Till OKKGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. 1'OIiTLAND. SUNDAY MO UN I NO. NOVKMHLK 21. 1903.
BARCELONA - ;IS TORN WITH STRIFE OF . ANARCHY
Execution of Professor Francisco Ferrer Certain to Give Added Impetus to Disorders in Catalonia Which in Their Present and Fourth Stage Are a; Great Menace to Crownand ChurcK
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BARCELONA. Nov. IS. Official
verity hnn overleaped itself In
' Spain. By tho execution many
cU it murder-i-of Senor Ferrer,
- the Democratic leader In Barce
lona, tho Spanish government has sown
eei calculated to produce endls
trouble not " only in Catalonia, but
tlirouphout the country. The fourth
Ktacre of .'the, conflict between the pro
Kri'lve nnrd reactionaries lias been en
.Icred upon. Some predict It will close
with a tragedy of which Klngr Alfoniio
iilinself will be th? victim, popular
ilioiifch he la with his. subjects.
ltoug stafldlnir - as the troubles of
Barcelona have been, the blood of JSenor
Ferrer seems to have warmed tie spirit,
of unreet inta greater vigor,. and where
formerly only whispers of discontent
er heard, today there Is a constantly
Increasing growl of anger.
Barcelona Doomed.
Rit-heat and fairest of all Spanteh
towns, Barcelona Is doomed to a con
tinuance of disorders by which her fair
record is stained and her Immense range
of lndustrlarenterprlsea crippled. Tjie
comparison Is only superficially accur
ate. True, the. Citalonlans have long
agitated for Separation,. for Home Rule.
Between the- Catalonlan .and the Cas
I Milan exist mutual contempt and dls-'
,J)ke. ;,, But Catalonia la the richest of all
"the Spanish , provinces; Its sons aro "
hard "working, ambitious 'and enterpris
ing. Above all, they are endowed with
a sound business inHtlnct.
Tlie industry of Barcelona has, well
earned for the city the title of the "Man- ' '
cucster of Spain." The Spaniard who live continued to the present moment,
cannot afford the costly English cloth A11 along, the perpetrators have baffjed
efforts to put a stop to these horrible
crimes. s.t about more cruel methods
of repression.
The Italian police agent, Ascherl,' de
nounced 10 the thpn civil governor,
Despujols, some 40 stibjeets. These
were put to torture at the fortress of
Montjulch. They were beaten, placed
in solitary confinement In dark cells.
Bait fish was given as their sole food,
and water was denied them. All the
place of this size. Another force, a
section of the civil guard, to the num
ber of ) 000. will , shortly be drafted
here. -y Needless to say, public, confi
dence 'In the protection of th publlo
Is' ruined, , and business ia broken
backed. As a detail of interest. It. may
be. mtWlo'ned that 40",000 apartments
are vacant In Barcelona at this mo
ment, the occupiers having fled the
city. .
paraphernalia of the Inquisition were , . r
utilized, and with fiendish ingenuity Ferrer's Execution.
the "lielmet" was invented, which WU(1 theories are afloat to account
cramped and contorted the features f t, , ever-present Reign of Terror,
until insensibility supervened.
All tills produced the Inevitable con
fessions, trustworthy or . otherwise, and
as a result, not only were five suspects
put to death, but also Ascherl himself,
who was Implicated by the extorted
statements.
Public outcry became vehement as a
Some say the Revolutionaries by thin
means hope to force from the govern
ment Separation and Home Rule for
Catalonia; other's think the outrages are
the work of anarchists from Marseilles;
others, again, lay the blame t tli
door of the Jesiilta who wish to protest
against the Increasing Uberaltsm .ami
of these tortures, and Signor reiigious. liberty in the country,
Si I vela, the greatest prime minister In
the peninsula- In .recent years, took a
wise step when he ordered th libera
tion of mdny of the suspects in Barce
lona, and thus pacified to some extent
not only local but national feeling. ;
the police, and the execution of Senor
Ferrer is the outeomo of police frensy at
their Impotence. Constantly after this
occurrence tho police discovered dyna
mite cartridges In various places, pre
sumably abandoned by persons afraid of
carrying such dangerous merchandise.
Terrorism At Work.
To those Interested in the study of
terrorism, an episode of this time will
be interesting. It happened a few days
Hfter the explosion in the Rambla ,of
Kalnt Monica, A porter in the employ
of the t Telegraph company was ap
proaching the Arco del Teatro when he
was accosted by an unknown person,
who . asked for a light. The porter
pa'ssed over his cigarette, and the un
known at the same moment skilfully
slipped a small nauket with fuse at-
About 10 o'clock one summer morning, tached into his racket "Thanks, ' said
a tremendous -explosion was heard in he man, returning the cigarette, and
the city and suburbs. It was caused by took his departure. The porter went on
the bursting of a tube of Iron filled with his way, but wis soon asked by a passer-
dynamlte in the doorway of a . textileby, ;Wh4t have you gotin jtOwC-POcket?
mciory.in uie jiamoia or saint Monica. There's something on fire!" The porter
The adjacent office and warehouse were saw the smoking object, pulled It out,
completely wrecked.: The' merchant him- and threw it on the ground, where it
u was miraculously saved by the fact Immediately exploded, fortunately wlth
thfet a few momenta before be had left out doing much damage.
Ills office to examine some samples of The relations' between employers and
cotton. The trees in the avenue outside workmen grew deeply embittered. The
were covered with fragments of Iron, workers, through their ill formed asso
and with the remains of a poor-lad.clations.. demanded Increased dsv and
shorter hours.;. Bricklayers were work
ing 1 2 hours a day for a pittance. The
Invariably wears that made In Catalon
lan factories. Tho population of this
beautiful city, with Its magnificent har
bor, spuclous streets-'and promenades
lined with modern buildings, exceeds by
far the scant 600,000 of Madrid. Here
are huge banking and shipping Indus
tries, and the only automobile factories
, In Spain. -
Industrial Storms.
The long and disastrous series of out-
rages perpetrated in Barcelona were, In
the first Btage, unmistakeably what may
bo termed industrial outrages the re
bellion of labor against capital, lit
every case the destructive engines used
exploded in the; houses or factories of
manufacturers. ' Badly constructed, on
the whole, they caused little harm, ex-.
cept to alarm employers of labor.
persons had signed, when beneath the upon whichImmediately afterward, the
table a fearful explosion took place, wall fell, completely destroying It.
Tables and chairs were torn to splinters;
the roof fell In; the lights were blown Anarchy Follows.
out. The panic was indescribable. Over B graduaUy the unrest developed
20 persons were more or less seriously , . ' . . . , ,
injured, but no clew to the criminal was int0 a movement that was frankly an-
arcnistic ine reoeinon or uie lower
ever, discovered.
Unrest and Violence.
Industrial energy grew in Barcelona
,ln spite of tho occurrences, but the
relations between capital and labor
passed from bad to worse. The manu
facturer Batllo occupied a house at the
corner of the Square of Cataluna, A
dynamite bomb was placed in the door
way on tho first floor. The explosion
tore down walls and portions of the
staircase up to tho third floor. An old
servant, 70 years of age, was mortally
classes against recognized authority.
The curtain was lifted on this second
stage with dramatic effect. A great
military review was being held on the
magnificent promenade, the Farabla de
las Flores, under General Martinez Cam
pos. Tha general, surrounded by his
staff of officers, was watching the
march past of the tropps, when a work
man of ilKrepute, named Pallas, sud
denly threw his cap into the air, and
shouting. "Ixng live anarchy," threw a
bomb directly at the general .
: A civil guard close by was instantly
the province. A bomb was dropped from
the upper gallery and exploded in the
stalls. A score of people were killed,
and many others wounded. In the sub
sequent panic and rush for the doors
others were killed and injured. For
some time no trace of the assassin could
be found. Some incautious remarks, how
ever, gave the anxious police tho
they needed, and the criminal, an A
sronese named Salvador (the name Is bit
terly Ironic when anglicized into The terrorists exploded a bomb in the scapegoat was demanded, and Senor
Saviour), was arrested in a village of doorway of the chief of police, Trenols; perrer was picked out; for execution
All Is Mystery.
Since then, during what may be
termed the third stage of the terror
ism in Barcel6na, the reason tmd oiigin
clue f t"e subsequent outrages are wrapped the Revolutionaries In fighting the au-Ara-
in deepest mystery. Bombs follow thorittes. Thus the ranks of the vio-
pctards, and petards Domps. , , ' lent section were enormously swelled.
Unfortunately the Spanish authorities
learn nothing from experience, other
wise, they would , see , that their vio
lence breeds ianarchy. : as tropical
swamps breed mosquitoes. s When the
reserves weYe sent to the war In Mo
rocco their relatives were sternly shut
out frOm opportunities of bidding fare
well. The women, inflamed by this un
locked for restriction, first fought with
the guards, and then went home to stir
up their nusoanns 10 join lurem vmu
his native province. He was tried by
the civil courts and put to death by the
garrote.
Stirred up by this outrage, the police
drew up an exhaustive list of suspects,
many of whom were thrown into prison.
In spite of all official precautions, how
ever, another blow was struck in the
but a little later Lieutenant Morales of because from his ' printing press . and
the civil guard, was tried, and ' die- school progressive : ld(as rwere dlssem-
missed tht army by a tiilitary tribu- inated. . Declaring hist Innocence; he fell
nal for hiding explosives in the moun- under a hail of bullets, after' a trial
tains and in the city and then discover- that would have satisfied no other
ing them as proof of his zeal and de- country than Spain.
tectlve skill. For Bimilar practices, His death has given the' revolutionary
Juan Rull. Dolice agent' and confidant cause the prestige of martyrdom, and
cause of anarchy. It was the time of of the civil governor, was tried, and fired the flame of fanaticism In thou-
who, pausing by at the moment of the
catastrophe, - was - literally blown to
pieces. ' The manufacturer lost his nerve
and retired from business. The assassin
was never discovered.
killed; several of those in tho vicinity
wounded and died a few days afterward, were wounded, but the distinguished of-
Batllo and his wife escaped unharmed, cer himself had a miraculous escape,
but the merchant never opened his fac- H1" horse was disemboweled, and died
tory agaln. and 1500 families . remain instantly, but General Campos only suf-
wilhout employment. rered a wound in the left thigh. Pallas
" After this "Outrage Detards. charged was seized, tried by a military tribunal
with powder. Were discovered in differ- an' shot.
ent parts of the city. The police were Iia was the first to expiate his an
honelesslv haffled. A homb exnloded in Srchistlc crime, despite all the frenzied
the doorway of the first floor at No. 9 endeavors of the police during the long People Terror Stricken,
Junqueras street, the residence of the c'""
in quicK succession rive more terrorist
crimes were perpvtrated, one against the
electric power station, and niany sus
pected persons were arrested, but with
out result.
Corpus Christ!, and a religious proces
sion was slowly passing along the street
called Camblos Nuevos. Bearing lighted
candles, women, children and priests
were escorting sacred banners and em
blems. How terrible must have been
tho fright and agony of these poor peo
ple When suddenly an infernul weapon
burst in their midst: The cries of the
kllVd and wounded rang through all
Spain, but the author of this dastardly
crime was never discovered.
after intense public excitement, was 'sands of Spanish hearts,
hanged. His mother was suspected of
being the author of a bomb outrage Outlook reartul.
manufacturer Alslna.
He, his wife and a servant were pack
ing tip in readiness for their departure
on the following day. The clothes of
the' women, were torn to pieces, and Al-
em ploy era were, stubborn. They called sina himself was seriously injured.
a general meeting at the general , labor A little Jater another explosion oc
off ices IFomento del Trabaio Nacional). curred In the house of a merchant
Thus , began a series of criminal at- An Important motion was passed, and named Salvador, and- his wife had a
tempts which, in different ways and
with more evil refinement of cruelty.
the assemblance passed to another room wonderful escape. A moment before the
toi affix their, signatures. Already 40 bomb burst she had rised from a sofa,
' Immediately afterwards commenced
a serlctj of outrages which terrified the
entire population. Timo after time
deadly cylinders exploded In a public
resort in the Rambla de las Flores, and
several people were killed or wounded.
In the Rambla de Cataluna a bomb
Then came the terrible tragedy of the burst by the side of a flower stall, and
Llceo theatre. It was a gala night, and a young and beautiful girl of some 20
the building was crowded with the rich- year:i was torn to pieces,
est and most distinguished families of The police, frantic at their own vain
Theatre Tragedy.
during his trial, and his cousin is still
In prison on suspicion. '
During the reign of the last civil
governor, which lasted two years, some
42 bombs exploded. Since the appoint
ment of the present governor, Crespe
Azorln, three 7 months ago, over 20 out
rages have been experienced, each with
a considerable casualty list to its rec
ord, And it Is to be remarked that this
last series of crimes has been worked
out almost invariably in the poorest
quarters of the city.
. No longer are the bombs directed
against the merchant princes, the local
aristocracy, or the civil authorities.
Three thousand suspected persons are
detained in Barcelona's prisons, while
a greater number have been deported
or sent across the frontier.
The police force of the city amounts
to over 7000, a stupendous figure for a
The fourth stago of the. conflict be- 1
tween.the Government and the people
now opens with fearful portents. Clr- f
icallsm, almost alone,; defends the harsh- !
ness of the repression, f And yet, des- I
perato as are the -deeds. -Qf-lhfl. lie vol u -
tlonarles. there aro indications of & mar- ,
velous restraint ami calculation la their
methods. V - i . ,.
Perhaps for the first time In Revo
lutionary History, In the case of
Churches and Convents destroyed, warn,
ing is sent beforehand, couched more
or less in the following form: "Hasten
away, and take what you can With you.
for we are coming to destroy you." ;
Impartial students, of the situation
declare this Is the expression of a con
fused thought, dimly present In the
minds of the Revolutionaries "This .
we are doing, not to harm others, but.
as a protest against the Government
which oppresses and Ill-uses ns." .?
MARRIAGE A LOTTERY ARGUES THE ST.EN-
. OGRAPHER--By Dorothy Dix
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"Of course, if a girl has enough en
ergy to do It, she can find out whether
the man she Is aolntr to marrv drfnka
. to excess, but she can't find out until
she is up against It whether he has got
ID TOU read that account In .she. Is like, somebody from the planet you've got to take a flying leap In the live withPthn i!. that harder to
paper- about a- sporty Mars. dark and trust to luck,
youth who. sitting In A his "Now, suppose I meet up with a girl know but what it's just as good So
club . wlndowt One day, " bet who makes a Lit with me. She seems heave a, brickbat in a crowd of women
$100 .that he could ' marry all to the good, but before I ask her to and aiarry the one it hits, as to court
the first unmarried Woman, who passed give ' me Uie privilege of . paying her : a girl seven years before you marry
by? Sure enough, - presently - a tidy board bill and supplying her shopping her."
little bundle' of calico came - by, tbe 'money for the next Jt or 40 years, I' "A woman has even less chance to
matrimonial pi nger rushed out, scraped would really like to know Just what find out what sort of a man she is
acquaintance with her. and In less than sort of a girl' site Is whether she is marrying," said the. stenographer,
a week had led her to the altarT" In- amiable, or has a tobasco temper con- There Is no earthly way for her to
realed somewhere about her person; slse up a man and ascertain what sort
whether, .she Is cheerful, or grouchy; of a husband he will make for the man
whether she knows how to cook and who la trying to get a woman, and the
keep house or Ilea in bed and lets mother, one who has got her. has Dr. Jeykll and
do the dishes; whether she Is thrifty Mr. Hyde beaxen a city block as a light-
and economical or one of the sort who nlng change artist
, l"e one up mat is nanoed out ridge s, " the only American
to girls about husbands falls. People . i i ....
rived in Chicago recently, with his wife,
ENGLISH LIKE SODA WATER MA
HE BEST thing the American That it is a great success has already but they are no better, than those of
department store. has done for been announced all over America. With- the English. In fact, advertising Is a
England."-said Harry Gordon out deprecating English methods of fully developed science In r England.
S'lfridge. proprietor of "Self- shopkeeping he said that he believed They have little over there to learn from
, quired me pooaseeper. j-.-jt - -,
"And "whafa the. end ' of this rapid
i fire romance ?" asked the stenographer,
i- '"Divorce," answered the bookkeeper.
j- "Just as anyone would have expect
5 ed." replied the stenographer. "The Im
pulsive marriage' Invariably ends In fn-
tenaff led regrets. - -.
"That's on the level," agreed the book
ay mat a good sou makes a
good husband, but heaven help the
poor girl who marries mother's darling
and sister's pet, for he is invariably so
(polled and so accustomed to adulation
that he ia beyond human endurance.
"There Is no way for a woman to
know a man until It's too late for her
knowledge to do her any good. All that
she can do ia to take the best thing
In sight and thank heaven Its no
worse.'
"Still you should take what precau
tions you can In matrimony," said the
"was to give its people the American Ice
cream soda. It seems to have filled a
his success to be due to the fact that
he had been a little more thorough than
his native competitors, a little more
generous In his dealings with the pub
lic and a little more enterprising In
long-felt want. Our big soda fountain pushing his Institution into public atten-
has done a tremendous business during tlon.
believe that money was made to blow ia "Of course, every girl thinks that she .H.,vk-.n-r ,.. . . ,,,;: "
and all that a husband ! good for Is Is a sentimental sleuth, ami can tell ..CitTT' rl' ""i"1 i-J U.
toj-alse the wind.
'My. happiness depends upon my find-
Just what aort of a husband her par
ticular Romeo ia going to make, but
r"r'. b tnt eat 4hee little points, but how am she's . really gat no more war of dls-
, f 1 n iii J I going to do ItT. I can t tell from ob- covering a mans real nature, than she
mmyjr aorvui Ion. bwaus when a Irl nil m. nil of rnrhlnr the North Pole without
, different angles and points of view be- bfl-l cmluog upon ,ier 8h- bmm KOt on do,
. up w.ui company roanneTa. If I show her. ray . '
' "Sureat thing yoo know, said the matrimonial platform, if she wants to wll
stenographer, "for when yon are mar-
, Hed you are married a .long, long time,
AnJ It seems longer." " - . :. " .
Aftd' yet," roused the bookkeeper.
"Tiow murh mere does the average man
dogs or sleds.
For example, she argues that a man
111 make her an affectionate and lov-
raarry tne, sbe II swear that she stands Ing husband because, while be ia eoort
flat on every plank of It. and I rut my ing her. he ran clutch her hand for
stmk in campaign oroRilses. but ia reality that' Is no sign that he at
Tfes, aascnted the stenographer:
"the only formula, for matrimonial hap
Iness la to turn a searchlight on the
individual you Are going to marry be
fore marriage, and wear blinders after
ward a
"And even at that you'll get left." -
the last summer, and next year we are
planning to enlarge It.
'The English, like the Fiji Islanders
or any other people, have a sweet tooth.
Our little experiment with the soda
fountain has demonxtrated that, after
all, human nature is about the same the
world over."
Mr. Sel fridge raid that there was
nothing new to be told about his store.
'There wis our Idi-a of getting a sim
ple telephone number, one that every one
i-ould remember." he said. "Any British
shopkeeper could have got that number
for the asking. They didn't ask for it;
we did. that's the difference.
"It is a mistake to believe that the
Englishman is not adapted to Amvrlean
methods of business. We Sent several
Englishmen from our etaff to America
to study-American methods. When they
returned -tltey had learned It .thorough
ly. It did not take them long to spr-t.d
the new gospel among the other em
ployes." '- v
One of the changes Mr. Selfrldge In
augurated in Indon was the aboljiimi
of the practice of tlpnhig sto; rm-
"I have been quoted In New York as ployes. Also he encouraged hu patron
saying that our success was due to our to come In and "Just look around.
"better advertising methods. That Is not practice that is- frowned upon by otl.er
quite correct. Our methods are good. London merchants. - , j
lie Took thr PrLsr.
From the Philadelphia Record.
An Enellfthmflar was asked to speak
the Al Fresco Dining club-
"I can't ask ber girl friends whit w.,. ever ven notloe she's got a bans arose, stuck his monocle In his ere and
know IThoat the real woman he Riar- kind nf m Hlrwvltlnn she's rat Iimum after thor aro na rrlxi told tM story:
, or the woman know about the real the girls sre la the matrimonial mar- "he also deduces the fart thst be la . "I ?n J-hlra at a dlnnah. jen
man ah marries, thaa tbe couple of ket themselves and it Isn't vp to them very Knerons Kerause white he la try
knew." said bv
give a prise for
T-CrtiTtg Idiots, who got married at sight, to booet another girl's stock. I cu t Ing ts wla her he lavixhea an; sorts of "" ' " . ' .
know about each other? ak her parents because their play U gifts upon h-r and tlls her thst his i7? notVr tod another story s
Kfh they ere to
tb beet stor. One
t
Xf Tf werjr engased pair think to boom their daughters and- get them greatest happiness will be to work to ( awm. Don't vow km, thn leer
that they bare got each etaer s number married and off their haads. - surround ber with every laxsry. soked me to tell a story. I srose and
aa4 are sare there. Is so lottery' ia "fro thrs I sm. a poor Uttle osbe Jest ' "Mint vtrvn fall far this easy talk. ofn'
itirirt. and after tnarriage tbey find out l the mainmort I wood, withoat erea and plenty of-them Tod out after they " J Erallshiaas) with a sense
a single robin to ran and show me are married that their bosbsnds r"t -4 rr,y smssemeet tier strt
ttewy out. tb-tn t save enough on Ms grocery bUl tlae before I H s- sa-
' In tr end, ba ri pt married,, to pa up for tht pre-aaptial prtsetta. oucr void. Tow s wbat I aaT"
- - . - - - - -- . - - - - . ;
What Wf're Jtt.
Our horse Is in an awful mess.
Vui ev'rybody's sli'k.
An' things will be ' worse yet unless
"A change comes pretty nulf-k.
The baby's got the whoopfn rough.
An' Kammy's got the mumps:
My mothers down with Benin' teeth.
An' grammy'a got the dumps.
My grempr's got the roomertii.
An' sister's- got the blues:
1 ain't sro antx-tt of anything.
Kmrer-tln". "what s the o7"
My aust that's visitin' us ttw got
Whst rsther eslls 'th grout.
What s tfat you sayT What s fsthr jja. ,ca)nst the normal rharaea.
O falhw'l ot ant ' -
Boston Hrrald.
Municipal Irujt Store. . IlBckwhrat. --
From the Detroit News. -From the New Turk fan.
Tjle high rates at which medicines The frost ta on the W'lJ!2-!-.-
ssd drugs are sold by the private VssTlonlT o'er 'amj'basiness ' lure V
pharmacies and drugstorea of SC Pe- With all its loll nd tnoiMe.
tersburg have induced the municipal And from the -rity's crowrt-d iunm
authorities to start a municipal phar- . To farmat-ds lone s.l muuvy
m.rs.:r A &lz&t!Vz?:
tit. 450) have been recently allowed. ..',,,
The city pharmacy will supply med! Awnr-wfth crntly rvi,lr,
rises and drugs to all the d.ainfectlon And -j.n k ml ,r !c.,
4 luriltkr 'densrtineats. as m r-ll as Anrt tr.i'f!r. ooir la t,r t,),
mturiclpal hoapilala. - To private per
sons drugs will be sold at 10 per ivt.l
Of M; li or tf Wim
A "vwcIk'HV if trnss r I
Lii h n-ofj jna n.
It U a.umwrn f'"
t' at they hsre fnlssed every guesa, and
tt.at each is To snore like mhrnt the
tihr thought he, or she. was Lbs a he, er
I'taancial.
From F start Pt
KmfT la tK, root of all rrli," to4
grafting doeaa't ISBprsn- tbe fruit
Aba aula nt Crop.
Te thestnut seasoa opens
Roof garden days srs oer;
But sninstrvl shows are 00 lh road
And will gt th samo old lea
of chestnuts as of-.-yr
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