Weekly Oregon statesman., March 21, 1905, Page 6, Image 6

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V0X.UTI02nST3 EEH THS ElTD
. r THROUGH PEACHTUI. MEANS. -
TOSCSD TO TE2ZOE1STIO ACTS
8asonei AaMJffla of Van Plehve, Sets
v v . rorth. the Aims of the Or.
gxnlxstlon.
Pathetic Feranul' Biograpliy of 2fnr.
' ( derec .'Wlu 2ucntet ; Ho He Wu
' Driven" to Banks of Terrorists and
u later C&osten 'to -Oil the Minister... 7
f Correspondence of -the Associated
-;. - . . press.) y ; t k. :
BT. FETEESBUEG, liar eh 3 Be
fore Sasoneff, the assassia of Minister
or the Interior von Plehve, was brought
. to trial -he composed a lenetbv state
ment which he intended to present to
the Judges as a justification of his act.
The document,'- which was made part
of the record in the ease, has fallen
- into me nanos or tne Associated Press.
It sets forth the views and aims ef the
, lighting organization of the social revo
lutionary party which has just brought
sereins. . It shows clear! that uei
terror committed . ty, the lighting or
ganization are in the execution of sen
- tenees passed upoh officials and others
neia responsible for fighting with cruel
repression the peaceful propaganda of
the Jarger;party.,Xh acts for which
.von i ienve was conaemnea are given
in aetaiL. nut perhaps . the most in
teresting', portion of the statement is
SUB . patbetie personal biography "of
i Basoivsff SAd the analysis of the mental
process by which he gradually grew
interested in political actions becoming
-am Advocate of -socialism nnd l&ter be
ing driven by sufferings .in - exile into
the ranks of the terrorists by whom
as waa enoaen to iciii vnn Hihva
Sasoneff's statement follows:
am accused of rdsving aa active
role in the lighting seetion of the so-
ual democrats, - which it - is said has
as its aim to overthrow the present
fnrm nf Oftrftntnonf anA tits aaa Kliahj.!
laws-of luisaia,and the - existing socia.
conditions ox itussia. .
"J am, accused of using explosives
for ' murdering officials of 1 the state,
and -. - .
"I am accused of having killed the
minister, of the interior Plehve, to at
tain the ends of the social democrats.
"To these accusations I can answer,
. "Tee, I was a member of the social
revolutionists and had the honor of
being a member ef the fighting section
of .the social democrats, and by the
letter's orders I killed Plehve. I do
rtot consider either the society or my
self- guilty- of the- intentions of whien
we are accused, via- to attempt oy
xoree toe overtnrow : -, or tne existing
form of government and the social con
ditions of the country. The society
has no such large aims as to overthrow
the form of autocratic : government in
.tcnssia.
'First of all I must state that one
cannot say that the 'fighting section
is a 'secret society in the usual. sense
of the ' word. The ' lighting 'organiz
- tiozt is not a separate body, but' only
a' part' of the big part v of social revo
Jatioaists, and the 'fighting organiza
tion, follows out strictly the orders
of tne Jargsr . soe lety. .
"I cannot say that it is by means
of .the' activity of the fighting organ
isation .that the social revolutionists
wish to do away with the autocratic
form, of government or even the pres
ent social conditions of Russia, nor is
it. by means of terroristic acts that
they intend to gain their, ends, . but
there Is one ' thing which the party
meets o by .terroristic acts carried out
tioa and . that is to answer by armed
attack those sets of the government
where lives and honor of Bussiaa eiti
, sens-are not spared.
We are not a party of force. Our
party is in principle against all forms
of ' fores and attaining their aims by
force. The ideals of the party are all
or a peaeerui enaracter.
. ,"W come 1 to the people, with our
peace AdesJs and present. them in suen
a manner that they can see .their be.n
interests,. and, teach them to Had. for
' themselves the best means of fighting
for tnose ideals, wit bout us tnere
were strikes and also without' us there
existed, disorders daring which land
lords were killed. We try as-much as
possible to keep the workmen and peat
aats from "using', force and to teach
them to fight for their ideals in a peace
ful way. We socialists do sot insist
. oa the people taking our views. Wo
only .want to tell them the truth. The
means by which we agitate are of . a
'peaceful character. We express our
views by means of the press and by
means , of speech. We hate and de
spise all kinds' of violence. We are
certain that to struggle against a con
viction is useless.
"Is it our fault if we Russian so
cialist . are forced to become revolu
tionists! All our efforts at peaceful
( activity are ' met with persecution on
' the part of the state. ; Eusian socialists
have learned ' by experience that the
right or. speasang one's mind freely is
. aot to be had ia the Bussiaa empire.
4 ' Such right is not only dear to- us
'socialists, but also for the whole of
Enssia. Even" if we socialists did not
exist the need would nevertheless ex-1
1st. . Social opinion has no adequate
means of making itself heard in Bosslau
Eussian social opinion is ' only free
when it is handcuffed and speaks elo
quently only when it-is silent. i- ,
' We have not time to make our
elves heard before our mouths are
shut, and for a word we" are sent to
prison or Siberia. . Our press is called
illegal. -The authors of the. articles,
' evea the typographists, know of the
sad life ia Siberia. The simple reading
of our broeh'ufes is regarded by the
state as criminal. - r: "v,- . ri"
"We are perseeitd as government
criminals and subject; to punishment
for , participation . in' dub- meetings
where we discuss our . tasks. , We are
subjected to humiliating corporal pun
ishmeat, beaten, with- knouts, trampled
ever by horses .and. fixed on when we
decide to come out into the sir to de
clare ' publicly our views and express
our demands.'7 s . V ' : :
'We are debarred the protection of
the law. We are declared interior en
amies of the people and political crim
inals, although -this 'isjaot one and the
"YeA there, is, much forte used, tar
too much, but which sides uses it?
Therefore " let them not say that
the party of. social revolutionists is
of force. . Neither in the aim of the
party-aor in the means of attaining
its ends is there anything like force.
Wth reference to the question' of
political ' revolution, the" Bussinn gov--prsment
must be', made to understand
that it is standing over a voleano. We
socialists revolutionists are at present
conducting-a peaceful propaganua,- but
one front which the autocratic regime
of the empire received, a death wound
forty .Tears ago.'. Its term came to an
end together with the fall of serfdom.
We social, revolutionists ap to the
present nave Deen struggling wita tne
existing regime 'in a' peaceful manner.
Our task is to make plain io the peo
ple that ; the present system ' is -unsatisfactory;
"Our task is to organize 'the
opinion of the majority in the state.!
xne government stands in ;tne,way of
tne lntexugent. xne auty ox tne gov
ernment is to meet the wishes of the
people.
'The method of fighting of the partv
is by means of word, proof and'eonvie
tion, and - this is " the' only means of
agitation wnien tne party has ana. upon
which -the party is i conducted. ,,-. .
The sad Deeewuty of terroristie acts
rails on tne party wnolly taken op
with a peaeefol fight. 'Terroristic acts J
are. a necessity whieh' suddenly fall on J
.t . .L. L ' 11
uifl oarxv aa lomnuo? lrreievani anui
foreien to its original aims. The
gram of the party declares such acts!
detriotentaL Only force is answered I
by force. Only in those cases when
the ministers and ehihovniks refuse us
the rieht to speak verballv ' do we
sieak' 'another language.' Only when
all other means' are exhausted we an
swer bv death.
"The activity of the 'fighting Or
ganization is only called into play oa
special occasions. The acts uf the
'fighting organization' are' of' a re
flectory . nature, corresponding to the
character of the impulse. The soeial
revolutionists, more than anypody else,
understand that an idea cannot be done
away with by. means of bullets, and
that ' bombs do not : break . down ys-
terns. An idea can be conquered and
destroved. but a system f falls onlv
when the foundation whieh upholds it
is rotten and broken down.
" In order to show the real character
of our terroristic tactics remember the
'party of the people's will' which our
party considers its foster mother.. The
theories of that party, and we their
children are the same, but the condi-
tions under which the members c-f the
people's will' lived and acted are dit-
f erent from the conditions or tne pres-1
ent day. Then the government ter -
ronsed, now we. Then' the people, only
ate. Habit o. living and thinking in-
dependently was stamped out of them
during eenturies. In one word, the na.
tion had hardly got. away from Slav
erv and was ra its infancy. Losing
hope that the people would fight, in-1
dependently for their Own interests or I
come to tne ueip or tneir cnampions,
tSe members 01 the 'free will' by
means of the red terror, decided to eon-:
quer or die. But they were forsaken
alone on the 'field of battle and had
to fight like. Titans.
We social revolutionists, children
01 tne iwenuem ceniury, ao not ieei
ourselves alone; on the cot
feel behind us . the people's
Since the monarchic regime was mor-1
tally wounded forty years ago the na-1
tion has grown intellectually. It al-l
ready nas wants, anu is sole to think 1
and govern its own destinies. "If we. 1
followed the example of the - members tfned for a peaceful and contented faini
of the 'free wxu' and we have tak- ily life, was converted -into a revolu
en to arms it is only , because repre- tionist, and. gladly undertook to . kill
sentatives or a government wnich is I the man. My, family was nigniy reiig
dying out have taken charge of the I ious and monarchial and had emigrat-
autocratic power ana have gone quite I
out of the bounds of humanity in their
dealings with us revolutionists and the
dissatisfied people. We are treated
like hunted and beaten animals. For
this reason we. have bared our teeth I
and taken to arms. I
"Terror against terror of the offi-lof
cials who have lost, their heads in their
actions, leatn ipr aeatn. wounas ion
wounds and dishonor for dishonor.
A revolutionary, tribunal for the
oligarchies who are not answerable 1
before the law and the nation.
Consequently I state that when
throwing the bomb, at M. Plehve I did
not think that it would fall on the I
ma. l tbrew the bomb at Mr. Plehve
not in his cspaeity as a Eussian min
ister, but I threw the bomb at -him as
a eertain person who in a certain way
wed tne position of minister of in
terior. Mr. - .ehve in fighting against I
national discontent had reeource to
roree, lie committed the -gravest of
erimes. '
"First. Plehve cave un to execa
tion. imprisoned . in the fortress and
subjected our comrades to all kinds-of
tortures and punishments, .lie forced
us to rise cgainst him as the persecutor I
aad murderer of the people. Balmns-1
uev mnu xie&eccn were placed on ineiMKavw x woutu doi oi onuntuv
scaffold. Oershuni and J'emkina were I career as an engineer. , The knowledge
buried in Slusselberir fortress. Such I
facts we social revolutionists cannot I
but regard as crimes. " ' -1
"Second. Plehve. as director of the I
aepartment of police, choked the party I
or 'people's, free will" bv means oil
4&ila fnrtrtMMaa. nal . aAPVifni rtria. I
on ana exile. People had no oppor-r
tunitv of fonrettinir his hsnsrman. The I
old time hangman aeain ' placed his i
wmte nana on tne people's neexs. - i
w. i m I
Tntra. Pienve, before tne deeiara-1
tion of war with Japan, arranged a
war ia the' interior of - Eussia. He
looked on Eussia as though it was n
foreign, country. He strewed: the bind
with its citizens', blood. "1 He shot the
workmen when " they spoke plainly J ly feeling I refused to fake the exam
aboot their 'needs- and their interests. I iaation for the second standard.; I was
t'Yes. for the shooting of workmen l ashamed to leave my friends on the
Mr. Plehve is to blame more than any-
one else. Although he did net give
the word 'fire,' be is guilty because
the shooting was initiated by him as
minister of the interior, and by orders
of men who fulfilled the orders of him
who had appointed them., As lie Oil
not punish the governors he himself
sanctioned their deeds aad gave tempt-
ation to other .high-uignitaries to act
just as eruelly.' - ' t i - '
- Tourth. The personal dignity of
the k Eussian eltizens -during -Plehve 's
Eoverament was subjected to tne basest I
nmiliation: peasants and workmen I
were subjected to--wholesale corporal j
punishment. Von Wahl andL Obolensky
received - promotion r and reward. . Rus
sian revolutionists were beaten aad hu
miliated . in the j pouee . stations, . and
sometimes their position there became
so unbearable that they refused, jood
and starved themselves
in- protest I
against insultsu
.!
'Fifth.' Plehve put on tho hungry I
heavy taxes. .. Wnen the peasants, driv- J
en to extremities Py,.nnnger, want of I time I was neither socialist nor revolu
arable land,' and subjected by the land-1 tionist. At most, I, was simply a lib-
ownert not seeing and not expecting'
help from anywhere, tried "to" obtain
bread br force so as not to die, they
were answered with an increase of tax-
.tffia';"'TlisF ft&i 'rTehvelS i!l??Tof sartTi
isfying national - seeds. . Ja this man
ner he gave them a stone instead or
bread." 'la this manner he deprived
the naked of their only shirt, Plehve
exhausted the people, spending their
of the secret police ia Kussia and onl stand. ,l-plnged,into the demonstra-I wiiel 1 (ff0t to know that the exceu
tt,. ' nwn'Twrson. i tioa aotwithstandine the prayers of my J tioner of the "inhabitants had terishetl
"w i tr , - .-
"Sixth. Plehve allowed the wilful
massacre of the Kishineff Jews in the
oresence of- the' poliee, 1 Women were
insulted; : the r property of , the poor
Jews was destroyed ana piunaerea. xji
Plehve 'a participation : in this witiul
massacre the 'foreign" press and the Eua
sion revolutionary press dearl made
mention; :- - ' " '' . J '
Durinsr Plehve 's tune freedom of
speech . and protection - was given to
lies and papers which hated the Jewish
people, whieh ; during a long space or
time tried to make Jews and .Russians
enemies and tried. to make the common
people naie tne jews, roiea m j.
The Jewish press 'could not protest as
. W . V J . L -M M O
it was always being persecute m js.ua;
sis- and : could hardly breathe. x; :
'It is knownr" for a certainty thaj.
when ' the ' Kishineff "massacre was
hutn all over Eussia. Jews of some
tnwm. fearintr the same thinsr, asked
lor the protection of the governors and
police and received answer that they
.... . . . - I
pro-'lthcv did not keep quiet.
arii i rm rracea in tun same war u
t Seventh., Plehve put down all at
tempts to work legally for the peonle.
I The press wis suppresses: and put-un-
uer the yoke of the 'censor. Zemstvoi
I .r iinsneted ami disbanded. The
ietl of the zemstvos. . who repre'
sented the government of the people,
were not allowed to speaJC i ienve
held all "Eussia down on the plea of
safeguard." He covered Eussia with
a network of gendarmerie and multi
plied the polka so that in the infected
atmosphere . it was impwuiwo m
breathe. 1
Eighth. On Plehve falls the cniet
responsibility that in the existing war
Bussiaa blood, is .flowing .like water
and the JBower of ih'e land are periahr
ing, and the people's money is4 being
wnatofnllv sonandered. Plehve is
guilty because he gagged tne press and
Eussia social opinion and ' did not al-
tow them to speak "about, the war "in
oruer t04 prevent it. . ; ,
"All this was done in Eussia during
the two years of the -government of
plehve. Alt' these crimes were com-
mitted by Plehve himself1 orbyhls
agents. .That is why the party of sd-
Cial revolutionists called, its., fighting
organization together ana gave to 11
the sentence of death on Plehve, and
I -a member- of the fighting organiza-
feeling of deepest gratitude for the
great honor shown me, swore to "do my
duty and - carry out tue sentence.'
. Personal'motives for killing Plehve
T had none. Although I am: not a
novice in. socialistic propaganda, al-
though by experience I can appreciate
tne awtul wrongs or rsussia, a snouiu
cot be able to raise my hand against
the life of a -man. from . personal - mo-
tives. . To this I -might add that one
of the crimes which . was committed
in the time of the government of
Plehve, and which. I took to heart as
mucn as u it naa peen aireeiea. aga-nat
eieht coffins in the streets,
ited number of wounded and two files
of soldiers.
-.-'Now I will: relate how 1, a man
by personal character and by birth des-
ed from a village to a town where
they became wealthy in the eploitation
of the Gasbkir forests.; The spirit with
whieh I was brought up, wiwe entirely
under the influence of my family, was
utterly opposed to every kind of pro-
test and discontent with the conditions
Eussian life. Photographs of the
emperor and .ikons . ornamented the
walls in tne nouse or my. xatner.
The school did not destroy the tra
di tions which I .took from my parents!
house, but developed them -even more.
School for me and for all my com
rades without exception .was 'hated
house.' ; There they stamped out all
life, they extinguished , systematically
which came into our young minds.. The
teachers openly jeered at the Jews and
Poles. . It was not tne lauit or tne
Eussian teachers, they were used to
reading the. lies which the government
1 . 1 I ' . A. - .1.!
told them, and it was contrary to their
own ideas and perhaps to former tra
ditions.; If I had any sort of humani
tarian opinions, to those I am wnolly
indebted to Eussian literature and
school has nothing to do with them.
I went to Moscow University so that
I could be zemskie doctor, a doctor
absolutely for the poor. - I was eom
belled; to offend my father seriously
which I got in the university and in
the. public library made a total revoiu
tion in my mind. A few months
changed my former ideas, nut this
was only an intellectual revolution. My
first year in tne university a reaa tne
Viedoriaoati ' and the 'Svet.'
never; tnougnv oi revolution ana
if I did know something about it, it
was only from what occasionally ap-
pearea m u papers. ,.a vwm. uw in-
a f -. a. T - a.
terest m it. : xn ie year io, waen
the students were demonstrating, I
was absent from such demonstrations.
What the students wanted I could not
really .understand. To their meetings
I did not go ana only from pure friend-
first standard who were involved in the
demonstration. Only during my second
year , at the university I-happened to
come quite accidentally aeross ques-
tions of social character. , '-j,
" As : I developed, and , my . opinions
took concrete form, my ideas became
luealistie and liberal, in a humanitarian
more than political sense. I did not
read 'any, more with faith the 'Svet'
ahd 'VidomostL' Preaching of corpor-
al punishment and hate of mankind re-
volted me. The second year of life
at tne university passed very well with
me. I did not take part in the meet-
ings and did not know - where they
had their clubs. About.-the question
and existence of . labor - problems in
BasaU I - was ignorant. Illegal, litera
ture I had sever seea. '
' Mr revolutionary life beraa ia the
beginning of ,AW1 when "I took, part
conscientiously in the students': move-
ments wmen. began from the time, the
Kieff and Sti Petersburg students were
sent" to serve in the army. At this
eraL ; The first illegal literaturo whieh
came to mv notice was the students'
rnftmaionL At that time there was
a rumor that sSvral tii dents had- beenr
shor - wse jetMWrt tVMWsr; aieg-e
and 'would iot obey orders. The Eus
r fovbiddea to write about
tL It seemed to me-as if
heet had fallen l over Enssia and
thrnmrh this sheet could be seen Van-
on tbiiVfS Whieh I could t under-
I . , - ;
The year -1&01 .was fatal to -roe asj
woll to miir others. i IWhea the first!
shot ia Kharkoil was heard I got afraid.
1 had the idea that perhaps I also was
ia some way . to blarney but the -next
Teversedl
mv iilML ' T mw low the police were!
meddling in the affairs and were play -
iag epj. I had. the pleasure of . being
summoned before 'tne local , conn. x
was in the 3ioscow manege where I
was sent with many other students,
There we set tbree days guarded by
Cossacks ana soldier. ' There I heard
how, outside, ; the workmen-and other
people tried , to Dreaa tne aoors migeir, ana men to enter on ue program
order to release "us, but we saw that j of terrorism. ' How I advanced . from
arainst our' deliverance there was a theory to acts I cannot telL It would
row of soldiers ready to shoot-our, res -
cuers down. After ;that we wero sent
to Butirshoe prison, and I : became a
convict. : lnthis prison ! for the' first
time-, became acquainted with books on
revolution.- For the "first. time I heard
the brave word 'revolution.? . -
"""At this time in Moscow there hap -
pened a demonstration of the work-
the great battlefield of political reform,!
At this time the-Holy Synod exeom-J
men wno were Helping tne stuuenis on
municated the celebrated writer Tol
stoy. The priests cursed Tolstoy open
ly, 1 learned that tnere is no iree
dom of speeeh in. Eussia. At this time
St. i Petersburg students, were beaten
unmercifully with whips at the time
of a demonstration on ' .Kazan square.
So, after being involved, in these af-
xair x came out. a raajt wun icjuiumuu-
arv inelinations. M v destiny, was de
cided, ilt.comine to tne ay ,ot t hink
ing of active revolutionists was only
a matter of time.
. "Only a month or two baa passed
when ' 1 , was arrested again, in April
of .1901. I was accused of being in
possession ; of illegal iiteratore. Yes,
after my exclusion from the university,
I eradually began reading tne pooks
of socialistic " nature, and read illegal
editions, becoming more acquainted
with the tasks of the revolutionists,
with their ways of agitating, and began
to feel myself in sympathy with'them.
I was arrested first for my convictions,
formy ideas,-and on account of. this
I could not take an active part in the
movement. After banishment on ae-
count of mv eonvietions I could not
help being a revolutionist. .
"The government made me a revo-
lutionist. It eelared me to be out-
side the law. It forced me .to the
revolutionists ranks.. The government j last - year.. There was also an increase
was not the -cause of my becoming a j0f 5000 acres in 1303-04 over the pre
socialist, , I became a socialist after Ifvious vear. makine a total increase of
had been a revolutionist, and when II
became a socialist my revolutionary
ideas became stronger because, when
fighting for soaiistic ideas, I by foree
Of s circumstance Was; obliged to come
into contact with the resistance cf thel.
IBV a member of the party of
soeial Smo?rairdr soliaf revoTuLn'
ists. I was not a terrorist and only
i, -!,. -rii sir.,aWr,5n S
Plehve gradually persuaded me of the
necessity for armed Teply to the vio-
lence shown.' by "these mlnistersv .What
pains it cost t fie -revolutionists to do-
cide on-tnis sai necessity is snown by
the program otfthe soeietTi Although I
the necessity of tefrorlstio acts hung
in the air-although at the time blood
flowed and other violence was . used I
nearly daily, the soeiety' could not de-
eide to introduce terror as one' of its
means. ine . program or- tne society
reads as follows: ' Without introdue-
ing terroristic acts Into, our program,
we the societyr4eave them .to the per-he
sonal risk of members of the so-
eiety,
My ; relation to terror at that time
was Unsettled. V I admitted that in some
cases teror.was indispensable, but on:
account . of the peaceful and produc
tive labor of. the working, classes I
did. not feel justified in proposing it to
the mass of tho revolutionary party. I .
was, sure1 that many - of us could' be ;
found, . sensitive and . decided, . who
would not be afraid to go and protect
tne lives and noaor of citizens.
' "Having become' a revolutionist is I
1901, I, in March, 1902, was again
rested for a year's activity in the so -
eiety. I remained in prison for one I
and a half years and was then ban -
ished for five years to the Yakoutsk
government. -
' My revolutionary life lasted -only
three years, half of which I passed in
prwu. luo ia piiwou um uui. K1Tiaeres in the state.
me any peace. During the search tbeyf anftA hfin i.-.i ;, WArii. rr nere
broke my arm and stretched my mouth
only because I wanted to destroy some
rv riAf Tha asviih .sb si sir a 1 mrrnmt i n I
i .u "I'w V Z. " I
mad aid wonld eommlt SAieide Tfci
gendarmes daily searched me, a
c- v-o.i x r t
Complaining to the procureur did not
help me. 1 was almost driven mad by
the daily disgusting behavior of the
gendarmes. -
Interviews with relatives and mv
mother were made a torture, thanks!
to the gendarmes. , My mother waa sub-1
jeeted to rough treatment. (
as a protest against their brutauty I
I fasted seven days. The covernor I
who came to me told me that the life
of one student was nothing in com pari-
son with the interests of the state,
"D "o.mr "ia not pass i
y i uiHiij i
hundreds of lives for tho state. The
remit nf mv Co waa that- T I
Horn... T o -r m.a .1'
chance of meeting revolationists who
were chosen from all: parts of Eussia.
From them, as from personal witnesses.
I knew what had happened to m had
hSDOened to others. V mnulf aaa I
pie who were .beaten in prisons and in I
police courts, people who ' were manyWfler' according to assertions- made
times compelled to hunrer for manr
aays together, people who .from want aaaress, cawes the - Herald corre
and prison life went Into consumption. I spondent. The speaker is a well-known
Every day si. saw-parties of nolitiea.1 1 Phrsician. ? i
fTSt sToingto'Siberia. '
.iiuio prison j. reaa revolution-!
:.vi -m . t :
vm ui , uut sou avnavraou ana - es-1
M.i.nr v. - -c. . I
workmen, r They were only at fault bet
cause tncy. cua. not want their wages
decreased. I knew that people of all
classes, and of all. sges were .beaten,
women and 'children also.' We took it
as .a signal for battle: ..We, thought of
tho twenty-eight" coffins, the Innumer-
able wounded, the two volleys by the
100 soldiers. Hearing of this ' I tried
to think or a 'battle , scene, bnt this
picture was nothing in comparison with
7-A . pea ranee or the family and the deterio-
rpVoLf.f - etmLa ration of racial attrfbotes., Oradnal
revolutionist.!, had sr heartrending I .-t . .
irr Ilmfnn m A v
tt.f .ir-:i.ilul sceue which was Item:' e-
acte.l by the government in the peace
ful streets, of i. amaii rcnssian i towns.
WHh '.what hefriless ras I walked
LdttCray prtoa."itoinirowEirt-liC'T
my -head' against, the walls ap4 broke
my hands in trying to, smash tlie priOit
windows, and what servile and .bitter
tears. I wipel from my. eyes! ; !
, pravel to be able to -revenge
it all. Ah. if f had freedom! IJut
l . n-.l k.
who had done the deed. Bogdanovitcb
had to perish- His existence fouled
the air. Like a storm it hung over tie
and all held their breath and waited,
Only Bogdanovitch did not wait. Ilay-
inir obtained Plehve 's approval, this
horrible executioner .considered him
J self safe, visiter! his mistress openly
J and walked in the parks enjoying the
spring 01 iiie.
"Yes, the government made of me,
a peaceful citizen, a revolutionist. A
whole row of -murders and other crimes
committed by ministers and their
agenta forced mo first tq justify my-
1 seem that God had chosen me for this
j act. When : I ran away from Hiberia
T felt that srdrits were behind me and
would not leave me either by night or
day, whispering to. me, JTou mast, you
must.' When I thought of what was
done by Minister Plehve I felt that I
1 bad no right to my peaceful life. By
killing Plehve I only did. what my con
science demanded of me, and oolyre-
gret that together with him his eoach
man perished and that Captain Tzyet
Efnsky was subjected to such a serious
wound."
IT IS ENORMOUS
hop ceop or oEiiaoN toe teae
1905 IS ESTIMATED AT ,
- 135,000 BAIJES. "';
f
Increase of 5000 Acres Shown Over
Last Year, 10,000 Acres Increase in
Three Tears, Making Total for State
27,000 Acres Yield of New Acreage
Estimated at Two Bales per Acre.
According to -an estimate made by
TT .T OttnhoiTTir h Tiieal -renresen-
... . T ... i . v .
tative of Lithal & Co.?he yield of
hops for Oregon for Mie present year
will be close to 1S5.XI00 bales, as
against 90,000 bales for the year 1904.
This, estimate is based upon the in-
creased acreage, which, Mr. Otten-
heimer says, will reach 5000 acres over
10.00ft" acres in the nasi three vears.
Un1 a .rttal 07.000 acren in the utate.
The new acreage, he figures, barring
adver8e wealher conditions, will yield
,,, nf twrt ,
... ,n rn i.n'i.
will yield well up to five and a quarter
ales'to the acre -making the total
abo stated, 135,000 bales . .
Eeduced, this yield will be. 24,300.-
"Ca pounds. At 20 cents;per pound it
means an income of $460,000 to the
state from this industry ' alone. .This
yield, Mr. Ottenheimer states, depends
r eonrse5-aiiogexncE npow-iao-- weamer
conditions. Of the $4,860,000- realized
If rem the ale of the -1905 crop of hops,
I at least $730,000 is distributed, among
about 13,000 families of -pickers, it
costs the grower SDout 8 cents to pro-
duee the hops and place them on the
market, leaving him a clear profit of
t least 216.000.
Oregon already leads the" world in
production of hops, not only in
quantity but in quality. Last year the
total-yield in the unitea states was
263,000 bales, of which amount Oregon
contributed 90,000. With the increased
acreage and jcorrespondingly increased
yield the state o Oregon will produce
almost one half of tne total amount or
hops grown in this country. The great
bulk of this yield comes from the Wil
lamette valley, of which Salem is tne
central and most important point. The
very best of the Oregon hops and tne
langest yields are produced within
a
ar-jradius of fifty miles of Salem. Twenty
j years ago there were 1439 acres of hops
in Oregon which produced 8000 bales.
The total bop crop of California last
yer was 63,000 bales, or ll,65o,000
pounds. The estimated increase in acre-
Sge is abbot 2o00 acres over last, vear,
bringing the total up to about 1L500
Tea aeres.would therefore cost 730.
T and - a hophopso would .
T. I
const $000; poles and wire for ten acres
25?J hop rOota, $o0, planting, cultl-
hu-fTK tw,n,ng, 30 per acre, or
I $300. The plants will not produce a
"op or two years and 300 is added
for the second year's cultivation. Eieh
wlom land near Balem will produce
from 1800 to 2500 pounds per acre; tho
uplands will produce from 800 to 1200
pounds per acre. The harvest of hops
costs aoont 10 cents per pound. The
acreage yield per acre Is about 1200,
making the cost of harvest $1200. , Fkr
urinir interest at 5 rer Vent rer annnm.
would increase the expense $112.50. The
total yield of the ten acres would 'be
12,000 pounds, at 25 cents per pound.
vaiuei at f3(KUi.' The average annual
expense wonia po si irj;.&o making , a
profit of $1887.50 for the ten acres per
. r
AXCOHOX. AJfD DEOENEBACY.
NEW? YORK, March 20. Alcohol-
lsm 19
steadily growing worse i
ranc
while it is decreasing else
7 Irr. P01 too ' Do rdessr in a public
To the drink - evil' he soldi
could be traced tne ot-1..1 Hl.in.
. ::r--- ---
- - n, twiu. , .... , . ...
-. -Lr. Iwplessy- declared that drink is
prime factor ia causing tuberculosis
L -"" "'"'J a t
only way to successfully abate, the
viJ ho says, is to . arouse the public
conscience. The law of social soli lar-
T a aays, has a scientific basis,
which imposes a moral' "duty upon
members of society to defend them-
selves and their fellows from such a
menace aS that "which alcoholism now
presents. ' -
vo result trniess ai-
- - . .1 n m n . m . . 111 11 " " ' ' " -- .... ... t n
,; . ".' r"'" ... .. ,
for Infants
The Kind Ton Ilavo Always Uouffbt luwi born tho algno.
ture of Clias. II. Fletclicr, and lias been made under M
personal supervision for over SO years. Allow no 0110
to deceive you in . this. CounterfeiU, Imitations and
Jnst-as-good nro but Experiments, and endanger tho
healtli of Cbildren Experience against Exieriinent.
The.End You Have Always Bought
Bears the
I n U se . Fo t
NO VEBITICATTOjr OF EEP0ET.
France Has Kot Ordered War Vessels
to Venezuela as the Story -
Alleges.
PAEIS, March, 20. Inquiry at the
ministry of marine tonight failed to
elicit' a verification" of the "report ca
bled here from" the t'nitel States to
day to the. effect hat French war ves
sels had leen ordered t Veueicuela to
SPRING AND SUMMER
: Eo PIPE'S '
I Bargain Store
Y. M, G.;.'A. BUILDING, Salem
B e n Boi i
These two fine Imported stallions will make the season of 1905 begin
ning April 1, as follows: j ; j
Mondays, St, Paul; Tuedays, Voolburnt 7 Wednesdays, Gcrvais;
Thursdays and Fridays, Club Stables, Saleni; Saturdays and Sun
days at home on Aral farm, at Junction ofjFalrfieJd aud ChampoeR
roads, four miles west of Gerval.
BEN BOLT Is a shire stallion, black, importeil from England lu Aug
ust, 1904. His registry number Is 7709(17700). Veight 2110.
MICA is a black Percheron, pure bred, registry nunilK-r .'i3-J43. He
sUnds 19 hands high. " Weight, a ton. c
. ; ' . '-. : -
TERMSj f25 la Insure; $15 season; IIQ single kap.
The farmers of this seetion are invitedjto seethese flnejdallioiis.
. Aral
Owners and In Charge
STOP DRINKING! - - - -STOP
CHEWING TOBACCO!
1 These things are . made easy if you really
J want to quit. If you have no desire to
quit and abstain afterward, don't waste
your money. "
l.Tr-lRliB.-
the great liquor and tobacco remedy, will
take away from you all desire for tho use
of intoxicants ' or tobacco. You need, not
go away from home, to use it. No ex
pensiveXboard bills to pay. . The cure is
quick and permanent.
Remember TRIB will
cure' you if you are sincere in a desire to
be cured. It : is only $12.50 for a com
plete treatment For sale by
J. C. Perry's
Salem,
and Children. -
Signature of
Over 3 O Years.
i trutrr. r wmt r-r
prevent an annulment of tlie oncossln
of the French Cable Company.' Op
eoutrary, no movement of 'that tharaf.
ter has been ordered. Moreover, thtr
has lMen.no meeting of the eaLiD-t
since iViday, when it was deritled ,
to take definite action nut il the Vnj.
Kuelan courts had rentkred their find
decision. The freign office ptatej U.
decision as to pending war tc,.!s
not vet reached.
cloihing we liave in end
less variety; of the latest
and "most correct styles
and patterns. We are
selling them from
$10 to $18
We make shawls that
for beauty and usefulness
cannot be surpassed. Come
in and see them.
a n d M ica
Bros
or the
Horses.
SMOKING! -
Drug
Oregon
Store