The Telephone=register. (McMinnville, Or.) 1889-1953, July 10, 1890, Image 4

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fully recompenses the sympathiser for | Hunt, who was of rather a quarrel­
THE TELEPHONE-REGISTER the right to board us and examine our
some disposition ami prone to mutiny.
previous lack of melodrama.
papers and while we had no fear of her
There is no prison in the world which When the time came for the party of
M c M ixsvii . i . e , « -
O regon .
on our own account, it was probable
has so dismal a setting as that of La whites to depart. Hunt’s mutinous
that Semyo would 1« recognized the
July
-
-
-
10, 1890 moment they set eyes on him. We had
Roquette. Newgate in London, with spiritjshowed itself, and with a small
the roar of High Holborn and the party of followers he left Smith, going
our plans laid liefore she tired a gun as
clanging bells of Saint Sepulchre, is in an opposite direction. His party
THE BURIED TREASURE.
1 a signal for us to heave to. Semyo was
¿Dealers In-
rather cheerful, and the Tombs, al­ took with them as captives several of
hidden in the forepeak, and we burned
An Exciting Tale of Adventure , sulphur in the forcastle behind him.
though a little forbidding in itself, is the tribe of Cabassas.
in the East Indies.
situated in anything but a dismal The chief considering the whites one
By leaving the scuttle open the fumes
lteighborhtxxl. La Roquette—two dark, party, by a great mistake followed the
drawn away from the fugitive,
In lBfij I went to Hong Kong in the were
'
somlx«r buildings shut in by high stone 1 loyal band of Captain Smith, which
interests of a certain Chicago nianufac- i and could be scented all over the brig.
walls, bristling with iron bars and 1 had camped that night about four
turer, and it was a year and a half later We hove to at the order of the felucca,
from the present location of Gar­
guarded by massive gates—is one of the miles
1
were presently boarded by a Span­
when I one day received a strange visi- and
:
diner,
in an easterly direction. Seboois,
moat
miserable
quarters
of
Paris.
It
is
«
ish
lieutenant.
He
was
a
very
pom
­
tor and a strange proposition. I was in
almost in the suburbs, but its environ- i thinking to warn the Captain, hurried
charge of a large warehouse and one of pous chap, and it was projiably liis in­
ment possesses neither the charm of « on before the party of enraged Indians,
my Chinese [employes brought in the tention to do a great deal of bossing
country nor the cheerfulness of town. but arrived too late, for as she reached
around, but as he came over the rail a
stranger and explained:
Wretched hovels, tumble down rooker­ the camp the first volley of arrows was
“I told him yon would have nothing current of air carried him the smell of
ies,
the resorts of thieves and malefac- delivered.
sulphur,
and
he
exclaimed:
to do with him, but he insistisl on com­
factors, long, low barracks devoted to Thinking to save Smith, she fled to
ing.”
“Good Lord, but L your brig on tire
THE DEATH OF A THUG. s storage of nothing, and slowly falling him, threw her arms around his neck,
The stranger was a halMireedof.some in the forecastle?”
decay, mark the approach to La and in that position received an arrow
>
It was explained to him that we had The Paris Secret Service anti its into
sort, gaunt, ragged and evidently hard
Roquette from the city. A dingy plot in the breast that caused instant death.
Cool Blooded Methods.
up. As soon as we were alone he intro­ lost a man of some malignant but un­
of ground with not an oasis of grass, The chief was palsied at the accident,
duced himself as Semyo, and stated known disease, and were fumigating
A good police is the corner stone of and
.
whose ornaments consists of a few and ordered hostilities to be ceased.
that he was from the island of Luzon, the brig. Two or three of us were feel­ civilization. This is the motto adopted j
willow trees and several old This allowed Smith an opportunity to
one of the group composing the Philip­ ing badly, but hoped to escape the by the chief of the Paris secret service, blighted
1 wooden benches occupies the space l»e- explain that it was the other party
We
pines. He lielonged to the native [>op- disease by steaming in the vapor,
M. Gustave Mace, for the guidance of
the two prisons, and is graced by that had perpetrated the kidnapping. I
lation, but had Spanish blood in his were a trader and offered to show onr his justly celebrated hotly of men. tween
( name of La Place de la Roquette.
the
After a sorrowful return and the bur­
papers,
but
he
was
in
a
hurry.
He
veins. He had once been a man of im­
Heart and soul are put into the work. It gives birth to a narrow street, paved ial of Seboois near the Randolph
portance, but the Spaniards hail robbed didn’t even notice our carronade, but The results, as shown by M. Mace’s se- '
high cobblestones anti without church, the party of red men went in
him of his power, and afterward feared backed to the rail ami descended to his ries of official reports, have beer, won- with
j sidewalks, which climbs up a steep hill, search of Hunt. He was overtaken at
his influence to such a degree that he lx>at saying:
derful. “We have now,” writes that ’
with grim observance of the pro­ Norridgewock, and his band extermi­
had first been imprisoned and after­ “Oh, your are doubtless all right, and gentleman to the French government, and
]
finds its terminus a few blocks nated to a man. Captain Smith had
ward banished. He bad been carried I hope you will lose no more men. As “not only rascality to deal with, but prieties,
'
onward
at
the great white gates of the the martyred Seboois to thank for his
on a native craft to Japan, and there for me, the service does not demand the powerful agents of steam and elec­
life, for tiie arrow that reached her
cemetery of Pere la Chaise.
left ragged and penniless, and had been that I run the risk of epidemic.”
tricity, which furnish comfort and aid
Each
side
of
this
doleful
thoroughfare
heart was meant for him. The grave
Two days later we came to anchor in to the escaping criminal.
more than a year reaching Hong Kong.
is lined with the yards of tombstone de­ of Seboois is unmarked; in fact, its ex­
While he had only a few shillings in the river opposite a spot pointed out by
One of the many innovations intro- ,
his pockets, he had neither come to so­ «Semyo. The bank of the stream was dueed by the Paris secret service is the signers and marble cutters and the act location is unknown.
licit charity nor a place to work. He rough and unbroken, but thickly wood­ French system of measuring criminals. shops of dealers in those hideous black­
Feeding- on Corpses.
had a straight, square buxines-« propo­ ed. Forty rods inland was a highway This has been partially adopted in this head death emblems which the French
sition to submit. If I approved of it, running parallel with the stream, but country and England with success. M. are so fond of placing on the tombs of Among the interesting foreign mis­
well and good; if I did not, then he this was hidden from us. On the far Bertlllon, a clever aid of Mace, is the their departed friends. At the entrance sionary re]xirts the following has lieen
would be no worse off. When he real­ side of the highway was the ruin of an inventor. It is known in Eranee by the of both prisons—known as the Grand forwarded to Rome, says the Catholic
ized that Spanish influence was plot­ old churh, and in this ruin was the somewhat scientiffic title of anthropom­ and the Petite Roquette—walk perpet­ Newr: In the northern region of Brit­
ting his downfall, he made such prepa­ treasure. As many boats were passing etry. The implements used are two ual sentinels. It is in the yard of the ish Columbia an agent of the Canadian
governmtnthas discovered some Indian
rations as he could to meet the inevit­ up and down, it was prudent that we small measures. One is shaped some­ Grand Roquette where the death deal­
tribes addicted to cannibalism from re­
ing
invention
of
the
Paris
doctor
nam
­
able. He was a very wealthy man and resort to deception to prevent suspicion. thing like the instrument used by a
he went quietly to work and converted \Ve got down a topgallant mast,slacked shoemaker in taking the dimensions of ed after him—the guillotine—stands ligious sentiment. These Indians, who
are called Tsinopslaxams or Kwogutles,
everything he could into money, gold- away some of the rigging, got a stage the feet of a customer. It is a plain ready to do its duty.
dust and jewelry. He had got about over the side for the carpenter, and ap­ carpenter’s rule with a sliding scale at­ For severl nights before the perform­ believe in a spirit called Hamadtse,
which inhabits the mountains, nourish­
*1)0,000 together, when the ruling power peared to lie lying there for the sole tached at right angles. This is properly ance of the tragedy the Place de la Ro­
ing itself solely on human flesh. Many­
quette
is
taken
possession
of
by
a
howl
­
pounced upon him, but not quick purpose of making repairs. We were called the sliding compass. The other
enough to get it. He had buried his soon boarded by natives anxious to is a circular arrangment, also with a ing mob of the worst characters of years ago one of these tribes betxxik
fortune, and though he was abused and furnish cargo, and on the second day a movable scale. As soon as a prisoner Paris. These men seem attracted to themselves to these mountains, where
threatened by the Spaniards for months government gunboat passed us by is arrested and brought to the station­ the scene as lieeves, led on by the they discovered the famous spirit, and
I
he would not betray the secret.
without seeming to take any interest house lie is immediately measured scent of blood, will surround a slaugh­ henceforth they alone became canni­
bals, and ttxik the name of Hamadtses.
OVERLAND TO CALIFORNIA.
I looked upon the man with pity and in our case. Semyo had to lie conceal­ and the figures placed opposite his terhouse.
VIA
They jest, sing and make the night The families belonging to this tribe
U[>on his project witii contempt when ed in the hold during daylight, as men name, occupation, address, etc., in a
alone
have
the
right
to
betake
them
hideous
waiting
for
the
time
when
the
he first began talking. When he was were coining on board who knew him blotter. At the same time he is made
Souillera Parile Coiiipain\ Liuex,
through I had agreed to think it over. well, and it was about midnight on the to open his eyes so that the color can news of the beheading within shall selves to the woods and there give
themselves
to
these
inhuman
feasts
on
THE MOI XT SHASTA ROTTE!
There is a fascination aliout buried trea­ second night after our arrival that we lie taken. His body is examined, and have reached them. It is impossible to
sure or a sunken wreek that will enlist pulled ashore for the treasure—that is, a«y birth marks, tatooed emblems or see anything. The high walls, the the flesh of their fellow-beings. The
Time Between
capital to the detriment of honest spec­ two men pulled Semyo oil'to the bank physical deformity carefully noted in closed batten gates and the sentinels, sole object of the Hamadtses is to show
Portland and San FranciM’o.
themselves
different
from
other
men
reinforced
by
soldiers,
present
a
form
­
ulation. I was noted as being a con­ to see if it was all right, and it did not the l«x>k. Should the prisoner resist
30 HOURS!
servative man, and the idea of my go­ make a disagreeable discovery. A he is at once clapped into a strait-jacket idable barrier to the intrepid anil mor­ and that they are harmed neither by
what they eat nor by their sufferings.
California Express Trains linn Daily
ing into any such venture would have party of wixxlcuttera had encamped and his bearings taken nolens volens. bid sight seer.
The modern guillotine looks some­ At the beginning they killed a ser­
It Is
“Up BETWEEN PORTLAND AND SAN FRAN­
been regarded as evidence of approach­ close to the ruins witii every indication I regard this system, in some instances
vant and a slave whom the Hamadtses
CISCO !
ing mental calamity. I went to the of a long stay. Semyo was positive he better than the style of ^photography. thing like an old fashioned scale. On
S ogu IxMs will I yc scarce and Command a Higher Price.
American consul and in a roundabout could not get at the cache without be­ We avoid contortions, grimaces, etc., a pedestal there are two parallel col­ devoured in tlie presence of a general
LEAVE
ARRIVE.
assembly of the other Indians. But at
4 .00 p in San Francisco 7.40 pm
Portland
way he confirmed a part of Semyo’x ing discovered, as the party had several which prisoners frequently resort to in umns set at a proper interval. On the
7:00 p m Portland
10.45 am
j San Fran.
the
present
day,
being
afraid
of
killing
inside
of
each
of
these
columns
there
is
Hew
Ecfore
Too
Hevte.
story. He had heard of him, and heard dogs in camp, and he was sharply order to escape further detection. The
Local Passenger Daily, except Sunday
a
grove
in
which
the
knife
fits
and
men
especially
for
their
banquets,
the
of his lieing deposed and banished. challenged as he scouted around.
record is almost perfect and many crim-
LEAVE.
ARRIVE
Price Ranges $.’>0 up. For full particulars apply-to
Hamadtses content themselves with
Portia .id . S:UU a in Eugene.
2:40 p iu
Then I went down to the wharves, and
Next day, after some conspiring, the nals have been identified by referring runs« Underneath the knife and lie­
exhuming
some
recently
buried
bodies.
tween these grooves there is a long
THE INVESTMENT C<> .
J. I. KNIGHT A CO.,
Eugene.
9:00 a m| Portland .
3:45 p ui
almost the first man I rau against was Captain and I went ashore to the camp to the pages of this register.”
49
Stark
St.,
Portland,
<
>r
B
lxiard with a semicircle chiseled out at After this revolting feast they are
F. BARNEKOFF A CO..
the Yankee captain of a brig called the to make a bold move. There was a The sliding measure is made to take
Piilliiiiin Buffet Sleijiers
Real Estate Agents, McMinnville.
McMinnville Flouring Mills
John, which was then having some re­ gang of thirty natives under a Spanish the proportion of the body lengthwise, one end. This is almost the counter­ obliged to abstain from eating for sev­
Tourist Sleeping Cart,
part of the boards ladies have for sew­ eral days, and during this time are only
pairs made. She had lieen running in boss cutting ebony, and they had a while the thick measure is for the face,
For accommodation of Second Cliwi !*■•
ing
or
cutting
out
gowns.
The
semi
­
allowed
to
drink
warm
water.
These
senders attached to express trains.
the tea trade up and down the Yellow large lot all ready for shipment. This the head, roundness of arms, legs and
circle, however, is smaller and made to monstrous gannibals, in order to lx? ad­
The S P. Company’s Ferry makes con-
Sea, but now, queerly enough, the cap­ gang had been sent, from the province trunk. The measurments of height
|
nection with all tl.c regular trains on th«
fit an ordinary neck. The parallel col­ mitted to such feasts, are bound to first
1 East Side Division from foot of F street
tain informed me that he thought of of Zebu, where the owner of the tract taken by the sliding apparatus give the
umns are movable, and can also be ad­ submit to particular ceremonies, among
taking a run over to the Philippines resided, and an agent was daily ex­ dimensions of the prisoner in his bare
WEST SIDE DIVISION
justed
to the requirements of the exe- which the initiated are to begin by bit­
and try for a cargo on his own account pected to sell the output. The boss we feet. There has been some objections 1 cutions.
Between Portland and Corvallis.
ing
whomever
they
come
across,
except
The products of the islands are ebony, found to be an ignorant, gixHl natured raised to this system on the ground of
Mail Train Daily, except Sunday.
There are different sized boards for women, and then to eat the flesh they
ARRI Vk
l.EAVK
logwood, gumwood, bamboo cocoanut, fellow, who could neither read nor cruelty. As every person under arrest different sized people, a glance at the
have torn away with their teeth from,
30 a m McMinn’
10:13 a m
Portland .
all sorts of fruits, cotton, tobacco, indi­ write. While I claimed to be the real has to suffer anthrpometry, it has been police blotter giving the exact measure­
McMinn’
h 1.”» a m Corvallis . 12:25 p in
for instance, the nose, ears, etc., and in
go, coffee, etc., and many trading ves­ owner of the land on which they were sometimes a source of great annoyance ment for a comfortable fit. A “basket”
Corvallis
30 p in McMinn'
3:44p IM
this way to accustom themselves grad­
44 p li»I Portland .
0 20 p IU
McMinn’
sels are employed in the traffic. His at work, the Captain ottered to buy to people who have been acquitted of a so called, which is nothing else but a
ually to devour without repugnance,
At Albany ami Corvallis connect w
craft was manned by a mate and four some of the logs on the sly. Between misdemenor, who object to having their ' bath-tub lined with zinc, receives the
trains of Oregon Pacific.
human flesh. With the father of the
sailors, and I found all of them to lie us we got him to remove his camp a bodily defects being on file. M. Mace ' head. As soon as the prisoner, dressed initiated, however, rests the obligation
Express Train Daily, except Sunday
Americans. When I came to express a mile away and to accept about console these unhappy persons with the ■ in his best suit of clothes, has lieen re­ of compensating in some way the vic­
AKKIVK
LKAAK.
.
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Portland . 4 -.50 p m McMnn
8 .(«I p IU
my great surprise at this, he explained: $600 for logs. We not only ac­ cold comfort that they should have measured and registered, M. Deibler, tim of their voracity.
9:00 a in
McMinn’. 5:45 a
Portland.
“You see they are runaways from complished this during the day avoided in the first instance getting the headsman, places his signature
At present the Kwogutles Indians
Through ticket» to all |M»ints South and
American war vessels, mate and all. I but showed our friendship and into the hands of the police. This is a i across the blotter and the history of the are rare who have not lieen initiated in
East via California
have picked them up one at a time and good-will by sending a keg of whiskey bit of advice easily to be observed in i condemned man is finished. He lie- these mysteries; for which reason they
Tilget offices. No 1.34, corner Firht ami
are nearly all cannibals.
Alder street», Portland, Oregon; corner
as none of them has a wife back home, to the camp and by night the boss and Paris, where arrests for personal or po­ ■ longs to his executioner.
Front and F streets, Portland •
they are content to stay with me. I’ve his gang were as drunk as lords. As litical spite are unknown, and a club­
He is made to sit on a low stool,
KOEHLER,
E. P. ROGER«,
GEO. RAMAGE.
Manager.
Asst. <1 F. A P Agt
got a Chinese cook, but outside of him I soon as it was dark four of us pulled bing gendearm would be a curiosity.
while one of the aids binds his legs
ashore with Semyo, and he led us a
want no truck with foreigners.”
To the ignorant, however, the meas­ with knotted cord. These ligatures are The painter, paper hanger, kalsominer and
I outlined my story to Capt. Whea­ straight trail to the treasure. It was uring is full of ghastly suggestion. wound around the lower part of the leg decorator
can be found during the (lay hard
ton, as he introduced himself. He buried in two earthen jars against a bit Every gamin and every vagabond near the ankle. Another deputy sher- at work, and will be very willing indeed to
estimates and furnish designs tor all
heard me through without interruption of wall, anil one of the camp tires of the knows that just liefore the condemned iff ties the hands together, The cord give
classes of work. On June 1, a shop will lie
gang had been built within ten feet of is hurried away to the guillotine he is is knotted “for precauti on’s sake,’a opened opposite the Cook house.
and then said:
15-8t
If so I m » sure and call for your ticket*
“Don’t sound so very fishy, but I the spot. We had the jars out and on measured for the last time, and anthro­ according to M. Mace. Two other
via the
board
the
brig
in
half
an
hour,
and
an
won’t tell you what I think of it until
pometry is looked upon by criminals, cords are tightly drawn around the
tffe have the Exclusive Control of
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFE.
I hear the heathen go over it himself. investigation proved that Semyo had outside of other considertions, with shoulders and are fastened in one big
-.-•«I».
When I'm looking square at a man 1 rather figured under the actnal amount. founded dread.
knot with those binding the bands-
UJ
can tell whether he’s bamlioozling or \Ve had neither seen nor heard any­
SECOND HAND SAFES AT A BARGAIN.
When sentence of death is pronounc­ These tight ligatures compel the “pa­
N
tt
thing to alarm us, but it appeared that ed upon a criminal at the court of As- tient” to hold his head erect, throw '
telling the sacred truth.”
x>
L
-THE -
CL
I made an appointment, and Hemyo we had Ixen observed by a native boat, ' sizes, where he is tried by judge and back his shoulders and present a mili­
Y
retold his story in the presence of ('apt. pulling back to the brig, and it# ‘occu­ ’ not by jury, and where he is allowed tary appearance.
a >
2 -I
Wheaton. When he had retired, the pants were meddlesome enough to ’ almost unlimited freedom in his meth- A last binding unites the legs with
< F
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captain drew down his right eye,slapped lxjard a government felucca lying six : ods of defense, he is brought to La Ro- the hands, tying the man up in a heap
SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR AND PRICE LIST.
50
F id
miles above and rejxirt our actions as 1 quettc’ the Tombs of Paris, to await until he resembles a fowl trussed for
X U.
hie leg and whispered:
U
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It is positively tne shortest ami finni
“Colonel, it's a go! The heathen’s suspicious.
id
his execution. He is placed in that roasting. “Thus prepared,” says M«
line to Chicago and the east and south and
ui CL
About 2 o'clock in the morning the ' part of the prison reserved for condemn- Mace, “the man walks slowly” —as
talking straighter than a straight-edged
$
the only vieepmg ami dining car through
E
Ixmrd, and if we can come to terms I’m felluea dropped down with the tide, i ed criminals, but which has now the well he might— “held up by deputy
^ever Fail to Protect their Contents against Both Fire and Burglars. line to
u
N
came to anchorabout two cable lengths 1 suggestiveness of murderer’s Row. He sheriffs until he reaches the board with
in with the deal ”
timaba, Hansi.« City, anil all Mluosrl
9
It I ver Point.
T
There was very little higgling over away and sent a lxiat to board us on the has a very short time before him—two the semi-circular end underneath the
lb
H
all
s
S
afe
and
L
ock
C
ompany
,
the particulars. It was agreed that the quiet. They were foiled in this by the months at the very most—before his fatal knife. As the board is long, the
S
Its magnificent ateel frack, unsurpaised
Factory, CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Captain and myself should lx«ar all the anchor watch, who stixxl them ofl'until head is gathered into the basket, So sawed off end, with its place for the
sell this
Anu don’t haue to offer a prize to
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train service and elegant dining and
Goode, for its the BEST MADE. Every Can Boids
sleeping ears has honestly earned for it th«
expense of the adventure, and if the the brig was aroused. The jars were much latitude is allowed at the trial head rests up in the air, in the manner
SALESROOMS :
title of
treasure was secured, each of the three placed in the cook’s galley, Semyo se­ that red tape appeals are very rare.
ONE AND ONE HALF POUNDS.
of a see-saw. The condemed is placed
New York City; Portland, Me.; Boston; Philadelphia; Cleveland; Chicago;
should have an equal share. We gave creted himself in the hold, and then the
Sometimes there is hope of a pardon face downwards on this board, which |
«. N. HENDERSON. iouis ville; St. Louis; Kansas City; Omaha; Minneapolis: St. Paul; New Orleans; The ZRoyal .Route
Semyo money to get himsef into decent occupants of the boat were invited to from the presiden t of the republic. M. immediately rights Itself, by reason of |
San Francisco: Los Angeles; San Diego; Portland, Oreg.; Nashville, Tenr *
WC. M1NNVILLE, ORE.
shape, and then looked to the furnish­ come aboard. The officer in charge was Carnot is not very free with these doc­ his weight. The victim bound and j
Richmond. Va.: Milwaukee. Wis.; Evansville, Ind.; Atlanta. Ga-
Of hers may imitale.but none can surpaa* it
ings of the brig. She was already pro­ a lieutenant, and he was in .high dud­ uments, M. Grevy, his predecessor, was tied as he is, is simply helpless. Above j
Our motto is “always on time ”
THE YAQUINA ROUTE.
vided with small arms and cutlasses, geon over his reception. He demanded called the “father of criminals” by his him, at an oblique angle, is the knife. |
Be sure and ask ticket agents for ticket*
via
this celebrateci route and take none
but we added to the stock, and, at the our pa]x«rs, inspected the cargo, and political enemies on account of his Attached to the knife are t wo eighty- j
w il M I. \1•. G A
Captain’s suggestion, bought a carron- pointed to the carronade as a proof that clemency. The execution always takes pound weights operated by pulleys [
No. 4 Washington street, Portland. Or
ade which had been lying in a ware­ we were suspicious characters. He went place at alxmt an hour liefore dawn and The knife at once descends with light- |
house for two or three years. With it off to report, but was in no hurry to re- its date is supposed to be kept secret. ning rapidity, and with one fell stroke
we got a carriage and ammunition, and i turn, and soon after daylight we saw a The press, however, is always on hand, serves the head from the body.”
by the time the gun was alxiard the ■ lxiat with seven or eight men leave the and all Paris knows within a week
ON SALE
The head tumbles into the zine re- '
brig was watered and provisioned and fellucca and pull up the river. The tide when the interesting event will occur. pository and all is over. The modern
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ready to sail. Her clearance pa]ierswere was still running and there was a fair All but the luckless prisoner. He is guillotine has lieenso improved that the
for Manilla, in ballast, and the day of breeze, and we determined to cut sticks. kept in total ignorance of his doom un­ headsman is simply a figure head. He
□ ENVER.
our sailing the Captain brought on Semyo said the lxiat had gone to a vil­ less some kind friend smuggles in the touches the button and the machine 225 Miles Shorter—20 hours les«
time than by any other route.
txiard a short, squatty, Iiesearred white lage about four miles above, probably to news. Tickets are given out to a favor­ does the rest. It has been proposed to
man, who had just been turned out of consult civil or military officials, and ed few’by the government entitling the attach the mechanism of the gillotine
aarFirst class through passenger and freight
Is the Line to Take
jail, and who proved to lx« an English that if we werest-ized it would be all up holder to an orchestra chair or seat in to an electric, wire, and by touching a line from Portland and all points in the Wil­
ST PAUL, ST. LOUIS,
lamette valley to and from San Francisco.
marine. It turned out to be the luckiest with all of us. The fellucca, as we could the gallery. They are also on sale at button—placed perhaps near the head
AND ALL POINTS
thing in the world that we found him, plainly see, had two brass six-pounders, the principal cafes on the Boulevards, of his bed—the future executioner of Time Schedule (except Sunday»).
It Is the DINING CAR ROUTE. It runs
for he knew how to manage our car- but we could not say that she would at­ and there is always a good house at the Paris can perform his duties without Leave Albany. .1:30 pm Leave Yaqnina 6:45 am
Through VESTIBULED TRAINS
Leave Corvallis 1:40 pm LeaveCorvallB10:3.> am
ronade and made it keep us out of an tempt to stop us. The minute we lx«gan soirees or rather matinees—as they are being present at the scene of action, Arrive Yaqnina 5:30 pm Arrive Albany 11:10 air
Euery Day in the Year to
to make ready we saw an alarm on her called—of Papa Diebier, the official and return to his warm couch and his O. <Sc C. train» connect at Albany and Cor­
ugly scra|x‘.
vallis.
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It was only after we were out of decks. Before the anchor left the headsman of Paris.
morning nap conscious of having done The above trains connect, at Y aquina with
sight of the Chinese« coast that Semyo ground she sent a boat with the com­ An hour liefore the curtain rises the a good deed. This very utilitarian the Oregon Developement (’o’s. Line of «team­
No Change of Cars
between Yaqnina and San Francisco.
gave us the exact location of his treas­ mand that we must wait the return of prisoner is awakened and the cheerful method, however sins against themise- ships
OR.
N. B.—Passengers from Portland and all YVil-
-•.(oniiHtsd
of IHMMH ARS
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ure cache. We were to round the Ikishee our pajiers. We weighed, however, let intelligence of his doom broken to him en-scene—the delight of a Frenchman’s ainette Valley Points can make close connec­
(un»urpa««c<i)
tion with the’trains of the Y aquina R oute at
islands, lying off the north coast of fall and sheeted home, and while they by his confessor. He is then hurried, heart.
Albany or Corvallis, and if destined to San
Ña Wa AYER ASO1 , our aut borii» d agcutja.
GEO.
S.
TAYLOR'
Ticket
Agt.
i
iham
Francisco, should arrange to arrive at Yaqnina
Luzon,"and strike the coast at a river were yelling at us we headed down the often still dazed with sleep, to the office
(Of Latest Equipment,)
John Smith’s Luck.
the evening before date of sailing.
called the Batanen, after another is­ river. We were well out to sea when of the prison, where he at once goes
Corner First and Oak Sis.
Sailing
Dates.
TOI
KIST
SLEEPIW CARS
we
espied
the
fellucca
following,
and
as
1614
land. Four miles up this river, which
It is generally known that in
through that dismal ceremony known
YAQUINA.
Best that can be constructed and iia
is navigable for alxsut twenty miles, she sailed two feet to our one she was as the last toilet of the condemned. Captain John Smith ol' Pocahontas Willamette FROM
which accommodation» are for hol­
Valiev......... Thursday July 10
is the buried treasure. We had a run within range before 10 o'clock. If cap­ There is no death watch, no last break­ fame, made a trip to what is now Farallon
der** of First or Second-cptas Tick­
Tuesday July 15
et».
and
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of 350 miles across the China sea to the tured now, the Spanish government fast with its inevitable lieefsteak, fried known as Gardiner, Me., but there was
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
ELEGBT
MV
COA(
RES.
Bashees, and along this coast we found would hang us all for conspiracy. \Vc potatoes and eggs. The free cigars are an incident that occurred during that Fam lion............................... Thursday July 10 «unis cciksct
^-¿
’KrietCDSr
Willamette Valley................ luesdav July 15
T Wt eM tipe» i m tf Fl»«"
A Continuous Line connecting with all
several traders. In order to appear all cracked on everything in the shape of i missing and so are the tears and lare- visit that is known to very few people.
the world. <?cr !*cU»tie-*«-
U»eon*l**d- «n't *° i«iH°0®'' oct
lines, affordiug direct and unin­
right in case we were Ixiarded by any sail, loaded our carronade, and paid no 1 wells of a train of tender hearted turn­ The Cabassas were presided over by a
Mipcrior re»*!* v.»wU»**nd» fi£%
terrupted service.
toGNE I’EK’S'!* in each locality.
Oregon Pacific Popular Summer Ex­
Spanish vessel in those waters, we laid attention to the fellucca until positively keys. The Frenchman goes to the chief having headquarters at what is The
•• at».” •* * mly thoa* w ho write
cursions—Low rate Tickets now on Sale
I Pullman Sleeper reservations can lx- »ecwr-
tn u* at one* tan make »ur* <f
in some cargo here and took our time in obliged to. Her gunnery was so jxxir scaffold on an empty stomach. The now Gardiner, known as Cabassa, who from all Willamette Valley points to Yaqui­
the chance Al! yon have to do in
| ed in advance through auy agent of the road
return M to »how our pooda to
that we wondered if her guns had ever doctors eat the breakfast. Nevertheless had a daughter named Seboois, famed na and return.
those who
yonr netrblx r»
sailing to the river.
Thrmb Ticket»
“LX'l
•nd thoae around you
I ba be­
and freight rates always the low­
ginning of thia advertiaement
After we had passed the Babuyan been fired before. She had at least with all these disadvantages, the guil­ among her tribe for her beauty and est. Passenger
vn«l Europe can In* purclia*^<l at any tickfl
For info»«nation. apply to Messrs. HC’L-
allows the mail end «J the tele-
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office of this ennmany.
islands and laid our course to the south twenty shots at us, but the closest call lotine and its attendant ceremonies are grace. She was unfortunately smitten MAN A’ CO,. Freight and Ticket Agents, 200 Kope The following ■tK slvea the appearance of it reduced to
Full infortn.tion com <-riiiiiK rate«, time
Oregon: or to
we caught sight one day at noon of a was when a ball passed through the quite dramatic. It would never be at once with the gallant Captain, who and 202 Front street. Portland,
of trains. routes and other details furnished
C. C. HOGUE,
I on application to any agent, or
felucca approaching us from the east, flying-jib. She wasn’t over a quarter French without a proper display of red was, by the way, the first white man Acting Gen’l. Frt. & Pass. Agt., Oregon Pari
A I' CHARLTON.
Oregon.
having rounded the cape. She flew of a mile away when our English gun fire and a little slow music. Much is to visit these parts and who was re­ G R. »* Co , Corvallis,
Newspaper Adverting Bureau,
Asst General Passenger Agent.
C. H. HASWELL, Jr.,
ner
sighted
his
piece
and
brought
down
ceived
with
great
cordiality.
Smith
ato
<£•
-
s
ä
■ General otttee or the Company. No, 1»»
made of the toilet, and the subsequent
the Spanish flag and Semyo said she
IO Spruce St., New York.
Gen’l. Frt. A Pass. Agt., Oregon Development
a— Send lQota, fur luO>Page Pamphlet I Eli .1 SI.. < or. UahlugKiu. 1‘ortaug. Or.
C* . Montgomery street, San Francisco, Cal. ÏÜX « aiuSrí iu“ ix.
belonged to the coast service. She had her entire foremast and everything with march to the scaffold is operatic and had witii him a lieutenant named
it. The mast was hit about six feet
above the deck and broken off. The
fellucca at once fell off into the trough
of the sea and confusion reigned su­
preme. We kept our course, knowing
that she could not follow us another
foot, and, when clear of the coast, head­
ed up for Shanghai. Arriving there,
the brig was repainted and renamed,
her big gun dropped to the liottom of
the harlror and no one could have mis­
trusted her. I saw the “outrage” de­
tailed in a Manilla paper two or three
weeks after it occurred, but if the Span­
ish government ever investigated the
occurrence, none of its movements came
to my attention. We got $32,500 apiece
out of the little transaction, and the last
I knew of Semyo he was a Japan tea
trader.
J. G. BALLINGER & CO
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ALL KINDS OF FARM MACHINERY, ETC
Columbus Buggies, Bain Wagons,
Oliver Chilled and Steel Plows,
Scotch Clipper Plows,
Flying Dutchman Gangs and Sulkies.
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