDAY.
The Iron Prince Eighty-One Tears Old
Today.
Feiedrichseuh, April 1. Prince Bis
marck was 81 years old today, and in
honor of the event bands played in the
Schloss Park all morning. Representa
tives of the Hamburg senate, bearing
congratulations, . and , several, friends
waited upon the prince, who also re
ceived many floral tributes and presents,
and large numbers of telegrams, includ
ing one from Prince Henry of Prussia.
Crowds assembled about the gates, but
up to-the time this dispatch was sent
the prince had not appeared in public.
Emperor William's present to Prince
Bismarck was a photograph of the im
perial family in a group.
Registration Frauds.
Chicago, March 31. The board of
election commissioners today declared
that 45,000 of the 370,000 votes regis
tered for the coming spring election are
fraudulent. The commissioners dis
covered wholesale registration frauds in
nearly every ward. They say the num
ber of names stricken from the lists is
greater than the total vote cast in Mon-
tana, North Dakota, Delaware, Florida
and Nevada.
A Railroad Sold.
Seattle, March 31. Judge Hanford
today granted an order for the sale of
the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern R. R.,
the sale to be made in this city on or
after May 16th next. The bondholders,
under the reorganization plan, will be
the bidders for the property.
A Mew Schedule.
A schedule will go into effect on the
through Eastern trains of the O. R. & N.
and Great Northern Railway Companies
next Tuesday by which the time between
Portland and St. Panl will be shortened
12 hours, says tho Oregon iaiT. The Dal
ies also win oe Denehted in having a
straight passenger train service in place
of the mixed service now in force.
' Out of Portland, local trains Nos. 7
and 8, to The Dalles, will, be made
straight passenger trains, instead of
mixed, as at present. No. 8 will leave
Portland at 8 :35 a. m. and arrive at The
Dalles at 12:05 p. m. 'Returning, the
train will leave The Dalles at 2 :30 p. m.
and arrive at Portland at 6 p. m. This
new ran to The Dalles will save about
one and a half hours in time.
Train No. 3 on the Great Northern
will
leave St. PtuI at 3 o. m.. making
but
a few stops between St. Paul and '
Grand Forks
Arrive at Helena at 7 :30
on the second day out; at Butte at 11 :30
a.m.; and at Spokane at 3 :20 p. mthe
second day out. At Spokane the train
will be divided and proceed on its own
line to Seattle, reaching there at 8 a. m.
and on the O. R. & N. for Portland as
follows: '
Leaves Spokane at 3 :40 p. m. ; arrives
at Walla Walla at 11:05 p.m.; at The
Dalles at 4:40 a. m.; at Portland at 8:30
a. m. - -.
At Walla Walla, on the O. R. & N.,
the train will make connection with the
Oregon division No. 1. .
When the ecalp is atrophied, or shiny-
bald, no preparation will reetore tbe
hair ; in all other cases, Hall's Hair
Renewer will start a growth.
(SPANISH BARBARITY
Aroused a Feeling: of Horror
at Washington.
SENOR DE LOME'S EXPLANATION
Of the Execution of Cuban Prisoners at
Havana Tuesday This Is Bat
a Single Instance.
Washington, April 1. The message
from Havana giving the details of the
killing of five prisoners by the garrote
raised a cry of horror in Washington.
Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish
sinister, admitted that the men had
been killed, but declared that the form
of punishment was the one prescribed
Dy Spanish iaw. He said the men were
negroes , and had been guilty of a most
atrocious crime in hanging a merchant
at Guira Melena and in killing a small
boy at the same place. He said the de
tails of the execution had been exag
gerated.
The reports to the Cubans in Wash
ington declare that the horrible execu
tion of the five men at Havana is but a
sample of the atrocious cruelties of Cap
tain-General Weyler in Cuba. They de
clare they have information indicating
that such cruelties are practiced nearly
every day in Cuba, and that they are so
horrible as to be beyond comprehension.
Senor Quesada, who represents the
Cuban party in Washington, said such
incidents as the one reported today only
gave a vague idea of the reign of terror
In the island. He continued:
"Atrocities are being committed every
week in Cuba that surpass in cruelty the
worst. of the Armenian outrages over
which such a storm of popular indigna
tion was raised in this country. The
cruelties reported in this execution will
be denied by the Spanish authorities.
and the denial will be believed by the
American people because they cannot
conceive how such crimes can be com
mitted by a civilized nation. The Span
ish authorities are conducting in Cuba
today exactly the same sort of warfare
that tbe Apache Indiads in Arizona
waged 20 years ago on the frontier.
They are mutilating their victims in ex
actly the same way, and using the most
barbarous methods of warfare."
Senor Quesada said he had no doubt
that the five men put to death had been
guilty of some offense against the Span
ish, .and that perhaps their offense
merited the death penalty, but no mat-
ter what their offense was, they wete en-
titled to a reasonably humane punish
ment. Tbe fact that they were put to
death in itself is not revolting, for they
may have deserved it, but that they
were tortured in the most barbarous
manner Bhould arouse the indignation of
all civilization.
Notorious Outlaw Killed.
Guthrie, O. T., April 1. The notori
ous outlaw Carl Thorn, alias "Diamond
Point," who led the raid at Coffeyville,
Kan., and who, while a member of the
Dalton gang, killed four men, was killed
this morning by Deputy Marshal George
Richards at Dover. The outlaw and of
ficer exchanged 10 shots. Richards will
get the $3500 reward.
-INSTANTLY KILLED.
The Trag-edr Which Occurred
Near
Butteville Tuesday.
Woodbcbn, Or., April 1. James I,
Dozier, a farmer, shot and killed Frank
Kelly yesterday morning on the farmOof
A.- E. Laroque, near Butteville, the
farm being leased by Dozier.
Immediately after the shooting Dozier
went to Aurora and gave himself up to
the constable. . At the coroner's inquest
in the afternoon Dozier testified that
Kelly had interfered with his business
and threatened his life until it was un
bearable; that he had- taken the- horBes
oat OI n,B Darn transferred . his hogs
"c,v """-"''
around the place with a pitchfork and
had done all sorts of devilment.
Dozier said that yesterday- morning
Kelly came through his yard and seeing
him commenced to abuse him. : Dozier
ordered him off the place, and told him
he mast let his business and family
alone. Kelly replied that he would do
as he pleased, and, with an an oath, told
Dozier he would do him up, at the same
time putting his hand to his pocket as if
to draw a revolver. Dozier, thinking
his life was in danger, fired, the ball hit
ting Kelly in the breast, killing him al
most instantly.
A' number of witnesses corroborated
Dozier's story" regarding the threats
made against his life by Kelly, and the
jury, after a few minutes deliberation,
returned a verdict that the shooting had I
been done in slf-defense. The verdict
gave general satisfaction to Dozier's
neighbors, who regard him as a quiet,
reputable citizen.
At Oregon City, where both parties
were known, the shooting is believed to
be the gutgrowth of an A. P. A. -Catho
lic clash. It is said that Dozier is a mem
ber of the A. P. A. and an active worker
in the order, whe Laroque became
aware of Dozier's A. P. A. affilia
tions he and Kellyet ahont making it
disagreeable far Dozier, eothat he would
abandon his lease and leave the farm.
To tbis end they annoyed Dozier iu end
less ways, but Dozier persisted in re
maining.
Kelly, who was formerly catcher lor
the Oregon City baseball team, was
buried at Butteville today.
TRICKY SHOPPERS.
Ladles Who Bob the Millinery Stores of
Designs.
"That lady didn't come here to buy:
her 'maid' is a small dressmaker, and
she's after designs; I know her."
This was the remark of a saleslady
in one of the large shopping stores,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer, and, on
being asked for an explanation, sho
said:
"It is quite a customary thing fo:
so-called ladies to go shopping with
their maids, not witR the remotest in
tention of buying anything, but with
the purpose of seeing the latest
fashions and copyinsr them at hom-J
'.fterward. Ladies will sometimes get
these 'small dressmakers' to accom
pany them on these thieving expedi
tions; then, with then- heads cramful
of tho most delicious notions, hie
straight to some cheap mart, buy silk?,
velvets and other materials needed, and
dish up' exact counterparts of the
models they have seen.
"When it is considered that for Taris
models leading firms often pay a big
price for each gown, it will be seen
that a direct infring-emcnt of the copy
right, so to speak, is most disastrous
to them. It is the custom of firms who
have hcen taken in in this way "o keep
what they call their exclusive models'
strictly secret. These are never shown
in the windows, and are. only brought
forward to customers who. are well
known and trusted.''
IN THh STREET CAR.
Some Observing Individual Notes a Wom
anly Eccentricity.
'Have you ever no iced," sad a man-
ubout-town to a reporter for the Phil
adelphia Record, "that nine women
out of ten when they eater a strees
car invariably take a seat on the righi.
hand side of the car? I have frequently
wondered at it, and a' solution of the
mystery did not occur to me until a
few nights ago. I boarded a Girard
fwenue car which was entirely empty,
and sat down in the forward left-hand
corner. At the next crossing a woman
Sot aboard and sat down opposite me.
At the next street two more women
got in and took seats alongside of the
first. After a time there were seven
women in the car, all sitting in a row.
leaving me to enjoy alone the comforts
of the left-hand seats. Then three men
jumped aboard and 5-at down on my
side. Finally another woman joined
us, and instead of taking a vacant seat
rear the door on tht 'ladies' side' sh5
walked the entire length of the car
and sat down alongside of me. This
eccentricity on- her part impelled mo
to watch her more closely than good
manners possibly warranted, but I
solved the mystery to my satisfaction.
She paid the conductor with her left
hand! She was left-handed; see? An-1
Till the women on the other Bide were
right-handed, of course. Fact!"
INDIAN TREACHERY.
A Bed Man's Cold-Blood ed Villainy Meets
with Speedy Punishment.
A sergeant in the Secoud cavalry re
calls an incident in his life in the Milk
river cou ntry, if on tana. lie was then a
private, and was carrying the mail be
tween the camp and Fort Assiniboine.
One day he met an Indian, and, riding
along together, the soldier proffered
him a pipe, which the red man smoked
peacefully. After traveling thus all
the morning, they came to a creek, and
the Indian reined up, saying1 that he
was going down the stream, whereas
the mail route led upward. So they
separated, and. When the soldier had
gone about 50 yards, he turned in his
saddle ' to wave another farewell. To
his horroiV he saw the Indian in the
act of drawing a bead on him. Quick
as a flash he tumbled off his horse, on
slung1 his carbine, and returned the
fire 'of the treacherous savage. ' Tho
Indian then fled, with the-soldier in
pursuit, when suddenly the Indian and
his horse disappeared from sight. The
soldier followed up carefuly, until he
stood on the brink of a precipice, 200
feet in depth. At the bottom lay the
Indian and his pony, both dead. The
faithless Indian, in his hurried attack,
forgot about this cliff, and in his flight
went to destruction. -
It may Bave you time and money to be
informed that, when you need a blood -
purifier, Ayer's Sarsapariila is the kind
most in favor with tbe medical profes-
sion. It is the standard and, as such,
the only blood-purifier admitted at the
Chicago World's Fair. j
PORTLAND PRIMARIES
More Interest Taken Than a
General Election.
THE FIGHT EXCEEDINGLY BITTER
The Simon forces Beat the Home
Frank-Hlnto Combination in
Most Precincts.
Portland, April 2. Republican pri
manes today give promise of being the
most hotly contested In the history of
the county. There are two tickets in
tbe field, Simon and Mitchell. The Si
mon ticket is headed "For Low Taxes."
The Mitchell ticket for J. H. Mitchell.'
Tbe Simon forces have control of tbe
polling places, while the others have
control of the police and special deputy
sheriffs to the number of four hundred.
Should any underhanded work be at
tempted serious trouble is threatened.
A noticeable thing is the presence of a
large number of strange men in the city
who, it is charged, have been brought
here for the sole surpose of voting both
early and often. Both sides are confi
dent and determined.
At 2 o'clock an attempt was made by
the police to arrest Larry Sullivan, a
sailor boarding house keeper, for intimi
dating voters in the Second ward.- The
polling place is located in Sullivan's
bearding house and when tho officer ap
proached Sullivan, ho retreated into an
upper story of his "castle, ' and secur
ing his Bhot gun announced to the eurg
ing crowd that the first man who at
tempted to arrest him would be killed.
He took a seat in the second story
window, shotgun in Hand, and, sur
rounded by several of his peelers,
watched the proceedings.
In the Third Ward Pete Grant is di-.
recting affairs for the SJmon faction.
The crowd is lined up for blocks away
and it is probable many voters will be
kept from the polls.
The principal points of interest on the
west side of the river are at the Second
and lhird wards. Here tbe voters are
lined up for about two blocks waiting
their chance. Voting ia very slow ow
ing to the number of challenges and the
manifest attempt to keep voters from
voting. In the lines are all conditions
and classes of men. Business men are
sandwiched in between morphine fiends
and hoboes. No attempts at repeating
have been discovered yet. Simon is con
ducting the fight in the Second ward in
person. . -
Voting was suspended in tbe Eleventh
ward (Albina) late this afternoon by
arresting one of the judges.
Among the placards on the many
backs at the polling, places "taxpayers
against taxeaters is the most conspicu
ous. Long before the pells opened mot
ley crowds of intending voters gathered.
At ' some polling places objection was
made to some of the judges but without
avail. . Simon men would not yield.
The polls opened at 1 o'clock and tbe
struggle began.
The Oregonian today devotes six col
umns of its space to the results of tbe
primary elections. We excerpt the fol
lowing: ; ; '
The Frank-Hume-Minto combine was
defeated at the Republican primaries
yesterday by the taxpayers, notwith
standing a most desperate and violent
means adopted by tbe office-holders'
ring to defeat the will of the Republican
party, and to control the city and county
convention. The scene's at a majority of
the polling places were without parallel
in the history of the Northwest. The
entire police farce of the city was de
voted to, the use of tbe ring, and, by
most flagrant and indecent misuse of its
authority, - intimidated voters, threat
ened, and even assaulted judges, and
abetted and connived at violence, fraud
and outrage. There was no pretense on I
the part of . i the blue-coated minions of
the. law that they represented the in
terest of the people at large; but they
openly espoused the cause of the com
bine and used all the means in their
power to secure its success.
The total number of votes cast was
6569. The county, and city convention,
to be held- Saturday, will number 124
delegates, of which the taxpayers will
have at least 80 votes. The taxpayers
Highest of all in Leavening Power.-
r "'r
carried the first, second, fourth, fifth,
sixth, part of the eighth, and the'tenth
wards, in the city, and the Frank-Hume-Minto
combine carried the third,
seventh, part of the eighth, ninth and
eleventh wards. The taxpayers have 68
votes in the city convention ; the com
bine 35 votes.
Today was marked by many sensa
tional episodes. . In Upper Albina the
police deliberately broke into the poll
ing place, confiscated the ballot-box, ar
rested the judges, and dragged them to
the central station, because they refused
a Democratic vote. In the second ward
there was a vast mob of heelers, thugs,
vagrants and law-breakers of all kinds,
and with the able and willing assistAnce
of the police, they had the space In front
of the voting place all day, and drove
hundreds of citizens from the polls.
Only 293 votes were cast, though at least
1000 Republicans were on hand ready to
vote. These votes were cast largely by
the riff-raff, who held their places in
line and managed to put in a ticket
when it was not rejected by tbe judges.
This primary was the scene of several
exciting episodes, and was a center of
uproar and commotion all day.
No one was killed. The same scenes
were repeated with somewhat lees evi
dence of violence, at third ward. All
was comparatively quiet in the first,
fourth, fifth and sixth wards, in which a
free expression of Republican opinion
was allowed, and which, in consequence,
were carried by the taxpayers. In the
seventh ward, there were disgraceful
scenes of violence. On tbe East Side,
except in Albina, tfiere was compara
tive quiet. Because of tbe tactics of the
police, not more than one-fifth of the
full Republican vote was cast north of
Washington street.
Finer Del Klo Burned.
Havana, April 2. The capture of Pin-
ar del Rio and -Santa Clara by the insur
gents, who occupied them several hours
and left them in flames', is a severe blow
to tbe Spanish armies. General Pando
and General Juarez Valdez. the military
governors of the destroyed cities, have
been ordered to return to Spain by Gen
eral Weyler. The capt.-general is badly
worried over tho situation. He thought
be had Pinar del Rio so strongly guarded
that it was absolutely impossible for
Maceo's forces to break in. But in tbe
middle of the night of March 25 they
came and literally laid the townin ashes.
Of several hundred residences, not more
than a couple of dpzen were left unin
jured. A Bad Case.
Chicago, March 31. A special from
Louisville says Mine. Dure Berlhel, a
leading contralto of Louisville, one of
the best known vocalists of tbe South,
has been stricken blind, and the proba
bilities are that the affliction will be
permanent. The Oregonian makes the charge that
within the last week from 300 to 4(K
toughs, many of them desperate, have
arrived in Portland for tbe sole purpose
of voting the Frank-Hume-Minto ticket
at the primaries today. These hoboes
have been given the tip to come to
Portland, and they have swarmed in
from Tacoma, Seattle, Port Townsend
and other places witaout fear of moles
tation or of being sent to the rockpile,
and that they are theie nnder police
protection.
Did
you
That we have opened
up a Wholesale Liquor
House at J. O. Mack's
old stand?
The purest Wines
and Liquors
for family use.
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