The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-27

it found only Madame Dasca and her SON an
only child. They demanded money from her
and obtained a sum of about $1,000 Not satisfied
with this, they insisted on getting more, and as
they took young Dasca and dragged him through the
streets to murder him. The unfortunate mother
threw herself between her boy and his assassins
kill him they must first Kill her The scene is de-
scrbed as having been tragic and touching in the
extreme. The supplicattons OF the wretched mother
at last successful and she was allowed to carry
her boy home with her. Both are said to be still
Pbie Scene The house ' of senor eTan Ta1s fer the
notary, was next pillaged and burned. Then
followed the sack and destruction of the residence
of Senor Houes, notary and advocate Senior Hones
had concealed himself with a sum OF about 5000 He
was smoked out OF his hiding place. dragged through
the streets and shot. Senior onafre merchant, was
shot While he was seated at his supper table Seniors
Padlo B9.i and Ros were Killed in the same manner
everything they had, and their houses completely
gutted
one Of the bankers of the town. NJ. Monc,sse was
visited by three chiefs Of the band who went 10 him
to demand arms in the name OF the sovereign peo-
pie. AS soon as they entered the house they de-
manded money. He handed TO two of the chiefs
sum amounting to ealy sl1OO. The third chief
guarded the door. When he learned that hrs two
comrades had received the above sum he went and
denounced them as thieves, and then consistently
go Inree oIner terrorlsS 10 Jon MIN and to go aud
torted the amount, went TO a cabaret to drink and
gamble. They were killed while thus engaged
but the banker did not succeed In recovering his
money
The Assassin 1IuriIIo.
proceedings Of the insurgents. do not seek to eX
tenuate them. but am justified in saying that they
are to be received with reserve There would be
nothing extraordinary in them, however in a G un-
try one OF the most eminent statesmen of which.
senor Olozaga writes to criminal of the deepest
dye letter expressive of his sympathy and of his in
tention to try and obtain his pardon. In order t0
give you some idea of the light in which the crime OF
assassination is regarded in Spain, let me give YOU
few particulars respecting this man M1rill0 for
whom the Spanish Minister in Paris is interceding
After committing eight successive murders on the
political.
Senor Oozaga's protege succeeded in escaping the
Pyrenees. He had scarcely entered France when he
scaled and broke into the first story of a country
house inhabited by a master and his servant on
entering the bedroom of the latter he awoke him by
plungng dagger to the hilt in his back, hoping,
10y tins means, to more readily overcome
the resistance of the master. The wounded
man, however by a desperate effort sue
ceeded in seizing the assassin, and throw.
man expired shortly after This murder, tne ninth
Of Senor Murilos exploits OF this character created
all the more excitement from the fact that the vic
tim was a devoted son, anu supported an aged
mother by his earnings. The French gendarDles
more fortunate, or perhaps more incoruptibe, than
and he was brought before the Assize Court at Pau
and condemned to death.
General News
The amount Of damage caused to public insttu-
tions and works during the recent outbreaks in
Spain is estimated at a., ,O000 900 reals.
A man was recently executed in Altoona, North
Germany,who had murdered his father, mother, two
brothers, two sisters, and female servant, in order
Count Wratisaw, Privy Councillor and Comptroller
of the Imperial Palace at Vienna, committed suicide
by blowing out his brains after having assisted at the
dinner given to the Prince Royal of Prussia
Official assassinatons still continue in Italy, the
most recent being the murder OF the secretary of the
commune OF orgasOlo, in Sardinia, and an attempt
upon the life OF the municipal secretary OF the city of
At the Norwich (England) election inquiry COM
mission In Bridgewater, Mr.. Walter BaSsaOt stated
that at the contest in 1866 he spent .el523. He in
tended to fight up pure principles, but he found
afterwards that the liberal lawyers had spent cor
ruptly el1OO which he repaid sin order not to be
Mr.. John Bright paid visit to Dumfrles and went
to see the grave of Burns. During Mr. Brghts stay
al Carlisle, England, he made daily excursions to
places of interest in the neighboroood. He visited
Canonble, calling on the way way at Arthuret
Church to see the grave of the late Sir James
Graham.
Mr.. Woodward, Librarian in ordinary to Queen
Victoria, at Windsor Castle, died October ~. Mr..
woodward was man of considerable literary and
artistic culture. lie wrote history of Wales and
history of America, and local history of Hamp-
SHIRE was editor of the Fine Arts Quarterly RsDieio
and lately engaged on life Of Leonardo da Vinci"
1t is said that important changes will soon be made
in the law relating to the press in Russia. The pin
cipal newspapers of Moscow and st. Petersburg,
which, under the decree issued four years ago are
removed from the control OF the censorship, though
they still liable to GUertissemsHS, often followed
by suspension and confscation, openly express their
fear that the restricted amount of liberty now
allowed them will be withdrawn. The Moscow
Gazette announces that the alterations which are to
be made in the present law already exist on paper
and that they are the work OF bureaucratic reaction
lists, who have persuaded the government that the
State to all sorts Of dangers.
The Westminster (Engand) Re0iew says that the
eX-Queen OF Spain has serious thoughts OF retiring
from the gaYeties OF Partisan life. The GdIOis states
that her Majesty has bought little property near
Gonesse in the department rf the Sene-et-Oise,
where Sister Patrocinio and score of nuns are
going to set up conventional establishment. The
original landlord of the property is said to have
been retired ragpicker OF Paris, who has gone to
his native town to enjoy his OttJnl dignitdte.
The idea of Queen buying property from a chiB0-
er certainly suggestive of the vanity OF all things
human
At a meeting of the Cork Board of Poor Law
Guardians Mr.. ID. j. ROrdan rendered notice of q
motion to the effect that the board petition Parlia-
ment to pass a measure securing the Occupers OF
land ''the free and unrestricted enjoyment OF the
labor and capital expended on the soil while pre-
serving to the landlord his Just rights and privileges
The chairman peremptOrily refused to receive the
motion, on the ground that IL was political"
A letter in the Nuremberg COrre ,pOndent explains
follows the mysterious publication of State docu-
ments supposed to have been kept profoundly
secret The writer, who processes to be private
secretary TO a minister, states that he accus-
toned to take the copy TO the lithographers, and,
after the requisite number OF copies had been printed
to the writing ellaCed from the stones. One day.
lust as the operation was concluded, order came
for a double number OF copies, and as he was COM
planning that he had all his work to do over again.
the photographer told him not to be uneasy, as he
could save all the trouble. He took some nitric acid
spread ii the surface of the stone, and every
letter reappeared in its original state