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VOL. VII.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 9. 1897.
NUMBER 28.
LYNCHED BY A HOB
Mitchell, the Urbana Fiend,
t Suffers Death.
MILITIA WOULD NOT PROTECT HIM
Mayor Induced the SprlDgBald Militia
to Withdraw, thai lln( the
Negro Unprotected.
Columbus, O., Jane 4. A special to
. the Dispatch from Urbana, O., says:
; Click Mitchell, the negro brute, has
.- paid the penalty of his foul crime with
' . hia life. An outraged people have taken
the jaw into their own hands, meted
ont the punishment lie so richly de
served and obeyed the command and
wish of hia prostrate, and, as announced,
- dying victim. The sensational and un
fortunate events of the night intensified
the feeling against Mitchell, if it were
possible, and the determination bad
been general that the brnte should never
leave the town alive.
. .: After the tiring of the militia on the
crowd of spectators daring the early
morning hours. Governor Bushnell or
dered company E, of the Third infantry
at Springfield, to come here at once.
The Springfield militia arrived at 7 :10
this morning and left their special train
on the outskirts of the city near the
water works. As they marched toward
the cenrthouse, the crowds greeted the
soldiers with bootings and insulting re
marks, and mud balls were thrown at
. them. Women appeared on the streets
in large numbers, and their presence
. seemed to be an incentive to the mob to
avenge in some manner the outrage to
Mrs. ;Ganmer. The excitement was
growing so fast that another clash be
tween troops and citizens seemed inevi
table.
When the company, thirty-six strong,
nnder Captain Bradbury, reached the
jail they found 2000 people there. They
' marched into the jail yard, and were
met by Hon. M. Lewis, who said to Cap
tain Bradbury:
"IVe don't want you now."
'Who are you?" asked the captain.
"I am a deputy sheriff," replied Lewis,
There is a sheriff over there," point
ing to Mayor Gouson, who came forward
: from the crowd on the courthouse steps
and proceedod to address the militia and
the crowd.
The mayor assured the militia that
their services were not wanted, that the
people were law-abiding and would as
sist him in preserving order, that the
company could leave the courthouse
yard, and when their services were
needed he would send for them.
The Springfield company, without
waiting for further orders, .marched
down the street to the depot, without
the sheriff seeing them. The local mili
tary company had previously refused to
serve longer, and went to the second
story of the sheriff's residence and tried
' to sleep.
With no resistance offered, the crowd
at once made a rush for the side door.
Two strong and determined men kicked
it down in short order and gained ad
mission to the jail, the crowd following.
There were plenty of sledge hammers,
chisels and other tools and the men
went to work. Part of the crowd had
previously forced themselves upstairs
nto the private apartments of the sher
iff and had found a bunch of keys,
' which proved to be the keys of the jail.
The crowd got into the jail in short
order. They did not wait to unlock the
door to Mitchell's cell, but burst the
lock with a sledge hammer and the door
soon flew open.
Mitchell was standing in hia cell and
offered bo resistance and did not utief a
word. Some one in the crowd had a
rope, and it was placed over the brute's
- neck and the crowd made for the door,
Mitchell following at the end. In going
down the steps outside the jail, Mitchell
fell down and the rope slipped off of his
neck. ' The crowd surrounded him and
jumped on him like a thousand hungry
dogs after a bone. The brute was kicked,
beaten and almost killed.
The rope was quickly slipped over his
head again and a rush made for a tree in
the corner of the courtyard. An end was
throw over a strong limb and a thousand
-willing hands pulled the wretch up.
The end was tied to the iron fence- and
Mitchell was left hanging there in full
view of several thousand people to die.
All this was done in quicker time than
it takes to tell the story. The lynching
took place at 7:30 this morning.
Those taking part in it made no attempt
to disguise themselves. It is not known
who did the work and the person who
attempts to find out will get himself into
serious trouble.
It is doubtful if Mitchell died from th
effects of hanging. His miserable life
had been almost kicked out when he fell
down. It is the general opinion that he
was unconscious when strung up.
The brute's body was left hanging for
an hour or more and the people of the
city flocked to 6ee it. It was finally
drawn down and placed in an under
taker's box and left lying in the court'
house yard, open to the public gaze,
Governor Bushnell is en route here
from Wooster, 0.. and is due at 2:15
p. m.
TOE CRIME AND ITS RESULTS
Etintt Which Led Dp to the Lynchln
of Mitchell.
Ubbana, O., June 4. Never was there
such a tragedy in this city as that en
acted at 2 :30 this morning. lwo men
lay dead and six seriously wounded, with
one more that may die. Since the de
plorable shooting the people are stand
ing around the corners sadly and serious
Iy discussing the awful and appalling
tragedy.
When the shooting occurred an attempt
was beinz made by a mob to enter the
the jail from the rear. The militia were
in the ball on the second floor, and
standing at the windows. Higgins, of
West Liberty, and another man had
sledge hammers in their hands and bad
broken the glass in the door leading to the
hall from which the jail is entered
Suddenly the militia opened fire with
out warning, and Higgins fell back with
the exclamation : "My God, I am shot
Then followed the scene of death and de
struction that brought others down
The panic-stricken citizens exclaimed
"No one is safe here but Mitchell."
The city of 6U00 inhabitants is an un
usually orderly one. With its colleges
it has always bad the highest repetation
but pandemonium reigned last night.
Recently Mrs .Eliza Gautner, the wid
ow ot the late publisher of the Urban
Democrat, was criminally assaulted by
Charles Mitchell, alias "Click" Mitchell
a notorious negro, who was arraigned
last Wednesday, but his victim was too
iil to appear in court. The man was
taken to her home for identification
As he entered tbe door she exclaimed
"Hang him I How dare yea face
you brute?"
In default of bail Mitchell was locked
up in tbe city prison, but on account of
tbe feeling was removed to tbe countv
ail the same night for safe keeping
That night the the jail was surrounded
by a mob that was held in check by. the
sheriff's posse and the local company of
Ohio National Guard. Last night the
situation was mor threatening than ever,
and Gevernor Bushnell was called on for
assistance, but refused to order the
militia from any other place here. This
city is only twenty miles from Springfield
and forty miles from Columbus, from
which place' troops could have beeir
transferred, but it was thought that
Mitchell could be taken to the peniten
tiary quietly.
The grand jury was impaneled yester
day and Mitchell was indicted for crim
inai assault. men tne crowd was
thrown off the trail by bringing Mitchell
into court in a soldiers uniform
Mitchell was scared, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to the limit of 20 years
ihe trial lasted only a few moments
ana Mitchell wanted to get to the pen
itentiary at Columbus quick, but when
tbe tarriage drove up to tbe jail the
crowd rushed to get Mitchell and lynch
him. Another crowd surrounded the
depot. The sheriff remained fortified in
jtil with bis prisoner while tbe militia
patrolled about the ground.
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Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggiat of
Shreveport, La., says: "Dr. King's
New Di?covry is the only thing that
cures my ctfugh, and it is the best seller
I have."' J. F. Campbell, merchant of
Satford, Ariz., writes : "Dr. King's New
Discovery is all that is claimed for it ; it
never fails, and is a sure cure for Con
sumption, Coughs, and Colds. I cannot
say enough for its merits." Dr. King's
New Discovery . for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is not an experiment
It has been tried for a quarter of a cen
tury, and today stands at tbe head. It
nerer disappoints. Free trial bottles at
Blakeley & Houghton's drug store. 1
"For three years we have never been
without Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy in tbe house,"
says A. H. Patter with E. C. Atkins &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind., "and my wife
would as soon think of being without
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summer season. We have used it with
all three of our children and it haB never
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any but tbe very best. Best soap means
Hoe Cake, Sold by Pease & May a. a2-3m
HOOTED THE EMPEROR
The Berlin Public Expresses
Its Opinion.
MAX PRACHT GETS AN OFFICE
Campos Advise Weyler'e Recall From
Cuba, and a. He la In Power, Hia
- SugfcfStion Will Be Heeded.
Berlin, June 5. Several unusual fea
tures accompanied the great spring pa
rade on the Tempelhof grounds last
Tuesday. By the rigorous police rule,
barring ajl traffic from all streets lead
ing to the Tempelhof, tbe public was
practically excluded from this eight,
which tor many years has been a popu
lar diversion. Tbe orders were brutally
carried oat by the police, many persons
being kicked and injured on the field.
The number of carriages was much
smaller than usual.
The emperor and empress, while going
to and coming from the field, were not
once cheered by tbe populace, which
was in a very ugly mood, as the policy
was attributed to the emperor's orders.
Several persons in thedense crowd hoot
ed the emperor, which was instantly
answered by tbe police forcibly dispers
ing the throng and arresting a score of
people.
The empress was pale and nervous,
and was so affected by all this that she
suffered from a violent headache, and
insisted upon returning to the castle,
the emperor, therefore, stopping the
parade before it was half finished.
In the jostle on leaving tbe Tempelhof
the empress was again badly scared.
Women of the lower classes suddenly
appeared at the horse's heads, and, with
a threatened gesture, one of the women
threw a petition in the face of tbe em
press. In the turmoil which ensued,
her - majesty lost a unique decoration,
conferred upon her by Queen Victoria,
and composed of the queen's enameled
portrait, set with big diamonds.
The empress was present at the parade
on horseback in a white riding habit of
tbe pattern of the uniform of the queen's
Pomeranian cuirassiers, and wearing a
triple peas white cocsade hat ot tne oleu
Bayreoth dragoons. Acrdss her breast
she wore tbe broad orange band of the
Order of the Black Eagle.
The newspapers all condemn the se
vere police measures adopted in exclud
ing the people from such occasions, and
contrast them with the course under
Emperors William I and Frederick III.
Among the invited spectators at the
parade were Ambassador TThl and his
family and John W. Foster, the United
States seal commissioner, and Mrs.
Foster. .
Mr. Foster, while on bis way to Rus
sia, stopped lour days in this city, and
was given a reception by Mr. Uhl,
which was attended by a number of
diplomats formerly stationed in Wash
ington. '
Max Pracht Gets an Office.
Washington, June 5. Max Pracht
gets an office. He was reinstated as
special agent of tBe treasury department
to get around the civil service law. He
was transferred and made a special agent
of the general land office, and Hermann
will sei.d bim to Oregon. It is not gov
eruor of Alaska, but it is something.
Campos Advises Weylers Recall.
New York, June 5. A special to the
Journal from Madrid eava.
The recall of Captain-General Weyler
from Cuba is almost certain, as the lib
erals have decided to take this stand if
Senor Sagasta assumes office. Senor
Pidal, president of the cortes, today ad-
yised the queen regent to reform the con-
servative cabinet in the direction of bon
estly placing reforms in Cuba to the
island.
Campos has advised tbe queen not to
form an intermediate cabinet, but to
trust tbe government to the party which
offers the best and most definite solution
for Cuba, and the one most calculated to
secure good relations with the United
States, while being consistent with na
tional dignity. .
In addition, according to the Corre-
epondencia de Espana, he advised tbe
queen to recall Weyler.' t
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firant County Stock.
Long Creek, Jane 5. The present in
dications are that this summer there will
be the largestsale of cattle that has been
known in Grant county for years. A
prominent cattle-buyer says that the
sales of Northern Grant county In the
vicinity of Long Creek, will undoubtedly
reach $100,000. Sheepbuyers have been
over the country within the last two
weeks, and will drive out a large number
of sheep, the major portion of which will 1
be taken over the trail to be delivered
to Eastern Markets.
Sheep in this section have all been
shorn, and the growers are now deliver
ing their clips by freight teams, at Hepp
ner and The Dalles warehouses.
8UOAK 8CUKDULE NEXT.
Tariff Debaters Get Thronch the Wood
Sections.
Washington, June 5. When the sen
ate laid aside the tariff bill tonight, it
had reached the sugar schedule, which
has been the subject of so much interest
and conflict;
-During the day, many of the para
graphs of, the wood schedule had been
agreed. to, but that restoring white pine
lumber to the dutiable list at $2 per 1000
provided the greatest Btnmbling block
encountered since the debate began. It
led to an extended debate, during which
a wide divergence of views was de
veloped on tbe Democratic side of the
chamber.
uacon gave his support to tne com
mittee rates, saying it was essential to
the lumber industry of the South. He
also spoke of a revenue tariff so adjusted
as to give equal benefits to all indus
tries. Bacon and Vest clashed several
times on tariff doctrines, Vest express
ing his regret that a Democrat chairman
would aid in restoring to the dutiable
list one of the three products lumber,
salt and wool which the Wilson bill
put on the free list.
Clay also spoke at length on the tariff
Dill, criticizing the sugar schedule and
other features of the bill.
Powder for Saluting Purposes.
Washington, June 5. Bids have been
opened at tbe war department for sup
plying about, 200,000 pounds of gun
powder for saluting purposes, for etate,
coast, field and eiege artillery, with the
following result: Bernard Pyton, of
California, for powder delivered at
Benecia arsenal, 9 cents per pound :
Laflin & Randall, delivered at Benecia,
Cal., 9.9 cents per pound : at Rock
Island and Dover, N. J., 8 8-15; Dupont
Nemours & Co., delivered at Benecia,
104 cents per pound ; at Rock Island
anu Dover, 8.85.
An Important Arrest.
Ej. Paso, Tex., June 5. A most im
portant arrest was made here today.
Colonel Buford, United States consul at
Juarez, gave the facts to the treasury
department officers that led to the ar
rest of D. G. Tipton, an El Paso earn
bierj who had in his pockets a perfect
imitation of a United . States rnbber
stamp for stamping Chinese certificates.
He also had a blank certificate, a perfect
forgery of the genuine one. It is claim
ed that Chinese have been struggled in
here for years.
A Mew Coal Deal.
New York, June 5. For the last few
days rumors have been current in Wall
street that a new coal deal will soon be
made. .These rumors have it that J.
Pierpont Morgan, while abroad, made
arrangments to take up the option now
held him on 75,000 shares on Lehigh Val
ley stock. These shares, it is said, came
into Mr. Morgan's possession at the time
be helped tbe Lehigh out of its difficul
ty. Death or Sirs. B. F. Devlnne.
La Grande, Or., June 5. Mrs. B. F.
Devinnedied at the home of berdaugbter,
Mrs. A. P. Nash, in La Grande, last'
night of tuberculosis, with which she
suffered many months. Mrs. Devinne
came here last fall from her Eastern
home, in the hope that the change of
climate would prove beneficial.
The remains, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Nash, will be taken to Moberly,
Mo., for interment.
riano Fejl on Miss Heal.
FOREST Grove, Or., June 5. Yester
day afternoon. Miss Ora Beal, ot this
place, and her mother, were moving
their piano from one part of the room to
another when the instrument was upset
and the daughter buried beneath it.
She is seriously injured,' as the piano
weighs 700 pounds. ;
Men Are Not Willing to Run.
Cheney, Wash., June 5. The ap
proaching echool election, June 12,
makes known a peculiar situation here.
The probabilities are that a majority ot
the board and tbe clerk here will be wo
men, it is doubtlal 11 any man can be
found willing to run for director. '
Lleulanders Organized.
Palouse, Wash., June 5. A number
of settlers on lieu lands met here today,
and organized a secret club, the purpose
of whicb is to fight the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company to secure title to the
lieu lauds. . -
Outrages by Turks.
Athens, June 7. It is officially an
nounced the Turks have committed ex
cesses in Epirus, violating women, defil
ing churches and engaging in general
pillage. Turkish irregulars, it is further
announced, have committed similar ex
cesses in t'ue Tillages around Larissa.
4 STRANGE APPEAL
Americans Asked to Aid
Starving Cubans.
'TO SPAIN WE CAXXOT APPEAL'
This Is the Pathetic Statement Made bj
Peaceable Citlsens Driven From
Their Farms to the Cltr.
New York, June 7, A special to the
Herald from Havana says:
A strange appeal on behalf of ' the
starving and dying reconcentrados in
Matanzas, who excited pity in the hearts
of General Lee and Mr. Calhoun, has
been made to tbe people of the United
States.
Since the United States government
has begun measures for the relief of its
citizens in Matanzas, the desperate
plight of the Cuban reconcentrados,
there has resulted in a petition, signed
by a hundred of them, in which they
beg in tbe name of common bumanitv
that they be included in tbe charity
The petition is headed, "An appeal to
the United States.'' It is now on its
way to Washington. The principal part
follows:
"First anil foremost, let it be said
that in unhappy Cuba we can do noth
ing to help cur suffering countrymen
The pacificos that have huddled in our
city would be looked upon as traitors for
so doing, and as such we wonld be sum
marily dealt with. We must not feel
for them ; we must be blind and deaf to
their sufferings, and do nothing that
can in any way interfere with VVeyler's
policy of extermination.
"We have to witness day after dav
scenes of horror which no language can
describe, and yet no voice can be lifted
to protest against tbem. To Spain we
cannot appeal for succor. She is well
acquainted with the present condition
of affairs in Cuba, and so far not a farth
ing has come to us from her, and yet we
have sent her our money freely when
ever tbe Spanish people have been 111
want or distress.
"Upward of 10,000 of victims of this
savage system of warfare have been
crowded into Matanzas without provid
ing for their most natural wants ; and
after they. have been compelled to aban
don all they had in the world, they are
to be seen in crowds, from 8 o'clock in
tbe day until late at night, imploring
charitv.
In any other country this state of
affairs would have brought on disturb
ances aud riot; yet our people, suffering
as they are, have not done anything that
could in anv way disturb order. Can
there be a better illustration of a peace
ful disposition?
Tender, loving mothers of America,
to yon in particular we appeal in our
humane undertaking. Send us the
mighty aid of your motherly co-opera
tion ; enlist in our crusade against crime
and barbarity, and the blessings of
thousands will rise to heaven as a fit
hymn in your praise. Think that at
your very doors there are mothers who
love as dearly as you love, and who day
after day see their little ones perish in
our streets out of sheer hunger, and in
most cases without ' a piece cf rag to
cover their nakedness.
"As for us, we cannot do our work
openly. We have to beg for food for the
huogry and clothing for tbe naked, con
cealing ourselves and our names as if we
were doing something wrong, and we
therefore suggest that if any relief ia to
come it ehould be entrusted to tbe
American consuls for distribution, and
we would also suggest that the sending
help in the way of provisions or clothing
has its inconveniences and it night give
the officials an opportunity to '.interfere
and thwart the object in view.
"Very respectfully,
"One Hundred Citizens of Matanzas."
NEW URBANA MOB.
Captain Leonard Now the Special Object
of Its Wrath.
Cincinnati, June 7. A . Times-Star
special trom Urbana, O., says :
General Axline spent Sunday in Ur
bana, and while here called on Mrs.
Leonard, and assured her Captain
Leonard would be protected. There is
no feeling against tbe members of com
pany D, the people generally believing
they only obeyed orders, but Captain
Leonard has been severly censured for
giving orders to fire on the mob. .
Harry Bell, who was instantly killed
on the night of tbe riot, will be buried
this afternoon.
Ganrdsmen Upheld.
Cincinnati, Jnne 7. Governor Bush
nell, in a letter to the commercial Tri-
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Botai. Bakikg Powder Co. New York.
bune, says: "Members ot tbe National
Guard at Urbana did their duty, and are
entitled to the support of the etate. La
mentable as the results were, their efforts
were to maintain the majesty of the law
and they should be upheld."
Adjutant-General Axline says: Care
examination at Urbana fails to show that
the National Guard's conduct was any
thing but that of courageous and obedi
ent soldiers."
ALL QUIET AT SAX QUENTIN.
Work In the Jute Mill Was Resumed
Today.
San Quentin, June 7. So fur as ex
ternal appearances are concerned all
traces of the recent trouble witbin tbe
confines of the state prison had disap
peared this morning when tbe 7 o'clock
whistle was blown by the engineer of
the jute mill. With the exception of
about 250 of the most unruly convicts, i
who are still kept in solitary confine
ment, in order that the originators of
the stride and snbseqnent disorder may
be discovered and punished, all the
strikers returned to work as usual and
performed the duties required of them
tbis morning, with every appearance of
satisfaction. In fact, many by extra
diligence seemed anxious to retrieve -themselves
for their share of the trouble
and used every means in their power to
regain the good opinion of their officers.
Despite tbe promising state of affairs
shown this morning, however, Warden
Hale has no intention of relaxing tbe '
disciplinary methods of keeping his
wards in subjection, which were inaug
urated last week, and announces bis in
tention to sift tbe matter none tbe less
thoroughly because the strikers have
seen tbe futility of trying to coerce the
custodians into acceding to their de
mands.
This is, of course, a matter of time,
but that the whole history of the out
break, trom its inception will be brought
to light tbe authorities are confident.
A Rechlsss Cyclist's Fate.
Pbovidence, R. I., June 7. Arthur
Lihiff, a cyclist, while racing against an
electric car met a tragic death. Just
outside the Roger William's Park the
roadway is quite ste-p. Trolley cars are
in the habit of bowling down tbe incline
at a high rate of speed, and many cyclists
have tried to beat them in races. Last
evening when a car beaded down tbe hill
I.uh iff was alongside. He was measured
up by the motorman for a race and the
contest began in earnest. Suddenly La-
hiff was eeen to tumble and make a com
plete somersault over bis handlebars.
He struck with great force while going
at bis fastest clip, Mid his neck was
broken.
Mark Twain's Birthplace.
Mexico, Mo., June 7. Florida, which
is near this city, baa recently lost very
significant relic the birthplace of "Mark
Twain."
Tbe old structure is being removed,
preparatory to building a new bouse.
Numerous calls have been made upon
Mrs. Kooney, tbe owner 01' tbe house, by
admirers of tbe humorist, for tufficient
timber to make a cage or even a shingle
or a brick. Tourists who visit
Florida
in tbe future will see only the
ground
where once stood the birthplace
of the
man who made millions smile.
The Elevator Fell.
New Yokk, June 7. The elevator in
the postoffice used for carrying freight
and employes, fell from the fifth floor to
the basement today. The accident waa
caused by tbe breaking of the elevator
rope. The injured are: Captain J. J.
Cox, special examiner. internal injuries;
George W. Daly, postoffice clerk, inter
nal injuries; John Murphy, laborer,
broken ankle, other injuries; Joseph
Lnffer, broken back ; Thomas McGovern,
ot Brooklyn, broken back; Frank
Birdsall, railway postal clerk, broken
leg.
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